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The American Short Story and Its Writerby Ann ChartersISBN 0312191766 (0-312-19176-6)
Softcover, Bedford/st Martins
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Andre & Oscar: The Literary Friendship of Andre Gide and Oscar Wildeby Jonathan FryerISBN 031218039X (0-312-18039-X)
Hardcover, St Martins Pr
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Another World: A Novelby Pat BarkerISBN 0312203977 (0-312-20397-7)
Softcover, Picador
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Bachelor Brothers' Bed and Breakfast Pillow Bookby Bill RichardsonISBN 0312167792 (0-312-16779-2)
Hardcover, St. Martin's Press
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Bachelor Brothers' Bed and Breakfast Pillow Book : They're Back!by Bill RichardsonISBN 0312194404 (0-312-19440-4)
Softcover, St. Martin's Press
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Background Readings for Instructors Using the Bedford Handbookby Glenn BlalockISBN 0312166222 (0-312-16622-2)
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The Basic Eightby Daniel HandlerISBN 0312198337 (0-312-19833-7)
Hardcover, St Martins Pr
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The Bedford Handbookby Diana HackerISBN 0312166230 (0-312-16623-0)
Hardcover, Palgrave Macmillan
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Bedford Handbook for Writersby Diana HackerISBN 0312166370 (0-312-16637-0)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Bedford Handbook for Writers'Book summary:[via]The Bedford Handbook carries on the Hacker tradition by responding to student writers needs and to the way students need their handbook to work. Still a full-size handbook that doubles as a reference, the Handbook features clear, straightforward advice, hand-edited sentences, a user-friendly index, and a handy format. The eighth edition combines classic Hacker usability with a next-generation focus on academic writing and research and new navigation that helps students pull together advice and models for each assignment. Developed with the help of students and teachers at more than 35 colleges and universities, the new edition reflects the ways students write and revise in their composition course and beyond. Whats more, The Bedford Handbook remains a portable size; its still a comprehensive reference thats as easy to consult as it is to carry.More editions of Bedford Handbook for Writers:
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Best Words, Best Order: Essays on Poetryby Stephen DobynsISBN 031217229X (0-312-17229-X)
Softcover, St Martins Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Best Words, Best Order: Essays on Poetry'Book summary:As its title implies, Stephen Dobyns's rigorous collection of essays about poetry celebrates Coleridge's dictum that poetry is the best words in the best order. Dobyns's probing examinations of the elements of poetry--metaphor, pacing, tone--and his study of the evolution of free verse are not for Sunday-sunset versifiers. They are strenuous, meaty, and wholly satisfying fare, intended for serious students of poetry. Dobyns, the author of eight volumes of poetry (and 17 novels), believes, like Baudelaire, that "each poem ... has an optimum number of words [and] an optimum number of pieces of information ... and to go over or under even by one word weakens the whole." Poetry, he says, belongs to the reader, not the writer, and as readers, "at the close of the poem, we must not only feel that our expectations have been met but that our lives have been increased, if only to a small degree." And, if that's not challenge enough for the writer, add to it "that the conclusion of a given piece must appear both inevitable and surprising." The final third of the book comprises chapters on four writers, each of whom represents to Dobyns an ideal in poetry: Rainer Maria Rilke, who Dobyns says worked harder than any other poet to develop and change his work; Osip Mandelstam, an exemplar of moral centeredness; Anton Chekhov, for his sense of personal freedom; and Yannis Ritsos, for his "sense of the mystery that surrounds us." [via]
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Black Coffeeby Agatha Christie, Charles OsborneISBN 031219241X (0-312-19241-X)
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Blues and Trouble: Twelve Storiesby Tom PiazzaISBN 0312167881 (0-312-16788-1)
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The Brief Bedford Readerby Jane E. Aaron, X. J. Kennedy, Dorothy M. KennedyISBN 0312197713 (0-312-19771-3)
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By Blood Possessedby Elena SantangeloISBN 0312209606 (0-312-20960-6)
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A Cab Called Reliableby Patti KimISBN 0312190301 (0-312-19030-1)
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Can You Wave Bye, Bye, Baby?: Storiesby Elyse GascoISBN 0312206313 (0-312-20631-3)
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Candideby Daniel Gordon, Francois M. VoltaireISBN 0312218168 (0-312-21816-8)
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A Child's Night Dreamby Oliver StoneISBN 0312194463 (0-312-19446-3)
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Confessions of a Failed Southern Ladyby Florence KingISBN 0312162154 (0-312-16215-4)
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Criticism: Major Statementsby Charles KaplanISBN 0312175272 (0-312-17527-2)
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The Curse of the Fleersby Basil CopperISBN 0312179723 (0-312-17972-3)
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A Dangerous Profession : A Book about the Writing Lifeby Frederick BuschISBN 031219255X (0-312-19255-X)
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Dead Soulsby Ian RankinISBN 0312202938 (0-312-20293-8)
Hardcover, St Martins Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Dead Souls'Book summary:When an author as successful as Rankin has been with his tough and idiomatic Scottish thrillers, a problem sets in after several books: how to keep the formula fresh.
Rankin has delivered a powerful series of books featuring his beleaguered Detective Inspector John Rebus, and while never less than gripping, a certain tiredness seemed to be setting in. Thankfully, Dead Souls is a resounding return to form, with a plot as enjoyably labyrinthine as any Rankin enthusiast could wish for, and pithy dialogue that fairly leaps off the page. Stalking the streets of Edinburgh on the trail of a poisoner, Rebus hits upon a freed pedophile and his subsequent outing of the man leaves him with very mixed feelings. But another problem develops for Rebus: a convicted murderer has him in his sights for some lethal games. And the tabloid press lionizing of Rebus won't help him in this situation.
As always, Rankin is perfectly ready to tackle contentious issues--precisely the thing that gives his books their powerful sense of veracity. And Rebus, no longer in danger of having a soap opera-like accumulation of personal problems, seems as fresh and well-observed a character as in those first exhilarating books. Rankin has caught his form again, with even more assurance. --Barry Forshaw, Amazon.co.uk [via]
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Death and the Good Lifeby Richard HugoISBN 031218588X (0-312-18588-X)
Hardcover, St. Martin's Press
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Death's Autographby Marianne MacDonaldISBN 0312168152 (0-312-16815-2)
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Defense for the Devilby Kate WilhelmISBN 031219854X (0-312-19854-X)
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The Devil Tree: A Novelby Jerzy N. KosinskiISBN 0312197942 (0-312-19794-2)
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Difficulties of a Bridegroom: Storiesby Ted HughesISBN 0312168179 (0-312-16817-9)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Difficulties of a Bridegroom: Stories'Book summary:Ted Hughes is Britain's reigning poet laureate, and he confesses that most of his short fiction is merely "an accompaniment to my poems." But there are many gems here, including the affecting trilogy portraying the poet's South Yorkshire childhood. The finest tale in this collection may be "The Wound," actually a radio play about a dying soldier trekking across a pitiless desert. The death-march transforms itself into an allegory of the Buddhist path from death to rebirth. Most of these short stories date from the 1950s and 60s, before Hughes became a famous poet. [via]
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Dog Eat Dogby Edward BunkerISBN 0312168187 (0-312-16818-7)
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The Dower Houseby Annabel Davis-GoffISBN 0312170289 (0-312-17028-9)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Dower House'Book summary:Molly Hassard grew up in the dower house of Dromore, a house built to accommodate a series of Hassard widows displaced by the deaths of their husbands and the marriages of their eldest sons; grandeur replaced by comfort, power by convenience. Caught up as she is in the peculiar world of the Anglo-Irish -- Protestant Irish in an almost totally Catholic Ireland -- Molly sees that Anglo-Irish tradition is now too expensive to maintain, that their society is in decline. But as they emerge from the postwar years, the Anglo-Irish refuse to face the inevitable: They have beautiful old houses that are freezing cold; although food is sometimes scarce, the tables are always exquisitely set; and people talk very seriously about the importance of making suitable marriages.[via]
Feeling as abandoned by her country as by her parents' deaths, Molly flees the elegant poverty and painful memories of Ireland for the modern luxury and easier life to be found in the swinging London of the 1960s, a place where the houses are cozy and dry and people actually buy jewelry rather than inherit it. As Molly learns that coming-of-age means not merely growing up, but coming to find her place between the romance of tradition and the allure of the new, Annabel Davis-Goff combines a moving love story with an unforgettably vivid glimpse of a world that no longer exists. 
The Edith Wharton Murders : A Nick Hoffman Mysteryby Lev RaphaelISBN 0312198639 (0-312-19863-9)
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Emma Who Saved My Lifeby Wilton BarnhardtISBN 0312191189 (0-312-19118-9)
Softcover, St Martins Pr Special
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Emma Who Saved My Life'Book summary:Wilton Barnhardt's novel of coming of age in New York City brims with energy, surprise, irresistible humor, and the heady rush of youth. Its hero, Gil Freeman, a mid-western aspiring actor, comes to the city in search of stradom--but instead encounters the perils of Alphabet City, the desperation of off-off-off Broadway theater...and the exhilarating, exasperating, absolutely unique Emma, around whom his life comes to turn. Charming and engaging, quintessentially American, Emma Who Saved my Life is one of the extraordinary fiction debuts of our time.[via]More editions of Emma Who Saved My Life:
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The Encyclopedia of Fantasyby John Clute, John GrantISBN 0312198698 (0-312-19869-8)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Encyclopedia of Fantasy'Book summary:This masterful follow-up to the 1993 Encyclopedia of Science Fiction is an essential purchase for anyone who's serious about fantasy. Those who are serious about horror will also find it an excellent reference. The works of prolific and confusing authors such as Michael Moorcock, as well as authors such as J. R. R. Tolkien who have many posthumously published fragments, are explained with admirable clarity. Especially fascinating are the numerous terms for motifs and themes, constituting what the editors call a map of the many "fuzzy sets" in the universe of fantasy fiction--terms such as "crosshatch," "polder," and "water margin." There are many entries on horror movies and the better-known horror writers (only writers who write no fantasy, such as Richard Laymon, are excluded). You'll also find carefully written definitions of horror, dark fantasy, supernatural fiction, gothic fiction, psychological thrillers, and weird fiction. Locus calls The Encyclopedia of Fantasy "massive and welcome," and writes, "This will be the standard reference for years to come." [via]
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The Englishman's Boyby Guy VanderhaegheISBN 0312195443 (0-312-19544-3)
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Counterpointing the stories of the legendary Western cowboy Shorty McAdoo and Harry Vincent, the ambitious young screenwriter commissioned to retell his story in 1920s Hollywood, this novel reconstructs an epic journey through Montana into the Canadian plains, by a group of men pursuing their stolen horses.
The Englishman's Boy intelligently and creatively depicts an American West where greed and deception are tempered by honor and strength. As Richard Ford has noted, "Vanderhaeghe is simply a wonderful writer. The Englishman's Boy, spanning as it does two countries, two centuries, two views of historythe Canadian Wild West as 'imagined' by Hollywoodis a great accomplishment. Readers, I think, will find this book irresistible."More editions of The Englishman's Boy:
Excaliburby Bernard CornwellISBN 0312206488 (0-312-20648-8)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Excalibur'Book summary:The third novel in the Warlords Chronicle, Excalibur: A Novel of Arthur immerses the reader in the Britain of the Dark Ages. Merlin, the greatest of the Druids, believes that the ancient gods are deserting Britain, and that the invading Saxons can't be defeated without the gods' help. Mordred reigns with a brutal hand, and Arthur sees his dreams of peace evaporate. The author provides exciting descriptions of swordplay and battles, interspersed with somewhat gruesome depictions of ordinary life in those days--greasy, waist-length beards serving as napkins, lambs bloodily sacrificed before festivals, and rampant lice.
But at the heart of Excalibur--what makes the Arthurian legends eternally fascinating--is the larger-than-life company of heroes, from Sagramor the warrior to Taliesin the bard, Guinevere, Lancelot, and Arturus Rex himself. Cornwell treats them all with warmth and dignity, revealing their human qualities without unnecessarily reinventing them. This three-part saga of magic and bloodshed will grip readers from the first page of The Winter King, through Enemy of God, to the last page of Excalibur. --Blaise Selby [via]
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The Fallsby Ian RankinISBN 0312206100 (0-312-20610-0)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Falls'Book summary:Ian Rankin's John Rebus, arguably the most realistic detective in crime fiction, is a brilliant but troubled man. When a young woman goes missing near his native Edinburgh, Scotland, Rebus finds himself just one small cog in the huge wheel of an inquiry set in motion by her powerfully rich father. Struggling to deal with both his own often-terrifying inner demons as well as the monstrous bureaucracy of the investigative team, Rebus finds himself drawn again and again into the case, desperately searching for the girl's salvation, as well as his own.[via]
In time Rebus uncovers two leads: one, a carved wooden doll stuffed tightly into a tiny casket, and the other the missing girl's possible involvement in a dark, disturbing Internet-based role-playing game. He enlists the help of the tech-savvy DC Siobhan Clarke, who is young enough to know her way around the net, but who may not be old and wise enough to avoid potentially deadly pitfalls and traps. Meanwhile, Rebus tracks down stories of similar caskets and dolls turning up in the area deep into Edinburgh's past, some stretching back to a time when body-snatchers turned into brutal killers.
As Rebus and Clarke delve deeper and deeper into these perilous and obscure worlds, ancient and modern evils begin to converge and soon Rebus finds he's besieged by an impenetrable mass of secrets, lies, and deadly deceit that only he can make sense of. In The Falls, a brilliant addition to an award-winning series, both John Rebus and his creator, Ian Rankin, are at the top of their intense and satisfying form.More editions of The Falls:
The Fantasy Literature of Englandby Manlove, C. N. (Colin Nicholas)ISBN 0312219873 (0-312-21987-3)
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Farewell, I'm Bound to Leave Youby Fred ChappellISBN 0312168349 (0-312-16834-9)
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Firedrake's Eyeby Patricia FinneyISBN 0312180942 (0-312-18094-2)
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Home at the End of the Worldby Michael CunninghamISBN 0312202318 (0-312-20231-8)
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In a Land of Plentyby Tim PearsISBN 0312181124 (0-312-18112-4)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'In a Land of Plenty'Book summary:In 1952, Charles and Mary Freeman marry, take possession of a mansion high on a hill overlooking a small industrial town somewhere in the heart of England, and begin their family. This, Tim Pears' second novel, is the sweeping, rich, and astonishing tale of the first 30 years of their lives and the lives of their four children, Simon, James, Robert, and Alice.[via]
Compellingly drawn and infinitely resonant, the stories of these four children, stories of both joy and tragedy, create a generous epic of the life of a family, and of a country.More editions of In a Land of Plenty:
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In the Bear's Houseby N. Scott MomadayISBN 0312199694 (0-312-19969-4)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'In the Bear's House'Book summary:You are the dark shape I find
On nights of the spilling moon,
Pale in the pool of heaven.
You are spirit, you are that
Which summons me and confirms
My passage. You know my name...
--from "Revenant"N. Scott Momaday's unique connection to the beauty and spirituality of the natural world surfaces in all of his works, from his Pulitzer Prize-winning novel House Made of Dawn to his more recent collection In the Presence of the Sun. Yet In the Bear's House is Momaday's intensely personal quest to understand the spirit of the wilderness embodied in the animal image of Bear.
Intimately linked to Bear since his childhood, Momaday searches for this elusive yet omnipresent spirit who is both the keeper and the manifestation of the wild mountains, rivers, and plains. Exploring themes of anguish, forgiveness, and belief, Momaday journeys from the bitter Siberian taiga to the blackening night sky to deep within his own timeless essence, and reveals Bear to be both a radiant presence and spiritual restorative. In the first section, Momaday uses dialogues between the original Bear, Urset, and his creator, Yahweh, to probe the troubling consolation of language, the wonder of prayer, and the grace of storytelling. The bold, finely wrought language of the poems and passages collected here evoke the despair, bewilderment, and valor of the hunted Bear as well as the ultimate redemption and fulfillment to be found in the ritual of death. The provocative original paintings throughout In the Bear's House powerfully enhance our interpretation of Bear by suggesting his many incarnations.
Through both word and image, Momaday brings us deep into his vision of Bear's house and further distinguishes himself as one of the most luminous visionaries of our time. [via]
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In the Deep Midwinterby Robert ClarkISBN 0312181140 (0-312-18114-0)
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Incident at Twenty-Mileby TrevanianISBN 0312192339 (0-312-19233-9)
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Jade Peonyby Wayson ChoyISBN 0312186924 (0-312-18692-4)
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James Dickey : The Life and Lies of a Poetby Henry HartISBN 0312203209 (0-312-20320-9)
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James Dickey : The World as a Lieby Henry HartISBN 0312204167 (0-312-20416-7)
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The King's English: A Guide to Modern Usageby Kingsley AmisISBN 0312206577 (0-312-20657-7)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The King's English: A Guide to Modern Usage'Book summary:Kingsley Amis's The King's English is as witty and biting as his novels. Modestly presented as a volume "in which some modern linguistic problems are discussed and perhaps settled," Amis's usage guide is a worthy companion to his revered Fowler's. The King's English is distinctly British, but never mind: it is sensational. And unlike many of his countrymen, Amis is decidedly pro-American, even admitting a "bias towards American modes of expression as likely to seem the livelier and ... smarter alternative." In a world populated by usage mavens too willingly to waffle, Amis is refreshingly unequivocal. On the expression meaningful dialogue? It "looks and sounds unbearably pompous. Nevertheless one would not wish to be deprived of a phrase that so unerringly points out its user as a humourless ninny." To cross one's 7's, he says, "is either gross affectation or, these days, straightforward ignorance." And the frequently misused word viable, he claims, "should be dropped altogether ... simply because it has taken the fancy of every trendy little twit on the look-out for a posh word for feasible, practicable." Forget Amis's protestations of being unfit for the position of language arbiter; after all, as he says, "the defence of the language is too large a matter to be left to the properly qualified." --Jane Steinberg [via]
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The Lady Who Liked Clean Rest Roomsby J. P. DonleavyISBN 0312187343 (0-312-18734-3)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Lady Who Liked Clean Rest Rooms'Book summary:Not since The Gingerman has J.P. Donleavy succeeded in both delighting and irking his readers as he has with The Lady Who Like Clean Restrooms. This stylish novella tells the tale of Jocelyn Guenevere Marchantiere Jones, whose Scarsdale life comes to an abrupt end when her husband goes in search of a bit of "fresh flesh." Soon she is fending for herself in New York City, where finding a clean restroom will prove to be the least of her concerns.[via]More editions of The Lady Who Liked Clean Rest Rooms:
The Letters of Dorothy L. Sayers: 1937-1943, From Novelist to Playwrightby Dorothy L. Sayers, Barbara ReynoldsISBN 0312181272 (0-312-18127-2)
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Little Boy Blueby Edward BunkerISBN 0312195044 (0-312-19504-4)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Little Boy Blue'Book summary:The coming-of-age story of a young hoodlum follows the life of Alex Hamilton as he careens between well meaning but exhausted social workers, cruel authority figures, and his criminally minded peers, in a reissue of the author's first novel. 25,000 first printing." [via]
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The Mad Dogby Heinrich Böll, Breon MitchellISBN 0312195494 (0-312-19549-4)
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The Memoirs of Cleopatraby Margaret GeorgeISBN 0312187459 (0-312-18745-9)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Memoirs of Cleopatra'Book summary:Bestselling novelist Margaret George brings to life the glittering kingdom of Cleopatra, Queen of the Nile, in this luch, sweeping, and richly detailed saga. Told in Cleopatra's own voice, this is a mesmerizing tale of ambition, passion, and betrayl, which begins when the twenty-year-old queen seeks out the most powerful man in the world, Julius Caesar, and does not end until, having survived the assassination of Caesar and the defeat of the second man she loves, Marc Antony, she plots her own death rather than be paraded in triumph through the streets of Rome.[via]
Most of all, in its richness and authenticity, it is an irresistible story that reveals why Margaret George's work has been widely acclaimed as "the best kind of historical novel, one the reader can't wait to get lost in." (San Francisco Chronicle).More editions of The Memoirs of Cleopatra:
Mr. White's Confessionby Robert ClarkISBN 0312204264 (0-312-20426-4)
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Murder & Other Acts of Literatureby Michele B. SlungISBN 031216937X (0-312-16937-X)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Murder & Other Acts of Literature'Book summary:Twenty -four of the world's most celebrated writers try their hands at murder in this wonderfully chilling anthology. Contributors include Louisa May Alcott, Anthony Trollope, A.A. Milne, Edith Wharton, Isak Dinesen, Virginia Woolf, Alice Walker, Rudyard Kipling, W.S. Gilbert, Muriel Spark, Maguib Mahfouz, William Trevor, T.H. White, Nardine Gordnimer, Patrick O'Brian, Isabel Allende, John Cheever, William Faulkner, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Paul Theroux, James Thurber, Evelyn Waugh, and Fay Weldon. [via]
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The Museum Guardby Howard NormanISBN 0312204272 (0-312-20427-2)
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Night Lettersby Robert Dessaix, Igor MiazmovISBN 0312169507 (0-312-16950-7)
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Night Letters : A Journey Through Switzerland and Italyby Robert DessaixISBN 0312199392 (0-312-19939-2)
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Pandaemoniumby Leslie EpsteinISBN 0312187521 (0-312-18752-1)
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Praiseby Andrew McGahanISBN 0312187548 (0-312-18754-8)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Praise'Book summary:[via]The Bukowski-inspired first novel that made McGahan a cult bestseller Down Under, "Praise" is urgent, raw, and piercingly truthful, as it explores the ground between dreams and the self-destruction of an entire generation. A sequel to McGahan's "1988".More editions of Praise:
The Quest for Graham Greeneby W. J. WestISBN 0312181612 (0-312-18161-2)
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Rabindranath Tagoreby Krishna Dutta, Andrew RobinsonISBN 031220079X (0-312-20079-X)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Rabindranath Tagore'Book summary:The first Asian writer to win the Nobel Prize for Literature, Rabindranath Tagore mesmerized the world with his spiritual insights and finely wrought writings. This comprehensive and engaging anthology gathers his polymathic achievement, from the extraordinary humanity of The Post Officer to memoirs, letters, essays and conversations, short stories, extracts from the celebrated novel The Home and the World, poems, songs, epigrams, and paintings. This inspired collection of works by one of this century's most profound writers in an essential guide for readers seeking to understand Indian literature, culture, and wisdom, and the perfect reintroduction of Tagore's magnificence to American readers.[via]More editions of Rabindranath Tagore:
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Rabindranath Tagore: An Anthologyby Rabindranath Tagore, Andrew Robinson, Krishna DuttaISBN 0312169736 (0-312-16973-6)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Rabindranath Tagore: An Anthology'Book summary:Rabindranath Tagore is revered the world over for the healing power of his luminous words and calming wisdom. Unlike previous Tagore collections, which often focus only on a single genre, Dutta and Robinson's anthology offers the full range of Tagore's talent--a play, poems, songs, a novel, selections from his memoirs, travel writings and essays--all in one graceful volume . [via]
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Rebellion: A Novelby Joseph Roth, Michael HofmannISBN 0312205740 (0-312-20574-0)
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Restoration London: From Poverty to Pets, from Medicine to Magic, from Slang to Sex, from Wallpaper to Women's Rightsby Liza PicardISBN 0312186592 (0-312-18659-2)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Restoration London: From Poverty to Pets, from Medicine to Magic, from Slang to Sex, from Wallpaper to Women's Rights'Book summary:RESTORATION LONDON is a remarkably thorough and informative picture of everyday life in 17th century London. Picard has provided a detail of everyday life in the era of London, after the House of Stuarts was restored. The streets, houses, gardens, cooking, housework, laundry, shopping, clothes, jewelry, cosmetics, hairdressing, medicine, sex, education, hobbies, etiquette, law and crime, religion and popular beliefs--the stuff of any era's daily life--are all detailed. Picard's research for RESTORATION LONDON was drawn from sources contemporary to that century: diaries, almanacs, newpapers, books, government papers, even patent registrations. RESTORATION LONDON is for anyone who wants to know more of the interesting details of life in London during the dawning of it's modern era. [via]
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A Scientific Romanceby Ronald WrightISBN 0312199996 (0-312-19999-6)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Scientific Romance'Book summary:In London at the turn of the 20th century, H. G. Wells's time machine mysteriously appears--empty--in a squatter's flat. Whence did it come, and for what purpose was it sent? The answers to these questions--though not to an even greater mystery connected with the machine's appearance--are contained in a letter written by Wells on May 2, 1946, which falls into the hands of one David Lambert on the eve of the millennium. Lambert, an industrial archeologist, reads the letter foretelling the arrival of the machine and, half convinced the whole thing is a hoax, goes to the address Wells provides, where, at the appointed hour, the time machine materializes. Thus begins Ronald Wright's fine and fantastical novel A Scientific Romance.
Romance can refer to an affair of the heart; it can also describe a heroic tale of extraordinary events. In A Scientific Romance, Wright plays on both possible meanings as he weaves a tragic story of betrayal and lost love into a larger narrative of time travel. Lambert, having lost the woman he loved, is reckless enough to test Wells's machine himself, catapulting 500 years into the future, where he finds London--indeed, all of England--a deserted, semitropical landscape. As David explores the future, he also sifts through his own past, creating in this Möbius strip of time and relationship a chilling cautionary tale about the limits of science and human ambition. [via]
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Seeing & Writingby Donald McQuade, Christine McQuadeISBN 0312180179 (0-312-18017-9)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Seeing & Writing'Book summary:[via]The first full-color composition reader truly to reflect visual culture, Seeing & Writing is based on a simple principle: Careful seeing leads to effective writing. Students actively and critically see the details of each verbal and visual text, think about its composition and the cultural context within which it operates, and then write thoughtfully and convincingly about it. With a new look, new features, and new essays and images, Seeing & Writing 4 continues to lead the way as a visual, flexible, and above all, inspiring tool for the composition classroom.
The Service of Cloudsby Delia FalconerISBN 031220969X (0-312-20969-X)
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Set in Darkness : An Inspector Rebus Novelby Ian RankinISBN 0312206097 (0-312-20609-7)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Set in Darkness : An Inspector Rebus Novel'Book summary:Edinburgh police inspector John Rebus's obsession--rock & roll--seems odd for a man whose dark, depressed side is so central to his character, but Ian Rankin always manages to work it gracefully into his noirish novels featuring Rebus. In Set in Darkness, Rebus has a fling with Lorna Grieve, a faded rock muse who's the sister of Roddy Grieve, an up-and-coming politico who turns up dead on the grounds of the boarded-up hospital that's being torn down to make way for the new Scottish Parliament. Grieve's body is the second in the space of days found at Queensberry House; the first was a skeleton bricked up in the fireplace. That decades-old murder seems to be tied to the suicide of a mysterious homeless man whose hefty bank balance is revealed well before his true identity.
'So what's the story with Mr Supertramp anyway?'
There are always plenty of subplots in a Rankin mystery. This time he adds a stalker who happens to be one of Rebus's colleagues, a couple of toughs who hang out in singles clubs and finish their evenings with a rape or two, and the ongoing story of Rebus's tortured past--a bitter divorce, a daughter still recovering from a terrible accident, and a drinking problem. Set in Darkness hit the bestseller list in Great Britain and should enjoy the same success in its U.S. edition. Rankin's ability to keep finding new dimensions in Rebus, handle intricate plot details brilliantly, and evoke the gloom and darkness of his setting keep winning him new admirers, with just cause. --Jane Adams [via]'He had all this money he either couldn't spend or didn't want to. He took on a new identity. My theory is that he was hiding.'
'Maybe.' He was rifling through the scraps on the desk. She folded her arms, gave him a hard look which he failed to notice. He opened the bread bag and shook out the contents: disposable razor, a sliver of soap, toothbrush. 'An organized mind,' he said. 'Makes himself a wash bag. Doesn't like being dirty.'
'It's like he was acting the part,' she said.
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Shakespeare 1609: Cymbeline and the Sonnetsby David Johnson, Richard Danson BrownISBN 0312230389 (0-312-23038-9)
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A Shakespeare Reader: Sources and Criticismby David Johnson, Richard Danson BrownISBN 0312230400 (0-312-23040-0)
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Shakespeare's Tragediesby Susan ZimmermanISBN 0312212739 (0-312-21273-9)
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Some Men Are Lookersby Ethan MorddenISBN 031219336X (0-312-19336-X)
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Somewhere Off the Coast of Maineby Ann HoodISBN 0312195559 (0-312-19555-9)
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Spooky 8by Bob KingISBN 0312205791 (0-312-20579-1)
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Stories from the Old Testament: From King David to the Return from Exileby Lawrence Boadt, Morris WestISBN 031222110X (0-312-22110-X)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Stories from the Old Testament: From King David to the Return from Exile'Book summary:This book presents the second volume of the great historical narratives of the Old Testament from the Book of Samuel and the turbulent story of David--shepherd boy, giant-killer, court musician, poet, outlaw, military genius and founder of a dynasty--to the captivating story of Queen Esther, whose wit and cunning help to frustrate an early attempt to destroy the Jewish nation.[via]More editions of Stories from the Old Testament: From King David to the Return from Exile:
Story of My Disappearanceby Paul WatkinsISBN 0312200269 (0-312-20026-9)
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Ten Days That Shook the Worldby John Reed, Harold ShukmanISBN 0312177119 (0-312-17711-9)
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Thrones, Dominationsby Dorothy L. Sayers, Jill Paton WalshISBN 0312181965 (0-312-18196-5)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Thrones, Dominations'Book summary:Asked by her new husband, the gentleman detective Lord Peter Wimsey, why she is having trouble writing her latest mystery novel, Harriet Vane explains, "When I needed the money, it justified itself. It was a job of work, and I did it as well as I could, and that was that. But now, you see, it has no necessity except itself. And, of course, it's hard; it's always been hard, and it's getting harder. So when I'm stuck I think, this isn't my livelihood, and it isn't great art, it's only detective stories. You read them and write them for fun." Is this a clue to the mystery of why Dorothy L. Sayers put aside her 13th full-length Lord Peter novel in 1938 and never finished it? She had made lots of money, and was much more interested in translating Dante and writing about religion. Or is it another excellent novelist, Jill Paton Walsh, speculating--in a perfect imitation of Sayers's voice--on what might have happened? Walsh was invited by the estate of Sayers's illegitimate son, Anthony Fleming, to finish Thrones, Dominations. She has done a splendid job, certain to please Sayers loyalists on the "dorothyl" listserv as well as those new to the Wimsey canon. Lord Peter has been made much more human and interesting by marriage; Harriet is a wise and acerbic companion; and the story, about the murders of two beautiful young women involved with a theatrical producer, is full of twists and connivance. There's also a fascinating subplot involving the soon-to-abdicate King Edward VII and a country on the brink of World War II. Earlier Wimseys in paperback include The Five Red Herrings, Gaudy Night, Murder Must Advertise, and Unnatural Death. Books in print by Walsh include a mystery called A Piece of Justice and a novel, The Serpentine Cave. [via]
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Through the Dark Labyrinth: A Biography of Lawrence Durrellby Gordon BowkerISBN 0312172257 (0-312-17225-7)
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Unicorn's Bloodby Patricia FinneyISBN 0312200390 (0-312-20039-0)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Unicorn's Blood'Book summary:From the author of "Firedrake's Eye" comes a masterpiece of voice, historical detail, and psychological insight to rival Peter Ackroyd and A.S. Byatt. Narrated by a defrocked nun, a poignant victim of Henry VIII's dissolution of the monasteries, "Unicorn's Blood" tells of the existence of a secret diary kept by Queen Elizabeth I as a young princess National print ads Buyer's Choice . [via]
Unspeakable Shaxxxspeares: Queer Theory and American Kiddie Cultureby Richard BurtISBN 0312226853 (0-312-22685-3)
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Walt Whitman: Selected Poems, 1855-1892by Walt Whitman, Gary SchmidgallISBN 0312206194 (0-312-20619-4)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Walt Whitman: Selected Poems, 1855-1892'Book summary:A fully unexpurgated collection that restores the sexual vitality and subversive flair suppressed by Whitman himself in later editions of Leaves of Grass.[via]
A century after his death, Whitman is still celebrated as America's greatest poet. In this startling new edition of his work, Whitman biographer Gary Schmidgall presents over 200 poems in their original pristine form, in the chronological order in which they were written, with Whitman's original line breaks and punctuation. Included in this volume are facsimiles of Whitman's original manuscripts, contemporary - and generally blistering - reviews of Whitman's poetry (not surprisingly Henry James hated it), and early pre-Leaves of Grass poems that return us to the physical Whitman, rejoicing - sometimes graphically - in homoerotic love.
Unlike the many other available editions, all drawn from the final authorized or "deathbed" Leaves of Grass, this collection focuses on the exuberant poems Whitman wrote during the creative and sexual prime of his life, roughly between l853 and l860. These poems are faithfully presented as Whitman first gave them to the world - fearless, explicit and uncompromised - before he transformed himself into America's respectable, mainstream Good Gray Poet through 30 years of revision, self-censorship and suppression.
Whitman admitted that his later poetry lacked the "ecstasy of statement" of his early verse. Revealing that ecstasy for the first time, this edition makes possible a major reappraisal of our nation first great poet.More editions of Walt Whitman: Selected Poems, 1855-1892:
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The Warning Label Bookby Joey Green, Tim Nyberg, Tony XISBN 0312195346 (0-312-19534-6)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Warning Label Book'Book summary:Warnings-they're everywhere.[via]
On toys. On hair dryers. On compact discs. On take-out coffee cups. Almost everything for sale today comes with a warning. Why? Now, most people have enough common sense not to take a bath with an electric blender, but thanks to a few morons out there who sued big companies and won huge settlements, products now come with warnings that treat consumers like a bunch of slack-jawed yokels.
So here's a collection of more than a hundred of the most ridiculous real warning labels on today's products. For example:
CAUTION: DO NOT ON USE THIS HAMMER TO STRIKE ANY SOLID OBJECT.
Such as, perhaps, the head of the idiot who came up with this warning in the first place?
In addition, the book includes two dozen hilarious peel-off fake warning labels you can stick on real products to keep you, your friends, and your loved ones safe. Just don't read this book while driving a car or operating heavy machinery.More editions of The Warning Label Book:
Welding with Children: Storiesby Tim GautreauxISBN 031220308X (0-312-20308-X)
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Wrong Information Is Being Given Out at Princetonby Donleavy, J. P. (James Patrick)ISBN 0312193726 (0-312-19372-6)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Wrong Information Is Being Given Out at Princeton'Book summary:Alfonso Stephen O'Kelly, known as Stephen, son of rumored former bootleggers, ex-naval gunner, unemployed composer, student of dairy cattle in Wisconsin and of music in Italy, has little to recommend him as a marriage prospect but his tender heart, his chivalry, and his comprehensible knowledge of the great city of New York. So when the exquisitely pneumatic and extraordinarily wealthy Sylvia Triumphington, adored adoptive heiress to the Triumphington family fortune, sets her sights on him, Stephen is taken by surprise.
In marrying into the Trumpington millions, however, Stephen gets rather more than he bargained for. If it where just the gorgeous Sylvia, with her unexpected enthusiasm for rough sex, her obsession for finding her real mother, and her tendency to spend Stephen's nonexistent money rather than draw a cent from her own, presumably overflowing, coffers, things would be fine. But there is also her unpredictable adoptive father, who responds rather badly to any request for a handout. And then their is Sylvia's elegant, insatiable adoptive mother Drusilla, to whom Stephen finds himself inconveniently and conspicuously attracted.
Shuttling between his marital home--a two-room walk-up on the edge of the Bowery--and the Triumpingtons' lavish Upper East Side apartment, Stephen has little time or energy to pursue his dreams of achieving musical glory, and he has more misgivings by the day. It would seem to Stephen that the very rich are secretly different, but not exempt from tragedy, or even from wrong information.
Featuring fourteen elegant and witty original illustrations by Elliott Banfield, the artist whose drawings so enhanced the colorful antics of The Lady Who Like Clean Restrooms, Wrong Information Is Being Given Out At Princeton is a poem to a great city, an elegy on passion, a glorious, irreverent, picaresque journey--it is J.P Donleavy at his extraordinary best. [via]
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