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1811 Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongueby Captain GroseISBN 1419100076 (1-4191-0007-6)
Softcover, Kessinger Pub Co
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› Find signed collectible books: '1811 Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue'Book summary:The knees. To bring any one down on his marrow bones; to make him beg pardon on his knees: some derive this from Mary's bones, i.e. the bones bent in honor of the Virgin Mary; but this seems rather far- fetched. Marrow bones and cleavers; principal instruments in the band of rough music: these are generally performed on by butchers, on marriages, elections, riding skimmington, and other public or joyous occasions. [via]
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50 Reasons to Say Goodbyeby Nick AlexanderISBN 1411607546 (1-4116-0754-6)
Softcover, Turnaround Publisher Services Limited
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› Find signed collectible books: '50 Reasons to Say Goodbye'Book summary:Mark is looking for love in all the wrong places. He always ignores the warning signs preferring to dream, time and again, that he has finally met the perfect lover until, one day, he really does! Through fifty adventures, Nick Alexander takes us on a tour of modern gay society: bars, night-clubs, blind dates, Internet dating! It's all here. Funny and moving by turn, 50 Reasons to Say "Goodbye", is ultimately a series of candidly vivid snapshots and a poignant exploration of that long winding road; the universal search for love. "A wonderful read - honest, moving, witty and really rather wise." - Time Out "Obstinately optimistic, balances passion with wit, whimsy and wisdom." - Book Marks "Will reset the boundaries for gay literature." - reFRESH Magazine "Truthful, moving, witty, optimistic..." - Gay Times "Gay literature at its most original and finest."- Axm Magazine Paperback: 156 Pages [via]
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Aaron's Rodby D. H. LawrenceISBN 140681427X (1-4068-1427-X)
Softcover, Echo Library
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Aaron's Rod'Book summary:CONTENTS The Blue Ball Royal Oak "The Lighted Tree" "The Pillar of Salt" At the Opera Talk The Dark Square Garden A Punch in the Wind Low-Water Mark The War Again More Pillar of Salt Novara Wie es Ihnen Gefaellt XX Settembre A Railway Journey Florence High Up Over the Cathedral Square The Marchesa Cleopatra, But Not Anthony The Broken Rod Words [via]
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The Absolute Sandmanby Brian Azzarello, Jim Lee, Neil Gaiman, Sam KiethISBN 1401210821 (1-4012-1082-1)
Hardcover, DC Comics
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Absolute Sandman'Book summary:Written by Neil Gaiman Art by Sam Kieth, Mike Dringenberg, Malcolm Jones III, Chris Bachalo, Michael Zulli, Steve Parkhouse, Kelley Jones, Charles Vess and Colleen Doran Cover by Dave McKean THE SANDMAN, written by New York Times best-selling author Neil Gaiman, was the most acclaimed comic book title of the 1990s. A rich blend of modern myth and dark fantasy in which contemporary fiction, historical drama and legend are seamlessly interwoven, THE SANDMAN is also widely considered one of the most original and artistically ambitious series of the modern age. By the time it concluded in 1996, it had made significant contributions to the artistic maturity of comic books and become a pop culture phenomenon in its own right. Now, DC Comics is proud to present this comics classic in an all-new Absolute Edition format. The first of four beautifully designed slipcased volumes, THE ABSOLUTE SANDMAN VOL. 1 collects issues #1-20 of THE SANDMAN and features completely new coloring, approved by the author on the first 18 issues, as well as a host of never-before-seen extra material including the complete original Sandman proposal, a gallery of character designs from Gaiman and the artists who originated the look of the Sandman, and the original script for the World Fantasy Award-winning THE SANDMAN #19, "A Midsummer Night's Dream," together with reproductions of the issue's original pencils by Charles Vess. Also included are a new introduction by DC President & Publisher Paul Levitz and an afterword by Gaiman. - 612 pg, FC, $99.99 US - MATURE READERS [via]
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After Londonby Richard JefferiesISBN 1419105035 (1-4191-0503-5)
Softcover, Kessinger Pub Co
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› Find signed collectible books: 'After London'Book summary:When the ancients departed, great numbers of their cattle perished. It was not so much the want of food as the inability to endure exposure that caused their death; a few winters are related to have so reduced them that they died by hundreds, many mangled by dogs. The hardiest that remained became perfectly wild, and the wood cattle are now more difficult to approach than deer. [via]
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Animal Farmby Bill WillinghamISBN 140120077X (1-4012-0077-X)
Softcover, DC Comics
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Animal Farm'Book summary:Collecting FABLES #6-10, the second story arc of the fan-favorite, critically acclaimed VERTIGO series. Travel to upstate New York, where the non-human Fable characters have found refuge on a farm, miles from mankind. But all is not well on the farm and a conspiracy to free them from the shackles of their perceived imprisonment may lead to a war that could wrest control of the Fables community away from Snow White. Starring Goldilocks and the Three Bears. Plus, a sketchbook section featuring art by Willingham, Buckingham and Jean. [via]
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Anna Kareninaby Leo TolstoyISBN 1404360719 (1-4043-6071-9)
Softcover, IndyPublish.com
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Anna Karenina'Book summary:ReadHowYouWant publishes a wide variety of best selling books in Large and Super Large fonts in partnership with leading publishers. EasyRead books are available in 11pt and 13pt. type. EasyRead Large books are available in 16pt, 16pt Bold, and 18pt Bold type. EasyRead Super Large books are available in 20pt. Bold and 24pt. Bold Type. You choose the format that is right for you.
This is Volume Volume 3 of 7-Volume Set. To purchase the complete set, you will need to order the other volumes separately: to find them, search for the following ISBNs: 9781427038982, 9781427040480, 9781427040503, 9781427040510, 9781427040534, 9781427040558
A magnificent story, that amalgamates classical sensuality and rebelliousness against the prevailing customs, is presented here. This novel is a unique example of social realism that portrays the inevitable tragedy of a wilful woman, Anna Karenina, who transgresses the conventions of society and follows her own lead.
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Armadaleby Wilkie CollinsISBN 1417911972 (1-4179-1197-2)
Softcover, Kessinger Pub Co
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Armadale'Book summary:1866. A close friend of Charles Dickens, Collins is one of the most readable of the Victorian novelists and some critics credit him with the invention of Sensation/Detective novel. Originally serialized in The Cornhill, in Armadale the two heroes of the novel, Ozias Midwinter and Allan Armadale, are born under a curse since Midwinter's father had murdered Armadale's father. On his death bed, Midwinter's father warns that if these two sons ever meet, tragedy will occur. Midwinter learns the story and is uncertain whether to leave Allan or to work at changing their fate. The novel also features a doctor who is running a clandestine abortion clinic. When that operation is shut down by the police, he opens a private sanitarium for monetary gain. When the local ladies come to tour the facilities he espouses a system of liberal care, when in actuality the building is laid out with an intricate system of pipes that allow him to keep his patients continually sedated. At the novel's end, the doctor is found to be planning a murder using those pipes. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing. [via]
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At Riskby Stella RimingtonISBN 1400079810 (1-4000-7981-0)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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Bergdorf Blondesby Plum SykesISBN 1401359604 (1-4013-5960-4)
Softcover, Hyperion Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Bergdorf Blondes'Book summary:Plum Sykes's beguiling debut welcomes readers to the glamorous world of Park Avenue Princesses, the girls who careen through Manhattan in search of the perfect Fake Bake (tan acquired from Portofino Tanning Salon), a ride on a PJ (private jet) with the ATM (rich boyfriend), and the ever-elusive fianc.
With invitations to high-profile baby showers and benefits, more Marc Jacobs clothes than is decent, and a department store heiress for a best friend, our heroine known only as Moi is living at the peak of New York society. But what is Moi to do when her engagement falls apart? Can she ever find happiness in a city filled with the distractions of Front Row Girls, dermatologists, premieres, and eyebrow waxes? Is it possible to find love in a town where her friends think that the secret to happiness is getting invited to the Van Cleef and Arpels ber-private sample sale? And how is she going to deal with the endless phone calls from her mother in England demanding that she get married to the Earl next door?
With enormous wit and an insider's eye, Sykes captures the nuances of the rich and spoiled in a heartwarming social satire, featuring a loveable "champagne bubble of a girl" who's just looking for love (and maybe the perfect pair of Chlo jeans).
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Bertram Copes Yearby Henry B. FullerISBN 1406500607 (1-4065-0060-7)
Softcover, Dodo Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Bertram Copes Year'Book summary:First published in 1919, Bertram Cope's Year was released to a deafening silence. Neither critics nor readers reacted with shock to its matter-of-fact depiction of a gay couple and their domestic ménage--perhaps because few of them knew what the book was about. Henry Blake Fuller was nothing if not a subtle writer. Held in high esteem by his contemporaries, he nevertheless faded from public view soon after Bertram Cope's Year's chilly reception. The critical reevaluation of Fuller's work began only in 1970, when Edmund Wilson wrote in the New Yorker that Fuller was America's premier novelist of the early 20th century, ranking him above both Stephen Crane and William Dean Howells. Now, for the first time since 1919, what Wilson called Fuller's best novel has been restored to print.
The novel's eponymous narrator is a young college instructor newly arrived in the university town of Churchton--a fictional stand-in for Evanston, Illinois, home of Northwestern University. Most unexpectedly, Cope finds himself besieged with admirers, including an older, clearly gay man and a widow whose house is full of eligible female boarders with artistic pretensions. ("Amy plays. Hortense paints. Carolyn is a poet.") Cope, however, can think of nothing but his friend Arthur Lemoyne. Although the nature of their relationship is never made explicit, for the initiated, Fuller's novel is full of clues. Once Lemoyne has moved in with Cope, for instance, elderly Joseph Foster notices him "always hanging over the other man's chair; always finding a reason to put his hand on his shoulder...." It makes Foster think of "a young married couple at a Saratoga hotel" who "made their partiality too public," causing a lady to complain that "they brought the manners of the bed-chamber into the drawing-room."
Cope and Lemoyne make for a happy couple, their domestic tranquility only interrupted by Lemoyne's penchant for amateur theatrics. Performing in an all-male musical comedy, Lemoyne's female impersonation is a little too convincing for Churchton's sensibilities, and when he makes a pass at a straight actor, he is hounded from both his studies and his job. "A thing may be done too thoroughly," as the widow Phillips remarks. Still, the incident is played as satire rather than tragedy, and refreshingly, same-sex love itself never registers as tortured or doomed. Instead, Bertram Cope's concerns are as practical as possible: why married couples have so much stuff, where to get it, the excellence of Arthur Lemoyne's coffee and toast. In this sense, Bertram Cope's Year is the most modern gay novel imaginable: its concern is not to make a case for the love that dare not speak its name, or even to speak its name at all. Instead, it contemplates how--in a world given over to the many rituals of heterosexual love--a thoroughly average gay couple can make themselves a home and a place in society. In this, the greatest flaw of Bertram Cope's Year is also its greatest strength. Ambivalent, charming, emotionally inert, in the annals of gay literature Bertram Cope is exceptional for his very ordinariness. [via]
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The Black Bookby Orhan Pamuk, Maureen FreelyISBN 1400078652 (1-4000-7865-2)
Softcover, Vintage Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Black Book'Book summary:A New Translation and Afterword by Maureen Freely
Galip is a lawyer living in Istanbul. His wife, the detective novelloving Ruya, has disappeared. Could she have left him for her ex-husband or Celâl, a popular newspaper columnist? But Celâl, too, seems to have vanished. As Galip investigates, he finds himself assuming the enviable Celâl's identity, wearing his clothes, answering his phone calls, even writing his columns. Galip pursues every conceivable clue, but the nature of the mystery keeps changing, and when he receives a death threat, he begins to fear the worst.
With its cascade of beguiling stories about Istanbul, The Black Book is a brilliantly unconventional mystery, and a provocative meditation on identity. For Turkish literary readers it is the cherished cult novel in which Orhan Pamuk found his original voice, but it has largely been neglected by English-language readers. Now, in Maureen Freelys beautiful new translation, they, too, may encounter all its riches. [via]More editions of The Black Book:
Black Flowersby Mike CareyISBN 141772711X (1-4177-2711-X)
Hardcover, Bt Bound
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Black Flowers: Black Flowersby Steve Dillon, Mike Carey, Jimmy PalmiottiISBN 1401204856 (1-4012-0485-6)
Softcover, Dc Comics
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Cakes and Ale or the Skeleton in the Cupboardby W. Somerset MaughamISBN 1417943734 (1-4179-4373-4)
Softcover, Kessinger Publishing, LLC
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Cakes and Ale or the Skeleton in the Cupboard'Book summary:1930. Maugham, English novelist, short-story writer, and playwright is best remembered for his novel Of Human Bondage. Cakes and Ale is a comedy of literary England in the early decades of the 20th century narrated by Ashenden. Many consider this to be Maugham's wittiest novel. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing. [via]
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Can You Forgive Herby Anthony TrollopeISBN 1419111744 (1-4191-1174-4)
Softcover, Kessinger Pub Co
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Can You Forgive Her'Book summary:Kate Vavasor remained only three days in London before she started for Yarmouth; and during those three days she was not much with her cousin. "I'm my aunt's, body and soul, for the next six weeks," she said to Alice, when she did come to Queen Anne Street on the morning after her arrival. "And she is exigeant in a manner I can't at all explain to you. You mustn't be surprised if I don't even write a line. I've escaped by stealth now. [via]
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Christmas Storiesby Charles DickensISBN 1406501417 (1-4065-0141-7)
Softcover, Dodo Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Christmas Stories'Book summary:Large Format for easy reading. A series of Christmas short stories from one of the all time great British authors. [via]
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The Club of Queer Tradesby G. K. ChestertonISBN 1406803081 (1-4068-0308-1)
Softcover, Echo Library
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Club of Queer Trades'Book summary:Chesterton has been called the Prince of Paradox. His works include journalism, philosophy, poetry, biography, fantasy and detective stories. Chesterton has great fun satirizing the Victorian sleuths such as Sherlock Holmes in this novel. We are introduced to the detective Rupert Grant. Rupert and his brother attempt to solve a series of bizarre cases linked to the Club of Queer Trades much to the delight of the reader.
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Days from a Different World: A Memoir of Childhoodby John SimpsonISBN 1405055774 (1-4050-5577-4)
Softcover, Macmillan
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The Duke's Childrenby Anthony TrollopeISBN 1404362487 (1-4043-6248-7)
Hardcover, Indypublish.Com
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Essays: First Seriesby Ralph Waldo EmersonISBN 1404350020 (1-4043-5002-0)
Hardcover, IndyPublish.com
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Essays: First Series'Book summary:This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process. Though we have made best efforts - the books may have occasional errors that do not impede the reading experience. We believe this work is culturally important and have elected to bring the book back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. [via]
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The Eustace Diamondsby Anthony TrollopeISBN 1419161385 (1-4191-6138-5)
Softcover, Kessinger Pub Co
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Evelinaby Fanny BurneyISBN 1404359893 (1-4043-5989-3)
Softcover, IndyPublish.com
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Evelina'Book summary:This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. [via]
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Evelina or the History of a Young Lady's Entrance into the Worldby Fanny BurneyISBN 1406800910 (1-4068-0091-0)
Softcover, Echo Library
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Evelina or the History of a Young Lady's Entrance into the World'Book summary:This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. [via]
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Fanny Hillby John ClelandISBN 1419119222 (1-4191-1922-2)
Softcover, Kessinger Pub Co
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Fanny Hill'Book summary:Additional proofing provided by Eben Visher. The notorious work by author John Cleland. Not a book for children. [via]
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Guide to the Crystal Palace And Its Park And Gardensby Samuel PhillipsISBN 1417971711 (1-4179-7171-1)
Softcover, Kessinger Pub Co
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Heart Of Darkness And Other Talesby Joseph ConradISBN 1417619228 (1-4176-1922-8)
Hardcover, Bt Bound
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Hellblazerby Garth Ennis, John Higgins, James SinclairISBN 1401202020 (1-4012-0202-0)
Softcover, Vertigo
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Hellblazer : Black Flowersby Mike CareyISBN 1401204996 (1-4012-0499-6)
Softcover, DC Comics
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Highlander in Disguiseby Julia LondonISBN 141652388X (1-4165-2388-X)
Softcover, Pocket Books
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Howards Endby E. M. ForsterISBN 1406728713 (1-4067-2871-3)
Softcover, Hesperides Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Howards End'Book summary:HOWARDS ENDBY E. M. FORSTERCHAPTER I"ONE may as well begin with Helens letters to her sister,Howards End,Dearest Meg,It isnt going to be what we expected. It is old and little, andaltogether delightful red brick. We can scarcely pack in as it is,and the dear knows what will happen when Paul younger sonarrives tomorrow. From hall you go right or left into diningroomor drawingroom. Hall itself is practically a room. You openanother door in it, and there are the stairs going up in a sort oftunnel to the fast floor. Three bedrooms in a row there, and threeattics in a row above. That isnt all the house really, but it9s allthat one notices nine windows as you look up from the frontgarden.Then there's a very big wychelm to the left as you look upleaning a little over the house, and standing on the boundarybetween the garden and meadow. I quite love that tree already.Also ordinary elms, oaks no nastier than ordinary oaks peartrees, appletrees, and a vine. No silver birches, though. However,I must get on to my host and hostess. I only wanted to show that itisnt the least what we expected. Why did we settle that their housewould be all gables and wiggles, and their garden all gambogecoloured paths? I believe simply because we associate them withexpensive hotels Mrs Wilcox trailing in beautiful dresses downlong corridors, Mr Wilcox bullying porters, etc We fnales arethat unjust.I shall be back Saturday I will let you know train later.They are as angry as I am that you did not come too really Tibbyis too tiresome, he starts a new mortal disease tvery month. Howcould he have got hay fever in London? and even if he could, Useems hard that you should give up a visit to hear a schoolboysneeze. Tell him that Charles Wilcox the son who is here has hayfever too, but ke9s brave and gets quite cross when we inquire afterit. Men like the Wilcoxes would do Tibby a power of good. Butyou wont agree andI'd better change the subject."............. [via]
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The Importance of Being Earnest and Other Playsby Oscar Wilde, Alyssa HaradISBN 1416500421 (1-4165-0042-1)
Softcover, Pocket Classics
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Importance of Being Earnest and Other Plays'Book summary:Enduring Literature Illuminated by Practical Scholarship Wilde's classic comedy of manners, The Importance of Being Earnest , and his other popular plays -- Lady Windermere's Fan , An Ideal Husband , and Salome -- challenged comtemporary notions of sex and sensibility, class and cultural identity. This Enriched Classic Edition includes: ? A concise introduction that gives readers important background information ? A chronology of the author's life and work ? A timeline of significant events that provides the book's historical context ? An outline of key themes and plot points to help readers form their own interpretations ? Detailed explanatory notes ? Critical analysis, including contemporary and modern perspectives on the work ? Discussion questions to promote lively classroom and book group interaction ? A list of recommended related books and films to broaden the reader's experience Enriched Classics offer readers affordable editions of great works of literature enhanced by helpful notes and insightful commentary. The scholarship provided in Enriched Classics enables readers to appreciate, understand, and enjoy the world's finest books to their full potential. Series edited by Cynthia Brantley Johnson [via]
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Inspector Bucket's Jobby Charles DickensISBN 1410107701 (1-4101-0770-1)
Softcover, Fredonia Books
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Jamie's Dinnersby Jamie OliverISBN 1401301940 (1-4013-0194-0)
Hardcover, Hyperion Books
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Jamie's Kitchenby Jamie OliverISBN 1401300227 (1-4013-0022-7)
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John Constantine: Hellblazer - Settingby Warren EllisISBN 1401202454 (1-4012-0245-4)
Softcover, Dc Comics
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John Constantine, Hellblazerby Cameron Stewart, Brian Azzerello, Marcelo Frusin, Giuseppe CamuncoliISBN 1401202233 (1-4012-0223-3)
Softcover, Vertigo
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John Constantine, Hellblazer: Stations of the Crossby Various, Steve Dillon, Leonardo Manco, Marcelo Frusin, Chris BrunnerISBN 1401210023 (1-4012-1002-3)
Softcover, Dc Comics
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King of Shadowsby Susan CooperISBN 1416905324 (1-4169-0532-4)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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› Find signed collectible books: 'King of Shadows'Book summary:I lay very still, with all my senses telling me that I had gone mad. The plague? Nobody's had the plague for centuries ...Nathan Field, a talented young actor, arrives at the newly rebuilt Globe Theatre in London to play Puck in A Midsummer Night's Dream. As rehearsals begin, eerie echoes of the past begin to haunt Nat, and he falls sick with a mysterious sickness. When he wakes, Nat finds himself in 1599, an actor at the original Globe - and his co-star is none other than the King of Shadows himself: William Shakespeare. Nat's new life is full of excitement, danger and the passionate friendship that he has longed for since the tragic death of his parents. But why has he been sent to the past - and is he trapped there forever? [via]
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The Last Man Bk. 2,Vol. 2 : Cyclesby Brian K. Vaughan, Pia Guerra, Jose MarzanISBN 1401200761 (1-4012-0076-1)
Softcover, DC Comics
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Last Man Bk. 2,Vol. 2 : Cycles'Book summary:WINNER OF THREE EISNER AWARDS
As Yorick Brown, the last man on Earth, begins to make his way across the country to California, he and his companions are forced to make an unscheduled stop in Marrisville, Ohioa small town with a big secret. Collects issues #6-10 of the runaway hit Vertigo series by Brian K. Vaughan (EX-MACHINA, RUNAWAYS) and Pia Guerra.
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The League of Extraordinary Gentlemanby Alan Moore, Kevin O'NeillISBN 1401201180 (1-4012-0118-0)
Softcover, DC Comics
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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 MooreISBN 1401200524 (1-4012-0052-4)
Hardcover, Dc Comics
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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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The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandyby Laurence SterneISBN 1404314709 (1-4043-1470-9)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy'Book summary:This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. [via]
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Little Lady, Big Appleby Hester BrowneISBN 1416514937 (1-4165-1493-7)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Little Lady, Big Apple'Book summary:In Hester Browne's "deliciously addictive" Cosmopolitan bestseller The Little Lady Agency, Melissa Romney-Jones transformed herself from doormat to diva as Honey, London's premier freelance girlfriend. Now, Melissa takes Manhattan, and its clueless bachelors, by storm! With the Little Lady Agency doing a booming business back home, Melissa joins her dashing American boyfriend, Jonathan Riley, for an extended holiday in Manhattan. But she's soon out of her depth among Jonathan's hard-charging friends and his interfering ex-wife. And while she's all for shopping and sightseeing, a covert work opportunity is an irresistible temptation -- a project that soon lands her in the tabloids! Now, a hilarious and heartbreaking chain of events may force Melissa to choose between the man she loves and the unique man-handling business into which she has poured her heart and soul.... [via]
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The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmesby Arthur Conan DoyleISBN 1404319115 (1-4043-1911-5)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes'Book summary:Stephen King started writing Storm of the Century as a novel, but it evolved into the teleplay of an ABC TV miniseries. Set in Maine's remote Little Tall Island, the tale is all about vivid small-town characters, feuds, infidelities, sordid secrets, kids in peril, and gory portents in scrambled letters. The calamitous snowstorm is nothing compared to the mysterious mind-reading stranger Linoge, who uses magic powers to turn people's guilt against them--when he's not simply braining them with his wolf-head-handled cane. Don't even glance at that cane--it can bring out the devil in you. Just as The Shining was concerned with marriage and alcoholism as much as it was with bad weather and worse spirits, Storm of the Century is more than a horror story. It's creepy because it's realistic.
But it's also unusually visual. Linoge's eyes ominously change color, wind and sea wreak havoc, a basketball leaves blood circles with each bounce. The 100-year storm no doubt hits harder onscreen than on the page, but the snow is a symbol of the more disturbing emotional maelstrom that words evoke perfectly. And the murders of folks we've gotten to know is entirely terrifying in print. The crisp discipline of the screenplay format makes this book better than lots of King's more sprawling novels--the end doesn't wander and the dialogue crackles. Here's the real test: It's impossible to read parts 1 and 2 and not read part 3, "The Reckoning." --Tim Appelo [via]
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The Mystery of Edwin Droodby Charles DickensISBN 1417908726 (1-4179-0872-6)
Softcover, Kessinger Pub Co
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Mystery of Edwin Drood'Book summary:1890. With illustrations. Dickens, English novelist, is considered by many to be the greatest of his country. His works were known to indict society's mistreatment and abuse of the poor, especially children. Dickens died before completing this novel, which on one hand is frustrating, but on the other it has afforded literary critics and mystery lovers the opportunity to solve the puzzle for themselves. No one will ever know who Dickens really had in mind as the murderer, or if indeed there was a murder at all, but In true Dickensian form The Mystery of Edwin Drood gives the reader lots of memorable characters, from the suspicious and tormented Jasper to the Reverend Crisparkle to Princess Puffer, the enigmatic Datchery and finally the gravedigger and his obnoxious but perceptive boy assistant. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing. [via]
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The Mystery of Edwin Drood. Complete. by Charles Dickens.by Charles DickensISBN 1418124869 (1-4181-2486-9)
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The Naked Chefby Jamie OliverISBN 1401308236 (1-4013-0823-6)
Softcover, Hyperion Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Naked Chef'Book summary:There are a few British television chefs, such as Delia Smith and Nigel Slater, who know exactly what viewers want. They cook food that is simple to prepare but looks and tastes delicious. That's probably the reason why the BBC appointed Jamie Oliver as the presenter of its series The Naked Chef (which airs on the Television Food Network in the U.S.). A working chef at London's celebrated River Café, Oliver cooks simpler versions of the fare you would find on the restaurant's menu. It's basically modern Italian food using ingredients that can be found by almost anyone who is reasonably interested in food shopping. Like the television show, the book is titled The Naked Chef. In Oliver's words, this sums up the idea: "It's basically stripping back to the bare essentials." He applies this to all his recipes--from salads to roasts, desserts to pastas. He doesn't use culinary jargon or time-consuming processes. In the book you'll find suggestions for ingredients to keep in your larder (pantry) and herbs to grow on your windowsill. Recipes include Warm Salad of Radicchio; Gem and Pancetta; and Beetroot Tagliatelle with Pesto, Mussels, and White Wine. There are also tips on how to cook live lobsters, how to make gravy, preparing dry beans for cooking, and how to make the perfect roast chicken. Several photographs accompany some of the recipes, with step-by-step instructions. Oliver's recipes for bread are particularly good--a tribute to his training at Carluccio's, the Covent Garden deli. This is the perfect book for anyone who doesn't want to spend much more than a half-hour preparing meals and is not willing to compromise on innovation or taste. --Dale Kneen, Amazon.co.uk [via]
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Never Seduce a Scoundrelby Sabrina JeffriesISBN 1416516085 (1-4165-1608-5)
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Notting Hellby Rachel JohnsonISBN 1416531769 (1-4165-3176-9)
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Odd Womenby George GissingISBN 1419175890 (1-4191-7589-0)
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Old Saint Paul's, a Tale of the Plague And the Fireby William Harrison AinsworthISBN 140650565X (1-4065-0565-X)
Softcover, Dodo Pr
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One Night With a Princeby Sabrina JeffriesISBN 1416523855 (1-4165-2385-5)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'One Night With a Prince'Book summary:Book 3 in The Royal Brotherhood Series
A New York Times Bestselling Author
Proper Lady Christabel, the Marchioness of Haversham, pretends to be the mistress of notorious gaming-club owner Gavin Byrne so she can accompany him to a scandalous house party to search for letters that could destroy her. But Gavin is secretly determined to find the letters first and use them for revenge against the noble sire who abandoned him.
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Out in the Coldby Ed Brubaker, Sean PhillipsISBN 1401201156 (1-4012-0115-6)
Softcover, DC Comics
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Peter Pan in Scarletby Geraldine McCaughrean, Scott M. FischerISBN 1416918086 (1-4169-1808-6)
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Phineas Reduxby Anthony TrollopeISBN 1419141449 (1-4191-4144-9)
Softcover, Kessinger Pub Co
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Phineas Redux'Book summary:Phineas, on the other hand, made two or three great speeches every evening, and astonished even Mr Ruddles by his oratory. He had accepted Mr Ruddles's proposition with but lukewarm acquiescence, but in the handling of the matter he became zealous, fiery, and enthusiastic. He explained to his hearers with gracious acknowledgment that Church endowments had undoubtedly been most beneficent in past times. [via]
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The Prime Ministerby Anthony TrollopeISBN 141917858X (1-4191-7858-X)
Softcover, Kessinger Pub Co
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Psmith in the Cityby P. G. WodehouseISBN 1419143336 (1-4191-4333-6)
Softcover, Kessinger Publishing, LLC
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Psmith in the City'Book summary:Physically,' said Psmith, 'no. Spiritually much. Do you realize, Comrade Jackson, the thing that has happened? I am riding in a tram. I, Psmith, have paid a penny for a ticket on a tram. If this should get about the clubs! I tell you, Comrade Jackson, no such crisis has ever occurred before in the course of my career.' [via]
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The Rottweiler: A Novelby Ruth RendellISBN 1400095883 (1-4000-9588-3)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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Sandman 3: Dream Countryby Neil GaimanISBN 141768612X (1-4176-8612-X)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Sandman 3: Dream Country'Book summary:The third book of the Sandman collection is a series of four short comic book stories. What's remarkable here (considering the publisher and the time that this was originally published) is that the main character of the book--the Sandman, King of Dreams--serves only as a minor character in each of these otherwise unrelated stories. (Actually, he's not even in the last story.) This signaled a couple of important things in the development of what is considered one of the great comics of the second half of the century. First, it marked a distinct move away from the horror genre and into a more fantasy-rich, classical mythology-laden environment. And secondly, it solidly cemented Neil Gaiman as a storyteller. One of the stories here, "A Midsummer Night's Dream," took home the World Fantasy Award for best short story--the first time a comic was given that honor. But for my money, another story in Dream Country has it beat hands down. "A Dream of a Thousand Cats" has such hope, beauty, and good old-fashioned chills that rereading it becomes a welcome pleasure. --Jim Pascoe [via]
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Sandman 4: Season of Mistsby Neil GaimanISBN 1417686138 (1-4176-8613-8)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Sandman 4: Season of Mists'Book summary:In many ways, Season of Mists is the pinnacle of the Sandman experience. After a brief intermission of four short stories (collected as Dream Country) Gaiman continued the story of the Dream King that he began in the first two volumes. Here in volume 4, we find out about the rest of Dream's Endless family (Desire, Despair, Destiny, Delirium, Death, and a seventh missing sibling). We find out the story behind Nada, Dream's first love, whom we met only in passing during Dream's visit to hell in the first book. When Dream goes back to hell to resolve unfinished business with Nada, he finds her missing along with all of the other dead souls. The answer to this mystery lies in Lucifer's most uncharacteristic decision--a delicious surprise.
There is something grandiose about this story, in which each chapter ends with such suspense and drive to read the next. This book is best summed up by a toast taken from the second chapter: "To absent friends, lost loves, old gods, and the season of mists; and may each and every one of us always give the devil his due." --Jim Pascoe [via]
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Sandman 5: A Game of Youby Neil GaimanISBN 1417686146 (1-4176-8614-6)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Sandman 5: 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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Sandman 8: World's Endby Neil GaimanISBN 1417686170 (1-4176-8617-0)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Sandman 8: World's End'Book summary:When Brant and Charlene wreck their car in a horrible snowstorm in the middle of nowhere, the only place they can find shelter is a mysterious little inn called World's End. Here they wait out the storm and listen to stories from the many travelers also stuck at this tavern. These tales exemplify Neil Gaiman's gift for storytelling--and his love for the very telling of them. This volume has almost nothing to do with the larger story of the Sandman, except for a brief foreshadowing nod. It's a nice companion to the best Sandman short story collection, Dream Country, (and it's much better than the hodgepodge Fables and Reflections). World's End works best as a collection--it's a story about a story about stories--all wrapped up in a structure that's clever without being cute, and which features an ending nothing short of spectacular. --Jim Pascoe [via]
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The Sandman: The Wakeby Neil GaimanISBN 1417686197 (1-4176-8619-7)
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The Sea-Wolfby Jack LondonISBN 1404330623 (1-4043-3062-3)
Hardcover, Indypublish.Com
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Sign of Fourby Arthur Conan DoyleISBN 1404331395 (1-4043-3139-5)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Sign of Four'Book summary:When a woman who has received mysterious pearls in the mail is asked to meet her correspondent, Holmes and Watson are called in on the case. A terrible death and vanishing treasure lead to an epic chase through the dawn streets and along the River Thames in this spellbinding mystery. [via]
The Son of Tarzanby Edgar Rice BurroughsISBN 1414252447 (1-4142-5244-7)
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The Story of Scotland Yardby Basil ThomsonISBN 1419154516 (1-4191-5451-6)
Softcover, Kessinger Pub Co
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Strychnine Livesby Brian Azzarello, Eduardo RissoISBN 1401209289 (1-4012-0928-9)
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A Study in Scarletby Arthur Conan DoyleISBN 1404331921 (1-4043-3192-1)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Study in Scarlet'Book summary:Arthur Conan Doyle's Study in Scarlet is the first published story involving the legendary Sherlock Holmes, arguably the world's best-known detective, and the first narrative by Holmes's Boswell, the unassuming Dr. Watson, a military surgeon lately returned from the Afghan War. Watson needs a flat-mate and a diversion. Holmes needs a foil. And thus a great literary collaboration begins.
Watson and Holmes move to a now-famous address, 221B Baker Street, where Watson is introduced to Holmes's eccentricities as well as his uncanny ability to deduce information about his fellow beings. Somewhat shaken by Holmes's egotism, Watson is nonetheless dazzled by his seemingly magical ability to provide detailed information about a man glimpsed once under the streetlamp across the road.
Then murder. Facing a deserted house, a twisted corpse with no wounds, a mysterious phrase drawn in blood on the wall, and the buffoons of Scotland Yard--Lestrade and Gregson--Holmes measures, observes, picks up a pinch of this and a pinch of that, and generally baffles his faithful Watson. Later, Holmes explains: "In solving a problem of this sort, the grand thing is to be able to reason backward.... There are few people who, if you told them a result, would be able to evolve from their own inner consciousness what the steps were which led up to that result." Holmes is in that elite group.
Conan Doyle quickly learned that it was Holmes's deductions that were of most interest to his readers. The lengthy flashback, while a convention of popular fiction, simply distracted from readers' real focus. It is when Holmes and Watson gather before the coal fire and Holmes sums up the deductions that led him to the successful apprehension of the criminal that we are most captivated. Subsequent Holmes stories--The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, The Return of Sherlock Holmes, and The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes--rightly plunge the twosome directly into the middle of a baffling crime, piling mystery upon mystery until Holmes's denouement once more leaves the dazzled Watson murmuring, "You are wonderful, Holmes!" Generations of readers agree. --Barbara Schlieper [via]
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Tainted Relicby Medieval MurderersISBN 1416502130 (1-4165-0213-0)
Softcover, Trafalgar Square
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A Taste for Deathby P. D. JamesISBN 1400096472 (1-4000-9647-2)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Taste for Death'Book summary:When the quiet Little Vestry of St. Matthew's Church becomes the blood-soaked scene of a double murder, Scotland Yard Commander Adam Dalgliesh faces an intriguing conundrum: How did an upper-crust Minister come to lie, slit throat to slit throat, next to a neighborhood derelict of the lowest order? Challenged with the investigation of a crime that appears to have endless motives, Dalgliesh explores the sinister web spun around a half-burnt diary and a violet-eyed widow who is pregnant and full of malice--all the while hoping to fill the gap of logic that joined these two disparate men in bright red death. . . . [via]
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The Third Translationby Matt BondurantISBN 1401308414 (1-4013-0841-4)
Softcover, Hyperion Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Third Translation'Book summary:This is the latest novel trying to capitalize on the amazing success of The Da Vinci Code by positing an ancient mystery, contemporary scholars, rare documents, greedy collectors, and a quasi-academic protagonist. In this case he's an American Egyptologist living in London who's got less than a week to unlock the secrets of the Stela of Paser, a funerary stone whose references to a "third way" of deciphering the hieroglyphics inscribed on the stone have teased, tempted and eluded would-be translators for centuries.
Walter Rothschild has sacrificed a wife, a child, and many of the other things that make life worth living to pursue a passion cultivated in childhood and encouraged by his own father. Less than a week before his grant runs out and the Stela of Paser returns to its dusty basement in the British Museum, Walter is seduced and drugged by a mysterious young woman who steals a precious document from the Museum; in search of her and the papyrus scroll, Rothschild encounters a cult of would-be mystics who will stop at nothing to get him to decipher the Stela and reveal its secrets--especially those that promise a "third way" between life and death, "the endless quest of the ancient kings." While Walter's efforts are admirable, he is basically a boring, fretful, and regretful man who fails to engage the reader. That's too bad, for otherwise this is a beautifully written, thoroughly researched, and finely detailed novel based somewhat on the author's own obsession with the Stela. But if you share his passion for Egyptology, and want a more learned discourse on its arcana than the Amelia Peabody mysteries provide, The Third Translation is well worth reading. --Jane Adams [via]
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Thirteen Steps Downby Ruth RendellISBN 1400095905 (1-4000-9590-5)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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The Three Impostorsby Arthur MacHenISBN 141918525X (1-4191-8525-X)
Softcover, Kessinger Pub Co
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The Time Traveler's Wifeby Audrey NiffeneggerISBN 1417642149 (1-4176-4214-9)
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The Travelerby JOHN TWELVE HAWKSISBN 1400079292 (1-4000-7929-2)
Softcover, Vintage Books
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Twelfth Nightby William ShakespeareISBN 1411401182 (1-4114-0118-2)
Hardcover, Spark Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Twelfth Night'Book summary:[via]Widely regarded as Shakespeares most perfect comedy, Twelfth Night follows the twisting paths that lead to love. The editor, Claire McEachern, provides an illuminating context for the play, showing how Englands struggle to define a national religious identity underlies many of the plays conflicts.Twelfth Night, by William Shakespeare, is part of the Barnes & Noble Shakespeare series. This unique series features newly edited texts prepared by leading scholars from America and Great Britain, in collaboration with one of the worlds foremost Shakespeare authorities, David Scott Kastan of Columbia University. Together they have produced texts as faithful as possible to those that Shakespeare wrote.
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The Unrivalled Spanglesby Karen WallaceISBN 1416915036 (1-4169-1503-6)
Hardcover, Simon & Schuster
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Victoryby Susan CooperISBN 1416914773 (1-4169-1477-3)
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Web Search: Public Searching On The Webby AMANDA SPINK, BERNARD J. JANSENISBN 1402022689 (1-4020-2268-9)
Hardcover, Kluwer Academic Pub
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Who Moved My Blackberry?by Lucy KellawayISBN 1401308910 (1-4013-0891-0)
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Wild Walesby George Henry BorrowISBN 1404339876 (1-4043-3987-6)
Softcover, Indypublish.Com
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Wise Childrenby Angela CarterISBN 140583563X (1-4058-3563-X)
Softcover, Prentice Hall
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Wise Children'Book summary:Do you want a better understanding of the text? Do you want to know what the critics say? Do you want to know how to improve your grade? Whatever you want, York Notes can help. York Notes Advanced offers a fresh and accessible approach to English Literature. This market-leading series has been completely updated to meet the needs of today's A-level and undergraduate students. Written by established literature experts, York Notes Advanced introduce students to more sophisticated analysis, a range of critical perspectives and wider contexts. Key Features: *Summaries with detailed commentaries *Extended commentaries on key passages *Discussion of themes and literary techniques *Author biography *Historical and literary background *Check the net/film/book features *Glossary of literary terms *Self-test questions [via]
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Yellow Dogby Martin AmisISBN 1401352030 (1-4013-5203-0)
Hardcover, Hyperion Books
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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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Hermandad de la sabana Santaby Julia NavarroISBN 1400099625 (1-4000-9962-5)
Softcover, Plaza & Janes Editories, S.A.
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Hermandad de la sabana Santa'Book summary:En la catedral de Turin, donde se venera la Sabana Santa, considerada la autentica mortaja de Cristo, se suceden una serie de accidentes que resultan sospechosos al equipo de la policia italiano, especializado en temas viculados con el arte. Un grupo de individuos ?todos con la lengua cortada? ha participado presuntamente en aquellos confusos episodios. A traves de la investigacion historica y la intuicion, el equipo, y especialmente una bella y avispada historiadora, develara una trama que va de los templarios hasta nuestros dias. En paralelo iremos recorriendo la historia de la Sabana, desde Jesucristo al antiguo Imperio bizantino, la nueva Turquia, Francia, Espana, Portugal, Escocia. Sin embargo, el mayor misterio que aventura esta novela es la prueba del carbono 14, que en el siglo XX dictamino que la tela de la Sabana era del siglo XIII o XIV, aunque misteriosamente se encontraron en ella restos de polenes y arbustos que existieron en Palestina en el siglo I. Aventura, misterio, crimenes e investigacion policial... La Hermandad de la Sabana Santa resulta una novela trepidante que combina el rigor historico con el estilo de los mejores libros del genero. [via]
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