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  • Delinsky, Barbara: An Accidental Woman
    An Accidental Woman
    by Barbara Delinsky
    ISBN 0743411269 (0-7434-1126-9)
    Softcover, Simon & Schuster

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  • McCauley, Stephen: Alternatives to Sex
    Alternatives to Sex
    by Stephen McCauley
    ISBN 0743453190 (0-7434-5319-0)
    Softcover, Pocket Books

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  • Montgomery, L.M.: Anne of Green Gables
    Anne of Green Gables
    by L.M. Montgomery
    ISBN 0765199793 (0-7651-9979-3)
    Hardcover, Smithmark Pub

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  • As You Like It
    by William Shakespeare, Paul Werstine, Barbara A. Mowat
    ISBN 074348486X (0-7434-8486-X)
    Softcover, Washington Square Pr

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    Each edition includes:

    Freshly edited text based on the best early printed version of the play

    Full explanatory notes conveniently placed on pages facing the text of the play

    Scene-by-scene plot summaries

    A key to famous lines and phrases

    An introduction to reading Shakespeare's language

    An essay by an outstanding scholar providing a modern perspective on the play

    Illustrations from the Folger Shakespeare Library's vast holdings of rare books

    Essay by Susan Snyder

    The Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, D.C., is home to the world's largest collection of Shakespeare's printed works, and a magnet for Shakespeare scholars from around the globe. In addition to exhibitions open to the public throughout the year, the Folger offers a full calendar of performances and programs. For more information, visit www.folger.edu. [via]

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  • The Awakening
    by Kate Chopin, John Collier
    ISBN 0760705909 (0-7607-0590-9)
    Hardcover, Barnes & Noble Books

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    This Second Edition of a perennial favorite in the Norton Critical Edition series represents an extensive revision of its predecessor.

    The text is that of the first edition of the novel, published by Herbert S. Stone in 1899. It has been annotated by the editor and includes translations of French phrases and information about New Orleans locales, customs, and lore, the Bayou region, and Creole culture. "Bibliographical and Historical Contexts", expanded and introduced by a new Editors Note, presents biographical, historical, and cultural documents contemporary with the novels publication. Included are a biographical essay by the acclaimed Chopin biographer Emily Toth, "An Etiquette/Advice Book Sampler" with selections from the conduct books of the period in which Chopin lived and wrote, and period fashion plates from Harpers Bazar. A comprehensive "Criticism" section, introduced by a new Editors Note, contains expanded selections from hard-to-find contemporary reviews of the novel; two letters of mysterious origin written in response to the novel; and Chopins "Retraction," which followed The Awakenings negative reception. These are followed by twenty-seven interpretive essays, twelve of them new to the Second Edition, that provide a variety of perspectives on The Awakening, including essays by Cynthia Griffin Wolff, Nancy Walker, Elizabeth Fox-Genovese, Paula A. Treichler, Sandra M. Gilbert, Lee R. Edwards, Patricia S. Yaeger, Elizabeth Ammons, and Elaine Showalter. A Chronology of Chopins life and an updated Selected Bibliography are also included. [via]

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  • The Awakening and Selected Stories of Kate Chopin
    by Kate Chopin, Nina Baym, Alyssa Harad
    ISBN 0743487672 (0-7434-8767-2)
    Softcover, Pocket Classics

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    I used this book for a college class... But read it again because it was SOOOO good! [via]

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  • The Beautiful and Damned
    by F. Scott Fitzgerald
    ISBN 0743451503 (0-7434-5150-3)
    Softcover, Pocket Classics

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    First published in 1922, The Beautiful and the Damned followed Fitzgerald's impeccable debut, This Side of Paradise, thus securing his place in the tradition of great American novelists. Embellished with the author's lyrical prose, here is the story of Harvard-educated, aspiring aeshete Anthony Patch and his beautiful wife, Gloria. As they await the inheritance of his grandfather's fortune, their reckless marriage sways under the influence of alcohol and avarice. A devastating look at the nouveaux riches and New York nightlife, as well as the ruinous effects wild ambiion, The Beautiful and the Damned achieved stature as one of Fitzgerzld's most accomplished novels. Its distinction as a classic endures to this day.

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  • Ben Hur: A Tale of the Christ
    by Lew Wallace
    ISBN 0760763062 (0-7607-6306-2)
    Softcover, Barnes & Noble Books

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  • The Blind Assassin
    by Margaret Atwood
    ISBN 0747549370 (0-7475-4937-0)
    Hardcover, Bloomsbury Pub Ltd

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    The Blind Assassin is a tale of two sisters, one of whom dies under ambiguous circumstances in the opening pages. The survivor, Iris Chase Griffen, initially seems a little cold-blooded about this death in the family. But as Margaret Atwood's most ambitious work unfolds--a tricky process, in fact, with several nested narratives and even an entire novel-within-a-novel--we're reminded of just how complicated the familial game of hide-and-seek can be:

    What had she been thinking of as the car sailed off the bridge, then hung suspended in the afternoon sunlight, glinting like a dragonfly, for that one instant of held breath before the plummet? Of Alex, of Richard, of bad faith, of our father and his wreckage; of God, perhaps, and her fatal, triangular bargain.
    Meanwhile, Atwood immediately launches into an excerpt from Laura Chase's novel, The Blind Assassin, posthumously published in 1947. In this double-decker concoction, a wealthy woman dabbles in blue-collar passion, even as her lover regales her with a series of science-fictional parables. Complicated? You bet. But the author puts all this variegation to good use, taking expert measure of our capacity for self-delusion and complicity, not to mention desolation. Almost everybody in her sprawling narrative manages to--or prefers to--overlook what's in plain sight. And memory isn't much of a salve either, as Iris points out: "Nothing is more difficult than to understand the dead, I've found; but nothing is more dangerous than to ignore them." Yet Atwood never succumbs to postmodern cynicism, or modish contempt for her characters. On the contrary, she's capable of great tenderness, and as we immerse ourselves in Iris's spliced-in memoir, it's clear that this buttoned-up socialite has been anything but blind to the chaos surrounding her. --Darya Silver [via]

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  • The Classic Hans Christian Andersen Fairy Tales
    by Sheila Black, H.C. Andersen, Richard Walz, Robyn Officer, Arlene Klemushin, Richard Bernal, Erin Augenstine, Karen Pritchett, Andrew Babanovsky
    ISBN 0762401850 (0-7624-0185-0)
    Hardcover, Courage Books

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    Including some of the popular tales by Hans Christian Andersen, this children''s classic is illustrated b y a team of seven artists who use varying styles throughout the book. The stories are retold by William King. ' [via]

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  • Cliffscomplete Twelfth Night
    by Chris Stroffolino
    ISBN 0764585770 (0-7645-8577-0)
    Softcover, John Wiley & Sons Inc

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    In the CliffsComplete guides, the play's complete text and a glossary appear side-by-side with coordinating numbered lines to help you understand unusual words and phrasing. You'll also find all the commentary and resources of a standard CliffsNotes for Literature.

    CliffsComplete Twelfth Night involves several separate groups of characters whose stories are flawlessly woven together to produce one of Shakespeare's lightest, most popular, and most musical comedies  full of intricate plots and subplots and witty banter that only Shakespeare could write.

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  • Cliffscomplete Chopin's the Awakening
    by Sheri Metzger
    ISBN 0764587285 (0-7645-8728-5)
    Softcover, John Wiley & Sons Inc

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    In the CliffsComplete guides, the novel's complete text and a glossary appear side-by-side with coordinating numbered lines to help you understand unusual words and phrasing. You'll also find all the commentary and resources of a standard CliffsNotes for Literature.

    CliffsComplete The Awakening offers insight and information into a work considered scandalous when it arrived from the turn-of-the-20th-century presses. Every generation since has been able to identify with some social or thematic aspect of the novel.

    Discover what happens to this heroine who found her husband dull, married life dreary and confining, and motherhood to be bondage  and save valuable studying time  all at once. Enhance your reading of The Awakening with these additional features:

    • A summary and insightful commentary for each chapter
    • Bibliography and historical background on the author, Kate Chopin
    • A look at late-19th-century intellect, religion, politics, and society
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  • Cliffscomplete Hawthorne's the Scarlet Letter
    by Karin Jacobson
    ISBN 0764587242 (0-7645-8724-2)
    Softcover, John Wiley & Sons Inc

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    In the CliffsComplete guides, the novel's complete text and a glossary appear side-by-side with coordinating numbered lines to help you understand unusual words and phrasing. You'll also find all the commentary and resources of a standard CliffsNotes for Literature.

    CliffsComplete The Scarlet Letter is a novel of betrayal and trials. Hester Prynne is found guilty of adultery and must wear a scarlet "A" wherever she goes. Her story is filled with the slow process of redemption and eventual love.

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  • Cliffscomplete Othello
    by Sidney Lamb, Kate Mauer
    ISBN 0764585738 (0-7645-8573-8)
    Softcover, John Wiley & Sons Inc

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    In the CliffsComplete guides, the novel's complete text and a glossary appear side-by-side with coordinating numbered lines to help you understand unusual words and phrasing. You'll also find all the commentary and resources of a standard CliffsNotes for Literature.

    CliffsComplete Othello makes you familiar with one of the most staged of all of Shakespeare's plays. Othello is a tale of love and betrayal, secrets, passion, and intrigue. Psychology and wit pit strength and virtue against jealousy and evil agendas. The results leave no winners, only tragedy in the lives of the jealous Moor, Othello, and his wife, Desdemona.

    Enhance your reading of Othello and save valuable studying time  all at once  with CliffsComplete Othello. Additional features include:

    • A summary and insightful commentary for each scene
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    • A look at the historical context and structure of the play
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  • Cliffscomplete Romeo and Juliet
    by Sidney Lamb, Karin Jacobson
    ISBN 0764585746 (0-7645-8574-6)
    Softcover, John Wiley & Sons Inc

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    Aimed at students needing to understand a subject with a minimum of fuss, CliffsNotes cover a range of topics including classic and modern literature whilst providing supplemental assistance and further notes online. [via]

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  • Cliffscomplete Shakespeare's a Midsummer Nights Dream: Complete Text, Commentary, Glossary
    by Michael McMahon
    ISBN 0764587250 (0-7645-8725-0)
    Softcover, Cliff Notes

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    In the CliffsComplete guides, the novel's complete text and a glossary appear side-by-side with coordinating numbered lines to help you understand unusual words and phrasing. You'll also find all the commentary and resources of a standard CliffsNotes for Literature.

    CliffsComplete A Midsummer Nights Dream   has long been one of Shakespeares most popular plays. Its magical atmosphere, farcical plot, hilarious play-within-a-play, and general air of celebration have been enjoyed by nearly every generation since it was written.

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    • A look at the historical context and structure of the play
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  • Cliffscomplete the Tempest
    by Matthew C. Hansen
    ISBN 0764585762 (0-7645-8576-2)
    Softcover, John Wiley & Sons Inc

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    In the CliffsComplete guides, the play's complete text and a glossary appear side-by-side with coordinating numbered lines to help you understand unusual words and phrasing. You'll also find all the commentary and resources of a standard CliffsNotes for Literature.

    CliffsComplete The Tempest tells the famous story of Prospero and his daughter Miranda. Through magic, Prospero has conjured up a storm that brings a ship full of his enemies to the island on which he and Miranda live. What follows is Shakespeare's comic masterpiece that's full of intrigue and romance.

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    • A summary and insightful commentary for each act
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  • Count of Monte Cristo
    by Alexandre Dumas, Margaret Brantley
    ISBN 0743487559 (0-7434-8755-9)
    Softcover, Pocket Classics

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    ENDURING LITERATURE ILLUMINATED

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    Alexandre Dumas's thrilling adventure of one man's quest for freedom and vengeance on those who betrayed him.

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  • Crime and Punishment
    by Fyodor Dostoevsky, Margaret Brantley
    ISBN 074348763X (0-7434-8763-X)
    Softcover, Washington Square Pr

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    Enduring literature illuminated by practical scholarship dostoyevsky's penetrating study of a man for whom the distinction between right and wrong disappears, and a riveting portrait of guilt and retribution. Each 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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  • Harris, Charlaine: Dead Until Dark
    Dead Until Dark
    by Charlaine Harris
    ISBN 0754069966 (0-7540-6996-6)
    Hardcover, Wheeler Pub

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  • O'Farrell, Maggie: The Distance between Us
    The Distance between Us
    by Maggie O'Farrell
    ISBN 0755309189 (0-7553-0918-9)
    Softcover, Review

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  • The Duchess of Malfi
    by John Webster, John Russell Brown
    ISBN 0719043573 (0-7190-4357-3)
    Softcover, Manchester Univ Pr

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    More widely studied and more frequently performed than ever before, John Webster's The Duchesss of Malfi is here presented in an accessible and thoroughly up-to-date edition. Based on the often reprinted Revels Plays Edition of 1964, the notes have been augmented to cast further light on Webster's amazing dialogue and on the stage action which it implies. An entirely new introduction sets the tragedy in the context of pre-Civil War England and gives a revealing view of its themes, action and visual imagery. From its well-documented early performances to the two productions seen in the West End of London in the 1995-96 season, a stage history gives an account of the play in performance. Students, actors, directors and theatre-goers will fiind here a reappraisal of Webster's artistry in the tragedy which stands in the very first rank of plays from perhaps the greatest age of English theatre, and reasons why it has lived on stage with renewed force in the last decades of the twentieth century.
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  • Gregory, Philippa: Earthly Joys
    Earthly Joys
    by Philippa Gregory
    ISBN 0743272528 (0-7432-7252-8)
    Softcover, Simon & Schuster

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  • Emma
    by Jane Austen
    ISBN 0755331486 (0-7553-3148-6)
    Softcover, Trafalgar Square

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    Of all Jane Austen's heroines, Emma Woodhouse is the most flawed, the most infuriating, and, in the end, the most endearing. Pride and Prejudice's Lizzie Bennet has more wit and sparkle; Catherine Morland in Northanger Abbey more imagination; and Sense and Sensibility's Elinor Dashwood certainly more sense--but Emma is lovable precisely because she is so imperfect. Austen only completed six novels in her lifetime, of which five feature young women whose chances for making a good marriage depend greatly on financial issues, and whose prospects if they fail are rather grim. Emma is the exception: "Emma Woodhouse, handsome, clever, and rich, with a comfortable home and happy disposition seemed to unite some of the best blessings of existence; and had lived nearly twenty-one years in the world with very little to distress or vex her." One may be tempted to wonder what Austen could possibly find to say about so fortunate a character. The answer is, quite a lot.

    For Emma, raised to think well of herself, has such a high opinion of her own worth that it blinds her to the opinions of others. The story revolves around a comedy of errors: Emma befriends Harriet Smith, a young woman of unknown parentage, and attempts to remake her in her own image. Ignoring the gaping difference in their respective fortunes and stations in life, Emma convinces herself and her friend that Harriet should look as high as Emma herself might for a husband--and she zeroes in on an ambitious vicar as the perfect match. At the same time, she reads too much into a flirtation with Frank Churchill, the newly arrived son of family friends, and thoughtlessly starts a rumor about poor but beautiful Jane Fairfax, the beloved niece of two genteelly impoverished elderly ladies in the village. As Emma's fantastically misguided schemes threaten to surge out of control, the voice of reason is provided by Mr. Knightly, the Woodhouse's longtime friend and neighbor. Though Austen herself described Emma as "a heroine whom no one but myself will much like," she endowed her creation with enough charm to see her through her most egregious behavior, and the saving grace of being able to learn from her mistakes. By the end of the novel Harriet, Frank, and Jane are all properly accounted for, Emma is wiser (though certainly not sadder), and the reader has had the satisfaction of enjoying Jane Austen at the height of her powers. --Alix Wilber [via]

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  • Wharton, Edith: Ethan Frome
    Ethan Frome
    by Edith Wharton, Cynthia Brantley Johnson, Lynn Miller
    ISBN 0743487702 (0-7434-8770-2)
    Softcover, Pocket Classics

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    Set against the bleak winter landscape of New England, Ethan Frome is the story of a poor farmer, lonely and downtrodden, his wife Zeena, and her cousin, the enchanting Mattie Silver. In the playing out of this short novel's powerful and engrossing drama, Edith Wharton constructed her least characteristic and most celebrated book. In her Introduction, the distinguished critic Elaine Showalter discusses the background to the novel's composition and the reasons for its enduring success.
    About the Series: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the broadest spectrum of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, voluminous notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more. [via]

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  • Henke, Roxanne: Finding Ruth
    Finding Ruth
    by Roxanne Henke
    ISBN 0736909680 (0-7369-0968-0)
    Softcover, Harvest House Pub

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  • Freedom And Necessity
    by Emma Bull, Steven Brust
    ISBN 0765316803 (0-7653-1680-3)
    Softcover, Orb Books

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    The early 19th century was a heady time of repeated challenges to the assumption that the social order as it stood was supernaturally (divinely) ordained. A particularly sticky web of politics and romance traps Susan Voight and James Cobham in a dense, thrillingly suspenseful plot connecting a reforming democratic labor movement, Chartism, to a secret society, the Trotters Club, whose corrupt members intend to exploit a magical ritual for their personal, complicated purposes of vengeance and power. Layers of truths and falsehoods mislead and confound the protagonists in their dealings with each other and the conspiracies; they come to understand that only honesty can save them. Although the perversion of the natural power of sorcery fails because it is unnatural, the social order, unnatural or not, is more resistant to justice. The swift pace, surprising developments, and appealing characters make it nearly impossible to put this book down. Though the women's rights movement is glancingly acknowledged, the conventionally romantic fulfillment is a little disappointing. Is there no other end for intelligent, financially independent women than maternity and love-partnership (as binding, or more, as legal marriage) with a man? [via]

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  • Henry, O.: The Gift of the Magi
    The Gift of the Magi
    by O. Henry
    ISBN 0740719319 (0-7407-1931-9)
    Hardcover, Andrews McMeel Pub

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  • Good in Bed
    by Jennifer Weiner
    ISBN 0743418174 (0-7434-1817-4)
    Softcover, Washington Square Pr

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    Jennifer Weiner's Good in Bed is the story of a year in the life of a late-twentysomething American woman: Cannie, a journalist on the Philadelphia Examiner, who has recently broken up with her boyfriend of three years (cue endless similarities with countless other books aimed at young Western women). Fortunately, Weiner's book has enough originality to break out from the mould, with an overweight heroine and a mother who has recently moved in with her lesbian lover. Good in Bed has its funny moments, dealing with humour and sensitivity with Cannie's status as a "larger woman", her bizarre family and her regrets at splitting up with Bruce, but there is often more a feeling of pathos than laughter. Cannie is not a tragic figure through her dress size--Weiner successfully side-steps any attempt to pity her or her fellow larger women at a weight-loss clinic, taking the humorous path instead--but through her relationship and career predicaments. It is therefore not clear why Weiner cast Cannie as a plus-size, unless to drive home the eternal fact that whatever their size, all women have the same neuroses inside. Cannie's year offers more lows than highs--with a particularly heart-breaking low towards the end of the novel, which is unlikely to be read by anyone with even a wry smile--and it therefore is not a "feel good to be a woman" novel. For laugh-out-loud writing with a dash of pathos try Shannon Olson's Welcome to My Planet, but for sensitive and ultimately tear-inducing touching narration try Good in Bed. --Olivia Dickinson [via]

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  • Hueffner, Ford M.: The Good Soldier
    The Good Soldier
    by Ford M. Hueffner
    ISBN 0742630986 (0-7426-3098-6)
    Hardcover, Classic Books

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  • Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales
    by Hans Christian Andersen, Anthea Bell, Lisbeth Zwerger
    ISBN 0735813949 (0-7358-1394-9)
    Hardcover, North South Books

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    Originally published in 1991, this stunning collection of classic fairy tales by Hans Christian Andersen, illustrated by internationally acclaimed artist Lisbeth Zwerger, has been expanded with three stories. It is also completely redesigned in the same handsome format as the artist's recently published Alice in Wonderland, A Christmas Carol, and The Wizard of Oz. The artist has selected eleven of her favorite tales-familiar stories such as "The Emperor's New Clothes," "The Princess and the Pea," and "The Nightingale," as well as lesser-known stories, such as "The Sandman," "The Jumpers," and "The Rose Tree Regiment." All are illustrated with Zwerger's signature style-marked by wit, grace, elegant simplicity, and insouciant charm. [via]

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  • Steel, Danielle: The House
    The House
    by Danielle Steel
    ISBN 0739325973 (0-7393-2597-3)
    Hardcover, Random House Large Print

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  • I Love Bad Boys
    by Lori Foster, Janelle Denison, Donna Kauffman
    ISBN 0758201346 (0-7582-0134-6)
    Softcover, Kensington Pub Corp

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    The men who can't be tamed reveal their wicked ways in this contemporary erotic romance anthology. I Love Bad Boys explores the forbidden and passionate world of the bad boys who elicit unbridled desire--and the good girls who would do anything to have them. [via]

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  • Into the Storm : A Novel
    by Suzanne Brockmann
    ISBN 0739326937 (0-7393-2693-7)
    Hardcover, Random House Large Print

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    Bestselling author Suzanne Brockmann blends high adventure, harrowing drama, and heart-racing passion into thrilling novels of suspense. Whether tackling danger or wrestling with desire, her elite heroes and heroines never fail to give their all, in stories that soar above and beyond expectations. Now, in her electrifying new novel, Brockmann takes us INTO THE STORM.

    In a remote, frozen corner of New Hampshire, a Navy SEAL team and the elite security experts of Troubleshooters, Incorporated are going head-to-head as fierce but friendly rivals in a raid-and-rescue training exercise. Despite the frigid winter temperatures, tension smolders between veteran SEAL Petty Officer Mark Jenk Jenkins and former cop turned Troubleshooter Lindsey Fontaine after an impulsive night goes awry. And then, suddenly, Tracy Shapiro, the Troubleshooters new receptionist, vanishes while playing the role of hostage during a mock rescue operation.

    Teaming up with the FBI to launch a manhunt in the treacherous wilderness, Jenk and Lindsey must put aside their feelings as a record snowstorm approaches, dramatically reducing any hope of finding Tracy alive. The trail is colder than the biting New England climate until a lucky break leads to a horrifying discoverya brutally murdered young woman wearing the jacket Tracy wore when she disappeared. Suddenly there is a chilling certainty that Tracy has fallen prey to a serial killerone who knows the backwoods terrain and who doesnt play by the rules of engagement.

    In a race against time, a raging blizzard, and a cunning opponent, Jenk and Lindsey are put to the ultimate test. Rising everything, they must finally come together in a desperate attempt to save Tracyand each other. [via]

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  • Ivanhoe
    by Scott, Walter, Sr., Graham Tulloch
    ISBN 0748605738 (0-7486-0573-8)
    Hardcover, Edinburgh University Press

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    The first of Scott's Waverley novels burst upon an astonished world in 1814. Its publication marked the emergence of the modern novel in the western world, influencing all the great nineteenth-century writers. This handsome new edition of Sir Walter Scott's novels captures the original power and freshness of his best-loved novels. [via]

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  • Roberts, Nora: Key of Light
    Key of Light
    by Nora Roberts
    ISBN 0754095665 (0-7540-9566-5)
    Hardcover, Chivers

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  • Little Women
    by Louisa May Alcott
    ISBN 0723512116 (0-7235-1211-6)
    Hardcover, Egmont Books, Limited

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    More of literature's finest works -- completely unabridged. Irresistible prices make these books great for any classics library! [via]

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  • Shakespeare, William: Love's Labor's Lost
    Love's Labor's Lost
    by William Shakespeare, Paul Werstine
    ISBN 0743484924 (0-7434-8492-4)
    Softcover, Washington Square Pr

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  • A Midsummer Night's Dream
    by William Shakespeare
    ISBN 0743477545 (0-7434-7754-5)
    Softcover, Washington Square Pr

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    Each edition includes:

    " Freshly edited text based on the best early printed version of the play

    " Full explanatory notes conveniently placed on pages facing the text of the play

    " Scene-by-scene plot summaries

    " A key to famous lines and phrases

    " An introduction to reading Shakespeare's language

    " An essay by an outstanding scholar providing a modern perspective on the play

    " Illustrations from the Folger Shakespeare Library's vast holdings of rare books

    Essay by Catherine Belsey

    The Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, D.C., is home to the world's largest collection of Shakespeare's printed works, and a magnet for Shakespeare scholars from around the globe. In addition to exhibitions open to the public throughout the year, the Folger offers a full calendar of performances and programs. For more information, visit www.folger.edu. [via]

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  • A Midsummer Night's Dream
    by Alan Durband
    ISBN 0748702784 (0-7487-0278-4)
    Softcover, Trans-Atlantic Pubns

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    Full comprehension of the plays is gained from the line-by-line modern English translation given on facing pages. Understanding of the plays is increased as pupils take part in the variety of related activities included in each book. The significance of the plays is reinforced by sections discussing Shakespeare's life, works and theatre. Pupils are encouraged to understand the language, characters, structure and themes of the plays by completion of practical exercises. [via]

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  • Northanger Abbey
    by Jane Austen
    ISBN 0755331443 (0-7553-3144-3)
    Softcover, Trafalgar Square

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    Though Northanger Abbey is one of Jane Austen's earliest novels, it was not published until after her death--well after she'd established her reputation with works such as Pride and Prejudice, Emma, and Sense and Sensibility. Of all her novels, this one is the most explicitly literary in that it is primarily concerned with books and with readers. In it, Austen skewers the novelistic excesses of her day made popular in such 18th-century Gothic potboilers as Ann Radcliffe's The Mysteries of Udolpho. Decrepit castles, locked rooms, mysterious chests, cryptic notes, and tyrannical fathers all figure into Northanger Abbey, but with a decidedly satirical twist. Consider Austen's introduction of her heroine: we are told on the very first page that "no one who had ever seen Catherine Morland in her infancy, would have supposed her born to be an heroine." The author goes on to explain that Miss Morland's father is a clergyman with "a considerable independence, besides two good livings--and he was not in the least addicted to locking up his daughters." Furthermore, her mother does not die giving birth to her, and Catherine herself, far from engaging in "the more heroic enjoyments of infancy, nursing a dormouse, feeding a canary-bird, or watering a rose-bush" vastly prefers playing cricket with her brothers to any girlish pastimes.

    Catherine grows up to be a passably pretty girl and is invited to spend a few weeks in Bath with a family friend. While there she meets Henry Tilney and his sister Eleanor, who invite her to visit their family estate, Northanger Abbey. Once there, Austen amuses herself and us as Catherine, a great reader of Gothic romances, allows her imagination to run wild, finding dreadful portents in the most wonderfully prosaic events. But Austen is after something more than mere parody; she uses her rapier wit to mock not only the essential silliness of "horrid" novels, but to expose the even more horrid workings of polite society, for nothing Catherine imagines could possibly rival the hypocrisy she experiences at the hands of her supposed friends. In many respects Northanger Abbey is the most lighthearted of Jane Austen's novels, yet at its core is a serious, unsentimental commentary on love and marriage, 19th-century British style. --Alix Wilber [via]

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  • Not Before Sundown
    by Johanna Sinisalo
    ISBN 0720611717 (0-7206-1171-7)
    Softcover, Peter Owen Ltd

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  • One for the Money
    by Janet Evanovich
    ISBN 0743267710 (0-7432-6771-0)
    Hardcover, Simon & Schuster

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    Stephanie Plum is so smart, so honest, and so funny that her narrative charm could drive a documentary on termites. But this tough gal from New Jersey, an unemployed discount lingerie buyer, has a much more interesting story to tell: She has to say that her Miata has been repossessed and that she's so poor at the moment that she just drank her last bottle of beer for breakfast. She has to say that her only chance out of her present rut is her repugnant cousin Vinnie and his bail-bond business. She has to say that she blackmailed Vinnie into giving her a bail-bond recovery job worth $10,000 (for a murder suspect), even though she doesn't own a gun and has never apprehended a person in her life. And she has to say that the guy she has to get, Joe Morelli, is the same creep who charmed away her teenage virginity behind the pastry case in the Trenton bakery where she worked after school.

    If that hard-luck story doesn't sound compelling enough, Stephanie's several unsuccessful attempts at pulling in Joe make a downright hilarious and suspenseful tale of murder and deceit. Along the way, several more outlandish (but unrelentingly real) characters join the story, including Benito Ramirez, a champion boxer who seems to be following Stephanie Plum wherever she goes.

    Janet Evanovich shares an authentic feel for the streets of Trenton in her debut mystery (she developed her talents in a string of romance novels before creating Ms. Plum), and her tough, frank, and funny first-person narrator offers a winning mix of vulgarity and sensitivity. Evanovich is certainly among the best of the new voices to emerge in the mystery field of the 1990s. --Patrick O'Kelley [via]

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  • Othello
    by William Shakespeare
    ISBN 0743477553 (0-7434-7755-3)
    Softcover, Washington Square Pr

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    Each edition includes:

    " Freshly edited text based on the best early printed version of the play

    " Full explanatory notes conveniently placed on pages facing the text of the play

    " Scene-by-scene plot summaries

    " A key to famous lines and phrases

    " An introduction to reading Shakespeare's language

    " An essay by an outstanding scholar providing a modern perspective on the play

    " Illustrations from the Folger Shakespeare Library's vast holdings of rare books

    Essay by Susan Snyder

    The Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, D.C., is home to the world's largest collection of Shakespeare's printed works, and a magnet for Shakespeare scholars from around the globe. In addition to exhibitions open to the public throughout the year, the Folger offers a full calendar of performances and programs. For more information, visit www.folger.edu. [via]

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  • Jewell, Lisa: Ralph's Party
    Ralph's Party
    by Lisa Jewell
    ISBN 072785836X (0-7278-5836-X)
    Hardcover, Severn House Publishers, Limited

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  • Lewis, Beverly: The Reckoning
    The Reckoning
    by Beverly Lewis
    ISBN 0764224751 (0-7642-2475-1)
    Softcover, Baker Pub Group

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  • Lewis, Beverly: The Revelation
    The Revelation
    by Beverly Lewis
    ISBN 0764228749 (0-7642-2874-9)
    Softcover, Baker Pub Group

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  • Ricochet
    by Sandra Brown
    ISBN 0743289331 (0-7432-8933-1)
    Hardcover, Simon & Schuster

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    New York Times bestselling author Sandra Brown is back with a spine-tingling story of murder and betrayal -- and a homicide detective's struggle with his own rules of conduct.

    When Detective Sergeant Duncan Hatcher is summoned to the home of Judge Cato Laird in the middle of the night to investigate a fatal shooting, he knows that discretion and kid-glove treatment are the key to staying in the judge's good graces and keeping his job.

    At first glance, the case appears open-and-shut: Elise, the judge's trophy wife, interrupted a burglary in progress and killed the intruder in self-defense. But Duncan is immediately suspicious of Elise's innocent act. And further investigation quickly puts Duncan's career in jeopardy -- because he can't deny his increasing attraction to Elisa Laird, even if she is a married woman, a proven liar, and a murder suspect.

    Ricochet's plot twists -- as only Sandra Brown can write them -- make this a gripping thriller, in which a decent cop's worst enemy may be his own conscience...and trusting the wrong person could mean the difference between life and death. [via]

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  • Romeo and Juliet
    by William Shakespeare, Paul Werstine, Barbara A. Mowat
    ISBN 0743477111 (0-7434-7711-1)
    Softcover, Washington Square Pr

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    This is undoubtedly the greatest love story ever written, spawning a host of imitators on stage and screen, including Leonard Bernstein's smash musical West Side Story, Franco Zeffirelli's Romeo and Juliet filmed in 1968, and Baz Luhrmann's postmodern film version Romeo + Juliet. The tragic feud between "Two households, both alike in dignity/In fair Verona", the Montagues and Capulets, which ultimately kills the two young "star-crossed lovers" and their "death-marked love" creates issues which have fascinated subsequent generations. The play deals with issues of intergenerational and familial conflict, as well as the power of language and the compelling relationship between sex and death, all of which makes it an incredibly modern play. It is also an early example of Shakespeare fusing poetry with dramatic action, as he moves from Romeo's lyrical account of Juliet--"she doth teach the torches to burn bright!" to the bustle and action of a 16th-century household (the play contains more scenes of ordinary working people than any of Shakespeare's other works). It also represents an experimental attempt to fuse comedy with tragedy. Up to the third act, the play proceeds along the lines of a classic romantic comedy. The turning point comes with the death of one of Shakespeare's finest early dramatic creations--Romeo's sexually ambivalent friend Mercutio, whose "plague o' both your houses" begins the play's descent into tragedy, "For never was a story of more woe/Than this of Juliet and her Romeo". --Jerry Brotton [via]

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  • A Room With a View
    by E. M. Forster
    ISBN 0735105928 (0-7351-0592-8)
    Hardcover, Replica Books

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    The graded readers in this series aim to provide learners of English with a pleasurable reading experience. The series, which should appeal to a wide age range, exposes students to a variety of styles and kinds of English and the books contain puzzles and exercises based on the text. The grading system is based on lexical controls, structural controls and guidelines on sentence length and complexity. Books in Level 3 have a vocabulary of 1000 words. [via]

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  • The Scarlet Letter
    by Nathaniel Hawthorne, Margaret Brantley
    ISBN 0743487567 (0-7434-8756-7)
    Softcover, Washington Square Pr

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    This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1871 edition. Excerpt: ...scholar-like renown still lived in Oxford, was considered by his more fervent admirers as little less than a heavenly-ordained apostle, destined, should he live and labor for the ordinary term of life, to do as great deeds for the now feeble New England Church, as the early Fathers had achieved for the infancy of the Christian faith. About this period, however, the health of Mr. Dimmesdale had evidently' begun to fail. By those best acquainted with his habits, the paleness of the young minister's cheek was accounted for by his too earnest devotion to study, his scrupulous fulfilment of parochial duty, and, more than all, by the fasts and vigils of which he made a frequent practice, in order to keep the grossness of this earthly state from clogging and obscuring his spiritual lamp. Some declared, that, if Mr. Dimmesdale were really going to die, it was cause enough, that the world was not worthy to be any onger trodden by his feet. He himself, on the other hand, with characteristic humility, avowed his belief, that, if Providence should see fit to remove him, it would be because of his own unworthiness to perform its humblest mission here on earth. With all this difference of opinion as to the cause of his decline, there could be no question of the fact. His form grew emaciated; his voice, though still rich and sweet, had a certain melancholy prophecy of decay in it; he was often observed, on any slight alarm or other sudden accident, to put his hand over his heart, with first a flush and then a paleness, indicative of pain. Such was the young clergyman's condition, and so imminent the prospect that his dawning light would be extinguished, all untimely, when Koger Chillingworth made his advent to the town. His first entry on the scene, few people... [via]

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  • The Scarlet Pimpernel
    by Emmuska Orczy
    ISBN 0755111184 (0-7551-1118-4)
    Softcover, House of Stratus, Incorporated

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    The French nobility are living in terror; one by one they are sent to the guillotine. Revenge at last for the years of callousness and cruelty suffered by the people of France. There is no escape; the city walls of Paris are guarded day and night. And yet a few achieve the impossible, disappearing without a trace in Paris, only to re-emerge in the safety of England. Rumours abound of a group of young English gentleman of unparalleled daring. Under their anonymous leader they save scores of aristocrats from terrible deaths. And each time a note is put mockingly into the hands of the merciless tribunal chairman, Citoyen Tinville. On it is the stamp of the Scarlet Pimpernel. Tinville will do or pay anything to see the Englishmen dead but they seem to evade capture with almost devilish ease. But with the cunning and ruthless spy master, Chauvelin, on his trail, the Scarlet Pimpernel must make no slip for he has everything to lose. [via]

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  • The Scarlet Pimpernel
    by Orczy, Margaret Brantley
    ISBN 0743487745 (0-7434-8774-5)
    Softcover, Pocket Classics

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    ENDURING LITERATURE ILLUMINATED

    BY PRACTICAL SCHOLARSHIP

    EACH 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

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  • Kinsale, Laura: Seize the Fire
    Seize the Fire
    by Laura Kinsale
    ISBN 0727840533 (0-7278-4053-3)
    Hardcover, Severn House Pub Ltd

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  • Wick, Lori: A Song For Silas
    A Song For Silas
    by Lori Wick
    ISBN 0736915346 (0-7369-1534-6)
    Softcover, Harvest House Pub

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  • Spellbinder
    by Melanie Rawn
    ISBN 0765315327 (0-7653-1532-7)
    Hardcover, St Martins Pr

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    There is magic in the big city&literally. New York City has a small, and by preference discrete, population of witches and wizards who live and love and go dancing just like everyone else. Holly McClure is one of them, a successful writer who tries to ignore her heritage, except when the local Magistrate needs her special gift in his coven. Holly is far more interested in Evan Lachlan, the handsome federal marshal who works with her best friend, assistant district attorney Susannah Wingfield.

    But trouble is coming to the City in the form of a black coven run by a murderous psychopath, and deputy marshals and ADAs are powerless to deal with that kind of crime. The danger to Holly is extreme, for her special gift is the power of her blood to strengthen and bind any spell, for good or for evil. Holly's passionate love affair will be derailed by those who want to drain her for their own purposes. In the end it will be magic against magic, and Holly McClure will have to risk all for life and love.
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  • Tales of Hans Christian Andersen
    by Joel Stewart, Naomi Lewis
    ISBN 0763625159 (0-7636-2515-9)
    Hardcover, Candlewick Pr

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    Rediscover thirteen of Andersen's best-loved tales in this definitive edition  highlighted with introductions by an esteemed translator and illuminated with fanciful artwork from an acclaimed illustrator.

    Open the pages of this magnificent volume and enter the fairy-tale realm of Hans Christian Andersen! In a playful design that echoes Andersen's passion for miniature theaters, artist Joel Stewart depicts such well-known characters as the pea-sensitive Princess and the unclothed Emperor as actors on a timeless stage. Expert commentary by Naomi Lewis offers historical and biographical points of interest, revealing that "The Steadfast Tin Soldier" is the first fairy tale ever to feature a nonhuman hero (now a hallmark of children¹s literature) and that "The Ugly Duckling," considered Andersen's autobiography, is a tale he especially loved to read aloud. In thirteen of his most enduring tales, savor the singular voice of this literary giant  the "washerwoman's crazy son" who became one of the best-known storytellers of all time. [via]

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  • The Tempest
    by William Shakespeare, Paul Werstine, Barbara A. Mowat
    ISBN 0743482832 (0-7434-8283-2)
    Softcover, Pocket Classics

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    The most poetic and magical of Shakespeare's comedies, this play contrasts lyrical fantasy surrounding the spirit Ariel and the savage Calaban, with a tale of political intrigue focused around Prospero, the banished Duke of Milan, now a wizard living on a remote island. Books in this new, illustrated series present complete texts of Shakespeare's plays. However, the lines are set up so students can see the bard's original poetic phrases printed side-by-side and line-by-line with a modern "translation" on the facing page. Starting in the late 1580s and for several decades that followed, Shakespeare's plays were popular entertainment for London's theatergoers. His Globe Theatre was the equivalent of a Broadway theater in today's New York. The plays have endured, but over the course of 400+ years, the English language has changed in many wayswhich is why today's students often find Shakespeare's idiom difficult to comprehend. Simply Shakespeare offers an excellent solution to their problem. Introducing each play is a general essay covering Shakespeare's life and times. At the beginning of each of the five acts in every play, a two-page spread describes what is about to take place. The story's background is explained, followed by brief descriptions of key people who will appear in the act, details students should watch for as the story unfolds, discussion of the play's historical context, how the play was staged in Shakespeare's day, and explanation of puns and plays on words that occur in characters' dialogues. Identifying icons preceding each of these study points are printed in a second color, then are located again as cross-references in the play's original text. For instance, where words spoken by a person in the play offer insights into his or another character's personality, the "Characters" icon will appear as a cross-reference in both the introductory spread and the play proper. Following each act, a closing spread presents questions and discussion points for use as teachers' aids. Guided by the inspiring format of this fine new series, both teachers and students will come to understand and appreciate the genius of Shakespeare as never before. [via]

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  • Durband, Alan: The Tempest
    The Tempest
    by Alan Durband
    ISBN 0748703799 (0-7487-0379-9)
    Softcover, Trans-Atlantic Pubns

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  • Three to Get Deadly
    by Janet Evanovich
    ISBN 0743267737 (0-7432-6773-7)
    Hardcover, Simon & Schuster

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    As readers of Janet Evanovich's two previous books about funny, feisty, family-tied bounty hunter Stephanie Plum already know, she operates in "the burg"--a "comfy residential chunk of Trenton, New Jersey, where houses and minds are proud to be narrow and hearts are generously wide open." On this turf, Plum fights for justice and fashion points--this time in pursuit of a beloved neighborhood candystore owner who seems to be moonlighting as an anti-drug vigilante. Evanovich now lives in New Hampshire, but authentic affection for Trenton energizes her prose. Plums in paperback include One for the Money and Two for the Dough. [via]

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  • Twelfth Night
    by William Shakespeare, Paul Werstine, Barbara A. Mowat
    ISBN 0743482778 (0-7434-8277-8)
    Softcover, Washington Square Pr

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    Each edition includes:

    • Freshly edited text based on the best early printed version of the play
    • Full explanatory notes conveniently placed on pages facing the text of the play
    • Scene-by-scene plot summaries
    • A key to famous lines and phrases
    • An introduction to reading Shakespeare's language
    • An essay by a leading Shakespeare scholar providing a modern perspective on the play
    • Illustrations from the Folger Shakespeare Library's vast holdings of rare books

    Essay by Catherine Belsey

    The Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, D.C., is home to theworld's largest collection of Shakespeare's printed works, and a magnet forShakespeare scholars from around the globe. In addition to exhibitions open tothe public throughout the year, the Folger offers a full calendar of performancesand programs. For more information, visit www.folger.edu. [via]

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  • Twelfth Night : Or What You Will
    by Barbara A. Mowat, William Shakespeare, Folger Library, Paul Werstine
    ISBN 0743452968 (0-7434-5296-8)
    Hardcover, Simon & Schuster

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    In "Twelfth Night," one of Shakespeare's most beloved comedies, love, ambition, mistaken identity, and a confusing shipwreck toss a motley crew of characters into a tangle of relationships that becomes hilariously complicated before it finally and wonderfully unfurls by the end of the play. The actual "Twelfth Night" is a night of festivity -- the final night of what used to be the extended period of celebration of the Christmas season -- and a night that marks the boundary between the time for games and the business of the everyday world. As the characters seek to right the wrongs of others and find true love, the play shows us a world that we would all choose to enjoy, if we only could, while illustrating Shakespeare's belief that love can be as delightfully confusing as any illusion, and as full of folly as it is of fun.

    THE NEW FOLGER
    LIBRARY SHAKESPEARE

    Designed to make Shakespeare's great plays available to all readers, the New Folger Library edition of Shakespeare's plays provides accurate texts in modern spelling and punctuation, as well as scene-by-scene action summaries, full explanatory notes, many pictures clarifying Shakespeare's language, and notes recording all significant departures from the early printed versions. Each play is prefaced by a brief introduction, by a guide to reading Shakespeare's language, and by accounts of his life and theater. Each play is followed by an annotated list of further readings and by a "Modern Perspective" written by an expert on that particular play. [via]

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  • Two for the Dough
    by Janet Evanovich
    ISBN 0743267729 (0-7432-6772-9)
    Hardcover, Simon & Schuster

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    It's Stephanie Plum, New Jersey's "fugitive apprehension" agent (aka bounty hunter), introduced to the world by Janet Evanovich in the award-winning novel One for the Money.

    Now Stephanie's back, armed with attitude -- not to mention stun guns, defense sprays, killer flashlights, and her trusty .38, Stephanie is after a new bail jumper, Kenny Mancuso, a boy from Trenton's burg. He's fresh out of the army, suspiciously wealthy, and he's just shot his best friend.

    With her bounty hunter pal Ranger stepping in occasionally to advise her, Stephanie staggers kneedeep in corpses and caskets as she traipses through back streets, dark alleys, and funeral parlors.

    And nobody knows funeral parlors better than Stephanie's irrepressible Grandma Mazur, a lady whose favorite pastime is grabbing a front-row seat at a neighborhood wake. So Stephanie uses Grandma as a cover to follow leads, but loses control when Grandma warms to the action, packing a cool pistol. Much to the family's chagrin, Stephanie and Granny may soon have the elusive Kenny in their sights.

    Fast-talking, slow-handed vice cop Joe Morelli joins in the case, since the prey happens to be his young cousin. And if the assignment calls for an automobile stakeout for two with the woman who puts his libido in overdrive, Morelli's not one to object.

    Low on expertise but learning fast, high on resilience, and despite the help she gets from friends and relatives, Stephanie eventually must face the danger alone when embalmed body parts begin to arrive on her doorstep and she's targeted for a nasty death by the most loathsome adversary she's ever encountered. Another case like this and she'll be a real pro.

    Two for the Dough is irresistible fun and powerful suspense entertainment from an acclaimed author who is already a national star. [via]

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  • Page, Philip: William Shakespeare's Twelfth Night: or "What You Will"
    William Shakespeare's Twelfth Night: or "What You Will"
    by Philip Page, Marilyn Petit
    ISBN 0764131478 (0-7641-3147-8)
    Softcover, Barrons Educational Series Inc

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  • The Winter's Tale
    by William Shakespeare
    ISBN 0743484894 (0-7434-8489-4)
    Softcover, Pocket Classics

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    One of Shakespeare's most haunting and enigmatic late plays, The Winter's Tale is a fine example of Shakespeare's fascination with the dramatic genre of "romance": the portrayal of magical lands, familial conflict and exile, and final reunion and reconciliation. Drawing on Robert Green's story Pandosto, Shakespeare play tells the story of the middle-aged Leontes, king of Sicilia, and his childhood friend Polixenes, the king of Bohemia. Leontes mistakenly believes that his friend is having an affair with his wife, Hermione. In his jealousy, and consumed by "tremor cordis", he tries to murder Polixenes, who flees, and accuses his wife of adultery. Hermione gives birth to a baby girl, Perdita, who Leontes denounces as illegitimate, and casts her out into the wilderness. Hermione is ultimately proved innocent, but her son, Mamillius, dies of grief. Hermione collapses, apparently dead, and Leontes is left to pick up the tragic consequences of his actions. Time passes, and the action moves to Bohemia, where the lost child Perdita has grown up a shepherdess in the midst of "great creating nature". The final scenes of the play draw towards resolution and reconciliation between Leontes, Hermione and their lost daughter, culminating in one of Shakespeare's most moving final scenes. One of Shakespeare's most consummate plays, The Winter's Tale is a fascinating study of male insecurity and the relations between art and nature. --Jerry Brotton. [via]

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  • Women in Love
    by D. H. Lawrence
    ISBN 0760700109 (0-7607-0010-9)
    Hardcover, Barnes & Noble

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    The erotic sequel to The Rainbow chronicles the lives, loves, obsessions, and struggles of the Brangwen sisters, Ursula and Gudrun, and their lovers, Rupert Birkin and Gerald Crich, as they search for fulfillment in post-World War I society. Reprint. [via]

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  • The World's Great Classics
    ISBN 0717200019 (0-7172-0001-9)
    Hardcover, Xs Books

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    Odyssey, The: The World's Great Classics, by Homer; tr. by S.H. Butcher and Andrew Lang [via]

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  • Beerbohm, Max: Zuleika Dobson
    Zuleika Dobson
    by Max Beerbohm
    ISBN 0749399163 (0-7493-9916-3)
    Softcover, Heinemann

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