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The Amber Spyglassby Philip PullmanISBN 0613719271 (0-613-71927-1)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Amber Spyglass'Book summary:From the very start of its very first scene, The Amber Spyglass will set hearts fluttering and minds racing. All we'll say here is that we immediately discover who captured Lyra at the end of The Subtle Knife, though we've yet to discern whether this individual's intent is good, evil, or somewhere in between. We also learn that Will still possesses the blade that allows him to cut between worlds, and has been joined by two winged companions who are determined to escort him to Lord Asriel's mountain redoubt. The boy, however, has only one goal in mind--to rescue his friend and return to her the alethiometer, an instrument that has revealed so much to her and to readers of The Golden Compass and its follow-up. Within a short time, too, we get to experience the "tingle of the starlight" on Serafina Pekkala's skin as she seeks out a famished Iorek Byrnison and enlists him in Lord Asriel's crusade:
A complex web of thoughts was weaving itself in the bear king's mind, with more strands in it than hunger and satisfaction. There was the memory of the little girl Lyra, whom he had named Silvertongue, and whom he had last seen crossing the fragile snow bridge across a crevasse in his own island of Svalbard. Then there was the agitation among the witches, the rumors of pacts and alliances and war; and then there was the surpassingly strange fact of this new world itself, and the witch's insistence that there were many more such worlds, and that the fate of them all hung somehow on the fate of the child.
Meanwhile, two factions of the Church are vying to reach Lyra first. One is even prepared to give a priest "preemptive absolution" should he succeed in committing mortal sin. For these tyrants, killing this girl is no less than "a sacred task."In the final installment of his trilogy, Philip Pullman has set himself the highest hurdles. He must match its predecessors in terms of sheer action and originality and resolve the enigmas he already created. The good news is that there is no critical bad news--not that The Amber Spyglass doesn't contain standoffs and close calls galore. (Who would have it otherwise?) But Pullman brings his audacious revision of Paradise Lost to a conclusion that is both serene and devastating. In prose that is transparent yet lyrical and 3-D, the author weaves in and out of his principals' thoughts. He also offers up several additional worlds. In one, Dr. Mary Malone is welcomed into an apparently simple society. The environment of the mulefa (again, we'll reveal nothing more) makes them rich in consciousness while their lives possess a slow and stately rhythm. These strange creatures can, however, be very fast on their feet (or on other things entirely) when necessary. Alas, they are on the verge of dying as Dust streams out of their idyllic landscape. Will the Oxford dark-matter researcher see her way to saving them, or does this require our young heroes? And while Mary is puzzling out a cure, Will and Lyra undertake a pilgrimage to a realm devoid of all light and hope, after having been forced into the cruelest of sacrifices--or betrayals.
Throughout his galvanizing epic, Pullman sustains scenes of fierce beauty and tenderness. He also allows us a moment or two of comic respite. At one point, for instance, Lyra's mother bullies a series of ecclesiastical underlings: "The man bowed helplessly and led her away. The guard behind her blew out his cheeks with relief." Needless to say, Mrs. Coulter is as intoxicating and fluid as ever. And can it be that we will come to admire her as she plays out her desperate endgame? In this respect, as in many others, The Amber Spyglass is truly a book of revelations, moving from darkness visible to radiant truth. --Kerry Fried [via]
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Angel of Hopeby Lurlene McDanielISBN 0553571486 (0-553-57148-6)
Softcover, Random House Childrens Books
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Angel of Mercyby Lurlene McDanielISBN 0553570838 (0-553-57083-8)
Softcover, Random House Childrens Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Angel of Mercy'Book summary:Heather Barlow has always been an idealist and now that shes finished high school, shes ready to make a difference in the world. After graduation, she joins a mission group on a hospital mercy ship sailing to Africa. Once shes left the ship on the Kenyan coast and is stationed at a hospital in Uganda, however, Heather is not really prepared to face the disease, famine, and misery she encounters.
Ian McCollum is also among the medical staff in Uganda. Ian has left his native Scotland to help those threatened by a world of indifference. When Heather meets Ian, she finds her heart quickens and shes happy to be alive. But as the weeks pass, Heather finds her idealism vanishing amid the overcrowded refugee camps and orphanages; misery is everywhere. Only Ian can see beyond the horror and help Heather understand that the world can be changed by
saving those in need, one by one. [via] 
Angle of Reposeby Wallace StegnerISBN 0606218971 (0-606-21897-1)
Hardcover, Demco Media
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Belovedby Toni MorrisonISBN 0606040463 (0-606-04046-3)
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Dead Aimby Iris JohansenISBN 0553584383 (0-553-58438-3)
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The Divine Comedy: Text With Translation in the Metre of the Original by Geoffrey L. Bickerstethby Geoffrey BickerstethISBN 063112926X (0-631-12926-X)
Softcover, Blackwell Pub
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The End of Eternityby Isaac AsimovISBN 0553288091 (0-553-28809-1)
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Evelina: Or the History of a Young Lady's Entrance into the Worldby Fanny BurneyISBN 055321411X (0-553-21411-X)
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The Far Pavilionsby M. M. KayeISBN 0553277359 (0-553-27735-9)
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Going Postalby Terry PratchettISBN 0606344446 (0-606-34444-6)
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Golden Compassby Philip PullmanISBN 0613026993 (0-613-02699-3)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Golden Compass'Book summary:Some books improve with age--the age of the reader, that is. Such is certainly the case with Philip Pullman's heroic, at times heart-wrenching novel, The Golden Compass, a story ostensibly for children but one perhaps even better appreciated by adults. The protagonist of this complex fantasy is young Lyra Belacqua, a precocious orphan growing up within the precincts of Oxford University. But it quickly becomes clear that Lyra's Oxford is not precisely like our own--nor is her world. For one thing, people there each have a personal daemon, the manifestation of their soul in animal form. For another, hers is a universe in which science, theology, and magic are closely allied:
As for what experimental theology was, Lyra had no more idea than the urchins. She had formed the notion that it was concerned with magic, with the movements of the stars and planets, with tiny particles of matter, but that was guesswork, really. Probably the stars had daemons just as humans did, and experimental theology involved talking to them.
Not that Lyra spends much time worrying about it; what she likes best is "clambering over the College roofs with Roger the kitchen boy who was her particular friend, to spit plum stones on the heads of passing Scholars or to hoot like owls outside a window where a tutorial was going on, or racing through the narrow streets, or stealing apples from the market, or waging war." But Lyra's carefree existence changes forever when she and her daemon, Pantalaimon, first prevent an assassination attempt against her uncle, the powerful Lord Asriel, and then overhear a secret discussion about a mysterious entity known as Dust. Soon she and Pan are swept up in a dangerous game involving disappearing children, a beautiful woman with a golden monkey daemon, a trip to the far north, and a set of allies ranging from "gyptians" to witches to an armor-clad polar bear.In The Golden Compass, Philip Pullman has written a masterpiece that transcends genre. It is a children's book that will appeal to adults, a fantasy novel that will charm even the most hardened realist. Best of all, the author doesn't speak down to his audience, nor does he pull his punches; there is genuine terror in this book, and heartbreak, betrayal, and loss. There is also love, loyalty, and an abiding morality that infuses the story but never overwhelms it. This is one of those rare novels that one wishes would never end. Fortunately, its sequel, The Subtle Knife, will help put off that inevitability for a while longer. --Alix Wilber [via]
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Grand Canaryby A. J. CroninISBN 0575016078 (0-575-01607-8)
Hardcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc
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Great Expectationsby Charles DickensISBN 0553213423 (0-553-21342-3)
Softcover, Bantam Classic & Loveswept
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Great Expectations'Book summary:"Penguin Readers" is a series of simplified novels, film novelizations and original titles that introduce students at all levels to the pleasures of reading in English. Originally designed for teaching English as a foreign language, the series' combination of high interest level and low reading age makes it suitable for both English-speaking teenagers with limited reading skills and students of English as a second language. Many titles in the series also provide access to the pre-20th century literature strands of the National Curriculum English Orders. "Penguin Readers" are graded at seven levels of difficulty, from "Easystarts" with a 200-word vocabulary, to Level 6 (Advanced) with a 3000-word vocabulary. In addition, titles fall into one of three sub-categories: "Contemporary", "Classics" or "Originals". At the end of each book there is a section of enjoyable exercises focusing on vocabulary building, comprehension, discussion and writing. Some titles in the series are available with an accompanying audio cassette, or in a book and cassette pack. Additionally, selected titles have free accompanying "Penguin Readers Factsheets" which provide stimulating exercise material for students, as well as suggestions for teachers on how to exploit the Readers in class. [via]
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Softcover, Addison-Wesley Longman Ltd - Great Expectations: ISBN 0613079000 (0-613-07900-0)
Hardcover, Bt Bound - Great Expectations: ISBN 0521484723 (0-521-48472-3)
Softcover, Cambridge Univ Pr - Great Expectations: ISBN 0553213423 (0-553-21342-3)
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The Guru of Loveby Samrat UpadhyayISBN 0618382682 (0-618-38268-2)
Softcover, Mariner Books
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Hero of Our Timeby Mikhail LermontovISBN 0631143939 (0-631-14393-9)
Softcover, Blackwell Pub
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How I Live Nowby Meg RosoffISBN 0553376055 (0-553-37605-5)
Softcover, Random House Childrens Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'How I Live Now'Book summary:Possibly one of the most talked about books of the year, Meg Rosoff's novel for young adults is the winner of the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize 2004. Heralded by some as the next best adult crossover novel since Mark Haddon's The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, who himself has given the book a thunderously good quote, this author's debut is undoubtedly stylish, readable and fascinating.
Rosoff's story begins in modern day London, slightly in the future, and as its heroine has a 15-year-old Manhattanite called Daisy. She's picked up at the airport by Edmond, her English cousin, a boy in whose life she is destined to become intricately entwined. Daisy stays at her Aunt Penn's country farmhouse for the summer with Edmond and her other cousins. They spend some idyllic weeks together--often alone with Aunt Penn away travelling in Norway. Daisy's cousins seem to have an almost telepathic bond, and Daisy is mesmerized by Edmond and soon falls in love with him.
But their world changes forever when an unnamed aggressor invades England and begins a years-long occupation. Daisy and Edmond are separated when soldiers take over their home, and Daisy and Piper, her younger cousin, must travel to another place to work. Their experiences of occupation are never kind and Daisy's pain, living without Edmond, is tangible.
Rosoff's writing style is both brilliant and frustrating. Her descriptions are wonderful, as is her ability to portray the emotions of her characters. However, her long sentences and total lack of punctuation for dialogue can be exhausting. Her narrative is deeply engaging and yet a bit unbelievable. The end of the book is dramatic, but too sudden. The book has a raw, unfinished feel about it, yet that somehow adds to the experience of reading it. (Age 14 and over) --John McLay [via]
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An Imaginative Experienceby Mary WesleyISBN 0593035771 (0-593-03577-1)
Hardcover, Trafalgar Square
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In the Night Cafeby Joyce JohnsonISBN 0525247416 (0-525-24741-6)
Hardcover, Penguin USA
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The Inheritanceby Louisa May Alcott, Joel Myerson, Daniel ShealyISBN 0525457569 (0-525-45756-9)
Hardcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
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Isolde, Queen of the Western Isle : The First of the Tristan and Isolde Novelsby Rosalind MilesISBN 0609609602 (0-609-60960-2)
Hardcover, Crown Publishing Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Isolde, Queen of the Western Isle : The First of the Tristan and Isolde Novels'Book summary:In the golden time of Arthur and Guenevere, the Island of the West shines like an emerald in the seaone of the last strongholds of Goddess-worship and Mother-right. Isolde is the only daughter and heiress of Irelands great ruling queen, a lady as passionate in battle as she is in love. La Belle Isolde, like her mother, is famed for her beauty, but she is a healer instead of a warrior, of all surgeons, the best among the isles. A natural peacemaker, Isolde is struggling to save Ireland from a war waged by her dangerously reckless mother. The Queen is influenced by her lover, Sir Marhaus, who urges her to invade neighboring Cornwall and claim it for her own, a foolhardy move Isolde is determined to prevent. But she is unable to stop them. King Mark of Cornwall sends forth his own champion to do battle with the IrishSir Tristan of Lyonessea young, untested knight with a mysterious past. A member of the Round Table, Tristan has returned to the land of his birth after many years in exile, only to face Irelands fiercest champion in combat. When he lies victorious but near death on the field of battle, Tristan knows that his only hope of survival lies to the West. He must be taken to Ireland to be healed, but he must go in disguisefor if the Queen finds out who killed her beloved, he will follow Marhaus into the spirit world. His men smuggle him into the Queens fort at Dubh Lein, and beg the princess to save him.
From this first meeting of star-crossed lovers, an epic story unfolds. Isoldes skill and beauty impress Tristans uncle, King Mark of Cornwall, andknowing nothing of her love for Tristanhe decides to make her his queen, a match her mother encourages as a way to bind their lands under one rule. Tristan and Isolde find themselves caught in the crosscurrents of fate, as Isolde is forced to marry a man she does not love. Taking pity on her daughter, the Queen gives her an elixir that will create in her a passion for King Mark and ensure that their love will last until death. But on the voyage to Ireland, Tristan and Isolde drink the love potion by accident, sealing their already perilous love forever.
So begins the first book of the Tristan and Isolde trilogy, another stunning example of the storytellers craft from Rosalind Miles, author of the beloved and bestselling Guenevere trilogy. [via]More editions of Isolde, Queen of the Western Isle : The First of the Tristan and Isolde Novels:
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The Lady and the Unicornby Tracy ChevalierISBN 0525947671 (0-525-94767-1)
Hardcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Lady and the Unicorn'Book summary:If you think you wouldn't raise your skirts for a rakish legend about the purifying powers of a unicorn's horn, then maybe you aren't a 15th-century serving girl under the sway of a velvet-tongued court painter of ill repute. In keeping with her bestselling Girl with a Pearl Earring, and its Edwardian-era follow-up, Falling Angels, Tracy Chevalier's tale of artistic creation and late-medieval amours, The Lady and the Unicorn is a subtle study in social power, and the conflicts between love and duty. Nicolas des Innocents has been commissioned by the Parisian nobleman Jean Le Viste to design a series of large tapestries for his great hall (in real life, the famous Lady and the Unicorn cycle, now in Paris's Musee National du Moyen-Age Thermes de Cluny). While Nicolas is measuring the walls, he meets a beautiful girl who turns out to be Jean Le Viste's daughter. Their passion is impossible for their world--so forbidden, given their class differences, that its only avenue of expression turns out to be those magnificent tapestries. The historical evidence on which this story is based is slight enough to allow the full play of Chevalier's imagination in this cleverly woven tale. --Regina Marler [via]
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Lawrence : Sons and Loversby Michael H. Black, J. P. SternISBN 052136924X (0-521-36924-X)
Softcover, Cambridge University Press
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Lawrence : Sons and Lovers'Book summary:This is the first critical study of Sons and Lovers to engage with the new Cambridge edition, which prints for the first time the whole text that Lawrence wrote, restoring the sustantial cuts made by the first editor. Michael Black gives special attention to the genesis of the book--the writing and editing processes, where Jessie Chambers and then Edward Garnett made decisive interventions. He analyzes Sons and Lovers in detail, relates it to Lawrence's other works, and traces the history of its reception. Historical context and a guide to further reading are also provided. [via]
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Le Divorceby Diane JohnsonISBN 0525942386 (0-525-94238-6)
Hardcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Le Divorce'Book summary:Diane Johnson updates the transatlantic novel so gorgeously rendered by Henry James, Edith Wharton, William Dean Howells, and Nathaniel Hawthorne; evokes the spirit of such expatriates sojourning in Paris as Ernest Hemingway and F. Scott Fitzgerald; and mines the pathos of modern fiction in creating this wonderful and important novel. Isabel Walker, eerily reminiscent of James's Isabel Archer, is a young film-school dropout who travels to Paris to aid her stepsister, who is going through a divorce. Isabel's California cool, American freedoms, and feminist slants comingle, successfully and fractiously, with the customs, biases, and complex sexuality of modern Europe. The result modulates between introspection and hilarity, and a quick, Hollywood-inspired sweep of violent action in the end doesn't undermine the author's mastery of Old World vs. New--in fact, it provides an ironic scrim. [via]
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Les Liaisons Dangereusesby Choderlos de Laclos, Pierre C. De LaclosISBN 0553213725 (0-553-21372-5)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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Little Themeby Philip PullmanISBN 0590541781 (0-590-54178-1)
Softcover, Scholastic
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Little Theme'Book summary:This is the first in a trilogy in which a new universe has been created. A world where daemons swoop and scuttle along the streets of Oxford and London, where the mysterious Dust swirls invisibly through the air, and where one child knows secrets the adults would kill for. [via]
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Madame Curieby Eve Curie, Vincent SheeanISBN 0613181271 (0-613-18127-1)
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Magic's Pawnby Mercedes LackeyISBN 061363053X (0-613-63053-X)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Magic's Pawn'Book summary:FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. Chronicles the story of the most powerful Herald-Mage ever born, tracing his growth from youthful arrogance to a position of power and maturity in the kingdom of Valdemar. [via]
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Magic's Promiseby Mercedes LackeyISBN 0613630556 (0-613-63055-6)
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The Man Who Ate the 747by Ben SherwoodISBN 0553382624 (0-553-38262-4)
Softcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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Mara, Daughter of the Nileby Eloise McGrawISBN 0613033264 (0-613-03326-4)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Mara, Daughter of the Nile'Book summary:FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. The adventures of an ingenious Egyptian slave girl who undertakes a dangerous assignment as a spy in the royal palace of Thebes, in the days when Queen Hatshepsut ruled. [via]
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Middlemarchby George EliotISBN 0553211803 (0-553-21180-3)
Softcover, Bantam Classic & Loveswept
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Middlemarch'Book summary:FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. [via]
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A Midsummer Night's Dreamby William Shakespeare, R. A. FoakesISBN 0521532477 (0-521-53247-7)
Softcover, Cambridge Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Midsummer Night's Dream'Book summary:Traditionally seen as one of Shakespeare's more romantic and enchanting plays, A Midsummer Night's Dream has more recently been seen as a darker and more sinister play than generations of schoolchildren have ever imagined. The play has usually been seen as a comical tale with confused identities and the fickleness of youthful love, as the young lovers, Lysander, Hermia, Demetrius and Helena escape parental control and the "sharp Athenian law" of their elders by eloping into the forest outside the city. Unfortunately they stumble into civil war in fairyland, where King Oberon and Queen Titania fight over possession of a beautiful young Indian "changeling" boy. The appearance of the "rude mechanicals", a group of Athenian workers, including the weaver Nick Bottom, compounds the confusion. Chaos, confusion and "shaping fantasies" reign before the final settlement of the play, but underneath all the hilarity many critics have discerned more ambivalent attitudes towards coercive parental control, bestial sexuality and the destructive power of desire. These approaches in no way detract from the exquisite lyricism of many sections of the play, but make it a more complex and effective comedy than has often been appreciated. --Jerry Brotton [via]
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Softcover, Cambridge Univ Pr - A Midsummer Night's Dream: ISBN 0553213008 (0-553-21300-8)
Softcover, Bantam Classic & Loveswept - A Midsummer Night's Dream: ISBN 0582527171 (0-582-52717-1)
Softcover, Longman Trade/Caroline House - A Midsummer Night's Dream: ISBN 0521787289 (0-521-78728-9)
Softcover, Cambridge Univ Pr - A Midsummer Night's Dream: ISBN 058208833X (0-582-08833-X)
Softcover, Copp Clark Professional - A Midsummer Night's Dream: ISBN 0521445604 (0-521-44560-4)
Hardcover, Cambridge Univ Pr - A Midsummer Night's Dream: ISBN 0613850831 (0-613-85083-1)
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A Midsummer Night's Dreamby Linda Buckle, Paul KelleyISBN 0521409047 (0-521-40904-7)
Softcover, Cambridge Univ Pr
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Moving Picturesby Ali MacGrawISBN 0553295519 (0-553-29551-9)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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Oliver's Storyby Erich SegalISBN 0553275291 (0-553-27529-1)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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Orlando: A Biographyby Virginia WoolfISBN 0613174224 (0-613-17422-4)
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The Paradisoby Dante AlighieriISBN 0553212044 (0-553-21204-4)
Softcover, Bantam Classic & Loveswept
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Paradiso'Book summary:This brilliant new verse translation by Allen Mandelbaum captures the consummate beauty of the third and last part of Dante's Divine Comedy. The Paradiso is a luminous poem of love and light, of optics, angelology, polemics, prayer, prophecy, and transcendent experience. As Dante ascends to the Celestial Rose, in the tenth and final heaven, all the spectacle and splendor of a great poet's vision now becomes accessible to the modern reader in this highly acclaimed, superb dual language edition. With extensive notes and commentary. [via]
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Pigs in Heavenby Barbara KingsolverISBN 0613194209 (0-613-19420-9)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Pigs in Heaven'Book summary:Six-year-old Turtle Greer witnesses a freak accident at the Hoover Dam, leading to a man's dramatic rescue. But Turtle's moment of celebrity draws her into a crisis of historical proportions that will envelop not only her and her mother, Taylor, but everyone else who touched their lives in a complex web connecting their future with their past. With this wise, compelling novel, the acclaimed New York Times bestselling author of The Poisonwood Bible, The Bean Trees, and Animal Dreams vividly renders a world of heartbreak and redeeming love as she defines and defies the boundaries of family, and illuminates the many separate truths aboutthe ties that bind us and tear us apart.
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Properties of Lightby Rebecca GoldsteinISBN 0618154590 (0-618-15459-0)
Softcover, Mariner Books
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Rebeccaby Daphne Du MaurierISBN 0582084865 (0-582-08486-5)
Softcover, Addison-Wesley
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Redeeming Loveby Francine RiversISBN 0553293680 (0-553-29368-0)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Redeeming Love'Book summary:In this splendid retelling of the biblical story of Hosea, bestselling author Francine Rivers pens a heartbreaking romance between a prostitute and the upright and kind farmer who marries her; the story also functions as a reminder of God's unconditional love for his people. Redeeming Love opens with the Gold Rush of 1850 and its rough-and-tumble atmosphere of greed and desire. Angel, who was sold into prostitution as a child, has learned to distrust all men, who see her only as a way to satisfy their lust. When the virtuous and spiritual-minded Michael Hosea is told by God to marry this "soiled dove," he obeys, despite his misgivings. As Angel learns to love him, she begins to hope again but is soon overwhelmed by fear and returns to her old life. Rivers shines in her ability to weave together spiritual themes and sexual tension in a well-told story, a talent that has propelled her into the spotlight as one of the most popular novelists in the genre of Christian fiction. This is one of her best. --Cindy Crosby [via]
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The Rescueby Nicholas SparksISBN 0606218556 (0-606-21855-6)
Hardcover, Demco Media
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A Room With a Viewby E. M. ForsterISBN 0553213237 (0-553-21323-7)
Softcover, Bantam Classic & Loveswept
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Room With a View'Book summary:Young Lucy Honeychurch is staying in Florence with her unadventurous cousin, Charlotte. As she gets to know the unusual mix of people in her small hotel, Lucy also discovers the power of her own heart. [via]
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The Scarlet Letterby Nathaniel Hawthorne, Susan M. CockcroftISBN 0521567831 (0-521-56783-1)
Softcover, Cambridge Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Scarlet Letter'Book summary:Hailed by Henry James as "the finest piece of imaginative writing yet put forth in the country," Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter reaches to our nation's historical and moral roots for the material of great tragedy. Set in an early New England colony, the novel shows the terrible impact a single, passionate act has on the lives of three members of the community: the defiant Hester Prynne; the fiery, tortured Reverend Dimmesdale; and the obsessed, vengeful Chillingworth.With The Scarlet Letter, Hawthorne became the first American novelist to forge from our Puritan heritage a universal classic, a masterful exploration of humanity's unending struggle with sin, guilt and pride. [via]
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- The Scarlet Letter: ISBN 0553210092 (0-553-21009-2)
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Softcover, Addison-Wesley Longman Ltd - The Scarlet Letter: ISBN 0618107347 (0-618-10734-7)
Softcover, Houghton Mifflin College Div - The Scarlet Letter: ISBN 0590090755 (0-590-09075-5)
Softcover, Scholastic Paperbacks - The Scarlet Letter: ISBN 0606130276 (0-606-13027-6)
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- The Scarlet Letter: ISBN 0553210092 (0-553-21009-2)
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Sense And Sensibilityby Jane AustenISBN 0553213342 (0-553-21334-2)
Softcover, Bantam Classic & Loveswept
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Sense And Sensibility'Book summary:Though not the first novel she wrote, Sense and Sensibility was the first Jane Austen published. Though she initially called it Elinor and Marianne, Austen jettisoned both the title and the epistolary mode in which it was originally written, but kept the essential theme: the necessity of finding a workable middle ground between passion and reason. The story revolves around the Dashwood sisters, Elinor and Marianne. Whereas the former is a sensible, rational creature, her younger sister is wildly romantic--a characteristic that offers Austen plenty of scope for both satire and compassion. Commenting on Edward Ferrars, a potential suitor for Elinor's hand, Marianne admits that while she "loves him tenderly," she finds him disappointing as a possible lover for her sister:
Oh! Mama, how spiritless, how tame was Edward's manner in reading to us last night! I felt for my sister most severely. Yet she bore it with so much composure, she seemed scarcely to notice it. I could hardly keep my seat. To hear those beautiful lines which have frequently almost driven me wild, pronounced with such impenetrable calmness, such dreadful indifference!
Soon however, Marianne meets a man who measures up to her ideal: Mr. Willoughby, a new neighbor. So swept away by passion is Marianne that her behavior begins to border on the scandalous. Then Willoughby abandons her; meanwhile, Elinor's growing affection for Edward suffers a check when he admits he is secretly engaged to a childhood sweetheart. How each of the sisters reacts to their romantic misfortunes, and the lessons they draw before coming finally to the requisite happy ending forms the heart of the novel. Though Marianne's disregard for social conventions and willingness to consider the world well-lost for love may appeal to modern readers, it is Elinor whom Austen herself most evidently admired; a truly happy marriage, she shows us, exists only where sense and sensibility meet and mix in proper measure. --Alix Wilber [via]More editions of Sense And Sensibility:
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Sense And Sensibilityby Cherry Gilchrist, Jane AustenISBN 0582416892 (0-582-41689-2)
Softcover, Prentice Hall
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Sense And Sensibility'Book summary:Though not the first novel she wrote, Sense and Sensibility was the first Jane Austen published. Though she initially called it Elinor and Marianne, Austen jettisoned both the title and the epistolary mode in which it was originally written, but kept the essential theme: the necessity of finding a workable middle ground between passion and reason. The story revolves around the Dashwood sisters, Elinor and Marianne. Whereas the former is a sensible, rational creature, her younger sister is wildly romantic--a characteristic that offers Austen plenty of scope for both satire and compassion. Commenting on Edward Ferrars, a potential suitor for Elinor's hand, Marianne admits that while she "loves him tenderly," she finds him disappointing as a possible lover for her sister:
Oh! Mama, how spiritless, how tame was Edward's manner in reading to us last night! I felt for my sister most severely. Yet she bore it with so much composure, she seemed scarcely to notice it. I could hardly keep my seat. To hear those beautiful lines which have frequently almost driven me wild, pronounced with such impenetrable calmness, such dreadful indifference!
Soon however, Marianne meets a man who measures up to her ideal: Mr. Willoughby, a new neighbor. So swept away by passion is Marianne that her behavior begins to border on the scandalous. Then Willoughby abandons her; meanwhile, Elinor's growing affection for Edward suffers a check when he admits he is secretly engaged to a childhood sweetheart. How each of the sisters reacts to their romantic misfortunes, and the lessons they draw before coming finally to the requisite happy ending forms the heart of the novel. Though Marianne's disregard for social conventions and willingness to consider the world well-lost for love may appeal to modern readers, it is Elinor whom Austen herself most evidently admired; a truly happy marriage, she shows us, exists only where sense and sensibility meet and mix in proper measure. --Alix Wilber [via]More editions of Sense And Sensibility:
Shadow of the Moonby M. M. KayeISBN 0553277383 (0-553-27738-3)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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The Shipping Newsby Annie ProulxISBN 0613377168 (0-613-37716-8)
Hardcover, Bt Bound
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Shipping News'Book summary:In this touching and atmospheric novel set among the fishermen of Newfoundland, Proulx tells the story of Quoyle. From all outward appearances, Quoyle has gone through his first 36 years on earth as a big schlump of a loser. He's not attractive, he's not brilliant or witty or talented, and he's not the kind of person who typically assumes the central position in a novel. But Proulx creates a simple and compelling tale of Quoyle's psychological and spiritual growth. Along the way, we get to look in on the maritime beauty of what is probably a disappearing way of life. [via]
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Shiva Dancingby Bharti KirchnerISBN 0525943676 (0-525-94367-6)
Hardcover, Penguin USA
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Snow Falling on Cedarsby David GutersonISBN 0613014367 (0-613-01436-7)
Hardcover, Bt Bound
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Snow Falling on Cedars'Book summary:Fighting the distrust and prejudice of his neighbors on a remote island in Puget Sound, a Japanese-American man who spent time in an internment camp during World War II, finds himself on trial for murder. The histories of the accused and the victim, both fishermen and residents of the small town of San Piedro, unfold as newspaperman Ishmael Chambers embarks on a quest for the truth. Lonely and war-scarred, Chambers strives for justice and inner strength, while coming to terms with his ill-fated love for Hatsue Miyamoto, the wife of the accused. Evocative and beautifully written, Snow Falling on Cedars won the 1995 PEN/Faulkner Award. [via]
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Snow Falling on Cedarsby PenguinISBN 058241928X (0-582-41928-X)
Softcover, Prentice Hall
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Snow Falling on Cedars'Book summary:Fighting the distrust and prejudice of his neighbors on a remote island in Puget Sound, a Japanese-American man who spent time in an internment camp during World War II, finds himself on trial for murder. The histories of the accused and the victim, both fishermen and residents of the small town of San Piedro, unfold as newspaperman Ishmael Chambers embarks on a quest for the truth. Lonely and war-scarred, Chambers strives for justice and inner strength, while coming to terms with his ill-fated love for Hatsue Miyamoto, the wife of the accused. Evocative and beautifully written, Snow Falling on Cedars won the 1995 PEN/Faulkner Award. [via]
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Sons and Loversby D. H. LawrenceISBN 0553211927 (0-553-21192-7)
Softcover, Bantam Classic & Loveswept
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Sons and Lovers'Book summary:This moving story describes life in a coalminer's family around the beginning of the twentieth century. It follows the emotional development of Paul Morel, torn between his passionate love for his mother and his romantic friendships with two young women, Miriam and Clara. D. H. Lawrence (1885 - 1930) is one of the most important writers of the twentieth century. Many regard Sons and Lovers as his greatest masterpiece. [via]
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- Sons and Lovers: ISBN 0582416965 (0-582-41696-5)
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Softcover, Penguin Group USA - Sons and Lovers: ISBN 0521432219 (0-521-43221-9)
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Still Life With Woodpeckerby Tom RobbinsISBN 0553348973 (0-553-34897-3)
Softcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Still Life With Woodpecker'Book summary:Still Life with Woodpecker is sort of a love story that takes place inside a pack of Camel cigarettes. It reveals the purpose of the moon, explains the difference between criminals and outlaws, examines the conflict between social activism and romantic individualism, and paints a portrait of contemporary society that includes powerful Arabs, exiled royalty, and pregnant cheerleaders. It also deals with the problem of redheads. [via]
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Summer of My German Soldierby Bette GreeneISBN 0553272470 (0-553-27247-0)
Softcover, Random House Children's Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Summer of My German Soldier'Book summary:Fiction: WWII, home front, Arkansas [via]
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A Tale of Two Citiesby Charles DickensISBN 0553211765 (0-553-21176-5)
Softcover, Bantam Classic & Loveswept
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Tale of Two Cities'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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Tess of the D'Urbervillesby Thomas HardyISBN 0553211684 (0-553-21168-4)
Softcover, Bantam Classic & Loveswept
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Tess of the D'Urbervilles'Book summary:In addition to presenting the complete text of Hardy's famous novel, this volume provides students with contextualizing historical essays by John Ruskin, Charles Darwin, and Mona Caird and a selection of modern critical essays. Additional works by Hardy include "On the Western Circuit" and the poem "Tess' Lament." [via]
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Softcover, Houghton Mifflin College Div - Tess of the D'Urbervilles: ISBN 0521567149 (0-521-56714-9)
Softcover, Cambridge Univ Pr - Tess of the D'Urbervilles: ISBN 0553211684 (0-553-21168-4)
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- Tess of the D'Urbervilles: ISBN 0582019788 (0-582-01978-8)
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Theftby Peter CareyISBN 0571231497 (0-571-23149-7)
Softcover, Faber & Faber Ltd
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Westside Story Vocal Scoreby Leonard Bernstein, Stephen Sondheim, Arthur Laurents, Jerome RobbinsISBN 0634046780 (0-634-04678-0)
Softcover, Hal Leonard Corp
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Where the Heart Isby Billie LettsISBN 0613175921 (0-613-17592-1)
Hardcover, Bt Bound
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Where the Heart Is'Book summary:Oprah Book Club® Selection, December 1998: A funny thing happens to Novalee Nation on her way to Bakersfield, California. Her ne'er-do-well boyfriend, Willie Jack Pickens, abandons her in an Oklahoma Wal-Mart and takes off on his own, leaving her with just 10 dollars and the clothes on her back. Not that hard luck is anything new to Novalee, who is "seventeen, seven months pregnant, thirty-seven pounds overweight--and superstitious about sevens.... For most people, sevens were lucky. But not for her," Billie Letts writes. "She'd had a bad history with them, starting with her seventh birthday, the day Momma Nell ran away with a baseball umpire named Fred..."
Still, finding herself alone and penniless in Sequoyah, Oklahoma is enough to make even someone as inured to ill fortune as Novalee want to give up and die. Fortunately, the Wal-Mart parking lot is the Sequoyah equivalent of a town square, and within hours Novalee has met three people who will change her life: Sister Thelma Husband, a kindly eccentric; Benny Goodluck, a young Native American boy; and Moses Whitecotton, an elderly African American photographer. For the next two months, Novalee surreptitiously makes her home in the Wal-Mart, sleeping there at night, exploring the town by day. When she goes into labor and delivers her baby there, however, Novalee learns that sometimes it's not so bad to depend on the kindness of strangers--especially if one of them happens to be Sam Walton, the superchain's founder.
Where the Heart Is oddly mixes heart-warming vignettes and surprising, brutal violence. Novalee's story is juxtaposed with occasional chapters chronicling Willy Jack's downward spiral into prison, disappointment, and degradation. And even in Sequoyah, sudden storms, domestic violence, kidnapping, and deadly fires punctuate Novalee's progress from homeless, unwed teen mom to successful, happy member of the community. This is not a subtle book; there's never any doubt that our heroine will make a home for herself and her baby or that Willy Jack will get what he deserves for abandoning them. Still, Billie Letts has created several memorable characters, and there's always room for another novel that celebrates the life-affirming qualities of reading, the importance of education, and the power of love to change lives. --Alix Wilber [via]
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Wizard and Glassby Stephen King, Dave McKeanISBN 0670032573 (0-670-03257-3)
Hardcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Wizard and Glass'Book summary:Frank Muller, the recognized virtuoso of audiobook narration (The Green Mile, The Shawshank Redemption), takes on Stephen King's Goliath tale of sorcerers, time travelers, and sci-fi love. Totaling more than 27 hours and spanning 18 cassettes, Wizard and Glass requires the listener to love Muller's Hannibal Lecter-like voice--either that or suffer in audio hell for the equivalent of three full working days. While some might find his breathy staccatos irritating at best, others will find his voice the perfect accompaniment to King's creepy characters and nightmarish plots. (Running time: 27 hours, 18 cassettes) [via]
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