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Barrayarby Lois McMaster BujoldISBN 067172083X (0-671-72083-X)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Barrayar'Book summary:Cordelia Naismith was resourceful and courageous, but what is Lady Vorkosigan like? When her life is shattered by a soltoxin grenade, the unfortunate Barrayarans who target her husband and hit her child find out. [via]
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Big Dig: A Pop-Up Construction!by Paul SticklandISBN 192992741X (1-929927-41-X)
Hardcover, Handprint Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Big Dig: A Pop-Up Construction!'Book summary:There's nothing more intriguing than a construction site. It's a mesmerizing combination of color and sound, action and excitement: from a wrecking ball smashing into old foundations, bulldozers clearing away the rubble, blocks of concrete achingly being lifted to waiting masons, to steel girders delicately being fitted into place. Paul Stickland has composed all these elements into a celebration of building. Seven high-activity spreads- each with generously sized, child-resistant self-activating pops and a brash, chant-aloud text -follow the process of construction, and culminate in a magnificent foldout scene of the finished project and cheering workers. More spectacular even than his phenomenally successful Dinosaur Stomp and Truck Jam, Big Dig is truly a job well done. [via]
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Borders of Infinityby Lois McMaster BujoldISBN 0671720937 (0-671-72093-7)
Softcover, Baen Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Borders of Infinity'Book summary:This collection of short stories includes tales that take place before The Vor Game and others extending past Brothers in Arms. The variation in tone across the tales is handled exceptionally well, as we see Miles mourn and get a better look at his relationship with Illyan. The stories include Miles's first outing as a detective, in which he's faced with a case of infanticide in the mutant-phobic hill country; his largest rescue mission ever; and the most distressed damsel for whom he ever played the knight. [via]
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Brothers in Armsby Lois McMaster BujoldISBN 0671697994 (0-671-69799-4)
Softcover, Baen Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Brothers in Arms'Book summary:After the audacious prison camp escapade described in Borders of Infinity, Miles is on the run from the Cetagandans, who aren't about to take that kind of thing lying down. The worst of it is, Miles and his friends are starting to see double, and it takes a while to find out who is responsible. [via]
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Cetagandaby Lois McMaster BujoldISBN 0671877011 (0-671-87701-1)
Hardcover, Simon & Schuster
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Cetaganda'Book summary:Attending a diplomatic ceremony on Cetaganda, Miles and Cousin Ivan get into a heap of political trouble when the late empress's lifelong attendant is murdered, and Ivan gets involved with several beautiful and well-connected aliens. [via]
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Cetaganda: A Vprlpsogam Advemtireby Lois McMaster BujoldISBN 0671877445 (0-671-87744-5)
Softcover, Baen Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Cetaganda: A Vprlpsogam Advemtire'Book summary:Miles is stuck visiting Cetaganda with his doltish cousin Ivan, representing Barrayaran nobility at an Imperial funeral. Miles must have suspected that it wasn't going to be dull after the bogus docking instructions and the odd man who launched himself into their ship and started to pull a weapon on them. Three attacks and a mysterious murder later, Miles is juggling two emperors, two secret services, and a half-dozen traitors--nd that's not even counting the women. [via]
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The Child of the Holy Grailby Rosalind MilesISBN 0609809563 (0-609-80956-3)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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A Civil Campaignby Lois McMaster BujoldISBN 0671578855 (0-671-57885-5)
Softcover, Baen Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Civil Campaign'Book summary:If you relish costume adventure in an intergalactic society starring strong, convincing male and female characters, you'll adore the Vorkosigan Series. If you haven't met Miles Vorkosigan, whose brilliance, manic energy, and unstoppable determination make him a larger-than-life hero despite his dwarfish stature, pick up Komarr and A Civil Campaign. Read them, and then go back and catch the previous nine books (10 if you count Ethan of Athos, which features not Miles but his partner, Ellie Quinn); or read the series in order, starting with the romance of Miles's parents in Shards of Honor.
A Civil Campaign opens where Komarr ends, with Miles determined to court Ekaterin. Unfortunately, his approach is described as "General Romeo Vorkosigan, the one-man strike force." By his father. The potential for comic disaster increases when Miles's clone brother Mark arrives. He's brought a brilliant but scatterbrained scientist who's created a bug producing a perfect food: bug butter. They set up a lab in the basement of Vorkosigan House. Mark has also found a nice Barrayaran girl--she even likes the bugs--with whom he got together on the sexually liberated world of Beta. But now Kareen's living at home. Naturally, disaster strikes, repeatedly and on all fronts.
Bujold unfolds her comedy of manners while continuing to explore familiar themes: the difficulties in becoming a strong adult woman in a patriarchy, the need for trust and honesty in relationships between the sexes, the difference between appearance and identity, and the impact of advanced biotechnologies on society. A Civil Campaign is a sure-fire Hugo and Nebula nominee, likely to add another statue to Bujold's already full shelf. It's charming, touching, and quite funny too. --Nona Vero [via]
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Cordelia's Honorby Lois McMaster BujoldISBN 0671578286 (0-671-57828-6)
Softcover, Pocket Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Cordelia's Honor'Book summary:Sick of combat, Cordelia Naismith is ready to settle down to a quiet life. But when the Emperor dies, Aral become guardian of the infant heir to the throne of Barrayar. Cordelia soon finds herself allied with Aral to keep the child safe from high-tech assassins engaged in a dynastic civil war fought with biowar technology. [via]
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Diplomatic Immunity: A Vorkosioan Adventureby Lois McMaster BujoldISBN 0743436121 (0-7434-3612-1)
Softcover, Baen Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Diplomatic Immunity: A Vorkosioan Adventure'Book summary:Fans won't find this surprising in the least, but Miles Vorkosigan--the plucky, short-statured hero of Lois McMaster Bujold's beloved series--is uniquely incapable of having an uneventful honeymoon. Between a racially fueled diplomatic dispute, the appearance of a hermaphroditic old flame, and a bizarre Cetagandan genetic conspiracy, Miles just can't seem to get a minute of peace with his new wife, the lovely and resourceful Ekaterin (whom Miles courted in A Civil Campaign).
Miles had hoped to give "hands-on op games" a rest once and for all, but when the Emperor urgently calls on him to resolve a "legal entanglement" in Quaddiespace, diplomacy alone might prove inadequate. (Quaddies, you'll remember, are the no-legged, four-armed free-fallers introduced in Falling Free.) Our newly minted Imperial Auditor almost immediately forgets all about "Baby's First Cell Division" (after the assignment comes in, Ekaterin quickly observes "You know, you keep claiming your job is boring, Miles, but your eyes have gone all bright"), but even Miles feels the heat after his diplomatic attempts devolve into a series of flattering assassination attempts.
Vorkosigan (and family now!) is as winning as ever, with Bujold offering up her usual fun mix of space-opera action and droll social commentary in a character-centered plot. And here's a bonus for Milesophiles and Vorkosiga novices alike: a book-by-book timeline detailing what trouble Miles got into and when. --Paul Hughes [via]
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Dreamweaver's Dilemmaby Lois M. Bujold, Suford Lewis, Bob Eggleton, Lillian Stewart CarlISBN 0915368536 (0-915368-53-6)
Softcover, Nesfa Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Dreamweaver's Dilemma'Book summary:1995 Signed 1st Ed. NESFA - #507 of 1200 [via]
Emily the Strangeby Cosmic Debris, Brian Brooks, Buzz ParkerISBN 0811831477 (0-8118-3147-7)
Hardcover, Chronicle Books Llc
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Emily's Book of Strangeby Rob Reger, Buzz ParkerISBN 0811839869 (0-8118-3986-9)
Hardcover, Chronicle Books Llc
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Ethan of Athosby Lois McMaster BujoldISBN 1886778396 (1-886778-39-6)
Hardcover, Nesfa Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Ethan of Athos'Book summary:Our hero is a quiet, upstanding citizen of Athos, an obstetrician in a world in which reproduction is carried out entirely via uterine replicator, without the aid of living women. Problem: the 200-year-old cultures are not providing eggs the way they used to, and attempts to order replacements by mail have failed catastrophically. But when Ethan is sent to find out what happened and acquire more eggs, he finds himself in a morass of Cetagandan covert ops and Jackson Whole politics--and the only person who's around to rescue him is the inimitable--and, disturbingly, female--Elli Quinn, Dendarii rent-a-spy. [via]
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Falling Freeby Lois McMaster Bujold, Suford Lewis, James A. McMasterISBN 1886778531 (1-886778-53-1)
Hardcover, Nesfa Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Falling Free'Book summary:Leo Graf was an effective engineer ...Safety Regs weren't just the rule book he swore by; he'd helped write them. All that changed on his assignment to the Cay Habitat. Leo was profoundly uneasy with the corporation exploitation of his bright new students - till that exploitation turned to something much worse. He hadn't anticipated a situation where the right thing to do was neither safe, nor in the rules...Leo Graf adopted 1000 quaddies - now all he had to do was teach them to be free. [via]
Guenevereby Rosalind MilesISBN 0609806505 (0-609-80650-5)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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Guenevere, Queen of the Summer Countryby Rosalind MilesISBN 0609603620 (0-609-60362-0)
Hardcover, Crown Publishing Group
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Irresistible Forcesby Catherine AsaroISBN 0451211111 (0-451-21111-1)
Softcover, New Amer Library
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The Knight of the Sacred Lakeby Rosalind MilesISBN 0609808028 (0-609-80802-8)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Knight of the Sacred Lake'Book summary:As High King and Queen, Arthur and Guenevere reign supreme across the many kingdoms and islands of Great Britain. Reconciled with Arthur, Guenevere secretly mourns the loss of her beloved Lancelot, who has returned to the Sacred Lake of his boyhood, hoping to restore his faith in chivalry in the place where he first learned to be a knight. In a glittering ceremony at the annual feast of Pentecost, new knights are sworn to the Round Table, including Arthur's nephews, the cunning Agravain and his heroic brother Gawain. Camelot is reborn in all its glory, and after many years of strife, peace is restored to Guenevere's realm.
But betrayal, jealousy, and ancient blood feuds fester unseen. Morgan Le Fay, now the proud possessor of Arthur's only son, Mordred, has become the focus of Merlin's age-old quest to ensure the survival of the house of Pendragon at all costs. And from the east comes the shattering news that Guenevere may have a rival for Lancelot's love. A bleak shadow falls again across Camelot--and across the sacred isle of Avalon, where Roman priests threaten the sanctity of the Hallows and the life of the Lady herself. At the center of the storm is Guenevere, a proud and powerful queen torn between her love for her husband, her people, and her knight, Sir Lancelot of the Lake.
With rare and intuitive magic, Rosalind Miles brings to life a legendary woman's bravery and passion, and all the pageantry, heartbreak, violence, and beauty of an age gone by. [via]More editions of The Knight of the Sacred Lake:
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Komarrby Lois McMaste BujoldISBN 0671578081 (0-671-57808-1)
Softcover, Baen Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Komarr'Book summary:Lois McMaster Bujold comes through again with another sharp Miles Vorkosigan novel. Komarr can be read as a standalone, though it is part of a whole series. (Komarr brings the total to 16 books!) Miles is a hugely popular character with fans--and they won't be disappointed with his latest adventure.
The planet Komarr is undergoing centuries-long terraforming when one of the orbiting mirrors crucial to the effort is smashed by an off-course ship. Miles Vorkosigan is sent to Komarr to investigate the incident; once there, he becomes embroiled in political and scientific battles. To make matters worse, the name Vorkosigan is anathema on Komarr. But our intrepid hero can't be put down easily. While trying to save Komarr, he manages... maybe... to find true love at last! Bujold's original and intelligent blend of politics, science, and cliffhanging-good space opera makes this book a satisfying adventure and a charming romance. --Therese Littleton [via]
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Memoryby Lois McMaster BujoldISBN 067187845X (0-671-87845-X)
Softcover, Baen Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Memory'Book summary:Miles turns 30, and--though he isn't slowing down just yet--he is starting to lose interest in the game of Wall: the one where he tries to climb the wall, fails, gets up, and tries again. Having finally reached a point in his life where he can look back and realize that he has managed to prove his courage and competence, he can move on to bigger and better things.
Depending on how you count it, this is the eighth, ninth, tenth, or eleventh book in a series--not all are about Miles or even his extended family. A good place to start is with the first Vorkosigan story, Shards of Honor. [via]
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Miles: The Autobiographyby Miles DavisISBN 0671725823 (0-671-72582-3)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Miles: The Autobiography'Book summary:Here is the outspoken autobiography of a musical legend, one of the most compelling and important cultural figures of our time, describing Davis's mysterious five-year layoff and his triumphant return to music. 32 pages of black-and-white photos. [via]
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Miles Errantby Lois McMaster BujoldISBN 0743435583 (0-7434-3558-3)
Softcover, Baen Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Miles Errant'Book summary:Truth and Consequences: A covert ops liberation of Barrayaran allies in a Cetagandan pow camp goes awry and Miles Naismith is right in the middle of it. Will he find damnation though good works, or faith alone? Still reeling from the prior mission, the Dendarii Free Mercenary Fleet puts in at old Earth for repairsand finds old enemies. Miles' attempt to juggle both his identities, Admiral Naismith and Lieutenant Lord Vorkosigan, crashes when a new player enters the game: the brother he never knew he had. Two years later, on the crime planet of Jackson's Whole, disaster gets a new name: Mark Pierre Vorkosigan. Another rescue, of clone children scheduled to be murdered for their bodies, goes seriously sour. This time, the consequences look fatal and permanentunless two brothers can each learn the other's true names and games. Publisher's Note: "Miles Errant" has been previously published in parts as "Borders of Infinity", "Brothers in Arms", and "Mirror Dance". This is the first chronologically combined edition, as chosen by the author. 'Georgette Heyer has met her match for intrigue and style!...[Komarr] has twists and turns that could only happen in a Vorkosigan-inspired novel...Boy, can she write! ' - Anne McCaffrey. [via]
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Miles, Mystery & Mayhemby Lois McMaster Bujold, James P. BaenISBN 0743436180 (0-7434-3618-0)
Softcover, Pocket Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Miles, Mystery & Mayhem'Book summary:Miles Vorkosigan times three equals entertainment, excitement & excellence. Diplomat, soldier, spy-Lieutenant Lord Miles Naismith Vorkosigan of the Barrayaran Empire, a.k.a. Admiral Naismith of the Dendarii Free Mercenaries, is a young man of many parts. Miles and his handsome cousin Ivan are called upon to play a simple diplomatic role on the capital world of Barrayar's old enemy until murder and deceit thrust them into Cetagandan internal politics at the highest levels, and Miles discovers the secrets of the haut-women's biological domain to be very complicated indeed. Commander Elli Quinn, sent by Miles on the trail of those secrets, meets a man who marches to the beat of a very different drummer. Dr. Ethan Urquhart, obstretician from a planet forbidden to women, is on a quest at cross-purposes to Elli's mission - or is it? Consequences of Cetagandan bioengineering continue to play out, this time on a Dendrii sortie to the crime planet of Jackson's Whole. When he encounters a genetically altered super-soldier, Miles' routine rescue strike takes a sudden hard turn for the unanticipated. Publisher's Note: "Miles, Mystery & Mayhem" was previously published in parts as "Cetaganda", "Ethan of Athos", and "Labyrinth". This is the first unified edition. [via]
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Mirror Danceby Lois McMaster BujoldISBN 0671876465 (0-671-87646-5)
Softcover, Baen Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Mirror Dance'Book summary:Miles Vorkosigan faces more than his share of troubles as the protagonist in Mirror Dance. Not only is he deformed and undersized but he has a cloned brother who gets into a jam in the free enterprise plague spot known as Jackson's Whole. Miles tries to help his brother but ends up injured, placed on cryogenic suspension and then lost in intergalactic limbo. And that's just in the first 100 pages. The following 300 pages add a wealth more to this fantastic tale that's both humorous and finely written. Mirror Dance won the 1995 Hugo Award for Science Fiction. [via]
My First Book About Things That Goby Kama Einhorn, Joe MathieuISBN 0375835156 (0-375-83515-6)
Hardcover, Random House Childrens Books
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Otter Nonsenseby Norton Juster, Eric CarleISBN 039920931X (0-399-20931-X)
Softcover, Horizon Book Promotions
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Otter Nonsense'Book summary:We've got some great gnus for ewe here--lots of other hilarious animal puns that are sure to shark you. In this brilliantly illustrated book you can see the seal of approval, and meet a moose with a mousetache. The 80 outrageous puns in the collection will make this just the condor book you'll gopher. Full color. [via]
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The Phantom Tollboothby Norton Juster, Jules FeifferISBN 0394820371 (0-394-82037-1)
Softcover, Random House Childrens Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Phantom Tollbooth'Book summary:"It seems to me that almost everything is a waste of time," Milo laments. "[T]here's nothing for me to do, nowhere I'd care to go, and hardly anything worth seeing." This bored, bored young protagonist who can't see the point to anything is knocked out of his glum humdrum by the sudden and curious appearance of a tollbooth in his bedroom. Since Milo has absolutely nothing better to do, he dusts off his toy car, pays the toll, and drives through. What ensues is a journey of mythic proportions, during which Milo encounters countless odd characters who are anything but dull.
Norton Juster received (and continues to receive) enormous praise for this original, witty, and oftentimes hilarious novel, first published in 1961. In an introductory "Appreciation" written by Maurice Sendak for the 35th anniversary edition, he states, "The Phantom Tollbooth leaps, soars, and abounds in right notes all over the place, as any proper masterpiece must." Indeed.
As Milo heads toward Dictionopolis he meets with the Whether Man ("for after all it's more important to know whether there will be weather than what the weather will be"), passes through The Doldrums (populated by Lethargarians), and picks up a watchdog named Tock (who has a giant alarm clock for a body). The brilliant satire and double entendre intensifies in the Word Market, where after a brief scuffle with Officer Short Shrift, Milo and Tock set off toward the Mountains of Ignorance to rescue the twin Princesses, Rhyme and Reason. Anyone with an appreciation for language, irony, or Alice in Wonderland-style adventure will adore this book for years on end. (Ages 8 and up) [via]
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- The Phantom Tollbooth: ISBN 0394815009 (0-394-81500-9)
Hardcover, Random House Childrens Books - The Phantom Tollbooth: ISBN 088103696X (0-88103-696-X)
Hardcover, Bt Bound - The Phantom Tollbooth: ISBN 0375806709 (0-375-80670-9)
Softcover, Random House Childrens Books - Phanthom Tollbooth: ISBN 0394821998 (0-394-82199-8)
Softcover, Random House Inc - The Phantom Tollbooth: ISBN 0679833706 (0-679-83370-6)
Softcover, Random House Childrens Books - The Phantom Tollbooth: ISBN 0394915003 (0-394-91500-3)
Hardcover, Random House - The Phantom Tollbooth: ISBN 0848807596 (0-8488-0759-6)
Hardcover, Amereon Ltd - The Phantom Tollbooth: ISBN 0394820371 (0-394-82037-1)
Softcover, Random House Childrens Books
- The Phantom Tollbooth: ISBN 0394815009 (0-394-81500-9)
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The Phantom Tollboothby Jules Feiffer, Norton JusterISBN 0816148015 (0-8161-4801-5)
Hardcover, Thorndike Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Phantom Tollbooth'Book summary:"It seems to me that almost everything is a waste of time," Milo laments. "[T]here's nothing for me to do, nowhere I'd care to go, and hardly anything worth seeing." This bored, bored young protagonist who can't see the point to anything is knocked out of his glum humdrum by the sudden and curious appearance of a tollbooth in his bedroom. Since Milo has absolutely nothing better to do, he dusts off his toy car, pays the toll, and drives through. What ensues is a journey of mythic proportions, during which Milo encounters countless odd characters who are anything but dull.
Norton Juster received (and continues to receive) enormous praise for this original, witty, and oftentimes hilarious novel, first published in 1961. In an introductory "Appreciation" written by Maurice Sendak for the 35th anniversary edition, he states, "The Phantom Tollbooth leaps, soars, and abounds in right notes all over the place, as any proper masterpiece must." Indeed.
As Milo heads toward Dictionopolis he meets with the Whether Man ("for after all it's more important to know whether there will be weather than what the weather will be"), passes through The Doldrums (populated by Lethargarians), and picks up a watchdog named Tock (who has a giant alarm clock for a body). The brilliant satire and double entendre intensifies in the Word Market, where after a brief scuffle with Officer Short Shrift, Milo and Tock set off toward the Mountains of Ignorance to rescue the twin Princesses, Rhyme and Reason. Anyone with an appreciation for language, irony, or Alice in Wonderland-style adventure will adore this book for years on end. (Ages 8 and up) [via]
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Seen Artby Jon Scieszka, Lane SmithISBN 0670059862 (0-670-05986-2)
Hardcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Seen Art'Book summary:It all started when I told my friend Art I would meet him on the corner of Fifth and Fifty-Third.[via]
I didn't see him. So I asked a lady walking up the avenue, "Have you seen Art?"
"MoMA?" asked the lady.
"Uh . . . no, he's just a friend."
"Just down Fifty-Third Street here. In a beautiful new building. You can't miss it."
When this address turns out to be the Museum of Modern Art in New York City, confusion and hilarity ensue. As the narrator continues looking for Art inside MoMA, he is introduced to well-known pieces of art such as Van Gogh's The Starry Night, Matisse's The Red Studio, as well as works by Picasso, Klee, Lichtenstein and others.
In a dynamic collaboration that features comical text and playful illustrations alongside full-color reproductions of the artwork, Jon Scieszka and Lane Smith give readers the perfect companion for a visit to MoMA, and an introduction to some of the world's best works of modern art.More editions of Seen Art:
Seen Artby Lane Smith, Jon ScieszkaISBN 1415577846 (1-4155-7784-6)
Hardcover, Museum of Modern Art
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Shards of Honorby Lois McMaster BujoldISBN 1886778205 (1-886778-20-5)
Hardcover, Nesfa Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Shards of Honor'Book summary:Cordelia Naismith, Betan Survey Captain, was expecting the unexpected: hexapods, floating creatures, odd parasites... She was not, however, expecting to find hostile humans on an uninhabited planet. And she wasn't really expecting to fall in love with a 40-plus barbarian known to cosmopolitan galactics as the Butcher of Komarr. Will Mother ever understand? And can such an odd beast as love survive an interplanetary war? [via]
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Truck Jamby Paul SticklandISBN 1929927037 (1-929927-03-7)
Hardcover, Ragged Bears USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Truck Jam'Book summary:Here come the trucks: fire engines and dump trucks, big rigs and tow trucks all roar into action. In his first pop-up book since his bestselling Dinosaur Stomp four years ago, Paul Stickland brings together terrific paper-engineering skills with an uncanny knack of infusing realistically-detailed vehicles with charm and humor.
The simple chant-along text-the hallmark of the Sticklands' DINOSAUR ROAR-makes this a fabulous read-aloud must for all young truckers. The sturdy pop-ups are self-activating: an ideal book even for younger readers who will want to peer under the shiny hood of the semi or watch an overheated engine explode in smoke. From the holographic chrome foil on the cover right down to the last dent on a bumper, TRUCK JAM packs unadulterated fun. [via]
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True to Our Feelings: What Our Emotions Are Really Telling Usby Robert C. SolomonISBN 0195368533 (0-19-536853-3)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'True to Our Feelings: What Our Emotions Are Really Telling Us'Book summary:We live our lives through our emotions, writes Robert Solomon, and it is our emotions that give our lives meaning. What interests or fascinates us, who we love, what angers us, what moves us, what bores us--all of this defines us, gives us character, constitutes who we are. In True to Our Feelings, Solomon illuminates the rich life of the emotions--why we don't really understand them, what they really are, and how they make us human and give meaning to life. Solomon provides a guide to cutting-edge scientific research, as well as to what philosophers and psychologists have said on the subject, but he also emphasizes the personal and ethical character of our emotions. He shows that emotions are not something that happen to us, nor are they irrational in the literal sense--rather, they are judgments we make about the world, and they are strategies for living in it. Fear, anger, love, guilt, jealousy, compassion--they are all essential to our values, to living happily, healthily, and well. [via]
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The Vor Gameby Lois McMaster BujoldISBN 0671720147 (0-671-72014-7)
Softcover, Baen Books
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The Warrior's Apprenticeby Lois MacMaster BujoldISBN 1886778272 (1-886778-27-2)
Hardcover, Nesfa Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Warrior's Apprentice'Book summary:Discharged from the Barrarayan academy after flunking the physical, a discouraged Miles Vorkosigan takes possession of a jumpship and becomes the leader of a mercenary force that expands to a fleet of treasonous proportions. Reprint. AB. [via]
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Young Milesby Lois McMaster BujoldISBN 0671877828 (0-671-87782-8)
Softcover, Pocket Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Young Miles'Book summary:It isn't easy, being Vor. Being a Vor lord on the war-torn planet Barrayar wasn't easy. Being an officer in Barrayar's military wasn't easy. And being the leader of a force of spaceborne mercenaries while maintaining a secret identity wasn't easy in fact it should have been impossible, to say nothing of being a capital offense on Barrayar. Not that impossibility or great danger would slow down young Miles Vorkosigan much. Washed out of the Barrayaran Military Academy for being overly fragile (he had been biochemically damaged during an assassination attempt while still in his mother's womb), Miles' natural (if unorthodox) leadership qualities quickly led to his off-handedly acquiring a fleet of nineteen ships and three thousand troops, all unswervingly loyal to him or at least to his alter ego, Admiral Naismith. In short order, he foiled a plot against his father, returned to and graduated from the academy, solved a murder among his people, joined a mutiny against a deranged superior officer, thwarted an interstellar invasion, and rescued the Barrayaran Emperor. Then things get interesting. Publisher's Note: "Young Miles" was previously published in parts as "The Warrior's Apprentice", "The Mountains of Mourning", and "The Vor Game". [via]
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La Caseta Magicaby Norton Juster, Jules Feiffer, Alberto Jiménez RiojaISBN 1587171090 (1-58717-109-0)
Softcover, Chronicle Books LLC
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› Find signed collectible books: 'La Caseta Magica'Book summary:Norton Juster's timeless, best-selling novel will reach an even wider readership with this outstanding Spanish translation. Milo thinks that just about everything is a big waste of time--when he even bothers to think at all. But he starts to see life in a whole new way after a mysterious gift transports him to the Lands Beyond. Accompanied by the ticking watchdog Tock and the boastful Humbug, Milo embarks on an unforgettable quest to rescue Princesses Rhyme and Reason and restore common sense to the Kingdom of Wisdom. [via]
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Galahad El Hijo Del Santo Grial/Galahad the Son of the Holy Grailby Rosalind MilesISBN 8401014751 (84-01-01475-1)
Softcover, Random House Mondadori
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