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The Art of the Lion Kingby Christopher FinchISBN 0786861843 (0-7868-6184-3)
Hardcover, Hyperion Press
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Art of the Lion King'Book summary:Lush, color artwork from Disney's new animated film--in all stages, from conceptual to finished, is accompanied by a narrative that retells the story of the film and an afterword revealing the inspiration behind the art. 25,000 first printing. [via]
Before the Animation Begins : The Art and Lives of Disney's Inspirational Sketch Artistsby John CanemakerISBN 0786861525 (0-7868-6152-5)
Hardcover, Hyperion Press
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Bogartby Eric Lax, A.M. SperberISBN 0688161057 (0-688-16105-7)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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Bram Stoker's Draculaby Jan Needle, Gary BlytheISBN 0763625086 (0-7636-2508-6)
Hardcover, Candlewick Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Bram Stoker's Dracula'Book summary:Not for the faint of heart! Award-winning artist Gary Blythe brilliantly captures the eerie mood of Bram Stoker's uneasy tale, expertly edited for today's reader.
Can there be a more terrifying tale than this? The story of the notorious vampire Count Dracula, lord of the undead, who rises from his coffin at night to suck the blood of the living is, undoubtedly, the stuff of nightmares. A lunatic asylum, a bleak Transylvanian castle, an ancient cemetary . . . these are the dark backgrounds to the even darker deeds portrayed in this most bloodcurdling of tales.
Narrated from several viewpoints, DRACULA is a complex story that many know, but few have actually read. Jan Needle's newly edited version makes the gripping events accessible to the twenty-first reader without losing the incomparably chilling atmosphere of Bram Stoker's original novel. [via]More editions of Bram Stoker's Dracula:
Brokeback Mountain: Story to Screenplayby Annie Proulx, Larry McMurtry, Diana OssanaISBN 0743294165 (0-7432-9416-5)
Softcover, Scribner
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Brokeback Mountain: Story to Screenplay'Book summary:Annie Proulx has written some of the most original and brilliant short stories in contemporary literature, and for many readers and reviewers, Brokeback Mountain is her masterpiece.
Brokeback Mountain was originally published in The New Yorker. It won the National Magazine Award. It also won an O. Henry Prize. Included in this volume is Annie Proulx's haunting story about the difficult, dangerous love affair between a ranch hand and a rodeo cowboy. Also included is the celebrated screenplay for the major motion picture "Brokeback Mountain," written by Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana. All three writers have contributed essays on the process of adapting this critically acclaimed story for film.
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Cliffscomplete Othelloby Sidney Lamb, Kate MauerISBN 0764585738 (0-7645-8573-8)
Softcover, John Wiley & Sons Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Cliffscomplete Othello'Book summary: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.[via]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
- Bibliography and historical background on the playwright, William Shakespeare
- A look at the historical context and structure of the play
- Discussions on the play's symbols and themes
- A character map that graphically illustrates the relationships among the characters
- Review questions, a quiz, discussion topics (essay questions), activity ideas
- A Resource Center full of books, articles, films, and Internet sites
Streamline your literature study with all-in-one help from CliffsComplete guides!
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Cliffscomplete Shelley's Frankensteinby Stephen C. BehrendtISBN 0764587269 (0-7645-8726-9)
Softcover, Cliff Notes
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Cliffscomplete Shelley's Frankenstein'Book summary: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.[via]CliffsComplete Frankenstein is certainly Mary Shelleys greatest literary achievement and one of the most complex literary works of all time. Unlike most Romantic writers, Mary Shelley seems interested in the dark, self-destructive side of human reality and the human soul.
Discover how Dr. Frankensteins creation impacts everyone he meets and save yourself valuable studying time all at once. Enhance your reading of Frankenstein with these additional features:
- A summary and insightful commentary for each chapter
- Bibliography and historical background on the author, Mary Shelley
- A look at the historical context and structure of the novel
- Discussions on the novels symbols and themes
- A character map that graphically illustrates the relationships among the characters
- Review questions, a quiz, discussion topics (essay questions), activity ideas
- A ResourceCenter full of books, articles, films, and Internet sites
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A Clockwork Orangeby Anthony BurgessISBN 0786246448 (0-7862-4644-8)
Hardcover, Thorndike Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Clockwork Orange'Book summary:"Penguin Decades" bring you the novels that helped shape modern Britain. When they were published, some were bestsellers, some were considered scandalous, and others were simply misunderstood. All represent their time and helped define their generation, while today each is considered a landmark work of storytelling. Anthony Burgess' "A Clockwork Orange" was published in 1962 and has been controversial ever since. It tells the story of fifteen-year-old Alex - whose chief preoccupations are Beethoven's Ninth and ultra-violence - as he and his droogs rampage though a dystopian future seeking thrills, until they come under the control of the state's sinister apparatus. [via]
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The Devil Wears Pradaby Lauren WeisbergerISBN 0767914767 (0-7679-1476-7)
Softcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Devil Wears Prada'Book summary:It's a killer title: The Devil Wears Prada. And it's killer material: author Lauren Weisberger did a stint as assistant to Anna Wintour, the all-powerful editor of Vogue magazine. Now she's written a book, and this is its theme: narrator Andrea Sachs goes to work for Miranda Priestly, the all-powerful editor of Runway magazine. Turns out Miranda is quite the bossyboots. That's pretty much the extent of the novel, but it's plenty. Miranda's behavior is so insanely over-the-top that it's a gas to see what she'll do next, and to try to guess which incidents were culled from the real-life antics of the woman who's been called Anna "Nuclear" Wintour. For instance, when Miranda goes to Paris for the collections, Andrea receives a call back at the New York office (where, incidentally, she's not allowed to leave her desk to eat or go to the bathroom, lest her boss should call). Miranda bellows over the line: "I am standing in the pouring rain on the rue de Rivoli and my driver has vanished. Vanished! Find him immediately!"
This kind of thing is delicious fun to read about, though not as well written as its obvious antecedent, The Nanny Diaries. And therein lies the essential problem of the book. Andrea's goal in life is to work for The New Yorker--she's only sticking it out with Miranda for a job recommendation. But author Weisberger is such an inept, ungrammatical writer, you're positively rooting for her fictional alter ego not to get anywhere near The New Yorker. Still, Weisberger has certainly one-upped Me Times Three author Alix Witchel, whose magazine-world novel never gave us the inside dope that was the book's whole raison d' etre. For the most part, The Devil Wears Prada focuses on the outrageous Miranda Priestly, and she's an irresistible spectacle. --Claire Dederer [via]
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Disclosureby Michael CrichtonISBN 0785769536 (0-7857-6953-6)
Hardcover, Bt Bound
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Draculaby Bram StokerISBN 0743477367 (0-7434-7736-7)
Softcover, Washington Square Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Dracula'Book summary:The punctured throat, the coffin lid slowly opening, the unholy shriek as the stake pierces the heart--these are just a few of the chilling images Bram Stoker unleashed upon the world with his 1897 masterpiece, Dracula. Inspired by the folk legend of nosferatu, the undead, Stoker created a timeless tale of gothic horror and romance that has enthralled and terrified readers ever since.
This illustrated edition does full justice to the clark splendor of Stoker's novel of the count who feeds off the blood of the living. Stark and powerful relief engravings from renowned illustrator Barry Moser bring to life the story's most unforgettable moments and characters: the ship of death that brings Dracula to English shores as it pitches upon the sea; the final terrible siege at his Transylvanian lair; and the faces of clever, loving Mina Harker, mad, ravenous Renfield, wise Professor Van Helsing, and of course, Count Dracula himself.
Told in letters, diary entries, and news clippings, Dracula maintains an uncanny power over the reader, not only in the chilling charisma of its oftimitated character, but in the pace and fury of its storytelling. Stoker's novel has inspired countless movies and stories. But the original Dracula, like its hero, has the power to live forever. [via]
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E. T. : The Extra-Terrestrialby William KotzwinkleISBN 0743216024 (0-7432-1602-4)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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The Essential Frankensteinby Leonard Wolf, Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Christopher H. BingISBN 0743498062 (0-7434-9806-2)
Softcover, ibooks, Incorporated
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Essential Frankenstein'Book summary:Here is the complete original text of Mary Shelley's classic 1816 novel, fully annotated with thousands of fascinating facts and legends. Includes: background on the Romantic spirit that infuses the novel; commentary by leading contemporary writers; a selected filmography of major Frankenstein films; and dozens of illustrations. [via]
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The Essential Phantom Of The Operaby Leonard Wolf, Gaston Leroux, Max DouglasISBN 0743498364 (0-7434-9836-4)
Softcover, Pgw
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Essential Phantom Of The Opera'Book summary:The Essential Phantom of the Opera is the most comprehensive edition ever produced of the classic 1911 novel of romance, mystery, and psychological suspense, fully annotated with thousands of fascinating facts and legends. Here is the complete, authoritative edition of literature's most bizarre tale of love, obsession, and aberration-a story that has held an irresistible fascination for audiences and readers for nearly a century. [via]
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Frances Hodgson Burnett's the Secret Gardenby Frances Hodgson Burnett, Tasha Tudor, Judith SuttonISBN 069401110X (0-694-01110-X)
Softcover, Harpercollins Childrens Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Frances Hodgson Burnett's the Secret Garden'Book summary:Mistress Mary is quite contrary until she helps her garden grow. Along the way, she manages to cure her sickly cousin Colin, who is every bit as imperious as she. These two are sullen little peas in a pod, closed up in a gloomy old manor on the Yorkshire moors of England, until a locked-up garden captures their imaginations and puts the blush of a wild rose in their cheeks; "It was the sweetest, most mysterious-looking place any one could imagine. The high walls which shut it in were covered with the leafless stems of roses which were so thick, that they matted together.... 'No wonder it is still,' Mary whispered. 'I am the first person who has spoken here for ten years.'" As new life sprouts from the earth, Mary and Colin's sour natures begin to sweeten. For anyone who has ever felt afraid to live and love, The Secret Garden's portrayal of reawakening spirits will thrill and rejuvenate. Frances Hodgson Burnett creates characters so strong and distinct, young readers continue to identify with them even 85 years after they were conceived. (Ages 9 to 12) [via]
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Hardcover, Modern Pub - Frances Hodgson Burnett's the Secret Garden: ISBN 0721406327 (0-7214-0632-7)
Hardcover, Ladybird Books Ltd - Frances Hodgson Burnett's the Secret Garden: ISBN 0723219923 (0-7232-1992-3)
Hardcover, F. Warne - Frances Hodgson Burnett's the Secret Garden: ISBN 0753406020 (0-7534-0602-0)
Hardcover, Kingfisher - Frances Hodgson Burnett's the Secret Garden: ISBN 069401110X (0-694-01110-X)
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Frances Hodgson Burnett's the Secret Gardenby E. L. Konigsburg, Frances Hodgson BurnettISBN 0689831412 (0-689-83141-2)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Frances Hodgson Burnett's the Secret Garden'Book summary:Mistress Mary is quite contrary until she helps her garden grow. Along the way, she manages to cure her sickly cousin Colin, who is every bit as imperious as she. These two are sullen little peas in a pod, closed up in a gloomy old manor on the Yorkshire moors of England, until a locked-up garden captures their imaginations and puts the blush of a wild rose in their cheeks; "It was the sweetest, most mysterious-looking place any one could imagine. The high walls which shut it in were covered with the leafless stems of roses which were so thick, that they matted together.... 'No wonder it is still,' Mary whispered. 'I am the first person who has spoken here for ten years.'" As new life sprouts from the earth, Mary and Colin's sour natures begin to sweeten. For anyone who has ever felt afraid to live and love, The Secret Garden's portrayal of reawakening spirits will thrill and rejuvenate. Frances Hodgson Burnett creates characters so strong and distinct, young readers continue to identify with them even 85 years after they were conceived. (Ages 9 to 12) [via]
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Frankensteinby Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Margaret BrantleyISBN 0743487583 (0-7434-8758-3)
Softcover, Pocket Classics
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Frankenstein'Book summary:Frankenstein, loved by many decades of readers and praised by such eminent literary critics as Harold Bloom, seems hardly to need a recommendation. If you haven't read it recently, though, you may not remember the sweeping force of the prose, the grotesque, surreal imagery, and the multilayered doppelgänger themes of Mary Shelley's masterpiece. As fantasy writer Jane Yolen writes of this (the reviewer's favorite) edition, "The strong black and whites of the main text [illustrations] are dark and brooding, with unremitting shadows and stark contrasts. But the central conversation with the monster--who owes nothing to the overused movie image & but is rather the novel's charnel-house composite--is where [Barry] Moser's illustrations show their greatest power ... The viewer can all but smell the powerful stench of the monster's breath as its words spill out across the page. Strong book-making for one of the world's strongest and most remarkable books." Includes an illuminating afterword by Joyce Carol Oates. [via]
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Frankenstein, Or, The Modern Prometheusby Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyISBN 0762405457 (0-7624-0545-7)
Hardcover, Courage Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Frankenstein, Or, The Modern Prometheus'Book summary:Frankenstein, loved by many decades of readers and praised by such eminent literary critics as Harold Bloom, seems hardly to need a recommendation. If you haven't read it recently, though, you may not remember the sweeping force of the prose, the grotesque, surreal imagery, and the multilayered doppelgänger themes of Mary Shelley's masterpiece. As fantasy writer Jane Yolen writes of this (the reviewer's favorite) edition, "The strong black and whites of the main text [illustrations] are dark and brooding, with unremitting shadows and stark contrasts. But the central conversation with the monster--who owes nothing to the overused movie image & but is rather the novel's charnel-house composite--is where [Barry] Moser's illustrations show their greatest power ... The viewer can all but smell the powerful stench of the monster's breath as its words spill out across the page. Strong book-making for one of the world's strongest and most remarkable books." Includes an illuminating afterword by Joyce Carol Oates. [via]
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From Caligari to Hitler: A Psychological History of the German Filmby Siegfried Kracauer, Leonardo QuaresimaISBN 0691115192 (0-691-11519-2)
Softcover, Princeton Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'From Caligari to Hitler: A Psychological History of the German Film'Book summary:A landmark, now classic, study of the rich cinematic history of the Weimar Republic, From Caligari to Hitler was first published by Princeton University Press in 1947. Siegfried Kracauer--a prominent German film critic and member of Walter Benjamin's and Theodor Adorno's intellectual circle--broke new ground in exploring the connections between film aesthetics, the prevailing psychological state of Germans in the Weimar era, and the evolving social and political reality of the time. Kracauer's pioneering book, which examines German history from 1921 to 1933 in light of such movies as The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, M, Metropolis, and The Blue Angel, has never gone out of print. Now, over half a century after its first appearance, this beautifully designed and entirely new edition reintroduces Kracauer for the twenty-first century. Film scholar Leonardo Quaresima places Kracauer in context in a critical introduction, and updates the book further with a new bibliography, index, and list of inaccuracies that crept into the first edition. This volume is a must-have for the film historian, film theorist, or cinema enthusiast.In From Caligari to Hitler, Siegfried Kracauer--the German-born writer and film critic who shared many ideas and interests with his friend Walter Benjamin--made a startling (and still controversial) claim: films as a popular art provide insight into the unconscious motivations and fantasies of a nation. In films of the 1920s such as The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, M, Metropolis, and The Blue Angel, he traced recurring visual and narrative tropes that expressed, he argued, a fear of chaos and a desire for order, even at the price of authoritarian rule. The book has become an undisputed classic of film historiography, laying the foundations for the serious study of film.
In From Caligari to Hitler, Siegfried Kracauer made a startling (and still controversial) claim: films as a popular art provide insight into the unconscious motivations and fantasies of a nation. In films of the 1920s, he traced recurring visual and narrative tropes that expressed, he argued, a fear of chaos and a desire for order, even at the price of authoritarian rule. The book has become an undisputed classic of film historiography, laying the foundations for the serious study of film.
Kracauer was an important film critic in Weimar Germany. A Jew, he escaped the rise of Nazism, fleeing to Paris in 1933. Later, in anguish after Benjamin's suicide, he made his way to New York, where he remained until his death in 1966. He wrote From Caligari to Hitler while working as a "special assistant" to the curator of the Museum of Modern Art's film division. He was also on the editorial board of Bollingen Series. Despite many critiques of its attempt to link movies to historical outcomes, From Caligari to Hitler remains Kracauer's best-known and most influential book, and a seminal work in the study of film. Princeton published a revised edition of his Theory of Film: The Redemption of Physical Reality in 1997.
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Hardcover, Princeton Univ Pr - From Caligari to Hitler: A Psychological History of the German Film: ISBN 0691115192 (0-691-11519-2)
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- From Caligari to Hitler, a Psychological History of the German Film,: ISBN 0691025053 (0-691-02505-3)
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Garbo Laughsby Elizabeth HayISBN 0771037929 (0-7710-3792-9)
Hardcover, McClelland & Stewart
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Garbo Laughs'Book summary:Garbo Laughs, Elizabeth Hay's second novel following her Giller-nominated A Student of Weather, opens with a question that has caused debate and dissension for decades: who's better, Frank Sinatra or Marlon Brando? While her son Kenny favours Frankie, Harriet likes Brando, and she has the last word. "He's a better actor," she tells him. "He's better looking. Which isn't to say I don't like Frank Sinatra. I do. At least, I like the young Frank Sinatra when he looked like Glenn Gould. He was an awful thug when he got older." This is no idle matter for Harriet. She may live in Ottawa with her two adolescent children, her good-hearted husband Lew, and her moribund writing career, but her true home is in the celluloid world that belongs to Brando, Garbo, and her beloved Buster Keaton. It's often more real to her than that other, more modest world, in which life-changing events are not accompanied by an orchestra's swells. As her husband laments, "Movies... that's all she cares about." Nevertheless Harriet is often distracted from her cinematic pursuits--which include writing letters to legendary critic Pauline Kael--by the friends and neighbours who enmesh her in their minor traumas and major tragedies. The more Harriet tries to retreat into the safety of flickering lights, the less she is able to cope with the crises that threaten her own marriage. "I've seen a thousand movies," Harriet writes in another unsent letter to Kael, "but I'm still no good at love."
If Garbo Laughs were a movie, it would be one of the low-key, drolly humorous yet essentially melancholy films of Scottish director Bill Forsythe. (Unsurprisingly, Harriet is a fan of Forsythe's wonderful Local Hero.) Though Hay's book may sometimes seem overly meandering, it ultimately needs the generous running time. That's because Harriet's story is less about the dramatic conflicts that fuel Hollywood's fantasies than the steady accretion of subtle details, emotional nuances, and little moments when "we make our confessions to the wrong person, and the bonds that we have no intention of forming get formed." --Jason Anderson [via]
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The Green Mileby Stephen KingISBN 0743210891 (0-7432-1089-1)
Hardcover, Scribner
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Green Mile'Book summary:This novel taps into what Stephen King does best: character-driven storytelling. The setting is the small "death house" of a Southern prison in 1932. The charming narrator is an old man looking back on the events, decades later. Maybe it's a little too cute, maybe the pathos is laid on a little thick, but it's hard to resist the colorful personalities and simple wonders of this supernatural tale. As Time magazine put it, "Like the best popular art, The Green Mile has the courage of its cornier convictions ... the palpable sense of King's sheer, unwavering belief in his tale is what makes the novel work as well as it finally does." And it's not a bad choice for giving to someone who doesn't understand the appeal of Stephen King, because the one scene that is out-and-out gruesome can be easily skipped by the squeamish. The Green Mile was nominated for a 1997 Bram Stoker Award. [via]
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Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Princeby J. K. Rowling, Mary GrandpreISBN 0786277459 (0-7862-7745-9)
Hardcover, Thorndike Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince'Book summary:The deluxe edition includes a 32-page insert featuring near scale reproductions of Mary GrandPré's interior art, as well as never-before-seen full-color frontispiece art on special paper. The custom-designed slipcase is foil-stamped and inside is a full cloth case book, blind-stamped on front and back cover, foil stamped on spine. The book includes full-color endpapers with jacket art from the Trade edition and a wraparound jacket featuring exclusive, suitable-for-framing art from Mary GrandPré.
Potter News You Can Use
J.K. Rowling has revealed three chapter titles from Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince to be:
- Chapter Two: "Spinners End"
- Chapter Six: "Draco's Detour"
- Chapter Fourteen: "Felix Felicis"
A Few Words from J.K. Rowling
"I am an extraordinarily lucky person, doing what I love best in the world. Im sure that I will always be a writer. It was wonderful enough just to be published. The greatest reward is the enthusiasm of the readers." --J.K. Rowling. Find out more about Harry's creator in our exclusive interview with J.K. Rowling.
Why We Love Harry
Favorite Moments from the Series
There are plenty of reasons to love Rowling's wildly popular series--no doubt you have several dozen of your own. Our list features favorite moments, characters, and artifacts from all five books. Keep in mind that this list is by no means exhaustive (what we love about Harry could fill five books!) and does not include any of the spectacular revelatory moments that would spoil the books for those (few) who have not read them. Enjoy.Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
- Harry's first trip to the zoo with the Dursleys, when a boa constrictor winks at him.
- When the Dursleys' house is suddenly besieged by letters for Harry from Hogwarts. Readers learn how much the Dursleys have been keeping from Harry. Rowling does a wonderful job in displaying the lengths to which Uncle Vernon will go to deny that magic exists.
- Harry's first visit to Diagon Alley with Hagrid. Full of curiosities and rich with magic and marvel, Harry's first trip includes a trip to Gringotts and Ollivanders, where Harry gets his wand (holly and phoenix feather) and discovers yet another connection to He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named. This moment is the reader's first full introduction to Rowling's world of witchcraft and wizards.
- Harry's experience with the Sorting Hat.
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
- The de-gnoming of the Weasleys' garden. Harry discovers that even wizards have chores--gnomes must be grabbed (ignoring angry protests "Gerroff me! Gerroff me!"), swung about (to make them too dizzy to come back), and tossed out of the garden--this delightful scene highlights Rowling's clever and witty genius.
- Harry's first experience with a Howler, sent to Ron by his mother.
- The Dueling Club battle between Harry and Malfoy. Gilderoy Lockhart starts the Dueling Club to help students practice spells on each other, but he is not prepared for the intensity of the animosity between Harry and Draco. Since they are still young, their minibattle is innocent enough, including tickling and dancing charms.
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
- Ron's attempt to use a telephone to call Harry at the Dursleys'.
- Harry's first encounter with a Dementor on the train (and just about any other encounter with Dementors). Harry's brush with the Dementors is terrifying and prepares Potter fans for a darker, scarier book.
- Harry, Ron, and Hermione's behavior in Professor Trelawney's Divination class. Some of the best moments in Rowling's books occur when she reminds us that the wizards-in-training at Hogwarts are, after all, just children. Clearly, even at a school of witchcraft and wizardry, classes can be boring and seem pointless to children.
- The Boggart lesson in Professor Lupin's classroom.
- Harry, Ron, and Hermione's knock-down confrontation with Snape.
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
- Hermione's disgust at the reception for the veela (Bulgarian National Team Mascots) at the Quidditch World Cup. Rowling's fourth book addresses issues about growing up--the dynamic between the boys and girls at Hogwarts starts to change. Nowhere is this more plain than the hilarious scene in which magical cheerleaders nearly convince Harry and Ron to jump from the stands to impress them.
- Viktor Krum's crush on Hermione--and Ron's objection to it.
- Malfoy's "Potter Stinks" badge.
- Hermione's creation of S.P.E.W., the intolerant bigotry of the Death Eaters, and the danger of the Triwizard Tournament. Add in the changing dynamics between girls and boys at Hogwarts, and suddenly Rowling's fourth book has a weight and seriousness not as present in early books in the series. Candy and tickle spells are left behind as the students tackle darker, more serious issues and take on larger responsibilities, including the knowledge of illegal curses.
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
- Harry's outburst to his friends at No. 12 Grimmauld Place. A combination of frustration over being kept in the dark and fear that he will be expelled fuels much of Harry's anger, and it all comes out at once, directly aimed at Ron and Hermione. Rowling perfectly portrays Harry's frustration at being too old to shirk responsibility, but too young to be accepted as part of the fight that he knows is coming.
- Harry's detention with Professor Umbridge. Rowling shows her darker side, leading readers to believe that Hogwarts is no longer a safe haven for young wizards. Dolores represents a bureaucratic tyrant capable of real evil, and Harry is forced to endure their private battle of wills alone.
- Harry and Cho's painfully awkward interactions. Rowling clearly remembers what it was like to be a teenager.
- Harry's Occlumency lessons with Snape.
- Dumbledore's confession to Harry.
Begin at the Beginning
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"When I illustrate a cover or a book, I draw upon what the author tells me; that's how I see my responsibility as an illustrator. J.K. Rowling is very descriptive in her writing--she gives an illustrator a lot to work with. Each story is packed full of rich visual descriptions of the atmosphere, the mood, the setting, and all the different creatures and people. She makes it easy for me. The images just develop as I sketch and retrace until it feels right and matches her vision." Check out more Harry Potter art from illustrator Mary GrandPré.Did You Know?
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Hollywood's Canada: The Americanization of Our National Imageby Pierre BertonISBN 0771012233 (0-7710-1223-3)
Hardcover, McClelland and Stewart
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If You Take a Mouse to the Moviesby Laura Joffe Numeroff, Felicia BondISBN 0694014273 (0-694-01427-3)
Hardcover, Harpercollins Childrens Books
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Jimmy Stewart : A Wonderful Lifeby Frank SanelloISBN 0786005068 (0-7860-0506-8)
Softcover, Kensington Publishing Corporation
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John Wayne's Americaby Garry WillsISBN 0684838834 (0-684-83883-4)
Softcover, Touchstone Books
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John Wayne's America : The Politics of Celebrityby Garry WillsISBN 0684808234 (0-684-80823-4)
Hardcover, Simon & Schuster
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Keep Watching the Skies!: American Science Fiction Movies of the 50'S 1950-1957by Bill WarrenISBN 0786404795 (0-7864-0479-5)
Softcover, McFarland & Co Inc Pub
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Kiss Kiss Bang Bangby Pauline KaelISBN 0714506583 (0-7145-0658-3)
Hardcover, Calder & Boyars
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Les Miserablesby Victor HugoISBN 0685113973 (0-685-11397-3)
Softcover, French & European Pubns
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Like Water for Chocolateby Laura EsquivelISBN 0785721665 (0-7857-2166-5)
Hardcover, Bt Bound
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Lilo & Stitch: Collected Stories from the Film's Creatorsby Hiro Clark WakabayashiISBN 0786853824 (0-7868-5382-4)
Softcover, Hyperion Books
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Literature Made Easy Lord of the Fliesby Tony Buzan, Mary HartleyISBN 0764108212 (0-7641-0821-2)
Softcover, Barrons Educational Series Inc
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A Little Princessby Frances Hodgson Burnett, Nancy BondISBN 0689844077 (0-689-84407-7)
Softcover, Aladdin Paperbacks
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Lord of the Fliesby William G. GoldingISBN 0698102193 (0-698-10219-3)
Hardcover, Putnam Pub Group
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The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring Piano/Vocal/Chordsby Warner BrothersISBN 0757992730 (0-7579-9273-0)
Softcover, Alfred Pub Co
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Men, Women, and Chainsaws: Gender in the Modern Horror Filmby Carol J. CloverISBN 0691006202 (0-691-00620-2)
Softcover, Princeton Univ Pr
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Mommie Dearestby Christina CrawfordISBN 0688033865 (0-688-03386-5)
Hardcover, Harpercollins
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Monty Python and the Holy Grailby Monty PythonISBN 0749311428 (0-7493-1142-8)
Softcover, Heinemann
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Movie Anecdotesby Peter HayISBN 0735102635 (0-7351-0263-5)
Hardcover, Xlibris Corp
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Much Ado About Nothingby William Shakespeare, Barbara A. Mowat, Paul WestineISBN 0743482751 (0-7434-8275-1)
Softcover, Washington Square Pr
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" An essay by a leading Shakespeare scholar providing a modern perspective on the play
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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]
On Sunset Boulevard: The Life and Times of Billy Wilderby Ed SikovISBN 0786861940 (0-7868-6194-0)
Hardcover, Hyperion Books
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One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nestby Ken KeseyISBN 0774033444 (0-7740-3344-4)
Softcover, Coles Pub Group Ltd
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Othelloby William ShakespeareISBN 0743477553 (0-7434-7755-3)
Softcover, Washington Square Pr
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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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Pieces of Time: The Life of James Stewartby Gary FishgallISBN 068482454X (0-684-82454-X)
Hardcover, Simon & Schuster
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Pirates of the Caribbean: From the Magic Kingdom to the Moviesby Jason SurrellISBN 0786856300 (0-7868-5630-0)
Softcover, Hyperion Books
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Postcards from the Edgeby Carrie FisherISBN 0743466519 (0-7434-6651-9)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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A Remarkable Woman: A Biography of Katharine Hepburnby Anne EdwardsISBN 0688045286 (0-688-04528-6)
Hardcover, Gage Learning Corporation
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Roger Ebert's Movie Yearbook 2001by Roger EbertISBN 0740710893 (0-7407-1089-3)
Softcover, Andrews McMeel Publishing
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Roger Ebert's Movie Yearbook 2002by Roger EbertISBN 0740718614 (0-7407-1861-4)
Softcover, Andrews McMeel Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Roger Ebert's Movie Yearbook 2002'Book summary:When America wants to know movies, it turns to Roger Ebert, the only film critic to be awarded the Pulitzer Prize for criticism.Roger Ebert's Movie Yearbook 2002 presents all of Ebert's reviews from January 1999 to mid-June 2001. This annual volume-required reading for film fans-also contains all of his interviews and essays for the year, the biweekly "Questions for the Movie Answer Man," his daily notebooks from major film festivals, plus a list of all movies and star ratings ever appearing in an edition of this annual collection.
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Roger Ebert's Movie Yearbook 2003by Roger EbertISBN 0740726919 (0-7407-2691-9)
Softcover, Andrews McMeel Publishing
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Roger Ebert's Movie Yearbook 2003'Book summary:Week after week, Roger Ebert sums up what makes movies work-and why some fail-in his incisive newspaper reviews and television show. In the process, his opinions have become the standard by which many cinema fans determine what they'll see.In Roger Ebert's Movie Yearbook 2003, the critic offers his reviews from January 2000 through mid-June 2002. Within nearly 900 pages, the Yearbook contains Ebert's analyses of more than 600 movies that range from Bridget Jones's Diary to A Beautiful Mind, from Gosford Park to Black Hawk Down. In addition to the big studio pictures, Ebert also covers the independent film world. The Yearbook includes reviews of foreign films, indie productions, animation, anime, documentaries, and sleepers. Also inside are Ebert's interviews and essays for the year, all of the year's Questions for the Movie Answer Man, and his daily columns from the Cannes, Telluride, Toronto, and Sundance film festivals. Movie fans appreciate the book's three-way index and comprehensive listing of Ebert's star ratings for every movie that has ever appeared in a Movie Home Companion, Video Companion, or Movie Yearbook. Roger Ebert's Movie Yearbook 2003 is a must-have book for everyone who loves the movies. [via]
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Roger Ebert's Movie Yearbook 2004by Roger EbertISBN 0740738348 (0-7407-3834-8)
Softcover, Andrews McMeel Pub
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Roger Ebert's Movie Yearbook 2005by Roger EbertISBN 0740747428 (0-7407-4742-8)
Softcover, Andrews McMeel Pub
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Samurai Cat Goes to the Moviesby Mark RogersISBN 0741430002 (0-7414-3000-2)
Softcover, Infinity Pub
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The Secret Gardenby Susan Gallagher, Frances Hodgson BurnettISBN 0688145825 (0-688-14582-5)
Hardcover, HarperCollins Publishers
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Secret Garden'Book summary:Mistress Mary is quite contrary until she helps her garden grow. Along the way, she manages to cure her sickly cousin Colin, who is every bit as imperious as she. These two are sullen little peas in a pod, closed up in a gloomy old manor on the Yorkshire moors of England, until a locked-up garden captures their imaginations and puts the blush of a wild rose in their cheeks; "It was the sweetest, most mysterious-looking place any one could imagine. The high walls which shut it in were covered with the leafless stems of roses which were so thick, that they matted together.... 'No wonder it is still,' Mary whispered. 'I am the first person who has spoken here for ten years.'" As new life sprouts from the earth, Mary and Colin's sour natures begin to sweeten. For anyone who has ever felt afraid to live and love, The Secret Garden's portrayal of reawakening spirits will thrill and rejuvenate. Frances Hodgson Burnett creates characters so strong and distinct, young readers continue to identify with them even 85 years after they were conceived. (Ages 9 to 12) [via]
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The Secret Garden : A Young Reader's Edition of the Classic Storyby Frances Hodgson BurnettISBN 0721456111 (0-7214-5611-1)
Hardcover, Penguin Books, Limited
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The Speed of Sound : Hollywood and the Talkie Revolution 1926-1930by Scott EymanISBN 0684811626 (0-684-81162-6)
Hardcover, Simon & Schuster
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Star Wars: Revenge Of The Sithby Dk Publishing, John Goodson, Alexander Ivanov, Robert E. BarnesISBN 0756611288 (0-7566-1128-8)
Hardcover, Dk Pub
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Starship Troopersby Robert A. HeinleinISBN 0785787283 (0-7857-8728-3)
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State of the Art: Film Writings 1983-1985by Pauline KaelISBN 0714529141 (0-7145-2914-1)
Softcover, Marion Boyars
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Telegraph Daysby Larry McMurtryISBN 0743250788 (0-7432-5078-8)
Hardcover, Simon & Schuster
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Nobody writes better about the West than Larry McMurtry, and in Telegraph Days he offers the big novel of Western gunfighters that people have been hoping for years he would write.
When Nellie Courtright and her brother Jackson are unexpectedly orphaned by their father's suicide, they make their way to the nearby town of Rita Blanca. Once there, Jackson manages to secure a job as a sheriff's deputy, while the ever resourceful Nellie becomes the town's telegrapher.
Together, they inadvertently put Rita Blanca on the map when young Jackson succeeds in shooting down all six of the ferocious Yazee brothers in a gunfight that brings him lifelong fame but which he can never repeat because his success came purely out of luck. Nellie almost conquers the heart of Buffalo Bill, the man she will love most in her long life, and goes to meet, and witness the exploits of Billy the Kid, the Earp brothers, and Doc Holliday.
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Trainspottingby Irvine WelshISBN 0749396067 (0-7493-9606-7)
Hardcover, Minerva
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The Unruly Life of Woody Allen: A Biographyby Marion MeadeISBN 0756760658 (0-7567-6065-8)
Hardcover, Diane Pub Co
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The Warrior's Camera: The Cinema of Akira Kurosawaby Stephen PrinceISBN 0691010463 (0-691-01046-3)
Softcover, Princeton Univ Pr
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What a Drag: Men As Women and Women As Men in the Moviesby Homer DickensISBN 0688026265 (0-688-02626-5)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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LA Milla Verdeby Stephen King, Maria Eugenia CiocchiniISBN 0743233603 (0-7432-3360-3)
Softcover, Fireside
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› Find signed collectible books: 'LA Milla Verde'Book summary:En el mundo de la penitenciaría de los condenados a muerte, Stephen King disecciona en profundidad la inquietante y compleja relación entre los prisioneros y el carcelero. ¿ Quién es realmente John Coffe, el condenado, y que terribles efectos ejercerá en la vida de los carceleros. [via]
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El Senor De Las Moscasby William GoldingISBN 0785795618 (0-7857-9561-8)
Hardcover, Bt Bound
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