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The 5th Horsemanby James Patterson, Maxine PaetroISBN 0446699314 (0-446-69931-4)
Softcover, Grand Central Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The 5th Horseman'Book summary:The most puzzling Medical thriller in years- The most gripping Legal thriller in years- A young mother is recuperating in a San Francisco hospital when she is suddenly gasping for breath. Help doesn't come in time. [via]
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Absolute Powerby David BaldacciISBN 0446603589 (0-446-60358-9)
Softcover, Grand Central Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Absolute Power'Book summary:Can the President get away with murder? The fictional answer to this question results in a fast-paced page turner that combines political intrigue with gritty, hard-boiled suspense [via]
The Annotated Shakespeareby William Shakespeare, A. L. RowseISBN 0517436035 (0-517-43603-5)
Hardcover, Greenwich House
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The Annotated Shakespeare: The Comedies, Histories, Sonnets and Other Poems, Tragedies and Romances; Completeby William Shakespeare, A. L. Rowse, Hans PrintzISBN 0517665557 (0-517-66555-7)
Hardcover, Random House Value Publishing
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Armadaleby Wilkie CollinsISBN 0486234290 (0-486-23429-0)
Softcover, Dover Pubns
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The Black Towerby P. D. JamesISBN 0446315028 (0-446-31502-8)
Softcover, Grand Central Pub
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The Book of Evidenceby John BanvilleISBN 0446392537 (0-446-39253-7)
Softcover, Grand Central Pub
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Carolina Moonby Nora RobertsISBN 0515130389 (0-515-13038-9)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Carolina Moon'Book summary:With its blend of evil killers, handsome heroes, and feisty, sensitive heroines, Nora Roberts's latest thriller meets the same standards of terror and romance that made last year's River's End a bestseller. This time, our heroine Tory Bodeen has returned to her hometown of Progress, South Carolina, to face the fearsome memories of her childhood friend Hope's death and rebuild her life in a town that once betrayed her.
Struggling to balance the disturbing recollections, Tory finds comfort in the arms of Hope's older brother, Cade Lavelle. Though she sets about developing relationships with old friends and establishing her own business, Tory's worst fears come true and her past catches up to her: Tory's unique role in Hope's death makes her not only the focus of the Lavelle family's hatred, but the next choice for Hope's killer, who is still at large.
With the same skills that earned her the honor of being the first Romance Writers of America Hall of Fame inductee, Roberts weaves a winning blend of mystery, terror, and romance that loyal followers and new fans will enjoy immensely. Sure to be another bestseller, Carolina Moon will keep your heart beating in triple time. --Nancy R.E. O'Brien [via]
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Carrieby Stephen KingISBN 0451157443 (0-451-15744-3)
Softcover, Penguin Group (Canada)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Carrie'Book summary:Why read Carrie? Stephen King himself has said that he finds his early work "raw," and Brian De Palma's movie was so successful that we feel as if we have read the novel even if we never have. The simple answer is that this is a very scary story, one that works as well, if not better, on the page as it does on the screen. Carrie White, bullied by cruel teenagers at school and her religious nut of a mother at home, gradually discovers that she has telekinetic powers, powers that will eventually be turned on her tormentors. King has a way of getting under the skin of his readers by creating an utterly believable world that throbs with menace before finally exploding. He builds the tension in this early work by piecing together extracts from newspaper reports, journals, and scientific papers, as well as more traditional first- and third-person narrative in order to reveal what lurks beneath the surface of Chamberlain, Maine.
News item from the Westover (ME) weekly Enterprise, August 19, 1966: "Rain of Stones Reported: It was reliably reported by several persons that a rain of stones fell from a clear blue sky on Carlin Street in the town of Chamberlain on August 17th."
Although the supernatural pyrotechnics are handled with King's customary aplomb, it is the carefully drawn portrait of the little horrors of small towns, high schools, and adolescent sexuality that give this novel its power and assures its place in the King canon. --Simon Leake [via]
Cat Who Ate Danish Modernby Lilian Jackson BraunISBN 0515087122 (0-515-08712-2)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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Cat Who Could Read Backwardsby Lilian Jackson BraunISBN 0515090174 (0-515-09017-4)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Cat Who Could Read Backwards'Book summary:The world of modern art is a mystery to many. But for Jim Qwilleran, it turns into a mystery of another sort when his assignment to the art beat for The Daily Fluxion leads down the path to murder. A stabbing in an art gallery, vandalized paintings, a fatal fall from a scaffolding--this is not at all what Qwilleran expects when he turns his reportorial talents to art. But Qwilleran and his newly found partner, Koko the brilliant Siamese, are back in their element--sniffing out clues and confounding criminals intent on mayhem and murder.[via]More editions of Cat Who Could Read Backwards:
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The Closersby Michael ConnellyISBN 0446616443 (0-446-61644-3)
Softcover, Grand Central Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Closers'Book summary:"A city that forgets its murder victims is a city lost. This is where we don't forget," Detective Hieronymus "Harry" Bosch is told by his new boss, as he ends a three-year retirement and rejoins the Los Angeles Police Department at the start of The Closers, the 11th installment of Michael Connelly's Edgar-winning series. Having long ago demonstrated his knack for cracking previously unsolved homicides, Bosch is assigned to the newly re-branded Open-Unsolved Unit (aka "cold case" squad), and charged with resolving the 17-year-old abduction and slaying of a mixed-race teenager.
Rebecca Verloren, 16, was discovered missing from her Chatsworth home on a July morning in 1988. Her corpse and the gun that ended her life were later found on a hill behind the house. An autopsy revealed that she'd recently undergone an abortion, and a piece of skin tissue--presumably the killer's--was found trapped inside the murder weapon. Only now, though, has DNA science matched that tissue to Roland Mackey, a dyslexic 35-year-old tow-truck operator with no obvious connection to the deceased. It's up to Bosch, once more partnered with Kizmin Rider, to determine whether Mackey offed Becky Verloren, or was at least an accessory to that tragedy. But the more Bosch and Rider dig into this dusty crime, trying in part to determine whether racial animosity might have been involved, the more pain and resistance they encounter. Becky's white mother maintains the teen's old bedroom as a shrine, while her shattered father, an African-American chef, has vanished into LA's homeless community. Of the two original investigators on the case, one has since committed suicide, and Bosch suspects that the other--now a police commander--is helping to keep the lid tight on some old departmental secrets, perhaps linked to our hero's nemesis, Deputy Chief Irvin S. Irving.
Understandably rusty after three years sans shield, Bosch makes his share of personal and professional mistakes here--including one that supplies The Closers with a lethal, plot-turning climax. But the greater problem is that Connelly exhausts so much time and effort following his protagonist through the tedium of modern police procedures, that he neglects what readers have liked more about this series in the past: its persistently deft exploration of Bosch's lonely, haunted soul (which remains mostly out of sight in this tale), and the author's frequent flights of lyrical prose (also not much in evidence). Would-be novelists wanting an example of a solidly constructed cop tale need look no further than The Closers. But readers hoping to learn why Connelly is so well-respected in this genre should turn, instead, to previous Bosch titles such as The Concrete Blonde, Angel's Flight, or City of Bones. --J. Kingston Pierce [via]
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The Complete Illustrated Shakespeareby William Shakespeare, Howard StauntonISBN 0517278901 (0-517-27890-1)
Hardcover, Park Lane
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Complete Plays of William Shakespeare : Cha Rivby Outlet Book Company Staff, Random House Value Publishing StaffISBN 051743623X (0-517-43623-X)
Hardcover, Random House Value Publishing
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Complete Works of William Shakespeareby William ShakespeareISBN 0517053616 (0-517-05361-6)
Hardcover, Outlet
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Complete Works of William Shakespeare'Book summary:FROM THE WORLD FAMOUS ROYAL SHAKESPEARE COMPANY, THE FIRST AUTHORITATIVE, MODERNIZED, AND CORRECTED EDITION OF SHAKESPEARES FIRST FOLIO IN THREE CENTURIES.
Skillfully assembled by Shakespeares fellow actors in 1623, the First Folio was the original Complete Works. It is arguably the most important literary work in the English language. But starting with Nicholas Rowe in 1709 and continuing to the present day, Shakespeare editors have mixed Folio and Quarto texts, gradually corrupting the original Complete Works with errors and conflated textual variations.
Now Jonathan Bate and Eric Rasmussen, two of todays most accomplished Shakespearean scholars, have edited the First Folio as a complete book, resulting in a definitive Complete Works for the twenty-first century.
Combining innovative scholarship with brilliant commentary and textual analysis that emphasizes performance history and values, this landmark edition will be indispensable to students, theater professionals, and general readers alike.
For more information on this Modern Library edition, visit www.therscshakespeare.com [via]More editions of Complete Works of William Shakespeare:
Complete Works of William Shakespeareby Outlet Book Company Staff, Random House Value Publishing StaffISBN 0517263297 (0-517-26329-7)
Hardcover, Random House Value Publishing
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Double Tapby Steve MartiniISBN 0515139734 (0-515-13973-4)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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Driving Forceby Dick FrancisISBN 0449221393 (0-449-22139-3)
Softcover, Random House Publishing Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Driving Force'Book summary:"Delightful...A tense, fast-paced new mystery...boasting a resolute, resourceful, and modest hero and lots of racetrack characters and color."
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Transporting racehorses to the course is big business for ex-jockey Freddie Croft. But when a driver breaks a cardinal rule and picks up a hitchhiker, the results are fatal...for the hitchhiker. Freddie knows that a corpse is bad for business, especially when its trail leads to corpse number two --- and to strange nighttime stalkers and unseen conspirators who are weaving a web of deceit and danger that Freddie might never escape.... [via]More editions of Driving Force:
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The Essential Phantom Of The Operaby Gaston Leroux, Leonard WolfISBN 0452273862 (0-452-27386-2)
Softcover, Penguin USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Essential Phantom Of The Opera'Book summary:This edition of Leroux's "The Phantom of the Opera" is fully annotated, and includes facts, bibliographical information and legends. It also features a full bibliography of works by and about Gaston Leroux, including critical works on "The Phantom of the Opera". [via]
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The Executioner's Songby Norman MailerISBN 0446345210 (0-446-34521-0)
Softcover, Grand Central Publishing
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Executioner's Song'Book summary:The Executioner's Song is a work of unprecedented force. It is the true story of Gary Gilmore, who in 1977 became the first person executed in the United States since the reinstitution of the death penalty. Gilmore, a violent yet articulate man who chose not to fight his death-penalty sentence, touched off a national debate about capital punishment. He allowed Norman Mailer and researcher Lawrence Schiller complete access to his story. Mailer took the material and produced an immense book with a dry, unwavering voice and meticulous attention to detail on Gilmore's life--particularly his relationship with Nicole Baker, whom Gilmore claims to have killed. What unfolds is a powerful drama, a distorted love affair, and a chilling look into the mind of a murderer in his countdown with a firing squad. [via]
False Prophet: A Peter Decker and Rina Lazarus Novelby Faye KellermanISBN 0449003299 (0-449-00329-9)
Softcover, Random House Publishing Group
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Four Blind Miceby James PattersonISBN 0446613266 (0-446-61326-6)
Softcover, Grand Central Pub
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The Globe Illustrated Shakespeareby Howard StauntonISBN 0517623803 (0-517-62380-3)
Hardcover, Random House Value Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Globe Illustrated Shakespeare'Book summary:The complete theatrical works of the immortal bard, uniquely supplemented with annotation and critical analysis by a host of eminent scholars and critics -- from Samuel Coleridge to Samuel Johnson. Plus a biography of Shakespeare himself. For the collection of the Shakespeare enthusiast, and the edification of the Shakespeare novice. [via]
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The Globe Illustrated Shakespeare: The Complete Works Annotatedby William Shakespeare, Howard Staunton, John Gilbert, Ray Abel, Brothers DalzielISBN 0517205963 (0-517-20596-3)
Hardcover, Random House Value Publishing
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Grievous Sinby Faye KellermanISBN 0449003302 (0-449-00330-2)
Softcover, Random House Publishing Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Grievous Sin : A Peter Decker and Rina Lazarus Novel'Book summary:"No one working in the crime genre is better." The Baltimore Sun
By the author of "False Prophet," a Peter Decker and Rina Lazarus mystery.
Peter and Rina's newborn baby girl is a dream come true, but the scene at the L.A. hospital is a nightmare. Budget cutbacks and staff shortages so compromise security that Peter, the ever-anxious cop, worries about his family's safety. Then a baby is kidnapped and a respected nurse vanishes along with her. Peter, his tough-talking partner Marge, and Peter's eager older daughter Cindy, pursue a twisted path of hospital politics, misplaced passions and tortuous mind games of guilt and redemption that bring them face-to-face with the most grievous sin . . . [via]
Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streetsby David SimonISBN 0449908089 (0-449-90808-9)
Softcover, Fawcett Books
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Jack & Jill: A Novelby James PattersonISBN 0446604801 (0-446-60480-1)
Softcover, Grand Central Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Jack & Jill: A Novel'Book summary:A child killer is stalking the inner city of Washington, D.C., his latest victim Shanelle Green, an adorable first grader from Sojourner Truth School. This killing is especially unsettling to Detective Alex Cross. Sojourner Truth is the school his son Damon attends, just four blocks from his home.
While the death of an inner-city black child doesn't garner much media attention, another murder is making big headlines. The same day that Shanelle was beaten to death, Senator Daniel Fitzpatrick was found handcuffed to a bed and shot execution style. The only clue the police have to go on is a bizarre rhyme, signed "Jack and Jill," promising more high-profile executions, ultimately targeting the president of the United States. When Cross is called in to help protect the president, he begins to suspect that the two cases are somehow related. As he races to put all the pieces together, the killers continue their bloody rampage, paralyzing the city.
Like Along Came a Spider and Cat & Mouse, Jack & Jill is a rapid-fire thriller from start to finish, with enough plot twists to satisfy even the most jaded mystery fan. [via]
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Julius Caesarby Tim SewardISBN 0521409039 (0-521-40903-9)
Softcover, Cambridge Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Julius Caesar'Book summary:One of Shakespeare's most political plays, Julius Caesar continued Shakespeare's interest in Roman history, first developed in Titus Andronicus. Drawing on Plutarch, the great historian of Rome, Shakespeare dramatises one of the most crucial moments in Roman history--the assassination of Julius Caesar. Loved by the Roman crowd but increasingly feared by the Senators, Caesar increasingly shows signs of his desire to abolish the Republic and crown himself emperor. A conspiracy is hatched, led by Cassius and Brutus, who murder Caesar on the steps of the Capitol. Mourning over his dead friend's body, Mark Antony gives one of the famous rhetorical speeches in literature, asking "Friends, Romans, Countrymen" to lament Caesar's death, privately vowing to "let slip the dogs of war" against those who have shed Caesar's blood. Antony joins forces with Caesar's son Octavius to defeat Cassius and Brutus in battle, and establish an uneasy alliance whose collapse is dramatised in Shakespeare's later play Antony and Cleopatra. Written at the end of Queen Elizabeth's reign, Julius Caesar has been seen by many as a radically pro-Republican play which sailed close to the political wind of the time. --Jerry Brotton [via]
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Julius Caesarby William Shakespeare, Marvin SpevackISBN 0521222206 (0-521-22220-6)
Hardcover, Cambridge University Press
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Julius Caesar'Book summary:Spevack emphasizes the complexity of Julius Caesar's seemingly straightforward theatrical experience to focus on the inextricability of private desires and public affairs. The play's stage history supports the work's rich design, and Spevack's commentary is remarkably attentive to questions of production, precise lexical glossing, and the peculiarities of Shakespearean grammar. An extensive appendix, provides lengthy, coherent excerpts from Plutarch's Lives, Shakepeare's main source include images of Caesar from the Renaissance onwards as well as photographs of modern productions and reconstructions of likely Elizbethan stagings of Caesar's entry into Rome, his assassination, Anthony's funeral oration, and the Act 4 meeting between Brutus and Cassius. [via]
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Killing Floorby Lee ChildISBN 0515141429 (0-515-14142-9)
Softcover, Jove Pubns
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Killing Floor'Book summary:When Jack Reacher suddenly decides to ask a Greyhound bus driver to let him off near the town of Margrave, Georgia, he thinks it's because his brother once mentioned that the famed blues guitarist Blind Blake died there. But it doesn't take long for the footloose ex-military policeman to discover that there are plenty of strange--and very dangerous--things going on behind Margrave's manicured lawns and clean streets that demand his attention. This first thriller by a former television writer features some of the best-written scenes of action in recent memory, a crash course in currency and counterfeiting, and a hero who is just begging to be called on for an encore. [via]
Kokoby Peter StraubISBN 0451162145 (0-451-16214-5)
Softcover, Signet
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The Last Victim : A True-Life Journey into the Mind of the Serial Killerby Jason Moss, Jeffrey KottlerISBN 0446608270 (0-446-60827-0)
Softcover, Grand Central Publishing
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Last Victim : A True-Life Journey into the Mind of the Serial Killer'Book summary:Jason Moss was a very strange boy: an overachiever, always looking for some challenge, some new way to excel. In his studies, in sports, and, for some reason that he can never explain comprehensibly, seducing serial killers into telling him their secrets. His first "project" was John Wayne Gacy. Moss sent carefully crafted letters to Gacy in which he portrayed himself as a young, naive, insecure gay man who could be easily manipulated. Gacy was suspicious and put Moss through harrowing emotional tests before surrendering his trust, but Moss came out ahead. Gacy fell head over heels for Moss, replying with graphic and disturbing letters instructing him to commit depraved acts for Gacy's vicarious thrills. Moss led him on, convincing Gacy that he was doing these things, but somehow this victory wasn't sufficient. So he extended his efforts to include other jailed killers. Although he experienced some success, amassing a disturbing collection of documents--including detailed sexual prose from Jeffrey Dahmer, disjointed ramblings from Charles Manson, and awkward, violent illustrations from "Night Stalker" Richard Ramirez--his closest relationship was always with Gacy, whom he eventually visited in prison, where even the unflappable Moss learned fear.
The Last Victim challenges the reader to understand not only the twisted psychology of serial killers who kill for pleasure but why and how a young, seemingly bright and healthy young man such as Jason Moss could create such elaborate schemes to ingratiate himself with them. Moss puts his own safety and well-being on the line time and time again, simply to gain these men's trust, to coerce from them some understanding of what makes them do the things they do. And the book gives readers the opportunity to gain this insight without providing serial killers their home addresses--not a bad deal, overall. --Lisa Higgins [via]
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The Last Victim: A True-Life Journey into the Mind of the Serial Killerby Jeffrey A. Kottler, Jason MossISBN 0446523402 (0-446-52340-2)
Hardcover, Xlibris Corp
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Last Victim: A True-Life Journey into the Mind of the Serial Killer'Book summary:Jason Moss was a very strange boy: an overachiever, always looking for some challenge, some new way to excel. In his studies, in sports, and, for some reason that he can never explain comprehensibly, seducing serial killers into telling him their secrets. His first "project" was John Wayne Gacy. Moss sent carefully crafted letters to Gacy in which he portrayed himself as a young, naive, insecure gay man who could be easily manipulated. Gacy was suspicious and put Moss through harrowing emotional tests before surrendering his trust, but Moss came out ahead. Gacy fell head over heels for Moss, replying with graphic and disturbing letters instructing him to commit depraved acts for Gacy's vicarious thrills. Moss led him on, convincing Gacy that he was doing these things, but somehow this victory wasn't sufficient. So he extended his efforts to include other jailed killers. Although he experienced some success, amassing a disturbing collection of documents--including detailed sexual prose from Jeffrey Dahmer, disjointed ramblings from Charles Manson, and awkward, violent illustrations from "Night Stalker" Richard Ramirez--his closest relationship was always with Gacy, whom he eventually visited in prison, where even the unflappable Moss learned fear.
The Last Victim challenges the reader to understand not only the twisted psychology of serial killers who kill for pleasure but why and how a young, seemingly bright and healthy young man such as Jason Moss could create such elaborate schemes to ingratiate himself with them. Moss puts his own safety and well-being on the line time and time again, simply to gain these men's trust, to coerce from them some understanding of what makes them do the things they do. And the book gives readers the opportunity to gain this insight without providing serial killers their home addresses--not a bad deal, overall. --Lisa Higgins [via]
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The Lincoln Lawyer: Library Editionby Michael ConnellyISBN 0446616451 (0-446-61645-1)
Softcover, Grand Central Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Lincoln Lawyer: Library Edition'Book summary:This #1 bestselling legal thriller from Michael Connelly is a stunning display of novelistic mastery - as human, as gripping, and as whiplash-surprising as any novel yet from the writer Publishers Weekly has called "today's Dostoevsky of crime literature."
Mickey Haller is a Lincoln Lawyer, a criminal defense attorney who operates out of the backseat of his Lincoln Town Car, traveling between the far-flung courthouses of Los Angeles to defend clients of every kind. Bikers, con artists, drunk drivers, drug dealers - they're all on Mickey Haller's client list. For him, the law is rarely about guilt or innocence, it's about negotiation and manipulation. Sometimes it's even about justice.
A Beverly Hills playboy arrested for attacking a woman he picked up in a bar chooses Haller to defend him, and Mickey has his first high-paying client in years. It is a defense attorney's dream, what they call a franchise case. And as the evidence stacks up, Haller comes to believe this may be the easiest case of his career. Then someone close to him is murdered and Haller discovers that his search for innocence has brought him face-to-face with evil as pure as a flame. To escape without being burned, he must deploy every tactic, feint, and instinct in his arsenal - this time to save his own life.Q&A with Michael Connelly
Q: The Lincoln Lawyer is your second book to be made into a movie. How does that feel?
A: I am very fortunate to have this experience even once. I wish every writer got a chance to see the written work translated to the visual. It is quite thrilling.
Q: Youve said that Matthew McConaughey nails the character of Mickey Haller. In what ways?
A: I would say it is in many subtle ways that add up to a big performance. Mickey is a guy who is always looking for an angle. He is a bit cynical and cocky. At different times in the movie McConaughey seems to convey these character aspects without dialogue. Then when it comes to dialogue and action he delivers flawlessly. The story is about a cool, calm man being put into a desperate situation. McConaughey makes that leap convincingly.
Q: What was your involvement in the making of the movie?
A: Almost none. I looked at the first and last versions of the script, took a few phone calls from producers and location scouts, and that was about it. I think my biggest contribution outside of writing the book was giving my trust to Tom Rosenberg and Gary Lucchesi, the producers. They promised me six years ago that they would keep the gritty realism of the story the-law-in-the-trenches aspect of it. I trusted them to do that and with Brad Furman, the director, they came through.
Q: What were your immediate thoughts when you first read the script? When you heard about each cast member?
A: Depends on which script. It was a long-running work in progress. I went from not liking the first effort to being blown away by the last version. I am a huge believer in rewriting in my own work so I knew that the more time they spent with the script, the better it would become. As far as casting goes, I don't write with anybody in mind. But I saw Tropic Thunder with Matthew McConaughey in it and immediately thought he would be good at being Mickey Haller. A year later he was cast, so I was happy from the start. The rest of the cast is just fantastic. As each was announced, I became more and more excited. John Leguizamo was in Brad Furman's previous film and was just excellent. When I heard he was aboard, it was a great day. Same with all the rest. Bryan Cranston happens to be the star of my favorite show, Breaking Bad. So I couldn't be happier with him in the cast.
Q: What was your inspiration for The Lincoln Lawyer? Is Mickey Haller based on someone you know?
A: I met an attorney who worked out of his car, not because he was not doing well but because he believed it was the best way to do the job in L.A. That was the spark, and it went from there.
Q: Are there any scenes in the film that you wish were in the book?
A: There are definitely a few lines I wish were in the book. There is a scene where Mickey drops his sleeping daughter off at his ex-wife's home. It is a poignant scene that I really love and could have used in the book.
Q: Did you visit the set while they were filming the movie? What was that experience like?
A: I went four different times and scheduled the visits to coincide with the shooting of some significant scenes. I loved what I was seeing on both sides of the camera: a lot of dedication to the project. Everyone on the crew felt like they were making something good. It was great to witness.
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London Fieldsby Martin AmisISBN 0517577186 (0-517-57718-6)
Hardcover, Crown Publishing Group
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The Monk: A Longman Cultural Editionby Matthew LewisISBN 0486432149 (0-486-43214-9)
Softcover, Dover Pubns
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Monk: A Longman Cultural Edition'Book summary:[via]A spellbinding Gothic novel, The Monk is Matthew Lewis' most famous work. First published in 1796 and set in a sinister Capuchin monastery in Madrid, this violent tale of ambition, murder, and incest focuses on a monk's struggle to maintain his monastic vows in the face of temptation and sexual obsession.More editions of The Monk: A Longman Cultural Edition:
Monkeewrenchby P. J. TracyISBN 045121157X (0-451-21157-X)
Softcover, Signet
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Murder at the Library of Congressby Margaret TrumanISBN 0449001954 (0-449-00195-4)
Softcover, Fawcett Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Murder at the Library of Congress'Book summary:In the depths of the U.S. Library of Congress toil thousands of researchers, chasing down obsessions, breakthroughs, and new contributions to human wisdom. But when amateur D.C. sleuth Annabel Reed-Smith enters this stately American institution, she discovers a hornet's nest of intrigue and murder. After a renowned scholar is bludgeoned to death among the scholarly stacks, an ambitious TV reporter links the case to the heist of a Spanish painting from a Miami museum and a killing in Mexico City. Annabel suspects that buried in the Library are secrets some people will do anything to keep silent-the secret of a rich man's ambition, a researcher's disappearance, and a mysterious diary of Christopher Columbus's journey written five hundred years ago. . . . [via]
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Murder Inkby OutletISBN 0517347857 (0-517-34785-7)
Hardcover, Random House Value Publishing
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N or M?by Agatha ChristieISBN 0451201132 (0-451-20113-2)
Softcover, Signet
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› Find signed collectible books: 'N or M?'Book summary:The last words of a murdered government agent lead Tommy and Tuppence Beresford to the Sans Souci Hotel, where they're greeted by hostile guests, a mysterious hotelier, and reports of a missing girl. When Tommy himself vanishes, Tuppence has reason to fear that checking out of the Sans Souci comes at a perilous price. [via]
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Original Sinby P. D. JamesISBN 0446679224 (0-446-67922-4)
Softcover, Grand Central Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Original Sin'Book summary:The hushed mock-Venetian halls of England's oldest publishing house reek of secrets. Why did senior editor commit suicide in the archives office? And who decided to kill the managing director in the same place -- or was his death a suicide also? Adam Dalgliesh and Kate Miskin will find out, but how many more deaths will there be before all the secrets see the light of day? [via]
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The Paid Companionby Amanda QuickISBN 0515138649 (0-515-13864-9)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Paid Companion'Book summary:[via]"Once again, the incomparable Quick has whipped up a delectable Regency Romance"(Booklist)about an ice-cold business agreement that turns into something far more heated.
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Phantom Of The Operaby Gaston LerouxISBN 0451528158 (0-451-52815-8)
Softcover, New Amer Library Classics
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Phantom Of The Opera'Book summary:This thrilling novel and its many adaptations have captured the imaginations of countless audiences throughout the 20th century. The mystery classic featuring the "ghost" of the famed Paris landmark tells a gripping tale of human desire, fear, and violence before it resolves itself in a shocking and tragic confrontation.[via]More editions of Phantom Of The Opera:
- Phantom Of The Opera: ISBN 0486434583 (0-486-43458-3)
Softcover, Dover Pubns - Phantom Of The Opera: ISBN 0446301205 (0-446-30120-5)
Softcover, Grand Central Pub - The Phantom of the Opera: ISBN 0451524829 (0-451-52482-9)
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- Phantom Of The Opera: ISBN 0486434583 (0-486-43458-3)
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Presumed Innocentby Scott TurowISBN 0446359866 (0-446-35986-6)
Softcover, Grand Central Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Presumed Innocent'Book summary:Now available in trade paperback, "Presumed Innocent" brings to life our worst nightmare: that of an ordinary citizen facing conviction for the most terrible of crimes. Prosecutor Rusty Sabich is transformed from accuser to accused when he is handed an explosive case--that of the brutal murder of a woman who happens to be his former lover. [via]
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Romeo and Julietby William ShakespeareISBN 0486275574 (0-486-27557-4)
Softcover, Dover Pubns
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Romeo and Juliet'Book summary:This is undoubtedly the greatest love story ever written, spawning a host of imitators on stage and screen, including Leonard Bernstein's smash musical West Side Story, Franco Zeffirelli's Romeo and Juliet filmed in 1968, and Baz Luhrmann's postmodern film version Romeo + Juliet. The tragic feud between "Two households, both alike in dignity/In fair Verona", the Montagues and Capulets, which ultimately kills the two young "star-crossed lovers" and their "death-marked love" creates issues which have fascinated subsequent generations. The play deals with issues of intergenerational and familial conflict, as well as the power of language and the compelling relationship between sex and death, all of which makes it an incredibly modern play. It is also an early example of Shakespeare fusing poetry with dramatic action, as he moves from Romeo's lyrical account of Juliet--"she doth teach the torches to burn bright!" to the bustle and action of a 16th-century household (the play contains more scenes of ordinary working people than any of Shakespeare's other works). It also represents an experimental attempt to fuse comedy with tragedy. Up to the third act, the play proceeds along the lines of a classic romantic comedy. The turning point comes with the death of one of Shakespeare's finest early dramatic creations--Romeo's sexually ambivalent friend Mercutio, whose "plague o' both your houses" begins the play's descent into tragedy, "For never was a story of more woe/Than this of Juliet and her Romeo". --Jerry Brotton [via]
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- Romeo and Juliet: ISBN 0521532531 (0-521-53253-1)
Softcover, Cambridge Univ Pr - Romeo And Juliet: ISBN 0521618703 (0-521-61870-3)
Softcover, Cambridge Univ Pr - Romeo and Juliet: ISBN 0521667690 (0-521-66769-0)
Softcover, Cambridge Univ Pr - Romeo and Juliet: ISBN 0521825466 (0-521-82546-6)
Hardcover, Cambridge Univ Pr - Romeo And Juliet: ISBN 0451516354 (0-451-51635-4)
Softcover, New Amer Library - Romeo and Juliet: ISBN 0451521366 (0-451-52136-6)
Softcover, New Amer Library - Romeo and Juliet: ISBN 0460871773 (0-460-87177-3)
Softcover, Tuttle Pub - Romeo and Juliet: ISBN 0521094976 (0-521-09497-6)
Softcover, Cambridge Univ Pr - Romeo and Juliet: ISBN 0521294053 (0-521-29405-3)
Softcover, Cambridge Univ Pr - Romeo and Juliet: ISBN 0521395747 (0-521-39574-7)
Softcover, Cambridge Univ Pr - Romeo and Juliet: ISBN 0521634970 (0-521-63497-0)
Softcover, Cambridge Univ Pr - Romeo and Juliet: ISBN 0517050579 (0-517-05057-9)
Hardcover, Random House Value Pub - Romeo and Juliet: ISBN 0521222230 (0-521-22223-0)
Hardcover, Cambridge Univ Pr - Romeo and Juliet: ISBN 0521661153 (0-521-66115-3)
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Sacred and Profaneby Faye KellermanISBN 0449215024 (0-449-21502-4)
Softcover, Random House Publishing Group
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A Season in Purgatoryby Dominick DunneISBN 0517583860 (0-517-58386-0)
Hardcover, Crown Publishing Group
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The Secret Adversaryby Agatha ChristieISBN 0451201205 (0-451-20120-5)
Softcover, Signet
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Secret Adversary'Book summary:Tuppence Beresford takes a job posing as an American-but she and Tommy will have to play detective when her fake identity results in a real threat to her life. [via]
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Shakespeareby A. L. RowseISBN 0517535092 (0-517-53509-2)
Hardcover, Crown Publishing Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Shakespeare'Book summary:The Annotated Shakespeare: The Comedies, Histories, Sonnets and Other Poems, Tragedies and Romances Complete (Three Volume Set in Slipcase) [Dec 12, 1978] A.L. Rowse [via]
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Shoot the Moonby Billie LettsISBN 0446695068 (0-446-69506-8)
Softcover, Grand Central Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Shoot The Moon'Book summary:From the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Where the Heart Is comes this eagerly anticipated tale of a small Oklahoma town and the mystery that has haunted its residents for years. In 1972, the tiny windswept town of DeClare, Oklahoma, was consumed by the terrifying disappearance of Nicky Jack Harjo. When he was no more than a baby, his pajama bottoms were found on the banks of Willow Creek. Nearly 30 years later, Nicky mysteriously returns in this intriguing and delightfully hypnotic tale, full of the authentic heartland characters that Billie Letts writes about so beautifully. Billie Letts first novel, Where the Heart Is (Warner, 1996), was a #1 New York Times bestseller, a selection of Oprah Winfreys Book Club, and was made into a motion picture starring Ashley Judd and Natalie Portman. It has sold more than 3.2 million hardcover and mass market copies combined. The Honk and Holler Opening Soon (Warner, 1998) has more than 397,000 hardcover and paperback copies in print. Trade paperback sales remain strong, with an 85% sell-through. Billie Letts won the Walker Percy Award at the 1994 New Orleans Writers Conference and the Oklahoma Book Award for Where the Heart Is. It was also named one of the best books of the year by the American Library Association. Until recently, she worked as a professor at Southeastern Oklahoma State University. [via]
The Skull Beneath the Skinby P. D. JamesISBN 0446353728 (0-446-35372-8)
Softcover, Grand Central Pub
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Strong Poisonby Dorothy L. SayersISBN 0450549720 (0-450-54972-0)
Hardcover, New English Library
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Strong Poison'Book summary:Lord Peter Wimsey becomes fascinated when bohemian Harriet Vane is accused of murdering her lover. He investigates further and finds himself falling in love with her as he visits her in prison and watches her in court. But can he save her from the gallows? [via]
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The Thirteen Problemsby Agatha ChristieISBN 0451200209 (0-451-20020-9)
Softcover, Signet
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Thirteen Problems'Book summary:Miss Marple puts her deductive skills to use in thirteen of her most fiendish cases in this short story collection from the reigning matriarch of mystery. [via]
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The Tragedy of Julius Caesarby William Shakespeare, Barbara Rosen, William RosenISBN 0451526899 (0-451-52689-9)
Softcover, Signet Classic
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Tragedy of Julius Caesar'Book summary:One of Shakespeare's most political plays, Julius Caesar continued Shakespeare's interest in Roman history, first developed in Titus Andronicus. Drawing on Plutarch, the great historian of Rome, Shakespeare dramatises one of the most crucial moments in Roman history--the assassination of Julius Caesar. Loved by the Roman crowd but increasingly feared by the Senators, Caesar increasingly shows signs of his desire to abolish the Republic and crown himself emperor. A conspiracy is hatched, led by Cassius and Brutus, who murder Caesar on the steps of the Capitol. Mourning over his dead friend's body, Mark Antony gives one of the famous rhetorical speeches in literature, asking "Friends, Romans, Countrymen" to lament Caesar's death, privately vowing to "let slip the dogs of war" against those who have shed Caesar's blood. Antony joins forces with Caesar's son Octavius to defeat Cassius and Brutus in battle, and establish an uneasy alliance whose collapse is dramatised in Shakespeare's later play Antony and Cleopatra. Written at the end of Queen Elizabeth's reign, Julius Caesar has been seen by many as a radically pro-Republican play which sailed close to the political wind of the time. --Jerry Brotton [via]
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Softcover, Dover Pubns - The Tragedy of Julius Caesar: ISBN 0521535131 (0-521-53513-1)
Softcover, Cambridge Univ Pr - The Tragedy of Julius Caesar: ISBN 0451521242 (0-451-52124-2)
Softcover, New Amer Library Classics - The Tragedy of Julius Caesar: ISBN 0460873962 (0-460-87396-2)
Softcover, Tuttle Pub - The Tragedy of Julius Caesar: ISBN 0521094828 (0-521-09482-8)
Softcover, Cambridge Univ Pr - The Tragedy of Julius Caesar: ISBN 0521294088 (0-521-29408-8)
Softcover, Cambridge Univ Pr - The Tragedy of Julius Caesar: ISBN 0451526899 (0-451-52689-9)
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- The Tragedy of Julius Caesar: ISBN 0486268764 (0-486-26876-4)
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The Tragedy of Romeo and Julietby William Shakespeare, J.A. BryantISBN 0451526864 (0-451-52686-4)
Softcover, Signet Classic
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet'Book summary:This is undoubtedly the greatest love story ever written, spawning a host of imitators on stage and screen, including Leonard Bernstein's smash musical West Side Story, Franco Zeffirelli's Romeo and Juliet filmed in 1968, and Baz Luhrmann's postmodern film version Romeo + Juliet. The tragic feud between "Two households, both alike in dignity/In fair Verona", the Montagues and Capulets, which ultimately kills the two young "star-crossed lovers" and their "death-marked love" creates issues which have fascinated subsequent generations. The play deals with issues of intergenerational and familial conflict, as well as the power of language and the compelling relationship between sex and death, all of which makes it an incredibly modern play. It is also an early example of Shakespeare fusing poetry with dramatic action, as he moves from Romeo's lyrical account of Juliet--"she doth teach the torches to burn bright!" to the bustle and action of a 16th-century household (the play contains more scenes of ordinary working people than any of Shakespeare's other works). It also represents an experimental attempt to fuse comedy with tragedy. Up to the third act, the play proceeds along the lines of a classic romantic comedy. The turning point comes with the death of one of Shakespeare's finest early dramatic creations--Romeo's sexually ambivalent friend Mercutio, whose "plague o' both your houses" begins the play's descent into tragedy, "For never was a story of more woe/Than this of Juliet and her Romeo". --Jerry Brotton [via]
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We Have Always Lived in the Castleby Shirley JacksonISBN 0445083212 (0-445-08321-2)
Softcover, Grand Central Pub
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William Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet/Macbeth/Hamlet/Othello/The Taming of the Shrew/A Midsummer Night's Dream/The Merchant of Veniceby William ShakespeareISBN 0517092948 (0-517-09294-8)
Hardcover, Grammercy
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› Find signed collectible books: 'William Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet/Macbeth/Hamlet/Othello/The Taming of the Shrew/A Midsummer Night's Dream/The Merchant of Venice'Book summary:Definitive, comprehensive, and handsome edition presents every one of Shakespeare's great plays -- the comedies, tragedies and histories -- plus his poems and, of course. the sonnets. All in one beautifully illustrated volume. No student should be without this volume! Black-and-white illustrations throughout. [via]
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William Shakespeare, the Complete Works: Illustratedby William ShakespeareISBN 0517163020 (0-517-16302-0)
Hardcover, Gramercy Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'William Shakespeare, the Complete Works: Illustrated'Book summary:FROM THE WORLD FAMOUS ROYAL SHAKESPEARE COMPANY, THE FIRST AUTHORITATIVE, MODERNIZED, AND CORRECTED EDITION OF SHAKESPEARES FIRST FOLIO IN THREE CENTURIES.
Skillfully assembled by Shakespeares fellow actors in 1623, the First Folio was the original Complete Works. It is arguably the most important literary work in the English language. But starting with Nicholas Rowe in 1709 and continuing to the present day, Shakespeare editors have mixed Folio and Quarto texts, gradually corrupting the original Complete Works with errors and conflated textual variations.
Now Jonathan Bate and Eric Rasmussen, two of todays most accomplished Shakespearean scholars, have edited the First Folio as a complete book, resulting in a definitive Complete Works for the twenty-first century.
Combining innovative scholarship with brilliant commentary and textual analysis that emphasizes performance history and values, this landmark edition will be indispensable to students, theater professionals, and general readers alike.
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