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Alice James: A Biographyby Jean StrouseISBN 0395361478 (0-395-36147-8)
Softcover, Houghton Mifflin
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Alice James: A Biography'Book summary:Alice James was the sister of William and Henry, the only daughter in a family of brilliant and not a little eccentric men, and representative of the intellectually repressed nineteenth-century woman whose grief finds an outlet in neurotic illness. She kept a withering journal of her life, wrote letters, and left behind a trail needing only modern signposts. She was an integral part of a family firm of scholars and writers. But she could never seize the opportunities that a few other women of her age did. There was no air to breathe in the intoxicating atmosphere where Henry was already writing spellbinding novels and William was professing at Harvard and reinventing psychology and philosophy. Her life, then, is a singular portrait embedded in a family history that dazzled her age and still interests ours.
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American Storiesby Calvin TrillinISBN 0395593670 (0-395-59367-0)
Hardcover, Houghton Mifflin
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Autobiography, and Other Writingsby Benjamin FranklinISBN 0395051304 (0-395-05130-4)
Softcover, Houghton Mifflin College Div
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This volume includes Franklin's reflections on such diverse issues as reason and religion, social status, electricity, America's national character and characters, war, and the societal status of women. Also included is a new transcription of his 1726 journal, and several pieces that have only recently been identified as Franklin's work.
About the Series: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the broadest spectrum of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, voluminous notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more. [via]More editions of Autobiography, and Other Writings:
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The Beatles Illustrated Lyricsby Alan AldridgeISBN 039559426X (0-395-59426-X)
Softcover, Houghton Mifflin Company
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In 320 photos and illustrations, renowned artists offer their interpretations of various songs. "Help" is visualized by Ronald Searle; "Fixing a Hole," by Tomi Ungerer; "Glass Onion," by Peter Max; "I'm So Tired," by David Hockney; and "Oh, Darling," by Ralph Steadman. Aldridge also contributes his own trippy illustrations, which reflect the bold, bulbous, cartoons-on-acid style of 1960s poster art. This rich compilation also has brief quotes from the Beatles explaining the origins of the themes and lyrics of certain songs. For example, despite the buzz that "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" is about LSD, according to Paul, "What happened was that John's son Julian did a drawing at school and brought it home, and he has a schoolmate named Lucy, and John said, 'What's that?' and he said 'Lucy in the sky with diamonds.'" Band members also share their thoughts on superstardom, including this now weighty comment from John: "I don't intend to be a performing flea anymore. I was the dreamweaver, but although I'll be around I don't intend to be running at 20,000 miles an hour trying to prove myself. I don't want to die at 40." It can't bring them back, but The Beatles Illustrated Lyrics can take you on a long and winding road of nostalgia. --Brangien Davis [via]
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Between Ourselves: Letters Between Mothers and Daughters 1750-1982by Karen PayneISBN 0395365716 (0-395-36571-6)
Softcover, Houghton Mifflin
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The Bravest Dog Everby Natalie Standiford, Donald CookISBN 039499695X (0-394-99695-X)
Hardcover, Random House Childrens Books
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Camping With the Prince and Other Tales of Science in Africaby Thomas A. BassISBN 0395415020 (0-395-41502-0)
Hardcover, Houghton Mifflin
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Cityby David MacaulayISBN 0395349222 (0-395-34922-2)
Softcover, Walter Lorraine
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Coming of the New Dealby Arthur M. SchlesingerISBN 0395489059 (0-395-48905-9)
Softcover, Houghton Mifflin
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Complete Poetical Works of John Miltonby John MiltonISBN 0395055741 (0-395-05574-1)
Hardcover, Houghton Mifflin College Div
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The Culture of Contentmentby John Kenneth GalbraithISBN 0395572282 (0-395-57228-2)
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Economics and the Public Purposeby John Kenneth GalbraithISBN 0395178940 (0-395-17894-0)
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The Entrepreneurs: An American Adventureby Robert SobelISBN 0395420202 (0-395-42020-2)
Hardcover, Houghton Mifflin
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The Eye of the Elephant: An Epic Adventure in the African Wildernessby Delia Owens, Mark OwensISBN 0395423813 (0-395-42381-3)
Hardcover, Houghton Mifflin
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A Field Guide to Rocks and Mineralsby Frederick H. PoughISBN 0395240492 (0-395-24049-2)
Softcover, Houghton Mifflin
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A Field Guide to the Birds: Of Eastern and Central North Americaby Roger Tory PetersonISBN 039526619X (0-395-26619-X)
Softcover, Houghton Mifflin
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Field Guide to the Birds: Of Eastern and Central North America'Book summary:Roger Tory Peterson, one of America's pre-eminent artist-naturalists and arguably the inventor of the field guide, made people love birds like no one since John James Audubon. A Field Guide to the Birds, first published in 1934, remains his most famous and wonderful work. The manual stood instantly apart from the dichotomous keys zoologists used to identify species, since Peterson grouped paintings of related species together and used arrows to, as he explained, "pinpoint the key field marks." This way, watchers could spot birds from a distance and avoid, as he archly put it, "the bird-in-hand characters that the early collectors relied on." Birders could use the guide where they needed it most--outdoors--on living birds flitting quickly by. In addition to detailed illustrations, Peterson offers charming (and useful) descriptions of each avian citizen's appearance, behavior, voice, and range. There is also priceless anecdotal information, based on decades of field experience, as in this description of the common house sparrow (Passer domesticus): "Familiar to everyone. Sooty city birds often bear little resemblance to clean country males with the black throat, white cheeks, chestnut nape." His transliterations of song are just as quietly marvelous. For instance, Pluvialis squatarola, or the black-bellied plover, makes things clear with "a plaintive slurred whistle, tlee-oo-eee or whee-er-ee (middle note lower)."
Peterson's original handbook covered birds of Eastern North America, and has since been followed by guides to Western birds, animal tracks, butterflies, and many other natural wonders. He and his team updated "The Birders' Bible" as new species were discovered and classifications modified. Generations of enthusiastic watchers owe Peterson a debt of gratitude for making ornithology accessible. But equally important, he showed scientists that finding beauty in living animals, and not just cataloging the measurements of dead ones, was crucial. Roger Tory Peterson died in 1996. He will be remembered as a passionate naturalist, a keen observer of living things, and a gifted artist and teacher. --Therese Littleton [via]
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First Lady from Plainsby Rosalynn CarterISBN 0395352940 (0-395-35294-0)
Hardcover, Houghton Mifflin
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The Flowering of New England, 1815-1865by Van Wyck BrooksISBN 0395305225 (0-395-30522-5)
Softcover, Houghton Mifflin
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The Great Coalfield Warby George S. McGovern, Leonard F. GuttridgeISBN 0395136490 (0-395-13649-0)
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The Great Railway Bazaarby Paul TherouxISBN 0395207088 (0-395-20708-8)
Hardcover, Houghton Mifflin
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Hawks in Flight: A Guide to the Identification of Migrant Raptorsby Pete Dunne, David Sibley, Clay SuttonISBN 0395423880 (0-395-42388-0)
Hardcover, Houghton Mifflin
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Hawks in Flight: The Flight Identification of North American Migrant Raptorsby David Sibley, Clay Sutton, Peter DunneISBN 0395510228 (0-395-51022-8)
Softcover, Houghton Mifflin
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A History of Latin Americaby Benjamin KeenISBN 0395359422 (0-395-35942-2)
Softcover, Houghton Mifflin College Div
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A History of Latin America: National Period to Presentby Benjamin KeenISBN 0395601398 (0-395-60139-8)
Softcover, Houghton Mifflin College Div
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The Human Body: Its Structure and Operationby Isaac AsimovISBN 0395073502 (0-395-07350-2)
Hardcover, Houghton Mifflin
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Hungry, Hungry Sharksby Joanna Cole, Patricia J. WynneISBN 0394974719 (0-394-97471-9)
Hardcover, Random House Children's Books
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Ishi: Last of His Tribeby Theodora Kroeber, Ruth RobbinsISBN 0395276446 (0-395-27644-6)
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Kids at Workby Russell Freedman, Lewis HineISBN 0395587034 (0-395-58703-4)
Hardcover, Clarion Books
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Kitchen Science: A Guide to Knowing the Hows and Whys for Fun and Success in the Kitchenby Howard Hillman, Lisa Loring, Kyle MacDonaldISBN 0395480728 (0-395-48072-8)
Softcover, Houghton Mifflin
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Letters of a Woman Homesteaderby Elinore Pruitt StewartISBN 0395321379 (0-395-32137-9)
Softcover, Houghton Mifflin
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Lincoln: A Photobiographyby Russell FreedmanISBN 0395518482 (0-395-51848-2)
Softcover, Clarion Books
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Line by Line: How to Edit Your Own Writingby Claire Kehrwald CookISBN 0395393914 (0-395-39391-4)
Softcover, Houghton Mifflin
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The Long Gray Lineby Rick AtkinsonISBN 0395480086 (0-395-48008-6)
Hardcover, Houghton Mifflin
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Longtime Californ': A Documentary Study of an American Chinatownby Victor G. Nee, Brett De Bary NeeISBN 0395198453 (0-395-19845-3)
Hardcover, Houghton Mifflin
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The Monsters and the Critics, and Other Essaysby J. R. R. TolkienISBN 0395356350 (0-395-35635-0)
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The Moral Life of Childrenby Robert ColesISBN 0395431530 (0-395-43153-0)
Softcover, Houghton Mifflin
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Motoring With Mohammed: Journeys to Yemen and the Red Seaby Eric HansenISBN 0395483476 (0-395-48347-6)
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The Mythology of Middle-Earthby Ruth S. NoelISBN 0395250064 (0-395-25006-4)
Hardcover, Houghton Mifflin
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Nathaniel Hawthorne in His Timesby James R. MellowISBN 0395321352 (0-395-32135-2)
Softcover, Houghton Mifflin
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The New Fit or Fatby Covert BaileyISBN 0395585643 (0-395-58564-3)
Softcover, Houghton Mifflin
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The Night Before Christmasby Clement C. Moore, Anita LobelISBN 0394968638 (0-394-96863-8)
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The Nine Nations of North Americaby Joel GarreauISBN 0395291240 (0-395-29124-0)
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Notes to a Science Fiction Writerby Benjamin BovaISBN 0395305217 (0-395-30521-7)
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Patagonia Revisitedby Paul Theroux, Bruce ChatwinISBN 039538401X (0-395-38401-X)
Hardcover, Daedalus Books
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Paul Revere and the World He Lived inby Esther ForbesISBN 0395083702 (0-395-08370-2)
Softcover, Houghton Mifflin
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A People and a Nation: A History of the United Statesby Mary Beth NortonISBN 0395473020 (0-395-47302-0)
Softcover, Houghton Mifflin Co
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A People and a Nation: A History of the United Statesby David M. Katzman, Mary Beth NortonISBN 0395379369 (0-395-37936-9)
Softcover, Houghton Mifflin College Div
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A People and a Nation: A History of the United States To 1877by Mary NortonISBN 0395290910 (0-395-29091-0)
Softcover, Houghton Mifflin College Div
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- People and a Nation: A History of the United States/Complete Edition: ISBN 039535952X (0-395-35952-X)
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A People and a Nationby Howard P. Chudacoff, Thomas G. Paterson, David M. Katzman, William J. Brophy, Paul D. Escott, Mary Beth Norton, William M. TuttleISBN 0395433096 (0-395-43309-6)
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A People and a Nation: A History of the United States to 1877by Norton Katzman, Escott Chudacoff, Paterson TuttleISBN 0395433088 (0-395-43308-8)
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Peterson First Guide to Rocks and Mineralsby Frederick H. PoughISBN 0395562759 (0-395-56275-9)
Softcover, Houghton Mifflin
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Peterson First Guide to Wildflowers: Of Northeastern and North-Central North Americaby Roger Tory PetersonISBN 039540777X (0-395-40777-X)
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Poems of Tennyson: Chosen and Edited, With an Introduction by Henry Van Dykeby Alfred Tennyson TennysonISBN 039505124X (0-395-05124-X)
Softcover, Houghton Mifflin College Div
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The Poetical Works of Tennyson.by Alfred Tennyson TennysonISBN 0395180147 (0-395-18014-7)
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The Professor and the Prostitute: And Other True Tales of Murder and Madnessby Linda WolfeISBN 039540049X (0-395-40049-X)
Hardcover, Houghton Mifflin
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The Return of the Shadowby J. R. R. Tolkien, Christopher TolkienISBN 0395498635 (0-395-49863-5)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Return of the Shadow'Book summary:In this sixth volume of The History of Middle-earth the story reaches The Lord of the Rings. In The Return of the Shadow (an abandoned title for the first volume) Christopher Tolkien describes, with full citation of the earliest notes, outline plans, and narrative drafts, the intricate evolution of The Fellowship of the Ring and the gradual emergence of the conceptions that transformed what J.R.R. Tolkien for long believed would be a far shorter book, 'a sequel to The Hobbit'. The enlargement of Bilbo's 'magic ring' into the supremely potent and dangerous Ruling Ring of the Dark Lord is traced and the precise moment is seen when, in an astonishing and unforeseen leap in the earliest narrative, a Black Rider first rode into the Shire, his significance still unknown. The character of the hobbit called Trotter (afterwards Strider or Aragorn) is developed while his indentity remains an absolute puzzle, and the suspicion only very slowly becomes certainty that he must after all be a Man. The hobbits, Frodo's companions, undergo intricate permutations of name and personality, and other major figures appear in strange modes: a sinister Treebeard, in league with the Enemy, a ferocious and malevolent Farmer Maggot.[via]
The story in this book ends at the point where J.R.R. Tolkien halted in the story for a long time, as the Company of the Ring, still lacking Legolas and Gimli, stood before the tomb of Balin in the Mines of Moria. The Return of the Shadow is illustrated with reproductions of the first maps and notable pages from the earliest manuscripts.More editions of The Return of the Shadow:
Richard Brautigan's Trout Fishing in America, the Pill Versus the Springhill Mind Disaster, and in Watermelon Sugarby Richard BrautiganISBN 0395500761 (0-395-50076-1)
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Roget's II: The New Thesaurusby American Heritage DictionariesISBN 0395296056 (0-395-29605-6)
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Second World Warby Winston ChurchillISBN 039541055X (0-395-41055-X)
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But we all know that's not what happened. As Britain's prime minister for most of the Second World War, Winston Churchill--whose career had to that point already encompassed the roles of military historian and civil servant with a proficiency in both that few others could claim--had a unique perspective on the conflict, and as soon as he left office in 1945, he began to set that perspective down on paper. To measure the importance of The Second World War, it is worth remembering that there are no parallel accounts from either of the other Allied leaders, Roosevelt and Stalin. We have in this multivolume work an account that contains both comprehensive sweep and intimate detail. Almost anybody who compiles a list of such works ranks it highly among the nonfiction books of the 20th century.In the opening volume, The Gathering Storm, Churchill tracks the erosion of the shaky peace brokered at the end of the First World War, followed by the rise to power of Adolf Hitler and the Nazis and their gradual spread from beyond Germany's borders to most of the European continent. Churchill foresaw the coming crisis and made his opinion known quite clearly throughout the latter '30s, and this book concludes on a vindicating note, with his appointment in May 1940 as prime minister, after which he recalls that "I felt as if I were walking with destiny, and that all my past life had been but a preparation for this hour and for this trial."
Their Finest Hour concerns itself with 1940. France falls, and England is left to face the German menace alone. Soon London is under siege from the air--and Churchill has a few stories of his own experiences during the Blitz to share--but they persevere to the end of what Churchill calls "the most splendid, as it was the most deadly, year in our long English and British history." They press on in The Grand Alliance, liberating Ethiopia from the Italians and lending support to Greece. Then, when Hitler reneges on his non-aggression pact with the Soviet Union (the very signing of which had proved Stalin and his commissars "the most completely outwitted bunglers of the Second World War"), the Allied team begins to coalesce. The bombing of Pearl Harbor by the Japanese makes the participation of the United States in the war official, and this is of "the greatest joy" to Churchill: "How long the war would last or in what fashion it would end no man could tell, nor did I at that moment care. Once again in our long island history we should emerge, however mauled or mutilated, safe and victorious."
But as the fourth volume, The Hinge of Fate, reveals, success would not happen overnight. The Japanese military still held strong positions in the Pacific theater, and Rommel's tank corps were on the offensive in Africa. After a string of military defeats, Churchill's opponents in Parliament introduced a motion for a censure vote; this was handily defeated, and victory secured in Africa, then Italy. By this time, Churchill had met separately with both Roosevelt and Stalin; the second half of volume 5, Closing the Ring, brings the three of them together for the first time at the November 1943 conference in Teheran. This book closes on the eve of D-day: "All the ships were at sea. We had the mastery of the oceans and of the air. The Hitler tyranny was doomed."
And so, in the concluding volume, Triumph and Tragedy, the Allies push across Europe and take the fight to Berlin. President Roosevelt's death shortly before final victory against Germany affected Churchill deeply, "as if I had been struck a physical blow," and he would later regret not attending the funeral and meeting Harry Truman then, instead of at the Potsdam conference after Germany's defeat. Churchill himself would not be there for the conclusion to the war against Japan; in July of 1945, a general election in Britain brought in a Labor government (or, as he refers to them, "Socialists"), and he resigned immediately, for "the verdict of the electors had been so overwhelmingly expressed that I did not wish to remain even for an hour responsible for their affairs." [via]
Seizing the Enigma: The Race to Break the German U-Boats Codes, 1939-1943by David KahnISBN 0395427398 (0-395-42739-8)
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Social Psychologyby S. BrehmISBN 0395538041 (0-395-53804-1)
Hardcover, Houghton Mifflin College Div
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Social Psychologyby Saul M. Kassin, S. BrehmISBN 0395358760 (0-395-35876-0)
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Somewhere Is Such a Kingdom: Poems 1952-1971by Geoffrey HillISBN 0395207134 (0-395-20713-4)
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Superpuppyby Jill Pinkwater, M. DanielISBN 0395288789 (0-395-28878-9)
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Taylor's Guide to Houseplantsby Donald WymanISBN 0395430917 (0-395-43091-7)
Softcover, Houghton Mifflin
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The Titanic, Lost... and Foundby Judy Donnelly, Keith KohlerISBN 0394986695 (0-394-98669-5)
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Tolkien and the Silmarilsby Randel HelmsISBN 039529469X (0-395-29469-X)
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Tolkien's Worldby Randel HelmsISBN 0395184908 (0-395-18490-8)
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Travels in Alaskaby John MuirISBN 0395285224 (0-395-28522-4)
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The Treason of Isengardby J. R. R. Tolkien, Christopher TolkienISBN 0395515629 (0-395-51562-9)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Treason of Isengard'Book summary:The Treason of Isengard is the seventh volume in Christopher Tolkien's History of Middle-earth and the second in his account of the evolution of The Lord of the Rings. This book follows the long halt in the darkness of the Mines of Moria (which ended The Return of the Shadow) and traces the tale into new lands south and east of the Misty Mountains. Tolkien introduces us to Lothlorien, land of the elves, where we meet the Ents, the Riders of Rohan, and Saruman the White in the fortress of Isengard. In brief outlines and penciled drafts dashed down on scraps of paper are the first entry of Galadriel; the earliest ides of the history of Gondor; and the original meeting of Aragorn with Eowyn, its significance destined to be wholly transformed. Conceptions of what lay ahead dissolve as the story takes its own paths, as in the account of the capture of Frodo and his rescue by Sam Gamgee from Minas Morgul, written long before J.R.R. Tolkien actually reached that point in the writing of The Lord of the Rings. A chief feature of the book is a full account of the original Map, with drawings of successive phases, which was long the basis and accompaniment of the emerging geography of Middle-earth. An appendix describes the Runic alphabets of the time, with illustrations of the forms and an analysis of the Runes used in the Book of Mazarbul found beside Balin's tomb in Moria.[via]More editions of The Treason of Isengard:
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Twas the Night Before Christmas: A Visit from St. Nicolasby Clement Clarke Moore, Jessie Willcox SmithISBN 0395069521 (0-395-06952-1)
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Unfinished Talesby J. R. R. TolkienISBN 0395324416 (0-395-32441-6)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Unfinished Tales'Book summary:Edited by Christopher Tolkien, Unfinished Tales is a posthumous collection of narratives ranging from the time of The Silmarillion - the Elder days of Middle-earth - to the end of the War of the Ring in The Lord of the Rings. Among the stories told are Gandalf's account of sending the dwarves to Bibo's party at Bag End, the tale of the appearance of the sea-god Ulmo before the eyes of Tuor along the coast of Beleriand, and a description of the military organization of the Riders of Rohan. It also contains the only story from the long ages of Numenor before its downfall, and all that is known of such matters as the Five Wizards, the Palantiri, and the legend of Amroth. [via]
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Unfinished Tales of Numenor and Middle-Earthby J. R. R. TolkienISBN 0395299179 (0-395-29917-9)
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W. H. Auden: A Biographyby Humphrey CarpenterISBN 0395324394 (0-395-32439-4)
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The Way Things Workby David MacaulayISBN 0395428572 (0-395-42857-2)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Way Things Work'Book summary:David Macaulay has made it his business to demystify science and technology for children (and certainly one or two surreptitious adults) with his worldwide bestseller, The New Way Things Work. Packed with information on the inner workings of everything from the World Wide Web to windmills, the remarkable and humorous book guides readers through the fundamental principles of machines. And now Macaulay and his trusty mammoth sidekick are back, ready to make science even more fun and comprehensible. The Way Things Work Kit is a hands-on, fully interactive kit, equipped with everything needed to perform over 50 activities, including the construction of 12 working models. A handy cardboard carrying case opens to reveal a guidebook, a CD-ROM with instructions on how to build your own pinball games, activity cards, and more than 100 basic components that fit together to make models from a balloon-powered car to a robot arm to a fairground ride. Children will be absorbed for hours as they learn about levers and hydraulics, winches and friction, inertia and pneumatics. Future engineers--not to mention just regular humans--couldn't have a better introduction to the way things work. (Ages 8 and older) --Emilie Coulter [via]
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Western Civilization: The Continuing Experimentby Thomas F. X. NobleISBN 0395551218 (0-395-55121-8)
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Whales : The Gentle Giantsby Joyce Milton, Alton LangfordISBN 039499809X (0-394-99809-X)
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What's Your Storyby Marion Dane BauerISBN 0395577802 (0-395-57780-2)
Softcover, Clarion Books
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