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Adventures of Sherlock Holmesby Arthur Conan DoyleISBN 0755334353 (0-7553-3435-3)
Softcover, Headline Book Pub Ltd
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Adventures of Sherlock Holmes'Book summary:'I have heard, Mr. Holmes, that you can see deeply into the manifold wickedness of the human heart'. Scandal, treachery and crime are rife in Old London Town. A king blackmailed by his mistress, dark dealings in Opium dens, stolen jewels, a missing bride - these are cases so fiendishly complex that only the great Sherlock Holmes would dare to investigate. For he, and he alone, has the extraordinary faculty of perception and almost unhuman energy which could solve them ... [via]
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Anne of Green Gablesby L.M. MontgomeryISBN 0765199793 (0-7651-9979-3)
Hardcover, Smithmark Pub
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Bleak Houseby Peter AckroydISBN 074930765X (0-7493-0765-X)
Softcover, Heinemann
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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:
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A Christmas Carolby Charles DickensISBN 0762408316 (0-7624-0831-6)
Hardcover, Running Pr Book Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Christmas Carol'Book summary:In the history of English literature, Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol, which has been continuously in print since it was first published in the winter of 1843, stands out as the quintessential Christmas story. What makes this charming edition of Dickens's immortal tale so special is the collection of 80 vivid illustrations by Everett Shinn (1876-1953). Shinn, a well-known artist in his time, was a popular illustrator of newspapers and magazines whose work displayed a remarkable affinity for the stories of Charles Dickens, evoking the bustling street life of the mid-1800s. Printed on heavy, cream-colored paper stock, the edges of the pages have been left rough, simulating the way in which the story might have appeared in Dickens's own time. Though countless editions of this classic have been published over the years, this one stands out as particularly beautiful, nostalgic, and evocative of the spirit of Christmas. [via]
A Christmas Carol /tiny Timby Charles Dickens, Mark SummersISBN 0760750297 (0-7607-5029-7)
Hardcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc
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The Classic Hans Christian Andersen Fairy Talesby Sheila Black, H.C. Andersen, Richard Walz, Robyn Officer, Arlene Klemushin, Richard Bernal, Erin Augenstine, Karen Pritchett, Andrew BabanovskyISBN 0762401850 (0-7624-0185-0)
Hardcover, Courage Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Classic Hans Christian Andersen Fairy Tales'Book summary:Including some of the popular tales by Hans Christian Andersen, this children''s classic is illustrated b y a team of seven artists who use varying styles throughout the book. The stories are retold by William King. ' [via]
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The Classic Treasury of Aesop's Fablesby Aesop, Don DailyISBN 0762404132 (0-7624-0413-2)
Hardcover, Courage Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Classic Treasury of Aesop's Fables'Book summary:A timeless collection of twenty of Aesop's best-loved fables--punctuated by the age-old morals that have instructed countless generations. Accompanied by beautiful, full-color illustrations from award-winning artist Don Daily, this volume highlights such fables as "The Goose Who Laid the Golden Eggs," "The Mouse and the Frog," and the one and only "The Tortoise and the Hare."[via]More editions of The Classic Treasury of Aesop's Fables:
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Cliffscomplete Hawthorne's the Scarlet Letterby Karin JacobsonISBN 0764587242 (0-7645-8724-2)
Softcover, John Wiley & Sons Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Cliffscomplete Hawthorne's the Scarlet Letter'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 The Scarlet Letter is a novel of betrayal and trials. Hester Prynne is found guilty of adultery and must wear a scarlet "A" wherever she goes. Her story is filled with the slow process of redemption and eventual love.
Discover what happens to Hester and save valuable studying time all at once. Enhance your reading of The Scarlet Letter with these additional features:
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Cliffscomplete King Henry IVby Sidney Lamb, Michael McMahonISBN 0764585703 (0-7645-8570-3)
Softcover, John Wiley & Sons Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Cliffscomplete King Henry IV'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 King Henry IV, Part 1 follows the play's alternating comic and serious scenes as a young prince rebels against his father, who happens to be king, until he must go to the king's aid to stamp out the rebellion of nobles.
Discover a story of self-sacrifice and meet one of the theatre's most enduring comic characters, Falstaff and save valuable studying time all at once. Enhance your reading of King Henry IV with these additional features:
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Cliffscomplete Macbethby Sidney Lamb, Christopher MorrowISBN 076458572X (0-7645-8572-X)
Softcover, John Wiley & Sons Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Cliffscomplete Macbeth'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:
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Cliffscomplete Shakespeare's the Taming of the Shrewby Diana SweeneyISBN 0764587293 (0-7645-8729-3)
Softcover, John Wiley & Sons Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Cliffscomplete Shakespeare's the Taming of the Shrew'Book summary:In the CliffsComplete guides, the play'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 The Taming of the Shrew is one of Shakespeare's most beloved, and imitated, works. In this play within a play, Petruchio, the man from Verona, marries Kate (the shrew of the story), so that Kate's younger sister Bianca may be allowed to take on several suitors and choose one to marry.
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Cliffscomplete the Tempestby Matthew C. HansenISBN 0764585762 (0-7645-8576-2)
Softcover, John Wiley & Sons Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Cliffscomplete the Tempest'Book summary:In the CliffsComplete guides, the play'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 The Tempest tells the famous story of Prospero and his daughter Miranda. Through magic, Prospero has conjured up a storm that brings a ship full of his enemies to the island on which he and Miranda live. What follows is Shakespeare's comic masterpiece that's full of intrigue and romance.
Discover what happens to Prospero and Miranda and save valuable studying time all at once. Enhance your reading of The Tempest with these additional features:
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Cliffsnotes All Quiet on the Western Frontby Susan Van KirkISBN 0764586718 (0-7645-8671-8)
Softcover, Cliff Notes
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Cliffsnotes All Quiet on the Western Front'Book summary:The original CliffsNotes study guides offer expert commentary on major themes, plots, characters, literary devices, and historical background. The latest generation of titles in this series also features glossaries and visual elements that complement the classic, familiar format.[via]In CliffsNotes on All Quiet on the Western Front, Erich Maria Remarque takes you inside the gruesome realities of World War I through the eyes of Paul Baumer, a sensitive teenager and typical infantryman in the German army.
This study guide will help you begin to consider how Remarque's views on war might relate to modern-day conflicts. You'll also gain insight into the life and cultural background of the author. Other features that help you study include
- Character analyses of major players
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Classic literature or modern modern-day treasure you'll understand it all with expert information and insight from CliffsNotes study guides.
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Collected Poems of Dylan Thomas: 1934-1952by Dylan ThomasISBN 0756783399 (0-7567-8339-9)
Softcover, Diane Pub Co
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Collected Poems, 1934-1953by Dylan ThomasISBN 0753810662 (0-7538-1066-2)
Softcover, Phoenix
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A Collection of Rudyard Kipling's Just So Storiesby Rudyard Kipling, Peter Sis, Satoshi Kitamura, Jane Ray, Jeff Fisher, Louise Voce, Cathie Felstead, Clare MelinskyISBN 0763626295 (0-7636-2629-5)
Hardcover, Candlewick Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Collection of Rudyard Kipling's Just So Stories'Book summary:In this gorgeous collection featuring eight of Kipling's JUST SO STORIES, each tale is illustrated by a different leading contemporary artist.
How did the rude Rhinoceros get his baggy skin? How did a 'satiably curious Elephant change the lives of his kin evermore? First told aloud to his young daughter ("O my Best Beloved"), Rudyard Kipling's inspired answers to these and other burning questions draw from the fables he heard as a child in India and the folktales he gathered from around the world. Now, in this sumptuous volume, Kipling's playful, inventive tales are brought to life by eight of today's celebrated illustrators, from Peter Sís's elegantly graphic cetacean in "How the Whale Got His Throat" to Satoshi Kitamura's amusingly expressive characters in "The Cat That Walked by Himself." From one of the world's greatest storytellers come eight classic tales just begging to be heard by a new generation and a visual feast that offers a reward with every retelling.
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Christopher Corr
Cathie Felstead
Jeff Fisher
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Claire Melinsky
Jane Ray
Peter Sís
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Common Sense: Library Editionby Thomas Paine, Gregory TietjenISBN 0760712026 (0-7607-1202-6)
Softcover, Barnes & Noble
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Common Sense: Library Edition'Book summary:"These are the times that try men's souls," begins Thomas Paine's first Crisis paper, the impassioned pamphlet that helped ignite the American Revolution. Published in Philadelphia in January of 1776, Common Sense sold 150,000 copies almost immediately. A powerful piece of propaganda, it attacked the idea of a hereditary monarchy, dismissed the chance for reconciliation with England, and outlined the economic benefits of independence while espousing equality of rights among citizens. Paine fanned a flame that was already burning, but many historians argue that his work unified dissenting voices and persuaded patriots that the American Revolution was not only necessary, but an epochal step in world history. [via]
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The Complete Works of Robert Burnsby Robert BurnsISBN 0766198340 (0-7661-9834-0)
Softcover, Kessinger Pub Co
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David Copperfieldby Charles DickensISBN 0749307625 (0-7493-0762-5)
Softcover, Heinemann
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Devils Dictionary 365 Day Calendar 2006by Ambrose BierceISBN 0764931156 (0-7649-3115-6)
Softcover, Pomegranate Communications
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The Divine Comedy of Dante Alighieriby Dante Alighieri, Henry Francis CaryISBN 0766181847 (0-7661-8184-7)
Softcover, Kessinger Pub Co
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Divine Comedy of Dante Alighieri'Book summary:1909. The Divine Comedy is the narrative of a journey down through Hell, up the mountain of Purgatory, and through the revolving heavens into the presence of God. It is also an allegory, representing under the symbolism of the stages and experiences of the journey, the history of a human soul, painfully struggling from sin through purification to the Beatific Vision. [via]
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Ender's Gameby Orson Scott CardISBN 0765342294 (0-7653-4229-4)
Softcover, Tor Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Ender's Game'Book summary:In order to develop a secure defense against a hostile alien race's next attack, government agencies breed child geniuses and train them as soldiers. A brilliant young boy, Andrew "Ender" Wiggin lives with his kind but distant parents, his sadistic brother Peter, and the person he loves more than anyone else, his sister Valentine. Peter and Valentine were candidates for the soldier-training program but didn't make the cut--young Ender is the Wiggin drafted to the orbiting Battle School for rigorous military training.
Ender's skills make him a leader in school and respected in the Battle Room, where children play at mock battles in zero gravity. Yet growing up in an artificial community of young soldiers Ender suffers greatly from isolation, rivalry from his peers, pressure from the adult teachers, and an unsettling fear of the alien invaders. His psychological battles include loneliness, fear that he is becoming like the cruel brother he remembers, and fanning the flames of devotion to his beloved sister. Back on Earth, Peter and Valentine forge an intellectual alliance and attempt to change the course of history.
This futuristic tale involves aliens, political discourse on the Internet, sophisticated computer games, and an orbiting battle station. Yet the reason it rings true for so many is that it is first and foremost a tale of humanity; a tale of a boy struggling to grow up into someone he can respect while living in an environment stripped of choices. Ender's Game is a must-read book for science fiction lovers, and a key conversion read for their friends who "don't read science fiction."
Ender's Game won both the Hugo and the Nebula the year it came out. Writer Orson Scott Card followed up this honor with the first-time feat of winning both awards again the next year for the sequel, Speaker for the Dead. --Bonnie Bouman [via]
English Fairy Talesby Joseph Jacobs, John BattenISBN 0766189732 (0-7661-8973-2)
Softcover, Kessinger Pub Co
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An Essay Concerning Human Understandingby John Locke, Alexander Campbell FraserISBN 0760760497 (0-7607-6049-7)
Softcover, Barnes & Noble Books
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The Fables of Aesopby Aesop, Samuel CroxallISBN 0766151662 (0-7661-5166-2)
Softcover, Kessinger Pub Co
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Fairy Talesby Berlie Doherty, Jane RayISBN 0763609978 (0-7636-0997-8)
Hardcover, Candlewick Press
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Fairy Tales'Book summary:Berlie Doherty, author of many books for young people, including Carnegie Medal-winner Dear Nobody, says fairy tales "are enchanted dreams. We remember them as if they had been sung to us while we were under the spell of a long deep sleep." And according to acclaimed picture-book illustrator Jane Ray, "fairy tales are the earth beneath our feet, giving us roots and helping us find our place in the world, but they also offer a glimpse of the magical and the enchanted." With two such eloquently mystical creators at the helm, any collection of fairy tales is bound to be magical. Sure enough, this team's magnificent Fairy Tales glimmers and shines, giving new life to traditional favorites such as "Beauty and the Beast," "Cinderella," "Aladdin and the Enchanted Lamp," and "Hansel and Gretel." Doherty's retellings are respectful of the originals, while incorporating her own strong, vibrant voice. Ray's watercolor, ink, and collage illustrations, surrounding the gold-framed text, are truly stunning, in exotic colors and exquisite tapestry-style patterns. Characters seem to come from all parts of the world--appropriately enough, since the stories have "echoes in many different cultures." The Brothers Grimm, Hans Christian Andersen, and Charles Perrault would be proud. (Ages 8 to 12) --Emilie Coulter [via]
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Frances Hodgson Burnett's the Secret Gardenby Frances Hodgson Burnett, Jason Cockcroft, Gillian CrossISBN 0753454793 (0-7534-5479-3)
Hardcover, Kingfisher 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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From the Earth to the Moonby Jules VerneISBN 0750910925 (0-7509-1092-5)
Softcover, Sutton Pub Ltd
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Galileo's Daughterby Dava SobelISBN 0754014134 (0-7540-1413-4)
Hardcover, Thorndike Pr
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Gargantua and Pantagruelby Francois Rabelais, Thomas Urquhart, Peter Anthony MotteuxISBN 0760763143 (0-7607-6314-3)
Hardcover, Barnes & Noble Books
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The Golden Ass, Or, The Metamorphosesby Apuleius, William AdlingtonISBN 0760755981 (0-7607-5598-1)
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Gulliver's Travelsby Jonathan Swift, Mark Summers, Arthur Ellicott CaseISBN 076070063X (0-7607-0063-X)
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Heidiby Johanna Spyri, Angelo Rinaldi, Beverly ClearyISBN 0753454947 (0-7534-5494-7)
Hardcover, Kingfisher Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Heidi'Book summary:A Treasury of Illustrated Classics. About Orpahned Heidi and what a wonderful surprise she is for her lonely grandfather. A moving story of high spirits and adventure [via]
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Heidiby DkISBN 0756612764 (0-7566-1276-4)
Softcover, Dk Pub
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The Hound of the Baskervillesby Arthur Conan Doyle, Pam SmyISBN 0763630640 (0-7636-3064-0)
Hardcover, Candlewick Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Hound of the Baskervilles'Book summary:We owe 1902's The Hound of the Baskervilles to Arthur Conan Doyle's good friend Fletcher "Bobbles" Robinson, who took him to visit some scary English moors and prehistoric ruins, and told him marvelous local legends about escaped prisoners and a 17th-century aristocrat who fell afoul of the family dog. Doyle transmogrified the legend: generations ago, a hound of hell tore out the throat of devilish Hugo Baskerville on the moonlit moor. Poor, accursed Baskerville Hall now has another mysterious death: that of Sir Charles Baskerville. Could the culprit somehow be mixed up with secretive servant Barrymore, history-obsessed Dr. Frankland, butterfly-chasing Stapleton, or Selden, the Notting Hill murderer at large? Someone's been signaling with candles from the mansion's windows. Nor can supernatural forces be ruled out. Can Dr. Watson--left alone by Sherlock Holmes to sleuth in fear for much of the novel--save the next Baskerville, Sir Henry, from the hound's fangs?
Many Holmes fans prefer Doyle's complete short stories, but their clockwork logic doesn't match the author's boast about this novel: it's "a real Creeper!" What distinguishes this particular Hound is its fulfillment of Doyle's great debt to Edgar Allan Poe--it's full of ancient woe, low moans, a Grimpen Mire that sucks ponies to Dostoyevskian deaths, and locals digging up Neolithic skulls without next-of-kins' consent. "The longer one stays here the more does the spirit of the moor sink into one's soul," Watson realizes. "Rank reeds and lush, slimy water-plants sent an odour of decay ... while a false step plunged us more than once thigh-deep into the dark, quivering mire, which shook for yards in soft undulations around our feet ... it was as if some malignant hand was tugging us down into those obscene depths." Read on--but, reader, watch your step! --Tim Appelo [via]
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How to Travel With a Salmon and Other Essaysby Umberto Eco, William WeaverISBN 0749397098 (0-7493-9709-8)
Softcover, Minerva Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'How to Travel With a Salmon and Other Essays'Book summary:By the author of "The Name of the Rose", this collection of essays offers advice on a wide range of unusual subjects - how to recognize a porno film, how to take an intelligent holiday, how not to talk about football, how to protect oneself from widows - as well as discussing weightier matters of history, politics, economics, literature and philosophy, in such pieces as "On the Impossibility of Drawing a Map of the Empire on a Scale of 1 to 1" and "Three Owls on a Chest of Drawers". [via]
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The Hunchback of Notre Dameby Victor HugoISBN 0762405635 (0-7624-0563-5)
Hardcover, Courage Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Hunchback of Notre Dame'Book summary:More of literature's finest works -- completely unabridged. Irresistible prices make these books great for any classics library! [via]
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Jane Eyreby Charlotte BronteISBN 0762405473 (0-7624-0547-3)
Hardcover, Courage Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Jane Eyre'Book summary:A fresh new look at the finest works of world literature at incredible prices! Complete and unabridged. [via]
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Jonathan Swift's Gulliverby Jonathan Swift, Martin Jenkins, Chris RiddellISBN 0763624098 (0-7636-2409-8)
Hardcover, Candlewick Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Jonathan Swift's Gulliver'Book summary:A tour de force of illustration and design, JONATHAN SWIFT'S GULLIVER is a magnificent introduction to one of the most popular stories in the English language.
First published in 1726, Jonathan Swift's classic adventure story has long been a favorite with adults and children alike. This magnificent edition contains all of Gulliver's extraordinary voyages. Travel to Lilliput, land of the small, and Brobdingnag, land of giants; to Laputa, where inhabitants need to be hit on the head with sticks to remind them to talk; to Glubbdubdrib, island of ghosts and magicians; and finally, to the kingdom of the Houyhnhnms, where horses rule over humans.
Award-winning author Martin Jenkins has skillfully abridged the original novel, remaining true to its tone and humor while making it accessible to younger readers. He is brilliantly assisted by Kate Greenaway Medalist Chris Riddell, who brings to life the people, creatures, and kingdoms of Swift's searing imagination in wonderful panoramic detail. [via]More editions of Jonathan Swift's Gulliver:
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Lady Audley's Secretby Mary E. BraddonISBN 0760763046 (0-7607-6304-6)
Softcover, Barnes & Noble Books
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Le Morte Darthur 1898by Thomas MaloryISBN 0766165175 (0-7661-6517-5)
Softcover, Kessinger Pub Co
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Leviathan: Or, The Matter, Forme, & Power of a Common-Wealth Ecclesiasticall and Civillby Thomas HobbesISBN 0760755930 (0-7607-5593-0)
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The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentlemanby Laurence Sterne, Judith HawleyISBN 0760763054 (0-7607-6305-4)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman'Book summary:Paperback published in 2005 by Barnes & Noble Books. Originally published in1759, this is the first trade paperback printing. Introduction by Judith Hawley Laurence Sterne explores the difficulties of creativity - both sexual and literary. In doing so, he pushes the conventions of the early novel to extreme limits. [via]
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Literature Made Easy Lord of the Fliesby Tony Buzan, Mary HartleyISBN 0764108212 (0-7641-0821-2)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Literature Made Easy Lord of the Flies'Book summary:TheLiterature Made Easy Series is more than just plot summaries. Each book describes a classic novel and drama by explaining themes, elaborating on characters, and discussing each author's unique literary style, use of language, and point of view. Extensive illustrations and imaginative, enlightening use of graphics help to make each book in this series livelier, easier, and more fun to use than ordinary literature plot summaries. An unusual feature, "Mind Map" is a diagram that summarizes and interrelates the most important details that students need to understand about a given work. Appropriate for middle and high school students. [via]
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Little Womenby Louisa May Alcott, Richard Lauter, Devra Newberger SperegenISBN 0766607119 (0-7666-0711-9)
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Lossby Elspeth BarkerISBN 0752816705 (0-7528-1670-5)
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Macbethby William ShakespeareISBN 0764120867 (0-7641-2086-7)
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Maskeradeby Terry PratchettISBN 0753151561 (0-7531-5156-1)
Hardcover, Ulverscroft Large Print Books
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The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmesby Arthur Conan DoyleISBN 075510644X (0-7551-0644-X)
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The Merchant of Vengeanceby Simon HawkeISBN 0765304260 (0-7653-0426-0)
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The Moonstoneby Wilkie CollinsISBN 075090013X (0-7509-0013-X)
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The Mysteries Of Udolphoby Ann Ward RadcliffeISBN 0760763151 (0-7607-6315-1)
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Northanger Abbeyby Jane AustenISBN 0755331443 (0-7553-3144-3)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Northanger Abbey'Book summary:Though Northanger Abbey is one of Jane Austen's earliest novels, it was not published until after her death--well after she'd established her reputation with works such as Pride and Prejudice, Emma, and Sense and Sensibility. Of all her novels, this one is the most explicitly literary in that it is primarily concerned with books and with readers. In it, Austen skewers the novelistic excesses of her day made popular in such 18th-century Gothic potboilers as Ann Radcliffe's The Mysteries of Udolpho. Decrepit castles, locked rooms, mysterious chests, cryptic notes, and tyrannical fathers all figure into Northanger Abbey, but with a decidedly satirical twist. Consider Austen's introduction of her heroine: we are told on the very first page that "no one who had ever seen Catherine Morland in her infancy, would have supposed her born to be an heroine." The author goes on to explain that Miss Morland's father is a clergyman with "a considerable independence, besides two good livings--and he was not in the least addicted to locking up his daughters." Furthermore, her mother does not die giving birth to her, and Catherine herself, far from engaging in "the more heroic enjoyments of infancy, nursing a dormouse, feeding a canary-bird, or watering a rose-bush" vastly prefers playing cricket with her brothers to any girlish pastimes.
Catherine grows up to be a passably pretty girl and is invited to spend a few weeks in Bath with a family friend. While there she meets Henry Tilney and his sister Eleanor, who invite her to visit their family estate, Northanger Abbey. Once there, Austen amuses herself and us as Catherine, a great reader of Gothic romances, allows her imagination to run wild, finding dreadful portents in the most wonderfully prosaic events. But Austen is after something more than mere parody; she uses her rapier wit to mock not only the essential silliness of "horrid" novels, but to expose the even more horrid workings of polite society, for nothing Catherine imagines could possibly rival the hypocrisy she experiences at the hands of her supposed friends. In many respects Northanger Abbey is the most lighthearted of Jane Austen's novels, yet at its core is a serious, unsentimental commentary on love and marriage, 19th-century British style. --Alix Wilber [via]
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Persuasionby Jane AustenISBN 0755331494 (0-7553-3149-4)
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Portrait of the Artist As a Young Dog,by Dylan ThomasISBN 0753812851 (0-7538-1285-1)
Softcover, Phoenix
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Praise of Follyby John Wilson, Desiderius Erasmus, Hans HolbeinISBN 0760757607 (0-7607-5760-7)
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Principiaby Isaac Newton, Stephen W. HawkingISBN 0762420227 (0-7624-2022-7)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Principia'Book summary:Establishing the laws of universal gravity and the fundamental laws of motion, Newton's momentous 1687 essay stands as one of the most important works in physics, and it revolutionized the way scientists investigate and prove their theories. In Principia, Newton used mathematical terms to present the principles of time, force, and motion, which have been instrumental in the development of modern physics. In his introduction, the famed physicist and bestselling author Stephen Hawking shows how his work built on that of his predecessors, Nicolaus Copernicus and Johannes Kepler.[via]More editions of Principia:
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Quo Vadisby Henryk Sienkiewicz, Jeremiah CurtinISBN 0760763097 (0-7607-6309-7)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Quo Vadis'Book summary:"Quo Vadis" is a powerful historical novel about the rise of Christianity in the Roman Empire. Through a romance between a high-born Roman pagan and a Christian woman, Henryk Sienkiewicz masterfully brings to life the decadence of imperial Rome during the reign of Nero Claudius Caesar (AD 54-68), the bloodthirsty persecutor of the early Christians. "Quo Vadis" has been translated into more than forty languages, as well as adapted into several movies. Jeremiah Curtin's accurate and lively English translation of the novel successfully conveys Sienkiewicz's muted portrayal of the beginnings of Christianity and his spectacular, apocalyptic vision of the Roman Empire in decline. [via]
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Rasselas, Prince of Abyssiniaby Samuel Johnson, James MacAulayISBN 0766198774 (0-7661-9877-4)
Softcover, Kessinger Pub Co
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Robinson Crusoeby Daniel DefoeISBN 0762405511 (0-7624-0551-1)
Hardcover, Courage Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Robinson Crusoe'Book summary:The dramatic, vibrant illustrations of noted American artist N. C. Wyeth enhance this large-format edition of Daniel Defoe's classic tale. The thrilling saga of the English sailor marooned on a desert island, originally published in 1719, is retold here for children aged 4 to 8, who will be captivated by the castaway's adventures and struggle for survival.[via]-
Roxana the Fortunate Mistress 1931by Daniel Defoe, John Alan MaxwellISBN 0766141608 (0-7661-4160-8)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Roxana the Fortunate Mistress 1931'Book summary:There is no obvious drama in this straightforward narrative. No one could pretend that Roxana reveals either charm or striking personality. The author's art comes from a particular form of realism, in which he stands almost alone. It is built upon absolute simplicity in style, elaborately precise statement of natural detail and a complete absence of emphasis or emotion. We do not judge Roxana for her conduct, but sympathize with her as a woman because Defoe has made her our friend. We believe in her as a real, living, intimate acquaintance who is interesting because her life is crowded with surprising events and fortune treats her with more than its usual caprice. [via]
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Scarlett Letterby Nathaniel HawthorneISBN 0760748691 (0-7607-4869-1)
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The Sign of Fourby Arthur Conan DoyleISBN 0755334493 (0-7553-3449-3)
Softcover, Headline Book Pub Ltd
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Sock Monkey Goes to Hollywoodby Cece BellISBN 0763619620 (0-7636-1962-0)
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The Song of Troyby Colleen McCulloughISBN 0752817639 (0-7528-1763-9)
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The Sorrows of Young Wertherby Johannes Wolfgang Von GoetheISBN 0760768331 (0-7607-6833-1)
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A Study in Scarletby Arthur Conan DoyleISBN 0755334477 (0-7553-3447-7)
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A Tale of Two Citiesby Charles DickensISBN 0762405546 (0-7624-0554-6)
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Tales of Hans Christian Andersenby Joel Stewart, Naomi LewisISBN 0763625159 (0-7636-2515-9)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Tales of Hans Christian Andersen'Book summary:Rediscover thirteen of Andersen's best-loved tales in this definitive edition highlighted with introductions by an esteemed translator and illuminated with fanciful artwork from an acclaimed illustrator.
Open the pages of this magnificent volume and enter the fairy-tale realm of Hans Christian Andersen! In a playful design that echoes Andersen's passion for miniature theaters, artist Joel Stewart depicts such well-known characters as the pea-sensitive Princess and the unclothed Emperor as actors on a timeless stage. Expert commentary by Naomi Lewis offers historical and biographical points of interest, revealing that "The Steadfast Tin Soldier" is the first fairy tale ever to feature a nonhuman hero (now a hallmark of children¹s literature) and that "The Ugly Duckling," considered Andersen's autobiography, is a tale he especially loved to read aloud. In thirteen of his most enduring tales, savor the singular voice of this literary giant the "washerwoman's crazy son" who became one of the best-known storytellers of all time. [via]More editions of Tales of Hans Christian Andersen:
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The Tempestby William Shakespeare, Kathleen ErmitageISBN 0764120875 (0-7641-2087-5)
Softcover, Barrons Educational Series Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Tempest'Book summary:The most poetic and magical of Shakespeare's comedies, this play contrasts lyrical fantasy surrounding the spirit Ariel and the savage Calaban, with a tale of political intrigue focused around Prospero, the banished Duke of Milan, now a wizard living on a remote island. Books in this new, illustrated series present complete texts of Shakespeare's plays. However, the lines are set up so students can see the bard's original poetic phrases printed side-by-side and line-by-line with a modern "translation" on the facing page. Starting in the late 1580s and for several decades that followed, Shakespeare's plays were popular entertainment for London's theatergoers. His Globe Theatre was the equivalent of a Broadway theater in today's New York. The plays have endured, but over the course of 400+ years, the English language has changed in many wayswhich is why today's students often find Shakespeare's idiom difficult to comprehend. Simply Shakespeare offers an excellent solution to their problem. Introducing each play is a general essay covering Shakespeare's life and times. At the beginning of each of the five acts in every play, a two-page spread describes what is about to take place. The story's background is explained, followed by brief descriptions of key people who will appear in the act, details students should watch for as the story unfolds, discussion of the play's historical context, how the play was staged in Shakespeare's day, and explanation of puns and plays on words that occur in characters' dialogues. Identifying icons preceding each of these study points are printed in a second color, then are located again as cross-references in the play's original text. For instance, where words spoken by a person in the play offer insights into his or another character's personality, the "Characters" icon will appear as a cross-reference in both the introductory spread and the play proper. Following each act, a closing spread presents questions and discussion points for use as teachers' aids. Guided by the inspiring format of this fine new series, both teachers and students will come to understand and appreciate the genius of Shakespeare as never before. [via]
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This Side of Paradiseby F. Scott Fitzgerald, Patrick O'DonnellISBN 0760700125 (0-7607-0012-5)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'This Side of Paradise'Book summary:Fitzgerald's first novel, reprinted in the handsome Everyman's Library series of literary classic, uses numerous formal experiments to tell the story of Amory Blaine, as he grows up during the crazy years following the First World War. It also contains a new introduction by Craig Raine that describes critical and popular reception of the book when it came out in 1920. [via]
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Three Men in a Boatby Jerome Klapka JeromeISBN 0765341611 (0-7653-4161-1)
Softcover, Tor Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Three Men in a Boat'Book summary:"I had the general symptoms, the chief among them being a disinclination to work of any kind."[via]
So begin the hilarious misadventures of a merry, but scandalously lazy band of well-to-do young men-and a plucky and rather world-weary fox terrier named Montmorency-on an idyllic cruise along the River Thames. Feeling seedy, muses one of them dreamily, "What we want is rest." What they find instead is one hapless catastrophe after another. Soggy weather, humiliating dunkings, the irritating behavior of small boats and the "contrariness of teakettles" are just a few of the barbarisms our genteel heroes are forced to endure. But which a delighted reader can only sing, Hooray!
First published in 1889, Three Men in a Boat was an instant success, and Jerome has been compared to comic master P.G. Wodehouse.More editions of Three Men in a Boat:
Three Men in a Boat: (to Say Nothing of the Dog)by Jerome K. JeromeISBN 0760757569 (0-7607-5756-9)
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The Timaeus & Critias of Plato 1810by Plato, Thomas TaylorISBN 0766141624 (0-7661-4162-4)
Softcover, Kessinger Pub Co
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The Trial and Death of Socrates: Four Dialoguesby Plato, Benjamin JowettISBN 0760762007 (0-7607-6200-7)
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The Wealth of Nations: Adam Smith ; Introduction by Alan B. Krueger ; Edited, With Notes and Marginal Summary, by Edwin Cannanby Adam Smith, C. J. BullockISBN 0760757615 (0-7607-5761-5)
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William Shakespeare's Macbethby Philip Page, Marilyn PetitISBN 0764131400 (0-7641-3140-0)
Softcover, Barrons Educational Series Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'William Shakespeare's Macbeth'Book summary:One of Shakespeare's greatest, but also bloodiest tragedies, was written around 1605/06. Many have seen the story of Macbeth's murder and usurpation of the legitimate Scottish King Duncan as having obvious connection to contemporary issues regarding King James I (James VI of Scotland), and the Gunpowder Plot of 1605. King James was particularly fascinated with witchcraft, so the appearance of the witches chanting "Fair is foul, and foul is fair" at the opening of the play seemed particularly topical, as was Macbeth's betrayal of Banquo, from whom James claimed direct descent.
However, the play is clearly far more than a piece of royal entertainment. It is also a fast-moving and dramatically satisfying piece of theatre. Macbeth's existential struggle between loyalty to his King and his "Vaulting ambition" is fascinating to watch, as his is struggle with Lady Macbeth, and her own terrifying refusal of her maternal role. The play shows an intensification of Shakespeare's interest in mothers and their effect upon ruling masculinity, and also contains some of the most memorable speeches in the entire canon, including Macbeth's reflections that ultimately life "is a tale / Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, / Signifying nothing". --Jerry Brotton [via]
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The Wind in the Willowsby Kenneth Grahame, Graham C. Barrett, Don DailyISBN 0762409991 (0-7624-0999-1)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Wind in the Willows'Book summary:With a half-turn of the wheel Toad sent the car crashing through the low roadside hedge. One mighty bound, a violent shock, and the wheels of the car were churning up the thick mud of a horse-pond. Toad found himself flying through the air with the delicate curve of a swallow. He liked the motion, and was just beginning to wonder whether he would develop wings when he landed with a thump, in the rich soft grass of a meadow.
This presentation of the well-loved children's story is in every way a classic, but it also retains a wonderful sense of fun.Abridged and illustrated by Inga Moore, this hardback edition could charm any reader with its sheer quality, its thick pages and incredibly beautiful illustrations.
A breathtaking book, and a gift which would be endlessly appreciated. --Rachel Ediss [via]
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Hardcover, Courage Books - The Wind in the Willows: ISBN 0763609803 (0-7636-0980-3)
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The Wizard of Ozby L. Frank Baum, Michael HagueISBN 0756762626 (0-7567-6262-6)
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Women of the Beat Generation: The Writers, Artists and Muses at the Heart of a Revolutionby Ann Charters, Brenda Knight, Anne WaldmanISBN 075677988X (0-7567-7988-X)
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The Wonderful Wizard of Ozby L. Frank Baum, Greg HildebrandtISBN 0762416289 (0-7624-1628-9)
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Wuthering Heightsby Emily Bronte, Elizabeth SeelyISBN 0764111485 (0-7641-1148-5)
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Kathapatrannalum Panketuttavarumby Santos EccikkanamISBN 0749399678 (0-7493-9967-8)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Kathapatrannalum Panketuttavarum'Book summary:A translated collection of early stories by Calvino. The earliest were written in 1945 when he was 22, and the latest date from the 50s when he was in his early 30s. Calvino's novels include "Invisible Cities" and "The Castle of Crossed Destinies". [via]
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