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101 Philosophy Problemsby Martin CohenISBN 0415261295 (0-415-26129-5)
Softcover, Routledge
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› Find signed collectible books: '101 Philosophy Problems'Book summary:Now in its second edition, this ever-engaging, humorous and extremely popular book challenges readers to think philosophically about every day dilemmas. This fully updated new edition includes brand new problems, such as 'A Nasty Transplant' and the 'Three Embryos', from the field of medical ethics, and 'Deep Thought Speaks', which tackles issues in Artificial Intelligence.
These new conundrums accompany old favourites, such as the 'Hanging Judge', 'The Unexpected exam', 'The Sentence' paradox and 'Descartes' big problem', all explained and explored in Martin Cohen's clear, witty and individual style. 101 Philosophy Problems will stimulate hours of lively philosophical debate. [via]More editions of 101 Philosophy Problems:
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Alphaboo!by Carol Thompson, Margaret A. HarteliusISBN 0448402130 (0-448-40213-0)
Softcover, Price Stern Sloan
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Angels & Demonsby Dan BrownISBN 037543318X (0-375-43318-X)
Hardcover, Random House Large Print
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Angels & Demons'Book summary:It takes guts to write a novel that combines an ancient secret brotherhood, the Swiss Conseil Européen pour la Recherche Nucléaire, a papal conclave, mysterious ambigrams, a plot against the Vatican, a mad scientist in a wheelchair, particles of antimatter, jets that can travel 15,000 miles per hour, crafty assassins, a beautiful Italian physicist, and a Harvard professor of religious iconology. It takes talent to make that novel anything but ridiculous. Kudos to Dan Brown (Digital Fortress) for achieving the nearly impossible. Angels & Demons is a no-holds-barred, pull-out-all-the-stops, breathless tangle of a thriller--think Katherine Neville's The Eight (but cleverer) or Umberto Eco's Foucault's Pendulum (but more accessible).
Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon is shocked to find proof that the legendary secret society, the Illuminati--dedicated since the time of Galileo to promoting the interests of science and condemning the blind faith of Catholicism--is alive, well, and murderously active. Brilliant physicist Leonardo Vetra has been murdered, his eyes plucked out, and the society's ancient symbol branded upon his chest. His final discovery, antimatter, the most powerful and dangerous energy source known to man, has disappeared--only to be hidden somewhere beneath Vatican City on the eve of the election of a new pope. Langdon and Vittoria, Vetra's daughter and colleague, embark on a frantic hunt through the streets, churches, and catacombs of Rome, following a 400-year-old trail to the lair of the Illuminati, to prevent the incineration of civilization.
Brown seems as much juggler as author--there are lots and lots of balls in the air in this novel, yet Brown manages to hurl the reader headlong into an almost surreal suspension of disbelief. While the reader might wish for a little more sardonic humor from Langdon, and a little less bombastic philosophizing on the eternal conflict between religion and science, these are less fatal flaws than niggling annoyances--readers should have no trouble skimming past them and immersing themselves in a heck of a good read. "Brain candy" it may be, but my! It's tasty. --Kelly Flynn [via]
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Annotated Aliceby Lewis CarrollISBN 0452010411 (0-452-01041-1)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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Annotated Aliceby Martin Gardner, Lewis Carroll, John TennielISBN 0393048470 (0-393-04847-0)
Hardcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Annotated Alice'Book summary:"What is the use of a book," thought Alice, "without pictures or conversations!"
Readers who share Alice's taste in books will be more than satisfied with The Annotated Alice, a volume that includes not only pictures and conversations, but a thorough gloss on the text as well. There may be some, like G.K. Chesterton, who abhor the notion of putting Lewis Carroll's masterpiece under a microscope and analyzing it within an inch of its whimsical life. But as Martin Gardner points out in his introduction, so much of Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass is composed of private jokes and details of Victorian manners and mores that modern audiences are not likely to catch. Yes, Alice can be enjoyed on its own merits, but The Annotated Alice appeals to the nosy parker in all of us. Thus we learn, for example, that the source of the mouse's tale may have been Alfred Lord Tennyson who "once told Carroll that he had dreamed a lengthy poem about fairies, which began with very long lines, then the lines got shorter and shorter until the poem ended with fifty or sixty lines of two syllables each." And that, contrary to popular belief, the Mad Hatter character was not a parody of then Prime Minister Gladstone, but rather was based on an Oxford furniture dealer named Theophilus Carter.
Gardner's annotations run the gamut from the factual and historical to the speculative and are, in their own way, quite as fascinating as the text they refer to. Occasionally, he even comments on himself, as when he quotes a fellow annotator of Alice, James Kincaid: "The historical context does not call for a gloss but the passage provides an opportunity to point out the ambivalence that may attend the central figure and her desire to grow up." And then follows with a charming riposte: "I thank Mr. Kincaid for supporting my own rambling." There's a lot of information in the margins (indeed, the page is pretty evenly divided between Carroll's text and Gardner's), but the ramblings turn out to be well worth the time. So hand over your old copy of Lewis Carroll's classic to the kids--this Alice in Wonderland is intended entirely for adults. --Alix Wilber [via]
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The Annotated Hunting of the Snark: The Full Text of Lewis Carroll's Great Nonsense Epic The Hunting of the Snarkby Lewis Carroll, Martin Gardner, Henry Holiday, Adam GopnikISBN 0393062422 (0-393-06242-2)
Hardcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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Blue's Fruit Field Trip!by Victoria Miller, Dan Kanemoto, Jennifer Oxley, Zina SaundersISBN 0307105067 (0-307-10506-7)
Softcover, Random House Children's Books
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C D C ?by William SteigISBN 0374410240 (0-374-41024-0)
Softcover, Farrar Straus & Giroux
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› Find signed collectible books: 'C D C ?'Book summary:Letters, numbers, and symbols are used to create the sounds of words and simple sentences which U R expected to figure out with the aid of illustrations. [via]
Can Jane Eyre Be Happy: More Puzzles in Classic Fictionby John SutherlandISBN 019283309X (0-19-283309-X)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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Can You See What I See: Cool Collectionsby Walter WickISBN 0439617723 (0-439-61772-3)
Hardcover, Scholastic
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The Castle of Crossed Destiniesby Italo CalvinoISBN 0156154552 (0-15-615455-2)
Softcover, Harcourt
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Chasing Vermeerby Blue Balliett, Brett HelquistISBN 0439372976 (0-439-37297-6)
Softcover, Scholastic Prof Book Div
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Chasing Vermeer'Book summary:In the classic tradition of E.L. Konigsburgs From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler, debut author Blue Balliett introduces readers to another pair of precocious kids on an artful quest full of patterns, puzzles, and the power of blue M&Ms. Eleven year old Petra and Calder may be in the same sixth grade class, but they barely know each other. Its only after a near collision during a museum field trip that they discover their shared worship of art, their teacher Ms. Hussey, and the blue candy that doesnt melt in your hands. Their burgeoning friendship is strengthened when a creative thief steals a valuable Vermeer painting en route to Chicago, their home town. When the thief leaves a trail of public clues via the newspaper, Petra and Calder decide to try and recover the painting themselves. But tracking down the Vermeer isnt easy, as Calder and Petra try to figure out what a set of pentominos (mathematical puzzle pieces), a mysterious book about unexplainable phenomena and a suddenly very nervous Ms. Hussey have to do with a centuries old artwork. When the thief ups the ante by declaring that he or she may very well destroy the painting, the two friends know they have to make the pieces of the puzzle fit before its too late!
Already being heralded as The DaVinci Code for kids, Chasing Vermeer will have middle grade readers scrutinizing art books as they try to solve the mystery along with Calder and Petra. In an added bonus, artist Brett Helquist has also hidden a secret pentomino message in several of the books illustrations for readers to decode. An auspicious and wonderfully satisfying debut that will leave no young detective clueless. --Jennifer Hubert [via]
The Christmas Crimes at Puzzle Manorby Simon BrettISBN 0440504694 (0-440-50469-4)
Softcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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Codexby Lev GrossmanISBN 015602859X (0-15-602859-X)
Softcover, Harcourt
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Combat Command: In the World of Keith Laumer's Star Colony, the Omega Rebellionby Troy DenningISBN 0441115365 (0-441-11536-5)
Softcover, Putnam Berkley
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Croco'Nileby Roy GerrardISBN 0374416117 (0-374-41611-7)
Softcover, Farrar Straus & Giroux
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Cruel Tricks for Dear Friendsby Penn Jillette, TellerISBN 0394753518 (0-394-75351-8)
Softcover, Random House Publishing Group
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Doctor Who Brain-Teasers and Mind-Bendersby Adrian HeathISBN 0426198603 (0-426-19860-3)
Softcover, Carol Pub Group
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Doctor Who Crossword Bookby Nigel RobinsonISBN 0426201388 (0-426-20138-8)
Softcover, Allen, W. H.
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Encyclopedia Brown, Boy Detectiveby Donald J. SobolISBN 0440227992 (0-440-22799-2)
Softcover, Random House Children's Books
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Fantasyby Jean Marzollo, Walter WickISBN 0439787327 (0-439-78732-7)
Hardcover, Scholastic
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Fermat's Enigmaby Simon SinghISBN 0385493622 (0-385-49362-2)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Fermat's Enigma'Book summary:xn + yn = zn, where n represents 3, 4, 5, ...no solution
"I have discovered a truly marvelous demonstration of this proposition which this margin is too narrow to contain."
With these words, the seventeenth-century French mathematician Pierre de Fermat threw down the gauntlet to future generations. What came to be known as Fermat's Last Theorem looked simple; proving it, however, became the Holy Grail of mathematics, baffling its finest minds for more than 350 years. In Fermat's Enigma--based on the author's award-winning documentary film, which aired on PBS's "Nova"--Simon Singh tells the astonishingly entertaining story of the pursuit of that grail, and the lives that were devoted to, sacrificed for, and saved by it. Here is a mesmerizing tale of heartbreak and mastery that will forever change your feelings about mathematics. [via]More editions of Fermat's Enigma:
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Games for the Superintelligentby James F. FixxISBN 0446314218 (0-446-31421-8)
Softcover, Grand Central Pub
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Games for the Superintelligent and More Games for the Superintelligentby James F. FixxISBN 0385234007 (0-385-23400-7)
Softcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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George's Marvelous Medicineby Roald Dahl, Quentin BlakeISBN 0375822062 (0-375-82206-2)
Hardcover, Random House Childrens Books
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Hardcover, Random House Childrens Books - George's Marvelous Medicine: ISBN 0394946006 (0-394-94600-6)
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The Giant Book of Sudoku: 300 Wordless Crossword sby Will Shortz, Shawn KennedyISBN 0312357648 (0-312-35764-8)
Softcover, St Martins Pr Special
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Godel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braidby Douglas R. HofstadterISBN 0394745027 (0-394-74502-7)
Softcover, Vintage Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Godel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid'Book summary:Everything is a symbol, and symbols can combine to form patterns. Patterns are beautiful and revelatory of larger truths. These are the central ideas in the thinking of Kurt Gödel, M.C. Escher, and Johann Sebastian Bach, perhaps the three greatest minds of the past quarter-millennium. In a stunning work of humanism, Hofstadter ties together the work of mathematician Gödel, graphic artist Escher, and composer Bach.
Gödel, Escher, Bach, a Pulitzer prize-winning treatise on genius, explores the workings of brilliant people's brains with the help of historical examples and brainteaser puzzles. Not for the dim or the lazy, this book shows you, more clearly than most any other, what it means to see symbols and patterns where others see only the universe. Touching on math, computers, literature, music, and artificial intelligence, Gödel, Escher, Bach is a challenging and potentially life-changing piece of writing. [via]
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Gospelby Wilton BarnhardtISBN 0312119240 (0-312-11924-0)
Softcover, Picador
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Grapes of Mathby Greg Tang, Harry BriggsISBN 0439598400 (0-439-59840-0)
Softcover, Scholastic
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Grover's Hide and Seekby Jon Stone, Michael J. SmollinISBN 0394832922 (0-394-83292-2)
Softcover, Random House Children's Books
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House of Leavesby Mark Z. DanielewskiISBN 0375703764 (0-375-70376-4)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'House of Leaves'Book summary:Had The Blair Witch Project been a book instead of a film, and had it been written by, say, Nabokov at his most playful, revised by Stephen King at his most cerebral, and typeset by the futurist editors of Blast at their most avant-garde, the result might have been something like House of Leaves. Mark Z. Danielewski's first novel has a lot going on: notably the discovery of a pseudoacademic monograph called The Navidson Record, written by a blind man named Zampanò, about a nonexistent documentary film--which itself is about a photojournalist who finds a house that has supernatural, surreal qualities. (The inner dimensions, for example, are measurably larger than the outer ones.) In addition to this Russian-doll layering of narrators, Danielewski packs in poems, scientific lists, collages, Polaroids, appendices of fake correspondence and "various quotes," single lines of prose placed any which way on the page, crossed-out passages, and so on.
Now that we've reached the post-postmodern era, presumably there's nobody left who needs liberating from the strictures of conventional fiction. So apart from its narrative high jinks, what does House of Leaves have to offer? According to Johnny Truant, the tattoo-shop apprentice who discovers Zampanò's work, once you read The Navidson Record,
For some reason, you will no longer be the person you believed you once were. You'll detect slow and subtle shifts going on all around you, more importantly shifts in you. Worse, you'll realize it's always been shifting, like a shimmer of sorts, a vast shimmer, only dark like a room. But you won't understand why or how.
We'll have to take his word for it, however. As it's presented here, the description of the spooky film isn't continuous enough to have much scare power. Instead, we're pulled back into Johnny Truant's world through his footnotes, which he uses to discharge everything in his head, including the discovery of the manuscript, his encounters with people who knew Zampanò, and his own battles with drugs, sex, ennui, and a vague evil force. If The Navidson Record is a mad professor lecturing on the supernatural with rational-seeming conviction, Truant's footnotes are the manic student in the back of the auditorium, wigged out and furiously scribbling whoa-dude notes about life.Despite his flaws, Truant is an appealingly earnest amateur editor--finding translators, tracking down sources, pointing out incongruities. Danielewski takes an academic's--or ex-academic's--glee in footnotes (the similarity to David Foster Wallace is almost too obvious to mention), as well as other bogus ivory-tower trappings such as interviews with celebrity scholars like Camille Paglia and Harold Bloom. And he stuffs highbrow and pop-culture references (and parodies) into the novel with the enthusiasm of an anarchist filling a pipe bomb with bits of junk metal. House of Leaves may not be the prettiest or most coherent collection, but if you're trying to blow stuff up, who cares? --John Ponyicsanyi [via]
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Softcover, Random House Inc - House of Leaves : A Novel: ISBN 0375410341 (0-375-41034-1)
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I Spy Christmasby Jean Marzollo, Walter WickISBN 043968420X (0-439-68420-X)
Hardcover, Scholastic
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I Spy Fantasy: A Book Of Picture Riddlesby Jean MarzolloISBN 0439684226 (0-439-68422-6)
Hardcover, Scholastic
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I Spy Mystery: A Book of Picture Riddlesby Jean Marzollo, Walter WickISBN 0439684277 (0-439-68427-7)
Hardcover, Scholastic
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In addition to exquisite four-color compositions and cleverly crafted rhyming riddles, every photographic page of this intriguing book features a mystery to solve.More editions of I Spy Mystery: A Book of Picture Riddles:
I Spy School Daysby Jean Marzollo, Walter WickISBN 0439684285 (0-439-68428-5)
Hardcover, Scholastic
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I Spy Spooky Night: A Book of Picture Riddlesby Jean Marzollo, Walter WickISBN 0439684293 (0-439-68429-3)
Hardcover, Scholastic
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Spectacularly eerie pictures chock full of hidden objects. A must for any Halloween collection.More editions of I Spy Spooky Night: A Book of Picture Riddles:
I Spy Super Challengerby Jean MarzolloISBN 0439910919 (0-439-91091-9)
Softcover, Scholastic
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I Spy Treasure Hunt: A Book of Picture Riddlesby Jean Marzollo, Walter WickISBN 0439042445 (0-439-04244-5)
Hardcover, Cartwheel Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'I Spy Treasure Hunt: A Book of Picture Riddles'Book summary:Can you spy "a tortoise, a hare, a tea bag, a key/ a clock, and a flag on a house in a tree"? It's not easy--but readers of all ages will have a whole lot of fun trying. With more than a dozen I Spy picture books under their belts, including I Spy Gold Challenger, the award-winning photographer/riddler team of Walter Wick and Jean Marzollo are masters of their art form. And in Treasure Hunt, they've outdone themselves. Readers search for subtly hidden objects on every beautifully composed and photographed page. At first glance the setting seems like any other quaint seaside town. Take a second look and discover that it's in fact a very realistic model, with giant pencil erasers filling truck beds and gargantuan pennies nestled among the boulders of an island. The result is stunning, a surrealistic adventure.
Children will love to pursue the mystery of the pirate's hidden treasure, narrowing their search with every delightfully cluttered page. Looking for an additional challenge? Try the extra-credit riddles. For the inspired reader, Wick and Marzollo also include pages on how to create I Spy riddles and pictures. (Ages 3 to 8) --Emilie Coulter [via]
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Is Heathcliff a Murderer?: Great Puzzles in Nineteenth-Century Literatureby John SutherlandISBN 019282516X (0-19-282516-X)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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Is Heathcliff a Murderer?: Puzzles in Nineteenth-Centry Fictionby John SutherlandISBN 0192834681 (0-19-283468-1)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Is Heathcliff a Murderer?: Puzzles in Nineteenth-Centry Fiction'Book summary:In this quirky and intriguing book, John Sutherland has conveniently gathered together thirty-four nagging little questions, puzzles, errors, and enigmas from some of the best-loved examples of Victorian fiction. Readers often have stumbled upon seeming mysteries in their favorite novels. Why, for example, is the plot of The Woman in White irrevocably flawed? (The timing of the crime is off.) Is the hero of George Eliot's Middlemarch illegitimate? (Probably, although he was later legitimized.) Why does the otherwise sensible Jane Eyre give in to a sudden and unexplained outburst of superstition? (Charlotte Bronte, in reality, had a similar experience.) What is the real reason we find The Picture of Dorian Gray so disturbing? (There is an overwhelming emphasis on the sense of smell.) These answers and more can all be found in John Sutherland's entertaining and maddening book.
When it comes to literary criticism there's really nothing quite like the joys of close reading and good-natured inquiry. This is the spirit in which Is Heathcliff A Murderer was conceived and executed. Rather than trying to catch great authors in mistakes, Sutherland usually turns up perfectly plausible reasons for the seeming anomalies.
Everyone who reads nineteenth-century novels will thoroughly enjoy John Sutherland's exploration of the seemingly unanswered, and each chapter is a direct link to one of Oxford's World's Classics. [via]More editions of Is Heathcliff a Murderer?: Puzzles in Nineteenth-Centry Fiction:
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The Last Alchemistby Colin ThompsonISBN 0375801561 (0-375-80156-1)
Hardcover, Random House Childrens Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Last Alchemist'Book summary:Long ago in a kingdom far away, Spinifix, the king's alchemist, labored in the dank cellar of the castle to find the secret of turning base metals into gold. The king had promised to share the wealth with Spinifix if he could produce gold before the Millenium. As the Millenium approached, Spinifix became obsessed with his quest for gold. Meanwhile, his young apprentice tried to open Spinifix's eyes to the richness of their kingdom--fields of golden flowers, goldfish in the rivers, the burnished orange sun--to no avail. The young apprentice knows that true gold--and the happiness it brings--lies within one's heart. With illustrations lush with the intricate detail that has become his trademark, Colin Thompson's fans will delight in searching out the critters and graphic surprises hidden no the pages of this medieval fantasy tale. [via]
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Look-Alikes Christmasby Joan Steiner, Ogden GigliISBN 0316811874 (0-316-81187-4)
Hardcover, Little Brown & Co
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M.C. Escher Kaleidocyclesby Doris SchattschneiderISBN 0345256867 (0-345-25686-7)
Softcover, Ballantine Books
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Magic House of Numbers.by Irving AdlerISBN 0381999866 (0-381-99986-6)
Hardcover, Harpercollins
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The Medical Detectivesby Berton RouecheISBN 0452265886 (0-452-26588-6)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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The Merlin Mysteryby Jonathan Gunson, Marten CoombeISBN 0446524328 (0-446-52432-8)
Hardcover, Grand Central Pub
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The Monster at the End of This BookISBN 0307010856 (0-307-01085-6)
Hardcover, Random House Childrens Books
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This all-time favorite is now available as a Big Little Golden Bookperfect for lap-time reading. [via]More editions of The Monster at the End of This Book:
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Hardcover, Random House Childrens Books - The Monster at the End of This Book: ISBN 0307160254 (0-307-16025-4)
Hardcover, Random House Childrens Books - The Monster at the End of This Book: ISBN 0375804013 (0-375-80401-3)
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- The Monster at the End of This Book: ISBN 0375805613 (0-375-80561-3)
The Moon by Night: The Austin Family Chronicles, Book 2by Madeleine L'EngleISBN 0440957761 (0-440-95776-1)
Softcover, Random House Childrens Books
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New American Crossword Puzzle Dictionaryby Loy Morehead, Albert MoreheadISBN 0451145038 (0-451-14503-8)
Softcover, New Amer Library
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Offic Sol to Alex. Starby Adam AlexanderISBN 0345308425 (0-345-30842-5)
Softcover, Random House Publishing Group
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The Oxford Guide to Word Gamesby Tony AugardeISBN 0198662645 (0-19-866264-5)
Hardcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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Quiltmaker's Giftby Jeff Brumbeau, Gail De MarckenISBN 0439309107 (0-439-30910-7)
Hardcover, Scholastic
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Richard Scarry's Find Your ABC'sby Richard ScarryISBN 0394826833 (0-394-82683-3)
Softcover, Random House Children's Books
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The Ruby in the Smokeby Philip PullmanISBN 0375825452 (0-375-82545-2)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Ruby in the Smoke'Book summary:"Her name was Sally Lockhart; and within fifteen minutes, she was going to kill a man." Philip Pullman begins his Sally Lockhart trilogy with a bang in The Ruby in the Smoke--a fast-paced, finely crafted thriller set in a rogue- and scalawag-ridden Victorian London. His 16-year-old heroine has no time for the usual trials of adolescence: her father has been murdered, and she needs to find out how and why. But everywhere she turns, she encounters new scoundrels and secrets. Why do the mere words "seven blessings" cause one man to keel over and die at their utterance? Who has possession of the rare, stolen ruby? And what does the opium trade have to do with it?
As our determined and intelligent sleuth sets her mind to unraveling these dark mysteries, she learns how embroiled she is in the whole affair. As riveting and witty as the sensational "penny dreadfuls" of Victorian England (but thousands of times better written), Pullman's trilogy (including The Shadow in the North and The Tiger in the Well) will have readers on the edges of their seats. Ruby is an ALA Best Book for Young Adults. (Ages 12 and older) --Karin Snelson [via]
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Stories to Solveby George Shannon, Peter SisISBN 0380732602 (0-380-73260-2)
Softcover, Harpercollins Childrens Books
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Sudoku for Your Coffee Break: 100 Wordless Crossword Puzzlesby Peter RitmeesterISBN 031235813X (0-312-35813-X)
Softcover, St Martins Pr Special
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Tales of the Black Widowersby Isaac AsimovISBN 0449237885 (0-449-23788-5)
Softcover, Ballantine Books
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The Tasks of Tantalonby Steve JacksonISBN 0192797921 (0-19-279792-1)
Hardcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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Time Out of Jointby Philip K. DickISBN 037571927X (0-375-71927-X)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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Treasure Huntby Jean Marzollo, Walter WickISBN 0439787254 (0-439-78725-4)
Hardcover, Cartwheel Books
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Two Downby Nero BlancISBN 0425175103 (0-425-17510-3)
Softcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
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Universe in a Handkerchief: Lewis Carroll's Mathematical Recreations, Games, Puzzles, And Word Playsby M. GardnerISBN 0387256415 (0-387-25641-5)
Softcover, Springer Verlag
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Visitors from the Red Planet and 76 Other Solve-Them-Yourself Mysteriesby Crypton, Gary BasemanISBN 0393306909 (0-393-30690-9)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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Where's Waldo?by Martin HandfordISBN 0316342939 (0-316-34293-9)
Hardcover, Little Brown & Co
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Will Shortz's Favorite Sudoku Variations: 100 Kakuro, Killer Sudoku, And More Brain-Twisting Puzzlesby Will ShortzISBN 0312360142 (0-312-36014-2)
Softcover, St Martins Pr Special
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Wordplay: The Official Companion Bookby Will ShortzISBN 0312364032 (0-312-36403-2)
Softcover, St Martins Pr
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The Wright 3by Blue Balliett, Brett HelquistISBN 0439693675 (0-439-69367-5)
Hardcover, Scholastic
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Spring semester at the Lab School in Hyde Park finds Petra and Calder drawn into another mystery when unexplainable accidents and ghostly happenings throw a spotlight on Frank Lloyd Wright's Robie House, and it's up to the two junior sleuths to piece together the clues. Stir in the return of Calder's friend Tommy (which creates a tense triangle), H.G. Wells's The Invisible Man, 3D pentominoes, and the hunt for a coded message left behind by Wright, and the kids become tangled in a dangerous web in which life and art intermingle with death, deception, and surprise.More editions of The Wright 3:
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