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The Adventures of Tom Sawyerby Mark Twain, Guy Cardwell, John SeelyeISBN 0143039563 (0-14-303956-3)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Adventures of Tom Sawyer'Book summary:[via]From the famous episodes of the whitewashed fence and the ordeal in the cave to the trial of Injun Joe, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer is redolent of life in the Mississippi River towns in which Twain spent his own youth. A somber undercurrent flows through the high humor and unabashed nostalgia of the novel, however, for beneath the innocence of childhood lie the inequities of adult realitybase emotions and superstitions, murder and revenge, starvation and slavery. In his introduction, noted Twain scholar John Seelye considers Twains impact on American letters and discusses the balance between humorous escapades and serious concern that is found in much of Twains writing.
- This new edition includes a new text and, for the first time, explanatory notes
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All over Creationby Ruth L. OzekiISBN 0142003891 (0-14-200389-1)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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All the King's Menby Robert Penn WarrenISBN 0156004801 (0-15-600480-1)
Softcover, Harcourt
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› Find signed collectible books: 'All the King's Men'Book summary:This landmark book is a loosely fictionalized account of Governor Huey Long of Louisiana, one of the nation's most astounding politicians. All the King's Men tells the story of Willie Stark, a southern-fried politician who builds support by appealing to the common man and playing dirty politics with the best of the back-room deal-makers. Though Stark quickly sheds his idealism, his right-hand man, Jack Burden -- who narrates the story -- retains it and proves to be a thorn in the new governor's side. Stark becomes a successful leader, but at a very high price, one that eventually costs him his life. The award-winning book is a play of politics, society and personal affairs, all wrapped in the cloak of history. [via]
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- All the King's Men: ISBN 0156012952 (0-15-601295-2)
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Softcover, Harcourt - All The King's Men: ISBN 015101163X (0-15-101163-X)
Hardcover, Harcourt - All the King's Men: ISBN 0151047723 (0-15-104772-3)
Hardcover, Harcourt - All The King's Men: ISBN 0156030969 (0-15-603096-9)
Softcover, Harcourt - All the King's Men: ISBN 0156047624 (0-15-604762-4)
Softcover, Harcourt - All the King's Men: ISBN 0151006105 (0-15-100610-5)
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- All the King's Men: ISBN 0156012952 (0-15-601295-2)
American Dream: Three Women, Ten Kids, And A Nation's Drive to End Welfareby Jason DeParleISBN 0143034375 (0-14-303437-5)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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As You Like Itby William Shakespeare, Ralph SargeantISBN 0140714170 (0-14-071417-0)
Softcover, Penguin Group (Canada)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'As You Like It'Book summary:As You Like It has long been admired as one of Shakespeare's most exuberant early comedies, complete with one of the Bard's funniest and toughest heroines, Rosalind. Based on Thomas Lodge's Elizabethan novel Rosalynde, As You Like It follows the discontented Orlando as he is exiled from the tyrannical French court of Duke Frederick. By chance Frederick also banishes Rosalind, daughter of the usurped Duke Senior. The play then moves to the Forest of Arden, where chaos and misrule ensue, as Rosalind cross dresses "all points like a man", disguised as the saucy Ganymede and encourages the naive Orlando to "woo me, woo me, for now I am in a holiday humour". Meanwhile her clown Touchstone causes hilarity and havoc amongst the exiled lords and the pastoral inhabitants of the forest. The play concludes with Rosalind's extraordinary "unmasking" Epilogue addressed to the audience, where she offers to "kiss as many of you as had beards that pleased me".
As You Like It remains one of Shakespeare's most popular comedies, yet it is also appreciated by critics for its complex exploration of cross dressing and sexual politics, and its interest in relations between the country and the city. --Jerry Brotton [via]
Bailey's Cafeby Gloria NaylorISBN 0151104506 (0-15-110450-6)
Hardcover, Harcourt
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Behind the Scenes, Or, Thirty Years a Slave, and Four Years in the White Houseby William L. Andrews, Elizabeth KeckleyISBN 0143039245 (0-14-303924-5)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Behind the Scenes, Or, Thirty Years a Slave, and Four Years in the White House'Book summary:[via]Originally published in 1868when it was attacked as an indecent book authored by a traitorous eavesdropper Behind the Scenes is the story of Elizabeth Keckley, who began her life as a slave and became a privileged witness to the presidency of Abraham Lincoln. Keckley bought her freedom at the age of thirty-seven and set up a successful dressmaking business in Washington, D.C. She became modiste to Mary Todd Lincoln and in time her friend and confidante, a relationship that continued after Lincolns assassination. In documenting that friendshipoften using the First Ladys own lettersBehind the Scenes fuses the slave narrative with the political memoir. It remains extraordinary for its poignancy, candor, and historical perspective.
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Better Day Coming: Blacks and Equality 1890-2000by Adam FaircloughISBN 0142001295 (0-14-200129-5)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Better Day Coming: Blacks and Equality 1890-2000'Book summary:From the end of postwar Reconstruction in the South to an analysis of the rise and fall of Black Power, acclaimed historian Adam Fairclough presents a straightforward synthesis of the century-long struggle of black Americans to achieve civil rights and equality in the United States. Beginning with Ida B. Wells and the campaign against lynching in the 1890s, Fairclough chronicles the tradition of protest that led to the formation of the NAACP, Booker T. Washington and the strategy of accommodation, Marcus Garvey and the push for black nationalism, through to Martin Luther King, Jr., and the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s and beyond. Throughout, Fairclough presents a judicious interpretation of historical events that balances the achievements of the Civil Rights Movement against the persistence of racial and economic inequalities.[via]More editions of Better Day Coming: Blacks and Equality 1890-2000:
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Between Friends : The Correspondence of Hannah Arendt and Mary McCarthy 1949-1975by Hannah Arendt, Mary McCarthy, Carol BrightmanISBN 015100112X (0-15-100112-X)
Hardcover, Harcourt
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Between Friends : The Correspondence of Hannah Arendt and Mary McCarthy, 1949-1975'Book summary:American writer Mary McCarthy and Hannah Arendt, a philosopher who had fled Nazi Germany, met in New York City, and soon became friends. In Between Friends, a complete record of their espitolary dialogue which lasted a remarkable 25 years, the two intellectual celebrities trade ideas about politics, literature, and morality, and share gossip and intimate domestic details. [via]
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Bitches, Bimbos, and Ballbreakers: The Guerrilla Girls' Illustrated Guide to Female Stereotypesby Guerilla GirlsISBN 0142001015 (0-14-200101-5)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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Black Heroes of the American Revolutionby Burke DavisISBN 0152085610 (0-15-208561-0)
Softcover, Odyssey Classics
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Black Heroes of the American Revolution'Book summary:An account of the black soldiers, sailors, spies, scouts, guides, and wagoners who participated and sacrificed in the struggle for American independence. [via]
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The Black Man in Search of Power: A Survey of the Black Revolution across the WorldISBN 0171490096 (0-17-149009-6)
Hardcover, Nelson
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Blanche Passes Goby Barbara NeelyISBN 0141001976 (0-14-100197-6)
Softcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
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Ceremonyby Leslie Marmon Silko, Larry McMurtryISBN 0143104918 (0-14-310491-8)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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Charlie Chan Is Dead II: At Home in the World An Anthology of Contemporary Asian American Fictionby Jessica Tarahata HagedornISBN 0142003905 (0-14-200390-5)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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The Comediansby Graham GreeneISBN 0143039199 (0-14-303919-9)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Comedians'Book summary:[via]Three men meet on a ship bound for Haiti, a world in the grip of the corrupt Papa Doc and the Tontons Macoute, his sinister secret police. Brown the hotelier, Smith the innocent American, and Jones the confidence manthese are the comedians of Greenes title. Hiding behind their actors masks, they hesitate on the edge of life. They are men afraid of love, afraid of pain, afraid of fear itself...
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Dancerby Lorri HewettISBN 0141310855 (0-14-131085-5)
Softcover, Puffin
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Dancer'Book summary:Ballet is the most important thing in Stephanie's life. But the reality of dance is tough, and Stephanie's parents fear that she doesn't realize how few opportunities there are for black ballerinas. Then, the remarkable Miss Winnie and her handsome and talented nephew, Vance, show up in ballet class one day. And Stephanie begins to discover a different kind of love ...and a different understanding of what's important.
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The Dobe Ju/'Hoansiby Richard B. LeeISBN 0155063332 (0-15-506333-2)
Softcover, Wadsworth Pub Co
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A Drink Before the Warby Dennis LehaneISBN 0156029022 (0-15-602902-2)
Softcover, Harvest Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Drink Before the War'Book summary:Taking on a seemingly simple assignment to pinpoint the whereabouts of a cleaning woman who has allegedly stolen confidential State House documents, private investigators Patrick and Angela uncover a ring of extortion, assassination, and child prostitution. [via]
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The Education of Frederick Douglassby Frederick DouglassISBN 0146001834 (0-14-600183-4)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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Fire in Beulahby Rilla AskewISBN 0142000248 (0-14-200024-8)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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Hamletby William Shakespeare, Willard FarnhamISBN 0140714057 (0-14-071405-7)
Softcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Hamlet'Book summary:Undoubtedly the most famous of all of Shakespeare's plays, Hamlet remains one of the most enduring but also enigmatic pieces of western literature. The story of Hamlet, the young Prince of Denmark, his tortured relationship with his mother, and his quest to avenge his father's murder at the hand of his brother Claudius has fascinated writers and audiences ever since it was written around 1600.
For many years interest focused on both Hamlet's inability to avenge his father's death, claiming that "the native hue of resolution / Is sicklied o'er with the pale cast of thought", and, according to none other than Freud, his oedipal fixation with his mother. However, more recently critics have turned their attention to Hamlet's bold theatrical self-reflexivity (most famously reflected in the performance of "The Mousetrap"), its fascination with issues of theology and Renaissance humanism, and its dense, complex poetic language. What is so remarkable about the play is the way in which it tends to uncannily reflect the concerns of different epochs. As a result, Hamlet has been at different moments defined as a romantic rebel, an angst-ridden existentialist, a paralysed intellectual and an ambivalent New Man. Whatever subsequent generations make of Hamlet, they are unlikely to exhaust the possibilities of this most extraordinary play. --Jerry Brotton [via]
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Hang a Thousand Trees With Ribbonsby Ann RinaldiISBN 015205393X (0-15-205393-X)
Softcover, Gulliver Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Hang a Thousand Trees With Ribbons'Book summary:Kidnapped from her home in Senegal and sold as a slave in 1761, a young girl is purchased by the wealthy Wheatley family in Boston. Phillis Wheatley--as she comes to be known--has an eager mind and it leads her on an unusual path for a slave--she becomes Americas first published black poet. Strong characterization and perceptive realism mark this thoughtful portrayal. --Booklist[via]More editions of Hang a Thousand Trees With Ribbons:
- Hang a Thousand Trees with Ribbons: The Story of Phillis Wheatley: ISBN 0152008764 (0-15-200876-4)
Hardcover, Harcourt Children's Books - Hang a Thousand Trees with Ribbons : The Story of Phillis Wheatley: ISBN 0152008772 (0-15-200877-2)
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- Hang a Thousand Trees with Ribbons: The Story of Phillis Wheatley: ISBN 0152008764 (0-15-200876-4)
Her Blue Body Everything We Knowby Alice WalkerISBN 0156028611 (0-15-602861-1)
Softcover, Harcourt
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Her Blue Body Everything We Know'Book summary:The quest for peace and joy in a difficult world drives Walker's poetry. Even the most difficult moments can be redeemed, she seems to be saying in the excellent "Good Night Willie Lee, I'll See you in the Morning." Walker has grown as a poet, so that much of the strongest material comes in the later work, especially the wistful "Poem at Thirty-Nine." Highly recommended. [via]
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Her Blue Body Everything We Know : Earthling Poems, 1965-1990 Completeby Alice WalkerISBN 0151400407 (0-15-140040-7)
Hardcover, Harcourt
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Her Blue Body Everything We Know : Earthling Poems, 1965-1990 Complete'Book summary:The quest for peace and joy in a difficult world drives Walker's poetry. Even the most difficult moments can be redeemed, she seems to be saying in the excellent "Good Night Willie Lee, I'll See you in the Morning." Walker has grown as a poet, so that much of the strongest material comes in the later work, especially the wistful "Poem at Thirty-Nine." Highly recommended. [via]
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Hip Hop Americaby Nelson GeorgeISBN 0143035150 (0-14-303515-0)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Hip Hop America'Book summary:Although it's been part of the cultural soundscape for over 25 years, hip-hop has been the focus of very few books. And when those books do pop up, they tend to be either overtly scholarly, as if the writer in question has just landed on some alien planet, or a bit too much like a fanzine. If there's anyone qualified to write a solid, informative, and entertaining tome on the culture, politics, and business of hip-hop, it's Nelson George. A veteran journalist, George is one of the smartest and most observant chroniclers of African American pop culture. Much as he broke down and illuminated R&B with his acclaimed book The Death of Rhythm and Blues, George now tackles hip-hop with the clarity of a reporter and the enthusiasm of a fan--which is fitting, because George is both. A Brooklyn native, he began writing about rap back in the late 1970s, when the beats and the lifestyle were not only foreign to most white folks, they were still underground in the black communities. Hip Hop America is filled with George's memories of the scene's nascent years, and it tells the story of rap both as an art form and a cultural and economic force--from the old Bronx nightclub the Fever to the age of Puffy. Highlighting both the major players and some of the forces behind the scenes, George gives rap a historical perspective without coming off as too intellectual. All of which makes Hip Hop America a worthwhile addition to any fan's collection. --Amy Linden [via]
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House You Pass on the Wayby Jacqueline WoodsonISBN 0142501913 (0-14-250191-3)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'House You Pass on the Way'Book summary:Staggerlee is used to being alone. As the granddaughter of celebrities and the daughter of an interracial couple in an all-black town, she has become adept at isolating herself from curious neighbors. But then her cousin, Trout, comes to visit. Trout is exactly like Staggerlee wishes she could be: outspoken, sure of herself, beautiful. Finally, Staggerlee has a friend, someone she can share her deepest, most private thoughts with. Someone who will teach her how to be the strong girl she longs to be. But is Trout really the girl Staggerlee thinks she is? [via]
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If I Should Die Before I Wakeby Han NolanISBN 0152046798 (0-15-204679-8)
Softcover, Harcourt Childrens Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'If I Should Die Before I Wake'Book summary:As sixteen-year-old Hilary, a neo-Nazi, lies wounded in a Jewish hospital, she slips into a coma and begins to relive the harrowing memories of Chana-a Jewish girl whose family was brutalized in the wartime ghettos and Nazi death camps of Poland. At the same time, Hilary begins to come to terms with difficult memories of her own. When she wakes, she finally finds herself on the path to recovery from a lifetime of rage and resentment. Chanas story . . . is brilliantly rendered. -Booklist[via]More editions of If I Should Die Before I Wake:
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In Love & Troubleby Alice WalkerISBN 0156028638 (0-15-602863-8)
Softcover, Harcourt
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› Find signed collectible books: 'In Love & Trouble'Book summary:Admirers of The Color Purple will find in these stories more evidence of Walker's power to depict black women-women who vary greatly in background yet are bound together. "One of the most important, grieving, graceful, and honest writers ever to come into print" June Jordan . [via]
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Island of Dr Moreauby H. G. Wells, Patrick Parrinder, Steve Maclean, Margaret Eleanor AtwoodISBN 014144102X (0-14-144102-X)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Island of Dr Moreau'Book summary:A shipwreck in the South Seas, a palm-tree paradise where a mad doctor conducts vile experiments, animals that become human and then "beastly" in ways they never were before--it's the stuff of high adventure. It's also a parable about Darwinian theory, a social satire in the vein of Jonathan Swift (Gulliver's Travels), and a bloody tale of horror. Or, as H. G. Wells himself wrote about this story, "The Island of Dr. Moreau is an exercise in youthful blasphemy. Now and then, though I rarely admit it, the universe projects itself towards me in a hideous grimace. It grimaced that time, and I did my best to express my vision of the aimless torture in creation." This colorful tale by the author of The Time Machine, The Invisible Man, and The War of the Worlds lit a firestorm of controversy at the time of its publication in 1896. [via]
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King Learby William Shakespeare, Stephen OrgelISBN 0140714766 (0-14-071476-6)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'King Lear'Book summary:King Lear stands alongside Hamlet as one of the most profound expressions of tragic drama in literature. Written between 1604 and 1605, it represents Shakespeare at the height of his dramatic power. Drawing on ancient British history, Shakespeare constructs a plot that reads like a fable in its clear-sighted but terrifying simplicity. The ageing King Lear calls his daughters, Goneril, Regan and Cordelia to witness that he wishes "to shake all cares and business from our age" and divide his kingdom between his three children. When Cordelia refuses to flatter her father with sycophantic words of love, her banishment leads to chaos and civil war as Lear's disastrous "division of the kingdom" gives free reign to the greed and ambition of his two remaining daughters.
As Lear sinks into rage and madness he is deserted by everyone except his "bitter" Fool, the loyal Kent and the exiled Cordelia. The play descends into a nighmarish theatre of cruelty and absurdity as Lear realises he has "ta'en / Too little care" of the poverty and corruption of his kingdom, and his loyal but foolish friend Gloucester has his eyes gouged out. Metaphors of monstrosity and perversions of nature structure the dramatic action, and the play's ending remains one of the most harrowing in all of Shakespeare. Many see a profound despair and nihilism in King Lear, and would agree with Kent's conclusion that "All's cheerless, dark and deadly". Other writers have identified a radical but pessimistic critique of contemporary conceptions of kingship and absolutist authority, yet it remains a remarkable tragedy of public misjudgement and intensely private grief and anguish. --Jerry Brotton [via]
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Koala Louby Mem Fox, Pamela LoftsISBN 0152000763 (0-15-200076-3)
Softcover, Harcourt Childrens Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Koala Lou'Book summary:When Koala Lous mother becomes so busy that she forgets to tell her firstborn how much she loves her, Koala Lou enters the Bush Olympics, intending to win an event and her mothers love all at one time. A first-rate choice for bedtime, story hour, or reading aloud. --The Horn Book[via] 
Last Man Out : The Story of the Springhill Mine Disasterby Melissa Fay GreeneISBN 015602957X (0-15-602957-X)
Softcover, Harcourt Trade Publishers
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Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoeby Daniel Defoe, John J. RichettiISBN 0141439823 (0-14-143982-3)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe'Book summary:[via]Who has not dreamed of life on an exotic isle, far away from civilization? Here is the novel which has inspired countless imitations by lesser writers, none of which equal the power and originality of Defoe's famous book. Robinson Crusoe, set ashore on an island after a terrible storm at sea, is forced to make do with only a knife, some tobacco, and a pipe. He learns how to build a canoe, make bread, and endure endless solitude. That is, until, twenty-four years later, when he confronts another human being. First published in 1719, Robinson Crusoe has been praised by such writers as James Joyce, Virginia Woolf, and Samuel Johnson as one of the greatest novels in the English language.
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Lives on the Boundaryby Mike RoseISBN 0143035460 (0-14-303546-0)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Lives on the Boundary'Book summary:[via]Remedial, illiterate, intellectually deficientthese are the stigmas that define Americas educationally underprepared. Having grown up poor and been labeled this way, nationally acclaimed educator and author Mike Rose takes us into classrooms and communities to reveal what really lies behind the labels and test scores. With rich detail, Rose demonstrates innovative methods to initiate problem students into the world of language, literature, and written expression. This book challenges educators, policymakers, and parents to re-examine their assumptions about the capacities of a wide range of students.
Already a classic, Lives on the Boundary offers a truly democratic vision, one that should be heeded by anyone concerned with Americas future.
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Living by the Word: Selected Writings, 1973-1987by Alice WalkerISBN 0156528657 (0-15-652865-7)
Softcover, Harcourt
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Living by the Word: Selected Writings, 1973-1987'Book summary:The The Color Purple meditates on planetary concerns as well as on feminist and political issues in her most deeply spiritual work yet. She writes of our intimate connection with nature, focuses on racial questions, reports on trips to China, Bali, and Jamaica, and more. [via]
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Macbethby William Shakespeare, Stephen OrgelISBN 0140714782 (0-14-071478-2)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Macbeth'Book summary:Shakespeares classic play of deception and murder is reinvented in the Japanese manga style and set on a vast ringworld encircling a sun. Artist Tony Tamais unique vision and style breathe new life into a captivating classic. [via]
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Master Harold & the Boysby Athol Fugard, Kimberly Jo AllisonISBN 015505483X (0-15-505483-X)
Softcover, Heinle
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Master Harold & the Boys'Book summary:Part of The Wadsworth Casebooks for Reading, Research, and Writing Series, this new title provides all the materials a student needs to complete a literary research assignment in one convenient location. [via]
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Moby Dickby Herman Melville, Nathaniel PhilbrickISBN 0142000086 (0-14-200008-6)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Moby Dick'Book summary:Avec Moby Dick, Melville a donné naissance à un livre-culte et inscrit dans la mémoire des hommes un nouveau mythe : celui de la baleine blanche. Fort de son expérience de marin, qui a nourri ses romans précédents et lui a assuré le succès, l'écrivain américain, alors en pleine maturité, raconte la folle quête du capitaine Achab et sa dernière rencontre avec le grand cachalot. Véritable encyclopédie de la mer, nouvelle Bible aux accents prophétiques, parabole chargée de thèmes universels, Moby Dick n'en reste pas moins construit avec une savante maîtrise, maintenant un suspense lent, qui s'accélère peu à peu jusqu'à l'apocalypse finale. L'écriture de Melville, infiniment libre et audacieuse, tour à tour balancée, puis hachée au rythme des houles, des vents et des passions humaines, est d'une richesse exceptionnelle. Il faut remonter à Shakespeare pour trouver l'exemple d'une langue aussi inventive, d'une poésie aussi grandiose. --Scarbo [via]
Occidentalism: The West in the Eyes of its Enemiesby Ian Buruma, Avishai MargalitISBN 0143034871 (0-14-303487-1)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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Oliver Twistby Charles DickensISBN 0141439742 (0-14-143974-2)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Oliver Twist'Book summary:The story of the orphan Oliver, who runs away from the workhouse only to be taken in by a den of thieves, shocked readers when it was first published. Dickens's tale of childhood innocence beset by evil depicts the dark criminal underworld of a London peopled by vivid and memorable charactersthe arch-villain Fagin, the artful Dodger, the menacing Bill Sikes and the prostitute Nancy. Combining elements of Gothic Romance, the Newgate Novel and popular melodrama, Dickens created an entirely new kind of fiction, scathing in its indictment of a cruel society, and pervaded by an unforgettable sense of threat and mystery.[via]More editions of Oliver Twist:
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One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nestby Ken Kesey, Robert FaggenISBN 0141181222 (0-14-118122-2)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest'Book summary:Boisterous, ribald, and ultimately shattering, Ken Kesey's One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest is the seminal novel of the 1960s that has left an indelible mark on the literature of our time. Here is the unforgettable story of a mental ward and its inhabitants, especially the tyrannical Big Nurse Ratched and Randle Patrick McMurphy, the brawling, fun-loving new inmate who resolves to oppose her. We see the struggle through the eyes of Chief Bromden, the seemingly mute half-Indian patient who witnesses and understands McMurphy's heroic attempt to do battle with the awesome powers that keep them all imprisoned. [via]
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Season of Migration to the Northby Al-Tayyib SalihISBN 0141187204 (0-14-118720-4)
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Shakespeare in Performance: An Introduction through Six Major Playsby William Shakespeare, John Russell BrownISBN 015580829X (0-15-580829-X)
Hardcover, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich
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Sky Coyoteby Kage BakerISBN 0151003548 (0-15-100354-8)
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Slamby Cecily Von ZiegesarISBN 0141309199 (0-14-130919-9)
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Smoky Nightby Eve Bunting, David DiazISBN 0152018840 (0-15-201884-0)
Softcover, Harcourt Children's Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Smoky Night'Book summary:This is a story about cats -- and people -- who couldn't get along until a smoky and fearful night brings them together.
The Los Angeles riots made author Eve Bunting wonder about what riots meant to the children who live through them -- and what we can all learn from such upheavals. She has written more than 100 books for children and young adults, including Night Tree and Summer Wheels, and many deal thoughtfully with difficult issues.
Smoky Night was the winner of the 1995 Caldecott Medal; an American Library Association Notable Children's Book; a School Library Journal Best Book of the Year; and a Parent's Choice Award. [via]
The Songlines/in Patagoniaby Bruce ChatwinISBN 014095130X (0-14-095130-X)
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The Temple of My Familiarby Alice WalkerISBN 0151885338 (0-15-188533-8)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Temple of My Familiar'Book summary:First published in 1990, The Temple of My Familiar, Alice Walker's follow-up novel to her iconic The Color Purple, spent more than four months on the New York Times Bestseller list and was hailed by critics as a "major achievement" (Chicago Tribune). Described by the author as "a romance of the last 500,000 years," The Temple of My Familiar follows a cast of interrelated characters, most of African descent, and each representing a different ethnic strain-ranging from diverse African tribes to the mixed bloods of Latin America-that contribute to the black experience in America. [via]
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There Is a River: The Black Struggle for Freedom in Americaby Vincent HardingISBN 0156890895 (0-15-689089-5)
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The Third Life of Grange Copelandby Alice WalkerISBN 0156028360 (0-15-602836-0)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Third Life of Grange Copeland'Book summary:Alice Walker's first book recounts the lives of three generations growing up in Georgia, where the author herself grew up. Grange Copeland is a black tenant farmer who is forced to leave his land and family in search of a better future. He heads North but discovers that the racism and poverty he experienced in the South are, in fact, everywhere. When he returns to Georgia years later he finds that his son Brownfield has been imprisoned for the murder of his wife. But hope comes in the form of the third generation as the guardian of the couple's youngest daughter, Grange Copeland, who glimpses a chance of both spiritual and social freedom. [via]
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To Be a Slaveby Julius Lester, Tom FeelingsISBN 0141310014 (0-14-131001-4)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'To Be a Slave'Book summary:[via]What was it like to be a slave? Listen to the words and learn about the lives of countless slaves and ex-slaves, telling about their forced journey from Africa to the United States, their work in the fields and houses of their owners, and their passion for freedom. You will never look at life the same way again.
The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarkby William Shakespeare, G. B. HarrisonISBN 0156384108 (0-15-638410-8)
Hardcover, Harcourt, Brace & World
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The Tragical History of Hamlet Prince of Denmarkby William Shakespeare, A. R. BraunmullerISBN 0140714545 (0-14-071454-5)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Tragical History of Hamlet Prince of Denmark'Book summary:Undoubtedly the most famous of all of Shakespeare's plays, Hamlet remains one of the most enduring but also enigmatic pieces of western literature. The story of Hamlet, the young Prince of Denmark, his tortured relationship with his mother, and his quest to avenge his father's murder at the hand of his brother Claudius has fascinated writers and audiences ever since it was written around 1600.
For many years interest focused on both Hamlet's inability to avenge his father's death, claiming that "the native hue of resolution / Is sicklied o'er with the pale cast of thought", and, according to none other than Freud, his oedipal fixation with his mother. However, more recently critics have turned their attention to Hamlet's bold theatrical self-reflexivity (most famously reflected in the performance of "The Mousetrap"), its fascination with issues of theology and Renaissance humanism, and its dense, complex poetic language. What is so remarkable about the play is the way in which it tends to uncannily reflect the concerns of different epochs. As a result, Hamlet has been at different moments defined as a romantic rebel, an angst-ridden existentialist, a paralysed intellectual and an ambivalent New Man. Whatever subsequent generations make of Hamlet, they are unlikely to exhaust the possibilities of this most extraordinary play. --Jerry Brotton [via]
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The Walls of Jericho: Lyndon Johnson, Hubert Humphrey, Richard Russell, and the Struggle for Civil Rightsby Robert MannISBN 0151000654 (0-15-100065-4)
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What's So Great About Americaby Dinesh D'SouzaISBN 0142003018 (0-14-200301-8)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'What's So Great About America'Book summary:Look again at the title of this book: it's not a question, but a statement. "America is the greatest, freest, and most decent society in existence," writes Dinesh D'Souza. "American life as it is lived today [is] the best life that our world has to offer." There are those who hate it, or at least essential elements of it, from radical Islamists to the likes of Patrick Buchanan (on the right) and Jesse Jackson (on the left). But they are wrong to hate it, and D'Souza grapples with all of them in this engaging and compelling volume. D'Souza is the author of provocative books such as Illiberal Education and The End of Racism, plus the appreciative Ronald Reagan. This may be his most personal book, with parts written in the first person as the India-born D'Souza describes his encounter with the United States, first as an immigrant and now as a citizen. Foreign authors such as Alexis de Tocqueville and Gunnar Myrdal have offered some of the most penetrating assessments of America, and D'Souza clearly shares in this noble tradition. "I am constantly surprised by how much I hear racism talked about and how little I actually see it," he writes. What's So Great About America is also vintage D'Souza, full of feisty arguments and sharp humor. He is perhaps better at explaining why America's critics are wrong than explaining why America's celebrants are right, but he's very good at both. Written in the months following the September 11 terrorist strikes, this book should find a large and receptive audience. --John Miller [via]
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White Mughalsby William DalrympleISBN 014200412X (0-14-200412-X)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'White Mughals'Book summary:[via]White Mughals is the romantic and ultimately tragic tale of a passionate love affair that crossed and transcended all the cultural, religious and political boundaries of its time.
James Achilles Kirkpatrick was the British Resident at the court of the Nizam of Hyderabad when in 1798 he glimpsed Kahir un-Nissa'Most excellent among Women'the great-niece of the Nizam's Prime Minister and a descendant of the Prophet. Kirkpatrick had gone out to India as an ambitious soldier in the army of the East India Company, eager to make his name in the conquest and subjection of the subcontinent. Instead, he fell in love with Khair and overcame many obstacles to marry hernot least of which was the fact that she was locked away in purdah and engaged to a local nobleman. Eventually, while remaining Resident, Kirkpatrick converted to Islam, and according to Indian sources even became a double-agent working for the Hyderabadis against the East India Company.
It is a remarkable story, involving secret assignations, court intrigue, harem politics, religious and family disputes. But such things were not unknown; from the early sixteenth century, when the Inquisition banned the Portuguese in Goa from wearing the dhoti, to the eve of the Indian mutiny, the 'white Mughals' who wore local dress and adopted Indian ways were a source of embarrassments to successive colonial administrations. William Dalrymple unearths such colourful figures as 'Hindoo Stuart', who travelled with his own team of Brahmins to maintain his temple of idols, and who spent many years trying to persuade the memsahibs of Calcutta to adopt the sari; and Sir David Ochterlony, Kirkpatrick's counterpart in Delhi, who took all thirteen of his wives out for evening promenades, each on the back of their own elephant.
In White Mughals, William Dalrymple discovers a world almost entirely unexplored by history, and places at its centre a compelling tale of love, seduction and betrayal. It possesses all the sweep and resonance of a great nineteenth-century novel, set against a background of shifting alliances and the manoeuvring of the great powers, the mercantile ambitions of the British and the imperial dreams of Napoleon. White Mughals, the product of five years' writing and research, triumphantly confirms Dalrymple's reputation as one of the finest writers at work today.
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Wuthering Heightsby Emily Bronte, Pauline NestorISBN 0141439556 (0-14-143955-6)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Wuthering Heights'Book summary:[via]Published a year before her death at the age of thirty, Emily Brontës only novel is set in the wild, bleak Yorkshire Moors. Depicting the relationship of Cathy and Heathcliff, Wuthering Heights creates a world of its own, conceived with an instinct for poetry and for the dark depths of human psychology.
@HeathBar The house is now mine. Since the neighbor has Catherine, Ill seduce his sister. Well see how brave he is when shes got Heathcock in her.
Girl is preggers. Catherine is dead. My world is over. Ive become an evil, evil man. Naming my son Heathcliff Jr.
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You Can't Keep a Good Woman Downby Alice WalkerISBN 015602862X (0-15-602862-X)
Softcover, Harvest Books
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