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1984by George Orwell, Fromm, Erich (AFT)ISBN 0451524934 (0-451-52493-4)
Softcover, Signet Classic
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› Find signed collectible books: '1984'Book summary:Among the seminal texts of the 20th century, Nineteen Eighty-Four is a rare work that grows more haunting as its futuristic purgatory becomes more real. Published in 1949, the book offers political satirist George Orwell's nightmare vision of a totalitarian, bureaucratic world and one poor stiff's attempt to find individuality. The brilliance of the novel is Orwell's prescience of modern life--the ubiquity of television, the distortion of the language--and his ability to construct such a thorough version of hell. Required reading for students since it was published, it ranks among the most terrifying novels ever written. [via]
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1984by Thomas Pynchon, Erich Fromm, George OrwellISBN 0452284236 (0-452-28423-6)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: '1984'Book summary:Among the seminal texts of the 20th century, Nineteen Eighty-Four is a rare work that grows more haunting as its futuristic purgatory becomes more real. Published in 1949, the book offers political satirist George Orwell's nightmare vision of a totalitarian, bureaucratic world and one poor stiff's attempt to find individuality. The brilliance of the novel is Orwell's prescience of modern life--the ubiquity of television, the distortion of the language--and his ability to construct such a thorough version of hell. Required reading for students since it was published, it ranks among the most terrifying novels ever written. [via]
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The Adventures of Huckleberry Finnby Mark Twain, Victor Doyno, Justin KaplanISBN 0449912728 (0-449-91272-8)
Softcover, Ballantine Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn'Book summary:A seminal work of American Literature that still commands deep praise and still elicits controversy, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is essential to the understanding of the American soul. The recent discovery of the first half of Twain's manuscript, long thought lost, made front-page news. And this unprecedented edition, which contains for the first time omitted episodes and other variations present in the first half of the handwritten manuscript, as well as facsimile reproductions of thirty manuscript pages, is indispensable to a full understanding of the novel. The changes, deletions, and additions made in the first half of the manuscript indicate that Mark Twain frequently checked his impulse to write an even darker, more confrontational book than the one he finally published. [via]
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- The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: ISBN 0451526503 (0-451-52650-3)
Softcover, New Amer Library - The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: ISBN 0486280616 (0-486-28061-6)
Softcover, Dover Pubns - The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: ISBN 0448060000 (0-448-06000-0)
Hardcover, Grosset & Dunlap - The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: ISBN 0448110008 (0-448-11000-8)
Softcover, Price Stern Sloan - The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: ISBN 0451519124 (0-451-51912-4)
Softcover, New Amer Library Classics - The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: ISBN 0451523733 (0-451-52373-3)
Softcover, New Amer Library Classics - The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: ISBN 0449912728 (0-449-91272-8)
Softcover, Ballantine Books
- The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: ISBN 0451526503 (0-451-52650-3)
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The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and the Adventures of Huckleberry Finnby Mark Twain, James DickeyISBN 0451522729 (0-451-52272-9)
Softcover, Penguin Group (Canada)
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Anna Kareninaby Leo Tolstoy, David MagarshackISBN 0451528611 (0-451-52861-1)
Softcover, Signet Classic
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Anna Karenina'Book summary:A direct and truthful transcript of life in Russia in the early 1800's. [via]
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Blubberby Judy BlumeISBN 0440907071 (0-440-90707-1)
Softcover, Random House Children's Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Blubber'Book summary:A person who can laugh at herself will be respected, right?
But Linda doesn't laugh. And maybe that's the problem. There's something about her that makes Jill and a lot of kids in her fifth-grade class want to see how far they can go. But nobody, least of all Jill, expects the fun to end where it does. [via]More editions of Blubber:
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The Chosenby Chaim PotokISBN 0449213447 (0-449-21344-7)
Softcover, Ballantine Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Chosen'Book summary:Few stories offer more warmth, wisdom, or generosity than this tale of two boys, their fathers, their friendship, and the chaotic times in which they live. Though on the surface it explores religious faith--the intellectually committed as well as the passionately observant--the struggles addressed in The Chosen are familiar to families of all faiths and in all nations.
In 1940s Brooklyn, New York, an accident throws Reuven Malther and Danny Saunders together. Despite their differences (Reuven is a secular Jew with an intellectual, Zionist father; Danny is the brilliant son and rightful heir to a Hasidic rebbe), the young men form a deep, if unlikely, friendship. Together they negotiate adolescence, family conflicts, the crisis of faith engendered when Holocaust stories begin to emerge in the U.S., loss, love, and the journey to adulthood. The intellectual and spiritual clashes between fathers, between each son and his own father, and between the two young men, provide a unique backdrop for this exploration of fathers, sons, faith, loyalty, and, ultimately, the power of love. (This is not a conventional children's book, although it will move any wise child age 12 or older, and often appears on summer reading lists for high school students.) [via]
Come a Strangerby Cynthia VoigtISBN 0449702464 (0-449-70246-4)
Softcover, Random House Publishing Group
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Confessions of an English Opium-Eaterby Thomas De QuinceyISBN 0486287424 (0-486-28742-4)
Softcover, Dover Pubns
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Confessions of an English Opium-Eater'Book summary:Describing the surreal hallucinations, insomnia and nightmarish visions, he experienced while consuming daily large amounts of laudanum, Thomas De Quincey's legendary account of the pleasures and pains of opium forged a link between artistic self-expression and addiction, and paved the way for later generations of literary drug-takers from Baudelaire to Burroughs. Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselves - and each other. They have inspired debate, dissent, war and revolution. They have enlightened, outraged, provoked and comforted. They have enriched lives - and destroyed them. Now Penguin brings you the works of the great thinkers, pioneers, radicals and visionaries whose ideas shook civilization and helped make us who we are. [via]
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Emmaby Jane Austen, Margaret DrabbleISBN 0451526279 (0-451-52627-9)
Softcover, Penguin Group (Canada)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Emma'Book summary:Of all Jane Austen's heroines, Emma Woodhouse is the most flawed, the most infuriating, and, in the end, the most endearing. Pride and Prejudice's Lizzie Bennet has more wit and sparkle; Catherine Morland in Northanger Abbey more imagination; and Sense and Sensibility's Elinor Dashwood certainly more sense--but Emma is lovable precisely because she is so imperfect. Austen only completed six novels in her lifetime, of which five feature young women whose chances for making a good marriage depend greatly on financial issues, and whose prospects if they fail are rather grim. Emma is the exception: "Emma Woodhouse, handsome, clever, and rich, with a comfortable home and happy disposition seemed to unite some of the best blessings of existence; and had lived nearly twenty-one years in the world with very little to distress or vex her." One may be tempted to wonder what Austen could possibly find to say about so fortunate a character. The answer is, quite a lot.
For Emma, raised to think well of herself, has such a high opinion of her own worth that it blinds her to the opinions of others. The story revolves around a comedy of errors: Emma befriends Harriet Smith, a young woman of unknown parentage, and attempts to remake her in her own image. Ignoring the gaping difference in their respective fortunes and stations in life, Emma convinces herself and her friend that Harriet should look as high as Emma herself might for a husband--and she zeroes in on an ambitious vicar as the perfect match. At the same time, she reads too much into a flirtation with Frank Churchill, the newly arrived son of family friends, and thoughtlessly starts a rumor about poor but beautiful Jane Fairfax, the beloved niece of two genteelly impoverished elderly ladies in the village. As Emma's fantastically misguided schemes threaten to surge out of control, the voice of reason is provided by Mr. Knightly, the Woodhouse's longtime friend and neighbor. Though Austen herself described Emma as "a heroine whom no one but myself will much like," she endowed her creation with enough charm to see her through her most egregious behavior, and the saving grace of being able to learn from her mistakes. By the end of the novel Harriet, Frank, and Jane are all properly accounted for, Emma is wiser (though certainly not sadder), and the reader has had the satisfaction of enjoying Jane Austen at the height of her powers. --Alix Wilber [via]
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- Emma: ISBN 0460010247 (0-460-01024-7)
Softcover, J M Dent & Sons Ltd - Emma: ISBN 0486406482 (0-486-40648-2)
Softcover, Dover Pubns - Emma: ISBN 0451523067 (0-451-52306-7)
Softcover, New Amer Library Classics - Emma: ISBN 0460150243 (0-460-15024-3)
Softcover, Tuttle Pub - Emma: ISBN 0451526279 (0-451-52627-9)
Softcover, Penguin Group (Canada)
- Emma: ISBN 0460010247 (0-460-01024-7)
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Emmaby Robert Clark, Jane AustenISBN 0460874675 (0-460-87467-5)
Softcover, Tuttle Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Emma'Book summary:Of all Jane Austen's heroines, Emma Woodhouse is the most flawed, the most infuriating, and, in the end, the most endearing. Pride and Prejudice's Lizzie Bennet has more wit and sparkle; Catherine Morland in Northanger Abbey more imagination; and Sense and Sensibility's Elinor Dashwood certainly more sense--but Emma is lovable precisely because she is so imperfect. Austen only completed six novels in her lifetime, of which five feature young women whose chances for making a good marriage depend greatly on financial issues, and whose prospects if they fail are rather grim. Emma is the exception: "Emma Woodhouse, handsome, clever, and rich, with a comfortable home and happy disposition seemed to unite some of the best blessings of existence; and had lived nearly twenty-one years in the world with very little to distress or vex her." One may be tempted to wonder what Austen could possibly find to say about so fortunate a character. The answer is, quite a lot.
For Emma, raised to think well of herself, has such a high opinion of her own worth that it blinds her to the opinions of others. The story revolves around a comedy of errors: Emma befriends Harriet Smith, a young woman of unknown parentage, and attempts to remake her in her own image. Ignoring the gaping difference in their respective fortunes and stations in life, Emma convinces herself and her friend that Harriet should look as high as Emma herself might for a husband--and she zeroes in on an ambitious vicar as the perfect match. At the same time, she reads too much into a flirtation with Frank Churchill, the newly arrived son of family friends, and thoughtlessly starts a rumor about poor but beautiful Jane Fairfax, the beloved niece of two genteelly impoverished elderly ladies in the village. As Emma's fantastically misguided schemes threaten to surge out of control, the voice of reason is provided by Mr. Knightly, the Woodhouse's longtime friend and neighbor. Though Austen herself described Emma as "a heroine whom no one but myself will much like," she endowed her creation with enough charm to see her through her most egregious behavior, and the saving grace of being able to learn from her mistakes. By the end of the novel Harriet, Frank, and Jane are all properly accounted for, Emma is wiser (though certainly not sadder), and the reader has had the satisfaction of enjoying Jane Austen at the height of her powers. --Alix Wilber [via]
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The Essential Phantom Of The Operaby Gaston Leroux, Leonard WolfISBN 0452273862 (0-452-27386-2)
Softcover, Penguin USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Essential Phantom Of The Opera'Book summary:This edition of Leroux's "The Phantom of the Opera" is fully annotated, and includes facts, bibliographical information and legends. It also features a full bibliography of works by and about Gaston Leroux, including critical works on "The Phantom of the Opera". [via]
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Fifteenby Beverly ClearyISBN 0440925592 (0-440-92559-2)
Softcover, Random House Childrens Books
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Good Omensby Neil Gaiman, Terry Pratchett, David FramptonISBN 0441003257 (0-441-00325-7)
Softcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Good Omens'Book summary:The world is going to end next Saturday, just before dinner, but it turns out there are a few problems--the Antichrist has been misplaced, the Four Horseman of the Apocalypse ride motorcycles, and the representatives from heaven and hell decide that they like the human race. Reprint. NYT. AB. [via]
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Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witchby Terry Pratchett, Neil GaimanISBN 0441008615 (0-441-00861-5)
Softcover, Ace Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch'Book summary:Pratchett (of Discworld fame) and Gaiman (of Sandman fame) may seem an unlikely combination, but the topic (Armageddon) of this fast-paced novel is old hat to both. Pratchett's wackiness collaborates with Gaiman's morbid humor; the result is a humanist delight to be savored and reread again and again. You see, there was a bit of a mixup when the Antichrist was born, due in part to the machinations of Crowley, who did not so much fall as saunter downwards, and in part to the mysterious ways as manifested in the form of a part-time rare book dealer, an angel named Aziraphale. Like top agents everywhere, they've long had more in common with each other than the sides they represent, or the conflict they are nominally engaged in. The only person who knows how it will all end is Agnes Nutter, a witch whose prophecies all come true, if one can only manage to decipher them. The minor characters along the way (Famine makes an appearance as diet crazes, no-calorie food and anorexia epidemics) are as much fun as the story as a whole, which adds up to one of those rare books which is enormous fun to read the first time, and the second time, and the third time... [via]
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Gooney Bird Greeneby Lois Lowry, Middy ThomasISBN 0440419603 (0-440-41960-3)
Softcover, Random House Childrens Books
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The Handmaid's Taleby Margaret AtwoodISBN 0449212602 (0-449-21260-2)
Softcover, Ballantine Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Handmaid's Tale'Book summary:"Splendid."
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It is the world of the near future, and Offred is a Handmaid in the home of the Commander and his wife. She is allowed out once a day to the food market, she is not permitted to read, and she is hoping the Commander makes her pregnant, because she is only valued if her ovaries are viable. Offred can remember the years before, when she was an independent woman, had a job of her own, a husband and child. But all of that is gone now...everything has changed.
"Deserves the highest praise."
SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE
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The Heart of Darknessby Joseph Conrad, Cedric WattsISBN 0460874772 (0-460-87477-2)
Softcover, Everyman
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Heart of Darkness'Book summary:Dark allegory describes the narrator's journey up the Congo River and his meeting with, and fascination by, Mr. Kurtz, a mysterious personage who dominates the unruly inhabitants of the region. Masterly blend of adventure, character development, psychological penetration. Considered by many Conrad's finest, most enigmatic story.[via]More editions of The Heart of Darkness:
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Heart of Darkness and the Secret Sharerby Joseph ConradISBN 0451526570 (0-451-52657-0)
Softcover, New Amer Library Classics
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Heart of Darkness and the Secret Sharer'Book summary:Featuring a new introduction by Joyce Carol Oates, the author's two best-known stories tell of encounters with moral depravity in the wilds of the Congo and second selves on a voyage into the Gulf of Siam. Reprint." [via]
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Henry and Ribsyby Beverly ClearyISBN 0440732964 (0-440-73296-4)
Softcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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Henry Hugginsby Beverly ClearyISBN 0440735513 (0-440-73551-3)
Softcover, Random House Childrens Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Henry Huggins'Book summary:Nothing ever happens to Henry Huggins. Nothing, that is, until a stray dog named Ribsy comes into his life. Pretty soon, Henry and Ribsy are wreaking havoc on the city bus, getting a ride in a police car with sirens wailing, and winning a prize at the dog show. Thanks to their joint shenanigans, Henry finds himself covered in green paint one day, and later accidentally colors Ribsy's fur pale pink. One week, Henry catches earthworms for his fisherman neighbor to raise money for a borrowed ball Ribsy helped him lose. One football costs a lot of earthworms--1,395, to be exact. Plus 41 worms for tax. Life is no longer dull.
Beverly Cleary's lively, award-winning books virtually shout "good, old-fashioned fun!" Since 1950, Henry and his friends (found in Beezus and Ramona and Newbery Honor Book Ramona and Her Father, among others) have displayed all the mixed-up emotions and tricky jams kids everywhere seem to experience. Henry's action-packed days are captured in droll line drawings by Louis Darling. Luckily for young readers, there are dozens of Cleary books to explore as soon as this one is devoured. (Ages 8 to 12) --Emilie Coulter [via]
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Hoot: Library Editionby Carl HiaasenISBN 0440421705 (0-440-42170-5)
Softcover, Random House Childrens Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Hoot: Library Edition'Book summary:Hoot, Carl Hiaasen's debut novel for younger readers is a very special treat indeed. The writing is exceptionally good, and the characters extremely quirky and well realised. It's incredibly readable despite a story premise that is not sparklingly original. But no matter, there's an engaging "feel-good" vibe running through the whole book.
The setting, as with Hiaasen's crime thrillers for adults such as Basket Case and Sick Puppy, is sunny Florida and the heat, swamps, dust and pancakes all contribute to the authentic atmosphere of the book. His favourite environmental theme is here too, as is the thoroughly watertight plotting. There's an engaging mystery set up on the very first page and it builds nicely with more twists and turns as the story unfolds--all of them reassuringly tied up come the final pages.
Roy Eberhardt's story begins when he is being mashed up against the window of the school bus by bully Dana Matherson. He spots an athletic bare-footed boy running away from the bus and wonders where he is going. Further investigations, after he has unwisely smashed Dana's nose in to get away from him, leads Roy into the middle of a battle between a green-minded local runaway and the proposed opening of a pancake restaurant. The development threatens the habitat of a burrowing-owl colony and it's an issue that several people in the community have differing views upon--not all of them legal.
Roy carries the story very well indeed. He's likable and persistent in the face of unexpected and challenging adventure, despite his modest size. The cause he chooses to support is eminently worthy--he weighs up the strength of his beliefs with the necessity to slightly bend the law. This is a good story with some great writing--a winning combination. (For readers aged 10 and over.) --John McLay [via]
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A House Like a Lotusby Madeleine L'EngleISBN 0440936853 (0-440-93685-3)
Softcover, Random House Childrens Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A House Like a Lotus'Book summary:When sixteen-year-old Polly O'Keefe journeys to Athens, she feels confused and betrayed.
The past eight months at home were different from any other time in her life. She met the brilliant, wealthy Maximiliana Horne, who gave her encouragement and made her feel self-confident. Polly idolized Max, until she learned a starting truth that left her wounded and angry.
Now on a trip to Greece arranged by Max, Polly finds romance, danger, and unique friendships. But can she find a way to forgive Max and remember her as more than a painful memory? [via]More editions of A House Like a Lotus:
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Huckleberry Finn / Adventures of Huckleberry Finnby Mark Twain, Robert Blaisdell, John GreenISBN 0486403491 (0-486-40349-1)
Softcover, Dover Pubns
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Huckleberry Finn / Adventures of Huckleberry Finn'Book summary:A seminal work of American Literature that still commands deep praise and still elicits controversy, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is essential to the understanding of the American soul. The recent discovery of the first half of Twain's manuscript, long thought lost, made front-page news. And this unprecedented edition, which contains for the first time omitted episodes and other variations present in the first half of the handwritten manuscript, as well as facsimile reproductions of thirty manuscript pages, is indispensable to a full understanding of the novel. The changes, deletions, and additions made in the first half of the manuscript indicate that Mark Twain frequently checked his impulse to write an even darker, more confrontational book than the one he finally published. [via]
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Julie of the WolvesISBN 0440844444 (0-440-84444-4)
Softcover, Bantam Books
Find This BookBook summary:Miyax, like many adolescents, is torn. But unlike most, her choices may determine whether she lives or dies. At 13, an orphan, and unhappily married, Miyax runs away from her husband's parents' home, hoping to reach San Francisco and her pen pal. But she becomes lost in the vast Alaskan tundra, with no food, no shelter, and no idea which is the way to safety. Now, more than ever, she must look hard at who she really is. Is she Miyax, Eskimo girl of the old ways? Or is she Julie (her "gussak"-white people-name), the modernized teenager who must mock the traditional customs? And when a pack of wolves begins to accept her into their community, Miyax must learn to think like a wolf as well. If she trusts her Eskimo instincts, will she stand a chance of surviving? John Schoenherr's line drawings suggest rather than tell about the compelling experiences of a girl searching for answers in a bleak landscape that at first glance would seem to hold nothing. Fans of Jean Craighead George's stunning, Newberry Medal-winning coming-of-age story won't want to miss Julie (1994) and Julie's Wolf Pack (1998). (Ages 10 and older) --Emilie Coulter [via]
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Les Miserablesby Victor HugoISBN 0449300021 (0-449-30002-1)
Softcover, Ballantine Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Les Miserables'Book summary:Sensational, dramatic, packed with rich excitement and filled with the sweep and violence of human passions, LES MISERABLES is not only superb adventure but a powerful social document. The story of how the convict Jean-Valjean struggled to escape his past and reaffirm his humanity, in a world brutalized by poverty and ignorance, became the gospel of the poor and the oppressed.
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Lucy Rose: Here's The Thing About Meby Katy Kelly, Adam RexISBN 044042027X (0-440-42027-X)
Softcover, Yearling Books
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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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Nineteen Eighty-Fourby George OrwellISBN 0452254264 (0-452-25426-4)
Softcover, New Amer Library
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Nineteen Eighty-Four'Book summary:Among the seminal texts of the 20th century, Nineteen Eighty-Four is a rare work that grows more haunting as its futuristic purgatory becomes more real. Published in 1949, the book offers political satirist George Orwell's nightmare vision of a totalitarian, bureaucratic world and one poor stiff's attempt to find individuality. The brilliance of the novel is Orwell's prescience of modern life--the ubiquity of television, the distortion of the language--and his ability to construct such a thorough version of hell. Required reading for students since it was published, it ranks among the most terrifying novels ever written. [via]
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The One in the Middle Is the Green Kangarooby Judy Blume, Amy AitkenISBN 0440467314 (0-440-46731-4)
Softcover, Laurel Leaf
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Patience and Sarahby Isabel MillerISBN 0449210073 (0-449-21007-3)
Softcover, Random House Publishing Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Patience and Sarah'Book summary:In the early nineteenth century, in a puritanical New England town, two women fall in love. With no one to guide or support them, Patience and Sarah try to follow their hearts. Defying society and history, they buy a farm and discover they can live together, away from the world that had sought to limit them and their love . . . [via]
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Phantom Of The Operaby Gaston LerouxISBN 0451528158 (0-451-52815-8)
Softcover, New Amer Library Classics
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Phantom Of The Opera'Book summary:Phantom of the Opera is an enduring classic of the macabre. The masked monster known as the Phantom of the Opera lives beneath the Paris Opera House, in an opulent palace in the catacombs, where he dreams of the day that he will keep beautiful singer Christine Daae forever. Romantic and suspenseful, this thrilling tale is brought to life in a riveting performance by Academy Award-winner F. Murray Abraham. [via]
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The Princeby Niccolo MachiavelliISBN 0451527461 (0-451-52746-1)
Softcover, New Amer Library Classics
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Prince'Book summary:Pulp version of the Prince, a Renaissance classic! [via]
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Softcover, New Amer Library Classics - The Prince: ISBN 0451627555 (0-451-62755-5)
Softcover, New Amer Library - The Prince: ISBN 0460871439 (0-460-87143-9)
Softcover, Tuttle Pub - The Prince: ISBN 0451527461 (0-451-52746-1)
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The Promiseby Chaim PotokISBN 0449001164 (0-449-00116-4)
Softcover, Random House Publishing Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Promise'Book summary:"A superb mirror of a place, a time, and a group of people who capture our immediate interest and hold it tightly."
THE PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER
Young Reuven Malter is unsure of himself and his place in life. An unconventional scholar, he struggles for recognition from his teachers. With his old friend Danny Saunders--who himself had abandoned the legacy as the chosen heir to his father's rabbinical dynasty for the uncertain life of a healer--Reuvan battles to save a sensitive boy imprisoned by his genius and rage. Painfully, triumphantly, Reuven's understanding of himself, though the boy change, as he starts to aproach the peace he has long sought.... [via] 
Ramona and Her Fatherby Beverly ClearyISBN 0440772435 (0-440-77243-5)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Ramona and Her Mother'Book summary:Ramona just wants everyone to be happy. If only her father would smile and joke again, her mother would look less worried, her sister would be cheerful, and Picky-picky would eat his cat-food. But Ramona's father has lost his job, and nobody in the Quimby household is in a very good mood.
Ramona tries to cheer up the family as only Ramona can -- by rehearsing for life as a rich and famous star of television commercials, for instance -- but her best efforts only make things worse. Her sister, Beezus, calls her a, pest, her parents lose patience with her, and her teacher claims she's forgotten her- manners. But when her father admits he wouldn't trade her for a million dollars, Ramona knows everything is going to work out fine in the end.
Book Details:- Format: Paperback
- Publication Date: 1/1/2001
- Pages: 208
- Reading Level: Age 8 and Up
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Ramona Quimby, Age 8by Beverly ClearyISBN 0440473500 (0-440-47350-0)
Softcover, Random House Childrens Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Ramona Quimby, Age 8'Book summary:From the first day of third grade, when Ramona Quimby meets her eventual nemesis Yard Ape, life moves on at its usual wild pace--usual for the boisterous Ramona, that is. Soon she is accidentally squashing a raw egg into her hair at the school cafeteria, being forced to play Uncle Rat with her annoying young neighbor, and, worst of all, throwing up in her classroom. The responsibilities of an 8-year-old are sometimes daunting, especially in a family that is trying to squeak by while the father goes back to school. But Ramona is full of too much vim and vigor to ever be down for long.
In her second Newbery Honor Book about Ramona (the first was Ramona and Her Father), Beverly Cleary presents another slice of the Quimby family life. Author of more than two dozen children's books, Cleary has a true knack for understanding the tangle of thoughts and emotions in a child's mind and heart. Empathic, witty, and astute, she has earned many other awards, including the Newbery Medal for Dear Mr. Henshaw. Alan Tiegreen's clever line drawings have charmed countless readers of Cleary's books over the years, and his style is now inextricably tied to hers. (Ages 8 to 12) --Emilie Coulter [via]
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Ramona the Pestby Beverly ClearyISBN 0440472091 (0-440-47209-1)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Ramona the Pest'Book summary:The engaging tale of young Ramona Quimby's first days in kindergarten, Ramona the Pest takes a pint-sized perspective on the trials and delights of beginning school. Ramona can't wait to learn all the important things. But she's disappointed when her teacher can't fill in missing parts of story lines, such as how Mike Mulligan (of Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel) went to the bathroom while digging the basement of the town hall. Nonetheless, Ramona loves her teacher, and loves going to school in spite of the torments--having to wear hand-me-down boots, for example, or having to (sometimes) suppress the urge to pull on another girl's "boing-boing" curls. Ramona's energetic take on life appeals to children who have passed through this stage, or who are dealing with a kindergarten-age sibling who is exhibiting Ramona-ish tendencies. (Ages 7 to 12) --Richard Farr [via]
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A Ring of Endless Light: The Austin Family Chronicles, Book 4by Madeleine L'EngleISBN 0440972329 (0-440-97232-9)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Ring of Endless Light: The Austin Family Chronicles, Book 4'Book summary:Vicky Austin is filled with strong feelings as she stands near Commander Rodney's grave while her grandfather, who himself is dying of cancer, recites the funeral service. Watching his condition deteriorate as the summer passes on beautiful Seven Bay Island is almost more than Vicky can bear. To complicate things, she finds herself the center of attention for three very different boys: Leo is an old friend wanting comfort and longing for romance; Zachary, whose attempted suicide inadvertently caused the Commander's death, is attractive and sophisticated but desperately troubled; and Adam, her older brother's friend, offers her a wonderful chance to assist in his experiments with dophins but treats her as a young girl just when she's ready to feel most grown-up.
Called upon to be dependable, stable, and wise, Vicky is exhilarated but often overwhemed. Forces of darkness and light, tragedy and joy, hover about her, and at times she doesn't know whcih will prevail. [via]More editions of A Ring of Endless Light: The Austin Family Chronicles, Book 4:
Rumble Fishby S. E. HintonISBN 0440975344 (0-440-97534-4)
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Runnerby Cynthia VoigtISBN 0449701549 (0-449-70154-9)
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Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranesby Eleanor CoerrISBN 0440474655 (0-440-47465-5)
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The Scarlet Letterby Nathaniel HawthorneISBN 0451526082 (0-451-52608-2)
Softcover, New Amer Library Classics
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Scarlet Letter'Book summary:This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1871 edition. Excerpt: ...scholar-like renown still lived in Oxford, was considered by his more fervent admirers as little less than a heavenly-ordained apostle, destined, should he live and labor for the ordinary term of life, to do as great deeds for the now feeble New England Church, as the early Fathers had achieved for the infancy of the Christian faith. About this period, however, the health of Mr. Dimmesdale had evidently' begun to fail. By those best acquainted with his habits, the paleness of the young minister's cheek was accounted for by his too earnest devotion to study, his scrupulous fulfilment of parochial duty, and, more than all, by the fasts and vigils of which he made a frequent practice, in order to keep the grossness of this earthly state from clogging and obscuring his spiritual lamp. Some declared, that, if Mr. Dimmesdale were really going to die, it was cause enough, that the world was not worthy to be any onger trodden by his feet. He himself, on the other hand, with characteristic humility, avowed his belief, that, if Providence should see fit to remove him, it would be because of his own unworthiness to perform its humblest mission here on earth. With all this difference of opinion as to the cause of his decline, there could be no question of the fact. His form grew emaciated; his voice, though still rich and sweet, had a certain melancholy prophecy of decay in it; he was often observed, on any slight alarm or other sudden accident, to put his hand over his heart, with first a flush and then a paleness, indicative of pain. Such was the young clergyman's condition, and so imminent the prospect that his dawning light would be extinguished, all untimely, when Koger Chillingworth made his advent to the town. His first entry on the scene, few people... [via]
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Softcover, New Amer Library Classics - The Scarlet Letter: ISBN 0451525221 (0-451-52522-1)
Softcover, New Amer Library Classics - The Scarlet Letter: ISBN 0460871838 (0-460-87183-8)
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Softcover, Tuttle Pub - The Scarlet Letter: ISBN 0451526082 (0-451-52608-2)
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Socksby Beverly ClearyISBN 0440482569 (0-440-48256-9)
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Sons from Afarby Cynthia VoigtISBN 0449702936 (0-449-70293-6)
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Sorrows of Young Werther and Selected Writingsby Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Catherine Hutter, Hermann J. WeigandISBN 0451523032 (0-451-52303-2)
Softcover, Penguin Group (Canada)
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The Sorrows of Young Werther: Easyread Comfort Editionby Johann Wolfgang Von GoetheISBN 0451517369 (0-451-51736-9)
Softcover, New Amer Library Classics
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The Stainless Steel Rat's Revengeby Harry HarrisonISBN 0441779123 (0-441-77912-3)
Softcover, Putnam Berkley
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Taming the Star Runnerby S. E. HintonISBN 0440500583 (0-440-50058-3)
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Tarzanby Edgar Rice Burroughs, Robert Blaisdell, John GreenISBN 0486295303 (0-486-29530-3)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Tarzan'Book summary:Imaginative and exciting tale recounts the remarkable exploits of young Lord Greystoke, who is raised by a family of apes in the African jungle and becomes the worthy opponent of the jungle's most feared predators. Large, easy-to-read type, accompanied by 18 striking illustrations. Abridged.[via]More editions of Tarzan:
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Tarzan of the Apesby Edgar Rice BurroughsISBN 0451524233 (0-451-52423-3)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Tarzan of the Apes'Book summary:First published in 1914, Edgar Rice Burroughs's romance has lost little of its force over the years--as film revivals and TV series well attest. Tarzan of the Apes is very much a product of its age: replete with bloodthirsty natives and a bulky, swooning American Negress, and haunted by what zoo specialists now call charismatic megafauna (great beasts snarling, roaring, and stalking, most of whom would be out of place in a real African jungle). Burroughs countervails such incorrectness, however, with some rather unattractive representations of white civilization--mutinous, murderous sailors, effete aristos, self-involved academics, and hard-hearted cowards. At Tarzan's heart rightly lies the resourceful and hunky title character, a man increasingly torn between the civil and the savage, for whom cutlery will never be less than a nightmare.
The passages in which the nut-brown boy teaches himself to read and write are masterly and among the book's improbable, imaginative best. How tempting it is to adopt the ten-year-old's term for letters--"little bugs"! And the older Tarzan's realization that civilized "men were indeed more foolish and more cruel than the beasts of the jungle," while not exactly a new notion, is nonetheless potent. The first in Burroughs's serial is most enjoyable in its resounding oddities of word and thought, including the unforgettable "When Tarzan killed he more often smiled than scowled; and smiles are the foundation of beauty." [via]
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To Kill a Mockingbirdby Harper LeeISBN 0446310786 (0-446-31078-6)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'To Kill a Mockingbird'Book summary:"When he was nearly thirteen, my brother Jem got his arm badly broken at the elbow.... When enough years had gone by to enable us to look back on them, we sometimes discussed the events leading to his accident. I maintain that the Ewells started it all, but Jem, who was four years my senior, said it started long before that. He said it began the summer Dill came to us, when Dill first gave us the idea of making Boo Radley come out."
Set in the small Southern town of Maycomb, Alabama, during the Depression, To Kill a Mockingbird follows three years in the life of 8-year-old Scout Finch, her brother, Jem, and their father, Atticus--three years punctuated by the arrest and eventual trial of a young black man accused of raping a white woman. Though her story explores big themes, Harper Lee chooses to tell it through the eyes of a child. The result is a tough and tender novel of race, class, justice, and the pain of growing up.
Like the slow-moving occupants of her fictional town, Lee takes her time getting to the heart of her tale; we first meet the Finches the summer before Scout's first year at school. She, her brother, and Dill Harris, a boy who spends the summers with his aunt in Maycomb, while away the hours reenacting scenes from Dracula and plotting ways to get a peek at the town bogeyman, Boo Radley. At first the circumstances surrounding the alleged rape of Mayella Ewell, the daughter of a drunk and violent white farmer, barely penetrate the children's consciousness. Then Atticus is called on to defend the accused, Tom Robinson, and soon Scout and Jem find themselves caught up in events beyond their understanding. During the trial, the town exhibits its ugly side, but Lee offers plenty of counterbalance as well--in the struggle of an elderly woman to overcome her morphine habit before she dies; in the heroism of Atticus Finch, standing up for what he knows is right; and finally in Scout's hard-won understanding that most people are essentially kind "when you really see them." By turns funny, wise, and heartbreaking, To Kill a Mockingbird is one classic that continues to speak to new generations, and deserves to be reread often. --Alix Wilber [via]
Turing Optionby Harry Harrison, Marvin MinskyISBN 0446364967 (0-446-36496-7)
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Vanity Fairby William Makepeace ThackeryISBN 0451524896 (0-451-52489-6)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Vanity Fair'Book summary:A classic, set during the Napoleonic wars, giving a satiricl picture of a worldly society and revolving around the exploits of two women from very different backgrounds. [via]
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