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1916by Morgan LlywelynISBN 031286101X (0-312-86101-X)
Hardcover, St Martins Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: '1916'Book summary:Out of the mists of the country's most violent age, Brian Boru emerged to lead his people to the peak of their golden era. Set against the barbaric splendors of the tenth century, this story is rich in truth and legend -- in which friends become deadly enemies, bedrooms turn into battlefields, and dreams of glory are finally fulfilled.
"A royal read ... without a misstep and with touching beauty". -- The Washington Post
"A rousing story...something to enjoy on a cold night by the fireplace with your goblet of mead or strong ale". -- Boston Sunday Globe
"Rich panoramic ... one of the most exciting periods of Irish history". -- Cleveland Plain Dealer
"A spellbinding tale that evokes Ireland's misty hills and tumultuous history with style and passion". -- Library Journal [via]
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The Architecture of the Arkansas Ozarksby Donald HaringtonISBN 0316346411 (0-316-34641-1)
Hardcover, Little, Brown
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Behind the Scenes at the Museumby Kate AtkinsonISBN 0312150601 (0-312-15060-1)
Softcover, St Martins Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Behind the Scenes at the Museum'Book summary:"I exist!" exclaims Ruby Lennox upon her conception in 1951, setting the tone for this humorous and poignant first novel in which Ruby at once celebrates and mercilessly skewers her middle-class English family. Peppered with tales of flawed family traits passed on from previous generations, Ruby's narrative examines the lives in her disjointed clan, which revolve around the family pet shop. But beneath the antics of her philandering father, her intensely irritable mother, her overly emotional sisters, and a gaggle of eccentric relatives are darker secrets--including an odd "feeling of something long forgotten"--that will haunt Ruby for the rest of her life. Kate Atkinson earned a Whitbread Prize in 1995 for this fine first effort. [via]
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The Black Moonby Winston GrahamISBN 0330344986 (0-330-34498-6)
Softcover, Pan Books Ltd
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Building of Jalnaby Mazo De LA RocheISBN 0316179965 (0-316-17996-5)
Hardcover, Little Brown & Co
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Child of the Prophecyby Juliet MarillierISBN 0312870361 (0-312-87036-1)
Softcover, Tor Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Child of the Prophecy'Book summary:The powerful fantasy novel Child of the Prophecy successfully concludes Juliet Marillier's Sevenwaters Trilogy, which chronicles a fated family's three-generation struggle to preserve the failing magic of ancient Ireland.
The daughter of a forbidden romance, Fianne has been raised in isolation and trained in magic by her loving but remote druid-father, Ciaran, and her ruthless sorceress-grandmother, the Lady Oonagh. They send Fianne to Sweetwaters to live among relatives who had no knowledge of her existence and who may have instigated the death of her mother, their sister Niamh. Fianne has come to carry out her grandmother's long-planned vengeance on the clan--and on the Old Ones, who are the source of Ireland's mystic power. Despite her mother's death, Fianne is reluctant to harm her Sweetwaters kin. But if she lets them live, the Lady Oonagh will kill both her father and Darragh, the handsome young horse tamer who has captured Fianne's heart.
Child of the Prophecy works as a standalone novel, but readers will benefit by first reading its equally accomplished prequels, Daughter of the Forest and Son of the Shadows. --Cynthia Ward [via]
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Collected Poems: Yeatsby W. B. YeatsISBN 0330316389 (0-330-31638-9)
Softcover, Trafalgar Square
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Collected Poems: Yeats'Book summary:This anthology of Yeats's work encompasses his 14 books of lyrical poems, as well as his narrative and dramatic poetry. It covers his early symbolist period and the complex, visionary work of his later years. There is also an incorporation of the final revisions Yeats made just before his death. [via]
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The Colour of Magicby Terry PratchettISBN 0312150849 (0-312-15084-9)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Colour of Magic'Book summary:The Colour of Magic is Terry Pratchett's maiden voyage through the bizarre land of Discworld. His entertaining and witty series has grown to more than 20 books, and this is where it all starts--with the tourist Twoflower and his hapless wizard guide, Rincewind ("All wizards get like that ... it's the quicksilver fumes. Rots their brains. Mushrooms, too."). Pratchett spoofs fantasy clichés--and everything else he can think of--while marshalling a profusion of characters through a madcap adventure. The Colour of Magic is followed by The Light Fantastic. --Blaise Selby [via]
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Columbiaby Pamela JekelISBN 0312150962 (0-312-15096-2)
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The Correctionsby Jonathan FranzenISBN 0312421273 (0-312-42127-3)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Corrections'Book summary:Jonathan Franzen's exhilarating novel The Corrections tells a spellbinding story with sexy comic brio, and evokes a quirky family akin to Anne Tyler's, only bitter. Franzen's great at describing Christmas homecomings gone awry, cruise-ship follies, self-deluded academics, breast-obsessed screenwriters, stodgy old farts and edgy Tribeca bohemians equally at sea in their lives, and the mad, bad, dangerous worlds of the Internet boom and the fissioning post-Soviet East.
All five members of the Lambert family get their due, as everybody's lives swirl out of control. Paterfamilias Alfred is slipping into dementia, even as one of his inventions inspires a pharmaceutical giant to revolutionize treatment of his disease. His stubborn wife, Enid, specializes in denial; so do their kids, each in an idiosyncratic way. Their hepcat son, Chip, lost a college sinecure by seducing a student, and his new career as a screenwriter is in peril. Chip's sister, Denise, is a chic chef perpetually in hot water, romantically speaking; banker brother Gary wonders if his stifling marriage is driving him nuts. We inhabit these troubled minds in turn, sinking into sorrow punctuated by laughter, reveling in Franzen's satirical eye:
Gary in recent years had observed, with plate tectonically cumulative anxiety, that population was continuing to flow out of the Midwest and toward the cooler coasts.... Gary wished that all further migration [could] be banned and all Midwesterners encouraged to revert to eating pasty foods and wearing dowdy clothes and playing board games, in order that a strategic national reserve of cluelessness might be maintained, a wilderness of taste which would enable people of privilege, like himself, to feel extremely civilized in perpetuity.
Franzen is funny and on the money. This book puts him on the literary map. --Tim Appelo [via]More editions of The Corrections:
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A Crown of Swordsby Robert JordanISBN 0312857675 (0-312-85767-5)
Hardcover, Tor Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Crown of Swords'Book summary:Robert Jordan has created a rich and intricate tapestry of characters in his Wheel of Time series. In this seventh volume, Rand al'Thor--the Dragon Reborn--draws ever closer to the Last Battle as a stifling heat grips the world. [via]
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A Dark and Distant Shoreby Reay TannahillISBN 0312182252 (0-312-18225-2)
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Daughter of the Forestby Juliet MarillierISBN 0312875304 (0-312-87530-4)
Softcover, Tor Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Daughter of the Forest'Book summary:At the heart of this surprisingly accomplished first novel, first book of the Sevenwaters trilogy, is a retelling of an ancient Celtic legend. Marillier's story, however, is much more than a slightly disguised fairy tale. Young Sorcha is the seventh child and only daughter of Irish Lord Colum of Sevenwaters, a domain well protected from invading Saxons and Britons by dense forest where, legend says, fey Deirdre, the Lady of the Forest, walks the woodland paths at night. Colum is first and foremost a warrior, bent on maintaining his lands against all outsiders. Not all of his sons are so bound to the old ways, and that family friction leads to outright disobedience when Sorcha and her brother Finbar help a Briton captive escape from Colum's dungeon. Soon after, Colum brings home a new wife who ensorcels everyone she can't otherwise manipulate. By her spell Sorcha's brothers are cursed to become swans. Only Sorcha, hiding deep in the forest, can break the spell by painfully weaving shirts of starwort nettle--but then Sorcha is captured by Britons and taken away across the sea. Determined to break the curse despite her captivity, Sorcha continues to work, little expecting that ultimately she will have to chose between saving her brothers and protecting the Briton lord who has defended her throughout her trials. Marillier's writing is deft and heartfelt, bypassing the usual bombast of fantasy fireworks for a rich, magical story of loyalty and love. --Charlene Brusso [via]
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The Dragon Rebornby Robert JordanISBN 0312852487 (0-312-85248-7)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Dragon Reborn'Book summary:The dragon reborn--the leader long prophesied who will save the world, but in the saving destroy it; the savior who will run mad and kill all those dearest to him--is on the run from his destiny.able to touch the one power, but unable to control it, and with no one to teach him how--for no man has done it in three thousand years--rand al'thor knows only that he must face the dark one. But how?winter has stopped the war-almost-yet men are dying, calling out for the dragon. But where is he?perrin aybara is in pursuit with moiraine sedai, her warder lan, and the loial the ogier. Bedeviled by dreams, perrin is grappling with another deadly problem--how is her to escape the loss of his own humanity.egwene, elayne and nynaeve are approaching tar valon, where mat will be healed--if he lives until they arrive. But who will tell the amyrlin their news--that the black ajah, long thought only a hideous rumor, is all too real? they cannot know that in tar valon far worse awaits...ahead, for all of them, in the heart of the stone, lies the next great test of the dragon reborn [via]
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A Dream More Luminous than Love: The Yandilli Trilogyby Rodney HallISBN 0330274910 (0-330-27491-0)
Hardcover, Picador Australia
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Emma's Secretby Barbara Taylor BradfordISBN 0312985738 (0-312-98573-8)
Softcover, St Martins Pr
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Eye of the Worldby Robert JordanISBN 0312850093 (0-312-85009-3)
Hardcover, St Martins Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Eye of the World'Book summary:[via]The Wheel of Times turns and Ages come and go, leaving memories that become legend. Legend fades to myth, and even myth is long forgotten when the Age that gave it birth returns again. In the Third Age, and Age of Prophecy, the World and Time themselves hang in the balance. What was, what will be, and what is, may yet fall under the Shadow.More editions of Eye of the World:
The Far Pavilionsby M. M. KayeISBN 031215125X (0-312-15125-X)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Far Pavilions'Book summary:When The Far Pavilions was first published nineteen years ago, it moved the critic Edmund Fuller to write this: "Were Miss Kaye to produce no other book, The Far Pavilions might stand as a lasting accomplishment in a single work comparable to Margaret Mitchell's achievement in Gond With the Wind."[via]
From its beginning in the foothills of the towering Himalayas, M.M. Kaye's masterwork is a vast, rich and vibrant tapestry of love and war that ranks with the greatest panoramic sagas of modern fiction.
The Far Pavilions is itself a Himalayan achievement, a book we hate to see come to an end. it is a passionate, triumphant story that excites us, fills us with joy, move us to tears, satisfies us deeply, and helps us remember just what it is we want most from a novel.-
The Fires of Heavenby Robert JordanISBN 0312854277 (0-312-85427-7)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Fires of Heaven'Book summary:Into the forbidden city of Rhuidean, where Rand al'Thor, now the Dragon Reborn, must concel present endeavor from all about him, even Egwene and Moiraine. [via]
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Flesh and Bloodby Michael CunninghamISBN 0312426682 (0-312-42668-2)
Softcover, Picador USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Flesh and Blood'Book summary:[via]From the bestselling author of The Hours and Specimen Days comes a generous, masterfully crafted novel with all the power of a Greek tragedy.The epic tale of an American family, Flesh and Blood follows three generations of the Stassos clan as it is transformed by ambition, love, and history. Constantine Stassos, a Greek immigrant, marries Mary Cuccio, an Italian-American girl, and they have three children, each fated to a complex life. Susan is oppressed by her beauty and her father's affections; Billy is brilliant, and gay; Zoe is a wild, heedless visionary. As the years pass, their lives unfold in ways that compel them--and their parents--to meet ever greater challenges.More editions of Flesh and Blood:
The Four Swansby Winston GrahamISBN 0330344994 (0-330-34499-4)
Softcover, Pan Books Ltd
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Gileadby Marilynne RobinsonISBN 031242440X (0-312-42440-X)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Gilead'Book summary:Twenty-four years after her first novel, Housekeeping, Marilynne Robinson returns with an intimate tale of three generations from the Civil War to the twentieth century: a story about fathers and sons and the spiritual battles that still rage at America's heart. Writing in the tradition of Emily Dickinson and Walt Whitman, Marilynne Robinson's beautiful, spare, and spiritual prose allows "even the faithless reader to feel the possibility of transcendent order" Slate . In the luminous and unforgettable voice of Congregationalist minister John Ames, Gilead reveals the human condition and the often unbearable beauty of an ordinary life. Gilead is the winner of the 2005 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. [via]
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Great Huntby Robert JordanISBN 0312851405 (0-312-85140-5)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Great Hunt'Book summary:The Wheel of Time turns and ages come and go, leaving memories that become legend. Legend fades to myth, and even myth is long forgotten when the age that gave it birth returns again. For centuries, gleemen have told the tales of The Great Hunt of the Horn. So many tales about each of th Hunters, and so many Hunters to tell of...Now the Horn itself is found: the Horn of Valere long thought only legend, the Horn which will raise the dead heroes of the ages. And it is stolen.[via]More editions of Great Hunt:
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Hold the Dreamby Barbara Taylor BradfordISBN 0312935595 (0-312-93559-5)
Softcover, St Martins Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Hold the Dream'Book summary:[via]Barbara Taylor Bradfords enthralling New York Times bestseller A Woman of Substance introduced a remarkable heroine and her rise to fame, power, and wealth. Now the triumphant storyand unpredictable heritageof Emma Harte continues&A LEGACY TO SHARE
As the strong-willed force behind a thriving international business empire, Emma Harte built a life rooted in a single-minded purpose, one of unyielding determination and terrible sacrifice to achieve the stunning pinnacle of success. But the most difficult decision of her
hard-won life is yet to come&AN INHERITANCE TO PROTECT
Theres only one way for Emma to ensure the promise of Harte Enterprisesby relinquishing control of the mighty empire to her beloved granddaughter, Paula McGill Fairley, a woman with her own dreams, and her own resolve to make them come true. But for Paula, with an extraordinary opportunity comes the professional and personal challenges of a lifetime&A DREAM TO HOLD
Supported and encouraged by a lifelong friend, Paula strives to be all that her grandmother was. But victory comes with a price, and Paula is put to the ultimate test as devastating greed and jealousy, scandalous lies, and flesh and blood betrayals threaten the very foundation of her future and a grand and true love that has flourished in silence and secret&More editions of Hold the Dream:
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Hotel Transylvaniaby Chelsea Quinn YarbroISBN 0312392486 (0-312-39248-6)
Hardcover, St. Martin's Press
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Hotel Transylvania'Book summary:The classic tale that introduced the legendary Le Comte de Saint-Germain, first published in 1978 and spawning 14 titles in the Saint-Germain epic, is now available in paperback. A fixture in 1740s Parisian society, Saint-Germain is a perfect gentleman--and a vampire. When the fiery young Madeline falls in love with him, a group of evil sorcerers targets her for their black mass--and only Saint-Germain can save her soul. [via]
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I Am Englandby Patricia WrightISBN 0312010451 (0-312-01045-1)
Hardcover, St Martins Pr
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In a Glass Houseby Nino RicciISBN 0312186916 (0-312-18691-6)
Softcover, Picador
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In Still and Stormy Watersby Reay TannahillISBN 0312114117 (0-312-11411-7)
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In the Hall of the Dragon Kingby Steve LawheadISBN 0310205026 (0-310-20502-6)
Softcover, Zondervan
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Knife of Dreamsby Robert JordanISBN 0312873077 (0-312-87307-7)
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Robert Jordan lives in Charleston, South Carolina. He is a graduate of the Citadel.Amazon.com Exclusive Content
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Robert Jordan kindly agreed to take the life quiz we like to give to all our authors: the Amazon.com Significant Seven.Q: What book has had the most significant impact on your life?
A: The King James version of the Bible. That seems a cliche, but I can't think of any other book that has had as large an impact in shaping who I am.
Q: You are stranded on a desert island with only one book, one CD, and one DVD--what are they?
A: The one book would be whatever book I was currently writing. I mean, I hate falling behind in the work. The one CD would contain the best encyclopedia I could find on desert island survival. The DVD would contain as much of Beethoven, Mozart, and Duke Ellington as I could cram onto it.
Q: What is the worst lie you've ever told?
A: It's hard to think of one since I am genetically incapable of lying to women and that takes out 52% of the population right there.
Q: Describe the perfect writing environment.
A: Any place that has my computer, a CD player for music, a comfortable chair that won't leave me with a backache at the end of a long day, and very little interruption.
Q: If you could write your own epitaph, what would it say?
A: He kept trying to get better at it.
Q: Who is the one person living or dead that you would like to have dinner with?
A: My wife before anybody else on Earth living or dead. That's a no-brainer.
Q: If you could have one superpower what would it be?
A: That depends. If I'm feeling altruistic, it would be the ability to heal anything with a touch, if that can be called a superpower. If I'm not feeling very altruistic, it would be the ability to read other people's minds, to finally be able to get to the bottom of what they really mean and what their motivations are.
See all books in the Wheel of Time series. [via]
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Lake of the Long Sunby Gene WolfeISBN 0312854943 (0-312-85494-3)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Lake of the Long Sun'Book summary:To save his parish buildings, Patera Silk, a young priest, embarks on a quest that takes him on an odyssey into the hidden secrets of his world and into a huge spaceship illuminated by an artificial long sun. [via]
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Little Womenby Louisa May Alcott, Ann M. Magagna, Louis JambourISBN 030767116X (0-307-67116-X)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Little Women'Book summary:Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy manage to lead interesting lives despite Father's absence at war and the family's lack of money. Whether they're putting on a play or forming a secret society, their gaiety is infectious. Written from Louisa May Alcott's own experiences, this remarkable novel has been treasured for generations. [via]
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Little Women, Or, Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amyby Louisa May AlcottISBN 0316031054 (0-316-03105-4)
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Lives of the Saintsby Nino RicciISBN 031213441X (0-312-13441-X)
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Lord of Chaosby Robert JordanISBN 0312854285 (0-312-85428-5)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Lord of Chaos'Book summary:In this sequel to the phenomenal New York Times bestseller The Fires of Heaven, we plunge again into Robert Jordan's extraordinarily rich, totally unforgettable world:[via]
On the slopes of Shayol Ghul, the Myrddraal swords are forged, and the sky is not the sky of this world;
In Salidar the White Tower in exile prepares an embassy to Caemlyn, where Rand Al'Thor, the Dragon Reborn, holds the throne--and where an unexpected visitor may change the world....
In Emond's Field, Perrin Goldeneyes, Lord of the Two Rivers, feels the pull of ta'veren to ta'veren and prepares to march....
Morgase of Caemlyn finds a most unexpected, and quite unwelcome, ally....And south lies Illian, where Sammael holds sway....More editions of Lord of Chaos:
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Marjorie Morningstarby Herman WoukISBN 0316955132 (0-316-95513-2)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Marjorie Morningstar'Book summary:A starry-eyed young beauty, Marjorie Morgenstern is nineteen years old when she leaves New York to accept the job of her dreams-working in a summer-stock company for Noel Airman, its talented and intensely charismatic director. Released from the social constraints of her traditional Jewish family, and thrown into the glorious, colorful world of theater, Marjorie finds herself entangled in a powerful affair with the man destined to become the greatest-and the most destructive-love of her life.Rich with humor and poignancy, Marjorie Morningstar is a classic love story, one that spans two continents and two decades in the life of its heroine. This unforgettable paean to youthful love and the bittersweet sorrow of a first heartbreak endures as one of Herman Wouk's most beloved creations.[via]More editions of Marjorie Morningstar:
Mary Wakefieldby Mazo De LA RocheISBN 0316180017 (0-316-18001-7)
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Master Of Jalnaby Mazo De LA RocheISBN 0316180025 (0-316-18002-5)
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Moby Dickby Herman Melville, John Bryant, Haskell SpringerISBN 0321228006 (0-321-22800-6)
Softcover, Longman Pub Group
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Monsoonby Wilbur A. SmithISBN 0312317123 (0-312-31712-3)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Monsoon'Book summary:South Africa's master storyteller Wilbur Smith has been writing his exotic historical sagas for so long that he's in danger of being taken for granted and typecast as an author of adventure stories for and about overgrown boys. But there's a lot more to Smith's books than mere blood, thunder, swash, and buckle. He might not be as thoughtful or as philosophical as Patrick O'Brian, but his stories have a wider geographical and chronological range and lots more action.
Monsoon is the latest chronicle in Smith's Courteney series. In it, Hal Courteney is sent by the East India Trading Company to attack Arab pirates who are harassing trade off the East African coast. He takes three of his four sons, but one of them absconds to Bombay and another is taken prisoner by the Arabs. Although the mission is an eventual success, Hal himself is seriously injured and returns to England. His son Tom becomes the real hero of the story, gallantly rescuing his captured brother from the infidel.
Like his heroes, Smith's prose pulls no punches: "Aboli swung the axe in a wide, flashing arc. It took the man full in the side of his neck, severing it cleanly. His head toppled forward and rolled down his chest, while his trunk stood erect before it slumped to the deck. The air escaped from his lungs in a whistling blast of frothy blood from the open windpipe." It may not be pretty, but it certainly grabs your attention. --Dick Adler [via]
Mrs. Fytton's Country Lifeby Mavis CheekISBN 0312283342 (0-312-28334-2)
Hardcover, St. Martin's Press
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My Summer with Juliaby Sarah WoodhouseISBN 0312266227 (0-312-26622-7)
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One-Armed Queenby Jane YolenISBN 0312852436 (0-312-85243-6)
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The Path of Daggersby Robert JordanISBN 0312857691 (0-312-85769-1)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Path of Daggers'Book summary:Robert Jordan's bestselling Wheel of Time epic is one of the most popular fantasy series of all time for a reason. Jordan's world is rich and complex, and he's assembled an endearing, involving core of characters while mapping out an ambitious and engaging story arc.
But with the previous book, Crown of Swords, and now with Path of Daggers, the series is in a bit of a holding pattern. Path continues the halting gait of the current plot line: Rand is still on the brink of losing it, all the while juggling the political machinations around him and again taking to the field against the Seanchan. The rest of the Two Rivers kids and company don't seem to be moving much faster. Egwene continues to slowly consolidate her hold as the "true" Amyrlin (finally getting closer to Tar Valon and the inevitable confrontation with Elaida), and Nynaeve and Elayne keep on wandering toward the Lion Throne, again on the run from the Seanchan. Mat Cauthon is barely mentioned, and fellow ta'veren Perrin keeps busy with politics in Ghealdan. The ending does provide promise, though, that book nine might match the pace and passion of the previous books.
If you're already hooked, you could sooner overcome a weave of Compulsion than avoid picking up a copy of Path of Daggers. But if you're new to the series, start at the beginning with the engrossing, much-better-paced Eye of the World. --Paul Hughes [via]
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Prodigal Daughterby Jeffrey ArcherISBN 0312997140 (0-312-99714-0)
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The Proud Villeinsby Valerie AnandISBN 0312082827 (0-312-08282-7)
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Red Tentby Anita DiamantISBN 0312195516 (0-312-19551-6)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Red Tent'Book summary:The red tent is the place where women gathered during their cycles of birthing, menses, and even illness. Like the conversations and mysteries held within this feminine tent, this sweeping piece of fiction offers an insider's look at the daily life of a biblical sorority of mothers and wives and their one and only daughter, Dinah. Told in the voice of Jacob's daughter Dinah (who only received a glimpse of recognition in the Book of Genesis), we are privy to the fascinating feminine characters who bled within the red tent. In a confiding and poetic voice, Dinah whispers stories of her four mothers, Rachel, Leah, Zilpah, and Bilhah--all wives to Jacob, and each one embodying unique feminine traits. As she reveals these sensual and emotionally charged stories we learn of birthing miracles, slaves, artisans, household gods, and sisterhood secrets. Eventually Dinah delves into her own saga of betrayals, grief, and a call to midwifery.
"Like any sisters who live together and share a husband, my mother and aunties spun a sticky web of loyalties and grudges," Anita Diamant writes in the voice of Dinah. "They traded secrets like bracelets, and these were handed down to me the only surviving girl. They told me things I was too young to hear. They held my face between their hands and made me swear to remember." Remembering women's earthy stories and passionate history is indeed the theme of this magnificent book. In fact, it's been said that The Red Tent is what the Bible might have been had it been written by God's daughters, instead of her sons. --Gail Hudson [via]
The Ruthless Yeomenby Valerie AnandISBN 0312088841 (0-312-08884-1)
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Septemberby Rosamunde PilcherISBN 0312924801 (0-312-92480-1)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'September'Book summary:A place you will never forget[via]
Rosemunde Pilcher's Scotland...where the fields flourish with greenery, the bills bloom with purple, and the lochs glitter with the bright blue of the sky.
A time you will never forget
September...when the heather is in full flower, the first chill of autumn cools the air, and the countryside stirs with the hunt b alls, dinner parties, and dance.
A novel you will never forget
Rosamunde Pilcher's September...a story of homecomings and heartbreaks, friendships, betrayls, forgiveness, and love. From the author of the classic multimillion-copy bestseller The Shell Seeker, it is a book you will fall in love with...
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Shadow Risingby Robert JordanISBN 0312854315 (0-312-85431-5)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Shadow Rising'Book summary:[via]The seals of Shayol Ghul are weak now, and the Dark One reaches out. The Shadow is rising to cover humankind.
In Tar Valon, Min sees portents of hideous doom. Will the White Tower itself be broken?
In the Two Rivers, the Whitecloaks ride in pursuit of a man with golden eyes, and in pursuit of the Dragon Reborn.
In Cantorin, among the Sea Folk, High Lady Suroth plans the return of the Seanchan armies to the mainland.
In the Stone of Tear, the Lord Dragon considers his next move. It will be something no one expects, not the Black Ajah, not Tairen nobles, not Aes Sedai, not Egwene or Elayne or Nynaeve.
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The Shell Seekersby Rosamunde PilcherISBN 0312961324 (0-312-96132-4)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Shell Seekers'Book summary:Set in London and Cornwall between World War II and the present, this is the story of the Keeling family, and of the passions and heart-break that have held them together for three generations--a story of life, hope, children and death. [via]
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Son of the Shadowsby Juliet MarillierISBN 0312875290 (0-312-87529-0)
Softcover, Tor Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Son of the Shadows'Book summary:Second of the Sevenwaters trilogy of novels about the last days of heroic Ireland, Son of the Shadows takes up the story of the children of Sorcha, who saved her enchanted brothers, and Hugh, the Briton she married. Sorcha's daughter Liadan is a gifted seer and healer who thinks, in spite of her visions, that she knows what the future has in store for her--caring for her dying mother and then an alliance marriage to Eamonn. A chance meeting on the road carries her off to care for a dying man--one of the mercenaries of the sinister Painted Man, Eamonn's archenemy and a killer for hire. Liadan discovers that she cannot choose whom she loves and that she and the Painted Man are as bound up in destiny as her mother and father were before her.
This is an intelligent historical romance in which the supernatural is a part of the character's everyday lives to an extent that makes it hard to think of the book as specifically a fantasy--these are people to whom the beings of forest speak on a regular basis and to whom sorcery is real. --Roz Kaveney, Amazon.co.uk [via]
Swords and Crowns and Ringsby Ruth ParkISBN 0312781784 (0-312-78178-4)
Hardcover, St. Martin's Press
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Tandia: Library Editionby Bryce CourtenayISBN 0316158283 (0-316-15828-3)
Hardcover, Little Brown & Co
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Tandia: Library Edition'Book summary:Tandia sat waiting anxiously for the fight to begin between the man she loved the most and the man she hated the most in the world. Tandia is a child of all Africa: half Indian, half African, beautiful and intelligent, she is only sixteen when she is first brutalised by the police. Her fear of the white man leads her to join the black resistance movement, where she trains as a terrorist. With her in the fight for justice is the one white man Tandia can trust, the welterweight champion of the world, Peekay. Now he must fight their common enemy in order to save both their lives. A compelling story of good and evil from Australias most popular storyteller, Bryce Courtenay. Humphrey Bower is brilliant ... First with the head, then with the heart will resonate in the hearts and minds of listeners long after the final chapter. AudioFile [via]
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That Near and Distant Placeby Patricia WrightISBN 0312022972 (0-312-02297-2)
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To Be the Bestby Barbara Taylor BradfordISBN 0312935617 (0-312-93561-7)
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Understand Your Bible from Adam to Zion: A Clear Explanation of God's Wordby Alister E. McGrathISBN 0310240042 (0-310-24004-2)
Softcover, Zondervan
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Understand Your Bible from Adam to Zion: A Clear Explanation of God's Word'Book summary:Written by one of today's leading evangelical scholars, this fascinating, easy-to-read commentary familiarizes you with the key features of each book of the Bible. [via]
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Unexpected Blessingsby Barbara Taylor BradfordISBN 0312985746 (0-312-98574-6)
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War and Remembranceby Herman WoukISBN 0316954993 (0-316-95499-3)
Softcover, Little Brown & Co
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› Find signed collectible books: 'War and Remembrance'Book summary:Herman Wouk's sweeping epic of World War II, which begins with The Winds of War and continues here in War and Remembrance, stands as the crowning achievement of one of America's most celebrated storytellers. Like no other books about the war, Wouk's spellbinding narrative captures the tide of global events - and all the drama, romance, heroism, and tragedy of World War II - as it immerses us in the lives of a single American family drawn into the very center of the war's maelstrom. [via]
Warlegganby Winston GrahamISBN 033034496X (0-330-34496-X)
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The Warlords of Ninby Steve R. LawheadISBN 0310205034 (0-310-20503-4)
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Where She Has Goneby Nino RicciISBN 031220681X (0-312-20681-X)
Softcover, Picador
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White Jennaby Jane YolenISBN 0312931956 (0-312-93195-6)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'White Jenna'Book summary:World Fantasy Award for Best Novel[via]
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Book Two of the Great Alta Saga
Jenna was the White Queen.
Skada was the Dark Queen. She is bound to Jennathe other half of Jennas self. Drawn out of a mirror by a rite of magic, a dark sister is confined to the dark. She vanishes in daylight. It is in this other world the dark sisters wait for moonlight or lamplight to call them forth again.
This is their story: of myths turned real, ordinary people turned heroes, a land turned inside out by the coming of White Jenna.More editions of White Jenna:
Winds of Warby Herman WoukISBN 0316952664 (0-316-95266-4)
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Winds of War War and Remembranceby Herman WoukISBN 0316955027 (0-316-95502-7)
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Winter's Heartby Robert JordanISBN 0312864256 (0-312-86425-6)
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Wuthering Heightsby Emily Bronte, Linda H. PetersonISBN 0312256868 (0-312-25686-8)
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Young Rennyby Mazo De LA RocheISBN 0316180157 (0-316-18015-7)
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Corrections, Theby Jonathan FranzenISBN 0312984294 (0-312-98429-4)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Corrections, The'Book summary:Jonathan Franzen's exhilarating novel The Corrections tells a spellbinding story with sexy comic brio, and evokes a quirky family akin to Anne Tyler's, only bitter. Franzen's great at describing Christmas homecomings gone awry, cruise-ship follies, self-deluded academics, breast-obsessed screenwriters, stodgy old farts and edgy Tribeca bohemians equally at sea in their lives, and the mad, bad, dangerous worlds of the Internet boom and the fissioning post-Soviet East.
All five members of the Lambert family get their due, as everybody's lives swirl out of control. Paterfamilias Alfred is slipping into dementia, even as one of his inventions inspires a pharmaceutical giant to revolutionize treatment of his disease. His stubborn wife, Enid, specializes in denial; so do their kids, each in an idiosyncratic way. Their hepcat son, Chip, lost a college sinecure by seducing a student, and his new career as a screenwriter is in peril. Chip's sister, Denise, is a chic chef perpetually in hot water, romantically speaking; banker brother Gary wonders if his stifling marriage is driving him nuts. We inhabit these troubled minds in turn, sinking into sorrow punctuated by laughter, reveling in Franzen's satirical eye:
Gary in recent years had observed, with plate tectonically cumulative anxiety, that population was continuing to flow out of the Midwest and toward the cooler coasts.... Gary wished that all further migration [could] be banned and all Midwesterners encouraged to revert to eating pasty foods and wearing dowdy clothes and playing board games, in order that a strategic national reserve of cluelessness might be maintained, a wilderness of taste which would enable people of privilege, like himself, to feel extremely civilized in perpetuity.
Franzen is funny and on the money. This book puts him on the literary map. --Tim Appelo [via]More editions of Corrections, The:
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