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Aesop's Fablesby Aesop, Blanche WinderISBN 0804900817 (0-8049-0081-7)
Softcover, Airmont Pub Co
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Aesop's Fablesby Michael Hague, AesopISBN 0805063153 (0-8050-6315-3)
Softcover, Henry Holt & Co
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Aesop's Fables'Book summary:"Please, O King," cried the Mouse, "spare me this time and I shall never forget your kindness. Someday I may be able to repay you." The Lion was so amused by this idea that he let the poor creature go.[via]
In sixth-century Greece, it is said, there lived a slave named Aesop who was renowned for his brilliant storytelling. The collection of sly, witty fables that bears his name continues to delight readers of all ages. Michael Hague has selected his favorite fables and illustrated them with beautiful paintings in the style that has made his work so popular.More editions of Aesop's Fables:
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Behind Closed Doorsby Alina Reyes, David WatsonISBN 0802135056 (0-8021-3505-6)
Softcover, Grove Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Behind Closed Doors'Book summary:Behind Closed Doors is a novel in two halves, one presenting the adventures and perspectives of a woman, the other those of a man. The reader decides which gender role to play and which paths of the plot to pursue by choosing from a group of "doors." Following the author's suggestions, the reader designs the architecture of this erotic hall of mirrors and is hypnotically drawn into a carnival of decadent delights. [via]
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Behind Closed Doorsby David Watson, Alina ReyesISBN 0802115896 (0-8021-1589-6)
Hardcover, Grove Pr
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The Best Horror from Fantasy Talesby Stephen Jones, David SuttonISBN 0786712007 (0-7867-1200-7)
Softcover, Carroll & Graf Pub
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The Best of C.L. Mooreby Catherine L. MooreISBN 0800807227 (0-8008-0722-7)
Hardcover, Taplinger Pub Co
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Best of C.L. Moore'Book summary:Collection of C. L. Moore's (Mrs. Henry Kuttner) best science fiction short stories. [via]
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The Black Stranger And Other American Talesby Robert Ervin Howard, Steven TompkinsISBN 0803273533 (0-8032-7353-3)
Softcover, Univ of Nebraska Pr
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Black Thorn, White Roseby Not AvailableISBN 0809557754 (0-8095-5775-4)
Softcover, Prime Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Black Thorn, White Rose'Book summary:The award-winning editors of Snow White, Blood Red return us to distinctly adult realms of myth and the fantastic - with 18 wondrous works that cloak the magical fictions we heard at grandma's knee in mantles of darkness and dread. From Roger Zelansky's delightful tale of Death's disobedient godson to Peter Straub's blood-chilling examination of a gargantuan Cinderella and her terrible twisted "art," here are stories strange and miraculous - remarkable modern storytelling that remold our most cherished childhood fables into things sexier, more sinister... and more appealing to grown-up tastes and sensibilities. [via]
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The Blue Fairy Bookby Andrew LangISBN 0804901961 (0-8049-0196-1)
Softcover, Airmont Pub Co
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Blue Fairy Book'Book summary:Andrew Lang's Fairy Books or Andrew Lang's "Coloured" Fairy Books constitute a 12 book series of fairy tale collections.
The Blue Fairy Book includes 37 stories, including the orginal versions of classic tales such as:
Little Red Riding Hood
Sleeping Beauty
The Beauty and the Beast
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Can Such Things Be?by Ambrose BierceISBN 0806505508 (0-8065-0550-8)
Softcover, Kensington Publishing Corporation
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Can Such Things Be?'Book summary:Large Format for easy reading. Supernatural short stories from famous columnist and favourite of the genre [via]
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City of Saints and Madmenby Jeff VandermeerISBN 0809532646 (0-8095-3264-6)
Softcover, Wildside Pr
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The Collected Writings of Ambrose Bierceby Ambrose Bierce, Clifton FadimanISBN 0806501804 (0-8065-0180-4)
Softcover, Kensington Publishing Corporation
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The Complete Short Stories of Ambrose Bierceby Ambrose Bierce, Ernest Jerome HopkinsISBN 0803260717 (0-8032-6071-7)
Softcover, Univ of Nebraska Pr
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The Complete Works of Kate Chopinby Kate Chopin, Per SeyerstedISBN 0807108499 (0-8071-0849-9)
Hardcover, Louisiana State Univ Pr
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The Convictby James Lee BurkeISBN 0786889659 (0-7868-8965-9)
Softcover, Hyperion Press
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Convict: And Other Stories'Book summary:A fetching new edition of a collection of nine award-winning short stories by the best-selling author of the Dave Robicheaux detective novels, including Dixie City Jam, is set along the Gulf coasts of Louisiana and Texas. Reprint. [via]
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Softcover, Louisiana State University Press - The Convict: ISBN 0807112739 (0-8071-1273-9)
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Cranfordby Elizabeth GaskellISBN 0805502505 (0-8055-0250-5)
Hardcover, Hart Pub Co
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Cranford'Book summary:This work provides a timeless portrait of life in a peaceful English village in the early years of the 19th century. It is the most enduringly popular of Mrs Gaskell's works. [via]
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Dark Delicacies: Fearby Jeff Gelb, Del HowisonISBN 0786716762 (0-7867-1676-2)
Softcover, Carroll & Graf Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Dark Delicacies: Fear'Book summary:In a truly distinguished collection of twenty superb, sublimely dark tales written especially for this volume, such acknowledged contemporary masters of horror fiction as Clive Barker, Ray Bradbury, Ramsey Campbell, Nancy Holder, Richard Laymon, Brian Lumley, Joe Lansdale, Whitley Streiber, F. Paul Wilson, and Chelsea Quinn Yarboro serve up a veritable feast of fear. For the first time ever, Dark Delicacies, the worlds foremost horror bookstore, lends its famous name and imprimatur to an anthology designed to please the palate of the genres most discriminating fans. Throughout, the editorsDel Howison (co-owner of Dark Delicacies) and leading horror anthologist Jeff Gelbpresent perfectly crafted, freshly original horror-fiction fare that is as terrifying as it is chillingly delicious.[via]More editions of Dark Delicacies: Fear:
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Dark Delicacies: Original Tales of Terror and the Macabre by the World's Greatest Horror Writersby Jeff GelbISBN 0786715863 (0-7867-1586-3)
Hardcover, Carroll & Graf Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Dark Delicacies: Original Tales of Terror and the Macabre by the World's Greatest Horror Writers'Book summary:In a truly distinguished collection of twenty superb, sublimely dark tales written especially for this volume, such acknowledged contemporary masters of horror fiction as Clive Barker, Ray Bradbury, Ramsey Campbell, Nancy Holder, Richard Laymon, Brian Lumley, Joe Lansdale, Whitley Streiber, F. Paul Wilson, and Chelsea Quinn Yarboro serve up a veritable feast of fear. For the first time ever, Dark Delicacies, the world's foremost horror bookstore, lends its famous name and imprimatur to an anthology designed to please the palate of the genre's most discriminating fans. Throughout, the editorsDel Howison (co-owner of Dark Delicacies) and leading horror anthologist Jeff Gelbpresent perfectly crafted, freshly original horror-fiction fare that is as terrifying as it is chillingly delicious.[via]More editions of Dark Delicacies: Original Tales of Terror and the Macabre by the World's Greatest Horror Writers:
A Different Plain: Contemporary Nebraska Fiction Writersby Mary PipherISBN 0803290020 (0-8032-9002-0)
Softcover, Univ of Nebraska Pr
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Eighteen Best Stories by Edgar Allan Poeby Edgar Allan PoeISBN 080852268X (0-8085-2268-X)
Hardcover, Bt Bound
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Ethan Fromeby Edith WhartonISBN 0808519549 (0-8085-1954-9)
Hardcover, Bt Bound
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An Evening Performanceby George GarrettISBN 0807121126 (0-8071-2112-6)
Softcover, Louisiana State Univ Pr
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Eye of the Sibylby Philip K. DickISBN 0806513284 (0-8065-1328-4)
Softcover, Kensington Pub Corp
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Eye of the Sibyl'Book summary:A collection of stories by the celebrated science fiction writer includes never-before-published selections as well as the author's standards--``The Little Black Box'' and ``The Pre-Person'' among them. By the author of The Man in the High Castle. Original. [via]
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Fairy and Folk Tales of the Irish Peasantryby W. B. YeatsISBN 0809564904 (0-8095-6490-4)
Hardcover, Wildside Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Fairy and Folk Tales of the Irish Peasantry'Book summary:"At sea, when the nets are out and the pipes are lit, then will some ancient hoarder of tales become loquacious, telling his histories to the tune of the creaking of the boats. Holy-eve night, too, is a great time, and in old days many tales were to be heard at wakes. But the priest have set their faces against wakes. . . . " From the celebrated poet, William Butler Yeats, a volume of folk and fairy tales to stir the Irish soul. [via]
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Fairy Talesby Wilhelm Grimm, Brothers Grimm, Edgar Taylor, Amanda HarveyISBN 0805031278 (0-8050-3127-8)
Hardcover, Henry Holt & Co
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Fairy Tales'Book summary:Thirty-seven selected stories from the Brothers Grimm, taken from the first English translation of 1823, are newly illustrated in black and white, with eight full-color plates by the artist from Stormy Weather. [via]
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Fishing the Sloe-Black River: Storiesby Colum McCannISBN 0805041079 (0-8050-4107-9)
Softcover, Holt & Company, Henry
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Fishing the Sloe-Black River: Stories'Book summary:In Songdogs, his first novel, Colum McCann, who divides his time between Ireland and America, explores the tensions created by movement between such different worlds. The thematic thread in this collection of short stories is much the same--the longing to escape from, and the pull toward, a fixed and central point. Sometimes the theme is explored through travel: a survivor of Hiroshima emigrates to western Ireland, but always feels the blast of that defining moment; a young Irishwoman moves frenetically through America in search of tranquillity. Sometimes the motion is within the mind, as it is for the paralyzed cyclist who discards his bike after realizing that "the only thing it could be ridden with was a perfect cadence of the imagination." [via]
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The Foundlingby Lloyd AlexanderISBN 0805080538 (0-8050-8053-8)
Softcover, Henry Holt & Co
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Foundling'Book summary:The Newbery-winning fantasy series now available in gorgeous new paperback editions![via]
Since The Book of Three was first published in 1964, young readers have been enthralled by the adventures of Taran the Assistant Pig-Keeper and his quest to become a hero. Taran is joined by an engaging cast of characters that includes Eilonwy, the strong-willed and sharp-tongued princess; Fflewddur Fflam, the hyperbole-prone bard; the ever-faithful Gurgi; and the curmudgeonly Doli--all of whom have become involved in an epic struggle between good and evil that shapes the fate of the legendary land of Prydain. Released over a period of five years, Lloyd Alexander's beautifully written tales not only captured children's imaginations but also garnered the highest critical praise.
The Black Cauldron was a Newbery Honor Book, and the final volume in the chronicles, The High King, crowned the series by winning the Newbery Medal for "the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children."
Henry Holt is proud to present this classic series in a new, redesigned paperback format. The jackets feature stunning art by acclaimed fantasy artist David Wyatt, giving the books a fresh look for today's generation of young fantasy lovers. The companion book of short stories, The Foundling is also available in paperback at this time.
In their more than thirty years in print, the Chronicles of Prydain have become the standard of excellence in fantasy literature for children.More editions of The Foundling:
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The Foundling : And Other Tales of Prydainby Lloyd AlexanderISBN 0805061304 (0-8050-6130-4)
Hardcover, Holt & Company, Henry
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Released over a period of five years, Lloyd Alexander's beautifully written tales not only captured children's imaginations but also garnered the highest critical praise. The Black Cauldron was a Newbery Honor Book, and the final volume in the chronicles, The High King, crowned the series by winning the Newbery Medal for "the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children."
Henry Holt is proud to present this classic series to a new generation of young readers. Jackets have been handsomely redesigned while retaining the original art of Caldecott Medal-winning artist Evaline Ness. Each retypeset volume now includes a pronunciation guide prepared by Lloyd Alexander. A companion book of short stories, The Foundling and Other Tales of Prydain, is also available in hardcover for the first time in twenty years.
In their more than thirty years in print, the Chronicles of Prydain have become the standard of excellence in fantasy literature for children.More editions of The Foundling : And Other Tales of Prydain:
Fresh Girls, & Other Storiesby Evelyn LauISBN 0786860588 (0-7868-6058-8)
Hardcover, Hyperion Books
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Gibbsville, Paby John O'Hara, Matthew Joseph Bruccoli, Budd Schulberg, George V. HigginsISBN 0786713623 (0-7867-1362-3)
Softcover, Carroll & Graf Pub
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Goldberg Street: Short Plays and Monologuesby David MametISBN 0802151043 (0-8021-5104-3)
Softcover, Grove Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Goldberg Street: Short Plays and Monologues'Book summary:From the Pulitzer Prize- winning author of Glengarry Glen Ross, here is a collection of thirty-two one-act plays and short dramatic pieces that David Mamet himself considers to be some of the best writing he has ever done.[via]More editions of Goldberg Street: Short Plays and Monologues:
The Great Wall of China : Stories and Reflectionsby Franz Kafka, Willa Muir, Edwin MuirISBN 0805204199 (0-8052-0419-9)
Softcover, Knopf Publishing Group
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Grimm's Fairy Talesby Brothers GrimmISBN 0804901686 (0-8049-0168-6)
Softcover, Airmont Pub Co
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Grimm's Fairy Tales'Book summary:A collection of fairy tales collected in Germany by two brothers. [via]
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The Grimms' German Folk Talesby Wilhelm Grimm, Francis P. Magoun, Grimm Brothers, Alexander Haggerty KrappeISBN 0809303566 (0-8093-0356-6)
Softcover, Southern Illinois Univ Pr
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The Heart of Darknessby Joseph ConradISBN 0804901120 (0-8049-0112-0)
Softcover, Airmont Pub Co
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The Hills Beyondby Thomas WolfeISBN 0807125679 (0-8071-2567-9)
Softcover, Louisiana State University Press
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The Hound of the Baskervillesby Arthur Conan Doyle, Henry Brook, Bob HarveyISBN 0794505740 (0-7945-0574-0)
Softcover, Edc Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Hound of the Baskervilles'Book summary:We owe 1902's The Hound of the Baskervilles to Arthur Conan Doyle's good friend Fletcher "Bobbles" Robinson, who took him to visit some scary English moors and prehistoric ruins, and told him marvelous local legends about escaped prisoners and a 17th-century aristocrat who fell afoul of the family dog. Doyle transmogrified the legend: generations ago, a hound of hell tore out the throat of devilish Hugo Baskerville on the moonlit moor. Poor, accursed Baskerville Hall now has another mysterious death: that of Sir Charles Baskerville. Could the culprit somehow be mixed up with secretive servant Barrymore, history-obsessed Dr. Frankland, butterfly-chasing Stapleton, or Selden, the Notting Hill murderer at large? Someone's been signaling with candles from the mansion's windows. Nor can supernatural forces be ruled out. Can Dr. Watson--left alone by Sherlock Holmes to sleuth in fear for much of the novel--save the next Baskerville, Sir Henry, from the hound's fangs?
Many Holmes fans prefer Doyle's complete short stories, but their clockwork logic doesn't match the author's boast about this novel: it's "a real Creeper!" What distinguishes this particular Hound is its fulfillment of Doyle's great debt to Edgar Allan Poe--it's full of ancient woe, low moans, a Grimpen Mire that sucks ponies to Dostoyevskian deaths, and locals digging up Neolithic skulls without next-of-kins' consent. "The longer one stays here the more does the spirit of the moor sink into one's soul," Watson realizes. "Rank reeds and lush, slimy water-plants sent an odour of decay ... while a false step plunged us more than once thigh-deep into the dark, quivering mire, which shook for yards in soft undulations around our feet ... it was as if some malignant hand was tugging us down into those obscene depths." Read on--but, reader, watch your step! --Tim Appelo [via]
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I Thought My Father Was God : And Other True Tales from NPR's National Story Projectby Paul Auster, Nelly Reifler, National Story Project StaffISBN 0805067140 (0-8050-6714-0)
Hardcover, Holt & Company, Henry
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› Find signed collectible books: 'I Thought My Father Was God : And Other True Tales from NPR's National Story Project'Book summary:When the call went out to listeners of National Public Radio's Weekend All Things Considered to submit stories about their personal experiences, the results were overwhelming. I Thought My Father Was God: And Other True Tales from NPR's National Story Project contains editor Paul Auster's pick of the best submissions. The stories, whether fact or fiction, all exhibit a heartfelt earnestness to be heard, and share similar themes of bizarre coincidences, otherworldly intervention, love and loss, life-changing experiences, and mundane pleasures. Some are deeply moving, most are not. But it is uplifting and well worth the time to sift through these brief snapshots of our collective human experience.
To give the book shape, Auster has done his best to categorize the material by subject, such as Animals, Families, War, Love, Dreams, and the like. These categories hold true to the submission criteria: "[I was most interested in] stories that defied our expectations about the world, anecdotes that revealed the mysterious and unknowable forces at work in our lives, in our family histories, in our minds and bodies, in our souls.... I was hoping to put together ... a museum of American reality." I Thought My Father Was God is a testament that, despite what on a bad day we may think is a drab existence, we all have a few good stories in us. --Michael Ferch [via]
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Immortalityby Milan Kundera, Peter KussiISBN 0802111114 (0-8021-1111-4)
Hardcover, Grove Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Immortality'Book summary:Milan Kundera's sixth novel springs from a casual gesture of a woman to her swimming instructor, a gesture that creates a character in the mind of a writer named Kundera. Like Flaubert's Emma or Tolstoy's Anna, Kundera's Agnes becomes an object of fascination, of indefinable longing. From that character springs a novel, a gesture of the imagination that both embodies and articulates Milan Kundera's supreme mastery of the novel and its purpose; to explore thoroughly the great, themes of existence. [via]
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In the Palace of Reposeby Holly PhillipsISBN 0809556235 (0-8095-5623-5)
Softcover, Wildside Pr
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The Izu Dancer and Other Storiesby Edward SeidenstickerISBN 0804811415 (0-8048-1141-5)
Softcover, Tuttle Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Izu Dancer and Other Stories'Book summary:Originally published in The Atlantic Monthly, in 1958, The Izu Dancer, a story about a young man's travels through the Izu Peninsula, introduced Kawabata's prodigious talent to the West. Since its first printing, Kawabata, winner of the 1968 Nobel Prize, has been recognized as one of Japan's most distinguished writers. Also included in this collection are three stories by the prolific author Yasushi Inoue, the recipient of every major prize in Japanese literature: "The Counterfeiter," "Obasute," and "The Full Moon." Inoue's stories, each of which are at least partially autobiographical, all reveal his great compassion for his fellow human being. [via]
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Just So Storiesby Rudyard Kipling, Safaya SalterISBN 0805004394 (0-8050-0439-4)
Hardcover, Henry Holt & Co
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Justineby Donatien-Alphonse-Francois Marquis De SadeISBN 080214358X (0-8021-4358-X)
Softcover, Grove Pr
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Justine, Philosophy in the Bedroom and Other Writingsby Marquis De SadeISBN 0802132189 (0-8021-3218-9)
Softcover, Grove Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Justine, Philosophy in the Bedroom and Other Writings'Book summary:This volume contains Philosophy in the Bedroom, a major novel that presents the clearest summation of his political philosophy; Eugénie de Franval, a novella widely considered to be a masterpiece of eighteenth-century French literature; and the only authentic and complete American edition of his most famous work, Justine.[via]More editions of Justine, Philosophy in the Bedroom and Other Writings:
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The Lais of Marie De Franceby Robert W. Hanning, Joan M. FerranteISBN 080102031X (0-8010-2031-X)
Softcover, Baker Pub Group
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Lithuaniaby Joseph Ashby PorterISBN 0801840910 (0-8018-4091-0)
Hardcover, Johns Hopkins Univ Pr
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Maggie and Other Storiesby Stephen CraneISBN 080490166X (0-8049-0166-X)
Softcover, Airmont Pub Co
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The Maid of the North: Feminist Folk Tales from Around the Worldby Ethel J. Phelps, Lloyd BloomISBN 0805006796 (0-8050-0679-6)
Softcover, Holt & Company, Henry
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The Mammoth Book of Best New Horrorby Stephen JonesISBN 0786716002 (0-7867-1600-2)
Softcover, Carroll & Graf Pub
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The Mammoth Book of International Eroticaby Maxim JakubowskiISBN 0786717289 (0-7867-1728-9)
Softcover, Carroll & Graf Pub
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Mammoth Book of Jacobean Whodunnitsby Mike AshleyISBN 0786717300 (0-7867-1730-0)
Softcover, Carroll & Graf Pub
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The Marquis De Sade: An Essay by Simone De Beauvoirby Marquis De SadeISBN 0802131034 (0-8021-3103-4)
Softcover, Pub Group West
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The Marquise of O--, and Other Storiesby Heinrich Von KleistISBN 0804463654 (0-8044-6365-4)
Softcover, Ungar
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The New Atlantis and Other Novellas of Science Fictionby Ursula K. Le Guin, Gene Wolfe, James TiptreeISBN 0801553598 (0-8015-5359-8)
Hardcover, Hawthorn Books
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Now Dig This: The Unspeakable Writings of Terry Southern, 1950-1995by Terry Southern, Josh Alan FriedmanISBN 0802138942 (0-8021-3894-2)
Softcover, Grove Pr
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The Periodic Tableby Primo LeviISBN 0805210415 (0-8052-1041-5)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Periodic Table'Book summary:Writer Primo Levi (1919-1987), an Italian Jew, did not come to the wide attention of the English-reading audience until the last years of his life. A survivor of the Holocaust and imprisonment in Auschwitz, Levi is considered to be one of the century's most compelling voices, and The Periodic Table is his most famous book. Springboarding from his training as a chemist, Levi uses the elements as metaphors to create a cycle of linked, somewhat autobiographical tales, including stories of the Piedmontese Jewish community he came from, and of his response to the Holocaust. [via]
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Personal Anthologyby Jorge Luis BorgesISBN 0802130771 (0-8021-3077-1)
Softcover, Grove Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Personal Anthology'Book summary:After almost a half a century of scrupulous devotion to his art, Jorge Luis Borges personally compiled this anthology of his workshort stories, essays, poems, and brief mordant sketches, which, in Borgess hands, take on the dimensions of a genre unique in modern letters.[via]More editions of Personal Anthology:
Platte Riverby Rick BassISBN 0803259735 (0-8032-5973-5)
Softcover, Univ of Nebraska Pr
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Pricksongs and Descantsby Robert CooverISBN 0802136672 (0-8021-3667-2)
Softcover, Grove Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Pricksongs and Descants'Book summary:Pricksongs & Descants, originally published in 1969, is a virtuoso performance that established its author - already a William Faulkner Award winner for his first novel - as a writer of enduring power and unquestionable brilliance, a promise he has fulfilled over a stellar career. It also began Coover's now-trademark riffs on fairy tales and bedtime stories. In these riotously word-drunk fictional romps, two children follow an old man into the woods, trailing bread crumbs behind and edging helplessly toward a sinister end that never comes; a husband walks toward the bed where his wife awaits his caresses, but by the time he arrives she's been dead three weeks and detectives are pounding down the door; a teenaged babysitter's evening becomes a kaleidoscope of dangerous erotic fantasies-her employer's, her boyfriend's, her own; an aging, humble carpenter marries a beautiful but frigid woman, and after he's waited weeks to consummate their union she announces that God has made her pregnant. Now available in a Grove paperback, Pricksongs & Descants is a cornerstone of Robert Coover's remarkable career and a brilliant work by a major American writer.[via]More editions of Pricksongs and Descants:
Red-Dirt Marijuana and Other Tastesby Terry SouthernISBN 0806511672 (0-8065-1167-2)
Softcover, Citadel Pr
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Roald Dahl's Tales of the Unexpectedby Roald DahlISBN 0808509217 (0-8085-0921-7)
Hardcover, Bt Bound
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Roughing Itby Mark Twain, Samuel Langhorne ClemensISBN 0809531828 (0-8095-3182-8)
Softcover, Wildside Pr
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Rumpole and the Golden Threadby John MortimerISBN 0792713702 (0-7927-1370-2)
Softcover, Chivers North Amer
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The Short Happy Life of the Brown Oxfordby Philip K. DickISBN 0806511532 (0-8065-1153-2)
Softcover, Citadel Pr
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The Sketch-Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent.by Washington Irving, Haskell S. SpringerISBN 0805785108 (0-8057-8510-8)
Hardcover, Twayne Publishers
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Sketch-Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent.'Book summary:The creator of such quintessentially American fiction as "Rip Van Winkle," Irving earned his preeminence with the masterpieces in miniature collected here: dozens of short stories, travel essays, biographical discourses, and literary musings. [via]
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The Stories of Breece D'J Pancakeby Breece D'J PancakeISBN 0805007202 (0-8050-0720-2)
Softcover, Henry Holt & Co
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Tabloid Dreamsby Robert Olen ButlerISBN 0805055894 (0-8050-5589-4)
Softcover, Holt & Company, Henry
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Tabloid Dreams: Stories'Book summary:Robert Olen Butler's last short story collection, A Good Scent from a Strange Mountain, was a keen, piercing book told largely in the voice of Vietnamese immigrants to America. To say that his new collection is a departure is an understatement: Butler has taken actual headlines from the more outrageous of the supermarket tabloids and fashioned short fiction around them. Headlines such as "Titanic Victim Speaks Through Waterbed," "Woman Loses Cookie Bake-Off, Sets Self on Fire," and "Every Man She Kisses Dies" are the starting points for this quirky volume from one of the most original American writers at work today. [via]
Tagore Readerby Rabindranath TagoreISBN 0807059714 (0-8070-5971-4)
Softcover, Beacon Pr
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Te Kaihau/the Windeaterby Keri HulmeISBN 0807611689 (0-8076-1168-9)
Hardcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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They Shoot Canoes, Don't They?by Patrick F. McManusISBN 0805000305 (0-8050-0030-5)
Softcover, Henry Holt & Co
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The Usual Mistakesby Erin FlanaganISBN 0803220294 (0-8032-2029-4)
Hardcover, Univ of Nebraska Pr
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The Vintage Bradburyby Ray BradburyISBN 0808599836 (0-8085-9983-6)
Hardcover, Bt Bound
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White Peopleby Allan GurganusISBN 080410851X (0-8041-0851-X)
Softcover, Ballantine Books
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Who Am I Without Him?: Short Stories about Girls and the Boys in Their Livesby Sharon G. FlakeISBN 0786815043 (0-7868-1504-3)
Softcover, Hyperion Books for Children
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Wide Awake in the Pelican State: Stories by Contemporary Louisiana Writersby Ann B. Dobie, Ernest J. GainesISBN 0807130346 (0-8071-3034-6)
Softcover, Louisiana State Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Wide Awake in the Pelican State: Stories by Contemporary Louisiana Writers'Book summary:Wide Awake in the Pelican Statewhich mimics the title of Dinty W. Moores contribution to the collectionbrings together twenty-one of the finest modern writers who claim Louisiana as home, having lived all or some part of their lives in the Pelican State. Each author shares the knack of telling a good story, a Louisiana tradition that dates back two hundred years to the tales told by African American griots and the stories swapped among Mississippi river workers on boats, in taverns, and around campfires.
Though united by talent and place, these writers speak with inflections that vary by gender, race, education, religion, and time spent elsewhere. Their stories are also richly diverse, ranging from Ernest Gainess humorous portrait of black culture in rural Louisiana to Tim Parrishs aching depiction of white working-class family life in Baton Rouge, from Ellen Gilchrists acerbically funny rendering of wealthy New Orleans bankers to Richard Fords flinty unfolding of a father-son relationship in the marshy netherworld south of the Crescent City. The pieces span the full swath of Louisiana experience, be it the life of a Vietnamese refugee in Lake Charles or the miraculous appearance of the image of Jesus on a refrigerator in Holly Springs.
In addition to their Louisiana-rooted inspiration and highest regard for craft, the stories in Wide Awake in the Pelican State share a deep humanity. These are stories about peoplenoble and nefarious, some living high and others down on their luckas they fathom the tragic depths and comic heights of love, betrayal, family, change, and life writ large.
Contributors to Wide Awake in the Pelican State: John Biguenet, James Lee Burke, Robert Olen Butler, Kelly Cherry, Moira Crone, Albert Belisle Davis, Charles deGravelles, John Dufresne, Richard Ford, Ernest J. Gaines, Louis Gallo, Tim Gautreaux, Norman German, Ellen Gilchrist, Joan Arbour Grant, Shirley Ann Grau, Dinty W. Moore, Tim Parrish, Tom Piazza, Nancy Richard, James Wilcox.
AUTHOR BIO: Ann Brewster Dobie is the editor of Something in Common: Contemporary Louisiana Stories and Uncommonplace: An Anthology of Contemporary Louisiana Poets. For thirteen years she served as director of the National Writing Project of Acadiana and now coordinates the Louisiana Writing Project. She is a professor emerita of English at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. [via]
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The Word 'Desire'by Rikki DucornetISBN 0805051740 (0-8050-5174-0)
Softcover, Holt & Company, Henry
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The Workshopby Iowa Writers' Workshop, Tom GrimesISBN 0786865032 (0-7868-6503-2)
Hardcover, Hyperion Books
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The Workshopby Tom GrimesISBN 0786886722 (0-7868-8672-2)
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Wrongby Dennis CooperISBN 0802133673 (0-8021-3367-3)
Softcover, Grove Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Wrong'Book summary:A collection of short stories that use death to probe the meaning in life introduces a man who abducts, molests, and murders young boys and a teenage rock band called Horror Hospital, among other grotesques. [via]
Yonnondioby Tillie OlsenISBN 080328621X (0-8032-8621-X)
Softcover, Univ of Nebraska Pr
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The Youngest Dollby Rosario FerreISBN 0803268742 (0-8032-6874-2)
Softcover, Univ of Nebraska Pr
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