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100 Creepy Little Creaturesby Martin Harry Greenberg, Robert E. Weinberg, Stefan R. DziemianowiczISBN 1566199190 (1-56619-919-0)
Hardcover, Barnes & Noble Imports
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100 Wild Little Weird Talesby Martin Harry Greenberg, Robert E. Weinberg, Stefan R. DziemianowiczISBN 1566195578 (1-56619-557-8)
Hardcover, Barnes and Noble
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After Ikkyu: And Other Poemsby Jim HarrisonISBN 1570622183 (1-57062-218-3)
Softcover, Shambhala Pubns
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Alice's Adventure in Wonderlandby Lewis Carroll, David Blair, John BradleyISBN 1561381004 (1-56138-100-4)
Hardcover, Courage Books
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Alice's Adventures in Wonderlandby David Blair, Lewis Carroll, Graham EverndenISBN 1561382469 (1-56138-246-9)
Hardcover, Running Pr Book Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland'Book summary:Our Miniature Edition "TM" collection continues to grow! Since 1989, when the first minis appeared, Running Press has offered an astonishing range of subjects, sure to find a place in any booklover's library! Visit the golf course for nine holes, head to the kitchen with the Silver Palate chefs, travel to the heavens above, or rediscover the wonders of nature in your own backyard. [via]
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Bending the Landscape :Fantasy (Borealis)by Nicola Griffith, Stephen PagelISBN 1565048369 (1-56504-836-9)
Hardcover, Psi
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Bending the Landscape :Fantasy (Borealis)'Book summary:Bending the Landscape will be a series of anthologies focused on homosexual issues in genre fiction, but this one isn't so neatly pigeonholed as all that. Gayness, or someone's discovery of his or her gayness, is indeed a common motif to all the stories, but in some it is central; in others, it's just a quality a character has--they happen to be having or have had a relationship with someone of the same sex. It's generous in size, 22 stories, and generous in its embrace, ranging in tone from sitcom-like light entertainment ("In Mysterious Ways," by Tanya Huff, and "Magicked Tricks" by K. L Berac), to realism ("Gestures Too Late on a Gravel Road" by Mark W. Tiedemann, and "Full Moon and Empty Arms" by M. W. Keiper), to realistic horror ("The House of the Man in the Moon" by Richard Bowes). Mythic fantasy, fairy tales, and ghost stories are all here too, so this is more like reading a survey than a tightly thematic anthology. The variety is appropriate. Neither fantasy nor sex comes in just one flavor. If you're at all interested in anything besides vanilla, sample this. [via]
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Best Gay Erotica 1997by Douglas Sadownick, Richard LabonteISBN 1573440671 (1-57344-067-1)
Softcover, Cleis Pr
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Best Gay Erotica 2003by Richard Labonte, Michael RoweISBN 1573441627 (1-57344-162-7)
Softcover, Pgw
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The Best Japanese Science Fiction Storiesby John L. Apostolou, Martin Harry GreenbergISBN 156980124X (1-56980-124-X)
Softcover, Barricade Books Inc
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The Best of O. Henryby O. HenryISBN 156138111X (1-56138-111-X)
Hardcover, Courage Books
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Best of the Erotic Readerby AnonymousISBN 1562012290 (1-56201-229-0)
Softcover, Running Press Book Publishers
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Best of the South: From the Second Decade of New Stories from the Southby Anne Tyler, Shannon RavenelISBN 1565124707 (1-56512-470-7)
Softcover, Algonquin Books
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Bloodchild and Other Storiesby Octavia E. ButlerISBN 156858055X (1-56858-055-X)
Hardcover, Thunder's Mouth Pr
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The California Coast: Storie from where we liveby Sara St. AntoineISBN 1571316310 (1-57131-631-0)
Hardcover, Milkweed Editions
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Caricatureby Daniel ClowesISBN 1560974583 (1-56097-458-3)
Softcover, Fantagraphics Books
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Certain Things Lastby Sherwood Anderson, Charles E. ModlinISBN 1568580223 (1-56858-022-3)
Softcover, Thunder's Mouth Pr
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Chicken Soup for the Teenage SoulISBN 1572813911 (1-57281-391-1)
Softcover, U S Games Systems
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A Christmas Carolby Charles Dickens, Roberto InnocentiISBN 1568461828 (1-56846-182-8)
Hardcover, Creative Co
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Christmas Carol'Book summary:In the history of English literature, Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol, which has been continuously in print since it was first published in the winter of 1843, stands out as the quintessential Christmas story. What makes this charming edition of Dickens's immortal tale so special is the collection of 80 vivid illustrations by Everett Shinn (1876-1953). Shinn, a well-known artist in his time, was a popular illustrator of newspapers and magazines whose work displayed a remarkable affinity for the stories of Charles Dickens, evoking the bustling street life of the mid-1800s. Printed on heavy, cream-colored paper stock, the edges of the pages have been left rough, simulating the way in which the story might have appeared in Dickens's own time. Though countless editions of this classic have been published over the years, this one stands out as particularly beautiful, nostalgic, and evocative of the spirit of Christmas. [via]
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Christmas In The South: Holiday Stories From The South's Best Writersby Charline R. McCord, Judy H. Tucker, Wyatt Waters, Kaye GibbonsISBN 1565124480 (1-56512-448-0)
Hardcover, Workman Pub Co
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Christmas In The South: Holiday Stories From The South's Best Writers'Book summary:Last year's bestselling anthology of outstanding stories and original watercolors A Very Southern Christmas was an instant hit. This year we are pleased to present another stellar collection of short fiction that encourages us to celebrate and meditate on the meaning of the holiday season.
Christmas in the South reminds us of the multitude of emotions that arise as December approaches and the shopping days decrease, as anticipations and hopes rise about reunions, renewed vows, charity, and the perfect present. This year's anthology includes some of the South's finest contemporary fiction writers: Doris Betts, Larry Brown, Ellen Douglas, Michael Knight, Clyde Edgerton, Gail Godwin, Jill McCorkle, Carolyn Haines, Silas House, and Donald Harington. Accompanied by Wyatt Waters's vibrant watercolors commissioned specifically for this collection, this beautiful volume, like its predecessor, promises to be a treasured keepsake. [via]More editions of Christmas In The South: Holiday Stories From The South's Best Writers:
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Civilwarland in Bad Declineby George SaundersISBN 1573225797 (1-57322-579-7)
Softcover, Riverhead Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Civilwarland in Bad Decline'Book summary:George Saunders, a geophysicist, maps out magical realism with this short story collection. He puts an American spin on that sensibility in the sensationally good title tale, where things in a "Westworld"-like amusement park go extraordinarily wrong, but in ways in that make perfect sense to any denizen--or reader--in the modern world. CivilWarLand is hilarious, yet ultimately sad and moving--and isn't that life in a nutshell? And how can you resist any writer who cooks up titles as good as "Downtrodden Mary's Failed Campaign of Terror"? [via]
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The Classic Tale of the Velveteen Rabbitby Margery WilliamsISBN 1568460937 (1-56846-093-7)
Hardcover, Creative Co
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Velveteen Rabbit'Book summary:A stuffed toy rabbit (with real thread whiskers) comes to life in Margery Williams's timeless tale of the transformative power of love. Given as a Christmas gift to a young boy, the Velveteen Rabbit lives in the nursery with all of the other toys, waiting for the day when the Boy (as he is called) will choose him as a playmate. In time, the shy Rabbit befriends the tattered Skin Horse, the wisest resident of the nursery, who reveals the goal of all nursery toys: to be made "real" through the love of a human. "'Real isn't how you are made,' said the Skin Horse. 'It's a thing that happens to you. When a child loves you for a long, long time, not just to play with, but REALLY loves you, then you become Real.'" This sentimental classic--perfect for any child who's ever thought that maybe, just maybe, his or her toys have feelings--has been charming children since its first publication in 1922. (A great read-aloud for all ages, but children ages 8 and up can read it on their own.) [via]
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The Collected Stories of Chester Himesby Chester Himes, Calvin HerntonISBN 1560252685 (1-56025-268-5)
Softcover, Thunder's Mouth Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Collected Stories of Chester Himes'Book summary:Spanning over forty years of the author's writing career, this collection of short stories uncovers the internal struggle of black people caught between rage and resignation in American society. [via]
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The Complete Plays, Poems, Novels and Stories of Oscar Wildeby Oscar WildeISBN 1572151323 (1-57215-132-3)
Softcover, World Pubns
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Complete Works of Oscar WildeISBN 1566195624 (1-56619-562-4)
Hardcover, Marboro Books
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The Cornelius Quartetby Michael MoorcockISBN 1568581831 (1-56858-183-1)
Softcover, Thunder's Mouth Pr
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Country of the Pointed Firsby Sarah Orne Jewett, Douglas AlvordISBN 156792140X (1-56792-140-X)
Softcover, David R Godine Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Country of the Pointed Firs'Book summary:First published in 1896, The Country of the Pointed Firs was considered by Willa Cather to be one of the three novels most likely to achieve a permanent place in the canon of American literature: I can think of no others that confront time and change so serenely... The young student of American literature in far distant years to come will take up this book and say a masterpiece! Long neglected and even ignored by criticism, this enduring classic by Sarah Orne Jewett now appears in a format worthy of its contents.
Set in the small coastal town of South Berwick, Maine, this is as much a series of small, intimate sketches as a sustained narrative. As F. O. Matthiessen pointed out, in these loosely connected sketches, she has acquired a structure independent of plot. Her scaffolding is simply the unity of her vision. Her vision was of a gentle and generous people on a rugged and dangerous coast, of New England character and characters limned in colors of high summer and blue skies. Here, too, you will meet the people of Dunnet s landing; the women, who are probably the most unforgettable characters of her book; and Elijah Tilley (among the very few men in Jewett s cast) who, after the death of his wife, learns the skills of husband and wife, of farm and sea. The black-and-white pencil drawings by Douglas Alvord are nothing short of spectacular. Closely observed and carefully rendered, they possess all of the haunting serenity of Jewett s landscapes. Faithfully reproduced and printed to the highest standards, this is destined to become a standard gift and reading book for everyone fascinated by New England, the rich history of its rockbound coast, and this magical author. [via]More editions of Country of the Pointed Firs:
A Dixie Christmas: Holiday Stories from the South's Best Writersby Charline R. McCord, Judy H. Tucker, Wyatt Waters, Fred ChappellISBN 1565124839 (1-56512-483-9)
Hardcover, Workman Pub Co
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Drownby Junot DiazISBN 1573226068 (1-57322-606-8)
Softcover, Riverhead Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Drown'Book summary:With ten stories that move from the barrios of the Dominican Republic to the struggling urban communities of New Jersey, Junot Diaz makes his remarkable debut. Diaz's work is unflinching and strong, and these stories crackle with an electric sense of discovery. Diaz evokes a world in which fathers are gone, mothers fight with grim determination for their families and themselves, and the next generation inherits the casual cruelty, devestating ambivalence, and knowing humor of lives circumscribed by poverty and uncertainty. In Drown, Diaz has harnessed the rhythms of anger and release, frustration and joy, to indelible effect. [via]
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Everyday Psychokillers: A History for Girlsby Lucy CorinISBN 1573661120 (1-57366-112-0)
Softcover, Univ of Alabama Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Everyday Psychokillers: A History for Girls'Book summary:In Everyday Psychokillers spectacular violence is the idiom of everyday life, a lurid extravaganza in which all those around the narrator seem vicarious participants. And at its center are the interchangeable young girls, thrilling to know themselves the object of so much desire and terror.[via]
The narrative interweaves history, myth, rumor, and news with the experiences of a young girl living in the flatness of South Florida. Like Grace Paley's narrators, she is pensive and eager, hungry for experience but restrained. Into the sphere of her regard come a Ted Bundy reject, the God Osiris, a Caribbean slave turned pirate, a circus performer living in a box, broken horses, a Seminole chief in a swamp, and a murderous babysitter. What these preposterously commonplace figures all know is that murder is identity: "Of course what matters really is the psychokiller, what he's done, what he threatens to do. Of course to be the lucky one you have to be abducted in the first place. Without him, you wouldn't exist."
Everyday Psychokillers reaches to the edge of the psychoanalytical and jolts the reader back to daily life. The reader becomes the killer, the watcher, the person on the verge, hiding behind an everyday face.More editions of Everyday Psychokillers: A History for Girls:
The Evil B.B. Chow And Other Storiesby Steve AlmondISBN 1565125290 (1-56512-529-0)
Softcover, Workman Pub Co
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An Explanation for Chaosby Julie SchumacherISBN 1569470707 (1-56947-070-7)
Hardcover, Soho Pr Inc
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Fables of La Fontaineby Jean De La Fontaine, Josephine Maxamoros, Marc ChagallISBN 1565844041 (1-56584-404-1)
Hardcover, New Press, The
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Fables of La Fontaine'Book summary:In 1926, French art dealer and publisher Ambroise Vollard commissioned Marc Chagall to illustrate 100 legendary fables by La Fontaine (1621-1695). But with the advent of World War II and private acquisitions, the paintings ended up dispersed throughout Europe; the whereabouts of more than half are currently unknown. The remaining 44 illustrations are united in this handsome, slipcased volume. Essays that set both Chagall's illustrations and La Fontaine's timeless fables in their historical contexts are included, as well as a detailed biography of the artist. The colorful, whimsically designed fable texts, which curve and arch in response to Chagall's pictures, are just one refreshing element of this inventively constructed package, which measures only 8 1/4 by 9 3/8 inches. [via]
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Farewell to Lankhmarby Fritz LeiberISBN 1565048970 (1-56504-897-0)
Softcover, Psi
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Farewell to Lankhmar'Book summary:In this last book of their adventures, Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser -- sometimes together, sometimes apart -- navigate all manner of strange waters. Fafhrd goes sailing through the clouds, and the Mouser as merchant captain saves his vessel from a watery grave. Finally, in the last story of this magical series, we bid farewell to Lankhmar. [via]
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Fever Pitchby Nick HornbyISBN 1573226882 (1-57322-688-2)
Softcover, Riverhead Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Fever Pitch'Book summary:In the States, Nick Hornby is best know as the author of High Fidelity and About a Boy, two wickedly funny novels about being thirtysomething and going nowhere fast. In Britain he is revered for his status as a fanatical football writer (sorry, fanatical soccer writer), owing to Fever Pitch--which is both an autobiography and a footballing Bible rolled into one. Hornby pinpoints 1968 as his formative year--the year he turned 11, the year his parents separated, and the year his father first took him to watch Arsenal play. The author quickly moved "way beyond fandom" into an extreme obsession that has dominated his life, loves, and relationships. His father had initially hoped that Saturday afternoon matches would draw the two closer together, but instead Hornby became completely besotted with the game at the expense of any conversation: "Football may have provided us with a new medium through which we could communicate, but that was not to say that we used it, or what we chose to say was necessarily positive." Girlfriends also played second fiddle to one ball and 11 men. He fantasizes that even if a girlfriend "went into labor at an impossible moment" he would not be able to help out until after the final whistle.
Fever Pitch is not a typical memoir--there are no chapters, just a series of match reports falling into three time frames (childhood, young adulthood, manhood). While watching the May 2, 1972, Reading v. Arsenal match, it became embarrassingly obvious to the then 15-year-old that his white, suburban, middle-class roots made him a wimp with no sense of identity: "Yorkshire men, Lancastrians, Scots, the Irish, blacks, the rich, the poor, even Americans and Australians have something they can sit in pubs and bars and weep about." But a boy from Maidenhead could only dream of coming from a place with "its own tube station and West Indian community and terrible, insoluble social problems."
Fever Pitch reveals the very special intricacies of British football, which readers new to the game will find astonishing, and which Hornby presents with remarkable humor and honesty--the "unique" chants sung at matches, the cold rain-soaked terraces, giant cans of warm beer, the trains known as football specials carrying fans to and from matches in prisonlike conditions, bottles smashing on the tracks, thousands of policemen waiting in anticipation for the cargo of hooligans. The sport and one team in particular have crept into every aspect of Hornby's life--making him see the world through Arsenal-tinted spectacles. --Naomi Gesinger [via]
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Flatland : A Romance of Many Dimensionsby Edwin A. AbbottISBN 1570624380 (1-57062-438-0)
Softcover, Shambhala Publications, Incorporated
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Flatland : A Romance of Many Dimensions'Book summary:Flatland, like our own world, is on the verge of the millenium. On the last day of the year 1999, a Squarehitherto undistinguished from the other shapes of his two-dimensional worldreceives the Gospel of Three Dimensions, revealed to that world's flat inhabitants only once every a thousand years. Transformed by a truth he is unable to conceal, he is promptly condemned as a heretic. His poignant tale is itself a multi-dimensional creation, for it is not only a challenge to our most basic perceptions of everyday reality, but a sharp social satire and an illuminating mathematical treatise as well.
In the tradition of fantasy and social satire that includes Gulliver's Travels , Alice in Wonderland, and Animal Farm, Abbott pokes fun at the rigid class structure and concern for appearances of his Victorian society even as he poses an underlying question that is as provoking today as it was a century ago. Could we and everything we see around us be only a cross section for worlds of higher dimensions?
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Fourth Planet From The Sun: Tales Of Mars From The Magazine Of Fantasy & Science Fictionby Gordon Van GelderISBN 1560256664 (1-56025-666-4)
Softcover, Thunder's Mouth Pr
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Heart of Darkness and the Secret Sharerby Joseph ConradISBN 1566194903 (1-56619-490-3)
Softcover, Barnes & Noble
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Homeland and Other Storiesby Barbara KingsolverISBN 1568497245 (1-56849-724-5)
Hardcover, Buccaneer Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Homeland and Other Stories'Book summary:With the same wit and sensitivity that have come to characterize her highly praised and beloved novels Animal Dreams and The Bean Trees, Barbara Kingsolver gives us a rich and emotionally resonant collection of twelve stories. Spreading her memorable characters over landscapes ranging from northern-California to the hills of eastern Kentucky and the Caribbean island of St. Lucia, Kingsolver tells stories of hope, momentary joy, and powerful endurance. In every setting, Kingsolver's distinctive voice -- at times comic, but often heartrending -- rings true as she explores the twin themes of family ties and the life choices one must ultimately make alone. Homeland and Other Stories creates a world of love and possibility that readers will want to take as their own.
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In the Mountains of Americaby Meredith S. WillisISBN 1562790668 (1-56279-066-8)
Softcover, Mercury House
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The Jaguar Hunterby Lucius Shepard, Michael BishopISBN 1568581866 (1-56858-186-6)
Softcover, Thunder's Mouth Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Jaguar Hunter'Book summary:Fourteen of Lucius Shepard's most memorable stories are combined with a previously unanthologized novella, Radiant Green Star, to form a stunning sci-fi collection. In the Nebula Awardwinning title story, a poor Honduran hunter is coerced into tracking the forbidden black jaguar of Barrio Carolina.[via]More editions of The Jaguar Hunter:
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James Herriot's Cat Storiesby James Herriot, Lesley HolmesISBN 1567315151 (1-56731-515-1)
Hardcover, Fine Communications
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› Find signed collectible books: 'James Herriot's Cat Stories'Book summary:Between these covers, teller and tales finally meet in a warm and joyful new collection that will bring delight to the hearts of readers the world over: James Herriot's Cat Stories. Here are Buster, the kitten who arrived on Christmas; Alfred, the cat at the sweet shop; little Emily, who lived with the gentleman tramp; and Olly and Ginny, the kittens who charmed readers when they first appeared at the Herriots' house in the worldwide bestseller Every Living Thing. And along with these come others, each story as memorable and heartwarming as the last, each told with that magical blend of gentle wit and human compassion that marks every word from James Herriot's pen.[via]More editions of James Herriot's Cat Stories:
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Johnny Panic and the Bible of Dreamsby Sylvia PlathISBN 1568493851 (1-56849-385-1)
Hardcover, Buccaneer Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Johnny Panic and the Bible of Dreams'Book summary:"What I fear most, I think, is the death of the imagination.... If I sit still and don't do anything, the world goes on beating like a slack drum, without meaning. We must be moving, working, making dreams to run toward; the poverty of life without dreams is too horrible to imagine."-- Sylvia Plath, from Notebooks, February 1956
Renowned for her poetry, Sylvia Plath was also a brilliant writer of prose. This collection of short stories, essays, and diary excerpts highlights her fierce concentration on craft, the vitality of her intelligence, and the yearnings of her imaginaton. Featuring an introduction by Plath's husband, the late British poet Ted Hughes, these writings also reflect themes and images she would fully realize in her poetry. Jonny Panic and the Bible of Dreams truly showcases the talent and genius of Sylvia Plath.
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Ladies' Own Erotica BookISBN 1567311393 (1-56731-139-3)
Hardcover, Fine Communications
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The Lives and Times of Jerry Corneliusby Michael MoorcockISBN 1568582730 (1-56858-273-0)
Softcover, Thunder's Mouth Pr
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Lunar Folliesby Gilbert SorrentinoISBN 1566891698 (1-56689-169-8)
Softcover, Coffee House Pr
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The M Word: Writers On Same-Sex Marriageby David Leavitt, KATHY PORIESISBN 1565124545 (1-56512-454-5)
Softcover, Algonquin Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The M Word: Writers On Same-Sex Marriage'Book summary:As it heads through the courts, dividing the nation and shaping the political landscape, the issue of same-sex marriage is becoming one of the major civil-rights battles of our generation. Now, some of the country's finest writers, gay and straight, explore the nuances of one of the most complicated issues of our time.
Drawing on personal experiences or culling from history, the headlines, or their own fertile imaginations, eleven noted writers present an all-too-human look at gay matrimony and its implications for marriage in generaland how our traditional marriages both influence and measure up to these new unions.
With essays by Francine Prose, on what would have happened if Oscar Wilde had married his lover; George Saunders, on the need to outlaw not only same-sex marriages but also samish-sex marriages; Dan Savage, on the supposed value of monogamy within marriage; Wendy Brenner, on giving her best friend away in a gay marriage; and many others. The M Word reminds us that marriage of any sort is an institution now ready for reexamination. [via]More editions of The M Word: Writers On Same-Sex Marriage:
The Man Who Sold the Moonby Robert A. HeinleinISBN 1567231551 (1-56723-155-1)
Hardcover, Amereon Ltd
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Man Without a Countryby Elbert Hubbard, Edward HaleISBN 1565544536 (1-56554-453-6)
Softcover, Firebird Pr
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Minstrel and the Dragon Pupby Rosemary Sutcliff, Emma Chichester ClarkISBN 1564026035 (1-56402-603-5)
Softcover, Candlewick Pr
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New Stories from the Southby Shannon RavenelISBN 1565123751 (1-56512-375-1)
Softcover, Algonquin Books
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Night Gamesby Arthur Schnitzler, Margret Schaefer, John SimonISBN 1566633869 (1-56663-386-9)
Hardcover, Ivan R Dee
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Night Games : And Other Stories and Novellasby Arthur Schnitzler, Margret Schaefer, John SimonISBN 1566635063 (1-56663-506-3)
Softcover, Dee Publisher, Ivan R.
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An Old-Fashioned Thanksgivingby Louisa May Alcott, Jody WheelerISBN 1571020535 (1-57102-053-5)
Softcover, Associated Pub Group
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The Olympia Readerby Maurice GirodiasISBN 1562010050 (1-56201-005-0)
Softcover, Foxrock
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A Passion for Booksby Terry W. GlaspeyISBN 1565077814 (1-56507-781-4)
Hardcover, Harvest House Pub
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Pastoraliaby George SaundersISBN 1573228729 (1-57322-872-9)
Softcover, Riverhead Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Pastoralia'Book summary:In both his acclaimed debut, CivilWarLand in Bad Decline, and his second collection, Pastoralia, George Saunders imagines a near future where capitalism has run amok. Consumption and the service economy rule the earth. The Haves are grotesque beings, mutilated by their crass desires and impossible wealth. The Have Nots are no less crippled, both emotionally and physically, by their inferior status. It's a kind of Westworld scenario, but instead of robots, the serving wenches, bellboys, and extras are real people, all of them mercilessly indentured by the free market.
Sounds like bleak stuff, doesn't it? Yet Saunders handles his characters with grace and humor. In the title story, for example, a couple occupies a squalid corner of a human zoo, where they act out a parody of caveman times, communicating in grunts and hand motions (speaking is instantly punishable by the Orwellian management) and conducting their lives during 15-minute smoke breaks. In "Winky," a born loser (really, all of Saunders's characters are born losers) visits a self-help seminar, where he's encouraged to rid himself of all those people who are "crapping in your oatmeal." Exhilarated at the prospect of dumping his simple, crazy-haired, religion-besotted sister, he returns home to the bleak discovery that he needs her as much as she needs him. The protagonist of "Sea Oak" works as a stripper in an aviation-themed restaurant and lives next to a crack house with his unemployed sisters, their babies, and a sweet old maid of an aunt. The aunt dies, and then returns from the grave--not so sweet, now, and still decomposing--with strange powers and a sobering message:
You ever been in the grave? It sucks so bad! You regret all the things you never did. You little bitches are going to have a very bad time in the grave unless you get on the stick, believe me!
The characters and situations in the rest of Pastoralia are equally wretched. But Saunders rescues them from utter despair with a loving belief in the triumph of the human spirit: yes, things can always get worse, but worse is better than the cold dirt of the grave. And in the small space between wretchedness and death there is plenty of room for laughter, and even love. --Tod Nelson [via] 
The Pearlby Olga TegoraISBN 1562014102 (1-56201-410-2)
Softcover, Running Press Book Publishers
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The Penal Colonyby Franz Kafka, Willa Muir, Edwin MuirISBN 1560004762 (1-56000-476-2)
Hardcover, Transaction Pub Large Print
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Phone Calls from the Deadby Wendy BrennerISBN 1565122453 (1-56512-245-3)
Hardcover, Algonquin Books
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A Place So Foreign and Eight More Storiesby Cory DoctorowISBN 1568582862 (1-56858-286-2)
Softcover, Running Press Book Publishers
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Place So Foreign and Eight More Stories'Book summary:Wunderkind Cory Doctrow continues to display his orientation skills at the intersection of Humanity and Technology with the collection of short stories A Place So Foreign and 8 More. In the collection's titular tale, "A Place So Foreign," a 19th-century boy travels with his father, the Ambassador to 1975. But when Pa meets with an accident, young James becomes a living anachronism in 1898. Doctrow twists the time travel tale into a parable of data mining, as mysterious forces work to plunder the past for corporate gain. In one of several stories about a mysterious alien race who offers to give Earthers a hand up, he documents the adolescent rage of those left behind when the "mothaship" takes the anointed few into the brave new world. Finally, in "0wnz0red", Doctrow explores the dark side of Silicon Valley's connection to the military industrial complex by posing the question: What happens when hackers learn to hack the human body?
Doctrow is a new breed in an increasingly literate and valid subgenre of science fiction. He uses the traditional allegories of the form to explore more human and fragile connections. As the 21st century rockets ahead, he examines the consequences of our frenzy to embrace technology and predicts outcomes that are both charmingly optimistic and bleakly hollow. --Jeremy Pugh [via]
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Politically Correct Bedtime Storiesby James Finn GarnerISBN 1568952376 (1-56895-237-6)
Hardcover, Wheeler Pub Inc
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Pu-239 and Other Russian Fantasiesby Ken KalfusISBN 1571310290 (1-57131-029-0)
Hardcover, Milkweed Editions
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Pu-239 and Other Russian Fantasies'Book summary:In his second book of short stories, Ken Kalfus takes on the speeding troika that is Russia in the 20th century. It's an astonishing act of literary ventriloquism, displaying a range of subjects and techniques that would be remarkable in any writer, and is that much more so in one working in a tradition not his own. There are not one but many Russias in Pu-239 and Other Russian Fantasies: the giddy utopianism of the early Soviet Union; the postwar Stalinist personality cult; the brief thaw of '60s liberalism; and, perhaps most affectingly, the post-Gorbachev state, in which infrastructure crumbles while workers go unpaid. The title story begins with an accident in a nuclear plant and ends in unwitting apocalypse, as a technician dying of radiation poisoning attempts to sell weapons-grade plutonium on the black market. The result is part tragedy, part Fargo-style farce, featuring hoodlums so dumb they think they're dealing in drugs: "'What did he call it?' ... 'Plutonium. From Bolivia, he said.'" In "Anzhelika, 13," a young girl is convinced she has caused Stalin's death, while "Salt" is a satiric fairy tale about supply and demand. "Budyonnovsk" finds Viktor Chernomyrdin negotiating not with Chechen hostage-takers but with an exhausted, embattled Russian Everyman, Vasya, who is "old enough to know what a real job is, but not old enough to have ever had one."
The short-story collection suits Kalfus; its eclecticism let him come at his subject from as many angles as he can dream up (and that's a lot). It's harder to sustain the same kind of imaginative momentum in a longer form, which makes the book's final novella an unexpected success. "Peredelkino" follows two writers through an intricate dance of literature, politics, jealousy, and desire, and then closes on a lovely and moving image. The narrator--discredited, disillusioned, his career finished--stands outside his own house "in the dark nowhere place from where authors always watch their readers." Inside is his wife, to whom he has been repeatedly and flagrantly unfaithful, oblivious to his presence but transfixed by his book:
I knew that shortly there would be many explanations to be made, however imperfectly, and then confessions and recriminations, protestations of grief and loss, and then at last hard, practical calculation. Before that, I wanted to absorb, place in words that I would always be able to summon, an image of her like that, the passionate reader.
In a sense, that's us he's looking at, absorbed in the book we've just finished. Kalfus is the kind of writer who can tip his hat to the reader--who can acknowledge our complicity--all without ever lifting us out of the world he's created. Most fiction speaks to either the heart or the head; his does both with ease. --Mary Park [via]More editions of Pu-239 and Other Russian Fantasies:
The Quiet Little Womanby Louisa May AlcottISBN 1562926160 (1-56292-616-0)
Hardcover, Honor Books
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Patty's life in an orphanage is a dark world with little hope, beauty, or love. Even after a family finally does come for Patty, it is only because they need a servant.
But there is one person who does care about her. And soon Patty's life will never be the same. [via]
Rachel in Loveby MurphyISBN 1561465488 (1-56146-548-8)
Softcover, Pulphouse Pub
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The Red Badge of Courageby Stephen CraneISBN 1561381152 (1-56138-115-2)
Hardcover, Courage Books
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The Sandman Libraryby Neil Gaiman, Bryan TalbotISBN 1563891050 (1-56389-105-0)
Softcover, Dc Comics
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Sandman Library'Book summary:When Brant and Charlene wreck their car in a horrible snowstorm in the middle of nowhere, the only place they can find shelter is a mysterious little inn called World's End. Here they wait out the storm and listen to stories from the many travelers also stuck at this tavern. These tales exemplify Neil Gaiman's gift for storytelling--and his love for the very telling of them. This volume has almost nothing to do with the larger story of the Sandman, except for a brief foreshadowing nod. It's a nice companion to the best Sandman short story collection, Dream Country, (and it's much better than the hodgepodge Fables and Reflections). World's End works best as a collection--it's a story about a story about stories--all wrapped up in a structure that's clever without being cute, and which features an ending nothing short of spectacular. --Jim Pascoe [via]
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The Sandman: The Wakeby Neil GaimanISBN 1563891069 (1-56389-106-9)
Hardcover, Dc Comics
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Sandman: The Wake'Book summary:Featuring the popular characters from the award-winning Sandman series by Neil Caiman, THE SANDMAN: ENDLESS NIGHTS reveals the legend of the Endless, a family of magical and mythical beings who exist and interact in the real world. Born at the beginning of time, Destiny, Death, Dream, Desire, Despair, Delirium, and Destruction are seven brothers and sisters who each lord over their respective realms. In this highly imaginative book that boasts a diverse styles of breathtaking art, these seven peculiar and powerful siblings each reveal more about their true being as they star in their own tales of curiosity and wonder. THE SANDMAN: ENDLESS NIGHTS was the first comic graphic novel to be listed on the "NY Times Best-seller list. SUGGESTED FOR MATURE READERS. [via]
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Scary Stories for Stormy Nightsby R. C. Welch, Bernard CustodioISBN 1565652622 (1-56565-262-2)
Softcover, School Specialty Childrens Pub
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The Splendour Fallsby Stewart Wieck, Erin KellyISBN 1565048636 (1-56504-863-6)
Softcover, Psi
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Stirrings Stillby Samuel BeckettISBN 1562010158 (1-56201-015-8)
Softcover, Avalon Publishing Group
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The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde: And Other Storiesby Robert Louis StevensonISBN 1566197104 (1-56619-710-4)
Hardcover, Barnes & Noble
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde: And Other Stories'Book summary:The young Robert Louis Stevenson suffered from repeated nightmares of living a double life, in which by day he worked as a respectable doctor and by night he roamed the back alleys of old-town Edinburgh. In three days of furious writing, he produced a story about his dream existence. His wife found it too gruesome, so he promptly burned the manuscript. In another three days, he wrote it again. The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde was published as a "shilling shocker" in 1886, and became an instant classic. In the first six months, 40,000 copies were sold. Queen Victoria read it. Sermons and editorials were written about it. When Stevenson and his family visited America a year later, they were mobbed by reporters at the dock in New York City. Compulsively readable from its opening pages, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is still one of the best tales ever written about the divided self.
This University of Nebraska Press edition is a small, exquisitely produced paperback. The book design, based on the original first edition of 1886, includes wide margins, decorative capitals on the title page and first page of each chapter, and a clean, readable font that is 19th-century in style. Joyce Carol Oates contributes a foreword in which she calls Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde a "mythopoetic figure" like Frankenstein, Dracula, and Alice in Wonderland, and compares Stevenson's creation to doubled selves in the works of Plato, Poe, Wilde, and Dickens.
This edition also features 12 full-page wood engravings by renowned illustrator Barry Moser. Moser is a skillful reader and interpreter as well as artist, and his afterword to the book, in which he explains the process by which he chose a self-portrait motif for the suite of engravings, is fascinating. For the image of Edward Hyde, he writes, "I went so far as to have my dentist fit me out with a carefully sculpted prosthetic of evil-looking teeth. But in the final moments I had to abandon the idea as being inappropriate. It was more important to stay in keeping with the text and, like Stevenson, not show Hyde's face." (Also recommended: the edition of Frankenstein illustrated by Barry Moser) --Fiona Webster [via]
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Third Levelby Jack FinneyISBN 1568494122 (1-56849-412-2)
Hardcover, Buccaneer Books
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This Year It Will Be Differentby Maeve BinchyISBN 156895381X (1-56895-381-X)
Hardcover, Wheeler Pub Inc
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Tombsby Edward E. Kramer, Peter CrowtherISBN 1565049063 (1-56504-906-3)
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The Twilight Zoneby Rod Serling, T. E. D. KleinISBN 157500111X (1-57500-111-X)
Hardcover, Simon & Schuster
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Twilight Zone'Book summary:The Twilight Zone was a television series produced in the 1960s that presented unforgettable tales of horror, fantasy, and science fiction. Rod Serling, an award-winning writer of television dramas, was the creator and host--and wrote more than 90 of the 156 episodes. The series has since been shown around the world and the title is now a part of pop culture lore. Serling adapted 19 of his favorite teleplays into short stories, first published as a trio of paperback originals. The Twilight Zone: Complete Stories is a hardcover omnibus collection that includes all 19 stories and a historical introduction. These stories have passed the test of time and are uniformly entertaining and well crafted. However, any reader who is a fan of the TV show may have difficulty allowing the stories to stand on their own without the filmed episodes intruding. Even so, Serling was undeniably a true master of the fantastic, and fans should cherish this volume beside their videocassettes of the series. --Stanley Wiater [via]
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Van Gogh's Room at Arlesby Stanley ElkinISBN 1564782808 (1-56478-280-8)
Softcover, Dalkey Archive Pr
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A Very Southern Christmas: Holiday Stories from the South's Best Writersby Barry Hannah, Judy H. Tucker, Charline R. McCord, Wyatt WatersISBN 1565123832 (1-56512-383-2)
Hardcover, Algonquin Books
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Walk in the Light & Twenty-Three Talesby Leo N. TolstoyISBN 1570754608 (1-57075-460-8)
Softcover, Orbis Books
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When I Was Your Ageby Amy EhrlichISBN 1564023060 (1-56402-306-0)
Hardcover, Candlewick Pr
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World's Endby Neil Gaiman, Bob Kahan, D. Giordana, V. Locke, Dave McKeanISBN 1563891719 (1-56389-171-9)
Softcover, DC Comics
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› Find signed collectible books: 'World's End'Book summary:When Brant and Charlene wreck their car in a horrible snowstorm in the middle of nowhere, the only place they can find shelter is a mysterious little inn called World's End. Here they wait out the storm and listen to stories from the many travelers also stuck at this tavern. These tales exemplify Neil Gaiman's gift for storytelling--and his love for the very telling of them. This volume has almost nothing to do with the larger story of the Sandman, except for a brief foreshadowing nod. It's a nice companion to the best Sandman short story collection, Dream Country, (and it's much better than the hodgepodge Fables and Reflections). World's End works best as a collection--it's a story about a story about stories--all wrapped up in a structure that's clever without being cute, and which features an ending nothing short of spectacular. --Jim Pascoe [via]
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Xolotlby Robert SheckleyISBN 1561465038 (1-56146-503-8)
Softcover, Pulphouse Pub
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Ferdinandus Taurusby Munro Leaf, Robert Lawson, Elizabetha HadasISBN 1567921272 (1-56792-127-2)
Softcover, David R Godine Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Ferdinandus Taurus'Book summary:Once upon a time, there lived in Spain a bull named Ferdinand. While his brothers liked to charge around the field, butt their heads together and to generally act ferocious, Ferdinand liked nothing better than to sit under the cork tree and smell the flowers. He was, you see, a placid and a gentle bull whose only desire in life was to be let alone. And his life would have proceeded very nicely had he not one day placed his considerable rump on a bumblebee on the very same day that five men arrived from Madrid searching for a new star for the corrida.
This classic tale by Munro Leaf, which has enchanted children for over fifty years, is here translated for the first (and certainly the last) time into (mirabile dictu) Latin. It comes with a complete glossary of words, and, of course, with the wonderful, appropriate, and droll drawings from the pen of the inimitable Robert Lawson (for whom the book was originally written). [via]More editions of Ferdinandus Taurus:
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