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The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and the Adventures of Huckleberry Finnby Mark Twain, Mark Adventures of Huckleberry Finn TwainISBN 0762401141 (0-7624-0114-1)
Hardcover, Courage Books
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Approximately Heavenby James WhortonISBN 0743244478 (0-7432-4447-8)
Softcover, Free Pr
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The Awakening and Selected Stories of Kate Chopinby Kate Chopin, Nina Baym, Alyssa HaradISBN 0743487672 (0-7434-8767-2)
Softcover, Pocket Classics
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Beginningsby Horton FooteISBN 0743211162 (0-7432-1116-2)
Softcover, Scribner
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Beginnings: A Memoir'Book summary:Playwright Horton Foote's first memoir, Farewell, was saturated in the larger-than-life characters and outsized storytelling of his native Texas. Though Beginnings, his second, lacks panhandle panache, drama lovers will relish Foote's close encounters with many of the most significant names in the American theater during the 1930s and '40s. He studied acting at the Pasadena Playhouse and with expatriate members of the Moscow Art Theater. He attended the opening night of The Glass Menagerie as the guest of Tennessee Williams, with whom he exchanged letters and writing tips in the early 1940s, when Foote was working on such early plays as Texas Town. Readers will enjoy Foote's descriptions of an aunt and uncle who mysteriously fail to collect him for Thanksgiving one year in Southern California ("My sister Bo thinks Walt got on a drunk just before Thanksgiving and Mag went off to her children without him," surmises Baboo, his grandmother), and of his appendicitis attack back in Wharton, Texas, where three uncles "not worth killing" made Baboo's life miserable. Foote's description of his forlorn first Christmas and New Year's in New York City in 1935-36 is almost unbearably sad. Thank goodness he meets and marries a wonderful woman, and his plays begin to be produced and favorably reviewed. In prose as unadorned and evocative as his dialogue, Foote adds something fresh to our understanding of the artist as a young man. --Wendy Smith [via]
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Big Fishby Daniel WallaceISBN 0786230436 (0-7862-3043-6)
Hardcover, Thorndike Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Big Fish'Book summary:In Big Fish, Daniel Wallace angles in search of a father and hooks instead a fictional debut as winning as any this year. From his son's standpoint, Edward Bloom leaves much to be desired. He was never around when William was growing up; he eludes serious questions with a string of tall tales and jokes. This is subject matter as old as the hills, but Wallace's take is nothing if not original. Desperate to know his father before he dies, William recreates his father's life as the stuff of legend itself. In chapters titled "In Which He Speaks to Animals," "How He Tamed the Giant," "His Immortality," and the like, Edward Bloom walks miles through a blizzard, charms the socks off a giant, even runs so fast that "he could arrive in a place before setting out to get there." In between these heroic episodes, Bloom dies not once but four times, working subtle variations on a single scene in which he counters his son's questions with stories--some of which are actually very witty, indeed. After all, he admits, "...if I shared my doubts with you, about God and love and life and death, that's all you'd have: a bunch of doubts. But now, see, you've got all these great jokes." The structure is a clever conceit, and the end product is both funny and wise. At the heart of both legends and death scenes live the same age-old questions: Who are you? What matters to you? Was I a good father? Was I a good son? In mapping the territory where myth meets everyday life, Wallace plunges straight through to fatherhood's archaic and mysterious heart. --Mary Park [via]
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Burning Angelby James Lee BurkeISBN 0786889047 (0-7868-8904-7)
Softcover, Hyperion
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Cat's Eyewitnessby Rita Mae Brown, Michael GellatlyISBN 0786274247 (0-7862-7424-7)
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The Collected Storiesby Reynolds PriceISBN 0743244990 (0-7432-4499-0)
Softcover, Scribner
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The Complete Dead Sea Scrolls in Englishby Geza Vermes, Nigel AndrewsISBN 0713991313 (0-7139-9131-3)
Hardcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Complete Dead Sea Scrolls in English'Book summary:It's been 50 years since a Bedouin youth named Muhammed edh-Dhub went looking for a stray sheep and instead found the Dead Sea Scrolls. In the intervening decades, the scrolls have been enveloped in a storm of controversy and bitter conflict: the scholars entrusted with translating and editing the texts sat on many of them instead, creating suspicions that escalated to conspiracy theories about supposed cover-ups of sensitive, even damaging material. Geza Vermes, a former professor of Jewish studies at Oxford and a noted authority on the scrolls, marks the 50th anniversary of Muhammed edh-Dhub's find with his book The Complete Dead Sea Scrolls in English; the title, however, is misleading, for the collection of documents is by no means complete.
Vermes has left out the copies of Hebrew scriptures that are available elsewhere, instead focusing on the sectarian writings of the Essene community at Qumran and the intertestemental texts, and these are indeed complete translations. Vermes has also included an overview of five decades of research on the scrolls and a thumbnail sketch of the Qumran community's history and religion. For anyone interested in biblical history, The Complete Dead Sea Scrolls in English is a worthwhile read. [via]
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Confessionsby AugustineISBN 0785242252 (0-7852-4225-2)
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Never underestimate the power of prayer. As Monica, the mother of St. Augustine, watched as her son and grandson were being baptized on that bright easter morning in A.D.387, she knew her lifelong prayers had been answered. Even though in his Confessions, Augustine wrote about his early life as an example of how sin grows and works within a person, he was looking back over those early years with the vision of a bishop of the church. Monica could not have known that those prayers would have presented to the church a man who would impact Christianity with the strength that Augustine did. [via]More editions of Confessions:
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Confessionsby Not AvailableISBN 0785242481 (0-7852-4248-1)
Hardcover, Thomas Nelson Inc
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Never underestimate the power of prayer. As Monica, the mother of St. Augustine, watched as her son and grandson were being baptized on that bright easter morning in A.D.387, she knew her lifelong prayers had been answered. Even though in his Confessions, Augustine wrote about his early life as an example of how sin grows and works within a person, he was looking back over those early years with the vision of a bishop of the church. Monica could not have known that those prayers would have presented to the church a man who would impact Christianity with the strength that Augustine did. [via]More editions of Confessions:
Dark of the Moonby P. J. ParrishISBN 0786010541 (0-7860-1054-1)
Softcover, Pinnacle Books
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Devils Dictionary 365 Day Calendar 2006by Ambrose BierceISBN 0764931156 (0-7649-3115-6)
Softcover, Pomegranate Communications
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Dixie: A Personal Osyssey Through Historic Events That Shaped the Modern Southby Curtis WilkieISBN 0743226046 (0-7432-2604-6)
Hardcover, Simon & Schuster
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Dixie City Jamby James Lee BurkeISBN 0786889004 (0-7868-8900-4)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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Doglandby Will ShetterlyISBN 0765342332 (0-7653-4233-2)
Softcover, Forge
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Dogland'Book summary:The Nix family has arrived.[via]
And Latchahie County will never be the same.
In an effort at improving his family's lot, the Nixes have moved to rural Florida to open Dogland: a combination zoo, restaurant and motel. But it isn't long before Nix and his clan of eccentric supporters run afoul of unsympathetic locals.
The problem? Luke Nix has hired Ethorne Hawkins.
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A Dollar Short: Library Editionby Karin GillespieISBN 0743287088 (0-7432-8708-8)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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A Dollar Short: The Bottom Dollar Girls Go Hollywoodby Karin GillespieISBN 0743250117 (0-7432-5011-7)
Hardcover, Simon & Schuster
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Dollar Short: The Bottom Dollar Girls Go Hollywood'Book summary:It isn't every day a movie star steals your husband. When that day comes for Chiffon Butrell, of Cayboo Creek, South Carolina, she looks to the Bottom Dollar Girls to help her out of one fine mess.
As a waitress at the local Wagon Wheel restaurant, Chiffon pegs her fortunes to a winning entry in a local video store's Be-a-Movie-Star contest. But her celluloid dreams are dashed when her baby takes sick and her husband, Lonnie -- one fine specimen of Southern manhood -- heads for the Hollywood Hills solo. On set, he turns the head of leading lady Janie-Lynn Lauren, whose siren call is Oscar caliber.
Back in Cayboo Creek, Chiffon manages to lose her temper and her job in quick succession -- only to discover that Lonnie's paycheck from the Nutra-Sweet plant has been forwarded to a California address. With three kids to feed, Chiffon comes up more than a dollar short.
Her good friends try their best to pitch in. But there are too few hands to lend, what with Elizabeth and her husband, Timothy, expecting their first baby any day and the rest of the Bottom Dollar Girls knee-deep in their secret -- and possibly scandalous -- plan to raise money for the Cayboo Creek Senior Center.
When a slick of Wesson Oil at the Winn-Dixie gets the better of Chiffon's ankle, there's just one thing to be done -- call on estranged older sister Chenille, who hails from Bible Grove, South Carolina. A prissy, fussy spinster prone to dressing her dog, Walter, in matching plaid "mother-son" outfits, Chenille is everything former beauty queen Chiffon detests.
Suddenly the tabloid media gets wind of Janie-Lynn and Lonnie's torrid romance, landing sleepy Cayboo Creek on the star map. Under the glare of camera lights, the sisters must put aside their longtime grievances to forge a newfound relationship.
As crisis reigns, Chenille is welcomed by the Bottom Dollar Girls for her cool head and quick thinking. And when Chenille runs into a little trouble of her own, she begins to see the future in friendship. A rollicking, hilarious novel about two sisters who are each one of a kind, A Dollar Short is a delicious page-turner worth every last cent. [via]
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Dream State : Eight Generations of Swamp Lawyers, Conquistadors, Confederate Daughters, Banana Republicans, and Other Florida Wildlifeby Diane RobertsISBN 0743252063 (0-7432-5206-3)
Hardcover, Simon & Schuster
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An Edited Edition of Sarah Orne Jewett's the Country of the Pointed Firsby Sarah Orne Jewett, Jeff MorganISBN 077346588X (0-7734-6588-X)
Hardcover, Edwin Mellen Pr
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Elvis Presley: Bobbie Ann Masonby Bobbie Ann MasonISBN 0786250755 (0-7862-5075-5)
Hardcover, Thorndike Pr
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Gap Creek: Library Editionby Robert MorganISBN 0743203631 (0-7432-0363-1)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Gap Creek: Library Edition'Book summary:Oprah Book Club® Selection, January 2000: Robert Morgan's Gap Creek opens with one wrenching death and ends with another. In between, this novel of turn-of-the-century Appalachian life works in fire, flood, swindlers, sickness, and starvation--a truly biblical assortment of plagues, all visited on the sturdy shoulders of 17-year-old Julie Harmon. "Human life don't mean a thing in this world," she concludes. And who could blame her? "People could be born and they could suffer, and they could die, and it didn't mean a thing.... The world was exactly like it had been and would always be, going on about its business." For Julie, that business is hard physical labor. Fortunately, she's fully capable of working "like a man"--splitting and hauling wood, butchering hogs, rendering lard, planting crops, and taking care of the stock. Even when Julie meets and marries handsome young Hank Richards, there's no happily-ever-after in store. Nothing comes easy in Julie Harmon's world, and their first year together is no exception.
Throughout the novel, Morgan chronicles Julie's trials in prose of great dignity and clarity, capturing the rhythms of North Carolina speech by using only the subtlest of inflections. Clearly the author has done his research too--the descriptions of physical labor practically leap off the page. (Suffice to say, you'll learn far more about hog slaughtering than you ever dreamed of knowing.) Yet he resists the temptation to make his long-suffering characters into saints. Julie simmers with resentment at being her family's workhorse, and Hank flies into a helpless rage whenever he feels that his authority is questioned. In novels like The Truest Pleasure and The Hinterlands, Morgan proved his ability to create memorable heroines. In Gap Creek, he writes with great feeling--but not a touch of sentimentality--about a life Julie aptly calls "both simple and hard." [via]
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Glad News of the Natural Worldby T. R. PearsonISBN 0743264649 (0-7432-6464-9)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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Great Novels of Mark Twain: The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, And the Adventures of Huckleberry Finnby Mark TwainISBN 0756779812 (0-7567-7981-2)
Hardcover, Diane Pub Co
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Great Oaksby Ben Ames WilliamsISBN 0783889933 (0-7838-8993-3)
Hardcover, Thorndike Pr
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The Hangman's Beautiful Daughterby Sharyn McCrumbISBN 0785730397 (0-7857-3039-7)
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Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabinby Harold BloomISBN 0791036723 (0-7910-3672-3)
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He Shall Go Out Free: The Lives Of Denmark Veseyby Douglas R. EgertonISBN 0742542238 (0-7425-4223-8)
Softcover, Rowman & Littlefield Pub Inc
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Hippocrene U.S.A. Guide to America's South: The Gulf and the Mississippi States The States of Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Kentucky, Tennesseeby Tom WeilISBN 0781801710 (0-7818-0171-0)
Softcover, Hippocrene Books
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I Hate to See That Evening Sun Go Downby William GayISBN 0743242920 (0-7432-4292-0)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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I Hate to See That Evening Sun Go Down : Collected Storiesby William GayISBN 074324088X (0-7432-4088-X)
Hardcover, Simon & Schuster
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The Innocents Abroadby Mark TwainISBN 0712619828 (0-7126-1982-8)
Softcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc
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Jazzby Toni MorrisonISBN 0785719857 (0-7857-1985-7)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Jazz'Book summary:Jazz embraces the vibrant music and lifestyle of 1920s Harlem, an urban renaissance of opportunity and glamour. A novel of murder, hard lives, and broken dreams, Jazz sways with a lyric medley of voices and human consciousness.
Narrated by the author, Toni Morrison, this is an intense but gratifying three hours of tape. Background jazz music enhances the feel of '20s Harlem, a city that attracted thousands of black southerners hoping for better lives. Joe Trace and his wife Violet were part of this migration; madly in love with each other and the idea of this urban mecca, they "traindanced into the city." But like so many of the marriages in Morrison's novels, this union crumbles, and the dreams for a better life fade away. Joe finds another, a love "that made him so sad and happy he shot her just to keep the feeling going."
In Jazz, time ebbs and flows like human memory, traversing between recollections of the past and expectations for the future; likewise, jazz music is often wild and chaotic. Here Morrison once again exemplifies herself as both a superb writer and a masterful storyteller. [via]
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Managing Ignatius: The Lunacy of Lucky Dogs and Life in the Quarterby Jerry E. StrahanISBN 0767903242 (0-7679-0324-2)
Softcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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Mark Twain: A Lifeby Ron PowersISBN 0743249011 (0-7432-4901-1)
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Maya Angelou's I Know Why the Caged Bird Singsby Harold BloomISBN 0791036669 (0-7910-3666-9)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Maya Angelou's I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings'Book summary:Maya Angelou's I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings accomplishes a controlled poignance in representing a portrait of the young artist as a black woman. Her novel is the focus of this edition of Bloom's Notes. Along with a collection of some of the best criticism available on his work, this text includes a brief biography of the author, structural and thematic analysis, an index of themes and ideas, and more. This series is edited by Harold Bloom, Sterling Professor of the Humanities, Yale University; Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Professor of English, New York University Graduate School. These texts are the ideal aid for all students of literature, presenting concise, easy-to-understand biographical, critical, and bibliographical information on a specific literary work. Also provided are multiple sources for book reports and term papers with a wealth of information on literary works, authors, and major characters. [via]
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Me Talk Pretty One Dayby David SedarisISBN 0783892799 (0-7838-9279-9)
Softcover, G K Hall & Co
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Me Talk Pretty One Day'Book summary:"It's a pretty grim world when I can't even feel superior to a toddler." Welcome to the curious mind of David Sedaris, where dogs outrank children, guitars have breasts, and French toddlers unmask the inadequacies of the American male. Sedaris inhabits this world as a misanthrope chronicling all things petty and small. In Me Talk Pretty One Day Sedaris is as determined as ever to be nobody's hero--he never triumphs, he never conquers--and somehow, with each failure, he inadvertently becomes everybody's favorite underdog. The world's most eloquent malcontent, Sedaris has turned self-deprecation into a celebrated art form--one that is perhaps best experienced in audio. "Go Carolina," his account of "the first battle of my war against the letter s" is particularly poignant. Unable to disguise the lisp that has become his trademark, Sedaris highlights (to hilarious extent) the frustration of reading "childish s-laden texts recounting the adventures of seals or settlers named Sassy or Samuel." Including 23 of the book version's 28 stories, two live performances complete with involuntary laughter, and an uncannily accurate Billie Holiday impersonation, the audio is more than a companion to the text; it stands alone as a performance piece--only without the sock monkeys. (Running time: 5 hours, 4 cassettes) --Daphne Durham [via]
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Midnight Bayouby Nora RobertsISBN 0786237392 (0-7862-3739-2)
Hardcover, Thorndike Pr
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The Mile High Club: Library Editonby Kinky FriedmanISBN 0743217020 (0-7432-1702-0)
Hardcover, Simon & Schuster
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Murder She Meowedby Rita Mae BrownISBN 0786209569 (0-7862-0956-9)
Hardcover, Thorndike Pr
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The New Agrarian Mind: The Movement Toward Decentralist Thought in Twentieth-Century Americaby Allan CarlsonISBN 0765805901 (0-7658-0590-1)
Softcover, Transaction Pub
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The New Amplified Pilgrim's Progress: From This World to That Which Is to Comeby John BunyanISBN 0768420512 (0-7684-2051-2)
Hardcover, Destiny Image Pubs
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The New Amplified Pilgrim's Progress: From This World to That Which Is to Come'Book summary:John Bunyan's amazing Pilgrim's Progress is well into its fourth century of unparalleled popularity as the world's best-selling non-Biblical book in all history. Now in modern English comes The New Amplified Pilgrim's Progress. All of the age-old spiritual treasures that have made John Bunyan's original the world's best selling non-Biblical masterpiece in all of history are now carried to new heights of power and clarity in this new enhanced version. While this is perhaps the most adventure-filled and user-friendly adaptation ever penned, yet it is totally unabridged and, excepting certain amplified scenes, remains strictly faithful to Bunyan's original storyline.
Exciting new levels of love and joy, hope and humor are skillfully woven by master storyteller Jim Pappas, into this enchanting retelling of John Bunyan's immortal classic! Designed to return this spellbinding masterpiece of angels and giants, castles and dragon, to the fireside of the everyday reader. [via]
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Noble Norfleetby Reynolds PriceISBN 0743204182 (0-7432-0418-2)
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Nothing but the Blues: The Music and the Musiciansby Lawrence CohnISBN 0789206072 (0-7892-0607-2)
Hardcover, Abbeville Press, Incorporated
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The Oxygen Man : A Novelby Steve YarbroughISBN 0743201655 (0-7432-0165-5)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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Paula Deen & Friends: Living It Up, Southern Styleby Paula H. Deen, Martha Nesbit, Alan RichardsonISBN 0743267222 (0-7432-6722-2)
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Paula Deen Celebrates!: Best Dishes And Best Wishes for the Best Times of Your Lifeby Martha Giddens Nesbit, Paula DeenISBN 0743278119 (0-7432-7811-9)
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The Pilgrim's Progressby John BunyanISBN 0785242228 (0-7852-4222-8)
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Loved by young and old alike, the pages of "Pilgrim's Progress" have charmed and challenged the hearts of millions for more than 300 years. Offering a message of encouragement along the ever-winding road of faith, this wonderful guidebook for the new believer also provides inspiration for the present-day Christian's everyday life.
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Poisonwood Bibleby Barbara KingsolverISBN 0783884680 (0-7838-8468-0)
Softcover, Thorndike Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Poisonwood Bible'Book summary:Oprah Book Club® Selection, June 2000: As any reader of The Mosquito Coast knows, men who drag their families to far-off climes in pursuit of an Idea seldom come to any good, while those familiar with At Play in the Fields of the Lord or Kalimantaan understand that the minute a missionary sets foot on the fictional stage, all hell is about to break loose. So when Barbara Kingsolver sends missionary Nathan Price along with his wife and four daughters off to Africa in The Poisonwood Bible, you can be sure that salvation is the one thing they're not likely to find. The year is 1959 and the place is the Belgian Congo. Nathan, a Baptist preacher, has come to spread the Word in a remote village reachable only by airplane. To say that he and his family are woefully unprepared would be an understatement: "We came from Bethlehem, Georgia, bearing Betty Crocker cake mixes into the jungle," says Leah, one of Nathan's daughters. But of course it isn't long before they discover that the tremendous humidity has rendered the mixes unusable, their clothes are unsuitable, and they've arrived in the middle of political upheaval as the Congolese seek to wrest independence from Belgium. In addition to poisonous snakes, dangerous animals, and the hostility of the villagers to Nathan's fiery take-no-prisoners brand of Christianity, there are also rebels in the jungle and the threat of war in the air. Could things get any worse?
In fact they can and they do. The first part of The Poisonwood Bible revolves around Nathan's intransigent, bullying personality and his effect on both his family and the village they have come to. As political instability grows in the Congo, so does the local witch doctor's animus toward the Prices, and both seem to converge with tragic consequences about halfway through the novel. From that point on, the family is dispersed and the novel follows each member's fortune across a span of more than 30 years.
The Poisonwood Bible is arguably Barbara Kingsolver's most ambitious work, and it reveals both her great strengths and her weaknesses. As Nathan Price's wife and daughters tell their stories in alternating chapters, Kingsolver does a good job of differentiating the voices. But at times they can grate--teenage Rachel's tendency towards precious malapropisms is particularly annoying (students practice their "French congregations"; Nathan's refusal to take his family home is a "tapestry of justice"). More problematic is Kingsolver's tendency to wear her politics on her sleeve; this is particularly evident in the second half of the novel, in which she uses her characters as mouthpieces to explicate the complicated and tragic history of the Belgian Congo.
Despite these weaknesses, Kingsolver's fully realized, three-dimensional characters make The Poisonwood Bible compelling, especially in the first half, when Nathan Price is still at the center of the action. And in her treatment of Africa and the Africans she is at her best, exhibiting the acute perception, moral engagement, and lyrical prose that have made her previous novels so successful. --Alix Wilber [via]
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The Problem With Murmur Leeby Connie May FowlerISBN 0767921453 (0-7679-2145-3)
Softcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Problem With Murmur Lee'Book summary:The bestselling author of Before Women Had Wings spins a wild new tale about the strong bonds among a group of friends that loses its quirkiest member, Murmur Lee. Exploring new literary territory while keeping to her native Floridian roots, Fowler is here at her most original and entertaining.
As a new year dawns over the island of Iris Haven, Murmur Lee Harp and her lover, Billy, go for a romantic sail without a care in the world. The evening comes to an abrupt halt when Murmur Lee discovers that she has drownedbut by whose hand?in the Iris Haven river.
Grief-stricken and haunted by the mysteries surrounding her death, Murmur Lees circle of friends sets out to discover what really happened to her, and in the process they learn as much about her failings and triumphs as their own. After years of self-exile in the North, Charlee Mudd returns to set her best friends affairs in order, only to confront her own ghosts. Edith Piaf, a former marine whose sex change at the age of sixty-two Murmur Lee supported unquestioningly, must find the confidence to carry on without the encouragement of her friend. Lonely widower Dr. Zachary Klein plummets into the depths of depression at the loss of the second woman he has ever loved. As for Murmur Leewho lived her entire life on an island named by her great-great grandfather in honor of the Greek goddess who receives the souls of dying womenin death she experiences her own journey as she is plunged into her familial past and discovers the truth about who she really is.
With poignancy and humor Fowler weaves the voices of Murmur and her friends into a compelling narrative. Part family saga, part murder mystery, The Problem with Murmur Lee is Fowlers most rewarding and engrossing work yet. [via]More editions of The Problem With Murmur Lee:
Pudd'Nhead Wilsonby Mark Twain, Alyssa Harad, Cynthia Brantley JohnsonISBN 0743487788 (0-7434-8778-8)
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Railroads of Chattanoogaby Alan A. WalkerISBN 0738515396 (0-7385-1539-6)
Softcover, Arcadia Pub
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Readings on Native Sonby Richard Wright, Hayley R. MitchellISBN 0737703202 (0-7377-0320-2)
Hardcover, Greenhaven Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Readings on Native Son'Book summary:"An anthology of essays by scholars representing various perspectives and interpretation of the novel. The book(s) provides criticism and discussions of meaning, structure, and the historical content...as well as biographical information. It is organized in such a way that will give students a plethora of information in a largely accessible format. Each chapter heading is annotated, giving readers a chance to sample the content of the essays. Furthermore, each selection is introduced with background biographical data on the essay's author alongwith a summary of the content and the particular point of view represented. A reader-friendly and comprehensive resouce for students and teachers of world literature."
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Roughing Itby Mark Twain, Henry B. WonhamISBN 0743436504 (0-7434-3650-4)
Softcover, Pocket Classics
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Roughing It'Book summary:There is no nicer surprise for a reader than to discover that an acknowledged classic really does deliver the goods. Mark Twain's Roughing It is just such a book. The adventure tale is a delight from start to finish and is just as engrossing today as it was 125 years ago when it first appeared.
Roughing It tells the true-ish escapades of Twain in the American West. Although he clearly "speaks with forked tongue," Roughing It is informative as well as humorous. From stagecoach travel to the etiquette of prospecting, the modern reader gains considerable insight into that much-fictionalized time and place. Do you know about sagebrush, for example?
Sage-brush is very fair fuel, but as a vegetable it is a distinguished failure. Nothing can abide the taste of it but the jackass and his illegitimate child, the mule. But their testimony to its nutritiousness is worth nothing, for they will eat pine knots, or anthracite coal, or brass filings, or lead pipe, or old bottles, or anything that comes handy, and then go off looking as grateful as if they had had oysters for dinner.
Roughing It is informally structured around the narrator's attempts to strike it rich. He meets a motley, colorful crew in the process; many mishaps occur, and it shouldn't surprise you that Twain does not emerge a man of means. But he withstands it all in such a relentless good humor that his misfortune inspires laughter. Roughing It is wonderful entertainment and reminds you how funny the world can be--even its grimmer districts--when you're traveling with the right writer. [via]More editions of Roughing It:
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The Sacred Romance: Drawing Closer To The Heart Of Godby Brent Curtis, John EldredgeISBN 0785273425 (0-7852-7342-5)
Softcover, Thomas Nelson Inc
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First published in 1997, The Sacred Romance is quietly on its way to becoming a classic. Why have so many people connected so powerfully with this book? Authors Brent Curtis and John Eldredge put words to long-forgotten feelings. They voice our unspoken fears about God's goodness and our own emptiness. Without being preachy or cliché, the authors offer a glimpse of God's heart that is tender, risky, and compelling. If you long for something more, then open this profound book. [via]
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The Same River Twice: A Memoirby Chris OffuttISBN 0743229495 (0-7432-2949-5)
Softcover, Touchstone Books
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Saving Monticelloby Marc LeepsonISBN 074320106X (0-7432-0106-X)
Hardcover, Simon & Schuster
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Secession to Fort Henryby Editors of Time Life BooksISBN 0783501005 (0-7835-0100-5)
Hardcover, Grand Central Pub
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The Shipping News : A Novelby E. Annie ProulxISBN 0743225406 (0-7432-2540-6)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Shipping News : A Novel'Book summary:In this touching and atmospheric novel set among the fishermen of Newfoundland, Proulx tells the story of Quoyle. From all outward appearances, Quoyle has gone through his first 36 years on earth as a big schlump of a loser. He's not attractive, he's not brilliant or witty or talented, and he's not the kind of person who typically assumes the central position in a novel. But Proulx creates a simple and compelling tale of Quoyle's psychological and spiritual growth. Along the way, we get to look in on the maritime beauty of what is probably a disappearing way of life. [via]
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Sour Pussby Sneaky Pie Brown, Rita Mae BrownISBN 0786284501 (0-7862-8450-1)
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Southern Railwayby Brian HaresnapeISBN 0711012032 (0-7110-1203-2)
Hardcover, I. Allan
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The Southern Railwayby Richard L. Hillman, Sallie Loy, Pat C. Cates, C. Pat CatesISBN 0738516414 (0-7385-1641-4)
Softcover, Arcadia Pub
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The Southern Railway: Further Recollectionsby Richard L. Hillman, Sallie Loy, Pat C. Cates, C. Pat CatesISBN 073851831X (0-7385-1831-X)
Softcover, Arcadia Pub
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Southern Railway Handbookby B. K. CooperISBN 0711012911 (0-7110-1291-1)
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Suite Francaiseby Irene Nemirovsky, Sandra SmithISBN 0786291559 (0-7862-9155-9)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Suite Francaise'Book summary:By the early l940s, when Ukrainian-born Irène Némirovsky began working on what would become Suite Françaisethe first two parts of a planned five-part novelshe was already a highly successful writer living in Paris. But she was also a Jew, and in 1942 she was arrested and deported to Auschwitz: a month later she was dead at the age of thirty-nine. Two years earlier, living in a small village in central Francewhere she, her husband, and their two small daughters had fled in a vain attempt to elude the Nazisshed begun her novel, a luminous portrayal of a human drama in which she herself would become a victim. When she was arrested, she had completed two parts of the epic, the handwritten manuscripts of which were hidden in a suitcase that her daughters would take with them into hiding and eventually into freedom. Sixty-four years later, at long last, we can read Némirovskys literary masterpiece
The first part, A Storm in June, opens in the chaos of the massive 1940 exodus from Paris on the eve of the Nazi invasion during which several families and individuals are thrown together under circumstances beyond their control. They share nothing but the harsh demands of survivalsome trying to maintain lives of privilege, others struggling simply to preserve their livesbut soon, all together, they will be forced to face the awful exigencies of physical and emotional displacement, and the annihilation of the world they know. In the second part, Dolce, we enter the increasingly complex life of a German-occupied provincial village. Coexisting uneasily with the soldiers billeted among them, the villagersfrom aristocrats to shopkeepers to peasantscope as best they can. Some choose resistance, others collaboration, and as their community is transformed by these acts, the lives of these these men and women reveal nothing less than the very essence of humanity.
Suite Française is a singularly piercing evocationat once subtle and severe, deeply compassionate and fiercely ironicof life and death in occupied France, and a brilliant, profoundly moving work of art. [via]More editions of Suite Francaise:
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Sweetgrassby Mary Alice MonroeISBN 0778323064 (0-7783-2306-4)
Softcover, Harlequin Books
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The Third Life of Grange Copelandby Alice WalkerISBN 0743418239 (0-7434-1823-9)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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To Dance With the White Dogby Terry KayISBN 0743458044 (0-7434-5804-4)
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Two for Texasby James Lee BurkeISBN 0786889705 (0-7868-8970-5)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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Uncle Tom's Cabinby Harriet Beecher StoweISBN 0743487664 (0-7434-8766-4)
Softcover, Pocket Classics
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Uncle Tom's Cabin'Book summary:ENDURING LITERATURE ILLUMINATED BY PRACTICAL SCHOLARSHIP Harriet Beecher Stowe's scathing indictment of slavery in the Old South, a novel that has become a landmark of American literature. EACH ENRICHED CLASSIC EDITION INCLUDES: ? A concise introduction that gives readers important background information ? A chronology of the author's life and work ? A timeline of significant events that provides the book's historical context ? An outline of key themes and plot points to help readers form their own interpretations ? Detailed explanatory notes ? Critical analysis, including contemporary and modern perspectives on the work ? Discussion questions to promote lively classroom and book group interaction ? A list of recommended related books and films to broaden the reader's experience Enriched Classics offer readers affordable editions of great works of literature enhanced by helpful notes and insightful commentary. The scholarship provided in Enriched Classics enables readers to appreciate, understand, and enjoy the world's finest books to their full potential. SERIES EDITED BY CYNTHIA BRANTLEY JOHNSON [via]
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The Watsons Go To Birmingham--1963by Christopher Paul CurtisISBN 0786264063 (0-7862-6406-3)
Softcover, Thorndike Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Watsons Go To Birmingham--1963'Book summary:The year is 1963, and self-important Byron Watson is the bane of his younger brother Kenny's existence. Constantly in trouble for one thing or another, from straightening his hair into a "conk" to lighting fires to freezing his lips to the mirror of the new family car, Byron finally pushes his family too far. Before this "official juvenile delinquent" can cut school or steal change one more time, Momma and Dad finally make good on their threat to send him to the deep south to spend the summer with his tiny, strict grandmother. Soon the whole family is packed up, ready to make the drive from Flint, Michigan, straight into one of the most chilling moments in America's history: the burning of the Sixteenth Avenue Baptist Church with four little girls inside.
Christopher Paul Curtis's alternately hilarious and deeply moving novel, winner of the Newbery Honor and the Coretta Scott King Honor, blends the fictional account of an African American family with the factual events of the violent summer of 1963. Fourth grader Kenny is an innocent and sincere narrator; his ingenuousness lends authenticity to the story and invites readers of all ages into his world, even as it changes before his eyes. Curtis is also the acclaimed author of Bud, Not Buddy, winner of the Newbery Medal. (Ages 9 to 12) --Emilie Coulter [via]
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We Are All Welcome Hereby Elizabeth BergISBN 0739326015 (0-7393-2601-5)
Hardcover, Random House Large Print
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White Doves at Morningby James Lee BurkeISBN 0743466624 (0-7434-6662-4)
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1861. Two young Southerners, friends despite their differing political views and backgrounds, enlist in the 18th Louisiana regiment of the Confederate Army: Robert Perry, wealthy and privileged, and irreverent Willie Burke, the son of Irish immigrants, face the trials of battle and find redemption in the love of a passionate and committed abolitionist, Abigail Downing, and in the courageous struggle of Flower Jamison, a beautiful slave. Filled with a cast of unforgettable characters, and penetrating a landscape of shattering Civil War bloodshed as few novels have, this epic from an American literary giant endows readers with the gift of experiencing the past through new eyes, while its timeless prose style -- at once luminous and brutal -- ensures the legacy of this bloodiest of conflicts will never be lost. [via]
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Will You Miss Me When I'm Gone?: The Carter Family and Their Legacy in American Musicby Charles Hirshberg, Mark ZwonitzerISBN 074324382X (0-7432-4382-X)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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World of Piesby Karen StolzISBN 0786884622 (0-7868-8462-2)
Softcover, Hyperion Books
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The World's Great ClassicsISBN 0717200019 (0-7172-0001-9)
Hardcover, Xs Books
Find This BookBook summary:Odyssey, The: The World's Great Classics, by Homer; tr. by S.H. Butcher and Andrew Lang [via]
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The Yearlingby Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, Edward ShentonISBN 0743225252 (0-7432-2525-2)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Yearling'Book summary:RELIVE THE WONDER OF A CHILDHOOD FAVORITE THAT HAS BEEN CAPTURING THE HEARTS OF READERS FOR MORE THAN HALF A CENTURY.
An instant bestseller when it was released in 1938, this Pulitzer Prize winner has been read and loved by school-age children across the nation for more than fifty years. In this classic story of the Baxter family and their wild, hard, and satisfying life in remote central Florida, Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings has written one of the great novels of our times. A rich and varied tale -- tender in its understanding of boyhood, crowded with the excitement of the backwoods hunt, with vivid descriptions of the primitive, beautiful hammock country, written with humor and earthy philosophy -- The Yearling is a novel for readers of all ages. Its glowing picture of a life refreshingly removed from modern patterns of living is universal in its revelation of simple courageous people and the beliefs they must live by.
This edition, complete with a new introduction by author Ivan Doig, will be cherished for years to come and will make a welcome addition to any booklover's shelf. [via]
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You Got to Dance With Them What Brung Youby Molly IvinsISBN 0783802021 (0-7838-0202-1)
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