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Adam Sharp, Swimming with Sharksby George Edward Stanley, Guy FrancisISBN 0307264181 (0-307-26418-1)
Softcover, Random House Childrens Books
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Adam Sharp, the Spy Who Barkedby George Edward Stanley, Guy FrancisISBN 0307264122 (0-307-26412-2)
Softcover, Golden Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Adam Sharp, the Spy Who Barked'Book summary:Eight-year-old spy Adam Sharp pursues the very short Ambassador of Barkastan, who has stolen a top secret computer program, DOGBARK, that will let him understand the language of dogs. [via]
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The Adventures of Huckleberry Finnby Mark Twain, Tricia HedgeISBN 0194229769 (0-19-422976-9)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn'Book summary:Who wants to live in a house, wear clean clothes, be good, and go to school every day? Not young Huckleberry Finn, that's for sure. So Huck runs away, and is soon floating down the great Mississippi River on a raft. With him is Jim, a black slave who is also running away. But life is not always easy for the two friends. And there's 300 dollars waiting for anyone who catches poor Jim ... [via]
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The Adventures of Tom Sawyerby Mark TwainISBN 0140366733 (0-14-036673-3)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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- The Adventures of Tom Sawyer: ISBN 0140390839 (0-14-039083-9)
Softcover, Penguin Group (Canada) - The Adventures of Tom Sawyer: ISBN 0143039563 (0-14-303956-3)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA - The Adventures of Tom Sawyer: ISBN 0192806823 (0-19-280682-3)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr - The Adventures of Tom Sawyer: ISBN 0192833898 (0-19-283389-8)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr - Adventures of Tom Sawyer: ISBN 0195853334 (0-19-585333-4)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr - The Adventures of Tom Sawyer: ISBN 0140350039 (0-14-035003-9)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA - The Adventures of Tom Sawyer: ISBN 0141305444 (0-14-130544-4)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA - The Adventures of Tom Sawyer: ISBN 0142500976 (0-14-250097-6)
Softcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated - The Adventures of Tom Sawyer: ISBN 0192828371 (0-19-282837-1)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr - The Adventures of Tom Sawyer: ISBN 019422936X (0-19-422936-X)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr - The Adventures of Tom Sawyer: ISBN 0195101367 (0-19-510136-7)
Hardcover, Oxford Univ Pr - The Adventures of Tom Sawyer: ISBN 0307671100 (0-307-67110-0)
Hardcover, Goldencraft - The Adventures of Tom Sawyer: ISBN 0140366733 (0-14-036673-3)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
- The Adventures of Tom Sawyer: ISBN 0140390839 (0-14-039083-9)
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The Adventures of Tom Sawyer 1876by Mark Twain, Shelley Fisher FishkinISBN 0195114051 (0-19-511405-1)
Hardcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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Angel of Deathby P. C. DohertyISBN 0312037910 (0-312-03791-0)
Hardcover, St Martins Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Angel of Death'Book summary:In 1298, Edward I of England invaded Scotland and brutally sacked the town of Berwick, razing to the ground the Red House of the Flemings who had permission to trade there. He little knew his action would have far-reaching repercussions. A year later, Edward convokes a great assembly of the realm in St Paul's Cathedral. They are to hear Mass after which the main celebrant, Walter de Montfort, has been delegated to lecture the King on not taxing the Church. During the Mass, de Montfort dies a sudden and violent death. Hugh Corbett, the King's clerk, is given the task of solving the mystery and tracking down the murderer. Against the background of Edward's struggle to maintain himself, both at home and aborad, Corbett's investigations become tortuous and laced with danger... [via]
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Ashendenby W. Somerset MaughanISBN 0140174311 (0-14-017431-1)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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Assignment in Brittanyby Helen MacInnesISBN 0151096201 (0-15-109620-1)
Hardcover, Harcourt
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Black Camelotby Duncan KyleISBN 0312083017 (0-312-08301-7)
Hardcover, St. Martin's Press
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The Blind Man of Sevilleby Robert WilsonISBN 0156028808 (0-15-602880-8)
Softcover, Harcourt
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Blind Man of Seville'Book summary:After trying his hand at spy fiction in The Company of Strangers, Robert Wilson returns to his detective-thriller roots with The Blind Man of Seville, a grimly bewitching and character-driven yarn about people confronting their most hidden horrors.
"It was only right that there should be at least one murder in Holy Week," muses Inspector Jefe Javier Falcón as he's called out during Spain's Semana Santa festivities to probe the death of a prosperous Seville restaurateur, Raúl Jiménez. The deceased was found strapped to a chair with his eyelids removed, facing a television on which had been showing a video of him entertaining prostitutes. Jiménez's heart had failed as he struggled to escape. This murder is "more extraordinary than any I have seen in my career," Falcón tells the businessman's widow, as he embarks on an investigation that will lead to the slayings of a hooker and an art dealer, and force the homicide cop into a game of wits against a killer obsessed with the contradictions between illusion and reality. Meanwhile, Falcón is himself obsessed with the long-secreted journals kept by his late father, a famous painter, whose brutal acts during the Spanish Civil War and subsequent hedonism in North Africa shaped Javier's life... and will make him the killer's next target.
Wilson's plot turns rather creakily on the coincidence of Falcón discovering a photograph of his father among Jiménez's things. And lengthy excerpts from the elder Falcón's diaries, while they reveal links between the book's secondary players, and are interesting for their portrayal of wartime Europe and postwar Tangier, nonetheless hobble this story's pace and distract from the modern crimes at its center. Still, there's a poetic edge to this author's prose that makes even his most gruesome or tragic scenes worthy of rereading, and in Javier Falcón--a lonely outsider who shadows his ex-wife and has a perplexing aversion to milk--he creates a police protagonist as satisfyingly and humanly flawed as any since Zé Coelho, from Wilson's outstanding A Small Death in Lisbon. --J. Kingston Pierce [via]
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![Deighton, Len: Bomber; Events Relating to the Last Flight of an R.A.F. [bomber] over Germany on the Night of June 31st, 1943](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/P/0224619101.01._SL160_SCLZZZZZZZ__.jpg "Deighton, Len: Bomber; Events Relating to the Last Flight of an R.A.F. [bomber] over Germany on the Night of June 31st, 1943")
Bomber; Events Relating to the Last Flight of an R.A.F. [bomber] over Germany on the Night of June 31st, 1943by Len DeightonISBN 0224619101 (0-224-61910-1)
Hardcover, Cape
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Brighton Rockby Graham Greene, J. M. CoetzeeISBN 0142437972 (0-14-243797-2)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Brighton Rock'Book summary:Pinkie, a boy gangster in pre-war Brighton, is a Catholic dedicated to evil and damnation. In a dark setting of double crossing and razor slashes, his ambition and hatreds are horribly fulfilled, until Ida determines to convict him for murder. [via]
The Captain and the Enemyby Graham GreeneISBN 014018855X (0-14-018855-X)
Softcover, Penguin USA
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Charlie Muffin's Uncle Samby Brian FreemantleISBN 0224017810 (0-224-01781-0)
Hardcover, J. Cape
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Clap Hands, Here Comes Charlieby Brian FreemantleISBN 0224015885 (0-224-01588-5)
Hardcover, Cape
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Cobra Trapby Peter O'DonnellISBN 0285637665 (0-285-63766-5)
Softcover, Souvenir Press Limited
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Cobra Trap'Book summary:Each short story in this final installment of the Modesty Blaise series details a different, thrilling tale of international intrigue starring Modesty and her loyal deputy, Willie Garvin. From Modestys early days running The Network to her later work with Sir Gerald Tarrant in British Intelligence, each escapade is more rousing than the next, including the title story that brings Modesty face to face with the toughest assignment of her careerthe daring rescue of her friends from the clutches of rebels in the jungles of Central America.[via] -
Collected Fictionsby Andrew Hurley, Jorge Luis BorgesISBN 0140286802 (0-14-028680-2)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Collected Fictions'Book summary:Although Jorge Luis Borges published his first book in 1923--doling out his own money for a limited edition of Fervor de Buenos Aires--he remained in Argentinian obscurity for almost three decades. In 1951, however, Ficciones appeared in French, followed soon after by an English translation. This collection, which included the cream of the author's short fictions, made it clear that Borges was a world-class (if highly unclassifiable) artist--a brilliant, lyrical miniaturist, who could pose the great questions of existence on the head of pin. And by 1961, when he shared the French Prix Formentor with Samuel Beckett, he seemed suddenly to tower over a half-dozen literary cultures, the very exemplar of modernism with a human face.
By the time of his death in 1986, Borges had been granted old master status by almost everybody (except, alas, the gentlemen of the Swedish Academy). Yet his work remained dispersed among a half-dozen different collections, some of them increasingly hard to find. Andrew Hurley has done readers a great service, then, by collecting all the stories in a single, meticulously translated volume. It's a pleasure to be reminded that Borges's style--poetic, dreamlike, and compounded of innumerable small surprises--was already in place by 1935, when he published A Universal History of Iniquity: "The earth we inhabit is an error, an incompetent parody. Mirrors and paternity are abominable because they multiply and affirm it." (Incidentally, the thrifty author later recycled the second of these aphorisms in his classic bit of bookish metaphysics, "Tlon, Uqbar, Orbis Teris.") The glories of his middle period, of course, have hardly aged a day. "The Garden of the Forking Paths" remains the best deconstruction of the detective story ever written, even in the post-Auster era, and "Pierre Menard, Author of the Quixote" puts the so-called death of the author in pointed, hilarious perspective.
But Hurley's omnibus also brings home exactly how consistent Borges remained in his concerns. As late as 1975, in "Avelino Arredondo," he was still asking (and occasionally even answering) the same riddles about time and its human repository, memory: "For the man in prison, or the blind man, time flows downstream as though down a slight decline. As he reached the midpoint of his reclusion, Arredondo more than once achieved that virtually timeless time. In the first patio there was a wellhead, and at the bottom, a cistern where a toad lived; it never occurred to Arredondo that it was the toad's time, bordering on eternity, that he sought." Throughout, Hurley's translation is crisp and assured (although this reader will always have a soft spot for "Funes, the Memorious" rather than "Funes, His Memory.") And thanks to his efforts, Borgesians will find no better--and no more pleasurable--rebuttal of the author's description of himself as "a shy sort of man who could not bring himself to write short stories." --James Marcus [via]
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The Company Of Strangersby Robert WilsonISBN 0156027100 (0-15-602710-0)
Softcover, Harcourt
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Company Of Strangers'Book summary:Robert Wilson, whose award-winning A Small Death in Lisbon broke him out as an international thriller writer in the Ambler, le Carré, and Furst tradition, scores with this exceptionally well-plotted novel of wartime intrigue in England and Portugal. Andrea Aspinall, a brilliant young British mathematician, is recruited by the British Secret Service and put through a rush course in spycraft before being sent to Lisbon, where she quickly falls in love with a disenchanted German agent and, in less than two weeks, manages to lose her virginity, unmask a conspiracy, and interrupt Germany's plan to build the first atomic bomb. The action covers a long time span--from the early years of Word War II to the era of glasnost, when Andrea, now an Oxford mathematician long retired from spying, encounters the man she once loved and lost. Karl Voss has become an East German double agent who's bent on revealing the Russian mole in England's service. The narrative wanders a bit, but the strong, spare writing and deft characterization set this apart as one of the year's better international espionage novels, one that should introduce Wilson to a bigger audience. --Jane Adams [via]
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Confessions of a Dangerous Mindby Chuck BarrisISBN 0312162146 (0-312-16214-6)
Hardcover, St Martins Pr
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The Courierby Derek KartunISBN 0312170440 (0-312-17044-0)
Hardcover, St Martins Pr
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The Crocus Listby Gavin LyallISBN 0140096167 (0-14-009616-7)
Softcover, Select Penguin
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Crown in Darknessby P. C. DohertyISBN 0312017545 (0-312-01754-5)
Hardcover, St Martins Pr
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The Crown Jewels: The British Secrets at the Heart of the KGB Archivesby Nigel West, Oleg Tsarev, Cleg TsarevISBN 0300078064 (0-300-07806-4)
Hardcover, Yale Univ Pr
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Deception in World War IIby Charles Greig CruickshankISBN 0192851047 (0-19-285104-7)
Softcover, Oxford University Press
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The Defection of A. J. Lewinterby Robert LittellISBN 0142003468 (0-14-200346-8)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Defection of A. J. Lewinter'Book summary:A masterpiece of irony and intrigue, deftly and dazzlingly plotted, The Defection of A.J. Lewinter is the novel that established Robert Littell as a master of the Cold War thriller and immediately elevated him to the ranks of John le Carré, Len Deighton, and Graham Greene.
A.J. Lewinter is an American scientist, for years an insignificant cog in America's complex defense machinery. Now he is playing both sides against the middle-telling the Russians he wants to defect and tantalizing them with U.S. military secrets he claims to posses. But is his defection genuine? Neither the Russians nor the Americans are sure, and as each side struggles to anticipate its opponent's next move, Lewinter is swept up in a terrifying chess match of deceit and treachery. [via]More editions of The Defection of A. J. Lewinter:
Dressed to Killby Margaret DuffyISBN 0312112955 (0-312-11295-5)
Hardcover, St Martins Pr
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End of the Affairby Graham GreeneISBN 0140291091 (0-14-029109-1)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'End of the Affair'Book summary:Set in London during and just after World War II, Graham Greene's The End of the Affair is a pathos-laden examination of a three-way collision between love of self, love of another, and love of God. The affair in question involves Maurice Bendrix, a solipsistic novelist, and a dutifully married woman, Sarah Miles. The lovers meet at a party thrown by Sarah's dreary civil-servant husband, and proceed to liberate each other from boredom and routine unhappiness. Reflecting on the ebullient beginnings of their romance, Bendrix recalls: "There was never any question in those days of who wanted whom--we were together in desire." Indeed, the affair goes on unchecked for several years until, during an afternoon tryst, Bendrix goes downstairs to look for intruders in his basement and a bomb falls on the building. Sarah rushes down to find him lying under a fallen door, and immediately makes a deal with God, whom she has never particularly cared for. "I love him and I'll do anything if you'll make him alive.... I'll give him up forever, only let him be alive with a chance.... People can love each other without seeing each other, can't they, they love You all their lives without seeing You."
Bendrix, as evidenced by his ability to tell the story, is not dead, merely unconscious, and so Sarah must keep her promise. She breaks off the relationship without giving a reason, leaving Bendrix mystified and angry. The only explanation he can think of is that she's left him for another man. It isn't until years later, when he hires a private detective to ascertain the truth, that he learns of her impassioned vow. Sarah herself comes to understand her move through a strange rationalization. Writing to God in her journal, she says:
You willed our separation, but he [Bendrix] willed it too. He worked for it with his anger and his jealousy, and he worked for it with his love. For he gave me so much love, and I gave him so much love that soon there wasn't anything left, when we'd finished, but You.
It's as though the pull toward faith were inevitable, if incomprehensible--perhaps as punishment for her sin of adultery. In her final years, Sarah's faith only deepens, even as she remains haunted by the bombing and the power of her own attraction to God. Set against the backdrop of a war-ravaged city, The End of the Affair is equally haunting as it lays forth the question of what constitutes love in troubling, unequivocal terms. --Melanie Rehak [via] -
Estado De Miedo / State of Fearby Michael CrichtonISBN 0307376443 (0-307-37644-3)
Softcover, Random House Espanol
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Estado De Miedo / State of Fear'Book summary:Estado de miedo es una novela de denuncia que ya está causando mucha polémica en EEUU e Inglaterra. Michael Crichton dedicó tres años a la investigación de los datos y cifras que nos facilitan los investigadores científicos sobre el calentamiento global de la tierra, lo que llamamos el efecto invernadero. Cuestiona y descarta muchos de ellos. Según Crichton no hay pruebas claras de calentamiento global. Afirma que hay organizaciones que manipulan datos para probar lo que a ellos les interesa. Además hay personas dispuestas a convertirse en activistas, en ecoterroristas, incluso a provocar catástrofes para publicitar su causa y "confirmar" sus predicciones.
La novela es un thriller poderoso, convincente, fascinante y muy ágil. La historia es ficción pura pero lo que hay detrás es todo verdadero.
Para apoyar su tesis incluye al final del libro apéndices y una bibliografía amplísima que demuestran la seriedad y profundidad de la investigación. [via]More editions of Estado De Miedo / State of Fear:
Flamingoby Bob ReissISBN 0312036930 (0-312-03693-0)
Hardcover, St Martins Pr
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The Flanders Panelby Arturo Perez-Reverte, Margaret Jull CostaISBN 0156029588 (0-15-602958-8)
Softcover, Harcourt
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Flanders Panel'Book summary:Julia, a young Madrid art restorer, is pulled into a shadowy world of metaphor when she discovers a long-covered inscription on a Flemish painting: Who killed the knight? Art, chess and murder are intertwined in this elegant, seductive mystery in the manner of The Name of the Rose. [via]
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Ghost Wars: The Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan, and bin Laden, from the Soviet Invasion to September 10, 2001by Steve CollISBN 0143034669 (0-14-303466-9)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Ghost Wars: The Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan, and bin Laden, from the Soviet Invasion to September 10, 2001'Book summary:Steve Coll's Ghost Wars: The Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan, and Bin Laden, from the Soviet Invasion to September 10, 2001 offers revealing details of the CIA's involvement in the evolution of the Taliban and Al Qaeda in the years before the September 11 attacks. From the beginning, Coll shows how the CIA's on-again, off-again engagement with Afghanistan after the end of the Soviet war left officials at Langley with inadequate resources and intelligence to appreciate the emerging power of the Taliban. He also demonstrates how Afghanistan became a deadly playing field for international politics where Soviet, Pakistani, and U.S. agents armed and trained a succession of warring factions. At the same time, the book, though opinionated, is not solely a critique of the agency. Coll balances accounts of CIA failures with the success stories, like the capture of Mir Amal Kasi. Coll, managing editor for the Washington Post, covered Afghanistan from 1989 to 1992. He demonstrates unprecedented access to records of White House meetings and to formerly classified material, and his command of Saudi, Pakistani, and Afghani politics is impressive. He also provides a seeming insider's perspective on personalities like George Tenet, William Casey, and anti-terrorism czar, Richard Clarke ("who seemed to wield enormous power precisely because hardly anyone knew who he was or what exactly he did for a living"). Coll manages to weave his research into a narrative that sometimes has the feel of a Tom Clancy novel yet never crosses into excess. While comprehensive, Coll's book may be hard going for those looking for a direct account of the events leading to the 9-11 attacks. The CIA's 1998 engagement with bin Laden as a target for capture begins a full two-thirds of the way into Ghost Wars, only after a lengthy march through developments during the Carter, Reagan, and early Clinton Presidencies. But this is not a critique of Coll's efforts; just a warning that some stamina is required to keep up. Ghost Wars is a complex study of intelligence operations and an invaluable resource for those seeking a nuanced understanding of how a small band of extremists rose to inflict incalculable damage on American soil. --Patrick O'Kelley [via]
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The Heart of the Matterby Graham GreeneISBN 0140283323 (0-14-028332-3)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Heart of the Matter'Book summary:[via]Graham Greene's masterpiece The Heart of the Matter tells the story of a good man enmeshed in love, intrigue, and evil in a West African coastal town. Scobie is bound by strict integrity to his role as assistant police commissioner and by severe responsibility to his wife, Louise, for whom he cares with a fatal pity.
When Scobie falls in love with the young widow Helen, he finds vital passion again yielding to pity, integrity giving way to deceit and dishonora vortex leading directly to murder. As Scobie's world crumbles, his personal crisis makes for a novel that is suspenseful, fascinating, and, finally, tragic.
Originally published in 1948, The Heart of the Matter is the unforgettable portrait of one man, flawed yet heroic, destroyed and redeemed by a terrible conflict of passion and faith.
The Heat of the Dayby Elizabeth BowenISBN 0140183019 (0-14-018301-9)
Softcover, Viking Pr
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Hitler's Peace: A Novel Of The Second World Warby Philip KerrISBN 0143036955 (0-14-303695-5)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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Hitler's Spy Chief: The William Canaris Mysteryby Richard BassettISBN 0304367184 (0-304-36718-4)
Softcover, Cassell
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Hong Kongby Stephen CoontsISBN 0312253397 (0-312-25339-7)
Hardcover, St Martins Pr
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I and My True Loveby Helen MacInnesISBN 0151434034 (0-15-143403-4)
Hardcover, Harcourt
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Ill Met: By Moonlightby W. Stanley MossISBN 0304352594 (0-304-35259-4)
Softcover, Cassell
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The Impossible Virgin : Modesty Blaiseby Peter O'DonnellISBN 0285636146 (0-285-63614-6)
Softcover, Souvenir Press Limited
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Impossible Virgin : Modesty Blaise'Book summary:Modesty Blaise's friend Novak died trying to preserve his discovery of the Impossible Virgin, a secret that meant enormous wealth. But right at the last moment, he babbled. When Modesty makes a forced landing in Central Africa, she meets the man who possesses Novikov's secret without knowing itGiles Pennyfeather, the guileless and blundering young doctor with a gift for healing. In saving Giles from Brunel, a dangerous killer, she buys yet another ticket to danger, for Brunel is determined to have the secret. Modesty and her lieutenant, Willie Garvin, take on Brunel and his partners in a fierce and devious battle, where Modesty is brought to the most shattering reverse she has ever suffered. How she fights back, and at last learns the truth of the Impossible Virgin and her ferocious guardians, brings this fifth tale in the saga of Modesty Blaise to an astonishing climax.[via]More editions of The Impossible Virgin : Modesty Blaise:
Lady Pollyby Nicola CornickISBN 0263163253 (0-263-16325-3)
Hardcover, Ulverscroft Large Print Books
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Liberty : A Jake Grafton Novelby Stephen CoontsISBN 031228361X (0-312-28361-X)
Hardcover, St. Martin's Press
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London Callingby George Edward StanleyISBN 0307264149 (0-307-26414-9)
Softcover, Random House Children's Books
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Mara, Daughter of the Nileby Eloise McGrawISBN 0140319298 (0-14-031929-8)
Softcover, Puffin
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Molehunt: The Full Story of the Soviet Spy in MI5by Nigel WestISBN 0297791508 (0-297-79150-8)
Hardcover, Weidenfeld and Nicolson
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Monsignor Quixoteby Graham GreeneISBN 0140185356 (0-14-018535-6)
Softcover, Penguin USA
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A Murder of Crowsby Margaret DuffyISBN 031201483X (0-312-01483-X)
Hardcover, St Martins Pr
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Neither Five Nor Threeby Helen MacInnesISBN 0151650691 (0-15-165069-1)
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Nineteen Eighty-Fourby George Orwell, Peter DavisonISBN 0151660344 (0-15-166034-4)
Hardcover, Harcourt
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Nineteen Eighty-Four'Book summary:"Outside, even through the shut window pane, the world looked cold. Down in the street little eddies of wind were whirling dust and torn paper into spirals, and though the sun was shining and the sky a harsh blue, there seemed to be no color in anything except the posters that were plastered everywhere."
The year is 1984; the scene is London, largest population center of Airstrip One.
Airstrip One is part of the vast political entity Oceania, which is eternally at war with one of two other vast entities, Eurasia and Eastasia. At any moment, depending upon current alignments, all existing records show either that Oceania has always been at war with Eurasia and allied with Eastasia, or that it has always been at war with Eastasia and allied with Eurasia. Winston Smith knows this, because his work at the Ministry of Truth involves the constant "correction" of such records. "'Who controls the past,' ran the Party slogan, 'controls the future: who controls the present controls the past.'"
In a grim city and a terrifying country, where Big Brother is always Watching You and the Thought Police can practically read your mind, Winston is a man in grave danger for the simple reason that his memory still functions. He knows the Party's official image of the world is a fluid fiction. He knows the Party controls the people by feeding them lies and narrowing their imaginations through a process of bewilderment and brutalization that alienates each individual from his fellows and deprives him of every liberating human pursuit from reasoned inquiry to sexual passion. Drawn into a forbidden love affair, Winston finds the courage to join a secret revolutionary organization called The Brotherhood, dedicated to the destruction of the Party. Together with his beloved Julia, he hazards his life in a deadly match against the powers that be.
Newspeak, doublethink, thoughtcrime--in 1984, George Orwell created a whole vocabulary of words concerning totalitarian control that have since passed into our common vocabulary. More importantly, he has portrayed a chillingly credible dystopia. In our deeply anxious world, the seeds of unthinking conformity are everywhere in evidence; and Big Brother is always looking for his chance. --Daniel Hintzsche [via]
North from Romeby MacInnesISBN 0151670013 (0-15-167001-3)
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Old Boysby Charles McCarryISBN 0143035495 (0-14-303549-5)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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Old Flamesby John LawtonISBN 0142003735 (0-14-200373-5)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Old Flames'Book summary:Brilliantly evoking the intrigue of the Cold War and 1950s London, John Lawtons thrilling sequel to Black Out takes Inspector Troy deep into the rotten heart of MI6, the distant days of his childhood, and the dangerous arms of an old flame: Larissa Tosca, late of the U.S. Army, later still of the KGB. It is April 1956, and an official visit to Britain by Soviet leaders Khrushchev and Bulganin is unexpectedly interrupted when a mutilated body is found under the hull of Khrushchevs ship in Portsmouth Harbor. Is the dead man a Royal Navy diver or the corpse of Arnold Cockerell, a furniture salesman with a mysterious source of income? As the mystery deepens, the inexplicable murders continue, leading Troy to an unforgettable discovery. [via]
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Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four: Text, Sources, Criticismby Irving HoweISBN 0155658115 (0-15-565811-5)
Softcover, Cengage Learning
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Pray for a Brave Heartby Helen MacInnesISBN 0151739013 (0-15-173901-3)
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The Prince of Darknessby P. C. DohertyISBN 0312088760 (0-312-08876-0)
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A Quiet American: The Secret War of Varian Fryby Andy MarinoISBN 0312267673 (0-312-26767-3)
Softcover, Griffin
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Russian Rouletteby James MitchellISBN 0241024196 (0-241-02419-6)
Hardcover, Hamilton
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Sabre-Toothby Peter O'DonnellISBN 0285636766 (0-285-63676-6)
Softcover, Souvenir Press Limited
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Sabre-Tooth'Book summary:In another classic adventure in the Modesty Blaise pulp fiction series, Modesty and her partner, Willie Garvin, are up against the nefarious Karz, a modern Genghis Khan, and his army of ruthless mercenaries. After orchestrating an audacious theft to attract Karz's attention, Modesty and Willie find themselves on the run through London, Paris, and Lisbon, and finally to Karz's remote fortress in the Hindu Kush. Once captured by his army, only Modesty can break Karz's hold, fighting his terrifying executioners, the Twins. A battle ensues that brings the adventure to its thrilling climax. [via]
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The Samuraiby George MacBethISBN 0151792704 (0-15-179270-4)
Hardcover, Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich
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Sensei : A Thrillerby John DonohueISBN 0312288123 (0-312-28812-3)
Hardcover, St. Martin's Press
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Sensei : A Thriller'Book summary:In every case, the modus operandi is the same, and the only clue available is a cryptic message scrawled on the wall bearing the signature "Ronin" - the Japanese name for a masterless samurai.[via]
Connor Burke, a part-time college teacher with a passion for the martial arts, is called in to help out with the investigation by his brother, an NYPD detective. With the help of his teacher, the master warrior Yamashita Sensei, Burke begins to follow the trail of clues that stretches across time and place, ultimately confronting his own fears, his sense of honor, and the ruthless killer who calls himself "Ronin".
Combining the exotic world of the Japanese martial arts with the gritty nuts-and-bolts aspects of a murder investigation, Sensei is a fast-paced, riveting thriller that explores the links between people as they struggle for mastery, identity, and a sense of belonging.More editions of Sensei : A Thriller:
The Sistersby Robert LittellISBN 0143038214 (0-14-303821-4)
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A Small Death in Lisbonby Robert WilsonISBN 0151006091 (0-15-100609-1)
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The Snare of the Hunterby Helen MacInnesISBN 0151831807 (0-15-183180-7)
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Spytimeby William F. BuckleyISBN 0156011247 (0-15-601124-7)
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Stalin's Spy: Richard Sorge and the Tokyo Espionage Ringby Robert WhymantISBN 0312193394 (0-312-19339-4)
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The Three Hostagesby John Buchan, Karl MillerISBN 0192824198 (0-19-282419-8)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Three Hostages'Book summary:In "The Three Hostages" (1924) Richard Hannay leaves his quiet and happy family life in the countryside to face the most evil opponent of his career. Dominick Medina, a seductive fallen angel, a master of thought control, and trusted by many of Britain's leaders, is a twisted product of the years shattered by war in Europe. In this `shocker', which is also a sophisticated masquerade, Hannay must use all his ingenuity to save not only three innocent hostages but also his own life - and his sanity. "The Three Hostages" explores the psychological consequences of war and the world of international business crime. In his introduction Karl Miller puts this swift and sinister novel in its idelological and literary context, drawing some eerie parallels with the threats and fears that face us today. This book is intended for students of Edwardian fiction. [via]
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Travels With My Auntby Graham Greene, Gloria EmersonISBN 0143039008 (0-14-303900-8)
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While Still We Liveby Helen MacInnesISBN 0151960909 (0-15-196090-9)
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Who's Who in Spy Fictionby Donald McCormickISBN 0241894476 (0-241-89447-6)
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La Ciudad Perdidaby Clive CusslerISBN 0307376648 (0-307-37664-8)
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