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After the Plagueby T. C. BoyleISBN 0142001414 (0-14-200141-4)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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Amphigorey Alsoby Edward GoreyISBN 0151064431 (0-15-106443-1)
Hardcover, Harcourt
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Amphigorey Also'Book summary:Here is Gorey, doing what Gorey does best--and what only Gorey can do: droll, cracked Victorian pen-and-ink takeoffs on melodramas and primers, bicycles and divas, allegories and crime. [via]
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Angel in the Parlorby Nancy WillardISBN 0151071810 (0-15-107181-0)
Hardcover, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich
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The Aspern Papers and the Turn of the Screwby Henry James, Anthony CurtisISBN 0141439904 (0-14-143990-4)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Aspern Papers and the Turn of the Screw'Book summary:In these two chilling stories, Henry James shows himself to be a master of haunting atmosphere and unbearable tension. The Turn of the Screw tells of a young governess sent to a country home to take charge of two orphans, Miles and Flora. Unsettled by a sense of intense evil within the house, she soon becomes obsessed with the belief that malevolent forces are stalking the children in her care. Obsession of a more worldly variety lies at the heart of The Aspern Papers, the tale of a literary historian determined to get his hands on some letters written by a great poet-and prepared to use trickery and deception to achieve his aims.[via]More editions of The Aspern Papers and the Turn of the Screw:
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The Atheist's Massby Sylvia Raphael, Honore De BalzacISBN 0146001990 (0-14-600199-0)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Atheist's Mass'Book summary:One of 60 low-priced classic texts published to celebrate Penguin's 60th anniversary. All the titles are extracts from "Penguin Classics" titles. [via]
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The Awakening and Selected Storiesby Kate Chopin, Sandra M. GilbertISBN 0142437328 (0-14-243732-8)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Awakening and Selected Stories'Book summary:The Awakening shocked turn-of-the-century readers and reviewers with its treatment of sex and suicide. In a departure from literary convention, Kate Chopin failed to condemn her heroine's desire for an affair with the son of a Louisiana resort owner, whom she meets on vacation. The power of sensuality, the delusion of ecstatic love, and the solitude that accompanies the trappings of middle- and upper-class convention are themes of this now-classic novel. The book was influenced by French writers ranging from Flaubert to Maupassant, and can be seen as a precursor of the impressionistic, mood-driven novels of Virginia Woolf and Djuna Barnes. Variously called "vulgar," "unhealthily introspective," and "morbid," the book was neglected for several decades, not least because it was written by a "regional" woman writer. [via]
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Baa Baa, Black Sheep and the Gardenerby Rudyard KiplingISBN 0146000145 (0-14-600014-5)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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Baudolinoby Umberto Eco, William WeaverISBN 0151006903 (0-15-100690-3)
Hardcover, Harcourt
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Baudolino'Book summary:The most playful of historical novelists, Umberto Eco has absorbed the real lesson of history: that there is no such thing as the absolute truth. In Baudolino, he hands his narrative to an Italian peasant who has managed, through good luck and a clever tongue, to become the adopted son of the Emperor, Frederick Barbarossa, and a minister of his court in the closing years of the 12th century. Baudolino's other gift is for spontaneous but convincing lies, and so his unfolding tale--as recounted in 1204 to a nobleman of Constantinople, while the fires of the Fourth Crusade rage around them--exemplifies the Cretan Liar's Paradox: He can't be believed. Why not, then, make his story as outrageous as possible? In the course of his picaresque tale, Baudolino manages to touch on nearly every major theme, conflict, and boondoggle of the Middle Ages: the Crusades; the troubadours; the legend of the Holy Grail; the rise of the cathedral cities; the position of Jews; the market in relics; the local rivalries that made Italy so vulnerable to outside attack; and the perennial power struggles between the pope and the emperor. With the help of alcohol and a mysterious Moorish concoction called "green honey," Baudolino and his ragtag friends engage in typical scholastic debates of the period, trying to determine the dimensions of Solomon's Temple and the location of the Earthly Paradise. And when the Emperor needs support in his claims for saintly lineage, who but Baudolino can craft the perfect letter of homage from the legendary Prester John, Holy (and wholly fictitious) Christian King of the East? A giddy and exasperating romp, Baudolino will draw you into its labyrinthine inventions and half-truths, even if you know better. --Regina Marler [via]
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Bible Stories for Adultsby James MorrowISBN 0151001928 (0-15-100192-8)
Hardcover, Harcourt
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Bible Stories for Adults'Book summary:A satirical collection of bible stories includes the stories of Job, who wants a rematch with God; a series-700 computer that regrets reconstructing the Ten Commandments tablets; and God's argument for plagues. [via]
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Big Blonde and Other Storiesby Dorothy ParkerISBN 0146000765 (0-14-600076-5)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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The Black Monk and Peasantsby Anton Chekhov, Ronald WilksISBN 0146000366 (0-14-600036-6)
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Bon Voyage Mr. President and Other Storiesby Gabriel Garcia MarquezISBN 0146000358 (0-14-600035-8)
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The Book Of Imaginary Beingsby Jorge Luis Borges, Margarita Guerrero, Peter Sis, Andrew HurleyISBN 0143039938 (0-14-303993-8)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Book Of Imaginary Beings'Book summary:In a perfect pairing of talent, this volume blends twenty illustrations by Peter Sís with Jorge Luis Borges's 1957 compilation of 116 "strange creatures conceived through time and space by the human imagination," from dragons and centaurs to Lewis Carroll's Cheshire Cat and the Morlocks of H. G. Wells's The Time Machine. A lavish feast of exotica brought vividly to life with art commissioned specifically for this volume, The Book of Imaginary Beings will delight readers of classic fantasy as well as Borges's many admirers.[via]More editions of The Book Of Imaginary Beings:
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Booknotes: Stories from American Historyby Brian LambISBN 0142002496 (0-14-200249-6)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Booknotes: Stories from American History'Book summary:American history is shaped by great and small events, and in recent years a generation of writers has brought these events to life. They have shared these stories with the viewers of the long-running C-SPAN author-interview program Booknotes, and here some of the best have been collected for readers to savor. In this volume, more than eighty contemporary writers and historians examine seminal moments from American history, celebrated and uncelebrated alike.[via]
Booknotes offers readers conversational essays edited from the interview show, providing an enticing selection of author-subject pairings. For anyone interested in America's rich history-and especially the devoted fans of C-SPAN's Booknotes-this is an engaging compendium of information, opinions, and new perspectives.More editions of Booknotes: Stories from American History:
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Brodie's Reportby Andrew Hurley, Jorge Luis BorgesISBN 0143039253 (0-14-303925-3)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Brodie's Report'Book summary:[via]At the age of seventy, after a gap of twenty years, Jorge Luis Borges returned to writing short stories. In Brodies Report, he returned also to the style of his earlier years with its brutal realism, nightmares, and bloodshed. Many of these stories, including Unworthy and The Other Duel, are set in the macho Argentinean underworld, and even the rivalries between artists are suffused with suppressed violence. Throughout, opposing themes of fate and free will, loyalty and betrayal, time and memory flicker in the recesses of these compelling stories, among the best Borges ever wrote.
- First time in Penguin Classics
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Changing Planes: Storiesby Ursula K. Le Guin, Eric BeddowsISBN 0151009716 (0-15-100971-6)
Hardcover, Harcourt
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Changing Planes: Stories'Book summary:At first, readers may find Ursula K. Le Guin's collection Changing Planes rather light, if not slight. However, as the reader continues through its sixteen stories (ten of which are original to this volume), the collection achieves considerable weight and power.
A punny conceit links the stories and provides the title of Changing Planes. Conceived before September 11, 2001, this conceit now, unfairly, looks odd. Trapped too many times in the misery of pre-terrorist airports, Sita Dulip discovered how to change planes: not airplanes, but planes of existence. Now the people of Sita's earth travel between alternate universes.
The stories in Changing Planes are strong expressions of Le Guin's considerable anthropological and psychological insight. However, these tales don't follow traditional plot structures or character-development methods. They read more like travelogues, or socio-anthropological articles on foreign nations or tribes. They explore exotic literary planes lying somewhere between Jorge Luis Borges's ficciones and Horace Miner's anthropological satire Body Ritual Among the Nacirema. However, unlike Miner's parody, Le Guin's wise tales are rarely satirical, though "The Royals of Hegn" sharply skewers the absurdity of royalty-worship, and "Great Joy" rightly attacks the boundless corporate criminality familiar to anyone who's read a newspaper since 2001.
One of America's greatest authors, Ursula K. Le Guin has received the National Book Award, the Newberry Award, the PEN/Malamud Award, five Nebula Awards, and five Hugo Awards. --Cynthia Ward [via]
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A Christmas Carolby Charles Dickens, Mark PeppeISBN 0142300551 (0-14-230055-1)
Softcover, Puffin
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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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Collected Stories.by Katherine Anne PorterISBN 0151189927 (0-15-118992-7)
Hardcover, Harcourt
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Collected Stories.'Book summary:495 pages - Including Flowering Judas; Pale Horse, Pale Rider; The Leaning Tower, & Four Additional Stories. [via]
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Collected Storiesby Saul Bellow, Jane Bellow, James WoodISBN 0142001643 (0-14-200164-3)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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The Complete Novelsby Jane AustenISBN 0143039504 (0-14-303950-4)
Softcover, Penguin Classics
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Complete Novels'Book summary:Collected together in one volume, The Complete Novels show the development of Austen as a writer and social commentator. From the early optimism and youthful energy of Northanger Abbey to the quiet and subtle art of Persuasion, this collection reveals the breadth of one of the best loved novelists of all time. [via]
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Complete Short Fictionby Oscar Wilde, Ian SmallISBN 0141439696 (0-14-143969-6)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Complete Short Fiction'Book summary:Fairy tales, ghost stories, detective fiction and comedies of manners - the stories collected in this volume made Oscar Wilde's name as a writer of fiction, showing breathtaking dexterity in a wide range of literary styles. Victorian moral justice is comically inverted in 'Lord Arthur Savile's Crime' and 'The Canterville Ghost', and society's materialism comes under sharp, humorous criticism in 'The Model Millionaire', while 'The Happy Prince' and 'The Nightingale and the Rose' are hauntingly melancholic in their magical evocations of selfless love. These small masterpieces convey the brilliance of Wilde's vision, exploring complex moral issues through an elegant juxtaposition of wit and sentiment.[via]More editions of Complete Short Fiction:
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Count Magnus And Other Ghost Stories: The Complete Ghost Stories of M. R. Jamesby M. R. James, S. T. JoshiISBN 0143039393 (0-14-303939-3)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Count Magnus And Other Ghost Stories: The Complete Ghost Stories of M. R. James'Book summary:[via]The only annotated edition of M. R. Jamess writings currently available, Count Magnus and Other Ghost Stories contains the entire first two volumes of Jamess ghost stories, Ghost Stories of an Antiquary and More Ghost Stories of an Antiquary. These volumes are both the culmination of the nineteenth-century ghost story tradition and the inspiration for much of the best twentieth-century work in this genre. Included in this collection are such landmark tales as Count Magnus, set in the wilds of Sweden; Number 13, a distinctive tale about a haunted hotel room; Casting the Runes, a richly complex tale of sorcery that served as the basis for the classic horror film Curse of the Demon; and Oh, Whistle, and Ill Come to You, My Lad, one of the most frightening tales in literature. The appendix includes several rare texts, including A Night in Kings College Chapel, Jamess first known ghost story.
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The Courage Consortby Michel FaberISBN 0151010617 (0-15-101061-7)
Hardcover, Harcourt
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Difficult Lovesby Italo CalvinoISBN 0151256101 (0-15-125610-1)
Hardcover, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Difficult Loves'Book summary:One of the warmest and gentlest collections of stories by Calvino, and one of the most grounded in the real world. Lovely and elegant prose that lolls in your imagination like a story whispered into your ear on late spring day. [via]
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Don Quixoteby Miguel De Cervantes SaavedraISBN 0142437239 (0-14-243723-9)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Don Quixote'Book summary:Don Quixote has become so entranced reading tales of chivalry that he decides to turn knight errant himself. In the company of his faithful squire, Sancho Panza, these exploits blossom in all sorts of wonderful ways. While Quixote's fancy often leads him astrayhe tilts at windmills, imagining them to be giantsSancho acquires cunning and a certain sagacity. Sane madman and wise fool, they roam the world together-and together they have haunted readers' imaginations for nearly four hundred years.[via]
With its experimental form and literary playfulness, Don Quixote has been generally recognized as the first modern novel. This Penguin Classics edition, with its beautiful new cover design, includes John Rutherford's masterly translation, which does full justice to the energy and wit of Cervantes's prose, as well as a brilliant critical introduction by Roberto Gonzalez Echevarriá.
@DonQuixote People say that sleep deprivation, isolation, and too much reading have made me loopy. But I say nay! Nay!!!
I am going full-creeper and giving a girl I love a special secret nickname without her even knowing about it.
Ill call her Dulcinea. Get it? Like Dulce del Coochayyyy.
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Don't Tell Mama: The Penguin Book of Italian American Writingby Regina BarrecaISBN 014200247X (0-14-200247-X)
Softcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
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Draculaby Bram Stoker, Maurice HindleISBN 014143984X (0-14-143984-X)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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The vampire novel that started it all, Bram Stoker's Dracula probes deeply into human identity, sanity, and the dark corners of Victorian sexuality and desire. When Jonathan Harker visits Transylvania to help Count Dracula purchase a London house, he makes horrifying discoveries about his client. Soon afterward, disturbing incidents unfold in Englandan unmanned ship is wrecked at Whitby, strange puncture marks appear on a young woman's neck, and a lunatic asylum inmate raves about the imminent arrival of his "Master"culminating in a battle of wits between the sinister Count and a determined group of adversaries.
@BleedingGums A damsel is bleeding from her ears and eyes! Shes afraid of the sun! Like a ginger!
We must sort this out. She may be a vampire, but I cant tell the father. He wonders if her lady times are just out of control.
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Expedition to Earthby Arthur Charles ClarkeISBN 0151294615 (0-15-129461-5)
Hardcover, Harcourt
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Fairy Talesby Tiina Nunnally, Jackie Wullschlager, H.C. AndersenISBN 0143039520 (0-14-303952-0)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Fairy Tales'Book summary:[via]Hans Christian Andersen was the profoundly imaginative writer and storyteller who revolutionized literature for children. He gave us the now standard versions of some traditional fairy taleswith an anarchic twistbut many of his most famous tales sprang directly from his imagination.
The thirty stories here range from exuberant early works such as "The Tinderbox" and "The Emperor's New Clothes" through poignant masterpieces such as "The Little Mermaid" and "The Ugly Duckling," to more subversive later tales such as "The Ice maiden" and "The Wood Nymph."
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Firebirdsby Nancy Farmer, Diane Wynne JonesISBN 0142501425 (0-14-250142-5)
Hardcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Firebirds'Book summary:Firebird-the imprint-is dedicated to publishing the best fantasy and science fiction for teenage and adult readers. Firebirds is an equally special anthology. Its sixteen original stories showcase some of the genre's most admired authors, including multiple award-winners Diana Wynne Jones, Garth Nix, Lloyd Alexander, Nancy Farmer, Meredith Ann Pierce, and Patricia A. McKillip. Here you will find a sparkling range of writing, from dark humor to high sword and sorcery to traditional ballads-something for every sort of reader. Finally, to make this anthology even more of a standout, it appears first as a deluxe, jacketed hardcover. Welcome to Firebirds-a must-have for fans of contemporary speculative fiction.
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Firebirds: An Anthology Of Original Fantasy And Science Fictionby Sharyn NovemberISBN 0142403202 (0-14-240320-2)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Firebirds: An Anthology Of Original Fantasy And Science Fiction'Book summary:[via]Firebirds is more than simply an anthology -- it is a celebration of wonderful writing. It gathers together sixteen original stories by some of today's finest writers of fantasy and science fiction. Together, they have won virtually every major prize -- from the National Book Award to the World Fantasy Award to the Newbery Medal -- and have made best-seller lists worldwide. These authors, including Lloyd Alexander (The Chronicles of Prydain), Diana Wynne Jones (The Merlin Conspiracy), Garth Nix (The Abhorsen Trilogy), Patricia A. McKillip (Ombria in Shadow), Meredith Ann Pierce (The Darkangel Trilogy), and Nancy Farmer (The House of the Scorpion), each with his or her own inimitable style, tell stories that will entertain, provoke, startle, amuse, and resonate long after the last page has been turned.
The writers featured in Firebirds all share a connection to Firebird Books, an imprint that is dedicated to publishing the best fantasy and science fiction for teenage and adult readers.
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Foucault's Pendulumby Umberto EcoISBN 0151327653 (0-15-132765-3)
Hardcover, Harcourt
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Foucault's Pendulum'Book summary:Book Department Fouault's Pendulum by Umberto Eco [via]
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Frances Hodgson Burnett's the Secret Gardenby Frances Hodgson Burnett, Alison LurieISBN 0142437050 (0-14-243705-0)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Frances Hodgson Burnett's the Secret Garden'Book summary:Mistress Mary is quite contrary until she helps her garden grow. Along the way, she manages to cure her sickly cousin Colin, who is every bit as imperious as she. These two are sullen little peas in a pod, closed up in a gloomy old manor on the Yorkshire moors of England, until a locked-up garden captures their imaginations and puts the blush of a wild rose in their cheeks; "It was the sweetest, most mysterious-looking place any one could imagine. The high walls which shut it in were covered with the leafless stems of roses which were so thick, that they matted together.... 'No wonder it is still,' Mary whispered. 'I am the first person who has spoken here for ten years.'" As new life sprouts from the earth, Mary and Colin's sour natures begin to sweeten. For anyone who has ever felt afraid to live and love, The Secret Garden's portrayal of reawakening spirits will thrill and rejuvenate. Frances Hodgson Burnett creates characters so strong and distinct, young readers continue to identify with them even 85 years after they were conceived. (Ages 9 to 12) [via]
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The Gashlycrumb Tinies: Or, After the Outingby Edward GoreyISBN 0151003084 (0-15-100308-4)
Hardcover, Harcourt
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Gashlycrumb Tinies: Or, After the Outing'Book summary:"A is for Amy who fell down the stairs. B is for Basil assaulted by bears. C is for Clara who wasted away. D is for Desmond thrown out of a sleigh..." The rhyming couplets of this grim abecedarian are familiar, of course, to devotees of macabre humor, but the darkly crosshatched drawings are (as Poe put it) "the soul of the plot." Several years went by during which The Gashlycrumb Tinies: Or, After the Outing was not available in a small hardcover edition like this one, which is the true format for Edward Gorey's specialty, the adult picture book. (For those who wish to share the gloom there's a 10-copy assortment with The Curious Sofa.) [via]
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A Gathering of Ghost Storiesby Robertson DaviesISBN 0146001125 (0-14-600112-5)
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The Gift of the Magi and Other Storiesby O. HenryISBN 0146000781 (0-14-600078-1)
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The Gruffaloby Julia Donaldson, Axel SchefflerISBN 0142403873 (0-14-240387-3)
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The Gruffalo's Childby Jonathan London, Axel SchefflerISBN 0142407542 (0-14-240754-2)
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The Happy Princeby Oscar WildeISBN 0146000250 (0-14-600025-0)
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Hill of Evil Counselby Amos OzISBN 0151402345 (0-15-140234-5)
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The Illustrated Draculaby Bram Stoker, Jae LeeISBN 0142005150 (0-14-200515-0)
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In 1897, Bram Stoker wrote Dracula, launching a literary sensation. In this new illustrated edition, Jae Lee, one of the most talked-about artists for Marvel comics, reawakens
Count Dracula. Critics and fans alike praise Lee for his mastery of complex emotion and, in this book, forty illustrations present Dracula as never seen before. Jae Lees legions of fans will flock to this horror classic, and The Illustrated Dracula will also bring a new generation of young readers to the book.
@BleedingGums A damsel is bleeding from her ears and eyes! Shes afraid of the sun! Like a ginger!
We must sort this out. She may be a vampire, but I cant tell the father. He wonders if her lady times are just out of control.
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In the Land of Time: And Other Fantasy Talesby Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett Dunsany, S. T. JoshiISBN 014243776X (0-14-243776-X)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'In the Land of Time: And Other Fantasy Tales'Book summary:[via]A pioneer in the realm of imaginative literature, Lord Dunsany has gained a cult following for his influence on modern fantasy literature, including such authors as J.R.R. Tolkien and H. P. Lovecraft. This unique collection of short stories ranges over five decades of work. Liberal selections of earlier talesincluding the entire Gods of Pegana as well as such notable works as "Idle Days of the Yann" and "The Fortress Unvanquishable, Save for Sacnoth"are followed by memorable later tales, including several about the garrulous traveler Joseph Jorkens and the outrageous murder tale "The Two Bottles of Relish." Throughout, the stories are united by Dunsany's cosmic vision, his impeccable and mellifluous prose, and his distinctively Irish sense of whimsy.
- First time in Penguin Classics
- The only annotated edition of Dunsany's short stories
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The Invisible Manby H. G. Wells, Patrick Parrinder, Andy Sawyer, Christopher PriestISBN 014143998X (0-14-143998-X)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Invisible Man'Book summary:[via]With his face swaddled in bandages, his eyes hidden behind dark glasses, and his hands covered even indoors, Griffinthe new guest at the Coach and Horsesis at first assumed to be a shy accident victim. But the true reason for his disguise is far more chilling: he has developed a process that has made him invisible and is locked in a struggle to discover the antidote. Forced from the village and driven to murder, he seeks the aid of an old friend, Kemp. The horror of his fate has affected his mind, however, and when Kemp refuses to help, he resolves to wreak his revenge.
- First time in Penguin Classics
- Includes a newly established text, a full biographical essay on Wells, suggestions for further reading, and detailed notes
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Island of Dr Moreauby H. G. Wells, Patrick Parrinder, Steve Maclean, Margaret Eleanor AtwoodISBN 014144102X (0-14-144102-X)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Island of Dr Moreau'Book summary:A shipwreck in the South Seas, a palm-tree paradise where a mad doctor conducts vile experiments, animals that become human and then "beastly" in ways they never were before--it's the stuff of high adventure. It's also a parable about Darwinian theory, a social satire in the vein of Jonathan Swift (Gulliver's Travels), and a bloody tale of horror. Or, as H. G. Wells himself wrote about this story, "The Island of Dr. Moreau is an exercise in youthful blasphemy. Now and then, though I rarely admit it, the universe projects itself towards me in a hideous grimace. It grimaced that time, and I did my best to express my vision of the aimless torture in creation." This colorful tale by the author of The Time Machine, The Invisible Man, and The War of the Worlds lit a firestorm of controversy at the time of its publication in 1896. [via]
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Let the Dead Bury Their Dead and Other Storiesby Randall KenanISBN 0151498865 (0-15-149886-5)
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Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderlandby Lewis Carroll, Barry MoserISBN 0151042306 (0-15-104230-6)
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Life of Piby Yann MartelISBN 0151008116 (0-15-100811-6)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Life of Pi'Book summary:Yann Martel's imaginative and unforgettable Life of Pi is a magical reading experience, an endless blue expanse of storytelling about adventure, survival, and ultimately, faith. The precocious son of a zookeeper, 16-year-old Pi Patel is raised in Pondicherry, India, where he tries on various faiths for size, attracting "religions the way a dog attracts fleas." Planning a move to Canada, his father packs up the family and their menagerie and they hitch a ride on an enormous freighter. After a harrowing shipwreck, Pi finds himself adrift in the Pacific Ocean, trapped on a 26-foot lifeboat with a wounded zebra, a spotted hyena, a seasick orangutan, and a 450-pound Bengal tiger named Richard Parker ("His head was the size and color of the lifebuoy, with teeth"). It sounds like a colorful setup, but these wild beasts don't burst into song as if co-starring in an anthropomorphized Disney feature. After much gore and infighting, Pi and Richard Parker remain the boat's sole passengers, drifting for 227 days through shark-infested waters while fighting hunger, the elements, and an overactive imagination. In rich, hallucinatory passages, Pi recounts the harrowing journey as the days blur together, elegantly cataloging the endless passage of time and his struggles to survive: "It is pointless to say that this or that night was the worst of my life. I have so many bad nights to choose from that I've made none the champion."
An award winner in Canada, Life of Pi, Yann Martel's second novel, should prove to be a breakout book in the U.S. At one point in his journey, Pi recounts, "My greatest wish--other than salvation--was to have a book. A long book with a never-ending story. One that I could read again and again, with new eyes and fresh understanding each time." It's safe to say that the fabulous, fablelike Life of Pi is such a book. --Brad Thomas Parsons [via]
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A Little Princessby Frances Hodgson Burnett, Janet Allison Brown, Graham RustISBN 0141312033 (0-14-131203-3)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Little Princess'Book summary:After her father dies and the family fortune is lost, Sara Crewe is forced to live in the school attic and work as a maid. But Sara's charming imagination and bold spirit help her to survive and flourish despite these hardships. [via]
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A Little Princessby U. C. Knoepflmacher, Frances Hodgson BurnettISBN 0142437018 (0-14-243701-8)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Little Princess'Book summary:Sara Crewe, an exceptionally intelligent and imaginative student at Miss Minchin's Select Seminary for Young Ladies, is devastated when her adored, indulgent father dies. Now penniless and banished to a room in the attic, Sara is demeaned, abused, and forced to work as a servant. How this resourceful girl's fortunes change again is at the center of A Little Princess, one of the best-loved stories in all of children's literature.[via]
This unique and fully annotated edition appends excerpts from Frances Hodgson Burnett's original 1888 novella Sara Crewe and the stage play that preceded the novel, as well as an early story, "Behind the White Brick," allowing readers to see how A Little Princess evolved. In his delightful introduction, U. C. Knoepflmacher considers the fairy-tale allusions and literary touchstones that place the book among the major works of Victorian literature, and shows it to be an exceptionally rich and resonant novel.More editions of A Little Princess:
Long Way from Chicagoby Richard PeckISBN 0142401102 (0-14-240110-2)
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Making It Upby Penelope LivelyISBN 0143037846 (0-14-303784-6)
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Malgudi Daysby R.K. Narayan, Jhumpa LahiriISBN 0143039652 (0-14-303965-2)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Malgudi Days'Book summary:Four gems, with new introductions, mark acclaimed Indian writer R. K. Narayan's centennial[via]
Introducing this collection of stories, R. K. Narayan describes how in India "the writer has only to look out of the window to pick up a character and thereby a story." Powerful, magical portraits of all kinds of people, and comprising stories written over almost forty years, Malgudi Days presents Narayan's imaginary city in full color, revealing the essence of India and of human experience.More editions of Malgudi Days:
Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg: And Other Stories and Essaysby Mark TwainISBN 0146001869 (0-14-600186-9)
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Marcovaldo or the Seasons in the Cityby Italo CalvinoISBN 0151570817 (0-15-157081-7)
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Memoirs of a Space Travelerby Stanislaw LemISBN 0151588562 (0-15-158856-2)
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The Memory of Old Jackby Wendell BerryISBN 0151588651 (0-15-158865-1)
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The Metamorphoses of Ovid: A New Verse Translationby Ovid, Allen MandelbaumISBN 0151705291 (0-15-170529-1)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Metamorphoses of Ovid: A New Verse Translation'Book summary:Publius Ovidius Naso, whom we know as Ovid, was already established as a writer when The Metamorphoses was published in A.D. 8, when he was 52 years old. It had taken him a decade to compose his great poem, during which time he published little, but the Roman world was still abuzz with excitement over his richly erotic Art of Love. So, unfortunately, was the court of Augustus Caesar, and the emperor banished the poet to what is now Romania. Augustus may have taken exception to the poet's turn to the impolite realm of the body--or he may have objected to a rumored affair between Ovid and the emperor's nymphomaniacal daughter Julia, who figures so prominently in Robert Graves's Claudius novels. The poet who had declared Rome to be his only home could have found no worse punishment than exile, but no amount of pleading could sway Augustus, and Ovid died on the shores of the Black Sea a decade later. Full of veiled political and historical references, The Metamorphoses lived on to become a permanent fixture in the canon of European literature. In Allen Mandelbaum's hands, it lives on for a new generation. [via]
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More Tales of Pirx the Pilotby Stanisaw LemISBN 0151621381 (0-15-162138-1)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'More Tales of Pirx the Pilot'Book summary:Commander Pirx, who drives space vehicles for a living in the galaxy of the future, here faces a new series of intriguing adventures in which robots demonstrate some alarmingly human characteristics. Translated by Louis Iribarne, assisted by Magdalena Majcherczyk and Michael Kandel. A Helen and Kurt Wolff Book[via]More editions of More Tales of Pirx the Pilot:
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My Family and Other Animalsby Gerald Malcolm DurrellISBN 0142004413 (0-14-200441-3)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'My Family and Other Animals'Book summary:As a self-described "champion of small uglies," English writer Gerald Durrell (1925-1995) devoted his life to writing and the preservation of wildlife, from the Mauritius pink pigeon to the Rodriques fruit bat. My Family and Other Animals was intended to embrace the natural history of the Greek island of Corfu, but ended up as a delightful account of his family's experiences that were, according to him, "rather like living in one of the more flamboyant and slapstick comic operas."
As a 10-year-old boy, Gerry left England for Corfu with "all those items that I thought necessary to relieve the tedium of a long journey: four books on natural history, a butterfly net, a dog, and a jam-jar full of caterpillars all in imminent danger of turning into chrysalids." Durrell's descriptions of his family and its many eccentric hangers-on (he stresses that "all the anecdotes about the island and the islanders are absolutely true") are highly entertaining, as is the procession of toads, scorpions, geckos, ladybugs, glowworms, octopuses, the puppies Widdle and Puke, and the Magenpies. This is a lovely book. [via]
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The New York Trilogy: City Of Glass, Ghosts, The Locked Roomby Paul Auster, Luc SanteISBN 0143039830 (0-14-303983-0)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The New York Trilogy: City Of Glass, Ghosts, The Locked Room'Book summary:The New York Trilogy is the series that made New York Times-bestselling author Paul Auster a renowned writer of metafiction and genre-rebelling detective fiction. The New York Review of Books has called his work one of the most distinctive niches in contemporary literature. Moving at the breathless pace of a thriller, these uniquely stylized detective novels include City of Glass in which Quinn, a mystery writer, receives an ominous phone call in the middle of the night. Hes drawn into the streets of New York, onto an elusive case thats more puzzling and more deeply-layered than anything he might have written himself. In Ghosts, Blue, a mentee of Brown, is hired by White to spy on Black from a window on Orange Street. Once Blue starts stalking Black, he finds his subject on a similar mission, as well. In The Locked Room, Fanshawe has disappeared, leaving behind his wife and baby and nothing but a cache of novels, plays, and poems.
This Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition includes an introduction from author and professor Luc Sante, as well as a pulp novel-inspired cover from Art Spiegelman, Pulitzer Prize-winning graphic artist of Maus and In the Shadow of No Towers.
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Nutcrackerby E.T.A. Hoffmann, Roberto InnocentiISBN 0151002274 (0-15-100227-4)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Nutcracker'Book summary:Readers of all ages will be enchanted by the stories within stories that are as intricate as the toys constructed by Godfather Drosselmeir in this famous Christmas story. Award-winning artist Roberto Innocenti's illustrations are equally resplendent and complex.
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Octopussy and the Living Daylights: A James Bond Novelby Ian FlemingISBN 0142003298 (0-14-200329-8)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Octopussy and the Living Daylights: A James Bond Novel'Book summary:[via]Whether it is tracking down a wayward major who has taken a deadly secret with him to the Caribbean or identifying a top Russian agent secretly bidding for a Fabergé egg in a Sothebys auction room, Bond always closes the casewith extreme prejudice.
This new Penguin edition comprises four stories, including Flemings little-known story 007 in New York, showcasing Bonds taste for Manhattans special pleasuresfrom martinis at the Plaza and dinner at the Grand Central Oyster Bar to the perfect anonymity of the Central Park Zoo for a secret rendezvous.
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Odd Girl Out: The Hidden Culture of Aggression in Girlsby Rachel SimmonsISBN 0151006040 (0-15-100604-0)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Odd Girl Out: The Hidden Culture of Aggression in Girls'Book summary:There is little sugar but lots of spice in journalist Rachel Simmons's brave and brilliant book that skewers the stereotype of girls as the kinder, gentler gender. Odd Girl Out begins with the premise that girls are socialized to be sweet with a double bind: they must value friendships; but they must not express the anger that might destroy them. Lacking cultural permission to acknowledge conflict, girls develop what Simmons calls "a hidden culture of silent and indirect aggression."
The author, who visited 30 schools and talked to 300 girls, catalogues chilling and heartbreaking acts of aggression, including the silent treatment, note-passing, glaring, gossiping, ganging up, fashion police, and being nice in private/mean in public. She decodes the vocabulary of these sneak attacks, explaining, for example, three ways to parse the meaning of "I'm fat."
Simmons is a gifted writer who is skilled at describing destructive patterns and prescribing clear-cut strategies for parents, teachers, and girls to resist them. "The heart of resistance is truth telling," advises Simmons. She guides readers to nurture emotional honesty in girls and to discover a language for public discussions of bullying. She offers innovative ideas for changing the dynamics of the classroom, sample dialogues for talking to daughters, and exercises for girls and their friends to explore and resolve messy feelings and conflicts head-on.
One intriguing chapter contrasts truth telling in white middle class, African-American, Latino, and working-class communities. Odd Girl Out is that rare book with the power to touch individual lives and transform the culture that constrains girls--and boys--from speaking the truth. --Barbara Mackoff [via]
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The Odysseyby Homer, Robert Fagles, Bernard MacGregor Walker KnoxISBN 0143039954 (0-14-303995-4)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Odyssey'Book summary:Robert Fagles's translation is a jaw-droppingly beautiful rendering of Homer's Odyssey, the most accessible and enthralling epic of classical Greece. Fagles captures the rapid and direct language of the original Greek, while telling the story of Odysseus in lyrics that ring with a clear, energetic voice. The story itself has never seemed more dynamic, the action more compelling, nor the descriptions so brilliant in detail. It is often said that every age demands its own translation of the classics. Fagles's work is a triumph because he has not merely provided a contemporary version of Homer's classic poem, but has located the right language for the timeless character of this great tale. Fagles brings the Odyssey so near, one wonders if the Hollywood adaption can be far behind. This is a terrific book. [via]
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Old Possums Book of Practical Catsby Edward Gorey, T. S. EliotISBN 0151686564 (0-15-168656-4)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Old Possums Book of Practical Cats'Book summary:The Naming of Cats is a difficult matter, it isn't just one of your holiday games;
The phenomenal worldwide success in the 1980s of the musical Cats refuelled interest in T.S. Eliot's classic Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats on which the stage extravaganza was based. Old Possum's Book, originally published in 1939 and dedicated to Eliot's godchildren, contains a delightful rogues' gallery of felines, including the Rum Tum Tugger cat whose "disobliging ways are a matter of habit", Mr Mistoffelees "The Original Conjuring Cat" and Macavity: The Mystery Cat "the master criminal who can defy the law". Loved by generations of children and adults alike, Old Possum is perhaps most remarkable for having been written almost as an aside, a plaything, by Eliot, as a distraction from the internal religious and philosophical wranglings he charted in Four Quartets.
You may think at first I'm as mad as a hatter
When I tell you, a cat must have THREE DIFFERENT NAMES.A warm and witty collection of free-verse poems, which demand to be read aloud and given full dramatic import, this edition of Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats has been reissued by Faber and Faber Limited in a slim pocket-sized edition, with original tongue-in-cheek illustrations by Nicolas Bentley. --Catherine Taylor [via]
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Old Possums Book of Practical Catsby T. S. EliotISBN 0151686572 (0-15-168657-2)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Old Possums Book of Practical Cats'Book summary:An engaging collection of humorous poems. These verses, originally composed to amuse Eliots intimate friends, have proven irresistible to cat lovers, lovers of nonsense, and admirers of Eliot throughout the English-speaking world. Enough ferocious fancy and parody to knock the spots off most cat books and most...verses (Time). Drawings by Nicolas Bentley.[via]More editions of Old Possums Book of Practical Cats:
On Stories, and Other Essays on Literatureby C. S. Lewis, Walter HooperISBN 015169964X (0-15-169964-X)
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One Human Minuteby Stanislaw LemISBN 0151695504 (0-15-169550-4)
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The Overcoat and the Noseby Nikolai GogolISBN 0146001141 (0-14-600114-1)
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A Perfect Vacuumby Stanislaw LemISBN 0151716978 (0-15-171697-8)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Perfect Vacuum'Book summary:This is a collection of perfect yet imaginary reviews of nonexistent books. With insidious wit, the author beguiles us with a parade of delightful, disarmingly familiar inventions. "Lem is Harpo Marx and Franz Kafka and Isaac Asimov rolled up into one and down the white rabbit's hole" (Detroit News). A Helen and Kurt Wolff Book[via]More editions of A Perfect Vacuum:
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Peter Panby J. M. Barrie, Jack David ZipesISBN 014243793X (0-14-243793-X)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Peter Pan'Book summary:[via]Peter Pan, the boy who would not grow up, originally appeared as a baby living a magical life among birds and fairies in J.M. Barries sequence of stories, Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens. His later role as flying boy hero was brought to the stage by Barrie in the beloved play Peter Pan, which opened in 1904 and became the novel Peter and Wendy in 1911. In a narrative filled with vivid characters, epic battles, pirates, fairies, and fantastic imagination, Peter Pans adventures capture the spirit of childhoodand of rebellion against the role of adulthood in conventional society.
This edition includes the novel and the stories, as well as an introduction by eminent scholar Jack Zipes. Looking at the man behind Peter Pan and sifting through the psychological interpretations that have engaged many a critic, Zipes explores the larger cultural and literary contexts in which we should appreciate Barries enduring creation and shows why Peter Pan is a work not for children but for adults seeking to reconnect with their own imagination.
- 100th anniversary of the play, which premiered December 27, 1904
- Includes introduction, suggestions for further reading, explanatory notes, and the original illustrations from the first edition by Francis Donkin Bedford and Arthur Rackham
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Peter Pan In Kensington Gardensby J. M. BarrieISBN 0146000773 (0-14-600077-3)
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The Pit and the Pendulum and Other Storiesby Edgar Allan PoeISBN 0146000110 (0-14-600011-0)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Pit and the Pendulum and Other Stories'Book summary:This award-winning collection of adapted classic literature and original stories develops reading skills for low-beginning through advanced students.
Accessible language and carefully controlled vocabulary build students' reading confidence.
Introductions at the beginning of each story, illustrations throughout, and glossaries help build comprehension.
Before, during, and after reading activities included in the back of each book strengthen student comprehension.
Audio versions of selected titles provide great models of intonation and pronunciation of difficult words. [via]More editions of The Pit and the Pendulum and Other Stories:
Poor Thingsby Alasdair GrayISBN 0151730768 (0-15-173076-8)
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The Portable Edgar Allan Poeby Edgar Allan Poe, J. Gerald KennedyISBN 0143039911 (0-14-303991-1)
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A fully revised collection of Poe's work
The first new edition of this landmark anthology since 1945 presents a more complicated, perverse, and culturally engaged Poe. Along with the author's familiar masterworks in poetry and fiction, this new Portable Poe includes satirical tales that reflect his critique of American culture.More editions of The Portable Edgar Allan Poe:
The Portable Graham Greeneby Philip Stratford, Graham GreeneISBN 0143039180 (0-14-303918-0)
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Reading Magic: Why Reading Aloud to Our Children Will Change Their Lives Foreverby Mem Fox, Judy HoracekISBN 0151006245 (0-15-100624-5)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Reading Magic: Why Reading Aloud to Our Children Will Change Their Lives Forever'Book summary:Bestselling author and literacy expert Mem Fox reveals the incredible emotional and intellectual impact reading aloud to children has on their ability to learn to read.[via]
All parents want and expect their children to learn to read, but few realize they can get their kids on the road to reading long before they start school simply by reading aloud to them every day. With passion and humor, acclaimed author and internationally respected literacy expert Mem Fox tells readers how she herself became aware of the astonishing effects that reading aloud and bonding through books have on very young children.
She speaks of when, where, and why to read aloud and demonstrates how to read aloud to best effect and how to get the most out of a read-aloud session. She walks readers through the three secrets of reading which together make reading possible. She gives guidance on defining, choosing, and finding good books and closes with tips on dealing effectively with the challenges that sometimes arise when children are learning to read.
Filled with practical advice, activities, and inspiring true read-aloud miracles, this book is a must for every parent-and for anyone interested in how children learn to read.More editions of Reading Magic: Why Reading Aloud to Our Children Will Change Their Lives Forever:
The Shell Collectorby Anthony DoerrISBN 0142002968 (0-14-200296-8)
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Siddharthaby Joachim Neugroschel, Hermann HesseISBN 0142437182 (0-14-243718-2)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Siddhartha'Book summary:Herman Hesse's Siddhartha is perhaps the most important and compelling moral allegory the 20th century ever produced. Integrating Eastern and Western spiritual traditions with psychoanalysis and philosophy, this strangely simple tale, written with a deep and moving empathy for humanity, has touched the lives of millions since its original publication in 1922.[via]Set in India, Siddhartha is the story of a young Brahmin's search for ultimate reality after meeting with the Buddha. His quest takes him from a life of decadence to asceticism, from the illusory joys of sensual love with a beautiful courtesan, and of wealth and fame, to the painful struggles with his son and the ultimate wisdom of renunciation
This Penguin Classics edition of Hesse's beloved novel features Joachim Neugroschel's stunning translation and an indispensable introductory essay by Ralph Friedman, Hesse's definitive biographer.
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Snow Falling on Cedarsby David GutersonISBN 0151001006 (0-15-100100-6)
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Speakby Laurie Halse AndersonISBN 0142407321 (0-14-240732-1)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Speak'Book summary:Since the beginning of the school year, high school freshman Melinda has found that it's been getting harder and harder for her to speak out loud: "My throat is always sore, my lips raw.... Every time I try to talk to my parents or a teacher, I sputter or freeze.... It's like I have some kind of spastic laryngitis." What could have caused Melinda to suddenly fall mute? Could it be due to the fact that no one at school is speaking to her because she called the cops and got everyone busted at the seniors' big end-of-summer party? Or maybe it's because her parents' only form of communication is Post-It notes written on their way out the door to their nine-to-whenever jobs. While Melinda is bothered by these things, deep down she knows the real reason why she's been struck mute: Andy Evans. He's a senior at Melinda's high school, and Melinda hasn't been able to speak clearly since he raped her at the senior party last August.
Laurie Halse Anderson's first novel is a stunning and sympathetic tribute to the teenage outcast. The triumphant ending, in which Melinda finds her voice and loudly confronts her rapist, is cause for cheering (while many readers might also shed a tear or two). After reading Speak, it will be hard for any teen to look at the class scapegoat again without a measure of compassion and understanding for that person--who may be screaming beneath the silence. (Ages 13 and older) --Jennifer Hubert [via]
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The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hydeby Robert Louis Stevenson, Robert MighallISBN 0141439734 (0-14-143973-4)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde'Book summary:tevenson's famous exploration of humanity's basest capacity for evil, "Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde," has become synonymous with the idea of a split personality. More than a morality tale, this dark psychological fantasy is also a product of its time, drawing on contemporary theories of class, evolution, criminality, and secret lives. Also in this volume are "The Body Snatcher," which charts the murky underside of Victorian medical practice, and "Olalla," a tale of vampirism and "the beast within," with a beautiful woman at its center.[via]More editions of The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde:
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Tales of Cu Chulaindby Jeffrey Gantz, AnonymousISBN 0146001850 (0-14-600185-0)
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Ten Tales Tall & True: Social Realism, Sexual Comedy, Science Fiction, and Satireby Alasdair GrayISBN 0151000905 (0-15-100090-5)
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That's True of Everybody: Storiesby Mark WinegardnerISBN 0151008647 (0-15-100864-7)
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The Thing on the Doorstep and Other Weird Storiesby H. P. LovecraftISBN 0142180033 (0-14-218003-3)
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The Thing on the Doorstep and Other Weird Stories presents the definitive corrected texts of these works, along with Lovecraft critic and biographer S. T. Joshi's illuminating introduction and notes to each story.More editions of The Thing on the Doorstep and Other Weird Stories:
Tooth And Claw: And Other Storiesby T. Coraghessan BoyleISBN 0143037439 (0-14-303743-9)
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Treasure Islandby Robert Louis StevensonISBN 0142500917 (0-14-250091-7)
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The Unstrung Harp: Or Mr. Earbrass Writes a Novelby Edward GoreyISBN 0151004358 (0-15-100435-8)
Hardcover, Harcourt
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The Voyages of Odysseusby Homer, D. C. H. Rieu, E. V. RieuISBN 0146001516 (0-14-600151-6)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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The War Of The Worldsby H. G. Wells, Patrick Parrinder, Andy Sawyer, Brian Wilson AldissISBN 0141441038 (0-14-144103-8)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The War Of The Worlds'Book summary:This is the granddaddy of all alien invasion stories, first published by H.G. Wells in 1898. The novel begins ominously, as the lone voice of a narrator tells readers that "No one would have believed in the last years of the nineteenth century that this world was being watched keenly and closely by intelligences greater than man's..."
Things then progress from a series of seemingly mundane reports about odd atmospheric disturbances taking place on Mars to the arrival of Martians just outside of London. At first the Martians seem laughable, hardly able to move in Earth's comparatively heavy gravity even enough to raise themselves out of the pit created when their spaceship landed. But soon the Martians reveal their true nature as death machines 100-feet tall rise up from the pit and begin laying waste to the surrounding land. Wells quickly moves the story from the countryside to the evacuation of London itself and the loss of all hope as England's military suffers defeat after defeat. With horror his narrator describes how the Martians suck the blood from living humans for sustenance, and how it's clear that man is not being conquered so much a corralled. --Craig E. Engler [via]
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While the Messiah Tarries: Storiesby Melvin Jules BukietISBN 0151000832 (0-15-100083-2)
Hardcover, SPCK Publishing
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The Wife of Bath and Other Cantebury Talesby Geoffrey ChaucerISBN 0146001168 (0-14-600116-8)
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Work And Other Sins: Life in new York City and Thereaboutsby Charlie LeduffISBN 0143034944 (0-14-303494-4)
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The Yellow Wallpaper and Other Storiesby Charlotte Perkins GilmanISBN 0146001702 (0-14-600170-2)
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Young Goodman Brown and Other Storiesby Nathaniel HawthorneISBN 0146000943 (0-14-600094-3)
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