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The Adventures of Peter Panby J. M. BarrieISBN 1421806363 (1-4218-0636-3)
Hardcover, 1st World Library
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Adventures of Peter Pan'Book summary:Purchase one of 1st World Library's Classic Books and help support our free internet library of downloadable eBooks. Visit us online at www.1stWorldLibrary.ORG - - All children, except one, grow up. They soon know that they will grow up, and the way Wendy knew was this. One day when she was two years old she was playing in a garden, and she plucked another flower and ran with it to her mother. I suppose she must have looked rather delightful, for Mrs. Darling put her hand to her heart and cried, "Oh, why can't you remain like this for ever!" This was all that passed between them on the subject, but henceforth Wendy knew that she must grow up. You always know after you are two. Two is the beginning of the end. Of course they lived at 14 [their house number on their street], and until Wendy came her mother was the chief one. She was a lovely lady, with a romantic mind and such a sweet mocking mouth. Her romantic mind was like the tiny boxes, one within the other, that come from the puzzling East, however many you discover there is always one more; and her sweet mocking mouth had one kiss on it that Wendy could never get, though there is was, perfectly conspicuous in the right-hand corner. [via]
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Alice's Adventures in Wonderlandby Lewis Carroll, Ralph SteadmanISBN 1554072034 (1-55407-203-4)
Softcover, Firefly Books Ltd
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland'Book summary:Source of legend and lyric, reference and conjecture, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland is for most children pure pleasure in prose. While adults try to decipher Lewis Carroll's putative use of complex mathematical codes in the text, or debate his alleged use of opium, young readers simply dive with Alice through the rabbit hole, pursuing "The dream-child moving through a land / Of wonders wild and new." There they encounter the White Rabbit, the Queen of Hearts, the Mock Turtle, and the Mad Hatter, among a multitude of other characters--extinct, fantastical, and commonplace creatures. Alice journeys through this Wonderland, trying to fathom the meaning of her strange experiences. But they turn out to be "curiouser and curiouser," seemingly without moral or sense.
For more than 130 years, children have reveled in the delightfully non-moralistic, non-educational virtues of this classic. In fact, at every turn, Alice's new companions scoff at her traditional education. The Mock Turtle, for example, remarks that he took the "regular course" in school: Reeling, Writhing, and branches of Arithmetic-Ambition, Distraction, Uglification, and Derision. Carroll believed John Tenniel's illustrations were as important as his text. Naturally, Carroll's instincts were good; the masterful drawings are inextricably tied to the well-loved story. (All ages) --Emilie Coulter [via]
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Alice's Adventures in Wonderlandby Richard Kelly, Lewis CarrollISBN 155111223X (1-55111-223-X)
Softcover, Broadview Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland'Book summary:Source of legend and lyric, reference and conjecture, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland is for most children pure pleasure in prose. While adults try to decipher Lewis Carroll's putative use of complex mathematical codes in the text, or debate his alleged use of opium, young readers simply dive with Alice through the rabbit hole, pursuing "The dream-child moving through a land / Of wonders wild and new." There they encounter the White Rabbit, the Queen of Hearts, the Mock Turtle, and the Mad Hatter, among a multitude of other characters--extinct, fantastical, and commonplace creatures. Alice journeys through this Wonderland, trying to fathom the meaning of her strange experiences. But they turn out to be "curiouser and curiouser," seemingly without moral or sense.
For more than 130 years, children have reveled in the delightfully non-moralistic, non-educational virtues of this classic. In fact, at every turn, Alice's new companions scoff at her traditional education. The Mock Turtle, for example, remarks that he took the "regular course" in school: Reeling, Writhing, and branches of Arithmetic-Ambition, Distraction, Uglification, and Derision. Carroll believed John Tenniel's illustrations were as important as his text. Naturally, Carroll's instincts were good; the masterful drawings are inextricably tied to the well-loved story. (All ages) --Emilie Coulter [via]
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Anagramsby Lorraine MooreISBN 1555044727 (1-55504-472-7)
Softcover, J. Curley
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The Awakening and Selected Short Storiesby Kate Chopin, Marilynne RobinsonISBN 1421823950 (1-4218-2395-0)
Hardcover, 1st World Library
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Awakening and Selected Short Stories'Book summary:A green and yellow parrot, which hung in a cage outside the door, kept repeating over and over: "Allez vous-en! Allez vous-en! Sapristi! That's all right!" He could speak a little Spanish, and also a language which nobody understood, unless it w [via]
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Awakening the Virginby Gerry Kroll, Nicole Foster, Julie K. TrevelyanISBN 1555834566 (1-55583-456-6)
Softcover, Alyson Pubns
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The Blue Fairy Bookby Andrew LangISBN 1557424403 (1-55742-440-3)
Softcover, Wildside Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Blue Fairy Book'Book summary:THE TALES in this volume are intended for children, who will like, it is hoped, the old stories that have pleased so many generations.
The tales of Perrault are printed from the old English version of the eighteenth century.
The stories from the Cabinet des Fees and from Madame d'Aulnoy are translated, or rather adapted, by Miss Minnie Wright, who has also, by M. Henri Carnoy's kind permission, rendered "The Bronze Ring" from his Traditions Populaires de l'Asie Mineure (Maisonneuve, Paris, 1889).
The stories from Grimm are translated by Miss May Sellar; another from the German by Miss Sylvia Hunt; the Norse tales are a version by Mrs. Alfred Hunt; "The Terrible Head" is adapted from Apollodorus, Simonides, and Pindar by the Editor; Miss Violet Hunt condensed "Aladdin"; Miss May Kendall did the same for Gulliver's Travels; "The Fairy Paribanou" is abridged from the old English translation of Galland.
Messrs. Chambers have kindly allowed us to reprint "The Red Etin" and "The Black Bull of Norroway" from Mr. Robert Chambers' Popular Traditions of Scotland.
"Dick Whittington" is from the chap book edited by Mr. Gomme and Mr. Wheatley for the Villon Society; "Jack the Giant-Killer" is from a chap book, but a good version of this old favourite is hard to procure. [via]
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Bulfinch's Mythology: The Illustrated Age of Fable - The Classic Retelling of Greek and Roman Myths Accompanied by the World's Greatest Paintingsby Thomas BulfinchISBN 1556708254 (1-55670-825-4)
Hardcover, Stewart, Tabori & Chang
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Bulfinch's Mythology: The Illustrated Age of Fable - The Classic Retelling of Greek and Roman Myths Accompanied by the World's Greatest Paintings'Book summary:Bulfinch's definitive retelling of Greek and Roman mythology is illustrated for the first time with 100 of the world's most stunning and dramatic masterpieces.
-- The panorama of artists includes Michelangelo, Botticelli, Titian, Poussin, Rubens, and Burne-Jones, among many others.
-- The marriage of classic painter and ancient mythology showcases how Ingres imagined Oedipus solving the riddle of the Sphinx; the terrifying head of the Medusa as painted by Caravaggio; the building of the Trojan Horse by Tiepolo; and countless other visions inspired by myth.
-- Each painting is accompanied by a caption that explores the artist's technique and symbolism and sets the work in a historical context.
-- This new approach to Bulfinch casts his text in a fresh perspective, reflecting how profoundly mythology has affected Western artists, writers, and thinkers and demonstrating how the beautiful, haunting images of the classical world have enriched our culture. [via]More editions of Bulfinch's Mythology: The Illustrated Age of Fable - The Classic Retelling of Greek and Roman Myths Accompanied by the World's Greatest Paintings:
The Children's Treasury of Animal Storiesby Anne Roberts, Jan MacHalekISBN 155013504X (1-55013-504-X)
Hardcover, Firefly Books Ltd
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A Christmas Carolby Charles DickensISBN 142180610X (1-4218-0610-X)
Hardcover, 1st World Library
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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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- A Christmas Carol: ISBN 1556706480 (1-55670-648-0)
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Softcover, Barbour Pub Inc - A Christmas Carol: ISBN 1556701616 (1-55670-161-6)
Hardcover, Harry N Abrams Inc - A Christmas Carol: ISBN 142180610X (1-4218-0610-X)
Hardcover, 1st World Library
- A Christmas Carol: ISBN 1556706480 (1-55670-648-0)
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A Christmas Carol: A Ghost Story of Christmasby Charles Dickens, Richard KellyISBN 1551114763 (1-55111-476-3)
Softcover, Broadview Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Christmas Carol: A Ghost Story of Christmas'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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The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch And the Wardrobeby Harry Gregson-williamsISBN 1423409450 (1-4234-0945-0)
Softcover, Hal Leonard Corp
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch And the Wardrobe'Book summary:(Piano/Vocal/Guitar Songbook). Eight piano/vocal/guitar selections from the Walt Disney Pictures and Walden Media hit movie, with music composed by Harry Gregson-Williams. Includes: Can't Take It In * Evacuating London * Father Christmas * Lucy Meets Mr. Tumnus * A Narnia Lullaby * Where * Winter Light * Wunderkind. [via]
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Close to Spider Manby Ivan E. CoyoteISBN 1551520869 (1-55152-086-9)
Softcover, Arsenal Pulp Pr Ltd
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Close to Spider Man'Book summary:Remember the days of skinned knees, sliding across hardwood floors in socks, and playing with the kids next door? In the stories of Close to Spider Man, Ivan E. Coyote sets those memories of childhood innocence against both the harsh, desolate landscape of the Yukon and the expectations of society that girls will be--should be--girls. Her coming-of-age stories are told from the perspective of young girls and women--often ones who feel they should be boys--as they become painfully aware of their sexual identity.
The innocence of her female characters is endearing. In "No Bikini," the six-year-old protagonist undertakes a "sex change" by pretending to be a boy all summer during swim classes, naturally feeling more comfortable sporting only her bikini bottom. According to her insightful six-year-old's reasoning, as a boy "it was easier not to be afraid of things, like diving boards and cannonballs and backstrokes, when nobody expected you to be afraid." In the title story, Coyote recalls the crazy things teenagers do for love when her unnamed main character scuttles across the roof of a building in order to break into the apartment of a love interest she believes to be in danger. The most touching story, "Red Sock Circle Dance," grants the protagonist, also named Ivan, the remarkable opportunity to come face-to-face with a younger version of herself when she meets a lover's three-year-old son, who has yet to learn that the world looks harshly on boys who wear tube tops. --Leah Eichler [via]
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The Complete Stories of Theodore Sturgeonby Paul Williams, Theodore SturgeonISBN 1556432992 (1-55643-299-2)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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Considering the Horse: Tales of Problems Solved and Lessons Learnedby Mark Rashid, Ron BallISBN 1555661181 (1-55566-118-1)
Softcover, Big Earth Pub
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The Country of the Blindby H. G. WellsISBN 1421986086 (1-4219-8608-6)
Softcover, Indypublish.Com
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Country of the Blind And Other Stories'Book summary:As I sit writing in my study, I can hear our Jane bumping her way downstairs with a brush and dust-pan. She used in the old days to sing hymn tunes, or the British national song for the time being, to these instruments, but latterly she has been silent and even careful over her work. [via]
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The Cremation Of Sam Mcgeeby Robert W. Service, Ted Harrison, Pierre BertonISBN 155453092X (1-55453-092-X)
Hardcover, Kids Can Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Cremation Of Sam Mcgee'Book summary:No artist has painted the cold like Ted Harrison. In The Cremation of Sam McGee, the surrealist painter and children's illustrator from the Yukon brings Robert W. Service's famous poem to life in a palette of icy blues, blistering mauves, and searing pinks. Although originally written for adults, Service's turn-of-the-century ballad of a Tennessee gold digger who will do anything to get out of the Yukon's "cursed cold" has always appealed to a youthful sense of the ridiculous. In the tradition of the tall tales of Paul Bunyan and Johnny Appleseed, The Cremation of Sam McGee tells of how the dying McGee (fearing "the icy grave that pains") exacts a promise from the narrator to cremate him after he's gone. Harrison's bold, stark paintings capture the narrator's increasing sense of desperation as he dogsleds across the dark and silent tundra in search of a suitable crematorium for his "frozen chum." Of course, the joke is that once in the boiling furnace of a derelict ship, Sam wakes up and with a "smile you could see a mile" asks his companion to "'Please close that door. / It's fine in here, / but I greatly fear you'll let in the cold and storm -- / Since I left Plumtree, down in Tennessee, / it's the first time I've been warm."
While the design of this 1986 picture book is a little stodgy and old-fashioned, the magic of Service's knee-smacking verses, combined with Harrison's dazzling art, is timeless. As Pierre Berton writes in the introduction, it "represents a happy marriage between the most eloquent of the Yukon poets and the most brilliant of the Yukon artists." --Lisa Alward [via]
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Daughters of Copper Womanby Anne CameronISBN 155017245X (1-55017-245-X)
Softcover, Harbour Pub Co
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Daughters of Copper Woman'Book summary:Since its first publication in 1981, Daughters of Copper Woman has become an underground classic, selling over 200,000 copies. Now comes a new edition that includes many pieces cut from the original as well as fresh material added by the author. Here finally, after twenty-two years of gathering dust, is the complete version of the groundbreaking bestseller. In this, her best-loved work, Anne Cameron has created a timeless retelling of northwest coast Native myths that together create a sublime image of the social and spiritual power of woman. Cameron weaves together the lives of legendary and imaginary characters, creating a work of fiction with an intensity of style matched by the power of its subject. [via]
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The Day They Put a Tax on Rainbowsby Johnny Valentine, Lynette SchmidtISBN 1555832016 (1-55583-201-6)
Hardcover, Consortium Book Sales & Dist
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Don Quixoteby Miguel De Cervantes Saavedra, Manual Boix, Magda BoginISBN 1556702019 (1-55670-201-9)
Hardcover, Harry N Abrams Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Don Quixote'Book summary:A faithful presentation of Cervantes' masterpiece, Borgin retells the adventures of the brave and chivalrous Don Quixote with care and grace. Boix's complementary art is filled with humor, delicacy, vigor, strength and the vibrant colors of the Spanish landscape. 46 full-color illustrations. [via]
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Draculaby Bram Stoker, Glennis ByronISBN 1551111365 (1-55111-136-5)
Softcover, Broadview Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Dracula'Book summary:To borrow a phrase used by one of the characters in the novel, Dracula is "nineteenth century up-to-date with a vengeance." In her introduction to this edition Glennis Byron first discusses the famous novel as an expression not of universal fears and desires, but of specifically late nineteenth-century concerns. And she discusses too the ways in which to the modern reader it is not Transylvania but London that is the location of the monstrosity in Dracula.The many appendices include contemporary reviews; source materials drawn on by Stoker; documents expressing contemporary views on trances, sleepwalking and hypnotism; and other relevant writing by Stoker, including "the censorship of Fiction," in which he expresses his belief in the need to defend the social and moral purity of the nation. [via]
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Draculaby Tim Wynne-Jones, Bram Stoker, Laszlo GalISBN 1550139002 (1-55013-900-2)
Hardcover, Key Porter Kids
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A Dreamer's Talesby Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett DunsanyISBN 1557422710 (1-55742-271-0)
Softcover, Wildside Pr
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Duke Who Outlawed Jelly Beans: And Other Storiesby Johnny Valentine, Lynette SchmidtISBN 1555838472 (1-55583-847-2)
Softcover, Alyson Pubns
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Duke Who Outlawed Jelly Beans: And Other Stories'Book summary:[via]This story is one of five original and enchanting fairy tales that make up this collection, beautifully illustrated with paintings and drawings, which Horn Book called One of the outstanding childrens books of the season.
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- Duke Who Outlawed Jelly Beans: And Other Stories: ISBN 1555832199 (1-55583-219-9)
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Dykescapesby Tina PortilloISBN 1555831958 (1-55583-195-8)
Softcover, Alyson Pubns
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Early Embracesby Lindsey ElderISBN 1555833543 (1-55583-354-3)
Softcover, Alyson Pubns
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Early Embraces'Book summary:An excerpt[via]RSVP by Julia Willis
"Can you come to a fish fry?" you asked. Leaving me there in that windowed stairwell where we'd been talking, you rushed away to your next class after the final bell rang. I watched you below dart out of the building and down the sidewalk, stop, turn, look up, and catch me watching you. Then embarrassed from being caught, I waved, casually, friendly, you know -- but instead of going on your way, you dashed right back into the building and called up the stairwell to me. "Can you come to a fish fry?"
I thought you were joking. "A fish fry?" I laughed.
"We're having one at my house." That house you shared in town with three other women -- Susan, who would end up spending all the money she'd collected for the utility bills before moving in with her married and gray-haired abnormal-psychology professor; Lisa, whose childhood had been nastily scarred by a father's promise to have TV's Annie Oakley at her eighth birthday party (he brought home the actress while she was on a 10-city promotional tour--a grown-up lady in a suit, a lady no one recognized without her trademark pigtails, guns, fringed vest and cowgirl boots, and ten little girls wept bitterly); and finally Margaret, your best friend from high school, who I and most people assumed you were or had been lovers with, since the air around you both was so thick with longing that we could all taste it.
"Bring everybody from Duchess house, if you want," you said. Duchess House being that collapsing country farmhouse I lived in with Dick and Diana, a young married couple -- too young and too married--and an assortment of other revolving students. The house was so named because our English teacher, Dick's and mine, said all great literature made use of religion, sex, or the aristocracy, hence the greatest sentence ever written would go something like: "My God," said the duchess to the bishop, "take your hand off my thigh." Duchess. House.
We wrote and painted and acted, your household and mine--all of us talented, all of us terrified of that talent, that it wouldn't be enough (as indeed it wouldn't be) or that it might be too much (as it most certainly would). You were a visual artist, but your father was head
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Elliott O'Donnell's Casebook of Ghosts: True Stories from the Files of One of the World's Greatest Ghost Huntersby Elliott O'DonnellISBN 1555215319 (1-55521-531-9)
Hardcover, Book Sales
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English Fairy Talesby Joseph JacobsISBN 1421809702 (1-4218-0970-2)
Hardcover, 1st World Library
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Eye Wuz Hereby Shannon CooleyISBN 1550545248 (1-55054-524-8)
Softcover, Orca Book Pub
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Feline and Famousby Martin H. Greenberg, Edward GormanISBN 1556114060 (1-55611-406-0)
Hardcover, Penguin Group USA
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Five Hundred Clean Jokes and Humorous StoriesISBN 1557482292 (1-55748-229-2)
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Folk and Fairy Talesby Martin Hallett, Barbara KarasekISBN 155111495X (1-55111-495-X)
Softcover, Broadview Pr
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Frances Hodgson Burnett's the Secret Gardenby Frances Hodgson BurnettISBN 1421981734 (1-4219-8173-4)
Softcover, Indypublish.Com
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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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Funerals for Friendsby Michael MartinISBN 1430304707 (1-4303-0470-7)
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The Gamblerby Fyodor Dostoevsky, C. J. HogarthISBN 1557423156 (1-55742-315-6)
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Genderqueer: Voices from Beyond the Sexual Binaryby Joan Nestle, Riki Anne Wilchins, Clare HowellISBN 1555837301 (1-55583-730-1)
Softcover, Alyson Pubns
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Genderqueer: Voices from Beyond the Sexual Binary'Book summary:[via]Perhaps more than any other issue, gender identity has galvanized the queer community in recent years. The questions go beyond the nature of male/female to a yet-to-be-traversed region that lies somewhere between and beyond biologically determined gender. In this groundbreaking anthology, three experts in gender studies and politics navigate around rigid, societally imposed concepts of two genders to discover and illuminate the limitless possibilities of identity. Thirty first-person accounts of gender construction, exploration, and questioning provide a groundwork for cultural discussion, political action, and even greater possibilities of autonomous gender choices. Noted scholar Joan Nestle is joined by internationally prominent gender warrior Riki Anne Wilchins and historian Clare Howell to provide a societal, cultural, and political exploration of gender identity.
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Media campaign hilighting authors Nestle and WilchinsJoan Nestle is the cofounder of the Lesbian Herstory Archives in New York and the writer and editor of six books including the groundbreaking Women on Women series. Riki Anne Wilchins is the executive director of GenderPAC, the national gender advocacy group, and the cofounder of the Gender Identity Project of New York City's Lesbian and Gay Center. She is the author of Read My Lips: Sexual Subversion and the End of Gender. Clare Howell is a senior librarian at the Brooklyn Public Library.
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Graveyard of the Atlanticby Alyson HagyISBN 1555973019 (1-55597-301-9)
Softcover, Graywolf Press
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Graywolf : Short Stories by Menby Scott WalkerISBN 1555971032 (1-55597-103-2)
Softcover, Graywolf Press
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Green Eagle Scoreby R. StarkISBN 1555049745 (1-55504-974-5)
Hardcover, Chivers North Amer
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The Grey Fairy Bookby Andrew LangISBN 1426449887 (1-4264-4988-7)
Softcover, Bibliobazaar
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The Grey Kingby Susan CooperISBN 1557361568 (1-55736-156-8)
Hardcover, Cornerstone Books
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The Heart Is a Lonely Hunterby Carson McCullersISBN 1557360863 (1-55736-086-3)
Hardcover, Ulverscroft Large Print Books
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A House on the Piazzaby Kenny MarottaISBN 155071032X (1-55071-032-X)
Softcover, Guernica Editions
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The Illiad: Homerby HomerISBN 1557012008 (1-55701-200-8)
Softcover, Cyber Classics Inc
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The Innocence of Father Brownby G. K. Chesterton, Ann Ward RadcliffeISBN 1557424276 (1-55742-427-6)
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Jewish Spirit : Stories and Artby Ellen FrankelISBN 1556706235 (1-55670-623-5)
Hardcover, Stewart, Tabori & Chang
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Jubilee Trailby Sandra DallasISBN 1556526016 (1-55652-601-6)
Softcover, Chicago Review Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Jubilee Trail'Book summary:The history of California in the mid-19th century comes alive in this captivating historical novel. Garnet Cameron, a fashionable young lady of New York, is leading a neat, proper life, full of elegant parties and polite young men, yet the prospect of actually marrying any of them appalls her. Yearning for adventure, she instead marries Oliver Hale, a wild trader who is about to cross the mountains and deserts to an unheard-of land called California. During Garnet and Oliver's honeymoon in New Orleans, she meets a dance-hall performer on the lam who calls herself Florinda Grove and is also traveling to California. Along the Jubilee Trail, Garnet and Florinda meet kinds of men never known to them before, and together they make their painstaking way over the harsh trail to Los Angeles, learning how to live without compromise and discover both true friendship and true love.[via]More editions of Jubilee Trail:
The Kidnapped Saint and Other Storiesby B. TravenISBN 1556521154 (1-55652-115-4)
Softcover, Lawrence Hill Books
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Legends of Vancouverby E. Pauline Johnson-TekahionwakeISBN 1550545531 (1-55054-553-1)
Softcover, Douglas & McIntyre, Limited
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Loose Endby Ivan E. CoyoteISBN 155152192X (1-55152-192-X)
Softcover, Arsenal Pulp Pr Ltd
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The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hatby Oliver SacksISBN 1555042651 (1-55504-265-1)
Softcover, Chivers North Amer
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The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmesby Arthur Conan DoyleISBN 1426455496 (1-4264-5549-6)
Softcover, Bibliobazaar
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The Moonstoneby Wilkie Collins, Steve FarmerISBN 1551112434 (1-55111-243-4)
Softcover, Broadview Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Moonstone'Book summary:Intrigue, investigations, thievery, drugs and murder all make an appearance in Collins's classic who-done-it, The Moonstone. Published in serial form in 1868, it was inspired in part by a spectacular murder case widely reported in the early 1860s. Collins's story revolves around a diamond stolen from a Hindu holy place. On her eighteenth birthday, Rachel Verinder receives the diamond, but by the following morning the stone has been stolen again. As the story unravels through multiple eyewitness accounts, the elderly Sergeant Cuffwith a face "sharp as a hatchet"looks for the culprit. One of Collins's best-loved novels, with an exciting plot moved along by deftly-drawn characters and elegant pacing, The Moonstone Was also turned into a play by Collins; the play appears as an appendix to this edition. [via]
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Munschworks : The First Munsch Collectionby Robert Munsch, Michael MartchenkoISBN 1550375237 (1-55037-523-7)
Hardcover, Annick Press, Limited
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Munschworks : The First Munsch Collection'Book summary:What makes Robert Munsch's stories so popular? They're contemporary and zany, reflecting "a jaunty belief in the power of children..." says Horn Book Magazine. This first best-of collection features five all-time favorites:
- David's Father
- The Fire Station
- I Have to Go!
- The Paper Bag Princess
- Thomas' Snowsuit
Michael Martchenko's exuberant artwork has been re-sized for this new format.
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My Kinsman Major Molineuxby Nathaniel HawthorneISBN 1425456820 (1-4254-5682-0)
Softcover, Kessinger Pub Co
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Myths and Legends of the Siouxby Marie L. McLaughlinISBN 1426410751 (1-4264-1075-1)
Softcover, Bibliobazaar
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Name and Tears and Other Storiesby Kathrine JasonISBN 1555971261 (1-55597-126-1)
Softcover, Farrar Straus & Giroux
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Native Plant Storiesby Joseph Bruchac, Michael J. Caduto, John Kahionhes FaddenISBN 1555912125 (1-55591-212-5)
Softcover, Fulcrum Pub
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The New York Trilogy: City Of Glass, Ghosts, The Locked Roomby Paul AusterISBN 155713166X (1-55713-166-X)
Hardcover, Consortium Book Sales & Dist
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Nine Womenby Shirley Ann GrauISBN 1555041949 (1-55504-194-9)
Hardcover, Chivers North Amer
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Nutcrackerby E.T.A. Hoffmann, Aliana Brodmann, Gennadii SpirinISBN 1556705301 (1-55670-530-1)
Hardcover, Harry N Abrams Inc
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Off the Sand Roadby Russell Kirk, John PelanISBN 1553100433 (1-55310-043-3)
Hardcover, Ash Tree Pr
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Old Peter's Russian Talesby Arthur RansomeISBN 155742456X (1-55742-456-X)
Softcover, Wildside Pr
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One Man's Trashby Ivan E. CoyoteISBN 1551521202 (1-55152-120-2)
Softcover, Arsenal Pulp Pr Ltd
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Out of the Closet and Nothing to Wearby Leslea NewmanISBN 1555834159 (1-55583-415-9)
Softcover, Alyson Pubns
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The Pink Fairy Bookby Andrew LangISBN 1426419414 (1-4264-1941-4)
Softcover, Bibliobazaar
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Robert Benchley: His Life and Good Timesby Babette RosmondISBN 1557781699 (1-55778-169-9)
Softcover, Continuum Intl Pub Group
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Rootabaga Storiesby Carl Sandburg, Miska Petersham, Maud Fuller PetershamISBN 155709490X (1-55709-490-X)
Softcover, Applewood Books
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S/Heby Minnie Bruce PrattISBN 155583888X (1-55583-888-X)
Softcover, Alyson Pubns
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› Find signed collectible books: 'S/He'Book summary:[via]This brave memoir chronicles Pratts struggle to overcome the repressive traditions of Southern womanhood and live her life honestly. It chronicles her youth, her marriage, her eventual decision to come out as a lesbian, and her life with transgendered activist and author Leslie Feinberg.
Minnie Bruce Pratt is the author of We Say We Love Each Other, Rebellion, Crime Against Nature, Walking Back Up Depot Street, and The Dirt We Ate.
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Siddharthaby Hermann HesseISBN 1421804522 (1-4218-0452-2)
Softcover, 1st World Library
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Siddhartha'Book summary:Purchase one of 1st World Library's Classic Books and help support our free internet library of downloadable eBooks. Visit us online at www.1stWorldLibrary.ORG - - In the shade of the house, in the sunshine of the riverbank near the boats, in the shade of the Sal-wood forest, in the shade of the fig tree is where Siddhartha grew up, the handsome son of the Brahman, the young falcon, together with his friend Govinda, son of a Brahman. The sun tanned his light shoulders by the banks of the river when bathing, performing the sacred ablutions, the sacred offerings. In the mango grove, shade poured into his black eyes, when playing as a boy, when his mother sang, when the sacred offerings were made, when his father, the scholar, taught him, when the wise men talked. For a long time, Siddhartha had been partaking in the discussions of the wise men, practising debate with Govinda, practising with Govinda the art of reflection, the service of meditation. He already knew how to speak the Om silently, the word of words, to speak it silently into himself while inhaling, to speak it silently out of himself while exhaling, with all the concentration of his soul, the forehead surrounded by the glow of the clear-thinking spirit. He already knew to feel Atman in the depths of his being, indestructible, one with the universe. [via]
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Six Early Storiesby Thomas Mann, Burton Pike, Peter ConstantineISBN 1557133859 (1-55713-385-9)
Softcover, Sun & Moon Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Six Early Stories'Book summary:In 1936, Alfred A. Knopf published a collection of Thomas Mann stories in a volume called Stories of Three Decades. Though Mann himself stated that the book contained all of his short stories, in fact, six were left out. Sixty years later, those six stories get a book of their own: Six Early Stories. These are the work of Mann's youth, written between the ages of 18 and 33. Though none of the stories matches the mastery he exhibited in his later short fiction, all the signs are here of the writer he would one day become.
The preoccupations are here as well; each story in the collection involves sexuality, the position of women in society, morality, and art. Six Early Stories will certainly be of interest to Thomas Mann enthusiasts, but even for those who have never read anything else by him, this collection is worth reading. Even in his juvenilia, Mann's work demonstrates the skill, intelligence, and courage of a bygone literary age. [via]
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Smoke and Other Early Storiesby Douglas Messerli, Djuna BarnesISBN 1557130140 (1-55713-014-0)
Softcover, Sun & Moon Pr
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The Strange Case of Dr.jekyll And Mr Hydeby R. L. StevensonISBN 1421806665 (1-4218-0666-5)
Hardcover, 1st World Library
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Strange Case of Dr.jekyll And Mr Hyde'Book summary:Mr. Utterson the lawyer was a man of a rugged countenance that was never lighted by a smile; cold, scanty and embarrassed in discourse; backward in sentiment; lean, long, dusty, dreary and yet somehow lovable. At friendly meetings, and when the wine was to his taste, something eminently human beaconed from his eye; something indeed which never found its way into his talk, but which spoke not only in these silent symbols of the after-dinner face, but more often and loudly in the acts of his life. He was austere with himself; drank gin when he was alone, to mortify a taste for vintages; and though he enjoyed the theater, had not crossed the doors of one for twenty years. But he had an approved tolerance for others; sometimes wondering, almost with envy, at the high pressure of spirits involved in their misdeeds; and in any extremity inclined to help rather than to reprove. "I incline to Cain's heresy," he used to say quaintly: "I let my brother go to the devil in his own way." In this character, it was frequently his fortune to be the last reputable acquaintance and the last good influence in the lives of downgoing men. And to such as these, so long as they came about his chambers, he never marked a shade of change in his demeanour. [via]
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Swords of the Rainbowby Eric Garber, Jewelle GomezISBN 1555832660 (1-55583-266-0)
Softcover, Alyson Pubns
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Testimonies: Lesbian and Bisexual Coming-Out Storiesby Sarah Holmes, Jenn TustISBN 1555835465 (1-55583-546-5)
Softcover, Alyson Pubns
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Thoughts and Meditationsby Kahlil GibranISBN 1555218946 (1-55521-894-6)
Hardcover, Book Sales
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Times Like Theseby Rachael IngallsISBN 1555974317 (1-55597-431-7)
Softcover, Farrar Straus & Giroux
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The Town That Forgot How to Breatheby Kenneth J. HarveyISBN 1551925923 (1-55192-592-3)
Softcover, Raincoast Book Dist Ltd
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Town That Forgot How to Breathe'Book summary:With no more cod to fish, Bareneed, the setting of Kenneth J. Harvey's powerfully eerie The Town That Forgot How to Breathe, has become another Newfoundland outport village on the wane. As one character laments, "Bareneed, once a lively and warm place, now stank of drabness and heartbreak." It's not much of a magnet for tourists, but it has attracted two visitors for the summer: a fisheries officer and his young daughter. Deeply pained by the recent break-up of his marriage, Joseph fails to notice the more curious aspects of the town. It takes him a while to hear about the townsfolk who've been dropping dead for no apparent reason. He's also slow to realize that his daughter Robin's new playmate is the ghost of a drowned girl. When he and Robin find an "exceptionally ugly" sculpin at the end of their fishing line, Joseph again tries to stay calm. But then he takes a closer look at his catch. "Feeling his fingers turn warm while he tried to disengage the hook," Harvey writes, "Joseph whisked them away. Flesh-coloured fluid seeped from the sculpin's wide mouth. A solid object began edging out as he wiped his fingers on his pants--a flesh-coloured sculpted orb, topped with something that resembled hair, matted in mucousy clumps." The porcelain doll's head that emerges from the fish is one in a series of unsettling sights in Harvey's book. As more and more objects are expelled from the sea, Bareneed's most painful secrets come to the surface.
By setting his story in this desolate Atlantic locale, Harvey seeks to do more than add regional flavour to a Stephen King-style tale of an ordinary community plagued by inexplicable events. Instead, the terrors that Harvey describes are rooted in very real psychological and societal traumas. What makes The Town That Forgot How to Breathe so cunning is the way Harvey uses the horror genre as the basis for a provocative defence of Newfoundland's imperiled cultural traditions. Even though his ornate prose style can sometimes get waterlogged in the scenes between the shocks, Harvey has created a book that is as compelling as it is unique. --Jason Anderson [via]
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Treasure Islandby Robert Louis StevensonISBN 142180865X (1-4218-0865-X)
Hardcover, 1st World Library
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War of the Worldsby Martin A. DanahayISBN 1551113538 (1-55111-353-8)
Softcover, Broadview Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: '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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What Shadows We Pursue: Ghost Stories Volume Twoby Russell Kirk, John PelanISBN 1553100514 (1-55310-051-4)
Hardcover, Ash Tree Pr
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Young Goodman Brownby Nathaniel HawthorneISBN 1557423628 (1-55742-362-8)
Softcover, Wildside Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Young Goodman Brown'Book summary:In the interval of silence he stole forward until the light glared full upon his eyes. At one extremity of an open space, hemmed in by the dark wall of the forest, arose a rock, bearing some rude, natural resemblance either to an alter or a pulpit, and surrounded by four blazing pines, their tops aflame, their stems untouched, like candles at an evening meeting. The mass of foliage that had overgrown the summit of the rock was all on fire, blazing high into the night and fitfully illuminating the whole field. Each pendent twig and leafy festoon was in a blaze. As the red light arose and fell, a numerous congregation alternately shone forth, then disappeared in shadow, and again grew, as it were, out of the darkness, peopling the heart of the solitary woods at once. "A grave and dark-clad company," quoth Goodman Brown. In truth they were such. [via]
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