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18 Best Stories by Edgar Allan Poeby Edgar Allan PoeISBN 0440322278 (0-440-32227-8)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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› Find signed collectible books: '18 Best Stories by Edgar Allan Poe'Book summary:A chilling compilation of some of Edgar Allen Poe's best-loved stories, edited by Vincent Price and Chandler Brossard and with an introduction by Vincent Price, including: The Black Cat - The Fall of the House of Usher - The Masque of the Red Death - The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar - The Premature Burial - Ms. Found in a Bottle - A Tale of the Ragged Mountains - The Sphinx - The Murders in the Rue Morgue - The Tell-Tale Heart - The Gold-Bug - The System of Dr. Tarr and Prof. Fether - The Man That Was Used Up - The Balloon Hoax - A Descent Into the Maelstrom - The Purloined Letter - The Pit and The Pendulum - The Cask of Amontillado [via]
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Alice's Adventures in Wonderlandby Lewis CarrollISBN 0440803128 (0-440-80312-8)
Softcover, Dell Distributing
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All Together Deadby Charlaine HarrisISBN 0441014941 (0-441-01494-1)
Hardcover, Ace Books
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The Anubis Gatesby Tim PowersISBN 0441004016 (0-441-00401-6)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Anubis Gates'Book summary:Author Tim Powers evokes 17th-century England with a combination of meticulously researched historic detail and imaginative flights in this sci-fi tale of time travel. Winner of the 1984 Philip K. Dick Award for best original science fiction paperback, this 1989 edition of the book that took the fantasy world by storm is the first hardcover version to be published in the United States. In his brief introduction, Ramsey Campbell sets The Anubis Gates in an adventure context, citing Powers's achievement of "extraordinary scenes of underground horror, of comedy both high and grotesque, of bizarre menace, of poetic fantasy."
The colonization of Egypt by western European powers is the launch point for power plays and machinations. Steeping together in this time-warp stew are such characters as an unassuming Coleridge scholar, ancient gods, wizards, the Knights Templar, werewolves, and other quasi-mortals, all wrapped in the organizing fabric of Egyptian mythology. In the best of fantasy traditions, the reluctant heroes fight for survival against an evil that lurks beneath the surface of their everyday lives. [via]
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Archangelby Sharon ShinnISBN 0441004326 (0-441-00432-6)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Archangel'Book summary:Set in a society founded as an egalitarian utopia but now tainted with vices and inequity, Sharon Shinn's love story is plotty and calamitous. Rachel and Gabriel have nothing in common beyond wishing that the god Jovah had ordained they wed other people, yet they must cooperate in singing a mass to the god on the occasion of Gabriel's elevation to Archangel. Upright Gabriel has enemies among both mortal and angelic peoples who prefer to risk world destruction over his restoration of the old order. [via]
Archer's Goonby Diana Wynne JonesISBN 0441028926 (0-441-02892-6)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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Athyraby Steven BrustISBN 0441033423 (0-441-03342-3)
Softcover, Putnam Berkley
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Athyra'Book summary:Vlad Taltos, sorcerer, sometime witch, and former assassin, and his faithful jhereg take on the biggest hitters of the House of the Jhereg. [via]
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Beyond the Highland Mistby Karen Marie MoningISBN 0440242169 (0-440-24216-9)
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Blessings and Cursesby Christopher Stasheff, Bill FawcettISBN 0441121314 (0-441-12131-4)
Softcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
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Bloodlistby P. N. ElrodISBN 0441067956 (0-441-06795-6)
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The Book of Taltosby Steven BrustISBN 0441008941 (0-441-00894-1)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Book of Taltos'Book summary:Steven Brusts first three novels featuring assassin Vlad Taltos and his jhereg companion were collected in one volume as The Book of Jhereg. The Book of Taltos continues the adventure with books four and five in the seriesTaltos and Phoenix.[via]Vlad Taltos is an assassin unlike no other. Not only is he quick with a sword, but he also possesses a gift for witchcraft conjuring. The latest addition to his already formidable arsenal is a leathery-winged jhereg who shares a telepathic link with Vladmaking him twice as deadly&
The adventures chronicled in Taltos and Phoenix find Vlad accepting a job in the Land of the Dead, but a living human being cannot walk the paths of the dead and return, alive, to the land of men. Fortunately (or unfortunately, depending on your point of view), the Demon Goddess is willing to rescue himif Vlad is willing to grant her a favor in return&
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Bulfinch's Mythologyby BulfinchISBN 0440308453 (0-440-30845-3)
Softcover, Random House Childrens Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Bulfinch's Mythology'Book summary:The justly famous Mythology by Thomas Bulfinch contains three volumes the major contents of which are retained in this abridgment for the student and general reader. The Age Of Fable -- The gods and goddesses of Greece and Rome, as well as the mythology of the Germanic tribes, England and the Near East. The Legend Of Charlemange -- Accounts of the reign of the first great French Emperor, his wars and conquests. The Age Of Chivalry -- King Arthur and his court, Lancelot and Guenever, and the death of Arthur. [via]
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A Chill in the Bloodby P. N. ElrodISBN 0441006272 (0-441-00627-2)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Chill in the Blood'Book summary:Gangland Chicago, 1937. Jack Fleming, vampire PI, doesn't care for the Mob. He was killed once by a Mob boss, see, and he's seen too many shot down since. Ambitious gangsters are like roaches--there always seem to be more coming out of the woodwork. And the wise guys never seem to learn that knives, bullets, and drowning don't kill the immortal Jack. They just make him mad. In A Chill in the Blood Jack has good reason to be mad. The prohibition laws have just been repealed, and the mobsters are immersed in vicious warfare on his turf. Jack's very mortal partner, Charles Escott, has a hit placed on his life, and Jack is forced into negotiations with a powerful gang leader--Angela Paco. It turns out that Angela is the daughter of the mobster who ended Jack's human life, thus transforming him into a vampire.
A Chill in the Blood is the seventh book in P.N. Elrod's noir detective series, the Vampire Files. Mixing horror, mystery, and comedy, these books really bite! Nona Vero [via]
The Cosmic Cluesby Manjiri PrabhuISBN 0440241723 (0-440-24172-3)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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The Craftersby Christopher Stasheff, Bill FawcettISBN 0441121306 (0-441-12130-6)
Softcover, Putnam Berkley
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Cyber Wayby Alan Dean FosterISBN 0441132456 (0-441-13245-6)
Softcover, Putnam Berkley
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The Dark Highlander: Library Editionby Karen Marie MoningISBN 0440237556 (0-440-23755-6)
Softcover, Dell Pub Co
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Deadly Sleepby Dale CowanISBN 0440919614 (0-440-91961-4)
Softcover, Random House Childrens Books
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Digging Leviathanby James P. BlaylockISBN 044114800X (0-441-14800-X)
Softcover, Putnam Berkley
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Don't Look Behind Youby Lois DuncanISBN 0440501393 (0-440-50139-3)
Hardcover, Delacorte Press
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Dragon's Eyeby James HetleyISBN 0441013287 (0-441-01328-7)
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Eragonby Christopher PaoliniISBN 044023848X (0-440-23848-X)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Eragon'Book summary:Here's a great big fantasy that you can pull over your head like a comfy old sweater and disappear into for a whole weekend. Christopher Paolini began Eragon when he was just 15, and the book shows the influence of Tolkien, of course, but also Terry Brooks, Anne McCaffrey, and perhaps even Wagner in its traditional quest structure and the generally agreed-upon nature of dwarves, elves, dragons, and heroic warfare with magic swords.
Eragon, a young farm boy, finds a marvelous blue stone in a mystical mountain place. Before he can trade it for food to get his family through the hard winter, it hatches a beautiful sapphire-blue dragon, a race thought to be extinct. Eragon bonds with the dragon, and when his family is killed by the marauding Ra'zac, he discovers that he is the last of the Dragon Riders, fated to play a decisive part in the coming war between the human but hidden Varden, dwarves, elves, the diabolical Shades and their neanderthal Urgalls, all pitted against and allied with each other and the evil King Galbatorix. Eragon and his dragon Saphira set out to find their role, growing in magic power and understanding of the complex political situation as they endure perilous travels and sudden battles, dire wounds, capture and escape.
In spite of the engrossing action, this is not a book for the casual fantasy reader. There are 65 names of people, horses, and dragons to be remembered and lots of pseudo-Celtic places, magic words, and phrases in the Ancient Language as well as the speech of the dwarfs and the Urgalls. But the maps and glossaries help, and by the end, readers will be utterly dedicated and eager for the next book, Eldest. (Ages 10 to 14) --Patty Campbell [via]
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Fadeby Robert CormierISBN 0440500575 (0-440-50057-5)
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The Fatima Secretby Whitley Strieber, Michael HesemannISBN 0440236444 (0-440-23644-4)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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A Fistful of Skyby Nina Kiriki HoffmanISBN 0441011772 (0-441-01177-2)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Fistful of Sky'Book summary:The LaZelle family of southern California has a secret: they can do magic. Real magic. As a teenager, a LaZelle undergoes "the Transition"--a severe illness that will either kill him or leave him with magical powers. If he's lucky, he gains a talent like shape-changing or wish-granting. If he's unlucky, he never experiences Transition. If he's especially unlucky, he undergoes Transition late, which increases his chances of dying. And if he survives, he will bear the burden of a dark, dangerous magic: the ability to cast only curses. And curse he must, for when a LaZelle doesn't use his magic, it kills him.
In Nina Kiriki Hoffman's A Fistful of Sky, Gypsum LaZelle is unique among her brothers and sisters: she has not undergone Transition. She resigns herself to a mundane, magic-bereft existence as a college student. Then one weekend, when her family leaves her home alone, she becomes gravely ill... --Cynthia Ward [via]
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Frances Hodgson Burnett's the Secret Gardenby Frances Hodgson BurnettISBN 0440400554 (0-440-40055-4)
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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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Softcover, Bantam Classic & Loveswept - Frances Hodgson Burnett's the Secret Garden: ISBN 0440977096 (0-440-97709-6)
Softcover, Bantam Books - Frances Hodgson Burnett's the Secret Garden: ISBN 0440400554 (0-440-40055-4)
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The Gathering Darkby Christopher GoldenISBN 0441010814 (0-441-01081-4)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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The Ghost Light: Masterworks of Science Fiction and Fantasyby Fritz LeiberISBN 044128602X (0-441-28602-X)
Softcover, Putnam Berkley
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Ghosts I Have Beenby Richard PeckISBN 0440428645 (0-440-42864-5)
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The Glass Harmonicaby Louise MarleyISBN 0441007295 (0-441-00729-5)
Softcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
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Greenmantleby Charles De LintISBN 0441302955 (0-441-30295-5)
Softcover, Putnam Berkley
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Greenmantle'Book summary:Not far from the city lies an ancient wood where mystery walks in the moonlight. A retired man hiding from the mob, a boy and his mother who have just moved to a new area - they are all summoned by the music from the woods and the mystery of the giant stag. By the author of "Moonheart". [via]
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The Guardiansby Lynn AbbeyISBN 044130589X (0-441-30589-X)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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The Hauntingby Margaret MahyISBN 0440404088 (0-440-40408-8)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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The Highlander's Touch: Library Edtionby Karen Marie MoningISBN 0440236525 (0-440-23652-5)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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Homonculusby James P. BlaylockISBN 0441342582 (0-441-34258-2)
Softcover, Putnam Berkley
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The Hound of the Baskervillesby Arthur Conan DoyleISBN 0440937582 (0-440-93758-2)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Hound of the Baskervilles'Book summary:We owe 1902's The Hound of the Baskervilles to Arthur Conan Doyle's good friend Fletcher "Bobbles" Robinson, who took him to visit some scary English moors and prehistoric ruins, and told him marvelous local legends about escaped prisoners and a 17th-century aristocrat who fell afoul of the family dog. Doyle transmogrified the legend: generations ago, a hound of hell tore out the throat of devilish Hugo Baskerville on the moonlit moor. Poor, accursed Baskerville Hall now has another mysterious death: that of Sir Charles Baskerville. Could the culprit somehow be mixed up with secretive servant Barrymore, history-obsessed Dr. Frankland, butterfly-chasing Stapleton, or Selden, the Notting Hill murderer at large? Someone's been signaling with candles from the mansion's windows. Nor can supernatural forces be ruled out. Can Dr. Watson--left alone by Sherlock Holmes to sleuth in fear for much of the novel--save the next Baskerville, Sir Henry, from the hound's fangs?
Many Holmes fans prefer Doyle's complete short stories, but their clockwork logic doesn't match the author's boast about this novel: it's "a real Creeper!" What distinguishes this particular Hound is its fulfillment of Doyle's great debt to Edgar Allan Poe--it's full of ancient woe, low moans, a Grimpen Mire that sucks ponies to Dostoyevskian deaths, and locals digging up Neolithic skulls without next-of-kins' consent. "The longer one stays here the more does the spirit of the moor sink into one's soul," Watson realizes. "Rank reeds and lush, slimy water-plants sent an odour of decay ... while a false step plunged us more than once thigh-deep into the dark, quivering mire, which shook for yards in soft undulations around our feet ... it was as if some malignant hand was tugging us down into those obscene depths." Read on--but, reader, watch your step! --Tim Appelo [via]
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Howling Madby Peter DavidISBN 0441346634 (0-441-34663-4)
Softcover, Putnam Berkley
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I, Vampireby Jody ScottISBN 0441377505 (0-441-37750-5)
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The Immortal Highlander: Library Editionby Karen Marie MoningISBN 0440237564 (0-440-23756-4)
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Isaac Asimov's Ghostsby Gardner Dozois, Sheila WilliamsISBN 0441002544 (0-441-00254-4)
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Jane Emilyby Patricia C. ClappISBN 0440941857 (0-440-94185-7)
Softcover, Random House Children's Books
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Jheregby Steven BrustISBN 0441385540 (0-441-38554-0)
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Kedrigern and Charming Coupleby John MorressyISBN 0441432654 (0-441-43265-4)
Softcover, Putnam Berkley
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Killing Mr Griffinby Lois DuncanISBN 0440945151 (0-440-94515-1)
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Kiss of the Highlanderby Karen Marie MoningISBN 044023655X (0-440-23655-X)
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Lady Crymsynby P. N. ElrodISBN 0441008739 (0-441-00873-9)
Softcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
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The Last Coinby James P. BlaylockISBN 0441470750 (0-441-47075-0)
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The Magusby John FowlesISBN 0440351626 (0-440-35162-6)
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Filled with shocks and chilling surprises, The Magus is a masterwork of contemporary literature. In it, a young Englishman, Nicholas Urfe, accepts a teaching position on a Greek island where his friendship with the owner of the islands most magnificent estate leads him into a nightmare. As reality and fantasy are deliberately confused by staged deaths, erotic encounters, and terrifying violence, Urfe becomes a desperate man fighting for his sanity and his life. A work rich with symbols, conundrums and labrinthine twists of event, The Magus is as thought-provoking as it is entertaining, a work that ranks with the best novels of modern times. [via]More editions of The Magus:
Mrs. Calibanby Rachel IngallsISBN 0440500036 (0-440-50003-6)
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Night Relicsby James P. BlaylockISBN 0441000223 (0-441-00022-3)
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The Night Watchby Sean StewartISBN 0441005543 (0-441-00554-3)
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Orcaby Steven BrustISBN 0441001963 (0-441-00196-3)
Softcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Orca'Book summary:Steven Brust's Vlad Taltos novels are wildly and deservedly popular. Here Vlad--wanted all over the Empire, and trying to elude capture--aids a young boy who saved his life and probes the secrets of the House of the Orca. [via]
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Out of Timeby Lynn AbbeyISBN 0441007511 (0-441-00751-1)
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The Powerby Betsy HaynesISBN 0440971640 (0-440-97164-0)
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Powers Of Detection: Stories of Mystery and Fantasyby Dana StabenowISBN 0441011977 (0-441-01197-7)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Powers of Detection: Stories of Mystery and Fantasy'Book summary:This one-of-a-kind collection features stories from some of the biggest names in mystery and fantasy-blending the genres into a unique hybrid where PIs may wear wizard's robes and criminals may really be monsters.
Sit in on a modern-day witch's trial, visit the halls of a magical boarding school with murder on the curriculum, spend some time with Sookie Stackhouse, visit London's hidden world of the Nightside, and become spellbound with eight more tales of magical mystery.
Contributors include:
Michael Armstrong
Donna Andrews
Anne Bishop
Jay Caselberg
Mike Doogan
Laura Anne Gilman
Simon R. Green
Charlaine Harris
Anne Perry
Sharon Shinn
Dana Stabenow
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The Rainy Seasonby James P. BlaylockISBN 0441007562 (0-441-00756-2)
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Ransomby Lois DuncanISBN 0440972922 (0-440-97292-2)
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The Scarlet Letterby Nathaniel HawthorneISBN 0440376408 (0-440-37640-8)
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The Shadow Guestsby Joan AikenISBN 0440482267 (0-440-48226-7)
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The Shape-Changer's Wifeby Sharon ShinnISBN 0441002617 (0-441-00261-7)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Shape-Changer's Wife'Book summary:The novel that launched the stellar career of Sharon Shinn--nominee for the John W. Campbell Award and author of the Samaria trilogy...
To master the fine art of wizardry, a young student seeks out the secrets of a powerful shape-changer. But he found something more valuable to possess than long-lost spells and arcane magic. Her name was Lilith...
"The most promising and original writer of fantasy to come along since Robin McKinley." --Peter S. Beagle
* Nominee for the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer; Winner of the William Crawford Award for Achievement in Fantasy
* Her highly acclaimed Samaria trilogy includes Archangel, Jovah's Angel, and The Alleluia Files [via]More editions of The Shape-Changer's Wife:
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The Sibyl in Her Graveby Sarah CaudwellISBN 0440234824 (0-440-23482-4)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Sibyl in Her Grave'Book summary:For mystery lovers and literary connoisseurs alike, 2000 was a year of loss. Gone are two masters of language, one with over 30 works to his credit (George V. Higgins), the other with only four (Sarah Caudwell). It is some comfort that each gave readers one last glimpse of literary skill before passing on: Higgins (At End of Day) captured the way people really speak; Caudwell captured the way many people would dearly love to speak. Her first three novels (The Shortest Way to Hades, Thus Was Adonis Murdered, The Sirens Sang of Murder) brought readers into the elegant, urbane world of Hilary Tamar, Oxford fellow and mentor to London barristers Cantrip, Selena, Ragwort, and Julia. Caudwell's last work, The Sibyl in Her Grave, continues the intoxicating blend of dry humor and genteel manners that marked her as a successor to Dorothy Sayers.
The sibyl of the title is the psychic counselor Isabella del Comino, who descends in a flurry of bad taste to the Sussex village of Parsons Haver. With an aviary of ravens, a frumpy niece, and a penchant for combining divinations and blackmail, her sudden death comes as a relief to the village's disgruntled inhabitants, including Julia's redoubtable Aunt Regina. Regina has enough to worry about: she and two friends pooled their resources and invested in equities--and made a killing. But now the tax man is demanding his share, and the money has already been spent. When she asks Julia for legal advice, Julia and her colleagues discover that both Regina's fiscal success and Isabella's death are connected to an insider-trading scandal brewing with Julia's biggest clients. Unraveling that connection, of course, is a task that falls to Hilary.
Hilary, who "labors always in the service of Scholarship," is a triumph of authorial ambiguity. After four novels, readers will be left wondering, apparently unto eternity, whether Professor Tamar is a man or a woman. Take it as a political statement if you will--or simply as another little mystery, courtesy of an author who reveled in the power of words to clarify, outline, elucidate, and obscure. --Kelly Flynn [via]
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Skelligby David AlmondISBN 0440416027 (0-440-41602-7)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Skellig'Book summary:"I thought he was dead. He was sitting with his legs stretched out and his head tipped back against the wall. He was covered with dust and webs like everything else and his face was thin and pale. Dead bluebottles were scattered on his hair and shoulders. I shined the flashlight on his white face and his black suit."
This is Michael's introduction to Skellig, the man-owl-angel who lies motionless behind the tea chests in the abandoned garage in back of the boy's dilapidated new house. As disturbing as this discovery is, it is the least of Michael's worries. The new house is a mess, his parents are distracted, and his brand-new baby sister is seriously ill. Still, he can't get this mysterious creature out of his mind--even as he wonders if he has really seen him at all. What unfolds is a powerful, cosmic, dreamlike tale reminiscent of Madeleine L'Engle's A Wrinkle in Time. British novelist David Almond works magic as he examines the large issues of death, life, friendship, love, and the breathtaking connections between all things.
Amidst the intensity and anxiety of his world, Michael is a normal kid. He goes to school, plays soccer, and has friends with nicknames like Leakey and Coot. It's at home where his life becomes extraordinary, with the help of Skellig and Mina, the quirky, strong-willed girl next door with "the kind of eyes you think can see right through you." Mina and her mother's motto is William Blake's "How can a bird that is born for joy / Sit in a cage and sing?" This question carries us through the book, as we see Michael's baby sister trapped in a hospital incubator; as we see the exquisite, winged Skellig crumpled in the garage; as we meet Mina's precious blackbird chicks and the tawny owls in her secret attic; and as we finally see a braver, bolder Michael spread his wings and fly. Skellig was the Whitbread Award's 1998 Children's Book of the Year, and this haunting novel is sure to resonate with readers young and old. (Ages 10 and older) --Karin Snelson [via]
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Spell of the Highlanderby Karen Marie MoningISBN 0440240972 (0-440-24097-2)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Spell of the Highlander'Book summary:Powerful. Sensual. Seductive. He is all that is shamelessly erotic in a man. In her sexiest Highlander novel yet, New York Times bestselling author Karen Moning stirs up a sizzling brew of ancient mystery and modern passion as she brings together a devilishly handsome Celtic warrior trapped in time . . . and the woman whos about to pay the ultimate price for freeing him. Age-old secrets haunt them. Deadly danger and irresistible desire shadow their every move. Its a relationship for the ages. And all that separates them is a mere thirteen hundred years. . . .
Jessi St. James has got to get a life. Too many hours studying ancient artifacts has given the hardworking archaeology student a bad case of sex on the brain. So she figures she must be dreaming when she spies a gorgeous half-naked man staring out at her from inside the silvery glass of an ancient mirror. But when a split-second decision saves her from a terrifying attempt on her life, Jessi suddenly finds herself confronting six and a half feet of smoldering, insatiable alpha male.
Heir to the arcane magic of his Druid ancestors, eleven centuries ago Cian MacKeltar was trapped inside the Dark Glass, one of four coveted Unseelie Hallows, objects of unspeakable power. When the Dark Glass is stolen, an ancient enemy will stop at nothing to reclaim it, destroying everything in his pathincluding the one woman who may just hold the key to breaking the ninth-century Highlanders dark spell. For Jessi, the muscle-bound sex god in the mirror is not only tantalizingly real, hes offering his protectionfrom exactly what, Jessi doesnt know. And all he wants in exchange is the exquisite pleasure of sharing her bed.
Yet even as Cians insatiable hunger begins to work its dark magic on Jessi, his ancient enemy is about to obtain the final and most dangerous of the Unseelie Hallowsand the ninth-century Highlander must stop him from getting it. Nothing less than the very fabric of the universe and two passionately entwined lives are at stakeas Cian and Jessi fight to claim the kind of love that comes along but once in an ice age. . . .
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Stones Unturnedby Christopher Golden, Thomas E. SniegoskiISBN 0441014461 (0-441-01446-1)
Softcover, Ace Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Stones Unturned'Book summary:The Menagerie at the edge of the abyss.
A powerful, demonic force seeks Danny Ferrick, a changeling and the youngest member of the Menagerie. Now Doyle's team must race to save their friend from falling into the darkness-and taking all of humanity with him. [via]
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The Summer Countryby James A. HetleyISBN 0441009727 (0-441-00972-7)
Softcover, Ace Books
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Summer of Fearby Lois DuncanISBN 044098324X (0-440-98324-X)
Softcover, Laurel Leaf
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Summer of Fear'Book summary:Why is Rachel the only one to sense the evil that surrounds Julia?
From the moment Rachel's cousin Julia arrives that summer, she seems to seep into Rachel's life like a poison. Everyone else is enchanted by her--including Rachel's boyfriend. But what does Julia really want? [via]More editions of Summer of Fear:
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The Tellingby Ursula K. Le GuinISBN 0441008631 (0-441-00863-1)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Telling'Book summary:Earthling Sutty has been living a solitary, well-protected life in Dovza City on the planet Aka as an official Observer for the interstellar Ekumen. Insisting on all citizens being pure "producer-consumers," the tightly controlled capitalist government of Aka--the Corporation--is systematically destroying all vestiges of the ancient ways: "The Time of Cleansing" is the chilling term used to describe this era. Books are burned, the old language and calligraphy are outlawed, and those caught trying to keep any part of the past alive are punished and then reeducated. Frustrated in her attempts to study the linguistics and literature of Aka's cultural past, Sutty is sent upriver to the backwoods town of Okzat-Ozkat. Here she is slowly charmed by the old-world mountain people, whose still waters, she gradually realizes, run very deep. But whether their ways constitute a religion, ancient traditions, philosophy, or passive, political resistance, Sutty is not sure. Delving ever deeper into her hosts' culture, Sutty finds herself on a parallel spiritual quest, as well.
With quiet linguistic humor (Dovza citizens are passionate about their hot bitter beverage, akakafi--the ubiquitous Corporation brand is called Starbrew), dark references to the dangers of restricted cultural, political, and social freedom, and beautifully visualized worlds, award-winning author Ursula K. Le Guin pens her latest in the Hainish cycle, which includes The Dispossessed and The Left Hand of Darkness. Le Guin explores her characters and societies with such care, such thoughtfulness, her novels call out for slow, deep attention. --Emilie Coulter [via]
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The Third Eyeby Lois DuncanISBN 0440987202 (0-440-98720-2)
Softcover, Random House Childrens Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Third Eye'Book summary:When Karen closes her eyes, the visions come. Through time and space, she sees a place where stolen children sleep. And if Karen denies a young policemans request for help, the children may never go home again. [via]
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Tom's Midnight Gardenby Philippa Pearce, Susan EinzigISBN 0440488192 (0-440-48819-2)
Softcover, Random House Childrens Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Tom's Midnight Garden'Book summary:The well-known children's classic story and winner of the Carnegie Medal about a boy who discovers a midnight garden and goes back in time when the clock strikes 13. [via]
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WebMageby Kelly McculloughISBN 0441014259 (0-441-01425-9)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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A Wind in the Doorby Madeleine L'EngleISBN 0440487617 (0-440-48761-7)
Softcover, Random House Childrens Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Wind in the Door'Book summary:"There are dragons in the twins' vegetable garden," announces six-year-old Charles Wallace Murry in the opening sentence of The Wind in the Door. His older sister, Meg, doubts it. She figures he's seen something strange, but dragons--a "dollop of dragons," a "drove of dragons," even a "drive of dragons"--seem highly unlikely. As it turns out, Charles Wallace is right about the dragons--though the sea of eyes (merry eyes, wise eyes, ferocious eyes, kitten eyes, dragon eyes, opening and closing) and wings (in constant motion) is actually a benevolent cherubim (of a singularly plural sort) named Proginoskes who has come to help save Charles Wallace from a serious illness.
In her usual masterful way, Madeleine L'Engle jumps seamlessly from a child's world of liverwurst and cream cheese sandwiches to deeply sinister, cosmic battles between good and evil. Children will revel in the delectably chilling details--including hideous scenes in which a school principal named Mr. Jenkins is impersonated by the Echthroi (the evil forces that tear skies, snuff out light, and darken planets). When it becomes clear that the Echthroi are putting Charles Wallace in danger, the only logical course of action is for Meg and her dear friend Calvin O'Keefe to become small enough to go inside Charles Wallace's body--into one of his mitochondria--to see what's going wrong with his farandolae. In an illuminating flash on the interconnectedness of all things and the relativity of size, we realize that the tiniest problem can have mammoth, even intergalactic ramifications. Can this intrepid group voyage through time and space and muster all their strength of character to save Charles Wallace? It's an exhilarating, enlightening, suspenseful journey that no child should miss.
The other books of the Time quartet, continuing the adventures of the Murry family, are A Wrinkle in Time; A Swiftly Tilting Planet, which won the American Book Award; and Many Waters. (Ages 9 and older) --Karin Snelson [via]
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The Winter Oakby James A. HetleyISBN 0441012019 (0-441-01201-9)
Softcover, Ace Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Winter Oak'Book summary:Critically-acclaimed author James A. Hetley returns to the world of the Summer Country-the Celtic realm of magic and myth that's just three steps away from reality.
Maureen Pierce has come to terms with her magical heritage and has elected to stay in the enchanted land. But before she can fully embrace her new home-and new love, Pendragon warrior Brian Albion-Maureen must face the sorceress she believed was vanquished forever. [via] 
Witch Waterby Phyllis Reynolds Naylor, Gail OwensISBN 0440400384 (0-440-40038-4)
Softcover, Random House Childrens Books
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Witch's Sisterby Phyllis Reynolds NaylorISBN 0440400287 (0-440-40028-7)
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The Witches of Wormby Zilpha Keatley SnyderISBN 0440497272 (0-440-49727-2)
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A Wrinkle in Time: Library Editionby Madeleine L'EngleISBN 0440498058 (0-440-49805-8)
Softcover, Random House Childrens Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Wrinkle in Time: Library Edition'Book summary:Everyone in town thinks Meg is volatile and dull-witted and that her younger brother Charles Wallace is dumb. People are also saying that their father has run off and left their brilliant scientist mother. Spurred on by these rumors, Meg and Charles Wallace, along with their new friend Calvin, embark on a perilous quest through space to find their father. In doing so they must travel behind the shadow of an evil power that is darkening the cosmos, one planet at a time.
Young people who have trouble finding their place in the world will connect with the "misfit" characters in this provocative story. This is no superhero tale, nor is it science fiction, although it shares elements of both. The travelers must rely on their individual and collective strengths, delving deep into their characters to find answers.
A classic since 1962, Madeleine L'Engle's A Wrinkle in Time is sophisticated in concept yet warm in tone, with mystery and love coursing through its pages. Meg's shattering yet ultimately freeing discovery that her father is not omnipotent provides a satisfying coming-of-age element. Readers will feel a sense of power as they travel with these three children, challenging concepts of time, space, and the power of good over evil. (Ages 9 to 12) [via]
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The Young Unicorns: The Austin Family Chronicles, Book 3by Madeleine L'EngleISBN 0440999197 (0-440-99919-7)
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