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'48by James HerbertISBN 0061057819 (0-06-105781-9)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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› Find signed collectible books: ''48'Book summary:The world-renowned bestselling author of Portent creates a contorted labyrinth of
terrifyingly human vampires, post-Nazism, and betrayal.
Blood sucking, plague-ridden fascists roam the dark, seething ruins of London. Their prey is the select few who have not fallen victim to the blood-tainting biological warfare dispensed in the final convulsive collapse of the Nazis. A lone hero and his companion dog skirt the corpses, smashed cars, and bitter memories while trying to stay one step ahead of their bloodless fate and complete their mission of obsession. When others who are also relentlessly pursued stumble onto the duo's path, their haunting odyssey takes them underground. Beneath the bowels of a broken city an explosive disaster and a deadly betrayal propel the powers of good into a cataclysmic clash with the forces of evil.
"Herbert has a brilliant descriptive sensibility and uses it to create unforgettable disaster scenes." Publishers Weekly [via]
The Adventurer's Handbook: Life Lessons from History's Great Explorersby Mick ConefreyISBN 0060849983 (0-06-084998-3)
Hardcover, Harpercollins
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Banner in the Skyby James Ramsey UllmanISBN 0064470482 (0-06-447048-2)
Softcover, Harpercollins Childrens Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Banner in the Sky'Book summary:The Citadel
It stands unconquered, the last great summit of the Alps. Only one man has ever dared to approach the top, and that man died in his pursuit. He was Josef Matt, Rudi Matt's father.
At sixteen, Rudi is determined to pay tribute to the man he never knew, and complete the quest that claimed his father's life. And so, taking his father's red shirt as a flag, he heads off to face the earth's most challenging peak. But before Rudi can reach the top, he must pass through the forbidden Fortress, the gaping chasm in the high reaches of teh Citadel where his father met his end. Rudi has followed Josef's footsteps as far as they will take him. Now he must search deep within himself to find the strength for the final ascent to the summit -- to plant his banner in the sky.
His father died while trying to climb Switzerland's greatest mountain -- the Citadel -- and young Rudi knows he must make the assault himself. [via]More editions of Banner in the Sky:
The Bielski Brothers: The True Story of Three Men Who Defied the Nazis, Built a Village in the Forest, and Saved 1,200 Jewsby Peter DuffyISBN 0060935537 (0-06-093553-7)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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The Book of Jobby Stephen MitchellISBN 0060969598 (0-06-096959-8)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Book of Job'Book summary:The theme of The Book of Job is nothing less than human suffering and the transcendence of it: it pulses with moral energy, outrage, and spiritual insight.
Now, The Book of Job has been rendered into English by the eminent translator and scholar Stephen Mitchell, whose versions of Rilke, Israeli poetry, and the Tao Te Ching have been widely praised. This is the first time ever that the Hebrew verse of Job has been translated into verse in any language, ancient or modern, and the result is a triumph. [via]
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A Canticle for Leibowitzby Walter M. Miller, Mary Doria RussellISBN 0060892994 (0-06-089299-4)
Softcover, Eos
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Canticle for Leibowitz'Book summary:Walter M. Miller's acclaimed SF classic A Canticle for Leibowitz opens with the accidental excavation of a holy artifact: a creased, brittle memo scrawled by the hand of the blessed Saint Leibowitz, that reads: "Pound pastrami, can kraut, six bagels--bring home for Emma." To the Brothers of Saint Leibowitz, this sacred shopping list penned by an obscure, 20th-century engineer is a symbol of hope from the distant past, from before the Simplification, the fiery atomic holocaust that plunged the earth into darkness and ignorance. As 1984 cautioned against Stalinism, so 1959's A Canticle for Leibowitz warns of the threat and implications of nuclear annihilation. Following a cloister of monks in their Utah abbey over some six or seven hundred years, the funny but bleak Canticle tackles the sociological and religious implications of the cyclical rise and fall of civilization, questioning whether humanity can hope for more than repeating its own history. Divided into three sections--Fiat Homo (Let There Be Man), Fiat Lux (Let There Be Light), and Fiat Voluntas Tua (Thy Will Be Done)--Canticle is steeped in Catholicism and Latin, exploring the fascinating, seemingly capricious process of how and why a person is canonized. --Paul Hughes [via]
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Catherine, Called Birdyby Karen CushmanISBN 0064405842 (0-06-440584-2)
Softcover, Harpercollins Childrens Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Catherine, Called Birdy'Book summary:"Corpus Bones! I utterly loathe my life."
Catherine feels trapped. Her father is determined to marry her off to arich man--any rich man, no matter how awful.
But by wit, trickery, and luck, Catherine manages to send several would-be husbands packing. Then a shaggy-bearded suitor from the north comes to call--by far the oldest, ugliest, most revolting suitor of them all.
Unfortunately, he is also the richest.
Can a sharp-tongued, high-spirited, clever young maiden with a mind of her own actually lose the battle against an ill-mannered, piglike lord and an unimaginative, greedy toad of a father?
Deus! Not if Catherine has anything to say about it!
Catherine feels trapped. Her father is determined to marry her off to a rich man--any rich man, no mater how awful.
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But by wit, trickery, and luck, Catherine manages to send several would-be husbands packing. Then a shaggy-bearded suitor from the north comes to call--by far the oldest, ugliest, most revolting suitor of them all.
Unfortunately, he is also the richest.
Can a sharp-tongued, high-spirited, clever young maiden with a mind of her own actualy lose the battle against an ill-mannared, piglike lord and an unimaginative, greedy toad of a father?
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The Chronicles of Narnia; The Magician's Nephew/the Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe/the Horse and His Boy/Prince Caspian/the Voyage of the Dawn Treaby C. S. Lewis, Pauline Baynes, Chris Van AllsburgISBN 0064405370 (0-06-440537-0)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Chronicles of Narnia; The Magician's Nephew/the Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe/the Horse and His Boy/Prince Caspian/the Voyage of the Dawn Trea'Book summary:Narnia is the land of enchantment, glory, nobility--home to the magnificent Aslan, cruel Jadis (the White Queen), heroic Reepicheep, and kind Mr. Tumnus. All the magic of C.S. Lewis's Narnia, bewitching readers for almost 50 years, is captured for the first time in this splendid deluxe edition, including The Magician's Nephew, The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, The Horse and His Boy, Prince Caspian, The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, The Silver Chair, and The Last Battle, with fabulous illustrations hand-colored by the original Narnia artist Pauline Baynes and an insightful introduction by Narnia authority Brian Sibley.
Lewis's work has cast a spell over countless readers over the years, so that once we pick up The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, we don't want to stop until we've read the whole series. The Complete Chronicles makes it even easier to keep reading! The seven beloved stories have been arranged in the chronological order in which Lewis intended them to be read. Begin at the beginning, as Digory and Polly are tricked into a strange other world, which becomes, even as they watch, the great Narnia. Return again and again with four other children--Peter, Susan, Edmund, and Lucy--who are to play such a vital role in Narnia's history. Finally, enter the whimsical land one last time to witness the end of Time, and the beginning of something new: "world within world, Narnia within Narnia." This gorgeous volume is absolutely a must-have for current and future Narnia lovers. (All ages) --Emilie Coulter [via]
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Collins Gem Sas Survival Guideby John `Lofty' WisemanISBN 0060849827 (0-06-084982-7)
Softcover, Harper Resource
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Collins Gem Sas Survival Guide'Book summary:This is the definitive guide for all campers, hikers, and outdoor adventurers, including:
- First aid and wilderness medicine
- Building shelter and making fire
- Hunting and trapping
- Pocket survival kit
- Disaster preparedness
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The Early Years Collectionby Laura Ingalls Wilder, Garth WilliamsISBN 0064404765 (0-06-440476-5)
Softcover, Trophy Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Early Years Collection'Book summary:The set includes: Little House in the Big Woods, Little House on the Prairie, On the Banks of Plum Creek, By the Shores of Silver Lake, and The Long Winter.
Little House in the Big Woods
Wolves and panthers and bears roam the deep Wisconsin woods in the late 1870's. In those same woods, Laura lives with Pa and Ma, and her sisters, Mary and Baby Carrie, in a snug little house built of logs. Pa hunts and traps. Ma makes her own cheese and butter. All night long, the wind howls lonesomely, but Pa plays the fiddle and sings, keeping the family safe and cozy.
Little House on the Prairie
Pa Ingalls decides to sell the little log house, and the family sets out for Indian country! They travel from Wisconsin to Kansas, and there, finally, Pa builds their little house on the prairie. Sometimes farm life is difficult, even dangerous, but Laura and her family are kept busy and are happy with the promise of their new life on the prairie.
On the Banks of Plum Creek
Laura's family's first home in Minnesota is made of sod, but Pa builds a clean new house made of sawed lumber beside Plum Creek. The money for materials will come from their first wheat crop. Then, just before the wheat is ready to harvest, a strange glittering cloud fills the sky, blocking out the sun. Soon millions of grasshoppers cover the field and everything on the farm. In a week's time, there is no wheat crop left at all.
By the Shores of Silver Lake
Pa Ingalls heads west to the unsettled wilderness of the Dakota Territory. When Ma, Mary, Laura, Carrie, and baby Grace join him, they become the first settlers in the town of De Smet. And Pa begins work on the first building in what will soon be a brand-new town on the shores of Silver Lake.
The Long Winter
The first terrible storm comes to the barren prairie in October. Then it snows almost without stopping until April. Snow has reached the rooftops, and no trains can get through with food or coal. The people of De Smet are starving, including Laura's family, who wonder how they're going to make it through this terrible winter. It is young Almanzo Wilder who finally understands what needs to be done. He must save the town, even if it means risking his own life.
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Ella Enchantedby Gail Carson LevineISBN 0064407055 (0-06-440705-5)
Softcover, Harpercollins Childrens Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Ella Enchanted'Book summary:That fool of a fairy Lucinda did not intend to lay a curse on me. She meant to bestow a gift. When I cried inconsolably through my first hour of life, my tears were her inspiration. Shaking her head sympathetically at Mother, the fairy touched my nose. "My gift is obedience. Ella will always be obedient. Now stop crying child." [via]
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Enemy Womenby Paulette JilesISBN 0060938099 (0-06-093809-9)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Enemy Women'Book summary:Enemy Women, the outstanding first novel by poet Paulette Jiles, leads us into new terrain, both geographic and historical, in the war between the states. Set in the Missouri Ozarks during the Civil War, Jiles's story focuses on the trying times of 18-year-old heroine Adair Colley. When a group of renegade Union militiamen attacks the Colley home, stealing family possessions, burning everything down, and taking away her father--an apolitical judge--Adair gathers the remnants of her clothes and mounts a rescue effort. Unfortunately, she is falsely accused of being a Confederate spy, a charge that lands her in a squalid women's prison run by a decent commandant embarrassed by his post. After he helps her escape, the two agree to seek out one another after the war; their separate, harrowing journeys and the evolution of each character throughout make for breathtaking action and powerful writing. Each chapter of Enemy Women begins with excerpts from historical testimony about this terrible period in the Civil War, when marauding soldiers pillaged and murdered whole families and communities at will. These documents add depth and resonance to Jiles's remarkable narrative. --Tom Keogh [via]
Faithful Gardener: A Wise Tale About That Which Can Never Dieby Clarissa Pinkola EstesISBN 006251380X (0-06-251380-X)
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Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Mealby Eric SchlosserISBN 006116139X (0-06-116139-X)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Fast Food Nation Tie-in: The Dark Side of the All-american Meal'Book summary:Fast food has hastened the malling of our landscape, widened the chasm between rich and poor, fueled an epidemic of obesity, and propelled american cultural imperialism abroad. That's a lengthy list of charges, but here eric schlosser makes them stick with an artful mix of first-rate reportage, wry wit, and careful reasoning. Schlosser's myth-shattering survey stretches from california's subdivisions where the business was born to the industrial corridor along the new jersey turnpike where many fast food's flavors are concocted. Along the way, he unearths a trove of fascinating, unsettling truths -- from the unholy alliance between fast food and hollywood to the seismic changes the industry has wrought in food production, popular culture, and even real estate. He also uncovers the fast food chains' disturbing efforts to reel in the youngest, most susceptible consumers even while they hone their institutionalized exploitation of teenagers and minorities [via]
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First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembersby Loung UngISBN 0060856262 (0-06-085626-2)
Softcover, Perennial
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› Find signed collectible books: 'First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers'Book summary:Written in the present tense, First They Killed My Father will put you right in the midst of the action--action you'll wish had never happened. It's a tough read, but definitely a worthwhile one, and the author's personality and strength shine through on every page. Covering the years from 1975 to 1979, the story moves from the deaths of multiple family members to the forced separation of the survivors, leading ultimately to the reuniting of much of the family, followed by marriages and immigrations. The brutality seems unending--beatings, starvation, attempted rape, mental cruelty--and yet the narrator (a young girl) never stops fighting for escape and survival. Sad and courageous, her life and the lives of her young siblings provide quite a powerful example of how war can so deeply affect children--especially a war in which they are trained to be an integral part of the armed forces. For anyone interested in Cambodia's recent history, this book shares a valuable personal view of events. --Jill Lightner [via]
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Gimp: When Life Deals You a Crappy Hand, You Can Fold---or You Can Playby Mark Zupan, Tim SwansonISBN 006112768X (0-06-112768-X)
Hardcover, Harpercollins
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Harriet the Spyby Louise FitzhughISBN 0064403319 (0-06-440331-9)
Softcover, Harpercollins Childrens Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Harriet the Spy'Book summary:Harriet, would-be writer and avid observer of life, records everything she sees and hears . . . until her notebooks fall into the wrong hands. "Bursts with life . . . a tour de force".--School Library Journal. ALA Notable Children's Book; New York Times Outstanding Children's Book. [via]
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The Horse and His Boyby C. S. Lewis, Pauline BaynesISBN 006440501X (0-06-440501-X)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Horse and His Boy'Book summary:Narnia where horses talk and hermits like company, where evil men turn into donkeys, where boys go into battle where the adventure begins. During the Golden Age of Narnia, when Peter is High King, a boy named Shasta discovers he is not the son of Arsheesh, the Calormene fisherman, and decides to run far away to the North -- to Narnia. When he is mistaken for another runaway, Shasta is led to discover who he really is and even finds his real father. Enter this enchanged world countless times in The Chronicles of Narnia. [via]
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- The Horse and His Boy: ISBN 0064409406 (0-06-440940-6)
Softcover, Harpercollins Childrens Books - The Horse and His Boy: ISBN 0064471063 (0-06-447106-3)
Softcover, Harpercollins Childrens Books - The Horse And His Boy: ISBN 0061125245 (0-06-112524-5)
Hardcover, Harpercollins Childrens Books - The Horse and His Boy: ISBN 006440501X (0-06-440501-X)
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House of Sixty Fathersby Meindert De JongISBN 0064402002 (0-06-440200-2)
Softcover, Harpercollins Childrens Books
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I Know This Much Is Trueby Wally LambISBN 0060987561 (0-06-098756-1)
Softcover, Regan Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'I Know This Much Is True'Book summary:Oprah Book Club® Selection, June 1998: What if you were a 40-year-old housepainter, horrifically abused, emotionally unavailable, and your identical twin was a paranoid schizophrenic who believed in public self-mutilation? You'd either be a guest on the Jerry Springer Show or Dominick Birdsey, the antihero, narrator, and bad-juju magnet of I Know This Much Is True. Somewhere in the recesses of this hefty 912-page tome lurks an honest, moving account of one man's search, denial, and acceptance of self. This is no easy feat considering his grandfather seemed to take parenting tips from the SS and his grandmother was a possible teenage murderess, his stepfather a latent sadist, and his brother, Thomas, a politically motivated psychopath. Not one to break with tradition, Dominick continues the dysfunctional legacy with rape, a failed marriage, a nervous breakdown, SIDS, a car crash, and a racist conspiracy against a coworker--just to name a few.
A stretch, both literally and figuratively from his Oprah-christened bestseller, She's Come Undone, Lamb's book ventures outside the confines of the tightly bound beach read and marathons through a detailed, neatly cataloged account of every familial travesty and personal failure one can endure. At its heart lies Freud's "return of the repressed": the more we try to deny who we are, the more we become what we fear. Lamb takes Freud's psychological abstraction to the realm of everyday living, packing his novel with tender, believable dialogue and thoughtful observation. --Rebekah Warren [via]
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John Dollarby Marianne WigginsISBN 0060916559 (0-06-091655-9)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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› Find signed collectible books: 'John Dollar'Book summary:The spellbinding bestseller that received overwhelming media attention and critical acclaim, now in paperback. The wife of author Salman Rushdie, Wiggins has written a shocking, absolutely riveting novel of earthquakes, tidal waves, death, and survival on the "Island of Our Outlawed Dreams," which chronicles the struggles of a British schoolteacher, her pupils, and John Dollar in Burma in 1918. [via]
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Las Cronicas De Narnia: Libro VII (la Ultima Batalla)by C. S. Lewis, Margarita Valdes E., Gemma Gallart, Editorial Andres Bello, Pauline BaynesISBN 0061199001 (0-06-119900-1)
Softcover, Rayo
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Las Cronicas De Narnia: Libro VII (la Ultima Batalla)'Book summary:Viajes al fin del mundo, criaturas fantásticas y batallas épicas entre el bien y el malEl León, la Bruja y el Ropero es un libro que lo contiene todoy fue escrito en 1949 por C. S. Lewis. Sin embargo, Lewis no acabó ahí. Seis libros más siguieron, y juntos se dieron a conocer como Las Crónicas de Narnia.
Durante más de cincuenta años, Las Crónicas de Narnia han transcendido el género de la fantasía, formando parte del canon de la literatura clásica. Cada uno de los siete libros es una obra maestra, que sumerge a los lectores en un terreno donde la magia es realidad, y el resultado es un mundo ficticio cuyo ámbito ha fascinado a generaciones.
Esta edición presenta los siete libros en un volumen impresionante.
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The Last Battleby C. S. Lewis, Pauline BaynesISBN 0064405036 (0-06-440503-6)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Last Battle'Book summary:The last battle is the greatest of all battles
Narnia ... where lies breed fear ... where loyalty is tested ... where all hope seems lost.
During the last days of Narnia, the land faces its fiercest challenge -- not an invader from without but an enemy from within. Lies and treachery have taken root, and only the king and a small band of loyal followers can prevent the destruction of all they hold dear in this, the magnificent ending to The Chronicles of Narnia.
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- The Last Battle: ISBN 0064409414 (0-06-440941-4)
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Softcover, Harpercollins Childrens Books - The Last Battle: ISBN 0061125296 (0-06-112529-6)
Hardcover, Harpercollins Childrens Books - The Last Battle: ISBN 0064405036 (0-06-440503-6)
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Lion, Witch, & Wardrobeby C. S. Lewis, Pauline BaynesISBN 0064404994 (0-06-440499-4)
Softcover, Harpercollins Childrens Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Lion, Witch, & Wardrobe'Book summary:They open a door and enter a world. [via]
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The Lions Of Al-rassanby Guy Gavriel KayISBN 0061056219 (0-06-105621-9)
Softcover, HarperCollins Publishers
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Lions of Al-Rassan'Book summary:A sweeping epic of Renaissance Spain is culled from the legends of El Cid and follows a time of tumultous change, strife, heroism, political intrigue, war, and courtly delights. By the author of A Song for Arbonne. [via]
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Little Houseby Laura Ingalls Wilder, Garth WilliamsISBN 0064400409 (0-06-440040-9)
Hardcover, HarperCollins Canada, Limited
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Little House'Book summary:used - very good [via]
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A Little Princessby Frances Hodgson Burnett, Tasha TudorISBN 0064401871 (0-06-440187-1)
Softcover, Harpercollins Childrens Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Little Princess'Book summary:Generations of children have treasured the story of Sara Crewe, the little girl who imagines shes a princess in order to survive hard times at Miss Minchins London boarding school. Now, this classic novel is available in two beautiful new collectors editions. With Tasha Tudors enchanting black-and-white illustrations, and lovely details like a satin ribbon marker and glorious full-color plates in the hardcover, these new editions of A Little Princess are must-haves for anyone who wants to rediscover the magic of this beloved story. [via]
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The Long Winterby Laura Ingalls WilderISBN 0060885424 (0-06-088542-4)
Softcover, Harpercollins Childrens Books
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Love & Survival: 8 Pathways to Intimacy and Healthby Dean OrnishISBN 0060930209 (0-06-093020-9)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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The Magician's Nephewby C. S. Lewis, Pauline BaynesISBN 0064405052 (0-06-440505-2)
Softcover, Harpercollins Childrens Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Magician's Nephew'Book summary:This large, deluxe hardcover edition of the first title in the classic Chronicles of Narnia series, The Magician's Nephew, is a gorgeous introduction to the magical land of Narnia. The many readers who discovered C.S. Lewis's Chronicles through The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe will be delighted to find that the next volume in the series is actually the first in the sequence--and a step back in time. In this unforgettable story, British schoolchildren Polly and Digory inadvertently tumble into the Wood Between the Worlds, where they meet the evil Queen Jadis and, ultimately, the great, mysterious King Aslan. We witness the birth of Narnia and discover the legendary source of all the adventures that are to follow in the seven books that comprise the series.
Rich, heavy pages, a gold-embossed cover, and Pauline Baynes's original illustrations (hand-colored by the illustrator herself 40 years later) make this special edition of a classic a bona fide treasure. (Ages 9 and older) --Emilie Coulter [via]
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- The Magician's Nephew: ISBN 0064409430 (0-06-440943-0)
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Softcover, HarperCollins Canada, Limited - The Magician's Nephew: ISBN 0060875887 (0-06-087588-7)
Hardcover, Harpercollins Childrens Books - The Magician's Nephew: ISBN 0061125261 (0-06-112526-1)
Hardcover, Harpercollins Childrens Books - The Magician's Nephew: ISBN 0064405052 (0-06-440505-2)
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- The Magician's Nephew: ISBN 0064409430 (0-06-440943-0)
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Magykby Angie Sage, Mark ZugISBN 0060849797 (0-06-084979-7)
Softcover, Harpercollins Childrens Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Magyk'Book summary:La Magia Comienza Aquí
Septimus Heap, el séptimo hijo, desaparece la noche de su nacimiento y la partera lo declara muerto. Esa misma noche, el padre del bebé, Silas Heap, una niña recién nacida, abandonada en la nieve y con ojos color violeta. La familia Heap acoge a la niña en su hogar, la llaman Jenna y la crían como si fuera propia. Pero ¿quién es esta bebé tan misteriousa? Y ¿qué le sucedió en realidad a su amado hijo Septimus?
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Mara and Dannby Doris May LessingISBN 006093056X (0-06-093056-X)
Softcover, Perennial
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The Modern Man's Guide to Lifeby Denis Boyles, Alan Rose, Alan WellikoffISBN 0060961333 (0-06-096133-3)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Modern Man's Guide to Life'Book summary:In a world of confusion and complications, contemporary men need to know it all. Sassy, smart, and filled with essential information, here's the one guide with everything a modern man needs to know. 150 line drawings. [via]
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Mysterious Skinby Scott HeimISBN 0060841699 (0-06-084169-9)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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Over the Edge of the World: Magellan's Terrifying Circumnavigation of the Globeby Laurence BergreenISBN 006093638X (0-06-093638-X)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Over the Edge of the World: Magellan's Terrifying Circumnavigation of the Globe'Book summary:Ferdinand Magellan's daring circumnavigation of the globe in the sixteenth century was a three-year odyssey filled with sex, violence, and amazing adventure. Now in Over the Edge of the World, prize-winning biographer and journalist Laurence Bergreen entwines a variety of candid, firsthand accounts, bringing to life this groundbreaking and majestic tale of discovery that changed both the way explorers would henceforth navigate the oceans and history itself.
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Phenomenon of Manby Pierre Teilhard De ChardinISBN 006090495X (0-06-090495-X)
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The Piano Man's Daughterby Timothy FindleyISBN 0060936436 (0-06-093643-6)
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Prince Caspian: Lucy's Journeyby C. S. Lewis, Pauline BaynesISBN 0064405001 (0-06-440500-1)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Prince Caspian: Lucy's Journey'Book summary:The four Pevensies help Capsian battle Miraz and ascend his rightful throne. [via]
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The Return to Narnia: The Rescue of Prince Caspianby C. S. Lewis, Sarah L. Thomson, Matthew ArmstrongISBN 0061131105 (0-06-113110-5)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Return to Narnia: The Rescue of Prince Caspian'Book summary:In this thrilling full-color picture book, Peter, Susan, Edmund, and Lucy return to Narnia for the first time since The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe to help Prince Caspian in his fight for the throne. [via]
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Robert Young Pelton's the World's Most Dangerous Placesby Robert Young PeltonISBN 0062737384 (0-06-273738-4)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Robert Young Pelton's the World's Most Dangerous Places'Book summary:The indispensable guide for the intrepid adventurer -- a book some governments don't want you to read. Pelton, a professional adventurer, and Aral, an international war correspondent, have created the only travel guide to danger and adventure. Everything you need to know about the world's hot spots -- Bosnia-Herzegovina, Liberia, Rwanda, Peru -- is right here, from the inoculations required and dangerous holidays to pencil onto your calendar to the addresses of intelligence organizations and political activist groups. If you're raring to go where angels fear to tread, this book could save your life. [via]
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Rubyby Francesca Lia BlockISBN 0060840587 (0-06-084058-7)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Ruby'Book summary:From the beloved author of Necklace of Kisses comes a modern-day fairy tale of a willful and intuitive heroine and a world of shocking realism and transcendent magic.
Francesca Lia Block, this time with co-writer Carmen Staton, introduces readers to Ruby, a Midwestern girl named for the jewel that is believed to ward off evil spirits. Ruby's special gift is a sixth sense that makes her at one with nature and gives her the ability to know her own destiny.
After growing up in an abusive family, Ruby escapes to Los Angeles and learns of her soulmate -- Orion -- a British actor. She travels to England, where she works at a potions and herbs shop, and through a series of coincidental circumstances, ends up nursing Orion back to health without confessing that she has been on a quest to find him all along. But just when she thinks her dream is becoming a reality, Ruby is stopped in her tracks by the violent demons of her past. Only by facing the darkness together can she and Orion finally fulfill their destiny.
As with Necklace of Kisses, Block, here with Staton, breaks the mold. In Ruby, readers will find a story about the power of our minds to overcome the past and ultimately change the course of our lives.
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The Silver Chairby C. S. Lewis, Pauline BaynesISBN 0064405044 (0-06-440504-4)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Silver Chair'Book summary:Jill and Eustace must rescue the Prince from the evil Witch. [via]
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To Kill a Mockingbirdby Harper LeeISBN 0060933275 (0-06-093327-5)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'To Kill a Mockingbird'Book summary:"When he was nearly thirteen, my brother Jem got his arm badly broken at the elbow.... When enough years had gone by to enable us to look back on them, we sometimes discussed the events leading to his accident. I maintain that the Ewells started it all, but Jem, who was four years my senior, said it started long before that. He said it began the summer Dill came to us, when Dill first gave us the idea of making Boo Radley come out."
Set in the small Southern town of Maycomb, Alabama, during the Depression, To Kill a Mockingbird follows three years in the life of 8-year-old Scout Finch, her brother, Jem, and their father, Atticus--three years punctuated by the arrest and eventual trial of a young black man accused of raping a white woman. Though her story explores big themes, Harper Lee chooses to tell it through the eyes of a child. The result is a tough and tender novel of race, class, justice, and the pain of growing up.
Like the slow-moving occupants of her fictional town, Lee takes her time getting to the heart of her tale; we first meet the Finches the summer before Scout's first year at school. She, her brother, and Dill Harris, a boy who spends the summers with his aunt in Maycomb, while away the hours reenacting scenes from Dracula and plotting ways to get a peek at the town bogeyman, Boo Radley. At first the circumstances surrounding the alleged rape of Mayella Ewell, the daughter of a drunk and violent white farmer, barely penetrate the children's consciousness. Then Atticus is called on to defend the accused, Tom Robinson, and soon Scout and Jem find themselves caught up in events beyond their understanding. During the trial, the town exhibits its ugly side, but Lee offers plenty of counterbalance as well--in the struggle of an elderly woman to overcome her morphine habit before she dies; in the heroism of Atticus Finch, standing up for what he knows is right; and finally in Scout's hard-won understanding that most people are essentially kind "when you really see them." By turns funny, wise, and heartbreaking, To Kill a Mockingbird is one classic that continues to speak to new generations, and deserves to be reread often. --Alix Wilber [via]
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A Tree Grows in Brooklynby Betty Smith, Anna QuindlenISBN 0061120073 (0-06-112007-3)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Tree Grows in Brooklyn'Book summary:Francie Nolan, avid reader, penny-candy connoisseur, and adroit observer of human nature, has much to ponder in colorful, turn-of-the-century Brooklyn. She grows up with a sweet, tragic father, a severely realistic mother, and an aunt who gives her love too freely--to men, and to a brother who will always be the favored child. Francie learns early the meaning of hunger and the value of a penny. She is her father's child--romantic and hungry for beauty. But she is her mother's child, too--deeply practical and in constant need of truth. Like the Tree of Heaven that grows out of cement or through cellar gratings, resourceful Francie struggles against all odds to survive and thrive. Betty Smith's poignant, honest novel created a big stir when it was first published over 50 years ago. Her frank writing about life's squalor was alarming to some of the more genteel society, but the book's humor and pathos ensured its place in the realm of classics--and in the hearts of readers, young and old. (Ages 10 and older) --Emilie Coulter [via]
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Two-Part Invention: The Story of a Marriageby Madeleine L'EngleISBN 0062505017 (0-06-250501-7)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Two-Part Invention: The Story of a Marriage'Book summary:The story of a marriage of true minds and spirits--a brilliant writer's tribute to lasting love. [via]
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The Unbearable Lightness of Beingby Milan Kundera, Michael Henry HeimISBN 0060932139 (0-06-093213-9)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Unbearable Lightness of Being'Book summary:More than 700,000 copies sold. Basis for the world-acclaimed film. "A meditation on life, on the erotic, on the nature of men and women and love . . . full of telling details, truths large and small." People [via]
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The Upstairs Roomby Johanna ReissISBN 006440370X (0-06-440370-X)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Upstairs Room'Book summary:A Life in Hiding
When the German army occupied Holland, Annie de Leeuw was eight years old. Because she was Jewish, the occupation put her in grave danger-she knew that to stay alive she would have to hide. Fortunately, a Gentile family, the Oostervelds, offered to help. For two years they hid Annie and her sister, Sini, in the cramped upstairs room of their farmhouse.
Most people thought the war wouldn't last long. But for Annie and Sini -- separated from their family and confined to one tiny room -- the war seemed to go on forever.
In the part of the marketplace where flowers had been sold twice a week-tulips in the spring, roses in the summer-stood German tanks and German soldiers. Annie de Leeuw was eight years old in 1940 when the Germans attacked Holland and marched into the town of Winterswijk where she lived. Annie was ten when, because she was Jewish and in great danger of being cap-tured by the invaders, she and her sister Sini had to leave their father, mother, and older sister Rachel to go into hiding in the upstairs room of a remote farmhouse.
Johanna de Leeuw Reiss has written a remarkably fresh and moving account of her own experiences as a young girl during World War II. Like many adults she was innocent of the German plans for Jews, and she might have gone to a labor camp as scores of families did. "It won't be for long and the Germans have told us we'll be treated well," those families said. "What can happen?" They did not know, and they could not imagine.... But millions of Jews found out.
Mrs. Reiss's picture of the Oosterveld family with whom she lived, and of Annie and Sini, reflects a deep spirit of optimism, a faith in the ingenuity, backbone, and even humor with which ordinary human beings meet extraordinary challenges. In the steady, matter-of-fact, day-by-day courage they all showed lies a profound strength that transcends the horrors of the long and frightening war. Here is a memorable book, one that will be read and reread for years to come.
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Best Books of 1972 (SLJ)
Outstanding Children's Books of 1972 (NYT)
1973 Jane Addams Award Honor Book
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The Buxtehude Bulla Prize 1976 (German Award for Outstanding Children's Book Promoting Peace)
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The Voyage of the Dawn Treaderby C. S. Lewis, Pauline BaynesISBN 0064405028 (0-06-440502-8)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Voyage of the Dawn Treader'Book summary:The BBC Radio production of The Voyage of the Dawn Treader is a delightful two-hour sail on the most fabulous ship in Narnia. Lucy and Edmund, with their dreadful cousin Eustace, get magically pulled into a painting of a ship at sea. That ship is the Dawn Treader, and on board is Caspian, King of Narnia. He and his companions, including Reepicheep, the valiant warrior mouse, are searching for seven lost lords of Narnia, and their voyage will take them to the edge of the world. Their adventures include being captured by slave traders, a much-too-close encounter with a dragon, and visits to many enchanted islands, including the place where dreams come true. The adaptation is faithful to its source, C.S. Lewis's series of Narnia books, which have provided exciting and uplifting tales for generations of children. BBC Radio does wonders with sound effects--the ship creaks in the wind, the sorrowful dragon roars lugubriously--and musical cues and interludes that keep the pacing dynamic. There's also a splendid cast of plummy British voices, making this far more than a book read onto cassette--it's an audio drama, as enjoyable as a trip to the theater. Grownups who buy this tape for their children will want to borrow it for themselves. (Running time: two hours, two cassettes) --Blaise Selby [via]
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Voyagerby Phil Patton, Jeana Yeager, Dick RutanISBN 0060971975 (0-06-097197-5)
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Wagon Wheelsby Barbara Brenner, Don BologneseISBN 0064440524 (0-06-444052-4)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Wagon Wheels'Book summary:Free people,
Free landThe Muldie boys and their father have come a long way to Kansas. But when Daddy moves on, the three boys must begin their own journey. They must learn to care for one another and face the dangers of the wilderness alone.
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Waldenby Henry David ThoreauISBN 0060955724 (0-06-095572-4)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Walden'Book summary:In 1845 Thoreau leased some land owned by his friend and mentor, Ralph Waldo Emerson on Walden Pond near Concord, Massachusetts, and lived in a cabin on it for two years, two months, and two days. The experience gave Thoreau the chance to make keen observations on the world around him. The result became an American classic: Walden explores not only the soul of the searching Thoreau, but defines what it means to be a truly free person, and distills the essence of our relationship of Nature.
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Wasted: A Memoir of Anorexia and Bulimiaby Marya HornbacherISBN 0060858796 (0-06-085879-6)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Wasted: A Memoir of Anorexia And Bulimia'Book summary:"I fell for the great American dream, female version, hook, line, and sinker," Marya Hornbacher writes. "I, as many young women do, honest-to-God believed that once I Just Lost a Few Pounds, suddenly I would be a New You, I would have Ken-doll men chasing my thin legs down with bouquets of flowers on the street, I would become rich and famous and glamorous and lose my freckles and become blond and five foot ten." Hornbacher describes in shocking detail her lifelong quest to starve herself to death, to force her short, athletic body to fade away. She remembers telling a friend, at age 4, that she was on a diet. Her bizarre tale includes not only the usual puking and starving, but also being confined to mental hospitals and growing fur (a phenomenon called lanugo, which nature imposes to keep a body from freezing to death during periods of famine). [via]
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The White Darkness: A Novelby Geraldine McCaughreanISBN 0060890355 (0-06-089035-5)
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The White Nileby Alan MooreheadISBN 0060956399 (0-06-095639-9)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The White Nile'Book summary:Relive all the thrills and adventure of Alan Moorehead's classic bestseller The White Nile -- the daring exploration of the Nile River in the second half of the nineteenth century, which was at that time the most mysterious and impenetrable region on earth. Capturing in breathtaking prose the larger-than-life personalities of such notable figures as Stanley, Livingstone, Burton and many others, The White Nile remains a seminal work in tales of discovery and escapade, filled with incredible historical detail and compelling stories of heroism and drama.
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Windfall: The End of the Affairby William F. Buckley, Christopher LittleISBN 0060975512 (0-06-097551-2)
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The World's Most Dangerous Places: Professional Strengthby Robert Young PeltonISBN 0061120219 (0-06-112021-9)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The World's Most Dangerous Places: Professional Strength'Book summary:The Professional Strength edition is a shorter and grittier version of Harper Collins cult book, "World's Most Dangerous Places" and focuses on the international business traveler in this new and more dangerous world - whether you're a reporter assigned to Baghdad or a wildcatter scoping out Chechnyan oil fields, this book will help you come back safe and sound. Inside, you'll find a discussion on the new dangers of working and traveling overseas on business, and sections that describe the type of safety training, equipment, resources, survival tips, and services you'll need to circumvent kidnappers, insurgents, drug dealers, and a whole host of hostile elements. This book is not merely for thrill seekers: it is a necessary tool for people traveling to strife-ridden areas on a professional level. [via]
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