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The Annotated Christmas Carolby Charles Dickens, John Leech, Michael Patrick HearnISBN 0517527413 (0-517-52741-3)
Hardcover, Crown Publishing Group
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Bleak Houseby Charles DickensISBN 0553212230 (0-553-21223-0)
Softcover, Bantam Classic & Loveswept
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Bleak House'Book summary:Bleak House is a satirical look at the Byzantine legal system in London as it consumes the minds and talents of the greedy and nearly destroys the lives of innocents--a contemporary tale indeed. Dickens's tale takes us from the foggy dank streets of London and the maze of the Inns of Court to the peaceful countryside of England. Likewise, the characters run from murderous villains to virtuous girls, from a devoted lover to a "fallen woman," all of whom are affected by a legal suit in which there will, of course, be no winner. The first-person narrative related by the orphan Esther is particularly sweet. The articulate reading by the acclaimed British actor Paul Scofield, whose distinctive broad English accent lends just the right degree of sonority and humor to the text, brings out the color in this classic social commentary disguised as a Victorian drama. However, to abridge Dickens is, well, a Dickensian task, the results of which make for a story in which the author's convoluted plot lines and twists of fate play out in what seems to be a fast-forward format. Listeners must pay close attention in order to keep up with the multiple narratives and cast of curious characters, including the memorable Inspector Bucket and Mr. Guppy. Fortunately, the publisher provides a partial list of characters on the inside jacket. (Running time: 3 hours; 2 cassettes) [via]
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A Christmas Carolby Charles DickensISBN 048642247X (0-486-42247-X)
Softcover, Dover Pubns
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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 0486451240 (0-486-45124-0)
Softcover, Dover Pubns - A Christmas Carol: ISBN 0553212443 (0-553-21244-3)
Softcover, Bantam Classic & Loveswept - A Christmas Carol: ISBN 0582421209 (0-582-42120-9)
Softcover, Prentice Hall - A Christmas Carol: ISBN 0590435272 (0-590-43527-2)
Softcover, Scholastic Canada, Limited - A Christmas Carol: ISBN 051723159X (0-517-23159-X)
Hardcover, Random House Value Publishing - A Christmas Carol: ISBN 048642247X (0-486-42247-X)
Softcover, Dover Pubns
- A Christmas Carol: ISBN 0486451240 (0-486-45124-0)
A Christmas Carol and Other Victorian Fairy Talesby Charles Dickens, U. C. KnoepflmacherISBN 0553211269 (0-553-21126-9)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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A Christmas Carol in Prose: Being a Ghost Story of Christmasby Charles DickensISBN 0590021028 (0-590-02102-8)
Softcover, Scholastic Paperbacks
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Doctor Who Programme Guideby Jean Marc LofficierISBN 0491028040 (0-491-02804-0)
Hardcover, Allen
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Doctor Who Programme Guideby Randy Lofficier, Jean Marc LofficierISBN 0595276180 (0-595-27618-0)
Softcover, Iuniverse Inc
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Eyre Affairby Jasper FfordeISBN 0613629019 (0-613-62901-9)
Hardcover, Bt Bound
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Eyre Affair'Book summary:Penzler Pick, January 2002: When I first heard the premise of this unique mystery, I doubted that a first-time author could pull off a complicated caper involving so many assumptions, not the least of which is a complete suspension of disbelief. Jasper Fforde is not only up to the task, he exceeds all expectations.
Imagine this. Great Britain in 1985 is close to being a police state. The Crimean War has dragged on for more than 130 years and Wales is self-governing. The only recognizable thing about this England is her citizens' enduring love of literature. And the Third Most Wanted criminal, Acheron Hades, is stealing characters from England's cherished literary heritage and holding them for ransom.
Bibliophiles will be enchanted, but not surprised, to learn that stealing a character from a book only changes that one book, but Hades has escalated his thievery. He has begun attacking the original manuscripts, thus changing all copies in print and enraging the reading public. That's why Special Operations Network has a Literary Division, and it is why one of its operatives, Thursday Next, is on the case.
Thursday is utterly delightful. She is vulnerable, smart, and, above all, literate. She has been trying to trace Hades ever since he stole Mr. Quaverley from the original manuscript of Martin Chuzzlewit and killed him. You will only remember Mr. Quaverley if you read Martin Chuzzlewit prior to 1985. But now Hades has set his sights on one of the plums of literature, Jane Eyre, and he must be stopped.
How Thursday achieves this and manages to preserve one of the great books of the Western canon makes for delightfully hilarious reading. You do not have to be an English major to be pulled into this story. You'll be rooting for Thursday, Jane, Mr. Rochester--and a familiar ending. --Otto Penzler [via]
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Far from the Madding Crowdby Thomas HardyISBN 0553213318 (0-553-21331-8)
Softcover, Bantam Classic & Loveswept
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Far from the Madding Crowd'Book summary:Bathsheba Everdene is a beautiful young woman with three men who love her, but, unfortunately for her, she chooses the wrong man to marry. "Penguin Readers" is a series of simplified novels, film novelizations and original titles that introduce students at all levels to the pleasures of reading in English. Originally designed for teaching English as a foreign language, the series' combination of high interest level and low reading age makes it suitable for both English-speaking teenagers with limited reading skills and students of English as a second language. Many titles in the series also provide access to the pre-20th century literature strands of the National Curriculum English Orders. "Penguin Readers" are graded at seven levels of difficulty, from "Easystarts" with a 200-word vocabulary, to Level 6 (Advanced) with a 3000-word vocabulary. In addition, titles fall into one of three sub-categories: "Contemporary", "Classics" or "Originals". At the end of each book there is a section of enjoyable exercises focusing on vocabulary building, comprehension, discussion and writing. Some titles in the series are available with an accompanying audio cassette, or in a book and cassette pack. Additionally, selected titles have free accompanying "Penguin Readers Factsheets" which provide stimulating exercise material for students, as well as suggestions for teachers on how to exploit the Readers in class. [via]
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Frances Hodgson Burnett's the Secret Gardenby Frances Hodgson BurnettISBN 055321201X (0-553-21201-X)
Softcover, Bantam Classic & Loveswept
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Frances Hodgson Burnett's the Secret Garden'Book summary:Mary Lennox is a pale, sickly child when she goes to live with her uncle in a big, old house in the country. In the grounds, there is a garden, which has high walls all around it and no door. Mary becomes very curious about the garden but how can she get into it? And will it help her? [via]
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- Frances Hodgson Burnett's the Secret Garden: ISBN 0582426596 (0-582-42659-6)
Softcover, Addison-Wesley - Frances Hodgson Burnett's the Secret Garden: ISBN 0517221152 (0-517-22115-2)
Hardcover, Random House Value Pub - Frances Hodgson Burnett's the Secret Garden: ISBN 0590240773 (0-590-24077-3)
Softcover, Scholastic - Frances Hodgson Burnett's the Secret Garden: ISBN 051763225X (0-517-63225-X)
Hardcover, Random House Value Pub - Frances Hodgson Burnett's the Secret Garden: ISBN 0606036482 (0-606-03648-2)
Hardcover, Demco Media - Frances Hodgson Burnett's the Secret Garden: ISBN 055321201X (0-553-21201-X)
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The Heart of the Matterby Graham GreeneISBN 061317271X (0-613-17271-X)
Hardcover, Bt Bound
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High Societyby Ben EltonISBN 0552999954 (0-552-99995-4)
Softcover, Black Swan
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The Hobbitby J.R.R. TolkienISBN 0618002219 (0-618-00221-9)
Softcover, Houghton Mifflin
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Hobbit'Book summary:Poor Bilbo Baggins! An unassuming and rather plump hobbit (as most of these small, furry- footed people tend to be ), Baggins finds himself unwittingly drawn into adventure by a wizard named Gandalf and 13 dwarves bound for the Lonely Mountain, where a dragon named Smaug hordes a stolen treasure. Before he knows what is happening, Baggins finds himself on the road to danger. Wizards, dwarves and dragons may seem the stuff of children's fairy tales, but The Hobbit is in a class of its own--light-hearted enough for younger readers, yet with a dark edge guaranteed to intrigue an older audience. In the best tradition of the archetypal hero's quest, Bilbo Baggins sets out on his fateful journey a callow, untested soul and returns--tempered by hardship, danger and loss--a better man--er, hobbit.
This book is the predecessor to Tolkien's masterpiece, The Lord of the Rings, and though that trilogy can be thoroughly enjoyed without first reading The Hobbit, much that happens in the later novels is foreshadowed here. A word of caution, however: as Bilbo discovers early on, travel and adventure are addictive things; embark on this journey to the Lonely Mountain with Tolkien's reluctant hero, and you might not be able to stop there. And the road taken to the distant mountains of Mordor in the ensuing trilogy is an even more perilous one. [via]
The Honourable Schoolboyby John Le CarréISBN 0553274376 (0-553-27437-6)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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The Impressionistby Hari KunzruISBN 052594642X (0-525-94642-X)
Hardcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Impressionist'Book summary:The antihero of The Impressionist, Hari Kunzru's daringly ambitious first novel, is half English and half Indian. In the Raj of the 1920s, the racial and social divides are enormous, but Pran Nath is able to bridge them, crossing from one side to another in a series of reinventions of his own personality. He begins as the spoiled child of an Indian lawyer, but circumstances thrust him out of his pampered adolescence into the teeming and dangerous life of the streets. After a bewildering period as one of the pawns in Machiavellian political and sexual scheming in the decadent court of a minor Maharajah, he escapes to Bombay. There he is taken up by a half-demented Scottish missionary and his wife, but Pran Nath prefers to slope off to the city's red-light district whenever he can. During a time of riot and bloodshed, the chance of re-creating himself as an English schoolboy destined for public school and Oxford presents itself, and he takes it. But this is not his final transformation.
In certain ways Kunzru is almost too ambitious. There is so much crammed onto the pages of The Impressionist that some of it, almost inevitably, doesn't work as well as it might. However, as the shapeshifting Pran Nath moves from one identity to another, knockabout farce mixes with satire, social comedy with parody. And beneath the comic exuberance and linguistic invention, there is an intelligent and occasionally moving examination of notions of self, identity, and what it means to belong to a class or society. --Nick Rennison, Amazon.co.uk [via]
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Jacob's Roomby Virginia WoolfISBN 055321490X (0-553-21490-X)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Jacob's Room'Book summary:Jacob Flanders died in the First World War. The life he left behind wasn't just unfinished, but unresolved: he'd never been able to reconcile his passsion for classical culture with the jarring reality of the world around him; never been able to comne to terms with lonelieness; never, in the end, been able to complete what passes for a rite of massage in a world still coming to grips with the reality of modernity (as, in the end, we still are today). All that remains of Jacob's life he bits of clutter that he left behind him -- and those who loved him must come to terms with those. If they can. If we can. [via]
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Jane Austenby Jane AustenISBN 0517118297 (0-517-11829-7)
Hardcover, Grammercy
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Jane Austen'Book summary:Collected together in one volume, The Complete Novels show the development of Austen as a writer and social commentator. From the early optimism and youthful energy of Northanger Abbey to the quiet and subtle art of Persuasion, this collection reveals the breadth of one of the best loved novelists of all time. [via]
Jane Austen : Her Complete Novels Liby Outlet Book Company Staff, Random House Value Publishing StaffISBN 0517351749 (0-517-35174-9)
Hardcover, Random House Value Publishing
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Jane Austen's Northanger Abbeyby Jane AustenISBN 0573018499 (0-573-01849-9)
Softcover, Samuel French Inc Plays
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Jane Austen, Her Complete Novelsby Jane AustenISBN 0517347997 (0-517-34799-7)
Hardcover, Avenel Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Jane Austen, Her Complete Novels'Book summary:A new jacketed edition, illustrated with line drawings, of the works of the ever-popular, critically acclaimed English novelist collects the unabridged texts of all of her completed novels, making it a unique bargain. [via]
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The Little Drummer Girlby John Le CarréISBN 0553267574 (0-553-26757-4)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Little Drummer Girl'Book summary:In this enthralling and thought-provoking novel of Middle Eastern intrigue, Charlie, a brilliant and beautiful young actress, is lured into 'the theatre of the real' by an Israeli intelligence officer. Forced to play her ultimate role, she is plunged into a deceptive and delicate trap set to ensnare an elusive Palestinian terrorist. THE LITTLE DRUMMER GIRL is a thrilling, deeply moving and courageous novel of our times. [via]
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The Looking Glass Warby John Le CarreISBN 0553236938 (0-553-23693-8)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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Mansfield Parkby Jane AustenISBN 0553212761 (0-553-21276-1)
Softcover, Bantam Classic & Loveswept
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Mansfield Park'Book summary:Though Jane Austen was writing at a time when Gothic potboilers such as Ann Ward Radcliffe's The Mysteries of Udolpho and Horace Walpole's The Castle of Otranto were all the rage, she never got carried away by romance in her own novels. In Austen's ordered world, the passions that ruled Gothic fiction would be horridly out of place; marriage was, first and foremost, a contract, the bedrock of polite society. Certain rules applied to who was eligible and who was not, how one courted and married and what one expected afterwards. To flout these rules was to tear at the basic fabric of society, and the consequences could be terrible. Each of the six novels she completed in her lifetime are, in effect, comic cautionary tales that end happily for those characters who play by the rules and badly for those who don't. In Mansfield Park, for example, Austen gives us Fanny Price, a poor young woman who has grown up in her wealthy relatives' household without ever being accepted as an equal. The only one who has truly been kind to Fanny is Edmund Bertram, the younger of the family's two sons.
Into this Cinderella existence comes Henry Crawford and his sister, Mary, who are visiting relatives in the neighborhood. Soon Mansfield Park is given over to all kinds of gaiety, including a daring interlude spent dabbling in theatricals. Young Edmund is smitten with Mary, and Henry Crawford woos Fanny. Yet these two charming, gifted, and attractive siblings gradually reveal themselves to be lacking in one essential Austenian quality: principle. Without good principles to temper passion, the results can be disastrous, and indeed, Mansfield Park is rife with adultery, betrayal, social ruin, and ruptured friendships. But this is a comedy, after all, so there is also a requisite happy ending and plenty of Austen's patented gentle satire along the way. Describing the switch in Edmund's affections from Mary to Fanny, she writes: "I purposely abstain from dates on this occasion, that everyone may be at liberty to fix their own, aware that the cure of unconquerable passions, and the transfer of unchanging attachments, must vary much as to time in different people." What does not vary is the pleasure with which new generations come to Jane Austen. --Alix Wilber [via]
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The Mayor of Casterbridgeby Thomas HardyISBN 0486437493 (0-486-43749-3)
Softcover, Dover Pubns
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Mayor of Casterbridge'Book summary:From its spectacular opening-the astonishing scene in which drunken Michael Henchard sells his wife and daughter to a passing sailor at a county fair-to the breathtaking series of discoveries at its conclusion, The Mayor of Casterbridge claims a unique place among Thomas Hardy's finest and most powerful novels.Rooted in an actual case of wife-selling in early nineteenth-century England, the story build into an awesome Sophoclean drama of guilt and revenge, in which the strong, willful Henchard rises to a position of wealth and power-only to suffer a most bitter downfall. Proud, obsessed, ultimately committed to his own destruction, Henchard is, as Albert Guerard has said, "Hardy's Lord Jim...his only tragic hero and one of the greatest tragic heroes in all fiction. [via]
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More Utopiaby Thomas More, Robert M. Adams, George M. LoganISBN 0521525403 (0-521-52540-3)
Softcover, Cambridge Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'More Utopia'Book summary:This revision incorporates the many refinements to the translation of Utopia undertaken in 1995. George Logan has also updated the editorial commentary and introduction to take into account the scholarship published since the first Cambridge Texts edition of Utopia appeared in 1989. This edition is the most accessible and student-friendly version of Utopia currently available. [via]
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The Night Managerby John Le CarreISBN 0517396165 (0-517-39616-5)
Hardcover, Random House Value Pub
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Nights at the Circusby Angela CarterISBN 0517627531 (0-517-62753-1)
Hardcover, Random House Value Pub
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Northanger Abbeyby Barbara M. Benedict, Deirdre Le FayeISBN 0521824192 (0-521-82419-2)
Hardcover, Cambridge Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Northanger Abbey'Book summary:Though Northanger Abbey is one of Jane Austen's earliest novels, it was not published until after her death--well after she'd established her reputation with works such as Pride and Prejudice, Emma, and Sense and Sensibility. Of all her novels, this one is the most explicitly literary in that it is primarily concerned with books and with readers. In it, Austen skewers the novelistic excesses of her day made popular in such 18th-century Gothic potboilers as Ann Radcliffe's The Mysteries of Udolpho. Decrepit castles, locked rooms, mysterious chests, cryptic notes, and tyrannical fathers all figure into Northanger Abbey, but with a decidedly satirical twist. Consider Austen's introduction of her heroine: we are told on the very first page that "no one who had ever seen Catherine Morland in her infancy, would have supposed her born to be an heroine." The author goes on to explain that Miss Morland's father is a clergyman with "a considerable independence, besides two good livings--and he was not in the least addicted to locking up his daughters." Furthermore, her mother does not die giving birth to her, and Catherine herself, far from engaging in "the more heroic enjoyments of infancy, nursing a dormouse, feeding a canary-bird, or watering a rose-bush" vastly prefers playing cricket with her brothers to any girlish pastimes.
Catherine grows up to be a passably pretty girl and is invited to spend a few weeks in Bath with a family friend. While there she meets Henry Tilney and his sister Eleanor, who invite her to visit their family estate, Northanger Abbey. Once there, Austen amuses herself and us as Catherine, a great reader of Gothic romances, allows her imagination to run wild, finding dreadful portents in the most wonderfully prosaic events. But Austen is after something more than mere parody; she uses her rapier wit to mock not only the essential silliness of "horrid" novels, but to expose the even more horrid workings of polite society, for nothing Catherine imagines could possibly rival the hypocrisy she experiences at the hands of her supposed friends. In many respects Northanger Abbey is the most lighthearted of Jane Austen's novels, yet at its core is a serious, unsentimental commentary on love and marriage, 19th-century British style. --Alix Wilber [via]
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Northanger Abbeyby Jane AustenISBN 0553211978 (0-553-21197-8)
Softcover, Bantam Classic & Loveswept
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Northanger Abbey'Book summary:Though Northanger Abbey is one of Jane Austen's earliest novels, it was not published until after her death--well after she'd established her reputation with works such as Pride and Prejudice, Emma, and Sense and Sensibility. Of all her novels, this one is the most explicitly literary in that it is primarily concerned with books and with readers. In it, Austen skewers the novelistic excesses of her day made popular in such 18th-century Gothic potboilers as Ann Radcliffe's The Mysteries of Udolpho. Decrepit castles, locked rooms, mysterious chests, cryptic notes, and tyrannical fathers all figure into Northanger Abbey, but with a decidedly satirical twist. Consider Austen's introduction of her heroine: we are told on the very first page that "no one who had ever seen Catherine Morland in her infancy, would have supposed her born to be an heroine." The author goes on to explain that Miss Morland's father is a clergyman with "a considerable independence, besides two good livings--and he was not in the least addicted to locking up his daughters." Furthermore, her mother does not die giving birth to her, and Catherine herself, far from engaging in "the more heroic enjoyments of infancy, nursing a dormouse, feeding a canary-bird, or watering a rose-bush" vastly prefers playing cricket with her brothers to any girlish pastimes.
Catherine grows up to be a passably pretty girl and is invited to spend a few weeks in Bath with a family friend. While there she meets Henry Tilney and his sister Eleanor, who invite her to visit their family estate, Northanger Abbey. Once there, Austen amuses herself and us as Catherine, a great reader of Gothic romances, allows her imagination to run wild, finding dreadful portents in the most wonderfully prosaic events. But Austen is after something more than mere parody; she uses her rapier wit to mock not only the essential silliness of "horrid" novels, but to expose the even more horrid workings of polite society, for nothing Catherine imagines could possibly rival the hypocrisy she experiences at the hands of her supposed friends. In many respects Northanger Abbey is the most lighthearted of Jane Austen's novels, yet at its core is a serious, unsentimental commentary on love and marriage, 19th-century British style. --Alix Wilber [via]
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Oliver Twistby Charles DickensISBN 0486424537 (0-486-42453-7)
Softcover, Dover Pubns
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Oliver Twist'Book summary:Classic American Literature, Literary Studies [via]
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Softcover, Bantam Classic & Loveswept - Oliver Twist: ISBN 0582331501 (0-582-33150-1)
Softcover, Addison-Wesley Longman Ltd - Oliver Twist: ISBN 058252279X (0-582-52279-X)
Softcover, Addison-Wesley - Oliver Twist: ISBN 0517606119 (0-517-60611-9)
Hardcover, Random House Value Pub - Oliver Twist: ISBN 0606097058 (0-606-09705-8)
Hardcover, Demco Media - Oliver Twist: ISBN 0613715845 (0-613-71584-5)
Hardcover, Bt Bound - Oliver Twist: ISBN 0486424537 (0-486-42453-7)
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- Oliver Twist: ISBN 0553211021 (0-553-21102-1)
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Oliver Twistby PenguinISBN 0582419492 (0-582-41949-2)
Softcover, Prentice Hall
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Oliver Twist'Book summary:"Penguin Readers" is a series of simplified novels, film novelizations and original titles that introduce students at all levels to the pleasures of reading in English. Originally designed for teaching English as a foreign language, the series' combination of high interest level and low reading age makes it suitable for both English-speaking teenagers with limited reading skills and students of English as a second language. Many titles in the series also provide access to the pre-20th century literature strands of the National Curriculum English Orders. "Penguin Readers" are graded at seven levels of difficulty, from "Easystarts" with a 200-word vocabulary, to Level 6 (Advanced) with a 3000-word vocabulary. In addition, titles fall into one of three sub-categories: "Contemporary", "Classics" or "Originals". At the end of each book there is a section of enjoyable exercises focusing on vocabulary building, comprehension, discussion and writing. Some titles in the series are available with an accompanying audio cassette, or in a book and cassette pack. Additionally, selected titles have free accompanying "Penguin Readers Factsheets" which provide stimulating exercise material for students, as well as suggestions for teachers on how to exploit the Readers in class. [via]
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Orlando: A Biographyby Virginia WoolfISBN 0613174224 (0-613-17422-4)
Hardcover, Bt Bound
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Orlando: A Biography'Book summary:FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. Orlando doubles as first an Elizabethan nobleman and then as a Victorian heroine who undergoes all the transitions of history in this novel that examines sex roles and social mores. [via]
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A Perfect Spyby John Le CarréISBN 0553264567 (0-553-26456-7)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Perfect Spy'Book summary:He is Magnus Pym, charming, enigmatic, a star player in "The Great Game" of British intelligence. He is a man of spectacular gifts whose sudden, mysterious disappearance devastates his family, friends, and colleagues, while shattering the fragile foundations of covert spy networks on both sides of the Iron Curtain. John le Carre's brilliant new masterpiece explores the very essence of espionage itself, interweaving the gripping story of a desperate international manhunt with the compelling history of a complex and tortured life. Here is a stunning tale of obligation and betrayal - and of irresistable forces that cruelly play on the human flaws of a perfect spy. [via]
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Restaurant at the End of the Universeby Douglas AdamsISBN 0613336526 (0-613-33652-6)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Restaurant at the End of the Universe'Book summary:"DOUGLAS ADAMS IS A TERRIFIC SATIRIST."
--The Washington Post Book World
Facing annihilation at the hands of the warlike Vogons is a curious time to have a craving for tea. It could only happen to the cosmically displaced Arthur Dent and his curious comrades in arms as they hurtle across space powered by pure improbability--and desperately in search of a place to eat.
Among Arthur's motley shipmates are Ford Prefect, a longtime friend and expert contributor to the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy; Zaphod Beeblebrox, the three-armed, two-headed ex-president of the galaxy; Tricia McMillan, a fellow Earth refugee who's gone native (her name is Trillian now); and Marvin, the moody android who suffers nothing and no one very gladly. Their destination? The ultimate hot spot for an evening of apocalyptic entertainment and fine dining, where the food (literally) speaks for itself.
Will they make it? The answer: hard to say. But bear in mind that the Hitchhiker's Guide deleted the term "Future Perfect" from its pages, since it was discovered not to be!
"What's such fun is how amusing the galaxy looks through Adams' sardonically silly eyes."
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A Room With a Viewby E. M. ForsterISBN 0553213237 (0-553-21323-7)
Softcover, Bantam Classic & Loveswept
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Room With a View'Book summary:Young Lucy Honeychurch is staying in Florence with her unadventurous cousin, Charlotte. As she gets to know the unusual mix of people in her small hotel, Lucy also discovers the power of her own heart. [via]
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The Secret AgentISBN 0582417694 (0-582-41769-4)
Softcover, Prentice Hall
Find This BookBook summary:Mr Verloc is an anarchist and wants to see a revolution in Britain, but he also wants to live a quiet life looking after his shop. Then Mr Vladimir orders him to bomb the Greenwich Observatory in London. Will Mr Verloc do the job, and what happens if it all goes wrong? "Penguin Readers" is a series of simplified novels, film novelizations and original titles that introduce students at all levels to the pleasures of reading in English. Originally designed for teaching English as a foreign language, the series' combination of high interest level and low reading age makes it suitable for both English-speaking teenagers with limited reading skills and students of English as a second language. Many titles in the series also provide access to the pre-20th century literature strands of the National Curriculum English Orders. "Penguin Readers" are graded at seven levels of difficulty, from "Easystarts" with a 200-word vocabulary, to Level 6 (Advanced) with a 3000-word vocabulary. In addition, titles fall into one of three sub-categories: "Contemporary", "Classics" or "Originals". At the end of each book there is a section of enjoyable exercises focusing on vocabulary building, comprehension, discussion and writing. Some titles in the series are available with an accompanying audio cassette, or in a book and cassette pack. Additionally, selected titles have free accompanying "Penguin Readers Factsheets" which provide stimulating exercise material for students, as well as suggestions for teachers on how to exploit the Readers in class. [via]
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The Secret Agent and Almayer's Follyby Joseph ConradISBN 055321134X (0-553-21134-X)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Secret Agent and Almayer's Folly'Book summary:In The Secret Agent, Verloc's plans to blow up an English market explode in his face. In Almayer's Folly, a sea trader schemes to amass a fortune in gold before the dark jungle can penetrate his soul. Reprint. [via]
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Secret Gardenby Random House Value Publishing Staff, Frances Hodgson BurnettISBN 0517189607 (0-517-18960-7)
Hardcover, Random House Value Publishing
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Secret Garden'Book summary:Mistress Mary is quite contrary until she helps her garden grow. Along the way, she manages to cure her sickly cousin Colin, who is every bit as imperious as she. These two are sullen little peas in a pod, closed up in a gloomy old manor on the Yorkshire moors of England, until a locked-up garden captures their imaginations and puts the blush of a wild rose in their cheeks; "It was the sweetest, most mysterious-looking place any one could imagine. The high walls which shut it in were covered with the leafless stems of roses which were so thick, that they matted together.... 'No wonder it is still,' Mary whispered. 'I am the first person who has spoken here for ten years.'" As new life sprouts from the earth, Mary and Colin's sour natures begin to sweeten. For anyone who has ever felt afraid to live and love, The Secret Garden's portrayal of reawakening spirits will thrill and rejuvenate. Frances Hodgson Burnett creates characters so strong and distinct, young readers continue to identify with them even 85 years after they were conceived. (Ages 9 to 12) [via]
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The Secret Garden: A Young Reader's Edition of the Classic Storyby Frances Hodgson Burnett, Troy HowellISBN 0517200198 (0-517-20019-8)
Softcover, Crown Publishing Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Secret Garden : A Young Reader's Edition of the Classic Story'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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Sense And Sensibilityby Jane AustenISBN 0553213342 (0-553-21334-2)
Softcover, Bantam Classic & Loveswept
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Sense And Sensibility'Book summary:Though not the first novel she wrote, Sense and Sensibility was the first Jane Austen published. Though she initially called it Elinor and Marianne, Austen jettisoned both the title and the epistolary mode in which it was originally written, but kept the essential theme: the necessity of finding a workable middle ground between passion and reason. The story revolves around the Dashwood sisters, Elinor and Marianne. Whereas the former is a sensible, rational creature, her younger sister is wildly romantic--a characteristic that offers Austen plenty of scope for both satire and compassion. Commenting on Edward Ferrars, a potential suitor for Elinor's hand, Marianne admits that while she "loves him tenderly," she finds him disappointing as a possible lover for her sister:
Oh! Mama, how spiritless, how tame was Edward's manner in reading to us last night! I felt for my sister most severely. Yet she bore it with so much composure, she seemed scarcely to notice it. I could hardly keep my seat. To hear those beautiful lines which have frequently almost driven me wild, pronounced with such impenetrable calmness, such dreadful indifference!
Soon however, Marianne meets a man who measures up to her ideal: Mr. Willoughby, a new neighbor. So swept away by passion is Marianne that her behavior begins to border on the scandalous. Then Willoughby abandons her; meanwhile, Elinor's growing affection for Edward suffers a check when he admits he is secretly engaged to a childhood sweetheart. How each of the sisters reacts to their romantic misfortunes, and the lessons they draw before coming finally to the requisite happy ending forms the heart of the novel. Though Marianne's disregard for social conventions and willingness to consider the world well-lost for love may appeal to modern readers, it is Elinor whom Austen herself most evidently admired; a truly happy marriage, she shows us, exists only where sense and sensibility meet and mix in proper measure. --Alix Wilber [via] -
Sense And Sensibilityby Cherry Gilchrist, Jane AustenISBN 0582416892 (0-582-41689-2)
Softcover, Prentice Hall
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Sense And Sensibility'Book summary:Though not the first novel she wrote, Sense and Sensibility was the first Jane Austen published. Though she initially called it Elinor and Marianne, Austen jettisoned both the title and the epistolary mode in which it was originally written, but kept the essential theme: the necessity of finding a workable middle ground between passion and reason. The story revolves around the Dashwood sisters, Elinor and Marianne. Whereas the former is a sensible, rational creature, her younger sister is wildly romantic--a characteristic that offers Austen plenty of scope for both satire and compassion. Commenting on Edward Ferrars, a potential suitor for Elinor's hand, Marianne admits that while she "loves him tenderly," she finds him disappointing as a possible lover for her sister:
Oh! Mama, how spiritless, how tame was Edward's manner in reading to us last night! I felt for my sister most severely. Yet she bore it with so much composure, she seemed scarcely to notice it. I could hardly keep my seat. To hear those beautiful lines which have frequently almost driven me wild, pronounced with such impenetrable calmness, such dreadful indifference!
Soon however, Marianne meets a man who measures up to her ideal: Mr. Willoughby, a new neighbor. So swept away by passion is Marianne that her behavior begins to border on the scandalous. Then Willoughby abandons her; meanwhile, Elinor's growing affection for Edward suffers a check when he admits he is secretly engaged to a childhood sweetheart. How each of the sisters reacts to their romantic misfortunes, and the lessons they draw before coming finally to the requisite happy ending forms the heart of the novel. Though Marianne's disregard for social conventions and willingness to consider the world well-lost for love may appeal to modern readers, it is Elinor whom Austen herself most evidently admired; a truly happy marriage, she shows us, exists only where sense and sensibility meet and mix in proper measure. --Alix Wilber [via]More editions of Sense And Sensibility:
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A Tale of Two Citiesby Charles DickensISBN 0553211765 (0-553-21176-5)
Softcover, Bantam Classic & Loveswept
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Tale of Two Cities'Book summary:This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. [via]
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Treasure Islandby Robert Louis StevensonISBN 0553212494 (0-553-21249-4)
Softcover, Bantam Classic & Loveswept
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Treasure Island'Book summary:Robert Louis Stevenson's cherished, unforgettable adventure magically captures the thrill of a sea voyage and a treasure hunt through the eyes of its teenage protagonist, Jim Hawkins. Crossing the Atlantic in search of the buried cache, Jim and the ship's crew must brave the elements and a mutinous charge led by the quintessentially ruthless pirate Long John Silver. Brilliantly conceived and splendidly executed, it is a novel that has seized the imagination of generations of adults and children alike. And as David Cordingly points out in his Introduction, Treasure Island is also the best and most influential of all the stories about pirates.
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Hardcover, Random House Value Pub - Treasure Island: ISBN 0517221144 (0-517-22114-4)
Hardcover, Random House Value Pub - Treasure Island: ISBN 0582535042 (0-582-53504-2)
Softcover, Addison-Wesley - Treasure Island: ISBN 0590445014 (0-590-44501-4)
Softcover, Scholastic Paperbacks - Treasure Island: ISBN 0517141450 (0-517-14145-0)
Hardcover, Random House Value Pub - Treasure Island: ISBN 0517626381 (0-517-62638-1)
Hardcover, Random House Value Pub - Treasure Island: ISBN 0553212494 (0-553-21249-4)
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Treasure Island : With Story of the Treasure of Normon Islandby Robert Louis StevensonISBN 0517618168 (0-517-61816-8)
Hardcover, Random House Value Publishing
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Treasure Island : With Story of the Treasure of Normon Island'Book summary:Climb aboard for the swashbuckling adventure of a lifetime. Treasure Islandhas enthralled (and caused slight seasickness) for decades. The names Long John Silver and Jim Hawkins are destined to remain pieces of folklore for as long as children want to read Robert Louis Stevenson's most famous book. With it's dastardly plot and motley crew of rogues and villains, it seems unlikely that children will ever say no to this timeless classic. --Naomi Gesinger [via]
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Utopiaby Thomas More, Robert M. Adams, George M. LoganISBN 0521347971 (0-521-34797-1)
Softcover, Cambridge Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Utopia'Book summary:Thomas More's Utopia is one of the supreme achievements of Renaissance humanism. His complex and ironic account of an imaginary communist society has not only given rise to the genre of utopian fiction but has been an inspiration to generations of political reformers. The present edition differs from other English-language editions in that it includes all the ancillary materials that were included, at More's behest, in the early editions (encompassing letters and poems on Utopia by More and several of his humanist associates), in that it presents a new version of the highly-regarded translation by Robert M. Adams, and in that its introductory materials and annotations assimilate important recent scholarship. [via]
The Voyage Outby Virginia WoolfISBN 0486450058 (0-486-45005-8)
Softcover, Dover Pubns
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Voyage Out'Book summary:Books for All Kinds of Readers. ReadHowYouWant offers the widest selection of on-demand, accessible format editions on the market to-day. Our 7 different sizes of EasyRead are optimized by increasing the font size and spacing between the words and the letters. We partner with leading publishers around the globe. Our goal is to have accessible editions simultaneously released with publishers new books so that all readers can have access to the books they want to read. To find more books in your format visit www.readhowyouwant.com [via]
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The Woman in Whiteby Wilkie CollinsISBN 0486440966 (0-486-44096-6)
Softcover, Dover Pubns
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Woman in White'Book summary:There, in the middle of the broad, bright high-roadthere, as if it had that moment sprung out of the earth or dropped from the heavenstood the figure of a solitary Woman, dressed from head to foot in white garments.
Thus young Walter Hartright first meets the mysterious woman in white in what soon became one of the most popular novels of the nineteenth century. Secrets, mistaken identities, surprise revelations, amnesia, locked rooms and locked asylums, and an unorthodox villain made this mystery thriller an instant success when it first appeared in 1860, and it has continued to enthrall readers ever since. From the heros foreboding before his arrival at Limmeridge House to the nefarious plot concerning the beautiful Laura, the breathtaking tension of Collinss narrative created a new literary genre of suspense fiction, which profoundly shaped the course of English popular writing.
Collinss other great mystery, The Moonstone, has been called the finest detective story ever written, but it was this work that so gripped the imagination of the world that Wilkie Collins had his own tombstone inscribed: Author of The Woman in White. [via] 
The Works of Jane Austenby Jane AustinISBN 0600006034 (0-600-00603-4)
Hardcover, Transatlantic Arts
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