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Airs above the Groundby Mary StewartISBN 0449215644 (0-449-21564-4)
Softcover, Random House Publishing Group
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The Battle of Evernightby Cecilia Dart-ThorntonISBN 0446611352 (0-446-61135-2)
Softcover, Grand Central Publishing
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Belle De Jour: Diary of an Unlikely Call Girlby Anonymous, Belle De JourISBN 0446577251 (0-446-57725-1)
Hardcover, Grand Central Pub
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Black Princeby Iris MurdochISBN 0446817198 (0-446-81719-8)
Softcover, Grand Central Pub
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The Black Towerby P. D. JamesISBN 0446315028 (0-446-31502-8)
Softcover, Grand Central Pub
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Blessings in Disguiseby Alec GuinnessISBN 0446384267 (0-446-38426-7)
Softcover, Grand Central Publishing
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Blessings in Disguise'Book summary:The memoirs of the actor Sir Alec Guinness. The book includes pen portraits of such characters as Ralph Richardson, Sybil Thorndike and John Gielgud, as well as accounts of Guinness's film career, religious beliefs and wartime experiences. [via]
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The Call of the Wildby Jack London, Kyuzo TsugamiISBN 044811027X (0-448-11027-X)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Call of the Wild and Other Stories'Book summary:Savage struggles and timeless bonds between man, dog, and wilderness are played to their heart-rending extremes. 2 cassettes. [via]
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Charity Girlby Georgette HeyerISBN 0451152425 (0-451-15242-5)
Softcover, New Amer Library
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Charity Girl'Book summary:Georgette Heyer, in her inimitable style, explores the lengths to which a gentleman must go to avoid scandal when confronted by a very young runaway lady.
When Viscount Desford encounters Charity Steane walking to London alone, he feels honor bound to assist her. Dashing about the countryside to find Charity's elusive grandfather, the Viscount must somehow prevent his exasperating charge from bringing ruin upon herself-and him.
"This is the most delightful new Georgette Heyer Regency romance in several years. It is witty, full of dashing period slang, and it trifles with the affairs of several maids and men with such style and gentle irony that readers of good 'ton,' as Miss Heyer herself might put it, will find reading it a very 'comfortable cose' indeed." -Publishers Weekly [via]More editions of Charity Girl:
The Chillby Ross MacDonaldISBN 0446358878 (0-446-35887-8)
Softcover, Grand Central Pub
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Conqueror's Moonby Julian MayISBN 0441012116 (0-441-01211-6)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Conqueror's Moon'Book summary:From Julian May, author of The Many-Colored Land and one of the world's most original and imaginative fantasy writers, comes an all-new saga of a land beyond the horizon, where the quest for power is eternal, where magic and mystery are feared above all, and one man sought to reign...
Prince Conrig of Cathra-who waits patiently as his father the king wastes slowly away-has hatched a plan in league with his lover, the seductive sorceress Princess Ullanoth of Moss. And if their secret alliance succeeds in its goal, the warring kingdoms of High Blenholm will be united once and for all-under the iron hand of one supreme rule... [via] 
Darwinby James Moore, Adrian DesmondISBN 0446515892 (0-446-51589-2)
Hardcover, Grand Central Pub
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Death and the Joyful Womanby Ellis PetersISBN 0446400688 (0-446-40068-8)
Softcover, Grand Central Publishing
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Devices & Desiresby P. D. JamesISBN 0446359750 (0-446-35975-0)
Softcover, Grand Central Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Devices & Desires'Book summary:National Bestseller
Featuring the famous Commander Adam Dalgliesh, Devices and Desires is a thrilling and insightfully crafted novel of fallible people caught in a net of secrets, ambitions, and schemes on a lonely stretch of Norfolk coastline.
Commander Dalgliesh of Scotland Yard has just published a new book of poems and has taken a brief respite from publicity on the remote Larksoken headland on the Norfolk coast in a converted windmill left to him by his aunt. But he cannot so easily escape murder. A psychotic strangler of young women is at large in Norfolk, and getting nearer to Larksoken with every killing. And when Dalgliesh discovers the murdered body of the Acting Administrative Officer on the beach, he finds himself caught up in the passions and dangerous secrets of the headland community and in one of the most baffling murder cases of his career. [via] -
A Difficulty with Dwarvesby Craig S. GardnerISBN 0441147798 (0-441-14779-8)
Softcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
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The Elder Gods: Book One of the Dreamersby David Eddings, Leigh EddingsISBN 0446613339 (0-446-61333-9)
Softcover, Grand Central Pub
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The Extremesby Christopher PriestISBN 0446676454 (0-446-67645-4)
Softcover, Grand Central Publishing
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False Coloursby Georgette HeyerISBN 0449231690 (0-449-23169-0)
Softcover, Ballantine Books
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Feel the Fear and Do It Anywayby Susan JeffersISBN 0449902927 (0-449-90292-7)
Softcover, Ballantine Books
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Flashman from the Flashman Papers 1839 1842by George MacDonald FraserISBN 0451116585 (0-451-11658-5)
Softcover, New Amer Library
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Futures : Four Novellasby Peter F. Hamilton, Stephen Baxter, Paul J. McAuley, Ian McDonaldISBN 0446610623 (0-446-61062-3)
Softcover, Hachette Book Group USA
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The Gabriel Houndsby Mary StewartISBN 0449207293 (0-449-20729-3)
Softcover, Ballantine Books
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Guns of Navaroneby Alistair MacLeanISBN 0449141713 (0-449-14171-3)
Softcover, Ballantine Books
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A Haiku for Hanaeby James MelvilleISBN 044921835X (0-449-21835-X)
Softcover, Random House Publishing Group
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Heathenby Shaun HutsonISBN 0446365092 (0-446-36509-2)
Softcover, Grand Central Pub
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Hell Is Too Crowdedby Jack HigginsISBN 0451151852 (0-451-15185-2)
Softcover, New Amer Library
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Hot Moneyby Dick FrancisISBN 0449212408 (0-449-21240-8)
Softcover, Ballantine Books
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The Ice Ageby Margaret DrabbleISBN 0446311189 (0-446-31118-9)
Softcover, Grand Central Pub
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Ice Station Zebraby Alistair MacLeanISBN 0449205762 (0-449-20576-2)
Softcover, Random House Publishing Group
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In Pursuit of the Englishby Doris May LessingISBN 0445083700 (0-445-08370-0)
Softcover, Grand Central Pub
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Invisible Manby Ralph EllisonISBN 0451038142 (0-451-03814-2)
Softcover, New Amer Library
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The Ivy Treeby Mary StewartISBN 0449215717 (0-449-21571-7)
Softcover, Random House Publishing Group
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The Keys of Hellby Jack HigginsISBN 0449142981 (0-449-14298-1)
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Kidnappedby Robert Louis StevensonISBN 0448169746 (0-448-16974-6)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Kidnapped'Book summary:Young David Balfour, left in poverty when his father dies, goes to his uncle, Ebenezer, for assistance. He soon finds himself kidnapped and on board a ship, headed for a life of slavery. With the help of daring rebel Alan Breck, David escapes, only to get mixed up in a desperate adventure? suspected of murder and hunted across the Scottish moors.[via]-
Kimby Rudyard KiplingISBN 0440945003 (0-440-94500-3)
Softcover, Random House Children's Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Kim'Book summary:One of the particular pleasures of reading Kim is the full range of emotion, knowledge, and experience that Rudyard Kipling gives his complex hero. Kim O'Hara, the orphaned son of an Irish soldier stationed in India, is neither innocent nor victimized. Raised by an opium-addicted half-caste woman since his equally dissolute father's death, the boy has grown up in the streets of Lahore:
Though he was burned black as any native; though he spoke the vernacular by preference, and his mother-tongue in a clipped uncertain sing-song; though he consorted on terms of perfect equality with the small boys of the bazar; Kim was white--a poor white of the very poorest.
From his father and the woman who raised him, Kim has come to believe that a great destiny awaits him. The details, however, are a bit fuzzy, consisting as they do of the woman's addled prophecies of "'a great Red Bull on a green field, and the Colonel riding on his tall horse, yes, and'--dropping into English--'nine hundred devils.'"In the meantime, Kim amuses himself with intrigues, executing "commissions by night on the crowded housetops for sleek and shiny young men of fashion." His peculiar heritage as a white child gone native, combined with his "love of the game for its own sake," makes him uniquely suited for a bigger game. And when, at last, the long-awaited colonel comes along, Kim is recruited as a spy in Britain's struggle to maintain its colonial grip on India. Kipling was, first and foremost, a man of his time; born and raised in India in the 19th century, he was a fervid supporter of the Raj. Nevertheless, his portrait of India and its people is remarkably sympathetic. Yes, there is the stereotypical Westernized Indian Babu Huree Chander with his atrocious English, but there is also Kim's friend and mentor, the Afghani horse trader Mahub Ali, and the gentle Tibetan lama with whom Kim travels along the Grand Trunk Road. The humanity of his characters consistently belies Kipling's private prejudices, and raises Kim above the mere ripping good yarn to the level of a timeless classic. --Alix Wilber [via]
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Kissing the Gunner's Daughterby Ruth RendellISBN 0446403342 (0-446-40334-2)
Softcover, Grand Central Publishing
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The Lady of the Sorrowsby Cecilia Dart-ThorntonISBN 0446611344 (0-446-61134-4)
Softcover, Grand Central Publishing
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Lady of the Sorrows'Book summary:The Lady of the Sorrows changes both the name of the protagonist of The Ill-Made Mute and much of the earlier book's tone. Where the hideous mute Imrhien wandered the land of Erith accumulating friends and connections, she now, restored to speech and beauty, finds herself caught up in palace intrigue under her new name Rohain, and increasingly aware of just how crucial it is that she regain her lost memories. She has powerful enemies, both at court and in the wider world--all the more so when she finds out who her beloved Thorn really is. The eventual secret of her identity, and the reasons why she is being pursued with such intense supernatural enmity, are actually on a scale that justifies the build-up Cecilia Dart-Thornton has given them. Typically too, they turn out to relate to versions of known folk-lore--her habit of naturalising existing legends into her fantasyland serves her well here. This is an intelligent fantasy novel rather than one which ever breaks new ground; even when it is at its least original, as is the case during Rohain's stay among the bitching and fripperies of court, it has interesting insights into stock material. --Roz Kaveney [via]
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Lie Down With Lionsby Ken FollettISBN 0451146425 (0-451-14642-5)
Softcover, New Amer Library
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The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoeby Daniel Defoe, J. J. GrandvilleISBN 0448221934 (0-448-22193-4)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe'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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The Life and Strange Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoeby Daniel DefoeISBN 0448060213 (0-448-06021-3)
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Literary Landscapes of the British Isles: A Narrative Atlasby David Daiches, John FlowerISBN 0448222051 (0-448-22205-1)
Hardcover, Putnam Pub Group
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The Living World of Audubonby Roland C. ClementISBN 0448118319 (0-448-11831-9)
Hardcover, Grosset & Dunlap
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Londonby Edward RutherfurdISBN 0449002632 (0-449-00263-2)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'London'Book summary:Edward Rutherfurd belongs to the James Michener school: he writes big, sprawling history-by- the-pound. His novel, London, stretches two millennia all the way from Roman times to the present. The author places his vignettes at the most dramatic moments of that city's history, leaping from Caesar's invasion to the Norman Conquest to the Great Fire to (of course) the Blitz, with many stops in between. London is ambitious, and students of English history will eat it up. The author doesn't skimp on historical detail, and that's a signal pleasure of the book. Ultimately, though, the structure of the novel determines the lion's share of its success. Rutherfurd is a good storyteller and each vignette makes for a good story; however, he has given himself the inevitable task of beginning what amounts to a new book every 40 pages or so. Just as one begins to warm to the characters, they are hurried off the stage. You can't read London without a scorecardbut that's part of the fun. [via]
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Lucky Youby Carl HiaasenISBN 0446604658 (0-446-60465-8)
Softcover, Grand Central Pub
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The Magicians of Capronaby Diana Wynne JonesISBN 0441515568 (0-441-51556-8)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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A Malady of Magicksby Craig S. GardnerISBN 0441516629 (0-441-51662-9)
Softcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
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Man With the Golden Gunby Ian FlemingISBN 0451158555 (0-451-15855-5)
Softcover, Signet
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The Masqueradersby Georgette HeyerISBN 0449232530 (0-449-23253-0)
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The Moonspinnersby Mary StewartISBN 0449206092 (0-449-20609-2)
Softcover, Random House Publishing Group
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My Brother Michaelby Mary StewartISBN 0449207358 (0-449-20735-8)
Softcover, Random House Publishing Group
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Neuromancerby William GibsonISBN 0441007465 (0-441-00746-5)
Softcover, Ace Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Neuromancer'Book summary:The Matrix is a world within the world, a global consensus- hallucination, the representation of every byte of data in cyberspace . . . Case had been the sharpest data-thief in the business, until vengeful former employees crippled his nervous system. But now a new and very mysterious employer recruits him for a last-chance run. The target: an unthinkably powerful artificial intelligence orbiting Earth in service of the sinister Tessier-Ashpool business clan. With a dead man riding shotgun and Molly, mirror-eyed street-samurai, to watch his back, Case embarks on an adventure that ups the ante on an entire genre of fiction. Hotwired to the leading edges of art and technology, Neuromancer ranks with 1984 and Brave New World as one of the century's most potent visions of the future. [via]
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Nine Coaches Waitingby Mary StewartISBN 0449215725 (0-449-21572-5)
Softcover, Random House Publishing Group
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On Wings of Eaglesby Ken FolletISBN 0451131517 (0-451-13151-7)
Softcover, New Amer Library
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A Passion for Excellenceby Tom Peters, Nancy AustinISBN 0446383481 (0-446-38348-1)
Softcover, Warner Books Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Passion for Excellence'Book summary:A Passion For Excellence is the single most existing, inspiring, career-transforming book ever published for people who want to get ahead. It takes you behind, the scenes in some of the most successful organizations and analyzes what makes them distinctive.
Here are real people, real companies, real numbers. Here is what you need to know about the crucial elements of success: constant innovation, staying in touch with customers, encouraging the contributions of everyone in the company, and maintaining the integrity that is basic to leadership. Here are the secrets of building excellence. [via]More editions of A Passion for Excellence:
A Passion for Excellence: The Leadership Differenceby Thomas J. Peters, Nancy AustinISBN 0446386391 (0-446-38639-1)
Softcover, Grand Central Pub
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Patience and Sarahby Isabel MillerISBN 0449210073 (0-449-21007-3)
Softcover, Random House Publishing Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Patience and Sarah'Book summary:In the early nineteenth century, in a puritanical New England town, two women fall in love. With no one to guide or support them, Patience and Sarah try to follow their hearts. Defying society and history, they buy a farm and discover they can live together, away from the world that had sought to limit them and their love . . . [via]
Peter Panby J. BarrieISBN 0448025256 (0-448-02525-6)
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A Place Called Freedomby Ken FollettISBN 0449225151 (0-449-22515-1)
Softcover, Ballantine Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Place Called Freedom'Book summary:With action that spans two countries on opposite sides of the Atlantic, making a credible audio version of this epic tale is no small feat. Victor Garber, the talented actor of stage and screen (Sleepless in Seattle, I'll Fly Away, The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd), does an admirable job. Garber presents the narrative passages in a clear, confident tone and uses his extensive acting experience to create believable voices for the many diverse characters. Follett has thrown in a confusing array of regional accents and disguised characters, but the range of Garber's voice helps keep things straight while heightening the considerable action and communicating the powerful emotions expressed by the very large cast that gives this drama its grand sweep.
This intriguing novel hinges on the courageous struggles of the hero, an indentured coal miner who declares, "I'll go anywhere that is not Scotland--anywhere a man can be free." Getting anywhere else is easier said than done, especially when he's caught up in an entanglement of familial responsibility, forbidden love, official deceit, trickery, and violence. Even though there are plenty of breathless moments when proper ladies are tempted by bare-chested hunks, this is much more than just another adventure-filled love story. It's also an intriguing journey into the social and political realities of the late 18th century, when the rising influence of the American colonies was first taking hold and the shining glory of the British Empire had begun its long, slow fade. (Running time: four hours, four cassettes) --George Laney [via]
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Power of Threeby Diana Wynne JonesISBN 0441676308 (0-441-67630-8)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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Puppet on a Chainby Alistair MacLeanISBN 0449215016 (0-449-21501-6)
Softcover, Random House Publishing Group
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A Rare Benedictineby Ellis PetersISBN 0446400882 (0-446-40088-2)
Softcover, Grand Central Publishing
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Riskby Dick FrancisISBN 044922239X (0-449-22239-X)
Softcover, Random House Publishing Group
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Robinson Crusoeby Daniel DefoeISBN 0448054671 (0-448-05467-1)
Hardcover, Grosset & Dunlap
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The Sandman Libraryby Neil GaimanISBN 0446393630 (0-446-39363-0)
Softcover, Grand Central Pub
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Sarum: Curriculum Unitby Edward RutherfurdISBN 0449000729 (0-449-00072-9)
Softcover, Ballantine Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Sarum: Curriculum Unit'Book summary:A masterpiece that is breathtaking in its scope, SARUM is an epic novel that traces the entire turbulent course of English history. This rich tapesty weaves a compelling saga of five families who preserve their own particular characteristics over the centuries, and offer a fascinating glimpse into the future.
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Smokescreenby Dick FrancisISBN 0449221113 (0-449-22111-3)
Softcover, Random House Publishing Group
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Soldier No Moreby Anthony PriceISBN 0445402547 (0-445-40254-7)
Softcover, Grand Central Pub
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Something from the Nightsideby Simon R. GreenISBN 0441010652 (0-441-01065-2)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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Sourceryby Terry PratchettISBN 0451162331 (0-451-16233-1)
Softcover, New Amer Library
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Sourcery'Book summary:A sourcerer is born, a wizard so powerful that by comparison, all other magic is just mucking about in pointy hats! And his very existence brings the Discworld to the verge of all-out thaumaturgical war*. All that stands in the way of complete devastation is Rincewind, the failed magician, who wants to save the world (or at least that part of it which contains him). SOURCERY is the third Discworld book to to brought to the silver screen for Sky One, and like HOGFATHER and THE COLOUR OF MAGIC, this lavishly illustrated volume will contain the complete working screenplay, written by Vadim Jean and mucked about with by Terry Pratchett,l as well as stills, sketches, blueprints, screen grabs, and anything else the boys left lying around the film studio! * A Bad Thing [via]
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Spanish Bride: A Novel of Love and Warby Georgette HeyerISBN 0451132769 (0-451-13276-9)
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The Stormy Petrelby Mary StewartISBN 0449220850 (0-449-22085-0)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Stormy Petrel'Book summary:Rose Fenemore is taking a break from her Cambridge teaching post in an isolated cottage on the island of Moila. One evening, she is shocked to discover an attractive stranger, Ewen Mackay, in her kitchen, who claims to have grown up in the cottage. She is tempted to believe him, when another man seeks shelter from the storm. John Parsons also rouses Rose's skepticism...and more tender feelings as well. And as the truth about the two men unfolds, the stormy petrels, fragile elusive birds who fly close to the waves, come to symbolize Rose's confusion and the mystery of her future.... [via]
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A Summer Bird-Cageby Margret DrabbleISBN 0445085843 (0-445-08584-3)
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These Old Shadesby Georgette HeyerISBN 0449240002 (0-449-24000-2)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'These Old Shades'Book summary:A gentleman was strolling down a side street in Paris, on his way back from the house of one Madame de Verchoureux. He walked mincingly, for the red heels of his shoes were very high. A long purple cloak, rose-lined, hung from his shoulders and was allowed to fall carelessly back from his dress, revealing a full-skirted coat of purple satin, heavily laced with gold; a waistcoat of flowered silk; faultless small clothes; and a lavish sprinkling of jewels on his cravat and breast.
The gentleman in question is Justin Alastair, the Duke of Avon, known by friends and enemies alike as Satanas--the devil. On this particular evening, the dangerous rake crosses paths with Léon, a red-headed youth of low birth who is fleeing a certain beating at his brutal brother's hands. On a whim, Avon buys the boy and makes him his page. It soon becomes clear, however, that Léon is not what he seems, and that Avon has an ulterior motive for bringing him into his household. Set in pre-Revolutionary France, These Old Shades follows a twisting course as young Léon (or is it Léonie?) is swept up in a dangerous mystery: how to account for the page's amazing resemblance to the sinister Compte de Saint Vire, for example; and why will this man go to any lengths to get the youth in his power?Georgette Heyer's historical romances tend to fall into two different camps: later novels such as Cotillion, False Colours, and Sylvester feature larger-than-life comic characters and romantic pairings more akin to Beatrice and Benedick than Hero and Claudio. Earlier works such as These Old Shades, however, tend to be darker, tinged with mystery and overshadowed by very real menace. What both types share is Heyer's fine storytelling and encyclopedic knowledge of Regency mores and manners--her books are the next best thing to a time machine. These Old Shades's greatest asset, however, is the charming Léonie: beautiful, brave, and loyal to a fault, with a fondness for swordplay and pistols and a delightfully incomplete grasp of the English language. Heyer herself was so fond of this character that she featured her in two more novels, Devil's Cub and An Infamous Army. --Alix Wilber [via]
The Third Twinby Ken FollettISBN 0449227421 (0-449-22742-1)
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The Thirty-Nine Steps: Level 4by John BuchanISBN 0445083123 (0-445-08312-3)
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Thornyholdby Mary StewartISBN 0449217124 (0-449-21712-4)
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Thunder on the Rightby Mary StewartISBN 0449207730 (0-449-20773-0)
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Touch Not the Catby Mary StewartISBN 0449206084 (0-449-20608-4)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Touch Not the Cat'Book summary:After the tragic death of her father, Bryony Ashley returns from abroad to find that his estate is to become the responsibility of her cousin Emory. Ashley Court with its load of debt is no longer her worry. But there is something odd about her father's sudden death ...Bryony has inherited the Ashley 'Sight' and so has one of the Ashleys. Since childhood the two have communicated through thought patterns, though Bryony has no idea of his identity. Now she is determined to find him. But danger as well as romance wait for her in the old moated house, with its tragic memories ... [via]
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Traveling Shoesby Noel StreatfieldISBN 0440487323 (0-440-48732-3)
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Watchmenby Alan Moore, Dave GibbonsISBN 0446386898 (0-446-38689-8)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Watchmen'Book summary:Has any comic been as acclaimed as Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons' Watchmen? Possibly only Frank Miller's The Dark Knight Returns, but Watchmen remains the critics' favorite. Why? Because Moore is a better writer, and Watchmen a more complex and dark and literate creation than Miller's fantastic, subversive take on the Batman myth. Moore, renowned for many other of the genre's finest creations (Saga of the Swamp Thing, V for Vendetta, and From Hell, with Eddie Campbell) first put out Watchmen in 12 issues for DC in 1986-87. It won a comic award at the time (the 1987 Jack Kirby Comics Industry Awards for Best Writer/Artist combination) and has continued to gather praise since.
The story concerns a group called the Crimebusters and a plot to kill and discredit them. Moore's characterization is as sophisticated as any novel's. Importantly the costumes do not get in the way of the storytelling; rather they allow Moore to investigate issues of power and control--indeed it was Watchmen, and to a lesser extent Dark Knight, that propelled the comic genre forward, making "adult" comics a reality. The artwork of Gibbons (best known for 2000AD's Rogue Trooper and DC's Green Lantern) is very fine too, echoing Moore's paranoid mood perfectly throughout. Packed with symbolism, some of the overlying themes (arms control, nuclear threat, vigilantes) have dated but the intelligent social and political commentary, the structure of the story itself, its intertextuality (chapters appended with excerpts from other "works" and "studies" on Moore's characters, or with excerpts from another comic book being read by a child within the story), the finepace of the writing and its humanity mean that Watchmen more than stands up--it keeps its crown as the best the genre has yet produced. --Mark Thwaite
A Q&A with Dave Gibbons on the Making of Watchmen
Question: You were tasked with drawing new illustrations of key shots from the new Watchmen film. Was it a difficult challenge to re-imagine your work in this movie format?
Dave Gibbons: I dont think that I actually did many key shots from the film. I had to actually imagine them rather than exactly recreate what was going to be in the movie. But as far as the drawings I did for the licensing purposes, accuracy was the real key so that they looked exactly like the movie. Whereas doing the graphic novel was creating stuff afresh and being very creative, this was more the case of interpreting something that already existed. So it was rather more a commercial art job than a creative thing.
Q: How many scenes from the original graphic novel did you redraw in the new "movie" format?
DG: I kind of did them piecemeal, these licensing drawings. I did do a section of storyboarding for Zack Snyder. There is a part of the movie that isnt in the graphic novel and he wanted to see how I would have drawn it, if it had been in the graphic novel. So I redid the storyboards as three pages of comic on the nine-panel grid, also getting it coloured by John Higgins so it looked authentic. But I think there were probably only 3 or 4 scenes that I drew, which were from the movie.
Q: What was your working method for producing these new illustrations from the film? And how has it changed from when you originally illustrated Watchmen?
DG: When youre producing things from existing material, you have to look at and assemble the references... you know, keep looking backwards and forwards to make sure what youre drawing is accurate to whats in the photos. I did have lots of photos from the movie and in some cases I had more or less the illustration I was going to do in photo form, which made it a lot easier. On others I had to construct it from various references: really just the usual illustrators job of drawing something to reference. And on the original illustrations of Watchmen, I was free to come up with exactly the angles and exactly the costumes and everything that I wanted to. When youve designed a costume and drawn it a few times, you actually internalize it and you find you can draw it without having to refer to reference at all. So in some ways its more creative and in some ways its easier!
Q: In Watchmen: The Art of the Film, there are concept designs by other artists of their visions of your iconic characters. What do you think of their versions and did you offer any guidance while they were working on these?
DG: Its always really interesting to see versions of your characters drawn by other artists. You tend to see things in them that you hadnt noticed before. So I really enjoyed looking at those. I certainly didnt offer them any guidance. The purpose of getting those kinds of drawings done is to get a fresh perspective on what exists. I noticed actually that they really stuck more closely to my original designs than those, but I really enjoyed seeing them.
Q: Watchmen: Portraits is Clay Enoss stunning black and white collection of photos of each character from the Watchmen movie. What was it like looking through this book at all the characters you had conceived years ago now being brought to life by actors?
DG: Its rather interesting; you know if you look at the Watching the Watchmen book you can see these characters as fairly sketchy rough conceptual versions. Then when you look at Clays book you can actually see them right down to counting the number of pores on the skin on the end of their noses! Its incredible high focus! Its like zooming in through space and time to look at the surface of some moon of Saturn or something. I thoroughly enjoyed his book... it had a real artistic quality to it that was really so good. And of course to see these actors who so much are the embodiment of what I drew, that its a tremendous thrill to see them made flesh!
Q: Watchmen: The Film Companion features some stills from the animated version of The Black Freighter. What do you think of the look and design of this animated feature?
DG: It looks really interesting! Although I drew my version in the comic book in a kind of horror-comic style, these are very much in a savage manga style. I think they work really well... theyve got the kind of manic intensity, which I think that work should have and I really cant wait to see the whole feature. Ive seen the trailer for it and that looks great and again theyve used a lot of the compositions that I came up with but just translated them to this kind of very modern drawn animation.
Q: How much time did you spend on the set of Watchmen? Was it a surreal experience to see your work recreated like this?
DG: I was on the set of Watchmen for a couple of days and it really was surreal to walk through a door and then suddenly be in the presence of all these people in living breathing flesh! I was there for what you would call the Crimebusters meeting where they were all there in costume in the same room, which was incredible. They had obviously planned that so I would get to see everyone. It was surreal though quite a wonderful experience to see it come to life.
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Why Kill Arthur Potter?by Ray HarrisonISBN 0445200537 (0-445-20053-7)
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Worshipful Luciaby E. F. BensonISBN 0445042303 (0-445-04230-3)
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