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Adventures in Time and Space with Max Merriwellby Pat MurphyISBN 0312866437 (0-312-86643-7)
Hardcover, Doherty Associates, LLC, Tom
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Angelby Garry D. KilworthISBN 0312861079 (0-312-86107-9)
Hardcover, St Martins Pr
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Beggars Rideby Nancy KressISBN 0312858175 (0-312-85817-5)
Hardcover, Doherty Associates, LLC, Tom
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Blameless in Abaddonby James MorrowISBN 0156005050 (0-15-600505-0)
Softcover, Harcourt
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Blameless in Abaddon'Book summary:This is the sequel to Towing Jehovah, a novel that garnered a World Fantasy Award and earned its author the moniker, "Christianity's Salman Rushdie." In this book, the two-mile long corpse of God (the corpus dei) has been towed to Florida, where the American Baptist Confederation has set it up as the Main Attraction at Celestial City. When Martin Candle, justice of the peace for Abaddon Township, Pennsylvania, loses his wife in a freak auto accident just after his doctor tells him he has prostate cancer, he decides it's time to put the Main Attraction on trial for His actions. [via]
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Blood Brothersby Steven BarnesISBN 0312857071 (0-312-85707-1)
Hardcover, St Martins Pr
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The Blood of the Covenantby Brent MonahanISBN 0312134363 (0-312-13436-3)
Hardcover, St Martins Pr
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The Book of Common Dread/a Novel of the Infernalby Brent MonahanISBN 0312093497 (0-312-09349-7)
Hardcover, St Martins Pr
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Book of Shadowsby Cate TiernanISBN 0142409863 (0-14-240986-3)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Book of Shadows'Book summary:Morgan and her best friend, Bree, are introduced to Wicca when a gorgeous senior named Cal invites them to join his new coven. Morgan falls for Cal immediately? and discovers that she has strong,inexplicable powers.[via]More editions of Book of Shadows:
The Borrowers Avengedby Mary Norton, Joe Krush, Beth KrushISBN 015204731X (0-15-204731-X)
Softcover, Odyssey Classics
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Borrowers Avenged'Book summary:Pod, Homily, and Arrietty escape from the Platters attic and set off to an old rectory to begin life anew. Like her Borrowers, the author is resourceful, inventive, and patient, and her fantasy continues to be totally real and acceptable. --The Horn Book[via]More editions of The Borrowers Avenged:
A Candle for d'Artagnanby Chelsea Quinn YarbroISBN 0312890192 (0-312-89019-2)
Softcover, Doherty Associates, LLC, Tom
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Changelingby Cate Tiernan, Marci SendersISBN 0142300578 (0-14-230057-8)
Softcover, Puffin
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City of Truthby James MorrowISBN 0156180421 (0-15-618042-1)
Softcover, Harcourt
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› Find signed collectible books: 'City of Truth'Book summary:Jack Sperry is a loyal citizen of Veritas, the City of Truth, until tragedy strikes his life, and he must hide from truth in order to save his son's life. By the author of Only Begotten Daughter. [via]
The City, Not Long Afterby Pat MurphyISBN 0142404055 (0-14-240405-5)
Softcover, Puffin
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The Colour of Magicby Terry PratchettISBN 0312150849 (0-312-15084-9)
Hardcover, St Martins Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Colour of Magic'Book summary:The Colour of Magic is Terry Pratchett's maiden voyage through the bizarre land of Discworld. His entertaining and witty series has grown to more than 20 books, and this is where it all starts--with the tourist Twoflower and his hapless wizard guide, Rincewind ("All wizards get like that ... it's the quicksilver fumes. Rots their brains. Mushrooms, too."). Pratchett spoofs fantasy clichés--and everything else he can think of--while marshalling a profusion of characters through a madcap adventure. The Colour of Magic is followed by The Light Fantastic. --Blaise Selby [via]
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Contract With an Angelby Andrew M. GreeleyISBN 0312860811 (0-312-86081-1)
Hardcover, St Martins Pr
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Covenby Cate TiernanISBN 0141310472 (0-14-131047-2)
Softcover, Puffin
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Coven'Book summary:Cal, now Morgan's boyfriend, helps her accept the truth: Wicca is in Morgan's blood. As Morgan learns more about Wicca, she realizes that she needs to find out more about her parentage. The answers are out there, but she doesn't know how to find them. [via]
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Crescent Moonby Lori HandelandISBN 0312938489 (0-312-93848-9)
Softcover, St Martins Pr
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The Damnation Gameby Clive BarkerISBN 0297787209 (0-297-78720-9)
Hardcover, Weidenfeld & Nicolson
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Doglandby Will ShetterlyISBN 0312866054 (0-312-86605-4)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Dogland'Book summary:The Nix family has arrived.[via]
And Latchahie County will never be the same.
In an effort at improving his family's lot, the Nixes have moved to rural Florida to open Dogland: a combination zoo, restaurant and motel. But it isn't long before Nix and his clan of eccentric supporters run afoul of unsympathetic locals.
The problem? Luke Nix has hired Ethorne Hawkins.
Hawkins is black. And it's 1959. 
The Doors of Death and Lifeby Brenda W. CloughISBN 0312875509 (0-312-87550-9)
Softcover, Doherty Associates, LLC, Tom
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Dreamsideby Graham JoyceISBN 0312875460 (0-312-87546-0)
Softcover, Tor Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Dreamside'Book summary:Finally available in America: the debut novel from the author of The Tooth Fairy and Dark Sister[via]
It began as an experiment in college--a seemingly harmless investigation into "lucid dreaming," the ability to control one's dreams.
But they stayed too long on Dreamside, and now, ten years later, the dreams have returned--returned to upend their adult lives. The dreams of youth fade, if you're lucky. If not, they can consume you . . . and will. -
Ear, the Eye and the Armby Nancy FarmerISBN 0141311096 (0-14-131109-6)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Ear, the Eye and the Arm'Book summary:Tendai, his little sister and their younger brother escape from their splendid home to explore their dangerous city. Tendai is motivated by wanting to earn a scouting badge, and he desperately wants to prove himself, as their overprotective father has always placed tight restrictions on what the siblings can and can't do.[via]More editions of Ear, the Eye and the Arm:
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Elidorby Alan Garner, Tristan ElwellISBN 0152017976 (0-15-201797-6)
Softcover, Harcourt Children's Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Elidor'Book summary:A mechanical street map, a deserted slum, a church in ruins, and a football--four ordinary things that lead the Watson children into an extraordinary adventure in the land called Elidor, a magical world one step removed from our own. In pursuit of four ancient Treasures, the forces of evil have crossed over into our world. It falls to the Watson children to find the Treasures, seal the bridge between worlds, and guard the strayed unicorn Findhorn . . . even though their heroism may cost them everything.[via] 
Endless Knotby Steve LawheadISBN 0310219019 (0-310-21901-9)
Softcover, Zondervan
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The Falling Womanby Pat MurphyISBN 0312854064 (0-312-85406-4)
Softcover, St Martins Pr
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Firebirds Rising: An Anthology of Original Science Fiction and Fantasyby Patricia A. McKillip, Emma Bull, Tanith Lee, Alan Dean Foster, Pamela Dean, Sharon Shinn, Tamora Pierce, Diana Wynne Jones, Francesca Lia Block, Alison Goodman, Ellen Klages, Nina Kiriki Hoffman, Kelly Link, Carol Emshwiller, Sharyn NovemberISBN 0142405493 (0-14-240549-3)
Hardcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Firebirds Rising: An Anthology of Original Science Fiction and Fantasy'Book summary:Charles de Lint. Alan Dean Foster. Diana Wynne Jones. Kelly Link. Patricia A. McKillip. Tamora Pierce. These are just a few of the acclaimed and bestselling authors who have contributed original stories to Firebirds Rising, the eagerly anticipated follow-up to the award-winning anthology Firebirds.
This collection takes readers from deep space to Faerie to just around the corner. It is full of magic, humor, adventure, andbest of allthe unexpected. The one thing readers can count on is marvelous writing. Firebirds Rising proves once again that Firebird is more than an imprintit is a gathering place for writers and readers of speculative fiction from teenage to adult, from the United States to Europe, Asia, and beyond. [via]
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The Flight of Michael McBrideby Midori SnyderISBN 0312854102 (0-312-85410-2)
Hardcover, St Martins Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Flight of Michael McBride'Book summary:Fleeing the machinations of the Faery court to the Texan cattle country, Eastern city boy Michael McBride discovers that he cannot outrun magic and is drawn in by the glamorous, ancient land that is as powerful as the enchantments he avoids. [via]
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Flying Dutchby Tom HoltISBN 0312069758 (0-312-06975-8)
Hardcover, St Martins Pr
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The Forsaken: A Vampire Huntress Legendby L. A. BanksISBN 0312352352 (0-312-35235-2)
Softcover, St Martins Pr
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The Four Granniesby Diana Wynne Jones, Thelma LambertISBN 0241104459 (0-241-10445-9)
Hardcover, H. Hamilton
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The Fourth Bear: A Nursery Crimeby Jasper FfordeISBN 0143038923 (0-14-303892-3)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Fourth Bear: A Nursery Crime'Book summary:The inimitable Jasper Fforde gives readers another delightful mash-up of detective fiction and nursery rhyme, returning to those mean streets where no character is innocent. The Gingerbreadmansadist, psychopath, cookieis on the loose in Reading, but thats not who Detective Jack Spratt and Sergeant Mary Mary are after. Instead, theyve been demoted to searching for missing journalist Goldy Hatchett. The last witnesses to see her alive were the reclusive Three Bears, and right away Spratt senses something furryuh, funnyabout their story, starting with the porridge. The Fourth Bear is a delirious new romp from our most irrepressible fabulist.[via]More editions of The Fourth Bear: A Nursery Crime:
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Free Live Freeby Gene WolfeISBN 0312868367 (0-312-86836-7)
Softcover, Doherty Associates, LLC, Tom
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Free Live Free'Book summary:"Free Live Free," said the newspaper ad, and the out-of-work detective Jim Stubb, the occultist Madame Serpentina, the salesman Ozzie Barnes, and the overweight prostitute Candy Garth are brought together to live for a time in Free's old house, a house scheduled for demolition to make way for a highway.[via]
Free drops mysterious hints of his exile from his homeland, and of the lost key to his return. And so when demolition occurs and Free disappears, the four make a pact to continue the search, which ultimately takes them far beyond their wildest dreams.
This is character-driven science fiction at its best by a writer whom, at the time of its first publication, the Chicago Sun-Times called "science fiction's best genuine novelist." 
The Ghost of the Revelatorby Modesitt, L. E., Jr.ISBN 0312864264 (0-312-86426-4)
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Glimpsesby Lewis ShinerISBN 0312267436 (0-312-26743-6)
Softcover, St. Martin's Press
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Glimpses'Book summary:Ray Shackleford lives in the ruins of the idealistic 1960s. Veteran of failed garage bands, he works as a repairman of stereo equipment, tending the dying embers of his marriage, and dreaming of bygone days and the music that almost was.[via]
When he finds the music he dreams of has been mysteriously recorded by his tape deck, Ray is drawn into the past, to revisit the histories of Hendrix, Morrison, and the Beatles...along with the history of Ray Shackleford.
Vividly re-creating a lost era that might have been, Glimpses fuses the hopes and dreams in the music with a powerful vision of reality.More editions of Glimpses:
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THE GREEN MAN: Tales from the Mythic Forestby Ellen Datlow, Terri Windling, Charles VessISBN 0142400297 (0-14-240029-7)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'THE GREEN MAN: Tales from the Mythic Forest'Book summary:One of our most universal myths is that of the Green Manthe spirit who stands for Nature in its most wild and untamed form. Through the ages and around the world, the Green Man and other nature spirits have appeared in stories, songs, and artwork, as well as many beloved fantasy novels, including Tolkiens Lord of the Rings. Now Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling, the acclaimed editors of over thirty anthologies, have gathered some of todays finest writers of magical fiction to interpret the spirits of nature in short stories and poetry. Folklorist and artist Charles Vess brings his stellar eye and brush to the decorations, and Windling provides an introduction exploring Green Man symbolism and forest myth. The Green Man is required readingnot only for fans of fantasy fiction but for those interested in mythology and the mysteries of the wilderness. [via]
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Heir Apparentby Vivian Vande VeldeISBN 0152051252 (0-15-205125-2)
Softcover, Harcourt Childrens Books
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Hidden Landby Pamela DeanISBN 0142501433 (0-14-250143-3)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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The Hollow Landsby Michael MoorcockISBN 0246108762 (0-246-10876-2)
Hardcover, Hart-Davis, MacGibbon
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Hotel Transylvaniaby Chelsea Quinn YarbroISBN 0312392486 (0-312-39248-6)
Hardcover, St. Martin's Press
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Hotel Transylvania'Book summary:The classic tale that introduced the legendary Le Comte de Saint-Germain, first published in 1978 and spawning 14 titles in the Saint-Germain epic, is now available in paperback. A fixture in 1740s Parisian society, Saint-Germain is a perfect gentleman--and a vampire. When the fiery young Madeline falls in love with him, a group of evil sorcerers targets her for their black mass--and only Saint-Germain can save her soul. [via]
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I Am Legendby Richard MathesonISBN 031286504X (0-312-86504-X)
Softcover, St Martins Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'I Am Legend'Book summary:One of the most influential vampire novels of the 20th century, I Am Legend regularly appears on the "10 Best" lists of numerous critical studies of the horror genre. As Richard Matheson's third novel, it was first marketed as science fiction (for although written in 1954, the story takes place in a future 1976). A terrible plague has decimated the world, and those who were unfortunate enough to survive have been transformed into blood-thirsty creatures of the night. Except, that is, for Robert Neville. He alone appears to be immune to this disease, but the grim irony is that now he is the outsider. He is the legendary monster who must be destroyed because he is different from everyone else. Employing a stark, almost documentary style, Richard Matheson was one of the first writers to convince us that the undead can lurk in a local supermarket freezer as well as a remote Gothic castle. His influence on a generation of bestselling authors--including Stephen King and Dean Koontz--who first read him in their youth is, well, legendary. --Stanley Wiater [via]
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The Kingdom of Kevin Maloneby Suzy M. CharnasISBN 0152007563 (0-15-200756-3)
Hardcover, Harcourt Children's Books
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The Kingdom of Kevin Maloneby Suzy McKee CharnasISBN 0152011919 (0-15-201191-9)
Softcover, Harcourt Children's Books
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Life of Piby Yann MartelISBN 0156027321 (0-15-602732-1)
Softcover, Harcourt
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Life of Pi'Book summary:Yann Martel's imaginative and unforgettable Life of Pi is a magical reading experience, an endless blue expanse of storytelling about adventure, survival, and ultimately, faith. The precocious son of a zookeeper, 16-year-old Pi Patel is raised in Pondicherry, India, where he tries on various faiths for size, attracting "religions the way a dog attracts fleas." Planning a move to Canada, his father packs up the family and their menagerie and they hitch a ride on an enormous freighter. After a harrowing shipwreck, Pi finds himself adrift in the Pacific Ocean, trapped on a 26-foot lifeboat with a wounded zebra, a spotted hyena, a seasick orangutan, and a 450-pound Bengal tiger named Richard Parker ("His head was the size and color of the lifebuoy, with teeth"). It sounds like a colorful setup, but these wild beasts don't burst into song as if co-starring in an anthropomorphized Disney feature. After much gore and infighting, Pi and Richard Parker remain the boat's sole passengers, drifting for 227 days through shark-infested waters while fighting hunger, the elements, and an overactive imagination. In rich, hallucinatory passages, Pi recounts the harrowing journey as the days blur together, elegantly cataloging the endless passage of time and his struggles to survive: "It is pointless to say that this or that night was the worst of my life. I have so many bad nights to choose from that I've made none the champion."
An award winner in Canada (and winner of the 2002 Man Booker Prize), Life of Pi, Yann Martel's second novel, should prove to be a breakout book in the U.S. At one point in his journey, Pi recounts, "My greatest wish--other than salvation--was to have a book. A long book with a never-ending story. One that I could read again and again, with new eyes and fresh understanding each time." It's safe to say that the fabulous, fablelike Life of Pi is such a book. --Brad Thomas Parsons [via]
The Light Fantasticby Terry PratchettISBN 0312486030 (0-312-48603-0)
Hardcover, St Martins Pr
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Magic for Beginnersby Kelly Link, Shelley JacksonISBN 0156031876 (0-15-603187-6)
Softcover, Harvest Books
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Many Watersby Madeleine L'EngleISBN 0312368577 (0-312-36857-7)
Softcover, Feiwel & Friends
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Many Waters'Book summary:We've all done it. In the frigid depths of winter we've wished we could be magically transported to someplace warm and sunny. But most people don't have genius parents who just happen to be working on a scientific experiment with time travel at the moment of our wish. Sandy and Dennys Murry, the "normal" boys in a family of geniuses, suddenly find themselves trudging through a blazing-hot desert, seeking a far-off oasis for shade. Their desperate wandering brings them face-to-face with history--biblical history. Soon they're feeling right at home with Noah and his family. Even so, the urgent question is, how will Sandy and Dennys get back to their own place and time before the floods--the many waters--come? As they begin to cross the invisible border into adulthood, the twins must confront their ability to resist temptation and embrace integrity.
In Many Waters, Madeleine L'Engle continues the Murry family saga, which includes A Wrinkle in Time; A Wind in the Door; and A Swiftly Tilting Planet, which won the American Book Award. L'Engle's mystical mix of science fiction and fantasy, time and space travel, history, morals, religion, and culture once again urges her many adoring readers to stretch their minds and hearts to understand why the world is the way it is. (Ages 9 and older) --Emilie Coulter [via]
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Matildaby Roald Dahl, Quentin BlakeISBN 0142402532 (0-14-240253-2)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Matilda'Book summary:Matilda is a little girl who is far too good to be true. At age five-and-a-half she's knocking off double-digit multiplication problems and blitz-reading Dickens. Even more remarkably, her classmates love her even though she's a super-nerd and the teacher's pet. But everything is not perfect in Matilda's world. For starters she has two of the most idiotic, self-centered parents who ever lived. Then there's the large, busty nightmare of a school principal, Mrs. ("The") Trunchbull, a former hammer-throwing champion who flings children at will and is approximately as sympathetic as a bulldozer. Fortunately for Matilda, she has the inner resources to deal with such annoyances: astonishing intelligence, saintly patience, and an innate predilection for revenge.
She warms up with some practical jokes aimed at her hapless parents, but the true test comes when she rallies in defense of her teacher, the sweet Miss Honey, against the diabolical Trunchbull. There is never any doubt that Matilda will carry the day. Even so, this wonderful story is far from predictable--the big surprise comes when Matilda discovers a new, mysterious facet of her mental dexterity. Roald Dahl, while keeping the plot moving imaginatively, also has an unerring ear for emotional truth. The reader cares about Matilda because in addition to all her other gifts, she has real feelings. (Ages 9 to 12) [via]
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The Minotaur Takes a Cigarette Breakby Steven SherrillISBN 0312308922 (0-312-30892-2)
Softcover, Picador USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Minotaur Takes a Cigarette Break'Book summary:Five thousand years out of the Labyrinth, the Minotaur finds himself in the American South, living in a trailer park and working as a line cook at a steakhouse. No longer a devourer of human flesh, the Minotaur is a socially inept, lonely creature with very human needs. But over a two-week period, as his life dissolves into chaos, this broken and alienated immortal awakens to the possibility for happiness and to the capacity for love.[via]More editions of The Minotaur Takes a Cigarette Break:
Moon Of Gomrathby Alan GarnerISBN 0152056300 (0-15-205630-0)
Softcover, Harcourt Childrens Books
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The Moon of Gomrath: A Tale of Alderleyby Alan GarnerISBN 0152017968 (0-15-201796-8)
Softcover, Harcourt Children's Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Moon of Gomrath: A Tale of Alderley'Book summary:The Moon of Gomrath is the name of the one night of the year when the Old Magic is at its most powerful. Had Colin and Susan known this, they would have never obeyed the strange compulsion that drove them to light a fire on the Beacon. But now it is too late--the horsemen called the Wild Hunt are awake and on the ride, and no one is safe.Colin is captured, Susan falls under the sway of the hideous Brollachan, and all along Alderley Edge the forces of evil rally for the conflict to come. For there will be a battle, the likes of which cannot be imagined by mortals. The outcome--and all the hopes of the world--will depend on three unlikely champions: Susan, Colin, and their ally, the wizard Cadellin.[via]More editions of The Moon of Gomrath: A Tale of Alderley:
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Now You See Itby Richard MathesonISBN 0312857136 (0-312-85713-6)
Hardcover, St Martins Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Now You See It'Book summary:Summoning his family and associates to his side after a mysterious disease destroys his career as the world's greatest stage magician, Maximilian Delacorte begins a grisly afternoon of magic, madness, and revenge. [via]
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Of Tangible Ghostsby L.E. ModesittISBN 0312857209 (0-312-85720-9)
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Only Begotten Daughterby James MorrowISBN 0156002434 (0-15-600243-4)
Softcover, Harvest Books
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Out of the House of Lifeby Chelsea Quinn YarbroISBN 0312890265 (0-312-89026-5)
Softcover, St Martins Pr
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The Panic Handby Jonathan CarrollISBN 0312146981 (0-312-14698-1)
Hardcover, St Martins Pr
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The Paradise Warby Steve LawheadISBN 031021792X (0-310-21792-X)
Softcover, Zondervan
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Paradise War'Book summary:Picture a world intricately entwined with our own yet separate, pulsing with the raw energy and vivid color of Celtic myth come to life. Picture Albion. And enter Lewis Gillies, an Oxford student whose search for a missing friend leads him through a door to another reality- and unimagined discoveries about life, good and evil, and his own identity and destiny. In an ancient cairn in the wilds of Scotland, Oxford student Simon Rawson vanishes, seemingly into thin air. Where has he gone? Unsettling signs -- a mysterious Green Man, a Celtic circle chalked on the sidewalk -- point his roommate, Lewis Gillies, to an impossible answer . . . and an incredible destiny on the other side of a doorway between worlds. There, where Celtic champions, magic, and treachery weave the beautiful and brutal land called Albion, Lewis finds Simon. And there, schooled as a warrior, he is thrust to the front of a titanic struggle between light and darkness -- a hideous, onrushing darkness that would devour not merely a kingdom, but two worlds. [via]
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Plum Lovin'by Janet EvanovichISBN 0312306342 (0-312-30634-2)
Hardcover, St Martins Pr
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The Prestigeby Christopher PriestISBN 0312858868 (0-312-85886-8)
Softcover, Tor Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Prestige'Book summary:The Washington Post called this "a dizzying magic show of a novel, chock-a-block with all the props of Victorian sensation fiction: seances, multiple narrators, a family curse, doubles, a lost notebook, wraiths, and disembodied spirits; a haunted house, awesome mad-doctor machinery, a mausoleum, and ghoulish horrors; a misunderstood scientist, impossible disappearances; the sins of the fathers visited upon their descendants." Winner of the 1996 World Fantasy Award, The Prestige is even better than that, because unlike many Victorians, Priest writes crisp, unencumbered prose. And anyone who's ever thrilled to the arcing electricity in the "It's alive!" scene in Frankenstein will relish the "special effects" by none other than Nikola Tesla. [via]
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Princess Brideby William GoldmanISBN 0151730857 (0-15-173085-7)
Hardcover, Harcourt
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Princess Bride'Book summary:The Princess Bride is a true fantasy classic. William Goldman describes it as a "good parts version" of "S. Morgenstern's Classic Tale of True Love and High Adventure." Morgenstern's original was filled with details of Florinese history, court etiquette, and Mrs. Morgenstern's mostly complimentary views of the text. Much admired by academics, the "Classic Tale" nonetheless obscured what Mr. Goldman feels is a story that has everything: "Fencing. Fighting. Torture. Poison. True love. Hate. Revenge. Giants. Hunters. Bad men. Good men. Beautifulest ladies. Snakes. Spiders. Beasts of all natures and descriptions. Pain. Death. Brave men. Coward men. Strongest men. Chases. Escapes. Lies. Truths. Passion. Miracles."
Goldman frames the fairy tale with an "autobiographical" story: his father, who came from Florin, abridged the book as he read it to his son. Now, Goldman is publishing an abridged version, interspersed with comments on the parts he cut out.
Is The Princess Bride a critique of classics like Ivanhoe and The Three Musketeers, that smother a ripping yarn under elaborate prose? A wry look at the differences between fairy tales and real life? Simply a funny, frenetic adventure? No matter how you read it, you'll put it on your "keeper" shelf. --Nona Vero [via]
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Seance for a Vampireby Fred SaberhagenISBN 0312855621 (0-312-85562-1)
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The Secret Countryby Pamela C. DeanISBN 0142501530 (0-14-250153-0)
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The Silver Handby Steve LawheadISBN 0310218225 (0-310-21822-5)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Silver Hand'Book summary:Picture a world intricately entwined with our own yet separate, pulsing with the raw energy and vivid color of Celtic myth come to life. Picture Albion. And enter Lewis Gillies, an Oxford student whose search for a missing friend leads him through a door to another reality -- and unimagined discoveries about life, good and evil, and his own identity and destiny. Before Albion is one, the Hero Feat must be performed and Silver Hand must reign. The words of a prophetess foretell a coming king. But Lewis, as Albion's renowned champion Llew, has a more immediate concern: retrieving the treacherous Siawn-Hy, who has eluded him in the doorway between worlds -- and who now, lusting for power, has allied himself with the usurper Meldron. Forced to flee for their lives, Llew and the bard Tegid, both horribly wounded, find refuge deep in Albions heartland. Under their leadership, a wilderness citadel arises . . . and in the heat of battle, the miraculous reign of Silver Hand begins. [via]
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Spellboundby Cate TiernanISBN 0142300462 (0-14-230046-2)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Spellbound'Book summary:Morgan and Hunter are growing closer, and Morgan is discovering more about witchcraft and her powers. She knows that a great battle is to come, but there is a more immediate threat. Morgan senses something emanating from her ex-boyfriend Cal's old house, and she isn't sure what it is. Hunter keeps having accidents, and it becomes obvious that someone is out to do him harm. Clearly, they both need to be on their guard. But is their enemy a human, or a witch?
"This delectably dark pair of novels [Sweep #1 and 2] brings a supernatural spin to classic teen issues . . . . Both books end on cliffhangers, fanning what will surely be an already keen desire to learn the whole story." (Publishers Weekly) [via]More editions of Spellbound:
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A Swiftly Tilting Planetby Madeleine L'EngleISBN 0312368569 (0-312-36856-9)
Softcover, Square Fish
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Swiftly Tilting Planet'Book summary:Fifteen-year-old Charles Wallace Murry, whom readers first met in A Wrinkle in Time, has a little task he must accomplish. In 24 hours, a mad dictator will destroy the universe by declaring nuclear war--unless Charles Wallace can go back in time to change one of the many Might-Have-Beens in history. In an intricately layered and suspenseful journey through time, this extraordinary young man psychically enters four different people from other eras. As he perceives through their eyes "what might have been," he begins to comprehend the cosmic significance and consequences of every living creature's actions. As he witnesses first-hand the transformation of civilization from peaceful to warring times, his very existence is threatened, but the alternative is far worse.
The Murry family, also appearing in A Wind in the Door and Many Waters, acts as a carrier of Madeleine L'Engle's unique message about human responsibility for the world. Themes of good versus evil, time and space travel, and the invincibility of the human spirit predominate. Even while she entertains, L'Engle kindles the intellect, inspiring young people to ask questions of the world, and learn by challenging. (Ages 9 and older) --Emilie Coulter [via]
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Tamsinby Peter S. BeagleISBN 0142401544 (0-14-240154-4)
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Tempting Fateby Chelsea Quinn YarbroISBN 0312790872 (0-312-79087-2)
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The Tough Guide to Fantasylandby Diana Wynne JonesISBN 0142407224 (0-14-240722-4)
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Towing Jehovahby James MorrowISBN 0156002108 (0-15-600210-8)
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Visions of Sugar Plumsby Janet EvanovichISBN 0312306326 (0-312-30632-6)
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Vurtby Jeff NoonISBN 0312141440 (0-312-14144-0)
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Weirdstone of Brisingamenby Alan GarnerISBN 015205636X (0-15-205636-X)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Weirdstone of Brisingamen'Book summary:Readers who love E. Nesbit or Susan Cooper may discover a new favorite in Alan Garner, winner of many awards for literary excellence including the Carnegie Medal. The Weirdstone of Brisingamen, first published in 1960, is the story of two children, Susan and Colin, who are sent to rural England to stay with Bess Mossock, their mother's childhood nurse. The Mossocks' farm is delightfully old-fashioned, and the Alderley area is dotted with interesting woods to explore as well as treacherous disused mines. Susan and Colin encounter a frightening local woman, and feel they are being watched by crows. The air of menace quickly becomes acute danger as the children are pursued by small goblinlike beings, who truss them in cobwebby ropes. An ancient wizard named Cadellin comes to their rescue. As they learn more of the dark forces that threaten Alderley, Susan and Colin find themselves on the run through the abandoned mine tunnels, aided by a pair of heroic dwarfs.
Garner's knowledge of folklore and the Alderley area--his characters' dialect sounds realistic instead of like rote fantasy-speak--imbues his story with a thoughtful depth. His writing is as clear as poetry: "And they passed between the stones, only to stop short a couple of paces later, with despair in their hearts, cold as the east wind." There is a sequel to The Weirdstone of Brisingamen, called The Moon of Gomrath, and both books are superbly written, absorbing tales of wizardry and adventure. --Blaise Selby [via]
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The Weirdstone of Brisingamen: A Tale of Alderleyby Alan GarnerISBN 0152017666 (0-15-201766-6)
Softcover, Harcourt Children's Books
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The Whim of the Dragonby Pamela DeanISBN 0142501611 (0-14-250161-1)
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A Wind in the Doorby Madeleine L'EngleISBN 0312368542 (0-312-36854-2)
Softcover, Feiwel & Friends
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Wind in the Door'Book summary:"There are dragons in the twins' vegetable garden," announces six-year-old Charles Wallace Murry in the opening sentence of The Wind in the Door. His older sister, Meg, doubts it. She figures he's seen something strange, but dragons--a "dollop of dragons," a "drove of dragons," even a "drive of dragons"--seem highly unlikely. As it turns out, Charles Wallace is right about the dragons--though the sea of eyes (merry eyes, wise eyes, ferocious eyes, kitten eyes, dragon eyes, opening and closing) and wings (in constant motion) is actually a benevolent cherubim (of a singularly plural sort) named Proginoskes who has come to help save Charles Wallace from a serious illness.
In her usual masterful way, Madeleine L'Engle jumps seamlessly from a child's world of liverwurst and cream cheese sandwiches to deeply sinister, cosmic battles between good and evil. Children will revel in the delectably chilling details--including hideous scenes in which a school principal named Mr. Jenkins is impersonated by the Echthroi (the evil forces that tear skies, snuff out light, and darken planets). When it becomes clear that the Echthroi are putting Charles Wallace in danger, the only logical course of action is for Meg and her dear friend Calvin O'Keefe to become small enough to go inside Charles Wallace's body--into one of his mitochondria--to see what's going wrong with his farandolae. In an illuminating flash on the interconnectedness of all things and the relativity of size, we realize that the tiniest problem can have mammoth, even intergalactic ramifications. Can this intrepid group voyage through time and space and muster all their strength of character to save Charles Wallace? It's an exhilarating, enlightening, suspenseful journey that no child should miss.
The other books of the Time quartet, continuing the adventures of the Murry family, are A Wrinkle in Time; A Swiftly Tilting Planet, which won the American Book Award; and Many Waters. (Ages 9 and older) --Karin Snelson [via]
Witch Hillby Marion Zimmer BradleyISBN 0312872836 (0-312-87283-6)
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The Witches of Willowmere: Book 1 in the Chronicles of Fairieby Alison BairdISBN 0141313730 (0-14-131373-0)
Softcover, Penguin Group (Canada)
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Wolf at the Doorby Christine WarrenISBN 0312939620 (0-312-93962-0)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Wolf at the Door'Book summary:Sullivan Quinn didn't travel 3,000 miles from his native Ireland and his wolf pack just to chase rabidly after the most delectable quarry he's ever seen. Quinn is in America on a mission--to warn his Other brethren of a shadowy group willing to use murder and mayhem to bring them down. But one whiff of this Foxwoman's delicious honeysuckle fragrance and he knows that she is more than a colleague or a conquest&she is his mate.[via]
Anthropologist Cassidy Poe is a world-renowned authority on social interaction, but the overpowering desire she feels around Quinn defies every ounce of her expertise. Working by his side to uncover The Others' enemies poses risks she never expected--to her own safety, to those she loves, and to her heart, as every encounter with Quinn proves more blissfully erotic than the last&
Now, with no one to trust but each other, Quinn and Cassidy face a foe that's edging closer every day, threatening to destroy the life they've always known, and the passion they've just discovered&More editions of Wolf at the Door:
Wraeththuby Storm ConstantineISBN 0312890001 (0-312-89000-1)
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A Wrinkle in Time: Library Editionby Madeleine L'EngleISBN 0312367546 (0-312-36754-6)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Wrinkle in Time: Library Edition'Book summary:Everyone in town thinks Meg is volatile and dull-witted and that her younger brother Charles Wallace is dumb. People are also saying that their father has run off and left their brilliant scientist mother. Spurred on by these rumors, Meg and Charles Wallace, along with their new friend Calvin, embark on a perilous quest through space to find their father. In doing so they must travel behind the shadow of an evil power that is darkening the cosmos, one planet at a time.
Young people who have trouble finding their place in the world will connect with the "misfit" characters in this provocative story. This is no superhero tale, nor is it science fiction, although it shares elements of both. The travelers must rely on their individual and collective strengths, delving deep into their characters to find answers.
A classic since 1962, Madeleine L'Engle's A Wrinkle in Time is sophisticated in concept yet warm in tone, with mystery and love coursing through its pages. Meg's shattering yet ultimately freeing discovery that her father is not omnipotent provides a satisfying coming-of-age element. Readers will feel a sense of power as they travel with these three children, challenging concepts of time, space, and the power of good over evil. (Ages 9 to 12) [via]
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Todo Es Eventual / Everything's Eventualby Stephen KingISBN 030727375X (0-307-27375-X)
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