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Aesop's Fablesby AesopISBN 0816704600 (0-8167-0460-0)
Softcover, Troll Communications Llc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Aesop's Fables'Book summary:This book was converted from its physical edition to the digital format by a community of volunteers. You may find it for free on the web. Purchase of the Kindle edition includes wireless delivery. [via]
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Aesop's Fablesby Joseph Jacobs, John HejdukISBN 0847813649 (0-8478-1364-9)
Hardcover, Rizzoli Intl Pubns
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Aesop's Fables'Book summary:A newly-illustrated reissue of the 1934 edition retelling fifteen of Aesop's fables. [via]
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The Age of Innocenceby Edith WhartonISBN 0816159165 (0-8161-5916-5)
Softcover, Thorndike Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Age of Innocence'Book summary:[via]Set in turn-of-the-century New York, Edith Wharton's classic novel The Age of Innocence reveals a society governed by the dictates of taste and form, manners and morals, and intricate social ceremonies. Newland Archer, soon to marry the lovely May Welland, is a man torn between his respect for tradition and family and his attraction to May's strongly independent cousin, the Countess Ellen Olenska. Plagued by the desire to live in a world where two people can love each other free from condemnation and judgment by the group, Newland views the artful delicacy of the world he lives in as a comforting security one moment, and at another, as an oppressive fiction masking true human nature. The Age of Innocence is at once a richly drawn portrait of the elegant lifestyles, luxurious brownstones, and fascinating culture of bygone New York society and a compelling look at the conflict between human passions and the social tribe that tries to control them.-
Anne of Avonleaby L.M. MontgomeryISBN 081670466X (0-8167-0466-X)
Softcover, Troll Communications Llc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Anne of Avonlea'Book summary:Anne Shirley, the redheaded girl of Green Gables returns.
Anne is home from Queen's. Now sixteen and a teacher, it is time to settle down and stay out of trouble. But trouble and Anne Shirley always seem to find each other.
Dolly, Anne's Jersey cow, is always getting in to Mr. Harrison's field. Mr. Harrision, a "crank" according to Rachel Lynde, was upset. So when Anne saw Dolly one day in his field Anne sold her on the spot. But when she arrived home there was Dolly. Anne had just sold Mr. Harrision's Jersey. Just the start of another quiet day for Anne.
Mark Twain described Anne as "the most moving and delightful child of fiction since the immortal Alice." The "Anne" books have been best sellers since 1908. [via]
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Anne of Green Gablesby L.M. MontgomeryISBN 0816704651 (0-8167-0465-1)
Softcover, Troll Communications Llc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Anne of Green Gables'Book summary:When Marilla Cuthbert's brother, Matthew, returns home to Green Gables with a chatty redheaded orphan girl, Marilla exclaims, "But we asked for a boy. We have no use for a girl." It's not long, though, before the Cuthberts can't imagine how they could ever do without young Anne of Green Gables--but not for the original reasons they sought an orphan. Somewhere between the time Anne "confesses" to losing Marilla's amethyst pin (which she never took) in hopes of being allowed to go to a picnic, and when Anne accidentally dyes her hated carrot-red hair green, Marilla says to Matthew, "One thing's for certain, no house that Anne's in will ever be dull." And no book that she's in will be, either. This adapted version of the classic, Anne of Green Gables, introduces younger readers to the irrepressible heroine of L.M. Montgomery's many stories. Adapter M.C. Helldorfer includes only a few of Anne's mirthful and poignant adventures, yet manages to capture the freshness of one of children's literature's spunkiest, most beloved characters. There's just enough to make beginning readers want more--luckily, there's a lot more in the originals! Illustrator Ellen Beier creates vibrant pictures to portray the beauty of the land around Green Gables and the spirited nature of Anne herself. (Ages 5 to 8) --Emilie Coulter [via]
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Anne of Inglesideby Lucy Maud MontgomeryISBN 0848811011 (0-8488-1101-1)
Hardcover, Amereon Ltd
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Anne of Ingleside'Book summary:Anne is the mother of five, with never a dull moment in her lively home. And now, with a new baby on the way and insufferable Mary Maria visiting--and wearing out her welcome--Anne's life is full to bursting.
Still, Mrs. Doctor can't think of any place she'd rather be than her own beloved Ingleside. Until the day she begins to worry that her adored Gilbert doesn't love her anymore. How could that be? She may be a little older, but she's still the same irrepressible, irreplaceable redhead--the wonderful Anne of Green Gables, all grown up. She's ready to make her cherished husband fall in love with her all over again! [via]More editions of Anne of Ingleside:
Assateagueby William H. WrotenISBN 087033168X (0-87033-168-X)
Softcover, Cornell Maritime Pr/Tidewater Pub
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The Blue Ridgeby William A. BlakeISBN 0848706315 (0-8487-0631-5)
Softcover, Oxmoor House
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Cliffsnotes Twelfth Nightby J. L. RobertsISBN 0822000946 (0-8220-0094-6)
Softcover, Cliff Notes
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Cliffsnotes Twelfth Night'Book summary:The original CliffsNotes study guides offer expert commentary on major themes, plots, characters, literary devices, and historical background. The latest generation of titles in this series also feature glossaries and visual elements that complement the classic, familiar format.[via]In CliffsNotes on Twelfth Night, you follow several separate groups of characters whose stories are flawlessly woven together to produce one of Shakespeare's lightest, most popular, and most musical comedies full of intricate plots and subplots and witty banter that only Shakespeare could write.
Summaries and commentaries take you through Shakespeare's masterpiece, and character analyses of such memorable characters as Viola, Olivia, and Duke Orsino clue you in on their motivations. You also get these additional features:
- A section on the life and background of William Shakespeare
- A review section that tests your knowledge
- A selected bibliography
Classic literature or modern modern-day treasure you'll understand it all with expert information and insight from CliffsNotes study guides.
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Colonial Williamsburgby Edward SingerISBN 0831702605 (0-8317-0260-5)
Hardcover, Gallery Books
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Complete Illustrated ShakespeareISBN 0831715812 (0-8317-1581-2)
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Complete Works of William ShakespeareISBN 0862881463 (0-86288-146-3)
Softcover, Granite Impex Ltd
Find This BookBook summary:FROM THE WORLD FAMOUS ROYAL SHAKESPEARE COMPANY, THE FIRST AUTHORITATIVE, MODERNIZED, AND CORRECTED EDITION OF SHAKESPEARES FIRST FOLIO IN THREE CENTURIES.
Skillfully assembled by Shakespeares fellow actors in 1623, the First Folio was the original Complete Works. It is arguably the most important literary work in the English language. But starting with Nicholas Rowe in 1709 and continuing to the present day, Shakespeare editors have mixed Folio and Quarto texts, gradually corrupting the original Complete Works with errors and conflated textual variations.
Now Jonathan Bate and Eric Rasmussen, two of todays most accomplished Shakespearean scholars, have edited the First Folio as a complete book, resulting in a definitive Complete Works for the twenty-first century.
Combining innovative scholarship with brilliant commentary and textual analysis that emphasizes performance history and values, this landmark edition will be indispensable to students, theater professionals, and general readers alike.
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The Complete Works of William Shakespeareby William ShakespeareISBN 0831716991 (0-8317-1699-1)
Hardcover, Octopus Publishing Group
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Count of Monte Cristoby Alexandre DumasISBN 0866119795 (0-86611-979-5)
Hardcover, Abdo Pub Co
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Crimes of the Heartby Beth HenleyISBN 0822202506 (0-8222-0250-6)
Softcover, Dramatist's Play Service
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The Crucibleby Arthur MillerISBN 0822202557 (0-8222-0255-7)
Softcover, Dramatist's Play Service
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Crucible'Book summary:The enduring classic drama of the Salem witch trials was inspired by the political witch-hunting activities of Senator Joseph McCarthy in the '50s. Though set in the 17th century, "The Crucible" presents issues still gnawing at modern society. [via]
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Death of Ivan Iiyichby Leo TolstoyISBN 0848803434 (0-8488-0343-4)
Hardcover, Amereon Ltd
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Draculaby Bram StokerISBN 0862277493 (0-86227-749-3)
Hardcover, Grandreams
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The Fables of Aesopby AesopISBN 084670076X (0-8467-0076-X)
Hardcover, Paddington Press
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Fables of Aesop'Book summary:A collection of more than three hundred classic children's fables includes ""The Lion and the Mouse,"" ""The Dog in the Manger,"" and ""The Tortoise and the Hare,"" and is accompanied by twenty-three paintings and line drawings. [via]
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The Foundlingby Georgette HeyerISBN 0848823095 (0-8488-2309-5)
Hardcover, Amereon Ltd
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Frances Hodgson Burnett's the Secret Gardenby Frances Hodgson BurnettISBN 0833524372 (0-8335-2437-2)
Hardcover, Bt Bound
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Frances Hodgson Burnett's the Secret Garden'Book summary:Mistress Mary is quite contrary until she helps her garden grow. Along the way, she manages to cure her sickly cousin Colin, who is every bit as imperious as she. These two are sullen little peas in a pod, closed up in a gloomy old manor on the Yorkshire moors of England, until a locked-up garden captures their imaginations and puts the blush of a wild rose in their cheeks; "It was the sweetest, most mysterious-looking place any one could imagine. The high walls which shut it in were covered with the leafless stems of roses which were so thick, that they matted together.... 'No wonder it is still,' Mary whispered. 'I am the first person who has spoken here for ten years.'" As new life sprouts from the earth, Mary and Colin's sour natures begin to sweeten. For anyone who has ever felt afraid to live and love, The Secret Garden's portrayal of reawakening spirits will thrill and rejuvenate. Frances Hodgson Burnett creates characters so strong and distinct, young readers continue to identify with them even 85 years after they were conceived. (Ages 9 to 12) [via]
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Hardcover, Abdo Pub Co - Frances Hodgson Burnett's the Secret Garden: ISBN 0833524372 (0-8335-2437-2)
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- Frances Hodgson Burnett's the Secret Garden: ISBN 0839362048 (0-8393-6204-8)
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The Glass Menagerieby Tennessee WilliamsISBN 0822204509 (0-8222-0450-9)
Softcover, Dramatist's Play Service
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Glass Menagerie'Book summary:This all-new, all-star film version of a beloved American classic combines the monumental talent of the biggest and best film stars with the literary genius of Tennessee Williams. Paul Newman directs. Joanne Woodward, John Malkovich, Karen Allen and James Naughton star in the motion picture from Cineplex Odeon Films. [via]
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Great Books of the Western Worldby Encyclopdia Britannica, inc., Robert Maynard HutchinsISBN 0852291639 (0-85229-163-9)
Hardcover, Encyclopdia Britannica
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Great Books of the Western World'Book summary:The Iliad (Ancient Greek ?????, Ilias) is, together with the Odyssey, one of two ancient Greek epic poems attributed to Homer, a supposedly blind Ionian poet. The epics are considered by most modern scholars to be the oldest literature in the Greek language. The Iliad concerns events during the tenth and final year in the siege of the city of Ilion, or Troy, by the Greeks. The Odyssey (Greek: ????????, Odusseia)is commonly dated circa 800 to 600 BC. The poem is, in part, a sequel to Homer's Iliad and mainly concerns the events that befall the Greek hero Odysseus (or Ulysses) in his long journeys after the fall of Troy and when he at last returns to his native land of Ithaca. [via]
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Happy Birthday, Felicity!by Valerie Tripp, Dan AndreasenISBN 0833593137 (0-8335-9313-7)
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Horse Wiseby Bonnie BryantISBN 0836815335 (0-8368-1533-5)
Hardcover, Gareth Stevens Pub
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Huis Clos Les Mouchesby SartreISBN 0844218146 (0-8442-1814-6)
Softcover, Natl Textbook Co
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The Hunchback of Notre Dameby Victor HugoISBN 0861366026 (0-86136-602-6)
Hardcover, Smithmark Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Hunchback of Notre Dame'Book summary:Kindle edition of Victor Hugo's classic work with an active table of contents. [via]
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I, Claudiusby Robert GravesISBN 0848805119 (0-8488-0511-9)
Hardcover, Amereon Ltd
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› Find signed collectible books: 'I, Claudius'Book summary:Having never seen the famous 1970s television series based on Graves' historical novel of ancient Rome and being generally uneducated about matters both ancient and Roman, I wasn't prepared for such an engaging book. But it's a ripping good read, this fictional autobiography set in the Roman Empire's days of glory and decadence. As a history lesson, it's fabulous; as a novel it's also wonderful. Best is Claudius himself, the stutterer who let everyone think he was an idiot (to avoid getting poisoned) but who reveals himself in the narrative to be a wry and likable observer. His story continues in Claudius the God. [via]
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An Index of the Estate Records in the Basement of the Hampshire County Court House from 1754 to 1870 With a Partial Index from 1870 Through 1884by William H. RiceISBN 0870126075 (0-87012-607-5)
Softcover, McClain Printing Co
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King Learby William ShakespeareISBN 082201422X (0-8220-1422-X)
Softcover, John Wiley & Sons Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'King Lear'Book summary:King Lear stands alongside Hamlet as one of the most profound expressions of tragic drama in literature. Written between 1604 and 1605, it represents Shakespeare at the height of his dramatic power. Drawing on ancient British history, Shakespeare constructs a plot that reads like a fable in its clear-sighted but terrifying simplicity. The ageing King Lear calls his daughters, Goneril, Regan and Cordelia to witness that he wishes "to shake all cares and business from our age" and divide his kingdom between his three children. When Cordelia refuses to flatter her father with sycophantic words of love, her banishment leads to chaos and civil war as Lear's disastrous "division of the kingdom" gives free reign to the greed and ambition of his two remaining daughters.
As Lear sinks into rage and madness he is deserted by everyone except his "bitter" Fool, the loyal Kent and the exiled Cordelia. The play descends into a nighmarish theatre of cruelty and absurdity as Lear realises he has "ta'en / Too little care" of the poverty and corruption of his kingdom, and his loyal but foolish friend Gloucester has his eyes gouged out. Metaphors of monstrosity and perversions of nature structure the dramatic action, and the play's ending remains one of the most harrowing in all of Shakespeare. Many see a profound despair and nihilism in King Lear, and would agree with Kent's conclusion that "All's cheerless, dark and deadly". Other writers have identified a radical but pessimistic critique of contemporary conceptions of kingship and absolutist authority, yet it remains a remarkable tragedy of public misjudgement and intensely private grief and anguish. --Jerry Brotton [via]
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King Richard II: The Life and Death of King Richard the Second the First Folio of 1623 and a Parallel Modern Editionby William Shakespeare, Peter Alexander, John WildersISBN 0831773960 (0-8317-7396-0)
Softcover, Wh Smith Pub
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The Kings and Queens of Englandby Nicholas BestISBN 0821222554 (0-8212-2255-4)
Hardcover, Bulfinch Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Kings and Queens of England'Book summary:Did you know that Henry I pushed a man from the top of Rouen Castle for breaking an oath of allegiance? That Henry VI was terrified of girls? Or that George II died in the lavatory? Spanning ten dynasties and more than nine centuries, this marvelous reference provides tart, inclusive profiles of all the men and women who have occupied the English throne. 43 color illustrations. [via]
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Last Silk Dressby Ann RinaldiISBN 0823406903 (0-8234-0690-3)
Hardcover, Holiday House
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Le Fantome De L'Operaby Gaston LerouxISBN 0844212334 (0-8442-1233-4)
Softcover, Natl Textbook Co Trade
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Le Fantome De L'Opera'Book summary:A French reader for intermediate through advanced students
Le Fantôme de lOpéra (Leroux) is an adaptation that captures the meaning and mood of the original 1910 Gaston Leroux novel and includes all major scenes. It is 152 pages in length. [via]More editions of Le Fantome De L'Opera:
Les Miserablesby Norman Denny, Victor Hugo, Charles KeepingISBN 085067106X (0-85067-106-X)
Hardcover, Folio Press
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Les Miserablesby Victor HugoISBN 0848805356 (0-8488-0535-6)
Hardcover, Amereon LTD.
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Les Miserables'Book summary:Les Misérables is an 1862 French novel by author Victor Hugo and is widely considered one of the greatest novels of the 19th century. It follows the lives and interactions of several French characters over a seventeen-year period in the early 19th century, starting in 1815 and culminating in the 1832 June Rebellion. The novel focuses on the struggles of ex-convict Jean Valjean and his experience of redemption. It examines the nature of law and grace, and expounds upon the history of France, architecture of Paris, politics, moral philosophy, anti-monarchism, justice, religion, and the types and nature of romantic and familial love. The story is historical fiction because it contains factual and historic events. [via]
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The Letters of the British Spyby William WirtISBN 0839821727 (0-8398-2172-7)
Hardcover, Literature House
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Lightby Jason CooperISBN 0865931666 (0-86593-166-6)
Hardcover, Rourke Pub Group
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Lonely Planet Virginia & the Capital Regionby J. Williams, Randy Peffer, K. StannISBN 0864427697 (0-86442-769-7)
Softcover, Lonely Planet
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Lost Chicagoby David LoweISBN 0823028712 (0-8230-2871-2)
Softcover, Watson-Guptill Pubns
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Lost Chicago'Book summary:30th Anniversary
These dazzling, poignant pages recreate the magical built environment that thrilled generations of Chicago residents and visitors alike before falling victim to the wrecking ball of progress.
Here are the grand residences and hotels, opulent theaters, legendary trains, and state-of-the-art office buildings and department storesincluding the worlds first skyscraper. Here too are the famous convention halls, parks, and racetracks of a great American city whose architectural treasures have been, and continue to be, recklessly squandered.
Rare photographs and prints, many of them published here for the first time, document the transformative architectural achievements of such giants as Dankmar Adler, Louis Sullivan, John Wellburn Root, Daniel Burnham, William Holabird, and Frank Lloyd Wright. But this remarkable book is much more than a portfolio of now-vanished buildings; within its pages are evocative sketches of scores of Chicago personalities, from the world-famous (Abraham Lincoln, Theodore Dreiser, Clarence Darrow, Ben Hecht, Jane Addams, Cyrus McCormick, George Pullman, and Gustavus Swift, to name just a few) to the locally notorious. [via]More editions of Lost Chicago:
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Macbethby William ShakespeareISBN 0833574302 (0-8335-7430-2)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Macbeth'Book summary:One of Shakespeare's greatest, but also bloodiest tragedies, was written around 1605/06. Many have seen the story of Macbeth's murder and usurpation of the legitimate Scottish King Duncan as having obvious connection to contemporary issues regarding King James I (James VI of Scotland), and the Gunpowder Plot of 1605. King James was particularly fascinated with witchcraft, so the appearance of the witches chanting "Fair is foul, and foul is fair" at the opening of the play seemed particularly topical, as was Macbeth's betrayal of Banquo, from whom James claimed direct descent.
However, the play is clearly far more than a piece of royal entertainment. It is also a fast-moving and dramatically satisfying piece of theatre. Macbeth's existential struggle between loyalty to his King and his "Vaulting ambition" is fascinating to watch, as his is struggle with Lady Macbeth, and her own terrifying refusal of her maternal role. The play shows an intensification of Shakespeare's interest in mothers and their effect upon ruling masculinity, and also contains some of the most memorable speeches in the entire canon, including Macbeth's reflections that ultimately life "is a tale / Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, / Signifying nothing". --Jerry Brotton [via]
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Mansions of the Virginia Gentryby Henry Wiencek, Paul RocheleauISBN 0848707559 (0-8487-0755-9)
Hardcover, Oxmoor House
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Measure for Measureby William Shakespeare, Peter Alexander, John WildersISBN 0831757752 (0-8317-5775-2)
Softcover, Wh Smith Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Measure for Measure'Book summary:A dark and difficult play, Measure for Measure has been a popular play since the latter half of the 20th century for its prescient dramatisation of the issues of sexual and political hypocrisy, and the ways in which the state interferes in the private lives of its citizens. Set in Duke Vincentio's Vienna, where poverty, disease and prostitution are rife, Claudio and his fiancée Juliet are arrested for having sex before marriage, and Claudio is sentenced to death. Angelo, the Duke's deputy, who stands in for the Duke whilst he ostensibly goes off on a pilgrimage, enthusiastically endorses the sentence. In fact the Duke remains behind the scenes, watching Angelo as he falls for Claudio's sister Isabella, who comes to beg for her brother's life. Angelo is a wonderful creation, loathsome yet fascinating as he struggles with the double standards of his enforcement of draconian laws whilst lusting after the sister of the man he is prepared to execute, debating "The tempter or the tempted, who sins most?".
No one is spared Shakespeare's withering look at the mores of early 17th-century life, not even the pimps and madams who try to get by in the midst of the Duke's bizarre and coercive disguises and performances. The deeply ambiguous ending of Measure for Measure confirms it as one of Shakespeare's most ambivalent and arguably despairing plays. --Jerry Brotton [via]
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Mennonite Country-Style Recipes & Kitchen Secretsby Esther H. ShankISBN 0836136977 (0-8361-3697-7)
Softcover, Herald Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Mennonite Country-Style Recipes & Kitchen Secrets'Book summary:Now available in a new layflat paperback edition.
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Esther H. Shank collected and perfected good recipes and useful food preparation tips for over 25 years. This is her prized collection of over 1,100 recipes and a legacy of kitchen know-how for inexperienced young adults caught up in the whirl of fast foods and busy schedules. Even experienced cooks will find helpful the hundreds of tips for success while baking bread and making pie crusts; as well as the microwave and quick-fix sections; identification of low calorie dishes; and many useful charts; tables; and diagrams.
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Monticelloby Leonard Everett FisherISBN 082341406X (0-8234-1406-X)
Softcover, Holiday House
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No Exit and The Flies Notesby W. John CampbellISBN 0822009048 (0-8220-0904-8)
Softcover, Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, John
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› Find signed collectible books: 'No Exit and The Flies Notes'Book summary:The original CliffsNotes study guides offer expert commentary on major themes, plots, characters, literary devices, and historical background all to help you gain greater insight into great works you're bound to study for school or pleasure.
In CliffsNotes on Sartre's No Exit & The Flies, you examine two well-known plays by Jean-Baptiste Sartre and discover how Sartre uses his work to put forth his philosophy of existentialism. Both plays were written during the Nazi occupation of France in WWII and deal with the central of theme of freedom, which is a hallmark of Sartre's existential philosophy.
In this study guide, you'll find Life of the Author, as well as detailed Summaries and Commentaries of both plays. You'll also find critical essays on the following topics:
- Sartrean existentialism: Principles and philosophies, existentialism before Sartre, an overview of existentialism, and Sartre's specific principles of existentialism
- Sartre's political ideas
- Sartre's dramatic formula
- Plus suggested essay topics and a selected bibliography
Classic literature or modern-day treasure you'll understand it all with expert information and insight from CliffsNotes study guides. [via]
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The Odyssey of Homerby HomerISBN 0835902323 (0-8359-0232-3)
Softcover, Globe Fearon Co
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Odyssey of Homer'Book summary:This classic series of plays, novels, and stories has been adapted, in a friendly format, for students reading at a various levels.
Reading Level: 4-8
Interest Level: 6-12
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Oedipus the King.by Anthony BurgessISBN 0816606676 (0-8166-0667-6)
Softcover, Univ of Minnesota Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Oedipus the King.'Book summary:Washington Square Press Enriched Classics make great literature even more accessible to a new generation of readers, with expanded and updated reader's supplements and essential historical information. Oedipus the King is the 2,000-year-old masterpiece that raises basic questions about human behavior that are still vigorously debated by students and scholars. Photos and illustrations. [via]
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The Oresteiaby Aeschylus, Tony HarrisonISBN 0860361780 (0-86036-178-0)
Hardcover, Rex Collings
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Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest: A Reconstructive Critical Edition of the Text of the First Production, St. James Theatre, London, 1895by Oscar Wilde, Joseph Donohue, Ruth BerggrenISBN 0861403789 (0-86140-378-9)
Hardcover, Oxford University Press
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Othelloby William ShakespeareISBN 0833510878 (0-8335-1087-8)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Othello'Book summary:Though this great tragedy of unsurpassed intensity and emotion is played out against Renaissance splendor, its story of the doomed marriage of a Venetian senators daughter, Desdemona, to a Moorish general, Othello, is especially relevant to modern audiences. The differences in race and background create an initial tension that allows the horrifyingly envious villain Iago methodically to promote the green-eyed monster jealousy, until, in one of the most deeply moving scenes in theatrical history, the noble Moor destroys the woman he lovesonly to discover too late that she was innocent.
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" An interpretive essay on film adaptations of the play, along with an extensive filmography [via] 
Plato: Phaedrusby C. J. RoweISBN 0856683132 (0-85668-313-2)
Hardcover, David Brown Book Co
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Plato Phaedrusby PlatoISBN 0856683140 (0-85668-314-0)
Softcover, Aris & Phillips
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Pride of the Peacockby Victoria Holt, Jean Plaidy, Philippa Carr, Eleanor HibbertISBN 081616455X (0-8161-6455-X)
Hardcover, G K Hall & Co
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Quotations from Chairman Mao Tse-Tungby Mao Tse-TungISBN 083512388X (0-8351-2388-X)
Hardcover, Sinolingua
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Red, White, Black, & Blue: A Dual Memoir of Race and Class in Appalachiaby Kojo Jones, Dolores Johnson, Dolores M. JohnsonISBN 0821415360 (0-8214-1536-0)
Softcover, Ohio Univ Pr
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Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cryby Mildred D. TaylorISBN 0821919857 (0-8219-1985-7)
Hardcover, Paradigm Pub Intl
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry'Book summary:In all Mildred D. Taylor's unforgettable novels she recounts "not only the joy of growing up in a large and supportive family, but my own feelings of being faced with segregation and bigotry." Her Newbery Medal-winning Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry tells the story of one African American family, fighting to stay together and strong in the face of brutal racist attacks, illness, poverty, and betrayal in the Deep South of the 1930s. Nine-year-old Cassie Logan, growing up protected by her loving family, has never had reason to suspect that any white person could consider her inferior or wish her harm. But during the course of one devastating year when her community begins to be ripped apart by angry night riders threatening African Americans, she and her three brothers come to understand why the land they own means so much to their Papa. "Look out there, Cassie girl. All that belongs to you. You ain't never had to live on nobody's place but your own and long as I live and the family survives, you'll never have to. That's important. You may not understand that now but one day you will. Then you'll see."
Twenty-five years after it was first published, this special anniversary edition of the classic strikes as deep and powerful a note as ever. Taylor's vivid portrayal of ugly racism and the poignancy of Cassie's bewilderment and gradual toughening against social injustice and the men and women who perpetuate it, will remain with readers forever. Two award-winning sequels, Let the Circle Be Unbroken and The Road to Memphis, and a long-awaited prequel, The Land, continue the profoundly moving tale of the Logan family. (Ages 9 and older) --Emilie Coulter [via]
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Romeo and Julietby William Shakespeare, A. L. RowseISBN 0819139033 (0-8191-3903-3)
Softcover, University Press of America, Incorporated
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Romeo and Juliet'Book summary:This is undoubtedly the greatest love story ever written, spawning a host of imitators on stage and screen, including Leonard Bernstein's smash musical West Side Story, Franco Zeffirelli's Romeo and Juliet filmed in 1968, and Baz Luhrmann's postmodern film version Romeo + Juliet. The tragic feud between "Two households, both alike in dignity/In fair Verona", the Montagues and Capulets, which ultimately kills the two young "star-crossed lovers" and their "death-marked love" creates issues which have fascinated subsequent generations. The play deals with issues of intergenerational and familial conflict, as well as the power of language and the compelling relationship between sex and death, all of which makes it an incredibly modern play. It is also an early example of Shakespeare fusing poetry with dramatic action, as he moves from Romeo's lyrical account of Juliet--"she doth teach the torches to burn bright!" to the bustle and action of a 16th-century household (the play contains more scenes of ordinary working people than any of Shakespeare's other works). It also represents an experimental attempt to fuse comedy with tragedy. Up to the third act, the play proceeds along the lines of a classic romantic comedy. The turning point comes with the death of one of Shakespeare's finest early dramatic creations--Romeo's sexually ambivalent friend Mercutio, whose "plague o' both your houses" begins the play's descent into tragedy, "For never was a story of more woe/Than this of Juliet and her Romeo". --Jerry Brotton [via]
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The Scarlet Pimpernelby OrczyISBN 0816704589 (0-8167-0458-9)
Softcover, Troll Communications Llc
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The Secret Garden : A Young Reader's Edition of the Classic Storyby Frances Hodgson Burnett, Louise Betts, Karen PrichettISBN 0816712042 (0-8167-1204-2)
Softcover, Troll Communications L.L.C.
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Secret Garden : A Young Reader's Edition of the Classic Story'Book summary:This kindle book also includes bonus annotations:
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The Secret Garden is a novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett. It was initially published in serial format starting in autumn 1910; the book was first published in its entirety in 1911.
Its working title was Mistress Mary, in reference to the English nursery rhyme Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary. It is now one of Burnett's most popular novels, and is considered to be a classic of children's literature.
The main character of this story is Mary Lennox. She has been born to rich British parents that are currently living in India. Her parents were busy with extravagent parties and left Mary with her ayah for most of the time. Orphaned by an outbreak of cholera, she is sent back to England to be cared for by her mother's sister's husband, Archibald Craven, a reclusive widower. Craven's wife, Lilian, passed away ten years earlier. He is still mourning that loss. To escape his sad memories, he constantly travels abroad, leaving the entire manor, including Mary, to be cared for by his housekeeper, Mrs. Medlock. The only person who has any time for the little girl is the chambermaid Martha Sowerby, who tells Mary about a locked up garden, surrounded by a wall that was the late Mrs. Craven's favorite place. No one has entered the garden since she died because Archibald locked its entrance and buried the key. He hasn't told anyone where it is.
Mary finds the key to the secret garden hidden in a box in the house. A robin shows her where the door is hidden beneath overgrown ivy. Once inside, she discovers that although the roses seem lifeless, some of the other flowers have survived. She decides to tend the garden herself. Mary wants to keep her new found garden a secret, but she knows she needs help tending it. She gets this help from Martha's brother Dickon. He seems to have a connection with all wild animals and plants. Mary gives him money to buy gardening implements and he shows her that the roses, though neglected, are not dead. When Mary's uncle briefly meets with her for the first time since her arrival, Mary asks him for permission to claim her own garden from any abandoned part of the grounds, and he acquiesces. Thanks to her new-found interests and activities, Mary herself begins to blossom, becoming more healthy looking and more pleasant to be around.
Some nights, Mary hears someone weeping in another part of the house. When she asks questions, the servants become evasive. They tell her that she is hearing things, like a servant with a toothache. Shortly after her uncle's visit, she goes exploring and discovers her uncle's son, Colin, a lonely, bedridden boy as petulant and disagreeable as Mary used to be. His father shuns him because the child closely resembles his mother. Mr. Craven is a mild hunchback, and both he and Colin are morbidly convinced that the boy will develop the same condition. The servants have been keeping Mary and Colin a secret from one another because Colin doesn't like strangers staring at him and is prone to terrible tantrums.
Mr. Craven has been traveling through Europe, but is inspired to rush home after hearing the voice of his dead wife in a dream and receiving a letter from Mrs. Sowerby (Martha's and Dickon's mother, who also knows the secret) telling him, "I think your lady would ask you to come if she was here." He arrives while the children are outdoors and finds himself drawn toward the secret garden. As he approaches nearer, he is astonished to hear their voices inside the walls; Colin bursts out of the garden door toward him, actually winning a footrace against Mary and Dickon. The story's heartwarming ending has Colin able to walk, Archibald smiling again, and Mary has a family and friends who love her. [via]More editions of The Secret Garden : A Young Reader's Edition of the Classic Story:
Septimus Bean and His Amazing Machineby Janet Quin-Harkin, Art CumingsISBN 0819309990 (0-8193-0999-0)
Hardcover, Parent's Magazine Press
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The Shakespeare Playsby William ShakespeareISBN 0831786817 (0-8317-8681-7)
Softcover, Wh Smith Pub
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Sophistryby Jonathan M. ShermanISBN 0822213478 (0-8222-1347-8)
Softcover, Dramatist's Play Service
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Sophoclesby Richard C. JebbISBN 0862920027 (0-86292-002-7)
Softcover, Intl Pub Marketing Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Sophocles'Book summary:This is one of the seven plays of Sophocles in the full editions by R.C. Jebb. Each volume contains a foreword by P.E. Easterling, concerned with Jebb and his contribution to Sophoclean scholarship; there follows an introduction by a noted Sophoclean scholar dealing with Jebbs treatment of the individual play and its value for--and contrast with--subsequent interpretations, for which a select bibliography is included. [via]
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Theatre of the Oppressedby Augusto BoalISBN 0861040805 (0-86104-080-5)
Softcover, Univ of Michigan Pr
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Thunder in the Mountains: The West Virginia Mine War, 1920-21by Lon SavageISBN 0822954265 (0-8229-5426-5)
Softcover, Univ of Pittsburgh Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Thunder in the Mountains: The West Virginia Mine War, 1920-21'Book summary:[via]The West Virginia mine war of 1920-21, a major civil insurrection of unusual brutality on both sides, even by the standards of the coal fields, involved thousands of union and nonunion miners, state and private police, militia, and federal troops. Before it was over, three West Virginia counties were in open rebellion, much of the state was under military rule, and bombers of the U.S. Army Air Corps had been dispatched against striking miners.
The origins of this civil war were in the Draconian rule of the coal companies over the fiercely proud miners of Appalachia. It began in the small railroad town of Matewan when Mayor C. C. Testerman and Police Chief Sid Hatfield sided with striking miners against agents of the Baldwin-Felts Detective Agency, who attempted to evict the miners from company-owned housing. During a street battle, Mayor Testerman, seven Baldwin-Felts agents, and two miners were shot to death.
Hatfield became a folk hero to Appalachia. But he, like Testerman, was to be a martyr. The next summer, Baldwin-Felts agents assassinated him and his best friend, Ed Chambers, as their wives watched, on the steps of the courthouse in Welch, accelerating the miners rebellion into open warfare.
Much neglected in historical accounts, Thunder in the Mountains is the only available book-length account of the crisis in American industrial relations and governance that occured during the West Virginia mine war of 1920-21.
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Victor Hugo's Les Miserablesby Victor Hugo, Jim ReimannISBN 0849916879 (0-8499-1687-9)
Softcover, W Pub Group
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Waiting for Leftyby Clifford OdetsISBN 0822212153 (0-8222-1215-3)
Softcover, Dramatist's Play Service
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War and Peaceby Leo Tolstoy, John Bayley, Ann DunniganISBN 0833508113 (0-8335-0811-3)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'War and Peace'Book summary:War and Peace delineates in graphic detail events leading up to Napoleon's invasion of Russia, and the impact of the Napoleonic era on Tsarist society, as seen through the eyes of five Russian aristocratic families. [via]
Way of the Scarlet Pimpernelby Baroness OrxzyISBN 0848814428 (0-8488-1442-8)
Hardcover, Amereon Ltd
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We Barrymoresby Lionel Barrymore, Cameron ShippISBN 083717550X (0-8371-7550-X)
Hardcover, Greenwood Press
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What's Happening to the Ozone Layer?by Isaac AsimovISBN 0836807952 (0-8368-0795-2)
Hardcover, Gareth Stevens Pub
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