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Unless

Thu, 24 May 2012 0:15:28 PST

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Peter Pan

Thu, 24 May 2012 0:14:57 PST

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Revisit enchanted Neverland with J. M. Barrie's timeless taleJoin Wendy, John, and Michael Darling as they follow Peter Pan, the boy who never grows up, to a world where fairies live and children can fly. But beware -- danger abounds in this magical land of mermaids, Indians, and fairy dust. Captain Hook and his pirate crew want all children to walk the plank, especially Peter Pan. There is a ...

The Incredible Journey

Thu, 24 May 2012 0:14:39 PST

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Instinct told them that the way home lay to the west. And so the doughty young Labrador retriever, the roguish bull terrier and the indomitable Siamese set out through the Canadian wilderness. Separately, they would soon have died. But, together, the three house pets faced starvation, exposure, and wild forest animals to make their way home to the family they love. The Incredible Journey is one o ...

West Side Story

Thu, 24 May 2012 0:14:04 PST

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This series of contemporary plays includes structured GCSE assignments for use by individuals or groups. These include questions which involve close reading, writing and discussion. This play places the "Romeo and Juliet" story in a New York gang-warfare context.

The Prince

Thu, 24 May 2012 0:12:24 PST

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Consumer demand has been so strong that the guides have expanded to over 150 titles.

Intruder in the Dust

Thu, 24 May 2012 0:12:02 PST

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Just so stories

Thu, 24 May 2012 0:10:18 PST

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The grapes of wrath

Thu, 24 May 2012 0:09:35 PST

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The Phantom of the Opera

Thu, 24 May 2012 0:09:03 PST

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Nine songs from the Andrew Lloyd Webber masterpiece: All I Ask of You * Angel of Music * Masquerade * The Music of the Night * The Phantom of the Opera * The Point of No Return * Prima Donna * Think of Me * Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again.

Imperial Eyes

Thu, 24 May 2012 0:08:35 PST

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This second edition of a highly acclaimed and interdisciplinary book which quickly established itself as a seminal text in its field investigates the way in which travel writing has constructed an image of the world beyond Europe for European readerships. Focusing on writing about South America and Africa in relation to the political and economic expansion of Europe, this long-awaited second edit ...

Fahrenheit 451

Thu, 24 May 2012 0:08:02 PST

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The classic bestseller about censorship - more important now than ever before. Fahrenheit 451 ...the temperature at which books burn The novel of firemen who are paid to set books ablaze. Guy Montag was a fireman whose job it was to start fires... The system was simple. Everyone understood it. Books were for burning... along with the houses in which they were hidden. Guy Montag enjoyed his job. ...

I Am Charlotte Simmons

Thu, 24 May 2012 0:07:09 PST

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The Good Soldier

Thu, 24 May 2012 0:06:46 PST

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Again, based on the meticulously edited collation of four manuscripts along with detailed annotation, this edition allows the reader to study thoroughly Ford Madox Ford's 1915 modernist masterpiece. The "Note on the Text" has been significantly updated, "Backgrounds and Contexts" brings together appraisals of the work following its publication, and "Biographical and Critical Commentary" collects ...

Manchild in the Promised Land

Thu, 24 May 2012 0:06:24 PST

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Manchild in the Promised Land is indeed one of the most remarkable autobiographies of our time. This thinly fictionalized account of Claude Brown's childhood as a hardened, streetwise criminal trying to survive the toughest streets of Harlem has been heralded as the definitive account of everyday life for the first generation of African Americans raised in the Northern ghettos of the 1940s and 19 ...

The Trial

Thu, 24 May 2012 0:05:18 PST

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The Man in the Iron Mask

Thu, 24 May 2012 0:04:48 PST

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In the final adventure of the Musketeers, the Man in the Iron Mask sees D'Artagnan remain in the service of the corrupt King Louis XIV after the Three Musketeers have gone their separate ways. Meanwhile a mysterious prisoner in an iron mask languishes in the Bastille, where he has been for eighteen years. When the destinies of the King and the prisoner converge, D'Artagnan and the Three Musketeer ...

Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde

Thu, 24 May 2012 0:04:13 PST

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Dr. Jekyll has been experimenting with identity. He has developed a drug which separates the two sides of his nature, allowing him to abandon himself to his most corrupt inclinations as the monstrous Mr. Hyde. But gradually the journey back to goodness becomes more and more difficult, and the risk that Mr. Hyde will break free from Dr. Jekyll’s control puts all of London in grave peril. This grou ...

Sophie's Choice

Thu, 24 May 2012 0:03:01 PST

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Vimy

Thu, 24 May 2012 0:02:25 PST

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One chill Easter dawn in 1917, a blizzard blowing in their faces, the four divisions of the Canadian Corps in France went over the top of a muddy scarp knows as Vimy Ridge. Within hours, they held in their grasp what had eluded both British and French armies in over two years of fighting: they had seized the best-defended German bastion on the Western Front. How could an army of civilians from ...

The Catcher in the Rye

Thu, 24 May 2012 0:01:50 PST

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The Wind in the Willows

Wed, 23 May 2012 23:55:26 PST

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Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged

Wed, 23 May 2012 23:54:34 PST

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Since its publication in 1957 "Atlas Shrugged", the philosophical and artistic climax of Ayn Rand's novels, has never been out of print and has received enormous critical attention becoming one of the most influential books ever published, impacting on a variety of disciplines including philosophy, literature, economics, business, and political science among others. More than a great novel, "Atla ...

The Fountainhead

Wed, 23 May 2012 23:54:15 PST

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The story of a gifted architect, his struggle against conventional standards, and his violent love affair

Philosophy

Wed, 23 May 2012 23:53:59 PST

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A collection of essays argues that philosophy is an essential element of human life--a force that shapes human character and national culture and destiny--and ...

The Last of the Mohicans

Wed, 23 May 2012 23:52:37 PST

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The Complete Stories of Truman Capote

Wed, 23 May 2012 23:51:40 PST

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Most readers know Truman Capote as the author of Breakfast at Tiffany’s and In Cold Blood; or they remember his notorious social life and wild and witty public appearances. But he was also the author of superb short tales that were as elegant as they were heartfelt, as grotesque as they were compassionate. Now, on the occasion of what would have been his eightieth birthday, the Modern Library pre ...

A Passage to India

Wed, 23 May 2012 23:51:04 PST

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Exploring issues of colonialism, faith and the limits of comprehension, E.M. Forster's "A Passage to India" is edited by Oliver Stallybrass, with an introduction by Pankaj Mishra. When Adela Quested and her elderly companion Mrs Moore arrive in the Indian town of Chandrapore, they quickly feel trapped by its insular and prejudiced 'Anglo-Indian' community. Determined to escape the parochial Engli ...

Pandora

Wed, 23 May 2012 23:50:21 PST

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Anne Rice, creator of the Vampire Lestat, the Mayfair witches and the amazing worlds they inhabit, now gives us the first in a new series of novels linked together by the fledgling vampire David Talbot, who has set out to become a chronicler of his fellow Undead. The novel opens in present-day Paris in a crowded café, where David meets Pandora. She is two thousand years old, a Child of the Mill ...

Divine Intervention

Wed, 23 May 2012 23:49:08 PST

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CFBI agent Jasmine McLellan is assigned a hot case-one that requires the psychic abilities of the PSI Division, a secret government agency located in the secluded town of Divine, BC.

Winter's Tales

Wed, 23 May 2012 23:48:25 PST

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In Isak Dinesen's universe, the magical enchantment of the fairy tale and the moral resonance of myth coexist with an unflinching grasp of the most obscure human strengths and weaknesses. A despairing author abandons his wife, but in the course of a long night's wandering, he learns love's true value and returns to her, only to find her a different woman than the one he left. A landowner, seeking ...

Jane Eyre

Wed, 23 May 2012 23:47:32 PST

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Doctor Faustus

Wed, 23 May 2012 23:47:19 PST

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This volume in the "Revel Plays" series, offers reading editions, with modern spelling, of the 1604 and 1616 editions of Marlowe's play, arguing that the two cannot be conflated into one. Included are sources and commentary, literary criticism, style and staging/performance assessments.

A Treasury of American Folklore

Wed, 23 May 2012 23:45:32 PST

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Mark Twain Wit and Wisecracks

Wed, 23 May 2012 23:43:33 PST

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Rollicking humor from a great wit, including, "Reports of my death are greatly exaggerated".

The Sun Also Rises

Wed, 23 May 2012 23:43:08 PST

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I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

Wed, 23 May 2012 23:42:44 PST

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Maya Angelou's six volumes of autobiography are a testament to the talents and resilience of this extraordinary writer. Loving the world, she also knows its cruelty. As a Black woman she has known discrimination and extreme poverty, but also hope, joy, achievement and celebration. In this first volume of her six books of autobiography, Maya Angelou beautifully evokes her childhood with her grandm ...

The Gangs of New York

Wed, 23 May 2012 23:42:07 PST

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Published to coincide with the release of Martin Scorsese's film, Gangs of New York, starring Leonard DiCaprio, The Gangs of New York has long been hand-passed among its cult readership. It is a tour through a now unrecognizable city of abysmal poverty and habitual violence cobbled, as Luc Sante has written, from legend, memory, police records, the self-aggrandizements of aging crooks, popular jo ...

The Penny Tree

Wed, 23 May 2012 23:40:33 PST

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Single mom Annie Hillman has been coping with trouble for so long, she's just getting through the days, when the local newspaper carries an ad featuring a picture of a young Annie on the front page, with an earnest message of love and regret from an unknown admirer. The paper's editor refuses to name names, but the ads continue to appear. And when the story breaks, Annie finds herself in the nati ...

As for Me and My House

Wed, 23 May 2012 23:40:12 PST

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Canadian Fiction Studies are an answer to every librarian's, student's, and teacher's wishes. Each book, about 80 pages in length, contains clear, readable information on a major Canadian novel. These studies are carefully designed readings of the novels; they are not substitutes for reading them. Each book is attractively produced and follows the same format, so students will know exactly what t ...

The Giver

Wed, 23 May 2012 23:39:27 PST

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Jonas's world is perfect. Everything is under control. There is no war or fear of pain. There are no choices. Every person is assigned a role in the community. When Jonas turns 12 he is singled out to receive special training from The Giver. The Giver alone holds the memories of the true pain and pleasure of life. Now, it is time for Jonas to receive the truth. There is no turning back.

Fog Magic

Wed, 23 May 2012 23:39:02 PST

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A child of Nova Scotia who loves the fog is transported by it to a secret world of her own. [예스24 제공]

Scars of Sweet Paradise

Wed, 23 May 2012 23:38:51 PST

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Janis Joplin was the skyrocket chick of the sixties, the woman who broke into the boys' club of rock and out of the stifling good-girl femininity of postwar America. With her incredible wall-of-sound vocals, Joplin was the voice of a generation, and when she OD'd on heroin in October 1970, a generation's dreams crashed and burned with her. Alice Echols pushes past the legary Joplin-the red-hot ma ...

Neverwhere

Wed, 23 May 2012 23:38:35 PST

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Richard Mayhew is a plain man with a good heart -- and an ordinary life that is changed forever on a day he stops to help a girl he finds bleeding on a London sidewalk. From that moment forward he is propelled into a world he never dreamed existed -- a dark subculture flourish in abandoned subway stations and sewer tunnels below the city -- a world far stranger and more dangerous than the only on ...

The Jungle Book

Wed, 23 May 2012 23:38:13 PST

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This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.

A Clockwork Orange

Wed, 23 May 2012 23:37:28 PST

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"Anthony Burgess reads chapters of his novel A Clockwork Orange with hair-raising drive and energy. Although it is a fantasy set in an Orwellian future, this is anything but a bedtime story." -The New York Times Told by the central character, Alex, this brilliant, hilarious, and disturbing novel creates an alarming futuristic vision of violence, high technology, and authoritarianism.Anthony Bur ...

On Writing

Wed, 23 May 2012 23:36:47 PST

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“Long live the King” hailed Entertainment Weekly upon publication of Stephen King’s On Writing. Part memoir, part master class by one of the bestselling authors of all time, this superb volume is a revealing and practical view of the writer’s craft, comprising the basic tools of the trade every writer must have. King’s advice is grounded in his vivid memories from childhood through his emergence ...

Paradise Lost

Wed, 23 May 2012 23:33:17 PST

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The Mayor of Casterbridge

Wed, 23 May 2012 23:32:13 PST

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This edition is the only critically established text of the novel and Pamela Dalziel's new introduction considers Hardy's complex response to the modern world ...

Joseph Andrews

Wed, 23 May 2012 23:31:32 PST

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This clear print title is set in Tiresias 13pt font for easy reading

Flaubert's Parrot

Wed, 23 May 2012 23:30:42 PST

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Which of two stuffed parrots was the inspiration for one of Flaubert's greatest stories? Why did the master keep changing the colour of Emma Bovary's eyes? And why should it matter so much to Geoffrey Braithwaite, a retired doctor haunted by a private secret? In "Flaubert's Parrot", Julian Barnes spins out a multiple mystery of obsession and betrayal (both scholarly and romantic) and creates an e ...

Saturday Night and Sunday Morning

Wed, 23 May 2012 23:29:56 PST

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Great Expectations

Wed, 23 May 2012 23:29:09 PST

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North and South

Wed, 23 May 2012 23:28:43 PST

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When her father leaves the Church in a crisis of conscience, Margaret Hale is uprooted from her comfortable home in Hampshire to move with her family to the north of England. Initially repulsed by the ugliness of her new surroundings in the industrial town of Milton, Margaret becomes aware of the poverty and suffering of the local mill workers and develops a passionate sense of social justice. Th ...

Moll Flanders

Wed, 23 May 2012 23:27:44 PST

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Born and abandoned in Newgate Prison, Moll Flanders is forced to make her own way in life. She duly embarks on a career that includes husband-hunting, incest, bigamy, prostitution and pick-pocketing, until her crimes eventually catch up with her. One of the earliest and most vivid female narrators in the history of the English novel, Moll recounts her adventures with irresistible wit and candour ...

The Hickory Staff

Wed, 23 May 2012 23:27:22 PST

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1,000 Places to See Before You Die

Wed, 23 May 2012 23:27:06 PST

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Introducing the Eighth Wonder of travel books, the New York Times bestseller that's been hailed by CBS-TV as one of the best books of the year and praised by Newsweek as the "book that tells you what's beautiful, what's inspiring, what's fun and what's just unforgettable everywhere on earth." Packed with recommendations of the world's best places to visit, on and off the beaten path, 1,000 PLACE ...

Everyone Worth Knowing

Wed, 23 May 2012 23:26:42 PST

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Breakfast at Tiffany's

Wed, 23 May 2012 23:25:38 PST

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Contains: Breakfast at Tiffany's House of Flowers A Diamond Guitar A Christmas Memory

The Lord of the Rings: Two Towers v. 2

Wed, 23 May 2012 23:25:07 PST

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In this title, Aragorn, Legolas and Gimli attempt to rescue the hobbits, Merry and Pippin, while Frodo and Sam must journey into Sauron's desolate land of Mordor unprotected and alone.

The Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring v.1

Wed, 23 May 2012 23:25:05 PST

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In "The Fellowship of the Ring" the young hobbit, Frodo, is bequeathed a magical ring from his Uncle Bilbo, and learns that he must take it into the land of the Dark Lord, Sauron, and cast it into the Cracks of Doom.

The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King v.3

Wed, 23 May 2012 23:25:05 PST

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In this title, the forces of Gondor and Rohan must make a last desperate stand against the monstrous armies of the Dark Lord, Sauron. And while good and evil engage in mighty battle, the fate of Middle-earth rests in the hands of two weary hobbits.

The Wealthy Barber

Wed, 23 May 2012 23:21:21 PST

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The Norton Anthology of English Literature, Eighth Edition, Volume E

Wed, 23 May 2012 23:17:48 PST

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Read by millions of students over seven editions, The Norton Anthology of English Literature remains the most trusted undergraduate survey of English literature available and one of the most successful college texts ever published. Firmly grounded by the hallmark strengths of all Norton Anthologiesthorough and helpful introductory matter, judicious annotation, complete texts wherever possibleTh ...

The Norton Anthology of Poetry

Wed, 23 May 2012 23:16:47 PST

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Long the classic anthology of poetry in English, The Norton Anthology of Poetry, Fifth Edition, adds to its wealth of known and loved poems a rich gathering of new poetry. Beginning with Beowulf, newly represented by selections from Seamus Heaney's dazzling translation, and continuing to the present day, The Norton Anthology of Poetry includes over 1,700 poems by 340 poets in the Regular Edition. ...

The Random House Book of Poetry for Children

Wed, 23 May 2012 23:15:29 PST

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"A generous collection with a distinctly upbeat tone, this gives a taste of the best poets writing for children over the last several decades. Lobel's drawings imbue the whole with action and graphic images as inventive as the verse. Successfully geared to meet home, school, and library needs."--(starred) Booklist.