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Imprint: Vintage Books, 2006 Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize Arthur and George grow up worlds apart in late nineteenth-century Britain: Arthur in shabby-genteel Edinburgh, Ge orge in the vicarage of a small Staffordshire village. Arthur is to become one of the most famous men of his age, while George remains in hard-working obscurity. But as the new century begins, they are brought together by a s equence of events that made sensational headlines at the time as The Great Wyrley Outrages. This is a novel about low crime and high spirituality, gui lt and innocence, identity, nationality and race. Most of all it is a profo und and moving meditation on the fateful differences between what we believ e, what we know and what we can prove., Very Good Stock number: RWARE0000037361. ISBN: 9780099492733
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Imprint: Vintage Books, 1999 Good Stock number: RWARE0000029761. ISBN: 9780375705915
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Imprint: Zondervan Publishing Company, 1999 Barnes takes readers on a lifelong journey with Jacob paralleling this bibl ical figure's internal struggles with our own. As Barnes states, Jacob was born to strive. What he could not have by right, he deceived to obtain. He was born in a family of deceivers, became a deceiver himself, had sons who deceived. Still, as God's chosen one to receive the blessing, Jacob was ind eed blessed. He just didn't see it that way. His envy and striving nature r obbed him of all the joy God so desired him to realize. Contrast Jacob with his son Joseph, who had real cause to complain. As Barnes shows, it's all in the attitude. Barnes (Yearning: Living Between How It Is and How It Ough t to Be) centers Jacob's mistakes around modern- day anecdotes and stories s o clearly that readers realize we are no different from our historical coun terparts. In 11 chapters, the author discusses the many facets of our inter nal struggle to live our lot in life with good grace and still dare to go a fter our dreams. Specifically, Barnes details our struggles with love, work , ourselves, God and related issues of learning to develop the faith that s ees God's faithfulness in every circumstance., Very Good/Very Good Stock number: RWARE0000015959. ISBN: 9780310219545
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Imprint: New Directions Publishing Co, 1961 A crisp clean softcover, no markings throughout: Nightwood is not only a classic of lesbian literature, but was also acknowledged by no less than T. S. Eliot as one of the great novels of the 20th century. Eliot admired Djuna Barnes' rich, evocative language. Lesbian readers will admire the exquisite craftsmanship and Barnes' penetrating insights into obsessive passion. Barnes told a friend that Nightwood was written with her own blood "while it was still running." That flowing wound was the breakup of an eight-year relationship with the lesbian love of her life., Very Good Stock number: RWARE0000017566. ISBN: 9780811200059
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Imprint: Jonathan Cape Ltd, 2004 If Julian Barnes' new collection of stories has a theme it is 'rage in age' . Among the Chinese the lemon is the symbol of death. At the 'lemon table' (a coinage of Sibelius, protagonist of the final story) it is permissible - indeed obligatory - to talk about death, and each of Barnes' characters is facing death, but each in a very different way. The settings range from ei ghteenth-century Sweden and nineteenth-century Russia to the 'Barnet Shop', a hairdessing salon where an old man measures out his life in haircuts, or a South Bank concert hall where a music lover carries out an obsessive cam paign against those who cough in concerts. In 'Knowing French' an eighty-fo ur-year old woman, a former teacher 'incarcerated' in an old people's home, begins a correspondence with an author - 'Dear Dr Barnes' - that enriches both their lives. In 'Appetite' a woman reads elaborate recipes to her sick husband as a substitute for sex. In 'Hygiene' an old soldier makes his reg ular trip to town to do errands for his wife - stilton from Paxton's, rubbe r rings for Kilner jars, Elizabeth Arden powder - and to spend the afternoo n with a tart called Babs. These stories are wise, funny, clever and moving ., Good/Good Stock number: RWARE0000027973. ISBN: 9780224071987
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Imprint: Tor Books, 2003 Barnes (Candle) is up to his old tricks in creating a sharp novel that is n ot about who or what readers will think it is and that comes with a perfect , unexpected ending. Teri-Mel, a human growing up on the harsh, wild fronti er of Mars, is in trouble the kind of trouble a special shrink has to deal with. As the doctor plays recordings of previous sessions with Teri-Mel, he discovers that even listening to her story can have unexpected consequence s. Circling around an unnamed tragedy, the recordings tell of life in a spa cesuit on the unprotected surface of Mars, "ecospecting" with her father to help make the planet fully habitable. They reveal a rough girl maturing in to "Full Adult" status both legally and emotionally. Teri's future is uncer tain: though she may get rich from a big ecospecting "scorehole," she may h ave to return to dreaded CSL school, while her fiance is becoming increasin gly distant. As always, Barnes's characters are beautifully natural. His se nse of how the conditions of a place can create a culture and individual se nsibilities is outstanding, and here he even allows his slang to evolve. Re aders new to Barnes's work may be a bit confused by the ever present threat of One- True the computer virus that has taken over the minds of the inhabi tants of Earth but enough information about it is leaked over time for them to catch on. As with every work by Barnes, this book should be read by any one interested in vivid near-future worlds, engaging characters and moral q uestions with no simple answers., Very Good Stock number: RWARE0000012280. ISBN: 9780765342225
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Imprint: McClelland and Stewart, 1975 Good/Good Stock number: RWARE0000039290. ISBN: 9780771053450
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Imprint: Batsford Ltd, 2001 This work combines classic management concepts with emerging trends and iss ues in a concise, student-friendly format. The theme of the fourth edition is the new workplace, highlighting how technology and other influences have changed the traditional organizations and the investigating the impact on their members., Very Good/Very Good Stock number: RWARE0000027932. ISBN: 9780713486285
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Imprint: Revell, 1997 A tight clean copy. These columns eventually were collected and organized into these topical chapters. Each entry illustrates or clarifies a doctrine or answers a question in picturesque Barnhouse fashion., Near Fine Stock number: RWARE0000012936. ISBN: 9780800756246
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Imprint: Not Avail, 2002 Having coffee with a famous footballer would be the highlight of the year f or many people. Not so for P.I. Billy Rucker. For only hours after meeting Jack DraperSuper Jack to his adoring fansBilly is standing over the brutali zed body of a girl called Alison. A girl who was Jack Draper's mistress., Very Good+ Stock number: RWARE0000007038. ISBN: 9780333906170
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Imprint: Putnam Adult, 2003 A highly collectible first edition, tight clean copy, protected in a new br odart wrapper, no inscriptions, unclipped dustjacket, this is not an Ex- Lib or a BCE/BOMC edition. When Anna Pigeon flees a marriage proposal for ranger service on Garden Key in Dry Tortugas National Park, she finds that the past (the island was once a prison) and the present (an exploding boat scatters unidentified body parts) are eerily conjoined., Fine/Fine Stock number: RWARE0000008538. ISBN: 9780399149757
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Imprint: Macmillan, 1967 A highly collectible copy of this first edition,no underlinings not price c lipped or an ex-lib. 236pp. Illustrated with Photo Plates & Maps. Pictorial Dust Jacket., Very Good/Good Stock number: RWARE0000009834.
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Imprint: Simon & Schuster, 1992 A crisp clean hardcover, no markings throughout, NOT an ex-lib: Exploring the history and current status of wine production, marketing, and drinking, Barr concentrates primarily on the United States, Britain, and France. A British wine writer, he seems particularly to enjoy comparison of British and American tastes, trade publications, and wine management in restaurants. His tone occasionally smacks of high-handed muckraking. However, his extensive research and critical approach provide unusual insight and considerable detail not found elsewhere. Even those who differ with Barr's conclusions should agree that he offers a unique, often uncomplimentary perspective on the world of wine as it has developed and pretty much as it is today. His book will interest and sometimes aggravate serious wine enthusiasts and professionals., Near Fine/Near Fine Stock number: RWARE0000022296. ISBN: 9780671708047
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Imprint: Berkley, 1998 A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. PI Wil Hardesty must face more than his past when the discovery of the 17- year-old wreckage of a plane--and its illicit cargo--prompts the suicide of '60s radical Max Pfieffer. Pfieffer's daughter knows it wasn't suicide. She wants Hardesty to unearth the truth, even if it means unearthing past sins better left in peace..., Very Good Stock number: RWARE0000031278. ISBN: 9780425166413
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Imprint: Librairie generale francaise, 2007 A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged., Very Good Stock number: RWARE0000040243. ISBN: 9782253118602
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Imprint: Silhouette, 1991 Near Fine Stock number: RWARE0000002100. ISBN: 9780373056897
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Imprint: Flamingo, 2001 A crisp clean softcover, no markings throughout: Andrea Barrett is best known for her novel The Voyage of The Narwhal and a collection of short stories, Ship Fever. In both these books scientific dis covery, history and the natural world are wonderful backdrops to intimate, personal dramas. The Middle Kingdom is an earlier work but the same keen se nse of curiosity about life and the way to live it glimmers on the page. The novel opens in the recent past, in Tiananmen Square. There is smoke, gu nfire and confusion, a sense of history being destroyed and re-made into so mething else. In the midst of this historical shattering, is a character st udy of an American woman teaching natural history in a Chinese laboratory. Grace Hoffmeier's story starts off "stunted and stilted, common and sad", b ut by the end of the novel she has found the "middle way--not too much look ing back. Not too much dreaming ahead". Grace's is an American tale, one of stifling family conflicts; and two bad marriages that look like escape routes, but are just another way of being trapped. Grace overeats to compensate for all her mistakes, to swaddle her desires, to stop herself thinking: "that was how I existed then: push, shut, close, seal, deny, forget". But on a trip to China, with her husband Walter, a meeting at a scientific conference forces her to reassesses her past and take control of her future. Andrea Barrett's prose is lyrical and sure, blending fact with fiction in an elegant meditation on personal freedom and political repression. Grace's story is shadowed by real events in China, giving her voyage of discovery an extraordinary vividness and, Very Good Stock number: RWARE0000021047. ISBN: 9780007102884
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Imprint: Miramax Books, 2003 Near Fine Stock number: RWARE0000004138. ISBN: 9780786890637
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Imprint: The MIT Press, 1996 A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. Since 1991, Robert Barro has been a contributor to the "Wall Street Journal" and other popular financial media. "Getting it Right" brings together, updates and expands upon these writings that show Barro's agility in applying economic understanding to a wide array of social issues. Barro, a "conservative who takes no prisoners", and a self described libertarian, believes that most governments have gone much too far in their spending, taxation and regulation. The dominant theme in these wide-ranging essays is the importance of institutions that ensure property rights and free markets. The discussion deals especially with the appropriate range of government: which areas represent useful public policy and which are unnecessary interference. The first section of the book considers these questions in the context of the determinants of long- run economic growth. In addition to basic economics, Barro assesses related political topics, such as the role of public institutions, the optimal size of countries, and the consequences of default on foreign debt. The second section deals with the proper role and form of monetary policy. Barro argues that government should provide markets with a stable nominal framework and then stay out of the way to best allow for price stability. Writings in the third section cover fiscal and other macroeconomic policies. Topics include the distorting influences of taxation, especially taxes in capital income; infrastructure investment and other government spendi, Very Good/Very Good Stock number: RWARE0000033235. ISBN: 9780262024082
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Imprint: Tor Fantasy, 1995 Inscribed by author to former owner (Dave) Barron's debut novel is a splendid action-adventure science fantasy filled with deep, resonant emotional and spiritual undertones. When evil powers attack the sun, Kate's grandfather, a famous astrophysicist, embarks on a galaxy-spanning quest to save it from certain destruction. Refusing to be left behind, Kate sets off after her grandfather and is caught up in the ensuing cosmic struggle between the forces of light and darkness. On the surface, Heartlight appears to be an homage to the science fantasies of Madeleine L'Engle, and Barron does consciously tip his hat to her. However, his own imagination is so rich--the novel is filled with brave people composed of snow, mighty butterflies made of pure condensed light and terrifying, ferocious villains--that this book also shines as a bold, original effort worthy of repeat readings., Very Good Stock number: RWARE0000012176. ISBN: 9780812551709
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Imprint: Crimeline, 1996 Minimum wear, no markings throughout, NOT an ex-library book: For everyone who loves Jane Austen...a marvelously entertaining new series that turns the incomparable author into an extraordinary sleuth! On a visit to the estate of her friend, the young and beautiful Isobel Payne, Countess of Scargrave, Jane bears witness to a tragedy. Isobel's husband-a gentleman of mature years-is felled by a mysterious and agonizing ailment. The Earl's death seems a cruel blow of fate for the newly married Isobel. Yet the bereaved widow soon finds that it's only the beginning of her misfortune...as she receives a sinister missive accusing her and the Earl's nephew of adultery-and murder. Desperately afraid that the letter will expose her to the worst sort of scandal, Isobel begs Jane for help. And Jane finds herself embroiled in a perilous investigation that will soon have her following a trail of clues that leads all the way to Newgate Prison and the House of Lords-a trail that may well place Jane's own person in the gravest jeopardy., Good Stock number: RWARE0000024686. ISBN: 9780553575934
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Imprint: Headline, 2000 Girlfriend 44 supplies a sharp, sardonic study of one man's slant on relati ons between the sexes. Laddish, thirtysomething Harry is still looking for the woman of his dreams, after 43 failed attempts. When his mate Farley app arently commits suicide over a girl called Alice, Harry sets his sights on the bereaved, convinced that she's the woman of his dreams. There's just on e small catch--his best mate Gerrard is equally convinced that she's the on ly one for him and so the contest commences. A battle not so much of wits a s of puerile one-upmanship ensues as the pair project their own needs and d esires onto the object of their fantasies. Sporting metaphors are served up fast and furious in this rogues' rally:"So by cutting the levity ... he br ought the fight onto his own territory. Even if he failed ... he would stil l be there, like a tennis player hanging on in a demanding rally, biding hi s time to regain the cent re of the court." With its sharp one-liners, witt y observations and vivid characterisations, Mark Barrowcliffe's first novel Girlfriend 44 presents a provocative insight into the male psyche., Very Good Stock number: RWARE0000001529. ISBN: 9780747268147
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Imprint: Putnam Publishing Group, 1999 In writing a comic thriller set in South Florida, the Pulitzer-winning Miam i Herald columnist and author of 20 books of satirical nonfiction (most rec ently, Dave Barry Turns 50) risks the inevitable comparison to Carl Hiaasen . The good news is that he acquits himself well in this slapstick caper. Ba rry's cast of familiar South Florida oddballs populate what might best be d escribed as a Garry Trudeau (Doonesbury) sendup of the hard-boiled crime no vels of Elmore Leonard., Very Good/Very Good Stock number: RWARE0000004614. ISBN: 9780399145674
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Imprint: Berkley Publishing Group, 2001 Dave Barry, the only newsman to win a Pulitzer for exemplary use of words l ike booger, will please humor and crime-fiction fans alike with this racy d ebut novel. The scene is Miami. In ritzy Coconut Grove, the teen son of Eli ot, a newsman turned adman, sneaks up to spritz a cute girl with a Squirtma ster 9000 to win a high school game called Killer. Meanwhile, two hit men s neak up to kill the girl's abusive stepdad, Arthur. Arthur cheated his boss es at corrupt Penultimate, Inc., which equipped a Florida jail with automat ic garage-opener gates that accidentally freed prisoners in a lightning sto rm., Fine Stock number: RWARE0000005740. ISBN: 9780425184127
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Imprint: Abacus, 2004 In Max Barry's twisted, hilarious and terrifying vision of the near future, the world is run by giant corporations and employees take the last names o f the companies they work for. It's a globalised, ultra-capitalist free mar ket paradise! Hack Nike is a lowly merchandising officer who's not very goo d at negotiating his salary. So when John Nike and John Nike, executives fr om the promised land of Marketing, offer him a contract, he signs without r eading it. Unfortunately, Hack's new contract involves shooting teenagers t o build up street cred for Nike's new line of $2,500 trainers. Hack goes to the police - but they assume that he's asking for a subcontracting deal an d lease the assassination to the more experienced NRA. Enter Jennifer Gover nment, a tough-talking agent with a barcode tattoo under her eye and a pers onal problem with John Nike (the boss of the other John Nike). And a gun. H ack is about to find out what it really means to mess with market forces., Good Stock number: RWARE0000028250. ISBN: 9780349117621
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Imprint: Vintage, 2004 A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. A wickedly satirical and outrageous thriller about globalization and market ing hype, Jennifer Government is the best novel in the world ever. "Funny and clever.... A kind of ad-world version of Dr. Strangelove.... [Ba rry] unleashes enough wit and surprise to make his story a total blast." -- The New York Times Book Review "Wicked and wonderful.... [It] does just about everything right.... Fast-mo ving, funny, involving." --The Washington Post Book World Taxation has been abolished, the government has been privatized, and employees take the surname of the company they work for. It's a brave new corporate world, but you don't want to be caught without a platinum credit card--as lowly Merchandising Officer Hack Nike is about to find out. Trapped into building street cred for a new line of $2500 sneakers by shooting customers, Hack attracts the barcode-tattooed eye of the legendary Jennifer Government. A stressed-out single mom, corporate watchdog, and government agent who has to rustle up funding before she's allowed to fight crime, Jennifer Government is holding a closing down sale- -and everything must go., Very Good Stock number: RWARE0000035849. ISBN: 9781400030927
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Imprint: William Morrow Paperbacks, 2009 In the tradition of The Thirteenth Tale, Brunonia Barry's bewitching gothic novel, The Lace Reader, is a phenomenon. Called "[a] richly imagined saga of passion, suspense, and magic" by Time Magazine, it is a haunting and rem arkable tale told by an unforgettable, if strangely unreliable narrator-a w oman from an enigmatic Salem family who can foretell the future in pa tterns of lace. The Lace Reader was a runaway New York Times bestseller-hit ting the top lists in major cities across the country, from Boston to Chica go to Los Angeles-and has immediately established debut author Brunonia Bar ry as a major force in contemporary American fiction., Very Good Stock number: RWARE0000025745. ISBN: 9780061624773
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Imprint: Penguin Books, 2009 A crisp clean softcover, no markings throughout., Very Good Stock number: RWARE0000023294. ISBN: 9780571215294
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Imprint: Faber & Faber Fiction, 2014 A stunning new novel from the Man Booker shortlisted author of The Secret S cripture Award-winning author Sebastian Barry's The Temporary Gentleman is the sixth book in his cycle of separate yet interconnected novels that brilliantly reimagine characters from Barry's own family. In this highly anticipated new novel, Irishman Jack McNulty is a ''temporary gentleman'' - an Irishman whose commission in the British army in WWII was never permanent. Sitting in his lodgings in Accra, Ghana, in 1957, he's writing the story of his life with desperate urgency. He cannot take one step further without examining all of the extraordinary events that he has seen. A lifetime of war and world travel - as a soldier in WWII, an engineer, a UN observer - has brought him to this point. But the memory that weighs heaviest on his heart is that of the beautiful Mai Kirwan and their tempestuous, heartbreaking marriage. Mai was once the great beauty of Sligo, a magnetic yet unstable woman who, after sharing a life with Jack, gradually slipped from his grasp., Very Good Stock number: RWARE0000034881. ISBN: 9780571276967
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Imprint: PAUL HAMLYN, 1969 A tight clean copy, protected in a new brodart wrapper. Paul Hamlyn Books of London. Printed on a heavy coated stock, it includes 71 full color plates. Visually spectacular, it is also a very intellectually gratifying and educational read. Principal emphasis is on the work of goldsmiths from Medieval Europe, the Byzantine Empire, and Romanesque and Gothic periods., Very Good+/Very Good+ Stock number: RWARE0000010824.
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Imprint: Pantheon, 1990 A crisp clean softcover, no markings throughout: This volume shows 23 professions for women which were glamorized in Hollywood films, in beautifully reproduced tear-and-send postcards., Very Good+ Stock number: RWARE0000006395. ISBN: 9780679727934
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Imprint: Macmillan Languagehouse, 2001 Listening Power has a wide range of graded listening activities, based on r eal-life situations and backed up with great illustrations., Fine Stock number: RWARE0000009754. ISBN: 9784895853248
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Imprint: Kensington Pub Corp, 1994 Near Fine Stock number: RWARE0000002099. ISBN: 9780821744277
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Imprint: David & Charles Audiobooks, 2004 This book shows how choosing the most suitable material to match the approp riate choice of plants can help to create living spaces with plenty of atmo sphere outdoors. Traditional elements which are found in all gardens are co nsidered, such as making fences and gates attractive boundaries, creating e ye-catching decorative garden furniture as well as the paving surrounds for water features and seating areas. The book also includes a chapter on intr oducing contemporary metalwork into the garden using aluminium, copper and iron. Accompanied by a stunning collection of photos, the book is an inspir ational aid for anyone who has ever intended to put in a pergola, stone sta tues or an area of paving., Very Good Stock number: RWARE0000026982. ISBN: 9780715319260
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Imprint: Mariner Books, 2006 A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. From the acclaimed John Barth, "one of the greatest novelists of our time" (Washington Post Book World) and "a master of language" (Chicago Sun- Times) , comes a lively triad of tales that delight in the many possibilities of l anguage and its users. The first novella, "Tell Me," explores a callow undergraduate's initiation into the mysteries of sex, death, and the Heroic Cycle. The second novella, "I've Been Told," traces no less than the history of storytelling and exam ines innocence and modernity, ignorance and self-consciousness. And the thr ee elderly sisters of the third novella, "As I Was Saying . . . ," record a n oral history of their youthful muse-like services to (and servicings of) a subsequently notorious and now mysteriously vanished novelist. Sexy, humorous, and brimming with Barth's deep intelligence and playful irreverence, Where Three Roads Meet will surely delight loyal fans and draw new ones., Very Good Stock number: RWARE0000035170. ISBN: 9780618773428
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Imprint: Polity, 2012 A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. In 1974 Roland Barthes travelled in China as part of a small delegation of distinguished French philosophers and literary figures. They arrived in Chi na just as the last stage of the Cultural Revolution was getting underway - the campaign to criticize Lin Biao and Confucius. While they were welcomed by writers and academics, the travelers were required to follow a pre-esta blished itinerary, visiting factories and construction sites, frequenting s hows and restaurants that were the mainstay of Western visitors to China in the 70s. Barthes planned to return from the trip with a book on China: the book never materialized, but he kept the diary notes he wrote at the time. The notes on things seen, smelled and heard alternate with reflections and remarks - meditations, critiques or notes of sympathy, an aside from the surrounding world. Published now for the first time more than thirty years after the trip, these notebooks offer a unique portrait of China at a time of turbulence and change, seen through the eyes of the world's greatest semiotician., Very Good/Very Good Stock number: RWARE0000034523. ISBN: 9780745650807
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Imprint: Longman Group United Kingdom, 1992 A crisp clean softcover no markings throughout: Circumstances, and common enemies, have kept Britain and the United States in close partnership for much of the twentieth century, but the relationship -- however 'special' at times -- was not automatic or even instinctive. Indeed, it has often been dominated by economic disputes. Through the eyes of contemporary British and American policy-makers, Professor Bartlett reconstructs changing official perceptions of the relationship; explains what respective governments hope to get out of it; and shows that, while a 'special relationship' often existed, it was never constant, nor could there be any guarantee of its permanence. For students of politics, contemporary and diplomatic history, international relations, and current affairs., Near Fine Stock number: RWARE0000015607. ISBN: 9780582023956
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Imprint: Spectra, 1992 In the distant future the seeds of humanity are scattered so far and wide t hroughout the galactic frontier that Earth's Metastatic government can only maintain control via a network of starships. Maaron Denthurion is a Televo x, a powerful representative who is preserved aboard the Naglfar as digitiz ed computer data and chemically reincarnated when he arrives at the planet Olam. Though at first glance the citizens of this brave new world seem to e njoy the healthy benefits of a utopian society, Denthurion learns that the enslavement of an intelligent species--called the Hodai-- and oppression of a neo-Christian cult known as the Shearah are also prevalent. When Denthuri on is kidnapped by the Shearah, the government panics: a Televox, if he is displeased, has the authority to nuke an entire planet. After seducing a yo ung revolutionary, Denthurion escapes his captors and must ultimately decid e what judgment to pass on Olam., Good Stock number: RWARE0000012257. ISBN: 9780553296167
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Imprint: Columbia University Press Very Good Stock number: RWARE0000012774.
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Imprint: Houghton Mifflin, 1992 A nice clean copy (5th)Edition This classic introduction to the techniques of research and the art of expression is used widely in history courses, but is also appropriate for writing and research methods courses in other departments. Barzun and Graff thoroughly cover every aspect of research, from the selection of a topic through the gathering, analysis, writing, revision, and publication of findings presenting the process not as a set of rules but through actual cases that put the subtleties of research in a useful context. Part One covers the principles and methods of research; Part Two covers writing, speaking, and getting one's work published., Very Good+/Very Good+ Stock number: RWARE0000012488. ISBN: 9780395644942
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Imprint: Holt Paperbacks, 1999 A crisp clean softcover, no markings throughout: What a delightful book about books and people who love books! As a second generation bibliophile, a possible bibliomane who had several people move out of my house a year ago because they erroneously believed that my books were taking over the household, and a devout employee of "Earth's Biggest Bookstore," I can vouch that Basbanes accurately describes the glorious role of book collectors as archivists of human knowledge, and -- in continual counterpoint -- sometimes pathologically obsessed book junkies., Near Fine Stock number: RWARE0000018445. ISBN: 9780805061765
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Imprint: Sterling Pub Co Inc, 1998 Presents over thirty projects by eight artists for the garden, including do or mats, flowerpots, signs, birdhouses, and outdoor art, Very Good/Very Good Stock number: RWARE0000039877. ISBN: 9780806994437
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Imprint: HARPERCOLLINS PUBLISHERS, 1998 Lidia's Italian Table LIDIA MATTICCHIO BASTIANICH "Let me invite you on a journey with me from my childhood ..." beckons Lidi a Bastianich, hostess of the national public television series Lidia's Ital ian Table. And what an incredible journey it proves to be. Lidia's Italian Table is overflowing with glorious Italian food, highlighte d by Lidia's personal collection of recipes accumulated since her childhood in Istria, located in northern Italy on the Adriatic Sea. Hearty and heart warming Italian fare is what Lidia understands best, and each chapter of th is gorgeous cookbook is infused with Lidia's warm memories of a lifetime of eating and cooking Italian style. Since good Italian food is based on good ingredients, Lidia includes an elo quent discourse on those products that are the cornerstones of Italian cuis ine: olives (and their green-golden oil), Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese, salt, porcini mushrooms, truffles, tomato paste, and hot peppers. She also expla ins the importance of regional wines and grappa (in flavors from honey to d ried fig) in the Italian food experience. Her recipes are filled with these Italian delicacies-Fennel, Olive, and Citrus Salad; Tagliatelle with Porci ni Mushroom Sauce; Seared Rabbit Loin over Arugula with Truffle Dressing; A sparagus Gratin with Parmigiano-Reggiano Cheese-, and Zabaglione with Barol o Wine. Lidia explores every corner of Italian cuisine: from fresh and dry pasta to gnocchi and risotto to game and shellfish, all of which Lidia transforms into exceptional Italian dishes. But that is only the beginning. There are Italian soups to savor, like hearty minestre, bread- enriched zuppe, Near Fine/Near Fine Stock number: RWARE0000034983. ISBN: 9780688154103
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Imprint: Spiegel & Grau, 2011 The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. Does Buddhism require faith? Can an atheist or agnostic follow the Buddha's teachings without believing in reincarnation or organized religion? This is one man's confession. In his classic Buddhism Without Beliefs, Stephen Batchelor offered a profound, secular approach to the teachings of the Buddha that struck an emotional chord with Western readers. Now, with the same brilliance and boldness of thought, he paints a groundbreaking portrait of the historical Buddha--told from the author's unique perspective as a former Buddhist monk and modern seeker. Drawing from the original Pali Canon, the seminal collection of Buddhist discourses compiled after the Buddha's death by his followers, Batchelor shows us the Buddha as a flesh-and-blood man who looked at life in a radically new way. Batchelor also reveals the everyday challenges and doubts of his own devotional journey--from meeting the Dalai Lama in India, to training as a Zen monk in Korea, to finding his path as a lay teacher of Buddhism living in France. Both controversial and deeply personal, Stephen Batchelor's refreshingly doctrine-free, life-informed account is essential reading for anyone interested in Buddhism., Very Good Stock number: RWARE0000029060. ISBN: 9780385527071
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Imprint: Business & Professional Publ, 2008 A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting., Very Good Stock number: RWARE0000035287. ISBN: 9781921203626
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Imprint: Headline Book Publishing, 2008 Writer Ivan Connor is desperate. His publisher has turned down his new nove l, his agent is out of ideas, and the only person to turn up at his latest reading is his mum. He's deeply jealous of Francesca Brady, a hugely successful author of fat romantic books for fat romantic people, whose expansive hair and bright red lipstick mock him from posters everywhere he goes. He's also living at home since his marriage broke up, and he's just collected the wrong child from school. But one night Connor stumbles on a route back to the top, via a beautiful model, two deranged psychopaths, a multi-million pound publishing fraud, true love and utter heartbreak..., Very Good Stock number: RWARE0000037894. ISBN: 9780755343638
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Imprint: HarperCollins, 1995 A sequel to "Divorcing Jack", set in a mythical Northern Ireland town. Drun ken journalist Miller is sent as a punishment from his Belfast newspaper to small-town Crossmaheart as a replacement for someone who has disappeared. Once there, he falls is love with the missing man's girlfriend., Very Good Stock number: RWARE0000002465. ISBN: 9780006479352
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Imprint: Headline Book Publishing Ltd, 2005 Someone has started killing killers and Detective Martin Murphy has gone un dercover in ‘Confront’, a support group for relatives of murder victims. He suspects them of carrying out revenge killings but it seems that they have been doing their own detective work and before Murphy realises, the group is forcing him to face the harrowing events of his own past. Now Murphy mus t come to terms with the past whilst also bringing the killers’ killer to j ustice. The only problem is he’s starting to think that whoever’s doing the killing may have a point. After all, revenge is sweet… isn’t it?, Very Good+ Stock number: RWARE0000015779. ISBN: 9780755309245
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Imprint: Headline, 2012 Dan Starkey, the ducking and diving hapless investigator, takes centre stag e again in this brilliant new novel by the master of comic crime. Radio sho ck-jock and self-styled people's champion Jack Caramac is used to courting controversy - but when his four-year-old son is kidnapped for just one hour , and then sent back with a warning note, he knows he may have finally gone too far. Jack has no choice but to turn to Dan Starkey for help. Recently chucked by his long-suffering wife Patricia, Dan has finally given up on jo urnalism and is now providing a boutique, bespoke service for important peo ple with difficult problems. Dan resolves to catch whoever kidnapped Jack's son - and very soon finds himself in the middle of a violent feud between rival drug gangs, pursued by jealous husbands, unscrupulous property develo pers and vicious killers as the case spirals ever more out of his control.. ., Very Good Stock number: RWARE0000037895. ISBN: 9780755378654
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Imprint: Headline, 2008 Very Good Stock number: RWARE0000037904. ISBN: 9780755334773
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