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illustrated by Barbara McClintock and Edward Ardizzone and written by masters such
as Frances Hodgson Burnett and Donald Hall. For the lunatic fringe still intrigued by
art and typography, we oer a handsome selection. For the brave and adventurous, we
present a galaxy of books in translation from the poetry of Baudelaire in our award-
winning Richard Howard translation to the prose of our :oo8 Nobel Laureate
J. M. G. Le Clzio.
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Cover illustration from One Times Square by Joe McKendry (see p. )
Karsh
Beyond the Camera
selected, with an introduction & commentary by David Travis
Karsh was indisputably among the great portrait photographers of
the last century great because he recognized greatness in others,
sought them out, and managed, time and again, to capture the
essence of their characters. Here is a selection of his most iconic
images: the statesmen (Truman, Kennedy, Castro, Queen Elizabeth),
musicians (Sibelius, Casals, Copland), actors (Bergman, Hepburn,
Bardot), and writers (Auden, Kawabata, Russell, Mauriac) all caught for posterity by his
large format lens. This meticulously produced book, on heavy paper sewn in signatures,
pairs each of the 74 photographs with the story of its creation in Karshs own words (and
what stories they are!), drawn from audio recordings of Karsh, transcribed and pub-
lished for the rst time. The resulting book is a tour de force of bookmaking and repro-
duction, a gallery of our cultures critical movers and shakers from the past sixty years.
Famously reticent about his work, this is a rare invitation to learn the stories behind Karshs
most famous meetings with great men and women, and of his aesthetic choices when met
with the challenge of capturing them as they were. Publishers Weekly
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Ingenious Contrivances, Curiously Carved
Scrimshaw in the New Bedford Whaling Museum
by Stuart M. Frank
The word scrimshaw ordinarily brings to mind decorated
teeth, but whalemen on extended voyages in the nineteenth cen-
tury created much more: crimpers and canes, umbrellas and
swifts. The range of work is extraordinary anything that could
be made of ivory and bone was considered fair game. The col-
lection in New Bedford is the largest, most varied, and most rep-
resentative in the world, and in this large format, full-color
extravaganza of a book, with the subjects leading expert as your
guide, you will be introduced to and seduced by every possible permutation of these
whalemens fancies. The ,oo detailed and dramatic photographs are stunning, the cap-
tions revealing, and the stories behind the objects themselves compelling. If the arts of
the sea and the sailor hold any interest, this comprehensive survey will keep you
enthralled, and will long remain the book on the subject.
A real treasure for scrimshaw collectors, those interested in marine history and folk art, and
general readers. Highly recommended. Library Journal (starred review)
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The Forty Days of Musa Dagh . svs. :uxn: sook
by Franz Werfel
translated from the German by Geoffrey Dunlop and James Reidel
The Forty Days of Musa Dagh is Franz Werfels masterpiece that
brought him international acclaim in I,,,, a BOMC Main Selec-
tion, and the book that rst drew Americas attention to the Armen-
ian Genocide. The chilling and riveting story takes place along the
Anatolian coast in the mountain villages that chose to disobey the
deportation order of the Turkish government, fearlessly repelling
Turkish soldiers and police throughout the summer of I,I,. Most
signicantly, it is the rst book to deal seriously with ethnic cleans-
ing, an early clarion call that some heard and few heeded. This presents the rst full
English translation, with an introduction by Vartan Gregorian.
In every sense, a true and thrilling novel. The New York Times Book Review
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Pale Blue Ink in a Ladys Hand . svs. :uxn: sook
by Franz Werfel
translated from the German by James Reidel
In February I,o Franz Werfel began work on an intricate little tale
of a marriage, which, he warned his publisher, was to be a departure
from his best-selling ction of the I,,os. This new short novel was
a prequel to what is known as Holocaust literature, a glimpse into a
world that for many was soon to become inhospitable, uninhabit-
able, and ultimately inhuman. Now in English translation for the
rst time.
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Never Back Down
by Ernest Hebert
Jack Landry, a promising high school baseball player from the mill
town of Keene, New Hampshire, is haunted by dreams of a tragedy
that occurred centuries before he was born. A young boy when the
novel opens in July I,,,, Jack and his best friend, Elphege Beaupre,
devise a motto to live by: Never back down, never instigate. Its a
rule Jack will follow to the end of his days of menial labor, joie de
vivre, and a love that just wont die. A memorable novel from a mas-
terful storyteller.
Never Back Down is a truly great American novel. Howard Frank Mosher
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New & Notable Fiction
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Rosemary Verey
The Life & Lessons of a Legendary Gardener
by Barbara Paul Robinson
Rosemary Verey was the last of the great English garden legends. She
was the acknowledged apostle of the English style, the must-have
adviser to the rich and famous, including Prince Charles and Elton
John, and a wildly popular lecturer in America. She was a natural
teacher, encouraging her American fans to believe that they were
fully capable of creating beautiful gardens while validating their
quest for a native vernacular. Here is her remarkable story, recounted by a successful
Manhattan attorney turned garden assistant, who worked with her at Barnsley House
and remained her close friend for the last twenty years of her long and fruitful life.
The denitive book on the great gardener and designer. Penelope Hobhouse
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More Durrell Family Adventures on Corfu
by Gerald Durrell
Fauna and Family is the third in Durrells beloved Corfu trilogy. In
his foreword, Durrell confessed that in the rst two books, I had left
out a number of incidents and characters that I would have like to
have described, and I have attempted to repair this omission in this
book. . . . I hope that it might give the same pleasure to its readers as
apparently its predecessors have done, as for me it portrays a very
important part of my life . . . which is a truly happy and sunlit childhood. A hilarious
and touching look at a whacky and lovable family that fullls Gerry's fondest hopes.
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The Last Englishman
The Double Life of Arthur Ransome
by Roland Chambers
Arthur Ransome is best known for the twelve immortal Swallows
and Amazons books he wrote on his return from Russia in I,:8.
But Ransome led a double life: rst, the Russian correspondent for
the Daily News and the Manchester Guardian, then the lover and
later, husband of Evgenia Shelepina, Trotskys private secretary, and
nally a member of the British Secret Intelligence Service. A fasci-
nating, revealing, and occasionally shocking biography of a beloved author. (See page I8
for Ransomes Swallows and Amazons series.)
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New & Notable Nonction
Paragon Park
by Mark Doty
Back when we were both very young, Godine had the honor of pub-
lishing the rst two poetry books by Mark Doty. Here, reset and con-
taining a dozen poems that previously appeared in small magazines
but have never before been collected, are the complete texts of Tur-
tle, Swan and Bethlehem in Broad Daylight with a new authors note.
Essentially this is a new book, important for its history, its new inclu-
sions, and the stylistic and emotional development it displays.
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by Don Share
This third book of poems by Don Share, poet and senior editor of
Poetry magazine, contains verse that takes place in Americas back-
yards and byways, intensive care rooms and airports, verse that is
haunted by fathers and Fathers, and informed by philosophy, the
Judeo-Christian tradition, and pop culture. One nds the poet
there too, less his portrait than a self-deprecating likeness in the
crowd, his umbrella out and Cubs cap on . . . curiously Odyssean
in the Loop, and always at the ready.
Share is one of the more gifted craftsmen we have writing in America today. Boston Review
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Collected Poems . s:.ck :v.vvo+ sook
by Naomi Replansky
Nominated for the National Book Award in I,,:, Naomi Replanskys rst book, Ring
Song, dazzled critics with its candor and freshness of language. Here, at long last, is the
new and collected work of a lifetime by a writer hailed as one of the
most brilliant American poets by George Oppen. Replansky is a
poet whose verse combines the compression of Emily Dickinson,
the compassion of Anna Akhmatova, and the music of W. H. Auden.
These poems, which Marie Ponsot calls sixty years of a free
womans song, are Replanskys hymns to the struggle for justice
and equality and to the enduring beauty of life in a dangerous
world.
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New & Notable Poetry
One Times Square
A Century of Change at the Crossroads of the World
written and illustrated by Joe McKendry
More than any other public space in New York City, Times
Square is the place where Americans have gathered, in good
times and bad, to catch up on the latest news, mark historic
occasions, or just meet friends. McKendrys brilliant decade by
decade visual and verbal journey explores the story of this fas-
cinating intersection, starting when Broadway was a dirt path known as Bloomingdale
Road, through the districts postwar decay, to its renewal as a glittering media mecca.
McKendrys meticulous, lush watercolors take readers behind the scenes and back
through time, producing a time-lapse prcis of Americas favorite meeting ground.
This is both a handsome and highly readable book, one that will be pored over cover to cover
by young New Yorkers, real and aspiring. The New York Times
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The Focsle
Henry Bestons Outermost House
written and illustrated by Nan Parson Rossiter
Most adults know, and many have read, Henry Bestons account
of the year he spent in a simple shack high on a dune overlook-
ing the thundering surf on the Atlantics Outer Cape. Now we
have a record of that year for younger readers, brilliantly retold,
illustrated with words and pictures that capture all its wonder
and beauty. Rossiter's artwork glows with the same inner light
and simplicity that animated Bestons prose, amplifying and glorifying the natural world.
A lovely vision of one mans communion with nature. Publishers Weekly
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Just Perfect
written and illustrated by Jane Marinsky
How do you tell the youngest child that another is on the way?
Heres the story of one familys intensive search for the perfect
fourth family member. From a dog, to a dolphin, to a rooster,
the applicants run the gamut, but none are quite right until,
nally, a simple and totally satisfactory solution is found: a
baby girl! And she is just perfect. A wonderful new book by the
illustrator of The Goat-Faced Girl (see page Io).
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New & Notable Childrens Books
Farnsworths Classical English Rhetoric
by Ward Farnsworth
Masters of language can turn unassuming words into phrases that
are convincing, eective, and memorably beautiful. Lincoln and
Churchill had this power: having heard their words once, one can
scarcely imagine the world without them. What are the secrets of
this alchemy? The answer lies in rhetoric, among the most ancient
of academic disciplines. This book contains a lively set of lessons on
the subject, a tutorial on eloquence conducted by virtuoso faculty:
not just Lincoln and Churchill, but Dickens and Melville, Edmund Burke and Thomas
Paine, and more than Ioo others. The result is an indispensable book for the writer or
speaker, a highly useful reference tool, and a rewarding source of instruction for all lovers
of the English language. Not only educational, but delightful. David Mamet
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Writing the Garden
A Literary Conversation across Two Centuries
by Elizabeth Barlow Rogers
Gardening has always attracted a cult of devotedly literate practi-
tioners; people who like to dig, it would appear, also like to write.
Elizabeth Barlow Rogers selects and discusses the best of these writ-
ers, picking delightful examples that span two centuries. What makes
Writing the Garden such a joy to read are the real discussions and
examinations of the personalities who made their mark on how we design, how we plant,
and how we think about one of lifes lasting pleasures. Awarded the American Horticul-
tural Society Book Award for :oI:.
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All My Dogs
A Life
by Bill Henderson, drawings by Leslie Moore
In this intimate, moving, and revealing memoir, Bill Henderson, the
beloved founder of the Pushcart Press, divides up the stages of his
life into canine epochs. There was (and there always is) the rst dog,
the worst dog, the ones that died untimely deaths, the one who saved
a marriage. With lovely line drawings by Leslie Moore, this slim vol-
ume, lled with life lessons and affection, is a book to love even if you dont love dogs.
Few readers will get through (these) heartwarming portraits . . . without reaching for the tis-
sue box. Booklist
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Great Gift Books
Lucys Christmas
by Donald Hall
illustrations by Michael McCurdy
Lucy Wells likes planning ahead. In her quaint New Eng-
land town the leaves have just begun to change, but Lucy
is already thinking of Christmas. She begins to make pres-
ents for her family: a pincushion for Mother, a doll for her
sister, and a pen-wiper for her best friend. Set at the turn
of the century, richly illustrated with colored engravings by Michael McCurdy, the mas-
terful Hall has painted the scene for a classic New England Christmas, based on the
childhood stories of his own mother on the New Hampshire farm where he still lives.
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The Twelve Days of Christmas
illustrations by Ilse Plume
Drawing inspiration from illuminated manuscripts, Caldecott honor
medalist Ilse Plume creates a Renaissance setting for the lyrics of
The Twelve Days of Christmas. She has examined numerous hand-
painted Florentine miniatures in search of imagery that might con-
vey the atmosphere of a luxurious courtyard garden of the late I,th
century. Plumes exquisite illustrations, created in gouache and col-
ored pencil, are rich in royal purple and gold, glowing vermilion,
and verdant green. In each, a beautiful young noblewoman graciously receives a gift from
her handsome Romeo. This is a quietly brilliant gem of bookmaking, a gift book that cel-
ebrates the joys of gift-giving. Includes sheet music and lyrics for the home musician.
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Elizabeth Davids Christmas
compiled by Jill Norman
foreword by Alice Waters illustrations by Mary Ross
Are you wondering how to plan your Christmas entertaining? Eliz-
abeth Davids Christmas is the book to help busy cooks over one of
the most stressful times of the year. This book contains both classic
recipes for turkey and geese, traditional fare such as stung, sauces,
and Christmas puddings, as well as treats like homemade chocolate
ice cream. Ms. David aims to guide us through the daunting festive season with good
food and high spirits and our humor intact. As Alice Waters writes in her foreword,
This is Elizabeth David at her most delightful: recipes, history, anecdotes, quotations
and opinions, all in her bracing lucid prose.
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Holiday Favorites
I Saw Three Ships
by Elizabeth Goudge
illustrations by Margot Tomes
A moving, lyrical, and endearing chapter book, celebrating the magic
as well as the mystery of Christmas, this is our rst title by Elizabeth
Goudge, mistress of the art of storytelling. Charmingly illustrated by
Margot Tomes, it is a lovely and imaginative Christmas tale woven
from the lyrics of the well-known song. A perfect read-aloud for chil-
dren and parents looking for something touching, slightly eccentric,
and bracingly wholesome. Includes music and lyrics for the home
musician.
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A Childs Christmas in Wales
by Dylan Thomas
illustrations by Edward Ardizzone
Of all the modern holiday classics, this is perhaps the best known
and best loved. In humorous, sonorous, nostalgic prose, Dylan
Thomas recalls the church-going, the tree-trimming, the food, the
carols and games, not of one childhood Christmas but of them all: he
distills here the Perfect Dream of Christmas. For this edition, the
immortal Edward Ardizzone produced ,o delightful watercolors and
drawings (and if youre clever you can recognize Cardiff as the Welsh
town in which the story is set) as a perfect counterpoint to Thomass lilting words.
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Little Red Riding Hood
retold & illustrated by Andrea Wisnewski
Into the forbidding but beautiful New England winter steps a
resourceful farm girl in her scarlet cloak, bound with her basket of
presents for her ailing grandmother. Any child can tell you what
happens next and Wisnewskis ingenious retelling doesnt disap-
point. The images are rendered in black-&-white prints, cut with a
blade from black paper and then hand-painted in vivid watercolors.
This is a beautiful, and totally original, American reimagining of the
Grimm fairy-tale classic, set here in the depths of winter. The ending is upbeat: Grandma
survives moist, but intact.
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Seasons Readings
Sugar on Snow
written & illustrated by Nan Parson Rossiter
In this lovely picture book, a father, his two sons, and one
very sleepy hound rise (very early) and set off at dawn to
the sugar bush to begin the annual north country ritual of
making maple syrup. The whole family including the
loyal lab, Chloe takes part in the careful process. Rossiter,
drawing on her own personal experience, has created a tes-
timony to one of New Englands great rites of Spring, lovingly illustrating the tapping,
gathering, and boiling of the sap, and infusing it with the lucid light of March.
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Genius of Common Sense
Jane Jacobs and the Story of The Death and Life of Great American Cities
by Glenna Lang and Marjory Wunsch
At a moment when the urban renewal movement was at its most
aggressive, Jane Jacobss The Death and Life of Great American Cities
forever changed the way we think about life in densely packed urban
centers. Here is the rst book for young people about this heroine of
common sense. Illustrated with almost a hundred images, it intro-
duces a remarkable woman, her ideas, and her life to young readers,
many of whom have grown up in neighborhoods that were saved by
her polemic. Its the best short introduction yet to the life and work of one of the most
inuential Americans of her generation, writes Robert Campbell of the Boston Globe. Now
available in softcover!
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Absolutely Wild
by Dennis Webster
illustrations by Kim Webster Cunningham
This boisterous bestiary salutes some of the strangest and
funniest animals in the animal kingdom. With odes to gnus
and yaks, snails and emus, the books wild rhymes are guaran-
teed to delight every child, while the hand-colored linoleum prints will please animal
fanciers and art lovers alike. If you are intrigued by the exotic, the sublimely ridiculous,
or the reductively sublime, this is a book to tickle your tail feathers. Simple enough that
the book could double as an early reader, and lines about the yaks hairy top and hairy bot-
tom should go over big. The New York Times Book Review
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More Great Gift Books
Animal Fables from Aesop
adapted and illustrated by Barbara McClintock
Celebrating the twentieth anniversary of this classic adaptation of
Aesop for the stage, here are the best of these timeless fables, in
Barbara McClintocks inimitable nineteenth-century anthropo-
morphic style. This collection contains the artist's interpretations of
nine fables, including such familiar ones as The Fox and the
Grapes, and a ne selection of lesser-known gems.
The whole feel of this book is in the tradition of La Fontaine: gay, witty, full of charm and
foible. The New York Times
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The Goat-Faced Girl
A Classic Italian Folktale
retold by Leah Marinsky Sharpe
illustrations by Jane Marinsky
Like many good fables, this story opens with a foundling left
in the woods. A large lizard (really a sorceress in disguise)
picks up the infant and takes her home, where she soon grows
into a pretty, pampered, and hopelessly lazy young lady. Worse, the girl prefers the allur-
ing life offered her by charming Prince Rupert, a world of cooks and servants, palaces
and jewels. Luckily, the lizard woman is a canny, concerned parent who does not suffer
fools lightly, and so she arranges a surprise transformation. . . .
Rich storytelling and intricately imagined artwork make this debut a standout . . . A must for
anyone who would rather be a sorceress than a princess. Publishers Weekly, starred review
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The Secret Garden
by Frances Hodgson Burnett
illustrations by Graham Rust
A real childrens classic, the story of young Mary Lennoxs discov-
ery of the secret garden has been cherished by generations of read-
ers since its rst appearance in I,II. Graham Rusts illustrations,
with their delicate period avor and detail, bring to life the whole
cast of characters and, of course, the secret garden itself, the for-
bidding and walled enclave that turned out to be the sweetest,
most mysterious-looking place anyone could imagine.
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Illustrated Classics
Correspondence
An Adventure in Letters
by N. John Hall
Retired New Jersey bank clerk Larry Dickerson inherits a parcel of
letters addressed to his great-great-grandfather, a London bookseller
who corresponded with the leading contemporary writers: Dickens
and Thackeray, Eliot and Trollope, Butler and Hardy. In his quest to
auction off these letters for as much money as possible, Larry devel-
ops his own correspondence with a head auctioneer, and is gradu-
ally seduced by the Victorian mind. Part suspense novel, part
historical and literary tour de force, and part humorous tale, this is a thoroughly engross-
ing ramble through the literature of the enduring Victorian galaxy. Michael Dirda wrote
in the Washington Post, If you loved Helene Hanff s 8, Charing Cross Road, this is the
book for you. Playfully entertaining.
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Desert . svs. :uxn: sook
by J. M. G. Le Clzio
translated from the French by C. Dickson
From Nobel-Prize-winner J. M. G. Le Clzio comes this epic tale of
two resilient children of the North African desert, born at opposite
ends of the twentieth century. The Swedish Academy, in awarding Le
Clzio the :oo8 Nobel Prize in Literature, praised Desert as the
authors denitive breakthrough as a novelist. A best-selling title in
many countries, Desert was nominated for the :oo, L. A. Times Book
Prize, the :oo, ALA Notable Books List, and the :oIo Best Translated Book Award.
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Bear
by Marian Engel
One of Canadas most celebrated novelists, Marian Engel died in
I,8, after a tragic struggle with cancer. In Bear, her last and best-
known book, a mousy librarian is summoned to a remote Canadian
island to inventory the estate of Col. Jocelyn Cary. In his large and
now deserted home the Colonel has a number of secrets, but the
most surprising, and most enduring, is a bear chained out back.
Our librarian soon meets this creature a strong, gentle, unassum-
ing animal and wonders whether it would be good company. It
is indeed good company. Intimate company. Shocking company.
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Novel Gift Ideas
Finding a Girl in America
by Andre Dubus
In this collection of seven stories including Killings, the basis for
Todd Fields award-winning lm In the Bedroom starring Sissy
Spacek, Tom Wilkinson, Marisa Tomei, and Nick Stahl Dubus
deepens his hold on our attention. His people, the ones we see
everyday but hardly know, deliver those recurrent shocks of recog-
nition that are the mark of a seasoned storyteller. His largely coastal
New England world now feels like a permanent part of the modern
literary landscape. Dubus is one of the few writers today who can take
the top of you head off with a word, a line, a situation. Playboy
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by Flora Thompson
wood engravings by Julie Neild
Flora Thompson (I8,oI,,) wrote what may be the quintessential
distillation of English country life at the turn of the twentieth cen-
tury. Her enduring and beloved classics form a trilogy about three
closely-related Oxfordshire communities a hamlet, a village, and a
town and the memorable cast of characters who people them.
Based on Thompsons own experiences as a child and young woman,
the writing is keenly observed and beautifully narrated. And be sure
to catch the long-running Lark Rise miniseries on vns and now on uvu.
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Ring of Bright Water . xoxv.vs:: sook
A Trilogy
by Gavin Maxwell
This new volume weaves together the Scottish otter stories from
Gavin Maxwells three books, Ring of Bright Water, The Rocks Remain,
and Raven Meet Thy Brother. While touring the Iraqi marshes, he was
captivated by an otter and became an advocate of and spokesman for
the species. Hailed by the New York Herald Tribune and the Wall
Street Journal as one of the outstanding wildlife books of all time,
this book has become a classic not only for its portrait of otters but
also of a talented, idealistic man whose life embodied both greatness
and tragedy. Maxwell combines the humor of Gerald Durrell with the heartrending
truth of James Herriot (Colleen Mondor, Bookslut).
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Loved the Movie? Read the Book!
Les Fleurs du Mal
by Charles Baudelaire
translated by Richard Howard monotypes by Michael Mazur
Howards translation of Baudelaires masterpiece a cornerstone of
the modernist canon won the American Book Award. The honor was
deserved: it is among his nest eorts and is accompanied by the com-
plete French text and striking black-and-white monotypes.
Readers of English do not have to take Baudelaire on faith any longer.
For the rst time he is present among us, vivid and surprisingly intact,
in these ne translations. The New York Times Book Review
Richard Howards will be the denitive translation in the foreseeable future. The Boston
Globe
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Sarah and Simon and No Red Paint
written and illustrated by Edward Ardizzone
Here is the ultimate starving artist story, brought to you by our
favorite author-illustrator. It features two heroes, Sarah and Simon,
whose father is a painter, talented but undiscovered, and so the
family is poor, though very happy. As the story opens, their dad is
painting his masterpiece, and theres even a dealer to buy it if it can
be nished the next day. But there is no more red paint, and not a
farthing left in the till. So Sarah and Simon set out to solve the
dilemma. Godine is proud to bring any classic back into print , but
it has to be said that this, with its affecting illustrations and text, is our present favorite.
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by Noel Perrin
Was there ever a time when a civilization, technically sophisticated, and in full posses-
sion of its senses, reverted to an earlier, less advanced technology?
You bet: Japan, I,,I8,,. During this period Japan eectively pro-
hibited all manufacture of rearms and gunpowder, and isolated
itself from the rest of the world with a blockade that remained suc-
cessful until I8,. An altogether fascinating book because Perrin is
a consistently good storyteller, because even his footnotes are a
delight to read, and because this is a story that really has few paral-
lels in modern history.
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Godine Gems
Catie Copley
by Deborah Kovacs
illustrations by Jared T. Williams
The adventures of Catie Copley are based on the real-life experi-
ences of a small black Labrador retriever, originally trained as a
guide dog, who was adopted by the Fairmont Copley Hotel in
Boston. In this story, she has to use her special skills such as a
really great sense of smell and a dogs eye view of the hotel to
help a little girl nd her favorite bear that has disappeared. Jared
Williamss charming illustrations of Catie bring Deborah Kovacss story to life.
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Catie Copleys Great Escape &
Catie Copley en voyage Qubec
by Deborah Kovacs
illustrations by Jared T. Williams
The adventures of the beloved Catie Copley continue as
Catie goes on her rst vacation! One day, Santol, Caties
canine counterpart at the Fairmont Le Chteau Fron-
tenac in Quebec City, Canada, arrives for a visit, and the
two dogs become fast friends. When Jim drives Santol
back to Canada, Catie is very excited to go too. This is
Caties rst time in a new city with a dierent language,
dierent food and smells, and new opportunities for
adventure . . . maybe a little too much adventure!
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Cat, What Is That?
by Tony Johnston
illustrations by Wendell Minor
In clever, teasing verse and minutely observed paintings, John-
ston and Minor oer a loving and lovely tribute to our feline
friends. From a tiny gray kitten eyeing a goldsh to a fat mar-
malade lounging on the sofa, here is a panorama of pleasures
for any cat lover of any age.
Wonderful, magical, luminous the kind of book that both children and adults will turn to
again and again. Elizabeth Marshall Thomas
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Cats and Dogs
Miss Etta and Dr. Claribel
Bringing Matisse to America
written & illustrated by Susan Fillion
What could be more unlikely than this tale of two unmarried sis-
ters, Etta and Claribel Cone, from a German-Jewish family in Bal-
timore, who amassed one of the major collections of modern art
in America? In this touching story, fully illustrated with the work
they collected Picasso, Matisse, Vuillard, Czanne, and Gau-
guin we trace the contours of their lives, made more vivid by author and artist Susan
Fillions informative text and colorful paintings that Horn Book Magazine has praised as
strong enough to work side-by-side with those of Picasso and Matisse.
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All Around the Block
An Alphabet
by Judy Pelikan
This playful alphabet, detailed and delicate, was inspired by that
familiar and beloved nursery companion the alphabet block.
As reimagined by artist Judy Pelikan, each letter of the alphabet
takes possession of its own face, covering, carving, painting, and
manipulating the surface of the blocks in a variety of inventive
and unexpected ways. Small enough for a child to handle and
sophisticated enough for an adult to appreciate, this is a small
bijou of a book.
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Lettered Creatures
light verse by Brad Leithauser drawings by Mark Leithauser
The Leithauser brothers wit is on display in this remarkable alphabet book, with each
spread devoted to an emblematic animal an insatiable Anteater,
an overachieving Beaver, a sidelong-searching Crab. On the left of
the spread is a humorous eight-line poem (think Marianne Moore
or Stephen Sondheim); opposite it is a delicate, complementary
pencil drawing (think Audubon with a dash of John Tenniel).
Though it borrows its form from a childrens ABC, Lettered Creatures
is a thoroughly grown-up pleasure like champagne, string quartets,
or the Cole Porter songbook.
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Art & Artists for All Ages
Whodunit?
Crime and Puzzlement
z Solve-Them-Yourself Picture Mysteries
by Lawrence Treat
Eli P. Harvard was found dead inside his ski lodge,
a revolver in his hand and a bullet in his brain.
Hed broken up with Sally the night before. Had
despondency driven him to suicide? Or had the
vengeful Sally done him in? By studying the full-
page picture that accompanies the story, you can
nd the clues that solve the mystery. Answers are
in the back if you get stumped. Each volume in
our wildly popular series contains : solve-them-
yourself picture mysteries by Edgar Awardwin-
ning crime writer Lawrence Treat. All are highly
recommended for the puzzle or mystery fanatic
on your gift list especially Sherlock Holmes Jr.
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by Lawrence Treat
illustrations by Kathleen Borowik
With applause for Crime and Puz-
zlement I, :, and , still ringing
in his ears, Lawrence Treat
conjured up yet another dev-
ilishly delightful collection of
picture mysteries this time
for young readers. The clues are in the picture; its up to
the young detectives to size up the situation and solve the
mystery. Who stole the jade horse from under Jenny Jacka-
landas nose? What did Cheris mysterious letter really say? Who
took Minnie Rahrahs diamond necklace? You nd out!
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Activities for American Boys & Girls
The American Boys Handy Book
What to Do and How to Do It
by Daniel C. Beard
foreword by Noel Perrin
First published in I88:, this book contains a
cornucopia of projects, games, and diversions,
with practical directions on how to do them, by one of the
founders of the Boy Scouts of America. Its the ultimate
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The American Girls Handy Book
How to Amuse Yourself and Others
by Lina Beard & Adelia Beard
foreword by Anne M. Boylan
A magical collection of activities from projects to games to presents complete with
instructions on how to do and make them, vintage Americana from two early, feisty advo-
cates for Girl Scouting in the United States. No more But Im bored excuses!
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The Field & Forest Handy Book
New Ideas for Out of Doors
by Daniel C. Beard
Daniel C. Beards great passion was for making boys and girls feel
at home in nature, allowing them to experience its wonders while
fostering their sense of self-suciency and independence. In these
pages, Beard suggests any number of projects, plans, and schemes
to entertain those whose travels take them into open eld and for-
est and who want to know how to build everything from kites and
birdhouses to snow houses and snowmen.
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The Book of Camp-Lore & Woodcraft
by Daniel C. Beard
Our fourth handy book by Dan Beard is a classic tract on camp-lore
and woodcraft, which includes instructions on how to build a good
re, cook venison, prepare for a camping trip, and use an axe and a
saw. This, more than any other, is the Boy Scouts outdoor companion.
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Arthur Ransomes
S & A
For anyone who loves sailing and adventure, the Arthur Ransome
classics stand alone. Swallows and Amazons, the book that started it all
in I,,o, introduces the Walker family, the camp on Wild Cat Island, the able-
bodied catboat Swallow, and the two intrepid Amazons, the plucky Nancy and
Peggy Blackett. Swallowdale brings more adventures a
shipwreck, a secret case, and a thrilling mountain hike.
In Peter Duck, the crew takes to the high
seas in a real treasure hunt, while in Coot
Club, they try to protect birds from holi-
day boaters; Secret Water is a desert
island tale (complete with treasure map),
and The Big Six a mystery of mistaken
identities. Missee Lee is a tale of the South
China Sea, and The Picts & the Martyrs is
a visit to Englands Lake District. Adven-
tures abound! Parents disappear! Children
prevail! This is real writing, by a real writer
making Swallows and Amazons the most
beloved and successful series of books we have
ever published.
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Tales of Adventure
Wagons Westward
The Old Trail to Santa Fe
by Armstrong Sperry
Sperrys historical novels, all based on solid research and with a
strong narrative line, feature boys facing and subduing daunting
challenges. They are real page-turners, and the pre-politically cor-
rect Wagons West ward is among his best, giving a strong sense of
what the journey along the Santa Fe Trail in I8o must have been
like. The book is enhanced by spirited drawings by the author, and
darn good ones they are, too!
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All Sail Set
A Romance of the Flying Cloud
by Armstrong Sperry A Newbery Honor Book
In one of the best sea yarns ever spun, Enoch Thacher is taken on
by boatwright Donald McKay during the building of the clipper
ship The Flying Cloud. At the end of his apprenticeship, Thacher
joins the crew and sails on the clippers maiden voyage round the
Horn to San Francisco in I8,I. Replete with Sperrys wonderful ink
drawings, this realistic and riveting story of iron men and wooden
ships will keep even landlubbers pegged to their seats.
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The Song of Hiawatha
by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
drawings by Frederic Remington
In I8,, Longfellow published Hiawatha, an epic whose lilting
trochees (By the shores of Gitche Gumme / By the shining Big-Sea-
Water) are part of every Americans consciousness. The poets aim
was to unite the strands of various Indian legends, present a sympa-
thetic portrait of the many Native American tribes, and celebrate the
Indians profound relationship to the natural world in short, to
create a national myth of the Noble Savage. In this, he succeeded
superbly. This reset edition contains the complete text and repro-
duces the drawings Frederic Remington created for the poem in
I8,I. If you wonder where Tolkien got his nal scene, read the last chapter.
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Chimney Corner Days
American poems illustrated by Glenna Lang
The Childrens Hour
by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Of all of Longfellows poems, none is so touching as this love letter
to his daughters, grave Alice, and laughing Allegra, and Edith with
golden hair. The action takes place in Longfellows study, where, at
days end, the girls gather outside his door, plotting to take him by
surprise. Glenna Lang perfectly captures the warmth and intimacy
of this slice of I,th-century family and literary life.
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My Shadow
by Robert Louis Stevenson
A traditional favorite for reading aloud. Glenna Lang has created
a visual narrative depicting a young girls travels through a dream
nightscape with her shadow companion. Beautifully true to the
sense and spirit of Stevensons work, the illustrations add their
own grace and rich atmosphere to Stevensons popular poem. This
edition of My Shadow is a wonderful way to enjoy an old favorite
bedtime poem with the youngest child.
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When the Frost Is on the Punkin
by James Whitcomb Riley
One of the most widely recited verses of the last century, James
Whitcomb Rileys poem brings to life the rustle and russet of the
harvest season, its richness and its promise. Glenna Lang has
beautifully interpreted this gentle bard from Indianas poem in her
own distinctive style, featuring a little girl and her cat observing
the hustle and bustle of work on a farm. The rich, smooth colors,
as bright and crisp as Indiana in October, are a delight to the eye,
and the text bounces with life. A classic and beloved read-aloud
that any young child will enjoy.
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Beloved Favorites
The Farmer in the Dell
The timeless circle-game The Farmer in the Dell is one of
the rst that American children learn to play, and its happy,
lilting song is among the rst they learn to sing. The cele-
brated picture-book artist Ilse Plume has imagined a fresh
and very American setting for the lyrics a farmstead in the Pennsylvania Dutch country.
An elegant tribute to an American classic. Kirkus Reviews
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Saint Francis and the Wolf
by Jane Langton
This lovely retelling of one of the lesser-known of the Saint Fran-
cis stories centers on the legend of the great wolf of Gubbio, a fero-
cious canine who terrorized the town. In nearby Assisi, Brother
Francis heard of their plight and came to their rescue. A perfect gift
for anyone who embraces the relationship between mankind and
the natural world. With a smooth storytellers pacing and an eye for
kid-friendly detail . . . children especially will gravitate to this story and its elements of sus-
pense. . . . [Plumes] delicate lines and sunny palette depict the ourishing ora, fauna, and
stone dwellings of the Italian countryside. Publishers Weekly
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The Old Man Mad About Drawing
by Franois Place
An orphan boy sells rice cakes on the streets of I,th-century Tokyo and among his cus-
tomers is the artist Hokusai, the old man mad about drawing. Taking
an interest in the child, Hokusai shows him how to make a woodblock
print and shares his secret of a long and happy life: look, draw, laugh,
repeat. This is great graphic storytelling that honors the life of the
Japanese illustrator and printmaker Hokusai, who perfected the tech-
nique of the colored woodcut. The exuberance of his life and time are
marvelously conveyed in Franois Places tribute to an artist who
clearly ranks among his heroes.
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For Young Ladies with Brains
The Worry Week
by Anne Lindbergh
illustrations by Kevin Hawkes
When her parents are forced to cut short the familys visit to their
summer cottage on a Maine island, eleven-year-old Allegra Sloane
and her sisters decide theyd much rather spend a week alone on
the island than languish in steamy Boston. So the ever-resourceful
Allegra concocts a clever plan that backres. Set in Anne Lind-
berghs own summer home of North Haven, this story of a sum-
mer by the sea conrms her place among the best storytellers the region has produced.
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The Country of the Pointed Firs
by Sarah Orne Jewett
illustrations by Douglas Alvord
Set in Dunnet Landing, Maine, this enduring sequence of stories
has in recent years assumed its rightful place in the pantheon of
American classics. Jewett paints a timeless sketch of a remote, late-
I,th-century seacoast shing community, a town decimated by
the Civil War, dominated by women, and hanging on to life and
hope as limpets cling to rocks.
If I were asked to name three American books which have the possibility of a long, long life, I
would say at once The Scarlet Letter, Huckleberry Finn, and The Country of the Pointed
Firs. Willa Cather
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A White Heron
by Sarah Orne Jewett
illustrations by Douglas Alvord
This beloved coming-of-age story concerns Sylvia, a shy,
nature-loving city girl come to the Maine Woods to live
with her grandmother. One summer afternoon in the
late I8oos, her life is changed forever when she meets a
handsome ornithologist searching for birds. With consummate literary skill, Jewett
dramatizes the storm of emotions Sylvia feels both for this young man and for the nat-
ural world, and especially for the rare white heron the ornithologist is so keen to possess.
Douglas Alvords pencil drawings possess all of the haunting serenity of Jewetts prose.
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Prized Tales from the Barnyard
Henrietta and the Golden Eggs
by Hanna Johansen
illustrations by Kthi Bhend
An ALA/Batchelder Award Honor Book
Henrietta is a little chicken with big dreams and an attitude to
match. She wants to learn to sing, to swim, and most impor-
tantly to lay golden eggs. The older chickens may laugh at her
dreams, but Henrietta keeps working and practicing, planning
for a brighter future. Whether our heroine achieves her goals is debatable, but she knows
that theres more to life than the chicken house can oer, and shes willing to cause a lit-
tle havoc in the barnyard if it means a shot at the big time.
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The Duck and the Owl
by Hanna Johansen
illustrations by Kthi Bhend
A cantankerous duck and a grumpy owl square o over the right
way to eat, the right time to sleep, and the right place to perch.
Neither thinks the other is right about anything. Johansen tells the
story almost entirely through dialogue, giving comic energy to the
bickering and narrow-mindedness that stand in the way of a
woodland friendship. Bhends intricate ink drawings convincingly
show the value of each creatures point of view. Together, words
and pictures reveal how respect for others can be the rst step toward real understand-
ing. One of Time magazines :o Best Kids Books of zoo,
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Rabbit School
by Albert Sixtus
illustrations by Fritz Koch-Gotha
The rst day of school is here and two young bunnies head o
to Rabbit School, deep in the woods. Here they nd their
be loved old schoolteacher, who teaches them everything a good
rabbit must know: which vegetables and plants are tastiest; how to
make the garden grow; how to escape the fox! This classic picture
book by the legendary German childrens book author, Albert Sixtus, with lovingly detailed
pictures by illustrator Fritz Koch-Gotha, has been translated into English for the rst time.
Its old-fashioned charm will appeal to all early readers of age four and up, and the rhyming
verse is also a delight to read aloud.
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Madcap & Mayhem
The Merchant of Noises
by Anna Rozen
illustrations by Franois Avril
Mr. Bing stumbles upon a million-dollar idea: if one could only
package certain noises attractively, people might just want to own
them. And so, he opens a workshop to build and sell his new
inventions ingenious sculptures that make the most unexpected
sounds. Just when Mr. Bing should be reaping his just rewards,
though, an angry customer arrives, defective (and counterfeit)
noise in hand, demanding a refund. Could trouble be afoot?
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DeZert Isle
by Claude Ponti
Jules is a Zert. He lives on DeZert Isle with his best friend,
Ned the Nail, and hes in love with a brick. DeZert Isle oers
a guided tour of Juless sublime nonsense world, where new
friends are found on every corner, gifts are oered with an
open heart, and there is always enough hippopotamelon juice to go around. Like the best
childrens books, DeZert Isle sees the world from a childs perspective, in which anything
is possible. Claude Pontis technicolor drawings and surreal slapstick timing hark back to
the early Sunday funnies of George Herriman and Winsor McKay but the daft humor
and rare charm are entirely his own.
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Benjy
A Ferocious Fairy Tale
by Edwin OConnor
illustrations by Catharine ONeill
Benjy was, quite simply, never bad. He lived in a cozy little house
with his dearest Mummy, Daddy, and Sid, the family airedale. He
was never rude to his dear Mummy and always kissed his Daddy
when he hurt him with building blocks. He played such nice games
that Sid moved out of the house into a box marked refuse in the
backyard. All in all, the family was blissfully happy until a good fairy granted the ever-so-
deserving little Benjy a wish. And the wish had some very unexpected results . . . Benjy is
a wickedly funny book about the pitfalls of being just too darn good, a ferocious and hilar-
ious (honest!) story for anyone from the precocious child to the proper parent to enjoy.
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Fun & Games
A Near Thing for Captain Najork
by Russell Hoban, illustrated by Quentin Blake
An inspiring tale in which a lone champion of improvised fun van-
quishes the amassed forces of straighten-up-and-eat-your-bloaters
tyranny. Tom is happy with his new Aunt Bundlejoy Cosysweet who is
delighted to be asked to join him in his latest invention, a jam-powered
frog. When the frog hops past Captain Najorks window, Tom does not
expect to be chased by a pedal powered snake, complete with the Cap-
tain and his hired sportsmen, bent on revenge. As Tom, the Captain, and Aunt Fidget
Wonkham-Strong Najork all converge on a nearby girls boarding school, the tables are
suddenly turned with the Captain nding himself in a very precarious situation . . . When
it comes to laugh-out-loud-funny illustrated nonsense, Messrs. Hoban and Blake dont fool
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The Bae Book &
The Bae Book Strikes Again
Fifteen Fiendishly Challenging Detective Puzzles
by Lassiter Wren & Randle McKay
If you revel in the sport of armchair criminal inves-
tigation, then here is just your cup of poisoned tea:
I, old-fashioned detective puzzles, the unraveling
of which requires you to discover your latent powers
of observation and deduction. In words, charts, and
diagrams, the authors put you at the crime scene and
present you with the facts established by the police. What do you
observe? What do you deduce? And how will you answer the ques-
tions posed at the end of each problem: Who stole the emerald? In
what city had the amnesia victim once worked? Each question is scored to degree of di-
culty, with a perfect score of Io points per puzzle. And if you nd yourself stumped, just
turn to the back of the book where the answers are provided (but upside-down, to deter
you from giving up too easily). Dont cheat: youll only spoil the fun.
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lighthouse island at high tide,
from The Lighthouse Tragedy
at Dead Mans Harbor
Stories for Older Readers
The Golden Ass of Lucius Apuleius
adapted from the Latin original by M. D. Usher
illustrations by T. Motley
Originally composed in Latin, The Golden Ass traces the hilarious
misadventures of a young man too curious about magic for his own
good. Hoping to change himself into an owl, he becomes a donkey
instead, and in this guise he wanders the underbelly of the Roman
Empire. Ushers creative adaptation brings the tale alive for young
readers of all ages, and Motleys lively and witty drawings capture the boisterous plot.
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The People in Pineapple Place
by Anne Lindbergh
August Brown has been through a lot: his parents have just divorced,
and he and his mother have moved from Vermont to Washington,
D.C. He doesnt know anyone, and he doesnt want to know any-
one, until the day he stumbles upon the mysterious Pineapple
Place, a quaint cobblestone street inhabited by seven invisible
except to August children from another time. Before he knows it,
August and his fantastic new friends have embarked on the adven-
ture of a lifetime in the nations capital!
A beautifully handled fantasy. The Philadelphia Inquirer
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Shadows & Moonshine
stories by Joan Aiken
illustrations by Pamela Johnson
The author of The Wolves of Willoughby Chase here selects a bakers
dozen of her best stories for children tales full of vivid characters,
vigorous action, and beautifully cadenced prose. Aikens world is
populated by mermaids, dragons, enchanted pigs, and magic harps,
and she endows these creatures with nuances and personalities as
complex as any encountered in the so-called real world.
It is a rare enough achievement to create even one childrens novel that
is read with equal pleasure by youngsters and adults alike. . . . Aikens readers can inhabit a
world where . . . poetry, drama and compassion exist in equal measure. Smithsonian
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How to Eat, Speak, and Think
The Philosophers Diet . xoxv.vs:: sook
How to Lose Weight & Change the World
by Richard Watson
In this slim volume, a middle-aged philosopher takes on the weighty
double challenge of comprehending an expanding universe and
ghting an expanding waistline. Written in prose of rare wit and
bite, this is probably the most curious (and certainly the funniest)
diet book ever written. We love this book for its humor, its icono-
clasm, and its idiosyncratic mixture of low comedy and high
Cartesian seriousness. I:8 v.cvs sov1covvv sI.,,
The Philosophers Demise . xoxv.vs:: sook
Learning to Speak French
by Richard Watson
Although an accomplished reader of French, the philosopher
Richard Watson found himself forced at last to learn to speak the
language when he was invited to Paris to present a paper in
French. A crash course at the Alliance Franaise only served to point
out how daunting it is to learn anything new and complicated late
in life. A wry and witty book for anyone who loves languages, and
is fascinated by taking on whats bound to be dicult.
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How to Do Things Right
The Revelations of a Fussy Man
by L. Rust Hills
The three titles, edited, revised and combined in this volume, How
To Do Things Right, How to Retire at :, and How to Be Good, will
have you laughing out loud, thinking hard, and at least temporarily
rearranging your frazzled life. Hills attempts to create order out of
chaos and examines all aspects of life with wit and humor, from
how to eat an ice-cream cone, to arranging a family picnic, to how
to develop principles when you have none. But behind the frivo-
lous facade, he remains a deeply sage and serious writer, a modern
combination of Robert Benchley, Henry David Thoreau, and
Michel de Montaigne. This volume contains his best advice, served
up from the heart of one of the most charming humorists ever to grace the American
scene.
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Cuppys How to . . .
How to Become Extinct xoxv.vs:: sook:
by Will Cuppy
illustrations by William Steig
Will Cuppy (I88I,,) was one of the original sta of Harold
Rosss New Yorker and one of the great humorists this country has
produced. In these essays, the perennially perturbed Cuppy turns
his uninching attention on those members of the animal kingdom
whose habits are disagreeable, whose appearances are repellent, and
whose continued existence is not necessarily a foregone conclusion.
Decorated with illustrations by the ever-delightful William Steig.
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How to Tell Your Friends from the Apes
by Will Cuppy
introduction by P. G. Wodehouse illustrations by Jacks
About the title: I grant you there are plenty of old-fashioned and
pretty ineective ways to tell your friends from the Apes, confesses
the author. What could be simpler, for instance, when you are at
the zoo? The Apes are in cages. Yes, but when you are not at the zoo,
what then? Then is when we need to be taken by Mr. Cuppys
incomparable hand, which, unlike the Chimpanzees, is clean and
has an opposable thumb. Its funny! Its caustic! Try it!
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How to Attract the Wombat
by Will Cuppy
illustrations by Ed Nofziger
Here is Cuppys companion volume to How to Tell Your Friends from
the Apes, examining certain non-simian creatures whose habits
and often mere existence seem to have disturbed our author to no
end. Here, too, are a few mundane creatures with no visible vices but
whose virtues are truly awful. Roaming the length and breadth of
the animal kingdom, Cuppy neatly classes his observations for easy
reference, e.g. Problem Mammals, Octopuses and Those Things,
Birds That Cant Even Fly, and Birds That Cant Sing (and Know It).
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Stars of Stage and Screen
Easy to Remember
The Great American Songwriters and Their Songs
by William Zinsser
In this warm, aectionate book, Zinsser describes his lifelong love
aair with American Popular song. The thousands of wonderful
tunes written for Broadway musicals and Hollywood movies dur-
ing the Golden Age from I,:,, the year of Showboat, down to
the I,oos are still the standard repertory for jazz singers and
musicians. These great songs, by Rodgers and Hart, George Ira
Gershwin, Jerome Kern, Irving Berlin, and others, remain lodged
in our memory, talismans of a more innocent era.
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The Theatrical World of Angus McBean
by Fredric Woodbridge Wilson
photographs by Angus McBean
The photography of Angus McBean encompasses more than
three decades of the history of British theater. He was the
favorite photographer of Vivien Leigh and Laurence Olivier,
and he recorded countless plays starring John Gielgud, Ralph
Richardson, and Alec Guinness, not to mention younger stars
such as Audrey Hepburn, Richard Burton, and Elizabeth
Taylor. For anyone interested in the history of the twentieth-century stage or the gures
who made it so fascinating, this book rolls back the curtain to reveal its vibrant history.
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Hollywood Stories
by Daniel Fuchs
introduction by John Updike
In the spring of I,,,, Brooklyns Daniel Fuchs, twenty-seven years
old and already the author of three remarkable novels, came to Hol-
lywood to bang out a treatment of one of his short stories and never
left. The Golden West collects, for the rst time, the best of Fuchs
writings about studio life, from a novice screenwriters anxious rst
impressions (I,,,,,) to a fty-year veterans mellow memoirs.
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Words of Wisdom
With Love and Prayers
A Headmaster Speaks to the Next Generation
by F. Washington Jarvis
F. Washington Jarvis is one of the nations most eminent educators,
and for thirty years, until his retirement in :oo, he was headmaster
of Bostons Roxbury Latin School, the oldest school in continuous
operation in North America. This is a book of deep and practical
wisdom, one of our surprise bestsellers in hardcover, comprised
of Jarviss addresses and reprinted from his schools publications,
now available in softcover to serve an even wider audience.
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Study Is Hard Work
by William H. Armstrong
Written by the acclaimed teacher, historian, and Newbery Award-
winning author of Sounder, this is the most accessible and lucid text
available on acquiring and retaining essential study skills. Divided
into disciplines (history, language, etc.) it is an indispensable classic:
comprehensive, clear, pragmatic (Ann Quinn, Deer eld Academy).
A must read for any serious student and parent. We receive count-
less letters from parents thanking us for keeping it in print and sav-
ing student lives.
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The Complete Plain Words
by Sir Ernest Gowers
introduction by Joseph Epstein
Two guides belong on every educated English speakers short shelf
of books on writing well, Fowlers Modern English Usage and Gow-
ers Complete Plain Words. No less a writer and educator than
Jacques Barzun has declared that, with all due respect to Strunk &
White, the writer who wants to present his ideas clearly and with
force by eschewing jargon and sticking to plain words should rst
read Gowers. Gowerss book is a proven, trustworthy guide to
achieving an accessible style, to say what needs to be said clearly, suc-
cintly, and correctly. A necessary companion for all those who must
write to get their work done.
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Superior Words for Superior People
The Superior Persons Book of Words
by Peter Bowler
The authors purpose in compiling this small, elegant, and edifying
work is to give readers a more nely tuned engine of the language
they speak, so they may more readily assert their linguistic superi-
ority over their fellow travellers at the trac stops of life.
Here is a panoply of arcane but entirely real words that neither
you nor your loved ones have ever heard, plus textual advice on
how to use them to confound your friends, irritate your enemies,
and impress your superiors. Theres yet more: anecdotes of eccentric scholars, the unbe-
lievable and irresponsible mistakes of the rich and famous, examples of idiotic conceits,
and further oddities and curiosities of the so-called intellectual life. Our best-selling
hardcover.
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The Superior Persons Field Guide to Deceitful,
Deceptive & Downright Dangerous Words
by Peter Bowler, illustrations by Leslie Cabarga
The Superior Persons Field Guide is a call for the return to simple,
straightforward words that say what they mean and mean what they say.
With his customary wit and clear-sightedness, Bowler cuts a swath through
the thickets of popular jargon, linguistic deformities, false pieties, euphe -
misms, and ugly specimens forced into bloom in the interests of political
correctness and cultural expediency. Here is Peter Bowler trying, as
always, to set the record, and the English language, straight.
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Men of Letters & People of Substance
by Roberto de Vicq de Cumptich
preface by Francine Prose
De Vicq takes the designs of type and ornaments (known aec-
tionately in the trade as dingbats) and common linecuts to form
the faces of his literary heroes. But these are not drawings; they
are images arranged from the combination of specic and dis-
crete graphic letter forms. In these typographic assemblies trans-
formed into ingenious portraits, de Vicq has managed, in the
prose of Prose, to make the alphabet sing.
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The New England Experience
Monadnock Summer
The Architectural Legacy of Dublin, New Hampshire
by William Morgan
The small, high, mountain town of Dublin, New
Hampshire was known as an artistic and literary retreat
in the last quarter of the nineteenth century. Mark
Twain called it the one place I have always longed for,
but never knew existed in fact until now. Veteran archi-
tectural historian William Morgan takes the reader on a
tour of Dublins rich and varied architectural history. Profusely illustrated and compre-
hensive, Monadnock Summer has been recognized as among the best books on New Eng-
land architecture to have been published in the last :, years.
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The Maine Reader . xoxv.vs:: sook
The Down East Experience from :o: to the Present
edited by Charles Shain and Samuella Shain
Here, in one large volume, is a book that captures the full sweep of
Maines culture and history, from the rst dazzled vision of the
European explorers to the modern prose of Carolyn Chute and
John McPhee, and including (among many others) Longfellow,
Thoreau, Jewett, Millay, Beston, and Gould. Thoughtfully edited,
illustrated with over fty splendid halftones, this compendium will
be indispensable reading for anyone who has ever succumbed to the
charms of the Pine Tree State.
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Seacoast Maine
photographs by George Tice
introduction by John K. Hanson
For more than ve decades, George Tice has been photo-
graphing the landscape of America, and a number of his
images have become icons. But no other state has held for
him the particular aection of Maine its rockbound
coastline, its precarious and isolated islands, its independ-
ent and hardworking people. In all, Io, photographs,
from the fogs o Eastport to the lobster boats o Monhegan. If Maine is a state you hold
dear, this is a book that says it all.
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New York, New York
Holdouts!
The Buildings That Got in the Way
by Andrew Alpern & Seymour Durst
In this history of New York City buildings that refused to sell to
developers (with often absurd results), Alpern and Durst depict
with vivid clarity the colorful personalities and outrageous actions
that emerge in these stark confrontations. This unique pictorial
history will delight architecture buffs, New Yorkers, urban histo-
rians, indeed anyone interested in the sometimes hectic, some-
times pathetic, and sometimes hilarious struggles of individuals
against real estate developers whose projects are so essential to
the continuing economic viability of our large cities.
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by Daniel Fuchs
These three novels of the I,,os constitute an American classic. In
their own way, they do for the Jewish immigrants of Brooklyn what
Studs Lonigan did for the Irish of Chicago. So it is no surprise that,
upon their rst publication, Lonigans creator welcomed them in a
review for The Nation: I know of few novelists in America today
who possess Fuchss natural talent and energy or his sense of life.
Time hasnt held down these novels, either. Whats true remains so:
there are still few novelists in America today who possess Fuchss
talent, his energy, his sense of life.
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By the Waters of Manhattan . s:.ck :v.vvo+ sook
by Charles Rezniko
By the Waters of Manhattan was Charles Reznikos rst novel,
originally published in I,,o. Part family saga, part bildungsroman,
and part love story, the novel follows the lives of a Jewish family at
the turn of the century from Elizavetgrad, Russia to Brownsville,
Brooklyn, birthplace of the novels protagonist, Ezekiel, a young
romantic in search of ways to feed his stomach and his soul.
William Carlos Williams praised the novel as the work of a rst-
rate artist, and Lionel Trilling called it, the rst story of the Jewish
immigrant that is not false.
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Gifts for Gardeners
Romantic Gardens
Nature, Art and Landscape Design
by Elizabeth Barlow Rogers,
Elizabeth S. Eustis & John Bidwell
Romanticism has been minutely examined in the genres of music,
literature, and art, but never before in the context of the garden. In
this comprehensive survey, the authors demonstrate, through full-
color drawings, watercolors, and engravings, a narrative of the
course of Romanticism in Europe and America, where the landscape ideals of sensory
delight, moral instruction, and artistic inspiration were translated from private gardens
into public parks. This splendid array of seminal texts and works of art reveals the ori-
gins of gardens and their place in a movement that spanned nearly two centuries.
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Tales of the Rose Tree
by Jane Brown
From the towering Burmese magnicum, with its three-foot-diam-
eter trunk and its masses of purple owers, to the potted pink
azalea, glowing like a burning bush on the backyard garden patio,
Rhododendron is a genus of innite variety and beauty. In this mag-
nicently researched and illustrated book, Jane Brown achieves
exactly what she sets out to do construct a history of the genus
Rhododendron that pays tribute to the mystery and majesty of these
plants and does so with a scholars thoroughness and the anecdotal skill of an enthralling
entertainer. A book every lover of gardens needs to own. Miranda Seymour
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A Rage for Rock Gardening
The Story of Reginald Farrer, Gardener, Writer & Plant Collector
by Nicola Shulman
Reginald Farrer (I88oI,:o) spent his boyhood climbing the limestone
clis of Yorkshire, collecting the alpine plants that grew there in profu-
sion. By age I, he had published his rst discoveries, and by ,o was the
foremost garden writer of his age, a wit, tastemaker, and amboyant
iconoclast who almost single-handedly democratized gardening,
transforming it from an indulgence of the rich into a passion of millions. As one reads this
concise and shrewd account of this outrageous eccentric, one blinks, rst with astonish-
ment, then with pleasure, at every detail. An elegant mini-masterpiece (Antonia Fraser).
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The English Garden
The English Garden
A Social History
by Charles Quest-Ritson
Gardening is not only about plants; it is also about lifestyles,
money, and class. Charles Quest-Ritson sets out to put gardening
in its context, asking what owners sought from their gardens from
I,oo to the present day. Accompanied by beautiful four-color
illustrations throughout, his engaging narrative is an essential
guide for anyone interested in the history of gardens and how they
matched the changing needs, and aspirations, of garden owners, rich and poor.
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English Pleasure Gardens
by Rose Standish Nichols
introduction by Judith B. Tankard
When this book was rst published a century ago, it was instantly
acclaimed as a resource for gardeners, tourists, and history lovers
alike. This beautiful new edition will introduce a new generation
to the historic pageantry of Britains garden heritage and to the
redoubtable Rose Standish Nichols, who hailed from Bostons Bea-
con Hill, was among our earliest professional landscape designers,
and was nationally recognized for her expertise with native plants
and residential garden design. Her designs derived from English formal gardens but her
planting style was American in spirit, and this, her rst and best known book, is one of
the classics of garden writing, its prose eternally fresh, opinionated, and instructive.
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On the Making of Gardens
by Sir George Sitwell
introduction by Osbert Sitwell, foreword by John Dixon Hunt
It was a nervous breakdown that drew Sir George Sitwell to Italy, and
it was the incomparable gardens of Tuscany, Rome, and the Italian
Lake District that inspired him to write, in I,o,, his classic essay on
the timeless principles of garden design. This is not a book about
owers, plants, and practical horticulture. It is an ingenious, elegant,
and erudite book about wild and tended places, which, despite its
distant voice, maintains a modern relevance. This compact, beautifully produced new
edition, illustrated with period photographs, will delight gardeners everywhere.
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Imago Mundi Books
On the Wind
The Marine Photographs of Norman Fortier
by Calvin Siegal and Llewellyn Howland III
Since I,, marine photographer Fortier has embraced
the south coast of Massachusetts and Rhode Island. His
photographs of our last great days of sail appeared in
Americas best boating magazines. Beginning with early
images of Padanaram Harbor, On the Wind carries the
viewer west to Rhode Island Sound, east to Mattapoisett,
with succeeding chapters on Marthas Vineyard and the
o-shore islands, the port of New Bedford, and beyond. A moving and unforgettable
evocation of a time and way of life that have already passed into memory. Ioo v.cvs
uuo1oxv vuo1ocv.vus u.vucovvv . so.oo v.iuv, xow s:o.oo
Angels at the Arno
photographs by Eric Lindbloom
preface by Linda Pastan, introduction by Ben Lifson
The Florence revealed in Angels at the Arno is almost star-
tling in its intimacy and quiet solitude. Lindbloom conveys
his sense of an unveiled Florence, lled with views striking
for the beauty they contain rather than for the history they
suggest. This is a city not so much of paintings and tratto-
rie as of mysterious, hidden sculptures, emerging from the
ancient architecture like stone made esh.
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Small Rooms & Hidden Places
photographs by Ronald W. Wohlauer
In this collection of fty of Ronald W. Wohlauers best
images from over the past decade, the viewer is treated to
dolmans from Ireland and standing stones from Scotland,
the sweeping waves of the Big Sur and Oregon coast, and
the majestic vistas of the American desert. Beautifully
printed in ne-line duotone, this is an extra ordinary
record of compelling vision from an artist working
proudly in the footsteps of Adams, Weston, and Strand.
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Of Type, Books, & Engravers
Anatomy of a Typeface
by Alexander Lawson
To the layman, all printing types look pretty much the same. But
for the lunatic fringe who believe that the letters we look at daily
(and take for granted) are of profound importance, the questions
of how they are formed, how they evolved, what shape they
assume, and how they should be used is one of continuing fasci-
nation. This book explores the territory with precision, insight,
and clarity. It is written for the layman, but contains exhaustive
research, countless specimens, historical synopses, and actual
examples of types in use. Anyone aspiring to typographic enlight-
enment should own, read, and treasure this volume.
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A Century for the Century
Fine Printed Books :,oo:,,,
by Martin Hutner and Jerry Kelly
For a I,,, exhibition at New Yorks Grolier Club, the authors
selected one out standing book from every year of the :oth century.
This revised and expanded edition of the exhibition catalogue re -
produces pages from each book together with bibliographic details.
In two spirited essays, Hutner & Kelly defend their choices.
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Five Decades of the Burin
The Wood Engravings of John DePol
text by David R. Godine
Like Rockwell Kent, John DePol (I,I,:oo,) was among that genera-
tion of artists who contributed so much to the eld of wood engraving.
Although he illustrated countless books, his work remains little known
outside the world of collectors. This handsome showcase for his art,
divided by his decades and illustrated with his exquisite two-color
engravings should help this prolic artist win his place among the mas-
ters.
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Curl up with a Good Book
The Four Adventures of Richard Hannay
by John Buchan
The , Steps, Greenmantle, The Three Hostages, Mr. Stand fast: here
are four classic novels of international intrigue, a genre single-
handedly invented by John Buchan. As Robin Winks remarks in
his introduction, The basic formula for spy ction was laid down
by Buchan . . . One takes an attractive hero, endows him with some
special expertise, plunges him into a less comfortable environment
and a perilous situation, and then sets the clock ticking . . . Great
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Reading in Bed
Personal Essays on the Glories of Reading
selected and edited by Steven Gilbar
As Gilbar writes in his introduction, The essays in this book are not
so much about books as about reading. Most of the pieces speak of
the writers personal experiences as readers. Some are more ponti-
cal. But what they all have in common, I hope, is that they are them-
selves good reading. How right he is! Just sample treasures like
Nabokovs Good Readers and Good Writers, Calvinos Why Read
the Classics?, Prousts On Reading Ruskin,or Brodkeys Reading,
the Most Dangerous Game. And the list goes on: Montaigne,
Hazlitt, Hesse, Miller, Greene, Fowles, and many more, all devoted
to indeed passionate about reading.
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Sustenance & Desire
A Food Lovers Anthology of Sensuality & Humor
edited, with paintings, by Bascove
This is a booklovers book about food about taste, smell, touch,
appetite, and all the pleasures of the table. It features ,, poems and
prose pieces by some of the worlds nest writers, from Basho to Betty
Fussell, Colette to Calvin Trillin all selected by the artist and anthol-
ogist Bascove and complemented by I, of her gorgeous full-color
paintings. Beautifully conceived and lovingly produced, this is the
perfect book for that discriminating literary gourmet in your life.
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Escape to the Cape
The Best of Beston . xoxv.vs:: sook
A Selection from the Natural World of Henry Beston,
from Cape Cod to the St. Lawrence
edited & introduced by Elizabeth Coatsworth
Henry Beston, whose Outermost House is an imperishable classic of
nature writing, was a poet who just happened to write prose. He
was a meticulous observer, an early (and unsung) conservationist,
and a prolic writer of letters, essays, and poetry. This volume oers
a selection of his best pieces from Northern Farm, Herbs and the
Earth, American Memory, and The St. Lawrence, one of the most
memorable of the Rivers of North America series.
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Outlands
Journeys to the Outer Edges of Cape Cod
by Robert Finch
On fog-shrouded barrier island or deep in winter woods, Robert
Finch is a vivid witness to our participation, whether as individuals or
as communities, in the mysteries of natural experience. These essays
recognize our need for both the human and the nonhuman in our
lives; they probe the ambiguities in our response to the terror and
beauty of the natural world and the love and aggression we struggle with in our associ-
ations with one another. Robert Finchs remarkable prose offers high entertainment, but
also gives us new sympathies for and understanding of both nature and ourselves.
Besides being an important book, its also a graceful pleasure to read. Boston Globe
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A Book of Cape Cod Houses
by Doris Doane
drawings by Howard L. Rich
From the mid-Iooos to about I8,o, Capes were built all
across New England, homes to shermen and farmers, to
city dwellers and shipwrights. Their low-slung design
meant they were economical, easy to build, and generally
impervious to the bracing winds that swept in from the
ocean. What you will nd in this classic book is the his-
tory of these homes accompanied by charming pencil
drawings of oor plans, interior rooms, and entire houses.
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Exemplary Englishmen
The Busiest Man in England
A Life of Joseph Paxton, Gardener, Architect & Victorian Visionary
by Kate Colquhoun
The Victorian polymath Joseph Paxton bestrode the worlds of hor-
ticulture, urban planning, and architecture like a colossus. At age :,
he became head gardener at Chatsworth, the estate of the Duke of
Devonshire, and soon transformed it into the nest garden in Eng-
land. But it was the Crystal Palace, home of the Great Exhibition of
I8,I and the greatest temporary structure ever built, that secured his
fame. Paxton is such a dynamic, shrewd, and genial gure, said the
New York Sun, that it is hard to believe that any reader would not
be thrilled to learn about him. Ms. Colquhouns graceful style and
her command over sources will entrance you. ,,o v.cvs n/w iiius1v.1ioxs
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In the Blood
A Memoir of My Childhood
by Andrew Motion
In the Blood is Andrew Motions memoir of his childhood and ado-
lescence in rural postwar England. Like Nabokov in Speak, Memory,
Motion sets out to recreate his boyhood, beginning with his mothers
tragic foxhunting accident and resultant coma an event which pre-
cipitated Motions desire, at age sixteen, to preserve the past and safe-
guard his memories, a pledge he has kept through his lucid and
lyrical writing.
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George Orwell: Collected Essays,
Journalism & Letters
edited by Sonia Orwell & Ian Angus
Here is some of the :oth centurys most sparkling prose. George
Orwells letters bristle with opinion and wit; his essays, covering
everything from English Cooking (!) to Literature and Total-
itarianism, are personal and poignant; his book reviews, from
Hitlers Mein Kampf to Mumfords Herman Melville, are among
the most lucid and intelligent ever written. He was (and
remains) a writers writer, a beacon of probity and clarity. This
third volume from the war years of I,,I,, shows him and his talent at their best.
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Jewish Lives
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by Aharon Appelfeld
translated from the Hebrew by Dalya Bilu
It is the spring of I,,,. In months Europe will be Hitlers. And
Badenheim, a resort town vaguely in the orbit of Vienna, is prepar-
ing for its summer season with its vacationers, a sampling of Jewish
middle-class life, arriving as they always have. The story unfolds as
matter-of-factly as a Chekhov play. The text builds a sense of fore-
boding in which each human detail is so persuasive, so right in its
delity to the terrible evasions of the time, that it leaves us transformed by what we and
the author know must, and will, inexorably befall Badenheims visitors. The writing
ows seamlessly, wrote Irving Howe in the New York Times, a small masterpiece.
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The Age of Wonders
by Aharon Appelfeld
The secure world of a well-established Jewish writer living in an
Austrian town before World War II disintegrates under the force of
political and social realities that daily sanctify the old Austrian
anti-Semitism. What we learn through Bruno, his thirteen-year-
old son, discloses the slow onset of disaster. His father refuses the
implications of whats happening until, with nothing left, he dis-
appears. Thirty years later, Bruno responds to ambiguously posi-
tive inquiries about his fathers work, and returns to the Austrian town of his childhood.
What he encounters in that town, now clean of Jews, enables him to face his own pro-
found losses, and, in some measure, redeem the sins of his father.
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by Grete Weil
translated from the German by John S. Barrett
Her two novels The Bride Price and Last Trolley from Beethoven straat
revealed Weils experience in the Holocaust as unique and highly
personal. She was one of the very few German writers who lost fam-
ily and friends to the camps and still decided to return to Germany
after the war. In this collection of her best short ction, the author
examines the toll the era took on both her fellow Germans and its victims, even on those
who had ed to apparent safety in California, New York, Paris, or the forests of the
Yucatan. The authors acerbic but rigorously honest gaze spares no one, not even herself.
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Thoughts of Sorts
A collection of essays im bued with the
characteristic wit and wisdom of Georges
Perec, Thoughts of Sorts explores the
nature of thought and the mysteries of the
customary.
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W, or The Memory of
Childhood
Here are two parallel novels, one a child-
hood fantasy about an island in thrall to
the Olympic ideal; the other a fragmen-
tary tale of a wartime boyhood.
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A Void
When Anton Vowl goes missing, his friends
ransack his Paris at for clues to his where-
abouts. His diaries are full of verbal puz-
zles, and as his friends solve these, they
too disappear, under very odd circum-
stances. . . . A verbal stunt of a novel that
never once employs the letter e!
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Life A Users Manual
Hailed by the Times Literary Supplement,
Boston Globe, and others as one of the
great novels of the century, we are proud
to announce a revised edition. This den-
itive edition will introduce new readers to
Perecs spellbinding puzzle structured
around a single moment 8:oo v.x. on
June :,, I,,, in the life of a Parisian
apartment building.
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Three by Perec
Georges Perec (I,,oI,8:) is one of the
great pleasure-givers of :oth-century liter-
ature. Here in one career-spanning volume
are three verbal recrackers: the youth-
ful anti-war piece Which Moped with
Chrome-plated Handlebars?, the formal
tour de force The Exeter Text, and the
late metactional A Gallery Portrait.
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Things: A Story of the
Sixties &A Man Asleep
In these two short novels, Perec ponders
both sides of the materialistic impulse that
is, of the desire to acquire a mass of shiny
new things that will give life a semblance
of stability and meaning. In Things a young
couple covets and tries to master the world
of consumer goods; in A Man Asleep, a
young student strives to rid himself of all
possessions and all desires. Both their strug-
gles are as humorous as they are in vain.
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Georges Perec
The Incomparable
The Erudite Iris Origo
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An Italian War Diary, : ,: ,
introduction by Denis Mack Smith
A classic of World War II, War in Val dOrcia is Iris Origos ele-
gantly simple chronicle of daily life at La Foce, a manor in a Tus-
can no-mans land bracketed by foreign invasion and civil war.
With the immediacy only a diary can have, the book tells how
Marchesa Origo, an Anglo-American married to an Italian
landowner, kept La Foce and its farms functioning while war
threatened to overrun it and its people. She and her husband
managed to protect their peasants, succor refugee children from
Genoa and Turin, hide escaped Allied prisoners of war, and some-
how stand up to the Germans. A classic of World War II literature.
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Recounted in her own words, this is Iris Origos life story, from birth
to marriage at age :,. And what a life it was! This book, said one
critic, is a small classic of autobiography . . . Origo re-creates the
lost mad world of Bernard Berenson and the Anglo-American artis-
tic coterie in Florence [and] is marvelous at nuances of place and
personality, writing of the past with a subtle mingling of candor and
aection that lingers in the mind. A magical life.
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Iris Origo
Marchesa of Val dOrcia
by Caroline Moorehead
Like an American heiress in a Henry James story, Iris Origo
(I,o:I,88) used her birthright wisely, traveling the world, study-
ing art, and reclaiming an entire valley in Tuscany. She was also a
wonderful writer, the author of model works of history, biography,
and autobiography, an American expatriate of boundless energy,
broad sympathies, and transparent wisdom. This is the story of a
truly spectacular human being, told with verve and insight and
humor (New York Times Book Review).
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Andre Dubus
Adultery and Other Choices
The title story alone will make it worth your while to go out and get the
book. New York Times
This book of short stories by Andre Dubus established him as a
master of the genre in the lineage of Hemingway and Chekhov, even
as its gritty truths and spiritual attentiveness served to set his voice
apart. The opening stories focus on the fragile nature of youth.
Later, Dubus contends with more adult forms of discipline the
military, the police, and fate and then leaves us with the most
wrenching of all emotional challenges in the novella, Adultery. Poignant as parables,
alive as ction, and compelling as pure narrative, these familiar stories never fail to enter-
tain while, at the same time, leaving the reader breathless with the immediacy and depth
of real life in America, here perfectly and poignantly captured.
[Dubus] can evoke thoughts that lie too deep for tears. Harpers
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Separate Flights
Andre Dubus (I,,oI,,,) was a master storyteller, expert at
depicting startlingly realistic disruptions that beset daily life: indeci-
sion and lying, lovemaking and violent quarrels, evasion and self-
discovery. The superb novella, We Dont Live Here Anymore, a
chronicle of the cheerless accommodations that keep alive two tired
marriages, opens this collection. This is American ction at its best,
by an author who will long be remembered as among our most sin-
gular regional voices.
Dubus has been compared to Chekhov, and there is much that is apt in that. His collection
restores faith in the survival of the short story. Los Angeles Times
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The Times Are Never So Bad
Another classic Dubus collection of men and women attempting to
live together, to tell the truth as they see it (or dont see it), and to
survive the crises, and sometimes the violence, of domestic life. The
focus of this collection, which includes the often-praised tale A
Fathers Story, as well as the novella The Pretty Girl, is on the
twisting deformations of love, and on marriages whose vows and
sanctity can no longer bind them.
Donald Hall for Young and Old
Lucys Summer
by Donald Hall
illustrations by Michael McCurdy
Former Poet Laureate Donald Hall grew up spending his
summers on his grandfather Kenistons farm in what was
then rural New Hampshire. It was there that his mother,
Lucy, and her sister Caroline, had grown up, milking cows
and raising sheep. Lucys Summer is a piece of Americana
that will bring readers back to a simpler and gentler Amer-
ica in which pleasure was derived from making as much as
buying, and worth was determined by character, not price.
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Recollections of Summers on a New England Farm
by Donald Hall
Donald Hall is not only one of Americas greatest living poets, and
our former national Poet Laureate, but also among our most charm-
ing personal essayists. This collection of reminiscences glows with the
aection he holds for the land, the people, and the customs of rural
New England. Each holds the telltale signs of an eras end, of a proud
culture in transition, and of a land in jeopardy. Not only beautiful
writing, it is also a gentle pan to a disappearing landscape and way of life. If you want
to understand the Yankee character, travel with Hall into New Hampshire.
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The Man Who Lived Alone
by Donald Hall
illustrations by Mary Azarian
This is a story about a man who lives alone because he chooses to.
In his cabin in the New England woods, he lives with his collec-
tion of old newspapers and carefully saved nails, his mule and his
owl. His much loved cousin, Nan, is just close enough for him to
visit now and then. The man who lives alone leads a solitary life:
quiet and content. In simple, lyrical prose, Donald Hall creates a
moving and believable portrait of this affectionate eccentric, from childhood to old age.
We understand why he is the way he is, the names and pictures of his days, and, nally,
how those days will end. Its a story about self-sufciency and about solitude, about the
difference between loneliness and being alone, about living and about dying.
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In Good Company
A Year with Emerson
selected & edited by Richard Grossman
engravings by Barry Moser
A chief event of life, wrote Ralph Waldo Emerson, is that day in
which we have encountered a mind that startled us. A Year with
Emerson is a feast of ,o, such days, an old-fashioned daybook occa-
sioned by the bicentenary of his birth. Emerson is at his best in his
epigrams, aphorisms, and poems, and those selected for this
almanac take us to the heart of his philosophy. All are unfailingly
wise and relevant to the American experience of time, nature, and the examined life.
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Selected Poems of Herman Melville . xoxv.vs:: sook
A Readers Edition
edited, with an introduction, by Robert Penn Warren
In recent years Melville has taken his place beside Dickinson and
Whitman as one of the greatest American poets of the I,th century,
and the revaluation is due in large part to the inuence of this land-
mark volume. First published in I,,o, Warrens selection remains the
most comprehensive ever, including all the best Civil War poems
from Battle-Pieces, portraits of sailors from John Marr, and the
autumnal lyrics from Timoleon. Here too are several self-contained
passages from Clarel, the book-length poem that Warren calls an
important document of our modernity. Warren introduces the volume with a masterly
biographical introduction and also provides fascinating textual and critical notes.
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Not Forgotten
American Writers Remember the Lives of Literary Mentors,
Friends & Rivals
selected and edited by Steven Gilbar & Dean Stewart
We know the names on both sides of these coins: both the authors
whose lives are celebrated, and the names of their friends perform-
ing the celebration. And what a list it is: Emerson on Thoreau,
Henry James on Lowell, Howells on Twain, OHara on Fitzgerald. If
there is a published pantheon in which the best of a writers life and
work is recorded for posterity by their closest friends, this book
contains the holy scriptures.
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From the Poets Corner
The Light within the Light
Portraits of Donald Hall, Richard Wilbur, Maxine Kumin, & Stanley Kunitz
by Jeanne Braham
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engravings by Barry Moser
Each prole in this little gem of a book is based on intimate personal
interviews and explores the landscapes, lives, and artistic achieve-
ments of four major American poets. Barry Moser, one of New Eng-
lands favorite artists , provides a full-page portrait of each of the four
poets as well as spot illustrations of great beauty and charm.
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by Charles Rezniko
Black Sparrow is proud to restore to print one of the great long poems
of the late :oth century, originally published in I,,,. Reznikoff s source
materials are the U.S. governments record of the trials of the Nazi crim-
inals before the Nuremberg Military Tribunal and the transcripts of the
Eichmann trial in Jerusalem. Except for the twelve part titles, none of the
words here are Reznikoff s own: instead he has created, through selection,
arrangement, and the rhythms of the testimony set as verse on the page, a
poem of witness by the perpetrators and the survivors of the Holocaust.
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The Mower
by Andrew Motion
The Mower introduces the poetry of the former British poet laureate
Andrew Motion to American readers for the rst time: elegies, sonnets,
poems of social and political observation, all composed over the course
of the past three decades. J. D. McClatchy praised the publication: Its
not a chance anyone who knows how language can shape our lives will want to miss.
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The Ghosts of You and Me
by Wesley McNair
In this collection, Maines Poet Laureate Wesley McNair offers his
fullest vision of human life, both its hardships and its possibilities.
Praised by Maxine Kumin as a master craftsman and by Philip Levine
as a poet with a profound love and understanding of people and a
superb ear, McNair gives us his most moving volume to date.
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The Rural Life
First Person Rural & Third Person Rural
by Noel Perrin
In I,o,, Noel Perrin, a young professor of English at Dartmouth Col-
lege, bought an 8,-acre farm in Thetford Center, VT. Over the next
o years, the farm inspired several volumes of casual essays.
Here is the best-selling rst volume from I,,8, back in print due
to popular demand, and the third volume, written with hard-
won wisdom, and in which Perrin, now a real Vermonter, can-
didly admits his early mistakes and questions the larger
direction life is taking on this planet.
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Oh Garden of Fresh Possibilities!
Notes from a Gloucester Garden
written and illustrated by Kim Smith
On a small and densely packed quarter acre beside her Gloucester sea-
side home, Kim Smith has crammed nearly every species imaginable.
She writes about which plants, shrubs, trees and owers thrive in her
eastern coastal zone, and also about how to visualize a garden. Illus-
trated in full color with the authors own exquisite drawings, this book
recommends itself to gardeners seeking both sensible guidance and
design inspiration.
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by D. H. Lawrence
D. H. Lawrence (I88,I,,o) made a contribution to poetry that, in
the words of Louise Bogan, can now be recognized as one of the
most important, in any language, of our time. Birds, Beasts and
Flowers, his rst great experiment in free verse, was published
when he was thirty-eight. This Black Sparrow edition re-sets the
text in the format of the rst edition (New York: Thomas Seltzer,
I,:,) and restores several indecent lines suppressed by the origi-
nal publisher. Lawrences original jacket artwork is reproduced on
the cover in full color.
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Images of American Life
The Likes of Us
America in the Eyes of the Farm Security Administration
by Stu Cohen
From the early I,,os through the onset of the Second World War,
photo editor Roy Stryker sent photographers across the country to
document American life, particularly in small towns and rural
areas. This book collects work from these trips, uniting them with
Strykers shooting scripts, letters, and other relevant archival doc-
uments. The photographs in The Likes of Us oer a rare opportu-
nity not only to see a choice selection of famous and little-known images but also to
understand the working of one of the governments most creative pre-war initiatives.
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As We Were
American Photographic Postcards, :,o,:,o
by Rosamond B. Vaule
In the earliest years of their production, some postcards were
actual photographs, each a unique print made from a lm negative
or a glass plate. Now called real-photo cards by collectors and
curators, these are remarkable historical documents that record
Americas progress from a rural to an urban society in the early
:oth century. As We Were celebrates these cards and their makers,
most of whom were small-town photographers creating keepsakes
for local audiences in editions of a dozen to a few hundred.
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America, A History in Verse
by Edward Sanders
Edward Sanders is Americas bard, the cheerful, chanting poet who
sings our collective life and times. His present project, America: A His-
tory in Verse, is a free-wheeling, episodic, free-verse chronicle of the
American Century. The rst two volumes, chronicling the period
I,ooI,oI, appeared in :ooo to great acclaim. Now Sanders gives us
a third, an account of I,o:I,,o, the time of a randy young presi-
dent with a bad back / who attracted the squint-eyed scorn / & even the hatred of the /
National Security Grouch Apparatus, of a strange man named Johnson / & then the
reappearance of an even stranger man named Nixon.
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High Hilarity
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by Gerald Durrell
A sequel to Durrells hilarious and warm My Family and Other Ani-
mals (I,,,) here are reminiscences of life among the slightly dotty
Durrell family on the island of Corfu in the I,,os, when a pound
could rent a villa and life was conducted as a series of riotously high
(and sometimes low) adventures. But, between the lines, you also can
discern the makings of a world-class naturalist and a cultivated and
engaging writer.
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Some Folk Think the South Poles Hot
The Three Tenors Play the Antarctic
by Elke Heidenreich
translated from the German by Aubrey M. Woolman
pictures by Quint Buchholz
Whats a penguin to do living at the South Pole, all dressed up and
with no place to go? What good is that natty tuxedo if theres no
occasion to wear it? Well, these are no dumb penguins. They invite,
for their amusement, the Opera Ship from Old Vienna, and who
are its illustrious passengers? None other than the three tenors,
performing that South Pole favorite to boot, La Traviata, starring
Jos Carreras as Alfredo, Placido Domingo as the disapproving
father, and Luciano Pavarotti as Violetta. Some lucky penguins!
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Ned Kelly and the City of the Bees
by Thomas Keneally
illustrations by Stephen Ryan
As Ned Kelly lies in the hospital with appendicitis, the last thing he
expects is to have a bee offer him a gold liquid that shrinks him to
apian dimensions. Together with Nancy Clancy (who speaks only in
irritating rhymes), Ned rides off on the bee's back to live in the hive,
where he is enchanted by his new friends: Romeo the lovesick drone,
Basil the activist, and haughty Queen Selma. Exciting and witty,
Thomas Keneally's delightful story will bring children hours of enter-
tainment, even as it teaches them more about bees than they'd ever
learn in school.
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Editors Choice
The Inner Sky
Poems, Notes, Dreams
by Rainer Maria Rilke
translated from the German and French by Damion Searls
The Inner Sky is a new trilingual selection of poems and prose by the
great poet Rainer Maria Rilke, including more than a dozen works
that have never before appeared in English. Damion Searlss award-
winning translations are lively, moving, and appealing, and they give
a new voice to Rilke for English readers: mystical but concrete, like
Emily Dickinson or Gerard Manley Hopkins. An annotated chronology and translators
afterword complete this rich new volume.
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Essays and Reviews from the :,oos into the Digital Age
by Aram Saroyan
Aram Saroyan found his calling as a writer early on, starting out as
a poet, and going on to write prose, plays, and screenplays. In this
book of selected essays and reviews, he explores the dicult task of
nding ones way as a writer. He also takes the full measure of his
literary elders and contemporaries, testing books by Jack Kerouacs
method of whether or not they make for good companionship. In Saroyans engaging
company, with the likes of Andy Warhol and Charles Mingus, Joan Didion and Gore
Vidal, Door to the River is itself an example of ne companionship.
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Arctic Circle
Birth and Rebirth in the Land of the Caribou
by Robert Leonard Reid
Every year without fail, caribou from the Yukon and Alaska set o
in April to the disputed territory of the Arctic National Wildlife
Refuge to give birth to their young. Their journey is the longest
migration of any land animal. This is their story, told by a man who
travels to the Arctic in his seventh decade to witness a few moments
of this endless turning circle of birth and rebirth. Personal and
profound, chock-full of adventure, literary references, natural history,
and ecological concerns, Arctic Circle is a book, in short, that every
reader concerned with the fate of the Far North should embrace.
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Notable Nonpareils
As I Walked Out . xoxv.vs:: sook
One Midsummer Morning
by Laurie Lee
For Laurie Lee, as for much of the world, I,,o was the end of inno-
cence. With unfailing sharpness, zest and humor (Sunday Times,
UK), Lee recalls the rst great journey of his young life, in which he
walks through Spain and becomes entangled in the passionate, bloody
struggle that was the Spanish Civil War. This memoir (a sequel to the
beloved Cider with Rosie), written with the excitement and wonder of a twenty-year-old,
is also infused with the prescience of a young adult who sees what lies ahead.
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Swimmer in the Secret Sea . xoxv.vs:: sook
by William Kotzwinkle
An immediate classic when rst published in Redbook in I,,,,
Swimmer in the Secret Sea went on to be included in Prize Stories
:,,,: The O. Henry Awards and then published separately as a paper-
back. We are proud to restore to print this dark, moving, and criti-
cally acclaimed novella about Laski and Diane, a sculptor and his
wife, and their struggle to bring a new life into the world, set against
the backdrop of a cold Maine winter. Author William Kotzwinkle,
well-known for his many enduring children's books and his novel-
ization of the movie E.T. The Extraterrestrial, is equally adept at writing seriously and
poetically about life in extremis. This story of a father-to-be, his painful love for his wife,
and the loss of a stillborn son will stay with readers for a lifetime.
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The House of Life . xoxv.vs:: sook
by Mario Praz
translated from the Italian by Angus Davidson
Mario Praz (I8,oI,8:) was among the great scholar/critics of the
last century. The House of Life is his quirky and magical near-autobi-
ography, considered by Edmund Wilson to be Prazs masterpiece.
Through a tour of his Roman apartment truly a house of won-
ders with rooms replete with objets dart and sculpture, we dis-
cover the man himself. And Praz is no ordinary guide; he leads you, the reader, through
each room lecturing on the objects, their history, and the personalities who created them.
What emerge are his passions, his immense erudition, his insatiable curiosity, his unde-
niable amiability, and his infectious enthusiasm for the broad world he considered art.
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Beautiful Books
One Hundred Portraits
wood and relief engravings by Barry Moser
foreword by Ann Patchett afterword by the artist
Barry Moser is generally and justly regarded as the most impor-
tant book artist of the past quarter century. Here, in a selection of
Ioo portraits, ,o of them created especially for this book, we see the
full range of his genius in portrayals of writers (Dante, Dickens,
Willard, Oates), musicians and composers (Chopin, Handel, Wag-
ner), artists (Whistler, Rembrandt, Shahn), and poets (Frost, Hall,
Kumin). Ann Patchett contributes a splendid essay about Mosers
portraits and the subject of portraiture in general.
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The Best of Both Worlds
Finely Printed Livres dArtistes, :,:ozo:o
by Jerry Kelly, Riva Castleman, and Anne Hoy
Occasionally, the two worlds of art and bookmaking intersect,
resulting in books as noteworthy for their artwork as their print-
ing and design. In this full color, illustrated selection, the authors
comment upon the best of both worlds: books whose pages
reveal the best graphic work of the past century; a visual feast from
the hands of masters as diverse as Braque, Calder, Dine, Hockney,
Mapplethorpe, Matisse, Maillol, Picasso, Oldenburg and Rivers
coupled with memorable texts orchestrated by the best designers, printers, and binders.
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A Race for Real Sailors
The Bluenose and the International Fishermans Cup, : ,zo: ,8
by Keith McLaren
In the summer of I,:o, a group of Canadian shermen following
the elite and white-gloved Americas Cup asked the obvious
question: Shouldnt there also be a contest for working
schooners, manned by genuine salts? And so the International
Fishermens Cup was born. Here are the incidents and drama of
each race and the schooners that contested them, especially the
Bluenose, whose image shines on the Canadian dime to this day.
Illustrated with ,I photographs and ve maps, this is the deni-
tive account of the fabled sailing rivalry between the last shing
schooners of Canada and the States.
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The Empire City
A Novel of New York City
by Paul Goodman
In a comic-picaresque epic that is one part Cervantes and two parts
Brecht, Paul Goodman gives us the coming-of-age of Horatio, a sane
man in an absurd world. Our endearingly optimistic hero resists his
compulsory mis-education, does battle with the System, and scours
post-World War II Manhattan for an elective family of fellow-
thinkers and, more important, fellow-feelers. Its a big book, but Horatios is a big world,
and his question the biggest a man can ask: How does one live the right life?
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The Green Piano
by Janine Pommy Vega
In this, her rst poetry collection since Mad Dogs of Trieste (:ooo),
Janine Pommy Vega writes with quiet command of her life and
times and of our shared American present. Here are protests
against the depravities of the prison system and the Washington
war machine political poems that are erce yet never strident
and that always begin in closely observed human particulars.
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The Butchers Apron
by Diane Wakoski
The Butchers Apron gathers Diane Wakoskis best poems from
I,88 to :ooo. Blood and crisp cotton as ink and paper, bread and
wine as esh and blood, the meal as art and as sacrament this is
the stu of The Butchers Apron, a sensual feast for lovers of good
food and good poetry.
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Black Sparrow Press
Founded in Los Angeles in I,oo, Black Sparrow Press was for ,, years
Americas premier publisher of avant-garde writing. When its founder,
John Martin, retired in :oo:, he arranged for Godine to keep the presss
backlist available to readers. Here is a selection from that rich backlist,
books by early-modern masters, Beats and Black Moun tain poets, and some of todays
best against-the-grain writers. Here too are reprints of some of the best-selling titles, as
well as new books published under Godines ongoing Black Sparrow Books imprint.
Black Sparrow Books
Jazz & Twelve OClock Tales
by Wanda Coleman
This collection of short stories by Wanda Coleman, Los Angeless
unocial poet laureate, owes its title to the lyrics of Lush Life by
Billy Strayhorn, Duke Ellingtons right-hand man. Like the heart-
broken lover in Strayhorns song, the characters in these stories
lead lonely lives full of longing and potential stied by racism,
poverty, and absurd accidents of fate; and yet, their inner lives are
lush, a mirror of the city of angels in which they live, a metropo-
lis, always simmering, as Coleman writes in the nal story, ever
waiting to be borne on that balmy promised crescendo.
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Metropolitan Tang
by Linda Bamber
Metropolitan Tang is Linda Bambers rst book of poetry, a debut
that is erudite and sassy, urban and urbane. Whether she is examin-
ing the breakup of her marriage or watching bulls in a eld, she
receives stimuli as indiscriminately as an antenna; then her sharp
and curious mind gets to work, making meaning out of random jux-
tapositions, sense out of chaos, or, if nothing else, a good joke out of
a bad situation.
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Every Eye
by Isobel English
Isobel English, a novelist of the I,,os, wrote three brief books about
adultery and damnation admired today by Muriel Spark and Beryl
Bainbridge. Every Eye concerns Hattie, a woman not really at home
anywhere. She has understood little about her existence, and about
her strange, aborted love aair with a much older man the central
mystery of her life. Now, while in Ibiza with her new young husband,
the meaning of her past is becoming clear, its hidden patterns
emerging from gray English shadows into the blazing Mediterranean
sun.
Exquisite. The New Yorker
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The Best of World Literature
The Tartar Steppe . svs. :uxn: sook
by Dino Buzzati
translated from the Italian by Stuart C. Hood
Often likened to Kafkas The Castle, The Tartar Steppe is both a
scathing critique of military life and a meditation on the human
thirst for glory. It tells of young Giovanni Drogo, who is posted to a
distant fort overlooking the vast Tartar steppe. Although not
intending to stay, Giovanni suddenly nds that years have passed, as,
almost without his noticing, he has come to share the others wait
for a foreign invasion that never happens. Over time the fort is
downgraded and Giovannis ambitions fade until the day the
enemy begins massing on the desolate steppe. . . .
A sober and luminous novel about a man who waits his whole life for his life to start. You
read it and then you want to run out and act. Yann Martel, author of The Life of Pi
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The Obscene Bird of Night . svs. :uxn: sook
by Jos Donoso
translated from the Spanish by Hardie St. Martin
& Leonard Mades
This haunting jungle of a novel has been hailed as a masterpiece
by Luis Buuel and one of the great novels not only of Spanish
America, but of our time by Carlos Fuentes. The story of the last
member of the aristocratic Azcoitia family, a monstrous mutation
protected from the knowledge of his deformity by being sur-
rounded with other freaks as companions, The Obscene Bird of
Night is a triumph of imaginative, visionary writing.
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Missing Person . svs. :uxn: sook
by Patrick Modiano
translated from the French by Daniel Weissbort
Winner of Frances Prix Goncourt, Patrick Modiano portrays a
man in pursuit of the identity he lost in the murky days of the
Paris Occupation, the black hole of French memory. On one level
Missing Person is a detective thriller, a I,,os lm noir mix of
smoky cafs, illegal passports, and insubstantial gures crossing
bridges in the fog. On another level, it is also a haunting medita-
tion on the nature of the self.
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Rails of the World
A Monograph of the Family Rallidae
by S. Dillon Ripley, paintings by J. Fenwick Lansdowne
This marvelous monograph of the rails is more than a gor-
geously illustrated coee-table book; it is in the tradition of the
great I,th-century illustrated bird books that were made possible
only through princely patronage. Dillon Ripley, who knew and
studied the worlds more esoteric birds perhaps as well as anyone,
and Fenwick Lansdowne, one of our nest bird portraitists, have
combined their talents to produce a work which will be coveted
not only by serious ornithologists but also by every collector of ne natural-history
books. Roger Tory Peterson. A big and a very beautiful book. ,o v.cvs
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John S. Fass and the Hammer Creek Press
by Jackson Burke and Eugene M. Ettenberg
John Fass and his work at the Hammer Creek Press are practically
unknown today except to a small group of devoted cognoscenti. His
work, small in size and issued in minuscule editions, was exquisite
and executed with impeccable taste. Every piece he produced was a
small gem, for Fass had the time, skill, and materials to print every-
thing by hand patiently and perfectly. This book, a real bijou on our
list, printed letterpress with an extensive color plate section, does his
life and his work proud.
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First Flowering: Bruce Rodgers at the
Riverside Press, I8,oI,I:
by Jerry Kelly
Bruce Rodgerss career as a working designer spanned six decades, but
arguably his nest years were spent at Cambridges Riverside Press
between I8,o and I,I:. This small and elegantly produced volume
contains an essay by Jerry Kelly outlining Rogerss tenure at Riverside,
a checklist of all the work executed there, and twenty reproductions
displaying the full range of BR titles, examples of his exquisite designs
that as he wistfully remarked give me a denite satisfaction.
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Letterpress
These limited editions, all printed letterpress, are from the early decades of the com-
pany. They are among the most beautiful examples of ne bookmaking this rm pro-
duced and are available in very limited quantities. D. R. G.
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