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VIRGIL; Quinn, Kenneth Virgil's Aeneid: A Critical Description 1968 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1079787. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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VIRGIL; Quinn, Kenneth Virgil's Aeneid: A Critical Description 1968 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1079787. (filed under: Fiction ) *
Virgil's Aeneid A critical description Kenneth Quinn The University of Michigan Press 2nd printing with corrections 1969 Printed in England
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Viswanathan, Kaavya How Opal Mehta Got Kissed, Got Wild, and Got a Life Little Brown & Company 2006 paperback. First Edition. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1029837. ISBN #0316059889 / 9780316059886. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Viswanathan, Kaavya How Opal Mehta Got Kissed, Got Wild, and Got a Life Little Brown & Company 2006 paperback. First Edition. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1029837. ISBN #0316059889 / 9780316059886. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary New York: Little Brown Company, 2006. ARC and Uncorrected proof; First Edition, First Printing, so stated, but of course as ARC proof it precedes the trade first edition. No ISBN yet at the time this was printed, but it would become 0316059889. Fronted by introductory letter from Michael Pietsch of Little Brown. Cover design by Marie Mundaca. A sharp Near Fine, just white micro-dots along spine edge. Octavo, 312 pp. interestingly, two less pages than the later hardcover . A scarce Advance Review Copy and "proof made from author's manuscript" of Kaavya Viswanathan's controversial expedition into - was it plagiarism ? - of two of Megan McCafferty's neo-chick-lit novels. Passages in in the freshman Harvard prodigy's novel are so similar to parts of McCafferty's "Sloppy Firsts" and "Second Helpings." - in some cases, nearly verbatim - that intentional plagiarizing seemed to many to be beyond credibility, lending perhaps-undeserved credence to apologists' theories. Some of those are rather outre: the possibility that the plagiarism was unconscious, that she had been so pressured to succeed since birth by her success-fixated family that "borrowing" was a learned habit. A "Stepford Plagiarism" variation on that latter even posited that such borrowing is actually psychologically programmed in some children in those circumstances, to the degree that they don't even notice doing it, or at least don't perceive it as an unacceptable action. The reaction has, in fact, been far more interesting than a genre book itself could possibly be. Some comparisons between Viswanathan's real-life behavior and that of her in-book doppelganger, Opal Mehta, even go so far as to imply that Viswanathan was, in fact, living her novel intentionally. L64
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Vlautin, Willy Free Harper Perennial 2014 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1150315. ISBN #0062276743 / 9780062276742. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Vlautin, Willy Free Harper Perennial 2014 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1150315. ISBN #0062276743 / 9780062276742. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary Award-winning author of The Motel Life , Northline and Lean on Pete , Willy Vlautin demonstrates his extraordinary talent for confronting issues facing modern America, illuminated through the lives of three memorable characters who are looking for a way out of their financial, familial, and existential crises in The Free . While serving in Iraq, veteran Leroy Kervin suffered a traumatic brain injury. Frustrated by the simplest daily routines, and unable to form new memories, he eventually attempts suicide. Lying in a coma, he retreats deep inside the memories locked in his mind. Freddie McCall works two jobs and still can't make ends meet. He's lost his wife and kids, and the house is next. Medical bills have buried him in debt, a situation that propels him to consider a lucrative and dangerous proposition. Pauline Hawkins is a nurse at the local hospital. Though she attends to others' needs with practical yet firm kindness, including her mentally ill elderly father, she remains emotionally removed. But a new patient, a young runaway, touches something deep and unexpected inside her. The lives of these characters intersect as they look for meaning in desperate times. Heartbreaking and hopeful, The Free is a testament to the resiliency of the human heart. The Free also includes a P.S. Section additional material in the back of the book with interviews, insights, and more about the author. Vlautin is the founder of the alternative country band Richmond Fontaine and his debut novel, The Motel Life , has been made into a film starring Emile Hirsch, Stephen Dorff, Dakota Fanning, and Kris Kristofferson.
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Volaire; Translated by H.I. Woolf and Wilfrid S. Jackson; Illustrations by Henry Keen Zadig and the Other Romances Dodd, Mead and Company 1929 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1169423. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Vollman, William T. Europe Central Penguin Books 2005 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1143536. ISBN #0143036599 / 9780143036593. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Vollmann, William T Dying Grass Viking 2015 hardcover. Weak hinge, front endpaper soiled.. BOOK COND: Used; Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1165521. ISBN #0670015989 / 9780670015986. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Voltaire Candide Modern Library 1984 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Good. Book #or1168994. ISBN #0394605225 / 9780394605227. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Voltaire Candide (A Norton Critical Edition) W.W. Norton & Company 1991 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Good. Book #or858818v1. ISBN #0393960587 / 9780393960587. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Voltaire Candide (A Norton Critical Edition) W.W. Norton & Company 1991 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Good. Book #or858818v1. ISBN #0393960587 / 9780393960587. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary Robert M. Adams s superlative revised translation of Candide provides the basis for this widely adopted Norton Critical Edition. The accompanying apparatus has been revised in accordance with recent biographical and critical materials. The Backgrounds and Criticism sections provide important essays that shed light on major critical issues relevant to Candide and to the intellectual climate of the period. In addition to the reports of five English visitors to Ferney, essays by Haydn Mason, Erich Auerbach, Ernst Cassirer, and Robert M. Adams are included. The final section of the edition, "The Climate of Controversy," summarizes the debate surrounding Voltaire s works and includes essays by Peter Gay, Raymond Naves, Gustave Lanson, and John Morley. Also included are a series of quotations about Voltaire by such prominent figures as Gustave Flaubert, Frederick the Great, and Stendhal, as well as the text of "Pangloss s Song," a ballad from the 1956 Candide -based operetta by Richard W
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Vonnegut, Kurt A Man Without a Country Random House Trade Paperbacks 2007 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1173302. ISBN #081297736X / 9780812977363. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Vonnegut, Kurt A Man Without a Country Random House Trade Paperbacks 2007 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1173302. ISBN #081297736X / 9780812977363. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER This may be as close as Vonnegut ever comes to a memoir. Los Angeles Times Like that of his literary ancestor Mark Twain, Kurt Vonnegut s crankiness is good-humored and sharp-witted. . . . Reading A Man Without a Country is like sitting down on the couch for a long chat with an old friend. The New York Times Book Review In a volume that is penetrating, introspective, incisive, and laugh-out-loud funny, one of the great men of letters of this age or any age holds forth on life, art, sex, politics, and the state of America s soul. From his coming of age in America, to his formative war experiences, to his life as an artist, this is Vonnegut doing what he does best: Being himself. Whimsically illustrated by the author, A Man Without a Country is intimate, tender, and brimming with the scope of Kurt Vonnegut s passions. For all those who have lived with Vonnegut in their imaginations . . . this is what he is like in person. USA Today Filled with Vonnegut s usual contradictory mix of joy and sorrow, hope and despair, humor and gravity. Chicago Tribune Fans will linger on every word . . . as once again Vonnegut captures the complexity of the human condition with stunning calligraphic simplicity. The Australian Thank God, Kurt Vonnegut has broken his promise that he will never write another book. In this wondrous assemblage of mini-memoirs, we discover his family s legacy and his obstina
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Vorhaus, John The California Roll Crown 2010 hardcover. First Edition. Signed by Author. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1099564. ISBN #0307463176 / 9780307463173. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Vorhaus, John The California Roll Crown 2010 hardcover. First Edition. Signed by Author. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1099564. ISBN #0307463176 / 9780307463173. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary Meet Radar Hoverlander, a witty, gifted con artist with the mind of David Mamet, the voice of Tom Robbins, and the morals of a sailor on shore leave. What do the Merlin Game, the Penny Skim, the Doolally Snadoodle, and the Afterparty Snuke have in common? They re all the work of world-class con artist and master bafflegabber Radar Hoverlander. Radar s been on the snuke since childhood, but he s still looking for his California Roll, the one big scam that ll set him up in sushi for life. Trouble arrives in the stunning, sassy package of Allie Quinn either the last true innocent or a con artist so slick she makes Radar look like a Quaker. Radar s hapless sidekick, Vic Mirplo, a lovable loser who couldn t con a kid out of a candy cane, thinks Radar s being played. But if love is blind, it s also deaf, dumb and stupid, and before Radar knows it, he s sucked into a vortex of double-, triple-, quadruple-crosses that ll either net him his precious California Roll or put him in a hole in the ground. As timeless as a perpetual-motion machine, as timely as a Madoff arraignment, The California Roll brings you deep inside the world of con artistry, where every fact is fiction and the second liar never has a chance.
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Vowell, Sarah The Partly Cloudy Patriot Simon & Schuster 2002 hardcover. . Clean crisp copy with no markings.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Remainder Mark. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1134981. ISBN #0743223527 / 9780743223522. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Vowell, Sarah The Partly Cloudy Patriot Simon & Schuster 2002 hardcover. . Clean crisp copy with no markings.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Remainder Mark. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1134981. ISBN #0743223527 / 9780743223522. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary In "The Partly Cloudy Patriot," Sarah Vowell travels through the American past and, in doing so, investigates the dusty, bumpy roads of her own life. In this insightful and funny collection of personal stories Vowell -- widely hailed for her inimitable narratives on public radio's "This American Life" -- ponders a number of curious questions: Why is she happiest when visiting the sites of bloody struggles like Salem or Gettysburg? Why do people always inappropriately compare themselves to Rosa Parks? Why is a bad life in sunny California so much worse than a bad life anywhere else? What is it about the Zen of foul shots? And, in the title piece, why must doubt and internal arguments haunt the sleepless nights of the true patriot?Her essays confront a wide range of subjects, themes, icons, and historical moments: Ike, Teddy Roosevelt, and Bill Clinton; Canadian Mounties and German filmmakers; Tom Cruise and "Buffy the Vampire Slayer; " twins and nerds; the Gettysburg Address, the State of the Union, and George W. Bush's inauguration. The result is a teeming and engrossing book, capturing Vowell's memorable wit and her keen social commentary.
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Vreeland, Susan Luncheon Of The Boating Party Viking 2007 hardcover. First Edition. Signed by Author. . Clean crisp copy with no markings.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1151752. ISBN #0670038547 / 9780670038541. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Vreeland, Susan Luncheon Of The Boating Party Viking 2007 hardcover. First Edition. Signed by Author. . Clean crisp copy with no markings.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1151752. ISBN #0670038547 / 9780670038541. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary Bestselling author Susan Vreeland returns with a vivid exploration of one of the most beloved Renoir paintings in the world Instantly recognizable, Auguste Renoir s masterpiece depicts a gathering of his real friends enjoying a summer Sunday on a caf terrace along the Seine near Paris. A wealthy painter, an art collector, an Italian journalist, a war hero, a celebrated actress, and Renoir s future wife, among others, share this moment of la vie moderne , a time when social constraints were loosening and Paris was healing after the Franco-Prussian War. Parisians were bursting with a desire for pleasure and a yearning to create something extraordinary out of life. Renoir shared these urges and took on this most challenging project at a time of personal crises in art and love, all the while facing issues of loyalty and the diverging styles that were tearing apart the Impressionist group. Narrated by Renoir and seven of the models and using settings in Paris and on the Seine, Vreeland illuminates the gusto, hedonism, and art of the era. With a gorgeous palette of vibrant, captivating characters, she paints their lives, loves, losses, and triumphs in a brilliant portrait of her own.
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Vreeland, Susan Luncheon Of The Boating Party Penguin Books 2008 paperback. . Clean crisp copy with no markings.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1141818. ISBN #0143113526 / 9780143113522. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Vreeland, Susan Luncheon of the Boating Party Penguin 2007 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1162630. ISBN #0143113526 / 9780143113522. (keywords: Impressionism Painters French France) (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Vreeland, Susan Passion of Artemisia Viking 2002 hardcover. First Edition. . Clean crisp copy with no markings.. BOOK COND: Used; Good. wear to the bottom of the boards. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1171579. ISBN #0670894494 / 9780670894499. (keywords: Fiction) (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Vreeland, Susan Passion of Artemisia Penguin 2003 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Like New. Book #or1150550. ISBN #0142001821 / 9780142001820. (keywords: GENTILESCHI 1593-1652 1653 FICTION WOMEN PAINTERS ITALY) (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Vreeland, Susan Passion Of Artemisia 2002 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1127385. ISBN #0142001821 / 9780142001820. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Vreeland, Susan Passion Of Artemisia 2002 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1127385. ISBN #0142001821 / 9780142001820. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary Recently rediscovered by art historians, and one of the few female post-Renaissance painters to achieve fame during her own era, Artemisia Gentileschi led a remarkably "modern" life. Susan Vreeland tells Artemisia's captivating story, beginning with her public humiliation in a rape trial at the age of eighteen, and continuing through her father's betrayal, her marriage of convenience, motherhood, and growing fame as an artist. Set against the glorious backdrops of Rome, Florence, Genoa, and Naples, inhabited by historical characters such as Galileo and Cosimo de' Medici II, and filled with rich details about life as a seventeenth-century painter, Vreeland creates an inspiring story about one woman's lifelong struggle to reconcile career and family, passion and genius.
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Vreeland, Susan The Forest Lover Viking Adult 2004 hardcover. . Slight moisture damage but good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Good. JACKET COND: Used; Good. Book #or1154327. ISBN #0670032670 / 9780670032679. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Vreeland, Susan The Forest Lover Viking Adult 2004 hardcover. . Slight moisture damage but good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Good. JACKET COND: Used; Good. Book #or1154327. ISBN #0670032670 / 9780670032679. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary It was Emily Carr 1871 1945 like Georgia O Keeffe and Frida Kahlo who first blazed a path for modern women artists. Overcoming the confines of late Victorian culture, Carr became a major force in modern art. Her boldly original landscapes are praised today for capturing an untamed British Columbia and its indigenous peoples just before industrialization would change it forever. In her latest novel, Susan Vreeland brings to life this fiercely independent and underappreciated figure. From illegal potlatches in tribal communities to prewar Paris, where her art was exhibited in the famed Salon d Automne, Carr s story is as arresting as it is vibrant. Vreeland tells it with gusto and suspense, giving vivid portraits of Carr and the unconventional people to whom she was inevitably drawn: Sophie, a native basket maker; Harold, the son of missionaries, who embraces indigenous cultures; Fanny, a New Zealand artist who spends a summer with Carr painting in the French countryside; and Claude, a French fur trader who steals her heart. The result is a glorious novel that will appeal to lovers of art, native cultures, and lush his
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Vyleta, Dan Smoke 2016 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1077617. ISBN #0385540167 / 9780385540162. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Vyleta, Dan Smoke 2016 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1077617. ISBN #0385540167 / 9780385540162. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary Readers of the Harry Potter series and Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell are sure to be mesmerized by Dan Vyleta s thrilling blend of historical fiction and fantasy, as three young friends scratch the surface of the grown-up world to discover startling wonders and dangerous secrets. Dan Vyleta writes with intricacy and imagination and skillful pacing; never once would I have considered putting his book down. In the manner of both a Dickens novel and the best young adult adventure stories the Harry Potter series among them . . .his ending, which I wouldn t dare reveal here, is a real firecracker. Jennifer Senior, The New York Times Welcome to a Victorian England unlike any other you have experienced before. Here, wicked thoughts both harmless and hate-filled appear in the air as telltale wisps of Smoke. Young Thomas Argyle, a son of aristocracy, has been sent to an elite boarding school. Here he will be purged of Wickedness, for the wealthy do not Smoke. When he resists a sadistic headboy's temptations to Smoke, a much larger struggle beyond the school walls is revealed. Shortly thereafter, on a trip to London, Thomas and his best friend witness events that make them begin to question everything they have been taught about Smoke. And thus the adventure begins... You will travel by coach to a grand estate where secrets lurk in attic rooms and hidden laboratories; where young love blossoms; and where a tumultuous relationship between a mother and her children is the crucible in which powerful passions are kindled, and dangerous deeds must be snuffed out in a desperate race against time.
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Wachtel, Chuck Because We Are Here: Stories And Novellas hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Lacks Jacket. Book #or1031451. ISBN #067083887X / 9780670838875. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Waddell, Helen Peter Abelard Penguin Books 1959 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1088827. ISBN #0670000515 / 9780670000517. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Waddell, Helen Peter Abelard Penguin Books 1959 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1088827. ISBN #0670000515 / 9780670000517. (filed under: Fiction ) *
PETER ABELARD. A NOVEL BY HELEN WADDELL. DRAWINGS BY LASZLO MATULAY. Contents include: BOOK I THE CLOISTER OF NOTRE DAME BOOK II BRITTANY 101 BOOK III PARIS 161 BOOK IV THE PARACLETE 221 BOOK I THE CLOISTER OF NOTRE DAME June 1116 May 1117 CHAPTER I Temps sen va, Et rien nai fait . . . ABELARD raised his head. It was a pleasant voice, though a little drunken, and the words came clearly enough, a trifle blurred about the con sonants, to the high window of the Maison du Poirier. The window was open, for the June night was hot, and there were few noises after ten oclock in the Place du Parvis Notre Dame. Time goes by, And naught do I. Time comes again, . . . Et ne fais rien Abelards smile broadened. I am very sure, my friend, said he, that you do not. But at any rate he had found a good tune. The listeners ear was quick. He began not ing it on the margin of his manuscript, while his brain busied itself fitting Latin words to the original a pity to waste so good a tune and so profound a se
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