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Congreve, William Way of the World: Comedy in Five Acts hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1126766. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Conklin, Tara House Girl 2013 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1089986. ISBN #0062207393 / 9780062207395. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Conklin, Tara House Girl 2013 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1089986. ISBN #0062207393 / 9780062207395. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary The House Girl, the historical fiction debut by Tara Conklin, is an unforgettable story of love, history, and a search for justice, set in modern-day New York and 1852 Virginia. Weaving together the story of an escaped slave in the pre Civil War South and a determined junior lawyer, The House Girl follows Lina Sparrow as she looks for an appropriate lead plaintiff in a lawsuit seeking compensation for families of slaves. In her research, she learns about Lu Anne Bell, a renowned prewar artist whose famous works might have actually been painted by her slave, Josephine. Featuring two remarkable, unforgettable heroines, Tara Conklin's The House Girl is riveting and powerful, literary fiction at its very best.
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Conley, Robert J. Dark Island 2000 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1078046. ISBN #0806132779 / 9780806132778. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Conley, Robert J. Dark Island 2000 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1078046. ISBN #0806132779 / 9780806132778. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary "No one weaves a tribal story quite like Robert Conley. Conley's books are entertaining, colorful, and chock-full of tribal history and culture."--Wilma P. Mankiller, former Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation Few writers portray Native American life and history as richly, authentically, and insightfully as Robert J. Conley, an important voice of the Cherokee past. The novels in his Real People series combine powerful characters, gripping plots, and vivid descriptions of tradition and mythology to preserve Cherokee culture and history. The sixth volume of the Real People series, The Dark Island is the story of Asquani, the son of an escaped slave and a Spaniard. Asquani must decide whether to join the Spaniards or defend the Cherokee homeland.
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Conley, Robert J. Long Way Home 2000 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1078045. ISBN #0806132760 / 9780806132761. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Conley, Robert J. Long Way Home 2000 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1078045. ISBN #0806132760 / 9780806132761. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary "No one weaves a tribal story quite like Robert Conley. Conley's books are entertaining, colorful, and chock-full of tribal history and culture."--Wilma P. Mankiller, former Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation Few writers portray Native American life and history as richly, authentically, and insightfully as Robert J. Conley, an important voice of the Cherokee past. The novels in his Real People series combine powerful characters, gripping plots, and vivid descriptions of tradition and mythology to preserve Cherokee culture and history. The Long Way Home, Volume Five in the Real People series, is Deadwood Lighter's story. An aging priest forced to serve as interpreter for the powerful conquistador Don Hernando De Soto, Deadwood Lighter attempts to escape and warn the Real People of Soto's coming.
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Conley, Robert J. Mountain Windsong: A Novel Of The Trail Of Tears 1995 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Moisture damage. Book #or1078044. ISBN #0806127465 / 9780806127460. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Conley, Robert J. Mountain Windsong: A Novel Of The Trail Of Tears 1995 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Moisture damage. Book #or1078044. ISBN #0806127465 / 9780806127460. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary Set against the tragic events of the Cherokees' removal from their traditional lands in North Carolina to Indian Territory between 1835-1838, Mountain Windsong is a love story that brings to life the suffering and endurance of the Cherokee people. It is the moving tale of Waguli Whippoorwill" and Oconeechee, a young Cherokee man and woman separated by the Trail of Tears. Just as they are about to be married, Waguli is captured be federal soldiers and, along with thousands of other Cherokees, taken west, on foot and then by steamboat, to what is now eastern Oklahoma. Though many die along the way, Waguli survives, drowning his shame and sorrow in alcohol. Oconeechee, among the few Cherokees who remain behind, hidden in the mountains, embarks on a courageous search for Waguli. Robert J. Conley makes use of song, legend, and historical documents to weave the rich texture of the story, which is told through several, sometimes contradictory, voices. The traditional narrative of the Trail of Tears is told to a young contemporary Cherokee boy by his grandfather, presented in bits and pieces as they go about their everyday chores in rural North Carolina. The telling is neiter bitter nor hostile; it is sympathetic by unsentimental. An ironic third point of view, detached and often adversarial, is provided by the historical documents interspersed through the novel, from the text of the removal treaty to Ralph Waldo Emerson's letter to the president of the United States in protest of the removal. In this layering of contradictory elements, Conley implies questions about the relationships between history and legend, storytelling and myth-making. Inspired by the lyrics of Don Grooms's song "Whippoorwill," which open many chapters in the text, Conley has written a novel both meticulously accurate and deeply moving.
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Connaughton, Shane Run Of The Country Picador USA 1995 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or789634. ISBN #0312135998 / 9780312135997. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Connaughton, Shane Run Of The Country Picador USA 1995 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or789634. ISBN #0312135998 / 9780312135997. (filed under: Fiction ) *
After his mother's death, a rebellious Irish teenager runs away from his authoritarian father and roams the country, free of responsibility or authority, until he falls in love and must come to terms with the life he had fled. A first novel.
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Connaughton, Shane Run Of The Country Picador USA 1995 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Good. Book #or926361. ISBN #0312135998 / 9780312135997. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Connaughton, Shane Run Of The Country Picador USA 1995 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Good. Book #or926361. ISBN #0312135998 / 9780312135997. (filed under: Fiction ) *
After his mother's death, a rebellious Irish teenager runs away from his authoritarian father and roams the country, free of responsibility or authority, until he falls in love and must come to terms with the life he had fled. A first novel.
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Connell, Evan S. Jr. Connoisseur hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. Book Club Edition. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1072040. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Connell, Rebecca The Art of Losing Europa Editions 2010 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1099602. ISBN #1933372788 / 9781933372785. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Connell, Rebecca The Art of Losing Europa Editions 2010 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1099602. ISBN #1933372788 / 9781933372785. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary Rebecca Connell's brilliantly crafted debut novel examines the consequences of betrayal and the legacy of loss. At the age of five, Louise lost her mother in a tragic accident. Now eighteen years later, she remains convinced of the truth she glimpsed as a girl, that her mother's lover Nicholas, an Oxford professor, was responsible for her death. And so Louise becomes Lydia, hiding her identity behind her dead mother's name and setting out to confront Nicholas. At first she watches him from the shadows, but a chance meeting with his son provides the pretext Louise needs to fully insinuate herself into the unsuspecting professor's life as she plots her revenge. Nicholas, meanwhile, may not know who Lydia really is, but her name alone evokes memories of his harrowing and passionate affair all those years ago. His and Lydia's intense and torturous romance changed the course of his life. Despite his success and his seemingly perfect family, memories of its awful conclusion haunt him still. Alternating between two different perspectives on the same tragedy, Connell deftly probes the contours and shortcomings of memory. Acute and penetrating, the Art of Losing mesmerizingly builds toward its stunning conclusion and Connell's "finely-crafted mood of curdled sensuality and gathering menace" The Independent holds true to its course until the very last dramatic twist.
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Connolly, Cyril Rock Pool Charles Scribner's Sons 1936 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Good. Some Staining. JACKET COND: Lacks Jacket. Book #or869528. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Connor, Ralph The Sky Pilot: A Tale Of The Foothills hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1128083. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Conrad, Joseph An Outcast Of The Islands Doubleday, Page & Company 1923 hardcover. Bookplate. Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Good. JACKET COND: Lacks Jacket. Book #or1141099. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Conrad, Joseph Heart of Darkness Tribeca Books 2010 paperback. . Some underlining / highlighing but good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Good. Book #or927963. ISBN #1936594145 / 9781936594146. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Conrad, Joseph Heart of Darkness Tribeca Books 2010 paperback. . Some underlining / highlighing but good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Good. Book #or927963. ISBN #1936594145 / 9781936594146. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary Heart of Darkness is a novella written by Joseph Conrad. It is widely regarded as a significant work of English literature and part of the Western canon. The story tells of Charles Marlow, an Englishman who took a foreign assignment from a Belgian trading company as a ferry-boat captain in Africa. Heart of Darkness exposes the myth behind colonization while exploring the three levels of darkness that the protagonist, Marlow, encounters--the darkness of the Congo wilderness, the darkness of the European's cruel treatment of the natives, and the unfathomable darkness within every human being for committing heinous acts of evil. Although Conrad does not give the name of the river, at the time of writing the Congo Free State, the location of the large and important Congo River, was a private colony of Belgium's King Leopold II. Marlow is employed to transport ivory downriver. However, his more pressing assignment is to return Kurtz, another ivory trader, to civilization, in a cover-up. Kurtz has a reputation throughout the region. This symbolic story is a story within a story or frame narrative. It follows Marlow as he recounts from dusk through to late night, to a group of men aboard a ship anchored in the Thames Estuary his Congolese adventure. The passage of time and the darkening sky during the fictitious narrative-within-the-narrative parallel the atmosphere of the story.
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Conrad, Joseph Heart Of Darkness paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1045815. ISBN #1599869500 / 9781599869506. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Conrad, Joseph Heart Of Darkness paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1045815. ISBN #1599869500 / 9781599869506. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary Heart of Darkness, a novel by Joseph Conrad, was originally a three-part series in Blackwood's Magazine in 1899. It is a story within a story, following a character named Charlie Marlow, who recounts his advanture to a group of men onboard an anchored ship. The story told is of his early life as a ferry boat captain. Although his job was to transport ivory downriver, Charlie develops an interest in investing an ivory procurement agent, Kurtz, who is employed by the government.
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Conrad, Joseph Heart of Darkness (A Norton Critical Edition) W. W. Norton & Company 2005 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. Underlining / Highlighing throughout. BOOK COND: Used; Good. Book #or1145166. ISBN #0393926362 / 9780393926361. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Conrad, Joseph Heart of Darkness (A Norton Critical Edition) W. W. Norton & Company 2005 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. Underlining / Highlighing throughout. BOOK COND: Used; Good. Book #or1145166. ISBN #0393926362 / 9780393926361. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary The Fourth Edition is again based on Robert Kimbrough s meticulously re-edited text. Missing words have been restored and the entire novel has been repunctuated in accordance with Conrad s style. The result is the first published version of Heart of Darkness that allows readers to hear Marlow s voice as Conrad heard it when he wrote the story. "Backgrounds and Contexts" provides readers with a generous collection of maps and photographs that bring the Belgian Congo to life. Textual materials, topically arranged, address nineteenth-century views of imperialism and racism and include autobiographical writings by Conrad on his life in the Congo. New to the Fourth Edition is an excerpt from Adam Hochschild s recent book, King Leopold s Ghost , as well as writings on race by Hegel, Darwin, and Galton. "Criticism" includes a wealth of new materials, including nine contemporary reviews and assessments of Conrad and Heart of Darkness and twelve recent essays by Chinua Achebe, Peter Brooks, Daphne Erdinast-Vulcan, Edward Said, and Paul B. Armstrong, among others. Also new to this edition is a section of writings on the connections between Heart of Darkness and the film Apocalypse Now by Louis K. Greiff, Margot Norris, and Lynda J. Dryden. A Chronology and Selected Bibliography are also
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Conrad, Joseph Heart of Darkness (Norton Critical Edition) W.W. Norton & Company 1988 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. Some underlining / highlighing but good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Good. Book #or1143521. ISBN #0393955524 / 9780393955521. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Conrad, Joseph Heart of Darkness and Selected Short Fiction (Barnes & Noble Classics Series) Barnes & Noble Classics 2008 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1139993. ISBN #1593081235 / 9781593081232. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Conrad, Joseph Heart of Darkness and Selected Short Fiction (Barnes & Noble Classics Series) Barnes & Noble Classics 2008 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1139993. ISBN #1593081235 / 9781593081232. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary Heart of Darkness and Selected Short Fiction , by Joseph Conrad, is part of the Barnes Noble Classics series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remarkable features of Barnes Noble Classics: New introductions commissioned from today's top writers and scholars Biographies of the authors Chronologies of contemporary historical, biographical, and cultural events Footnotes and endnotes Selective discussions of imitations, parodies, poems, books, plays, paintings, operas, statuary, and films inspired by the work Comments by other famous authors Study questions to challenge the reader's viewpoints and expectations Bibliographies for further reading Indices Glossaries, when appropriate All editions are beautifully designed and are printed to superior specifications; some include illustrations of historical interest. Barnes Noble Classics pulls together a constellation of influences biographical, historical, and literary to enrich each reader's understanding of these enduring works. One of the most haunting stories ever written, Joseph Conrad s Heart of Darkness follows Marlow, a riverboat captain, on a voyage into the African Congo at the height of European colonialism. Astounded by the brutal depravity he witnesses, Marlow becomes obsessed with meeting Kurtz, a famously idealistic and able man stationed farther along the river. What he finally discovers, however, is a horror beyond imagining. Heart of Darkness is widely regarded as a masterpiece for its vivid study of human nature and the greed and ruthlessness of imperialism. This collection also includes three of Conrad s finest short stories: Youth, the author s largely autobiographical tale of a young man s ill-fated sea voyage, in which Marlow makes his first appearance, The Secret Sharer, and Amy Forster. Features a map of the Congo Free State. A. Michael Matin is a professor in the English Department of Warren Wilson College in Asheville, North Carolina. He has published articles on various twentieth-century British and postcolonial writers.
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Conrad, Joseph Lord Jim 1968 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1028388. ISBN #0393096564 / 9780393096569. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Conrad, Joseph Lord Jim 1968 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1028388. ISBN #0393096564 / 9780393096569. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary "Lord Jim" is the story of Jim, a young British Seamen and the first mate of the "Patna", a ship full of Muslim pilgrims on a hajj to Mecca. When the ship is imperiled, Jim along with the Captain and crew abandon the ship and its passengers. When they are later rescued along with the rescue of the passengers of the "Patna" the crew's reprehensible actions and dereliction of duties is exposed. Jim, abandoned by the Captain and the rest of the crew, is left alone to face a court of enquiry over the matter. Stripped of his command and his reputation ruined, Jim ventures forward, with tragic results, to seek redemption for his actions.
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Conrad, Joseph Lord Jim: A Tale hardcover. slipcase included. Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1126765. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Conrad, Joseph Lord Jim: An Authoritative Text, Backgrounds and Sources, Essays in Criticism W. W. Norton & Co Inc. 1968 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1021588. ISBN #0393096564 / 9780393096569. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Conrad, Joseph Lord Jim: An Authoritative Text, Backgrounds and Sources, Essays in Criticism W. W. Norton & Co Inc. 1968 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1021588. ISBN #0393096564 / 9780393096569. (filed under: Fiction ) *
stock image, actual book may vary "Lord Jim" is the story of Jim, a young British Seamen and the first mate of the "Patna", a ship full of Muslim pilgrims on a hajj to Mecca. When the ship is imperiled, Jim along with the Captain and crew abandon the ship and its passengers. When they are later rescued along with the rescue of the passengers of the "Patna" the crew's reprehensible actions and dereliction of duties is exposed. Jim, abandoned by the Captain and the rest of the crew, is left alone to face a court of enquiry over the matter. Stripped of his command and his reputation ruined, Jim ventures forward, with tragic results, to seek redemption for his actions.
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Conrad, Joseph Nostromo 2004 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1104736. ISBN #1593081936 / 9781593081935. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Conrad, Joseph Nostromo 2004 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1104736. ISBN #1593081936 / 9781593081935. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary Nostromo , by Joseph Conrad , is part of the Barnes Noble Classics series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remarkable features of Barnes Noble Classics : All editions are beautifully designed and are printed to superior specifications; some include illustrations of historical interest. Barnes Noble Classics pulls together a constellation of influences biographical, historical, and literary to enrich each reader's understanding of these enduring works. One of the greatest novels of the twentieth century, Joseph Conrad s Nostromo is an immensely exciting tale of love, revolution, and politics set in the mythical South American country of Costaguana during the 1890s. Ten years after his father is murdered by a brutal dictator, Englishman Charles Gould arrives in Costaguana to reopen the family silver mine. But instead of ushering in a shining era of prosperity and progress, the return of the silver engenders a new cycle of violence as Costaguana erupts in civil war, initiated by rival warlords determined to seize the mine and its riches. In desperation, Gould turns to the only man who can save the mine s treasure Nostromo, the incorruptible head of the local dockworkers, who protects the silver from rebel forces by taking it out to sea. But disaster strikes, burdening Nostromo with a terrible secret that forever alters the fate of everyone involved with the mine. A stunning monument to futility, Nostromo reveals how honor, idealism, and loyalty are inadequate defenses against the inexorable assault of corruption and evil. Brent Edwards is an Associate Professor in the English Department at Rutgers University. He is author of The Practice of Diaspora Harvard University Press, 2003 and co-editor of Uptown Conservation: The New Jazz Studies Columbia University Press, 2004 .
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