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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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Connor, Ralph Glengarry School Days Fleming H. Revell Company 1902 hardcover. Previous owner written name present. Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Acceptable. Book #or1156266. (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 Great Short Works Of Joseph Conrad Harper Perennial 1966 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Good. JACKET COND: Used; Good. Book #or1153448. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Conrad, Joseph Heart of Darkness (A Norton Critical Edition) Fourth Edition W. W. Norton & Company 2005 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1176592. ISBN #0393926362 / 9780393926361. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Conrad, Joseph Heart of Darkness (A Norton Critical Edition) Fourth Edition W. W. Norton & Company 2005 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1176592. 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 and Selected Short Fiction (Barnes & Noble Classics Series) Barnes & Noble Classics 2008 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1171489v1. 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 #or1171489v1. 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 Secret Agent Barnes & Noble 2007 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1179640. ISBN #159308305X / 9781593083052. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Conrad, Joseph Secret Agent Barnes & Noble 2007 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1179640. ISBN #159308305X / 9781593083052. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary The Secret Agent , 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. Set in early twentieth-century London and inspired by an actual attempt to blow up the Greenwich Observatory, The Secret Agent is a complex exploration of motivation and morality. The title character, Adolf Verloc, is obviously no James Bond. In fact, he and his circle of misfit saboteurs are not spies but terrorists, driven less by political ideals than by their unruly emotions and irrational hatreds. Verloc has settled into an apparent marriage of convenience. Family life gives him a respectable cover, while his wife hopes to get help in handling her halfwit brother, Stevie. Instead Verloc involves Stevie in one of his explosive schemes, an act that leads to violence, murder, and revenge. Darkly comic, the novel is also obliquely autobiographical: Joseph Conrad s parents were involved in the radical politics of their time, and their early deaths left him profoundly distrustful of any sort of political action. Steven Marcus is Professor of English and Comparative Literature and George Delacorte Professor in the Humanities at Columbia University, and a specialist in nineteenth-century literature and culture. He is the author of more than 200 publications.
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Conrad, Joseph Selected Works of Joseph Conrad Barnes & Noble Books 1994 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1170766. ISBN #1566195357 / 9781566195355. (keywords: Fiction) (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Conrad, Joseph Youth and Two Other Stories (Youth; Heart of Darkness; The End of the Tether) Doubleday, Page & Company 1915 hardcover. Vintage bookplate and previous owner presentation.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Lacks Jacket. Book #or1171414. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Conrad, Joseph; Moser, Thomas C. Lord Jim: Authoritative Text, Backgrounds, Sources, Criticism (A Norton Critical Edition) Second Edition W W Norton & Co Inc 1996 paperback. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. Underlining / Highlighing throughout. BOOK COND: Used; Good. Book #or1153184. ISBN #0393963357 / 9780393963359. (keywords: CONRAD JOSEPH 1857 1924 BRITISH) (filed under: Fiction ) *
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CONRAD; Hynes, Samuel (Editor) Complete Short Fiction Of Joseph Conrad: The Stories, Volume II Ecco Press 1992 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Previous owners name inking. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1160675. ISBN #0880013087 / 9780880013086. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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CONROY(Subject); Conroy, Pat My Losing Season Nan A. Talese/Doubleday 2002 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1177909. ISBN #0385489129 / 9780385489126. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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CONROY(Subject); Conroy, Pat My Losing Season Nan A. Talese/Doubleday 2002 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1177909. ISBN #0385489129 / 9780385489126. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary PAT CONROY AMERICA S MOST BELOVED STORYTELLER -- IS BACK I was born to be a point guard, but not a very good one. . . .There was a time in my life when I walked through the world known to myself and others as an athlete. It was part of my own definition of who I was and certainly the part I most respected. When I was a young man, I was well-built and agile and ready for the rough and tumble of games, and athletics provided the single outlet for a repressed and preternaturally shy boy to express himself in public....I lost myself in the beauty of sport and made my family proud while passing through the silent eye of the storm that was my childhood. So begins Pat Conroy s journey back to 1967 and his startling realization that this season had been seminal and easily the most consequential of my life. The place is the Citadel in Charleston, South Carolina, that now famous military college, and in memory Conroy gathers around him his team to relive their few triumphs and humiliating defeats. In a narrative that moves seamlessly between the action of the season and flashbacks into his childhood, we see the author s love of basketball and how crucial the role of athlete is to all these young men who are struggling to find their own identity and their place in the world. In fast-paced exhilarating games, readers will laugh in delight and cry in disappointment. But as the story continues, we gradually see the self-professed mediocre athlete merge into the point guard whose spirit drives the team. He rallies them to play their best while closing off the shouts of Don t shoot, Conroy that come from the coach on the sidelines. For Coach Mel Thompson is to Conroy the undermining presence that his father had been throughout his childhood. And in these pages finally, heartbreakingly, we learn the truth about the Great Santini. In My Losing Season Pat Conroy has written an American classic about young men and the bonds they form, about losing and the lessons it imparts, about finding one s voice and one s self in the midst of defeat. And in his trademark language, we see the young Conroy walk from his life as an athlete to the writ
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Conroy, Pat Beach Music Doubleday 1995 hardcover. First Edition. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Good. Some staining to page edges. JACKET COND: Used; Good. Book #or1181257. ISBN #0385413041 / 9780385413046. (keywords: FATHERS DAUGHTERS ITALY ROME) (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Conte, Giuseppe Angelina's Lips 2011 paperback. Inscribed by Author. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1129252. ISBN #155071337X / 9781550713374. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Conte, Giuseppe Angelina's Lips 2011 paperback. Inscribed by Author. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1129252. ISBN #155071337X / 9781550713374. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary To be Hitchcockian about it, the story deals with the relationship between Umberto Umber, a professor of comparative literature, and a Dr. Jamshid Kloster, an experimental physicist whom Umber meets on a Laguna Beach bench as Diane Keaton, a long-time Laguna Beach resident, strolls by. Umber?s other obsession or, perhaps, his deepest regret is that ... he will never be able to know any of ?the characters of future novels.? In Hitchcockian terms, that?s the McGuffin and as Kloster tells Umber, ?If you?re interested in future novels, we must travel to the libraries of the future.? And that?s where the story becomes both Borgesian and Contesque as Umber asks Kloster what he will need for that to happen and Kloster replies: ?We need a library, four mirrors, and a beautiful sunset.? -- Mark Axelrod
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Cook, Claire Best Staged Plans 2012 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1044199. ISBN #1401341853 / 9781401341855. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Cook, Claire Best Staged Plans 2012 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1044199. ISBN #1401341853 / 9781401341855. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary "Claire Cook's characters aren't rich or glamorous--they're physically imperfect, emotionally insecure, and deeply familiar." --Tom Perrotta, author of Little Children "If I had a sister, I'd want her to be Claire Cook . . . Claire Cook is wicked good." --Jacquelyn Mitchard, author of The Deep End of the Ocean "Reading Claire Cook might be the most fun you have all summer." --Elin Hilderbrand, author of The Castaways "Claire Cook has an original voice, sparkling style, and a window into family life that will make you laugh and cry." --Adriana Trigiani, author of Big Stone Gap "Charming, engagingly quirky, and full of fun, Claire Cook just gets it." --Meg Cabot, author of The Princess Diaries As a professional home stager, Sandy Sullivan is an expert at transforming cluttered rooms into attractive houses ready for sale. If only reinventing her life were as easy as choosing the perfect paint color. She's eager to put her family's suburban Boston home on the market, to downsize, and to simplify her own life. But she must first deal with her foot-dragging husband and her grown son, who has moved back home after college to inhabit the basement "bat cave." After reading them the riot act, Sandy takes a job staging a boutique hotel in Atlanta recently acquired by her best friend's boyfriend. The good news is that she can spend time with her recently married daughter, Shannon, in Atlanta. The bad news is that Shannon finds herself heading to Boston for job training, leaving Sandy and her southern son-in-law, Chance, as reluctant roommates. If that's not complicated enough, Sandy begins to suspect that her best friend's boyfriend may be seeing another woman on the side. Filled with characters who are fresh and original, yet recognizable enough to live in your neighborhood--plus plenty of great tips and tricks for fixing up houses, and lives--this is a wise and witty story of letting go and moving on. Best Staged Plans is Claire Cook at her most humorous and heartfelt.
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Cook, Claire Life's a Beach 2008 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1110550. ISBN #1401340784 / 9781401340780. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Cook, Claire Life's a Beach 2008 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1110550. ISBN #1401340784 / 9781401340780. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary By the bestselling author of Must Love Dogs , the story of two grown-up sisters who fight like cats andd dogs -- but call each other at least twice a day When Must Love Dogs was published, the Chicago Tribune called it "pitch-perfect" and the Washington Post declared, "Readers will hope that Claire Cook will be telling breezy summer stories from the South Shore of Massachusetts for seasons to come." Luckily for her legions of fans, Cook returns with another sparkling romantic comedy that's reminiscent of Must Love Dogs in all the right ways, but very much its own animal -- about a relationship-challenged single woman, her quirky-to-put-it-mildly extended family, and the summer the shark movie came to town. Life's a bit of a beach these days for Ginger Walsh, who's single at forty-one and living back home in the family FROG Finished Room Over Garage . She's hoping for a more fulfilling life as a sea glass artist, but instead is babysitting her sister's kids and sharing overnights with Noah, her sexy artist boyfriend with commitment issues and a dog Ginger's cat isn't too crazy about. Geri, her BlackBerry-obsessed sister, is also nearly over the deep end about her pending fiftieth birthday and might just drag Ginger with her . Toss in a dumpster-picking father, a Kama Sutra T-shirt-wearing mother, a movie crew come to town with a very cute gaffer, an on-again-off-again glassblower boyfriend, plus a couple of Red Hat realtors, and hilarity ensues. The perfect summer read, Life's a Beach is a warm, witty, and wise look at what it takes to move forward at any stage in life.
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Cook, Claire Wallflower in Bloom: A Novel Touchstone 2012 paperback. . Clean crisp copy with no markings.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1158971. ISBN #1451672772 / 9781451672770. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Cook, Claire Wildwater Walking Club 2009 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1121634. ISBN #140134089X / 9781401340896. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Cook, Claire Wildwater Walking Club 2009 hardcover. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1121634. ISBN #140134089X / 9781401340896. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary Just put one foot in front of the other. Sounds simple, doesn't it? But when Noreen Kelly takes a buyout from her job of eighteen years and gets dumped by her boyfriend in one fell swoop, she finds it hard to know what that next step is--never mind take it. At first Noreen thinks maybe her redundancy package could be an opportunity, a chance to figure out what to do with the rest of her life while her company foots the bill. Sure, she may have gotten high to "Witchy Woman" and grooved to "Sweet Baby James" back when James Taylor had hair, but she isn't ready for her AARP card. Not yet. But it's the first time in a great many years that Noreen has time to herself--and she has no idea what to do with it. When she realizes that she's mistaken her resume for her personality, Noreen knows that she has to get moving, so she puts on a new pair of sneakers and a seriously outdated pair of exercise pants, and walks. She doesn't get very far at first--just to the end of her street, Wildwater Way--but she perseveres, and when she's joined by her neighbors Tess and Rosie, Noreen realizes that walking is not an extreme sport. It can actually be fun. As the Wildwater women walk and talk, and talk and walk, they tally their steps, share their secrets, and learn what women everywhere are finding out--that time flies and getting fit is actually fun when you're walking with friends. Throw in a road trip to Seattle for a lavender festival, a career-coaching group that looks like a bad sequel to The Breakfast Club , a clothesline controversy that could only happen in the 'burbs, plenty of romantic twists and turns, and a quirky multigenerational cast of supporting characters, and the result is an experience that's heartfelt, exuberant, and above all, real.
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Cook, Elizabeth Achilles: A Novel Picador 2002 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1026240. ISBN #0312288840 / 9780312288846. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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Cook, Elizabeth Achilles: A Novel Picador 2002 hardcover. . Some wear from use. Good used book.. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. JACKET COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1026240. ISBN #0312288840 / 9780312288846. (filed under: Fiction ) *
 stock image, actual book may vary This powerful, passionate, and beautifully crafted retelling of the epic tale of Achilles re-creates Homer's fated hero in a new and striking reality. Born of the Sea nymph Thetis by the mortal King Peleus, and hidden as a girl until Odysseus discovers him, Achilles becomes the Greeks' greatestr warrior at Troy. Into his story comes a cast of fascinating characters among them, Hector, Helen, Penthiseleia the Amazon Queen, and the centaur Chiron; and finally John Keats, whose writings form the basis of a meditation on the nature of identity and shared experience. An forgettable and deeply moving work of fiction, Achilles is also an affirmation of the story's enduring power to reach across centuries and cultures to the core of our imagination.
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Cook, Lorna Jane Outside Wonderland St. Martin's 2011 paperback. BOOK COND: Used; Very Good. Book #or1153116v1. ISBN #0312625693 / 9780312625696. (filed under: Fiction ) *
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