David's bookshelf: all en-US Wed, 07 Aug 2024 12:23:15 -0700 60 David's bookshelf: all 144 41 /images/layout/goodreads_logo_144.jpg The Call of Cthulhu 8718597 The Call of Cthulhu is a short story by American writer H. P. Lovecraft. Written in the summer of 1926, it was first published in the pulp magazine Weird Tales, in February 1928.
In the text, narrator Francis Wayland Thurston, of Boston, recounts his discovery of notes left behind by his granduncle, George Gammell Angell, a prominent Professor of Semitic languages at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, who died suddenly in "the winter of 1926–27" after being "jostled by a nautical-looking negro".
The story initially revolves around a small bas-relief sculpture found among these papers, which the narrator describes as follows: "My somewhat extravagant imagination yielded simultaneous pictures of an octopus, a dragon, and a human caricature.... A pulpy, tentacled head surmounted a grotesque and scaly body with rudimentary wings". The sculpture is the work of Henry Anthony Wilcox, a student at the Rhode Island School of Design who based the work on his delirious dreams of "great Cyclopean cities of titan blocks and sky-flung monoliths, all dripping with green ooze and sinister with latent horror". Frequent references to Cthulhu and R'lyeh are found in papers authored by Wilcox. Angell also discovers reports of "outre mental illnesses and outbreaks of group folly or mania" around the world (in New York City, "hysterical Levantines" mob police; in California, a Theosophist colony dons white robes to await a "glorious fulfillment")...]]> 34 H.P. Lovecraft 1926801059 David 4 3.75 1928 The Call of Cthulhu
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]]> 1Q84 Book 1 (1Q84, #1) 6443834 そして2009年、『1蚕84』は逆の方向から1984年を描いた近过去小説である。
そこに描かれているのは「こうであったかもしれない」世界なのだ。
私たちが生きている现在が、「そうではなかったかもしれない」世界であるのと、ちょうど同じように。闭闭> 554 Haruki Murakami 4103534222 David 5 4.02 2009 1Q84 Book 1 (1Q84, #1)
author: Haruki Murakami
name: David
average rating: 4.02
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rating: 5
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]]> Divergent (Divergent, #1) 8306857 In Beatrice Prior's dystopian Chicago, society is divided into five factions, each dedicated to the cultivation of a particular virtue--Candor (the honest), Abnegation (the selfless), Dauntless (the brave), Amity (the peaceful), and Erudite (the intelligent). On an appointed day of every year, all sixteen-year-olds must select the faction to which they will devote the rest of their lives. For Beatrice, the decision is between staying with her family and being who she really is--she can't have both. So she makes a choice that surprises everyone, including herself.

During the highly competitive initiation that follows, Beatrice renames herself Tris and struggles to determine who her friends really are--and where, exactly, a romance with a sometimes fascinating, sometimes infuriating boy fits into the life she's chosen. But Tris also has a secret, one she's kept hidden from everyone because she's been warned it can mean death. And as she discovers a growing conflict that threatens to unravel her seemingly perfect society, she also learns that her secret might help her save those she loves . . . or it might destroy her.

]]> 487 Veronica Roth 0062024027 David 4 4.28 2011 Divergent (Divergent, #1)
author: Veronica Roth
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average rating: 4.28
book published: 2011
rating: 4
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]]> The Child Thief 7802913 481 Brom 0061671347 David 5 4.14 2009 The Child Thief
author: Brom
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average rating: 4.14
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rating: 5
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]]> Bag of Bones 727690
Stephen King's most gripping and unforgettable novel, Bag of Bones, is a story of grief and a lost love's enduring bonds, of a new love haunted by the secrets of the past, of an innocent child caught in a terrible crossfire.

Set in the Maine territory King has made mythic, Bag of Bones recounts the plight of 40-year-old bestselling novelist Mike Noonan, who is unable to stop grieving even four years after the sudden death of his wife, Jo, and who can no longer bear to face the blank screen of his word processor.

Now his nights are plagued by vivid nightmares of the house by the lake. Despite these dreams, or perhaps because of them, Mike finally returns to Sara Laughs, the Noonans' isolated summer home.

He finds his beloved Yankee town familiar on its surface, but much changed underneath -- held in the grip of a powerful millionaire, Max Devore, who twists the very fabric of the community to his purpose: to take his three-year-old granddaughter away from her widowed young mother. As Mike is drawn into their struggle, as he falls in love with both of them, he is also drawn into the mystery of Sara Laughs, now the site of ghostly visitations, ever-escalating nightmares, and the sudden recovery of his writing ability. What are the forces that have been unleashed here -- and what do they want of Mike Noonan?

As vivid and enthralling as King's most enduring works, Bag of Bones resonates with what Amy Tan calls 'the witty and obsessive voice of King's powerful imagination.' It's no secret that King is our most mesmerizing storyteller. In Bag of Bones -- described by Gloria Naylor as 'a love story about the dark places within us all' -- he proves to be one of our most moving.]]> 529 Stephen King 0684853507 David 4 3.84 1998 Bag of Bones
author: Stephen King
name: David
average rating: 3.84
book published: 1998
rating: 4
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]]> American Gods 11275360
A storm is coming . . .

Locked behind bars for three years, Shadow did his time, quietly waiting for the magic day when he could return to Eagle Point, Indiana. A man no longer scared of what tomorrow might bring, all he wanted was to be with Laura, the wife he deeply loved, and start a new life.

But just days before his release, Laura and Shadow’s best friend are killed in an accident. With his life in pieces and nothing to keep him tethered, Shadow accepts a job from a beguiling stranger he meets on the way home, an enigmatic man who calls himself Mr. Wednesday. A trickster and rogue, Wednesday seems to know more about Shadow than Shadow does himself.

Life as Wednesday’s bodyguard, driver, and errand boy is far more interesting and dangerous than Shadow ever imagined—it is a job that takes him on a dark and strange road trip and introduces him to a host of eccentric characters whose fates are mysteriously intertwined with his own. Along the way Shadow will learn that the past never dies; that everyone, including his beloved Laura, harbors secrets; and that dreams, totems, legends, and myths are more real than we know. Ultimately, he will discover that beneath the placid surface of everyday life a storm is brewing—an epic war for the very soul of America—and that he is standing squarely in its path.

Relevant and prescient, American Gods has been lauded for its brilliant synthesis of “mystery, satire, sex, horror, and poetic prose” (Michael Dirda, Washington Post Book World) and as a modern phantasmagoria that “distills the essence of America” (Seattle Post-Intelligencer). It is, quite simply, an outstanding work of literary imagination that will endure for generations.]]> 538 Neil Gaiman 0062109596 David 2 4.01 2001 American Gods
author: Neil Gaiman
name: David
average rating: 4.01
book published: 2001
rating: 2
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]]> 11/22/63 10684280
Following his massively successful novel Under the Dome, King sweeps readers back in time to another moment a real life moment when everything went wrong: the JFK assassination. And he introduces readers to a character who has the power to change the course of history.

Jake Epping is a thirty-five-year-old high school English teacher in Lisbon Falls, Maine, who makes extra money teaching adults in the GED program. He receives an essay from one of the students a gruesome, harrowing first person story about the night 50 years ago when Harry Dunning's father came home and killed his mother, his sister, and his brother with a hammer. Harry escaped with a smashed leg, as evidenced by his crooked walk.

Not much later, Jake's friend Al, who runs the local diner, divulges a secret: his storeroom is a portal to 1958. He enlists Jake on an insane and insanely possible mission to try to prevent the Kennedy assassination. So begins Jake's new life as George Amberson and his new world of Elvis and JFK, of big American cars and sock hops, of a troubled loner named Lee Harvey Oswald and a beautiful high school librarian named Sadie Dunhill, who becomes the love of Jake's life a life that transgresses all the normal rules of time.

A tribute to a simpler era and a devastating exercise in escalating suspense, 11/22/63 is Stephen King at his epic best.]]> 864 Stephen King 1451627300 David 5 4.22 2011 11/22/63
author: Stephen King
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average rating: 4.22
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rating: 5
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]]> PunisherMAX, Vol. 3: Frank 11789131 120 Jason Aaron 0785152083 David 0 to-read 4.22 2011 PunisherMAX, Vol. 3: Frank
author: Jason Aaron
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average rating: 4.22
book published: 2011
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]]> 30 Days of Night 831829
Collects 30 Days of Night #1-3]]> 104 Steve Niles 0971977550 David 0 to-read 3.80 2004 30 Days of Night
author: Steve Niles
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average rating: 3.80
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]]> <![CDATA[Dying to Live (Dying to Live, #1)]]> 407281
After wandering for months, Jonah's lonely existence dramatically changes when he discovers a group of survivors. Living in a museum-turned-compound, they are led jointly by Jack, an ever-practical and efficient military man, and Milton, a mysterious, quizzical prophet who holds a strange power over the dead. Both leaders share Jonah's anguish over the brutality of their world, as well as his hope for its beauty. Together with others, they build a community that reestablishes an island of order and humanity surrounded by relentless ghouls.

But this newfound peace is short-lived, as Jonah and his band of refugees clash with another group of survivors who remind them that the undead are not the only—nor the most grotesque—horrors they must face.]]> 192 Kim Paffenroth 097897073X David 0 to-read 3.73 2007 Dying to Live (Dying to Live, #1)
author: Kim Paffenroth
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average rating: 3.73
book published: 2007
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]]> <![CDATA[Zombies: A Record of the Year of Infection: Field Notes by Dr. Robert Twombly]]> 6678309 144 Don Roff 0811871002 David 0 to-read 3.88 2009 Zombies: A Record of the Year of Infection: Field Notes by Dr. Robert Twombly
author: Don Roff
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average rating: 3.88
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]]> The Omen 226162 272 David Seltzer 0451219422 David 0 to-read 4.04 1976 The Omen
author: David Seltzer
name: David
average rating: 4.04
book published: 1976
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]]> <![CDATA[The Dreaming: Through the Gates of Horn and Ivory]]> 81063 Step through the gates of Horn and Ivory and enter the Kingdom of the Sandman...

Join a white-collar worker who yearns for blue-collar freedom as he takes a special tour of the Dreaming with caretaker Mervyn Pumpkinhead; Spend New Year's Day with two expatriate faeries - Nuala, once a gift to Dream from Queen Titania, and Cluracan, disgraced ambassador to the Royal Court;

Travel with two denizens of The Dreaming into the waking world: The Corinthian, a deadly nightmare made flesh, sent to correct the sins of his past; and Matthew the Raven who takes human form to face an old adversary;

And learn of the exploits of one of Dream's former ravens, Aristeas of Marmora.

Welcome to The Dreaming - the vast, unmapped realm of dreams, where your wildest fantasy may walk side by side with your greatest nightmares, where truth and illusion walk hand in hand - or sometimes claw in glove.]]> 224 Caitlín R. Kiernan 1563894939 David 0 to-read 4.14 1998 The Dreaming: Through the Gates of Horn and Ivory
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]]> <![CDATA[She-Wolves: The Women Who Ruled England Before Elizabeth]]> 8474660
In 1553, England was about to experience the ‘monstrous regiment’ - the unnatural rule - of a woman. But female rule in England also had a past. Four hundred years before Edward’s death, Matilda, daughter of Henry I and granddaughter of William the Conquerer, came tantalisingly close to securing her hold on the power of the crown. And between the 12th and the 15th centuries three more exceptional women - Eleanor of Aquitaine, Isabella of France, and Margaret of Anjou - discovered, as queens consort and dowager, how much was possible if the presumptions of male rule were not confronted so explicitly.

The stories of these women - told here in all their vivid humanity - illustrate the paradox which the female heirs to the Tudor throne had no choice but to negotiate. Man was the head of woman; and the king was the head of all. How, then, could a woman be king, how could royal power lie in female hands?]]> 480 Helen Castor 0571237053 David 0 to-read 4.03 2010 She-Wolves: The Women Who Ruled England Before Elizabeth
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]]> Grant 742882 In this comprehensive biography, Jean Edward Smith reconciles these conflicting assessments of Grant's life. He argues convincingly that Grant is greatly underrated as a president. Following the turmoil of Andrew Johnson's administration, Grant guided the nation through the post-Civil War era, overseeing Reconstruction in the South and enforcing the freedoms of new African-American citizens. His presidential accomplishments were as considerable as his military victories, says Smith, for the same strength of character that made him successful on the battlefield also characterized his years in the White House.

]]> 784 Jean Edward Smith 0684849275 David 4 4.02 2001 Grant
author: Jean Edward Smith
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]]> Anne Frank : The Biography 905382 330 Melissa Müller 0805059962 David 5 4.34 1998 Anne Frank : The Biography
author: Melissa Müller
name: David
average rating: 4.34
book published: 1998
rating: 5
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]]> Koko 19577 656 Peter Straub 0007103670 David 5 3.58 1988 Koko
author: Peter Straub
name: David
average rating: 3.58
book published: 1988
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[Red Dragon (Hannibal Lecter, #1)]]> 28877 454 Thomas Harris David 0 to-read 4.07 1981 Red Dragon (Hannibal Lecter, #1)
author: Thomas Harris
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average rating: 4.07
book published: 1981
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]]> The Other 219535 The Other is swept up in the life of a Connecticut country town in the thirties—and in the fearful mysteries that slowly darken and overwhelm it.

Originally published in 1971, The Other is one of the most influential horror novels ever written. Its impeccable recreation of small-town life and its skillful handling of the theme of personality transference between thirteen-year-old twins led to widespread critical acclaim for the novel, which was successfully filmed from Thomas Tryon's own screenplay.

This edition features original artwork by surrealist artist Harry O. Morris.]]> 281 Thomas Tryon 0440167361 David 0 to-read 4.00 1971 The Other
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average rating: 4.00
book published: 1971
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]]> The Contortionist's Handbook 527823 199 Craig Clevenger 1931561486 David 4 3.99 2002 The Contortionist's Handbook
author: Craig Clevenger
name: David
average rating: 3.99
book published: 2002
rating: 4
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]]> Boy's Life 11553
Robert McCammon delivers "a tour de force of storytelling" (BookPage) in his award-winning masterpiece, a novel of Southern boyhood, growing up in the 1960s, that reaches far beyond that evocative landscape to touch readers universally.

Boy's Life is a richly imagined, spellbinding portrait of the magical worldview of the young -- and of innocence lost.

Zephyr, Alabama, is an idyllic hometown for eleven-year-old Cory Mackenson -- a place where monsters swim the river deep and friends are forever. Then, one cold spring morning, Cory and his father witness a car plunge into a lake -- and a desperate rescue attempt brings his father face-to-face with a terrible, haunting vision of death. As Cory struggles to understand his father's pain, his eyes are slowly opened to the forces of good and evil that surround him. From an ancient mystic who can hear the dead and bewitch the living, to a violent clan of moonshiners, Cory must confront the secrets that hide in the shadows of his hometown -- for his father's sanity and his own life hang in the balance....]]> 580 Robert McCammon David 0 to-read 4.33 1991 Boy's Life
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average rating: 4.33
book published: 1991
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]]> <![CDATA[The Transition of H. P. Lovecraft: The Road to Madness]]> 36317 IMPRISONED WITH THE PHARAOHS--Houdini seeks to reveal the demons that inhabit the Egyptian night.
AT THE MOUNTAINS OF MADNESS--An unsuspecting expedition uncovers a city of untold terror, buried beneath an Antarctic wasteland.
Plus, for the first time in any Del Rey edition:
HERBERT WEST: REANIMATOR--Mad experiments yield hideous results in this, the inspiration for the cult film Re-Animator.
COOL AIR--An icy apartment hides secrets no man dares unlock.
THE TERRIBLE OLD MAN--The intruders seek a fortune but find only death!
AND TWENTY-FOUR MORE BLOOD-CHILLING TALES]]> 379 H.P. Lovecraft 0345384229 David 0 to-read 4.31 1996 The Transition of H. P. Lovecraft: The Road to Madness
author: H.P. Lovecraft
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average rating: 4.31
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]]> <![CDATA[Dean Koontz's Frankenstein, Volume 1: Prodigal Son]]> 4673605 144 Dean Koontz 0345506405 David 0 to-read 4.11 2005 Dean Koontz's Frankenstein, Volume 1: Prodigal Son
author: Dean Koontz
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average rating: 4.11
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]]> <![CDATA[The Unwritten, Vol. 1: Tommy Taylor and the Bogus Identity]]> 6471550 When an enormous scandal reveals that Tom might really be a boy-wizard made flesh, Tom comes into contact with a very mysterious, very deadly group that's secretly kept tabs on him all his life. Now, to protect his own life and discover the truth behind his origins, Tom will travel the world, eventually finding himself at locations all featured on a very special map -- one kept by the deadly group that charts places throughout world history where fictions have impacted and tangibly shaped reality, those stories ranging from famous literary works to folktales to pop culture. And in the process of figuring out what it all means, Tom will find himself having to figure out a huge conspiracy mystery that spans the entirety of the history of fiction.

Collecting: The Unwritten 1-5]]> 144 Mike Carey 1401225659 David 0 to-read 3.74 2010 The Unwritten, Vol. 1: Tommy Taylor and the Bogus Identity
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average rating: 3.74
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]]> All the King's Men 5527 All the King's Men is a 1946 novel by Robert Penn Warren. Its title is drawn from the nursery rhyme "Humpty Dumpty". The novel tells the story of charismatic populist governor Willie Stark and his political machinations in the Depression-era Deep South. It is commonly thought to have been loosely inspired by the real-life story of U.S. Senator Huey P. Long, who was assassinated in 1935. Warren won the Pulitzer Prize for All the King's Men in 1947. The novel has received critical acclaim and remained perennially popular since its first publication. It was rated the 36th greatest novel of the 20th century by Modern Library, and it was chosen as one of Time magazine's 100 best novels since 1923. All the King's Men portrays the dramatic and theatrical political rise and governorship of Willie Stark, a cynical populist in the 1930s American South.]]> 439 Robert Penn Warren David 0 to-read 4.08 1946 All the King's Men
author: Robert Penn Warren
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average rating: 4.08
book published: 1946
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]]> Schindler’s List 375013 Thomas Keneally's Booker Prize-winning novel recreates the story of Oskar Schindler, an Aryan who risked his life to protect Jews in Nazi-occupied Poland, who conrinually defied and outwitted the SS, and who was transformed by the war into an angel of mercy. It is an unforgettable tale, all the more extraordinary for being true.]]> 429 Thomas Keneally 0340606517 David 5 4.34 1982 Schindler’s List
author: Thomas Keneally
name: David
average rating: 4.34
book published: 1982
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[Assassin's Apprentice (Farseer Trilogy, #1)]]> 45107 alternate cover for ISBN 0006480098

Fitz is a royal bastard, cast out into the world with only his magical link with animals for solace and companionship.
But when Fitz is adopted into the royal household, he must give up his old ways and learn a new life: weaponry, scribing, courtly manners; and how to kill a man secretly. Meanwhile, raiders ravage the coasts, leaving the people Forged and soulless. As Fitz grows towards manhood, he will have to face his first terrifying mission, a task that poses as much a risk to himself as it does to his target: Fitz is a threat to the throne… but he may also be the key to the future of the kingdom.

Cover illustration by John Howe

]]> 460 Robin Hobb David 0 to-read 4.14 1995 Assassin's Apprentice (Farseer Trilogy, #1)
author: Robin Hobb
name: David
average rating: 4.14
book published: 1995
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]]> <![CDATA[Infinity Welcomes Careful Drivers (Red Dwarf, #1)]]> 349090
Nominated for the Audiobook Download of the Year, 2008.

When Lister got drunk, he really got drunk!

After celebrating his birthday with a Monopoly-board pub crawl around London, he came to in a burger bar on one of Saturn's moons, wearing a lady's pink crimplene hat and a pair of yellow fishing waders, with no money and a passport in the name of "Emily Berkenstein."

Joining the Space Corps seemed a good idea. Red Dwarf, a clapped out spaceship, was bound for Earth. It never made it, leaving Lister as the last remaining member of the human race, three million light years from Earth, with only a dead man, a senile computer, and a highly evolved cat for company.

They begin their journey home. On the way, they'll break the light barrier. They'll meet Einstein, Archimedes, God, and Norman Wisdom...and discover an alternative plane of reality.]]> 298 Grant Naylor 0451452011 David 0 to-read 4.08 1989 Infinity Welcomes Careful Drivers (Red Dwarf, #1)
author: Grant Naylor
name: David
average rating: 4.08
book published: 1989
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]]> <![CDATA[The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms (Inheritance, #1)]]> 6437061 427 N.K. Jemisin 0316043915 David 0 to-read 3.88 2010 The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms (Inheritance, #1)
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average rating: 3.88
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]]> The Walking Dead, Book One 30071 304 Robert Kirkman 1582406197 David 0 currently-reading 4.35 2004 The Walking Dead, Book One
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average rating: 4.35
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]]> American Vampire, Vol. 1 7619398 American Vampire introduces a new strain of vampire – a more vicious species – and traces the creatures' bloodline through decades of American history.

Snyder's tale follows Pearl, a young woman living in 1920s Los Angeles, who is brutally turned into a vampire and sets out on a path of righteous revenge against the European monsters who tortured and abused her. And in King's story set in the days of America's Wild West, readers learn the origin of Skinner Sweet, the original American vampire – a stronger, faster creature than any vampire ever seen before.

Don't miss out as Snyder and King set fire to the horror genre with this visionary, all-original take on one of the most popular monster stories!

This beautiful collection features a new introduction by Stephen King and bonus art including character sketches, variant covers and more!

Collecting: American Vampire 1-5]]> 192 Scott Snyder 1401228305 David 0 to-read 3.97 2010 American Vampire, Vol. 1
author: Scott Snyder
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average rating: 3.97
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]]> Criminal, Vol. 1: Coward 106033 136 Ed Brubaker 078512439X David 0 to-read 4.16 2007 Criminal, Vol. 1: Coward
author: Ed Brubaker
name: David
average rating: 4.16
book published: 2007
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]]> <![CDATA[The Sandman, Vol. 1: Preludes & Nocturnes]]> 23754
In PRELUDES & NOCTURNES, an occultist attempting to capture Death to bargain for eternal life traps her younger brother Dream instead. After his 70 year imprisonment and eventual escape, Dream, also known as Morpheus, goes on a quest for his lost objects of power. On his arduous journey, Morpheus encounters Lucifer, John Constantine, and an all-powerful madman.

This book also includes the story "The Sound of Her Wings," which introduces us to the pragmatic and perky goth girl Death.

Includes issues 1-8 of the original series.]]> 240 Neil Gaiman 1563892278 David 3 4.25 1988 The Sandman, Vol. 1: Preludes & Nocturnes
author: Neil Gaiman
name: David
average rating: 4.25
book published: 1988
rating: 3
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]]> <![CDATA[In the Woods (Dublin Murder Squad, #1)]]> 237209
Twenty years later, the found boy, Rob Ryan, is a detective on the Dublin Murder Squad and keeps his past a secret. But when a twelve-year-old girl is found murdered in the same woods, he and Detective Cassie Maddox—his partner and closest friend—find themselves investigating a case chillingly similar to the previous unsolved mystery. Now, with only snippets of long-buried memories to guide him, Ryan has the chance to uncover both the mystery of the case before him and that of his own shadowy past.]]> 429 Tana French 0670038601 David 4 3.75 2007 In the Woods (Dublin Murder Squad, #1)
author: Tana French
name: David
average rating: 3.75
book published: 2007
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[The Exorcist (The Exorcist, #1)]]> 179780 385 William Peter Blatty David 5 4.20 1971 The Exorcist (The Exorcist, #1)
author: William Peter Blatty
name: David
average rating: 4.20
book published: 1971
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[The Wise Man's Fear (The Kingkiller Chronicle, #2)]]> 1215032 There are three things all wise men fear: the sea in storm, a night with no moon, and the anger of a gentle man.”

My name is Kvothe.
I have stolen princesses back from sleeping barrow kings. I burned down the town of Trebon. I have spent the night with Felurian and left with both my sanity and my life. I was expelled from the University at a younger age than most people are allowed in. I tread paths by moonlight that others fear to speak of during day. I have talked to Gods, loved women, and written songs that make the minstrels weep.
You may have heard of me.

So begins the tale of a hero told from his own point of view — a story unequaled in fantasy literature. Now in The Wise Man's Fear, an escalating rivalry with a powerful member of the nobility forces Kvothe to leave the University and seek his fortune abroad. Adrift, penniless, and alone, he travels to Vintas, where he quickly becomes entangled in the politics of courtly society. While attempting to curry favor with a powerful noble, Kvothe uncovers an assassination attempt, comes into conflict with a rival arcanist, and leads a group of mercenaries into the wild, in an attempt to solve the mystery of who (or what) is waylaying travelers on the King's Road.

All the while, Kvothe searches for answers, attempting to uncover the truth about the mysterious Amyr, the Chandrian, and the death of his parents. Along the way, Kvothe is put on trial by the legendary Adem mercenaries, is forced to reclaim the honor of the Edema Ruh, and travels into the Fae realm. There he meets Felurian, the faerie woman no man can resist, and who no man has ever survived ... until Kvothe.

In The Wise Man's Fear, Kvothe takes his first steps on the path of the hero and learns how difficult life can be when a man becomes a legend in his own time.

]]> 994 Patrick Rothfuss 0756404738 David 4 4.55 2011 The Wise Man's Fear (The Kingkiller Chronicle, #2)
author: Patrick Rothfuss
name: David
average rating: 4.55
book published: 2011
rating: 4
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]]> Rebecca 12873 Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again...

Working as a lady's companion, the heroine of Rebecca learns her place. Her future looks bleak until, on a trip to the South of France, she meets Max de Winter, a handsome widower whose sudden proposal of marriage takes her by surprise. She accepts, but whisked from glamorous Monte Carlo to the ominous and brooding Manderley, the new Mrs de Winter finds Max a changed man. And the memory of his dead wife Rebecca is forever kept alive by the forbidding housekeeper, Mrs Danvers...

Not since Jane Eyre has a heroine faced such difficulty with the Other Woman. An international bestseller that has never gone out of print, Rebecca is the haunting story of a young girl consumed by love and the struggle to find her identity.]]> 428 Daphne du Maurier 1844080382 David 4 4.19 1938 Rebecca
author: Daphne du Maurier
name: David
average rating: 4.19
book published: 1938
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[Preacher, Volume 1: Gone to Texas]]> 95431 Alternate Cover Edition

One of the most celebrated comics titles of the late 1990s, PREACHER is a modern American epic of life, death, love and redemption also packed with sex, booze, blood and bullets - not to mention angels, demons, God, vampires and deviants of all stripes.

At first glance, the Reverend Jesse Custer doesn't look like anyone special-just another small-town minister slowly losing his flock and his faith. But he's about to come face-to-face with proof that God does indeed exist. Merging with a bizarre spiritual force called Genesis, Jesse now possesses the power of "the Word," an ability to make people do whatever he utters. He begins a violent and riotous journey across the country in search of answers from the elusive deity.

Collects: Preacher #1–7]]> 336 Garth Ennis David 5 4.16 1995 Preacher, Volume 1: Gone to Texas
author: Garth Ennis
name: David
average rating: 4.16
book published: 1995
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[Locke & Key, Vol. 1: Welcome to Lovecraft]]> 3217221 168 Joe Hill 1600102379 David 0 4.14 2008 Locke & Key, Vol. 1: Welcome to Lovecraft
author: Joe Hill
name: David
average rating: 4.14
book published: 2008
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[L'Alliance des Trois (Autre-Monde, #1)]]> 5505135 496 Maxime Chattam 2226188630 David 0 to-read 4.10 2008 L'Alliance des Trois (Autre-Monde, #1)
author: Maxime Chattam
name: David
average rating: 4.10
book published: 2008
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[Lockdown (Escape from Furnace, #1)]]> 6420846
Furnace Penitentiary: the world’s most secure prison for young offenders, buried a mile beneath the earth’s surface. Convicted of a murder he didn’t commit, sentenced to life without parole, “new fish” Alex Sawyer knows he has two choices: find a way out, or resign himself to a death behind bars, in the darkness at the bottom of the world. Except in Furnace, death is the least of his worries. Soon Alex discovers that the prison is a place of pure evil, where inhuman creatures in gas masks stalk the corridors at night, where giants in black suits drag screaming inmates into the shadows, where deformed beasts can be heard howling from the blood-drenched tunnels below. And behind everything is the mysterious, all-powerful warden, a man as cruel and dangerous as the devil himself, whose unthinkable acts have consequences that stretch far beyond the walls of the prison.

Together with a bunch of inmates—some innocent kids who have been framed, others cold-blooded killers—Alex plans an escape. But as he starts to uncover the truth about Furnace’s deeper, darker purpose, Alex’s actions grow ever more dangerous, and he must risk everything to expose this nightmare that’s hidden from the eyes of the world.
]]> 273 Alexander Gordon Smith 0374324913 David 4 4.13 2009 Lockdown (Escape from Furnace, #1)
author: Alexander Gordon Smith
name: David
average rating: 4.13
book published: 2009
rating: 4
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]]> Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos 36320
In Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos, a pantheon of horror and fantasy's finest authors pay tribute to the master of the macabre with a collection of original stories set in the fearsome Lovecraft tradition.

Contents:
- I?! I?! Cthulhu Fhtagn! (1990) by Jim Turner [as by James Turner]
- The Call of Cthulhu (1928) by H.P. Lovecraft
- The Return of the Sorcerer (1931) by Clark Ashton Smith
- Ubbo-Sathla (1933) by Clark Ashton Smith
- The Black Stone (1931) by Robert E. Howard
- The Hounds of Tindalos (1929) by Frank Belknap Long
- The Space-Eaters (1928) by Frank Belknap Long
- The Dweller in Darkness (1944) by August Derleth
- Beyond the Threshold (1941) by August Derleth
- The Shambler from the Stars (1935) by Robert Bloch
- The Haunter of the Dark (1936) by H.P. Lovecraft
- The Shadow from the Steeple (1950) by Robert Bloch
- Notebook Found in a Deserted House (1951) by Robert Bloch
- The Salem Horror (1937) by Henry Kuttner
- The Terror from the Depths (1976) by Fritz Leiber
- Rising with Surtsey (1971) by Brian Lumley
- Cold Print (1969) by Ramsey Campbell
- The Return of the Lloigor (1969) by Colin Wilson
- My Boat (1976) by Joanna Russ
- Sticks (1974) by Karl Edward Wagner
- The Freshman (1979) by Philip José Farmer
- Jerusalem's Lot (1978) by Stephen King
- Discovery of the Ghooric Zone (1977) by Richard A. Lupoff

Cover illustration by John Jude Palencar

]]> 462 Jim Turner 034542204X David 0 to-read 4.22 1990 Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos
author: Jim Turner
name: David
average rating: 4.22
book published: 1990
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[The Maze Runner (The Maze Runner, #1)]]> 6186357 There are alternate cover editions for this ASIN here and here.

If you ain’t scared, you ain’t human.

When Thomas wakes up in the lift, the only thing he can remember is his name. He’s surrounded by strangers—boys whose memories are also gone.

Nice to meet ya, shank. Welcome to the Glade.

Outside the towering stone walls that surround the Glade is a limitless, ever-changing maze. It’s the only way out—and no one’s ever made it through alive.

Everything is going to change.

Then a girl arrives. The first girl ever. And the message she delivers is terrifying.

Remember. Survive. Run.]]> 384 James Dashner 0385737947 David 5 4.05 2009 The Maze Runner (The Maze Runner, #1)
author: James Dashner
name: David
average rating: 4.05
book published: 2009
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[Books of Blood: Volume One (Books of Blood, #1)]]> 761023
Never one to shy away from the unimaginable or the unspeakable, Clive Barker breathes life into our deepest, darkest nightmares, creating visions that are at once terrifying, tender, and witty.

The Books of Blood confirm what horror fans everywhere have known for a long time: We will be hearing from Clive Barker for many years to come. This first volume contains the short stories : "The Book of Blood," "The Midnight Meat Train," "The Yattering and Jack," "Sex, Death, and Starshine," and "In the Hills, the Cities."]]> 210 Clive Barker 0425083896 David 0 to-read 4.06 1984 Books of Blood: Volume One (Books of Blood, #1)
author: Clive Barker
name: David
average rating: 4.06
book published: 1984
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[New X-Men, Vol. 1 : E Is for Extinction]]> 22351
Collecting: New X-Men (2001) 114-117, New X-Men (2001) Annual 1]]> 144 Grant Morrison 0785108114 David 0 to-read 4.08 2001 New X-Men, Vol. 1 : E Is for Extinction
author: Grant Morrison
name: David
average rating: 4.08
book published: 2001
rating: 0
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]]> Watchers 32423
A lonely widower; a ruthless assassin; a beautiful woman; a government agent.

Drawn together in a deadly hunt, all four are inexorably propelled towards a confrontation with an evil beyond human imagining.]]> 624 Dean Koontz David 0 to-read 4.17 1987 Watchers
author: Dean Koontz
name: David
average rating: 4.17
book published: 1987
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]]> <![CDATA[Heroes Die (The Acts of Caine, #1)]]> 311864
At home on Earth, Caine is Hari Michaelson, a superstar whose adventures in Ankhana command an audience of billions. Yet he is shackled by a rigid caste society, bound to ignore the grim fact that he kills men on a far-off world for the entertainment of his own planet--and bound to keep his rage in check.

But now Michaelson has crossed the line. His estranged wife, Pallas Rill, has mysteriously disappeared in the slums of Ankhana. To save her, he must confront the greatest challenge of his life: a lethal game of cat and mouse with the most treacherous rulers of two worlds...]]> 535 Matthew Woodring Stover 0345421450 David 0 to-read 4.10 1998 Heroes Die (The Acts of Caine, #1)
author: Matthew Woodring Stover
name: David
average rating: 4.10
book published: 1998
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[The Shadow of the Torturer (The Book of the New Sun, #1)]]> 60211 262 Gene Wolfe 0671540661 David 0 to-read 3.86 1980 The Shadow of the Torturer (The Book of the New Sun, #1)
author: Gene Wolfe
name: David
average rating: 3.86
book published: 1980
rating: 0
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]]> Creepshow 11580
Contents:

· Father’s Day · gs *
· The Lonesome Death of Jordy Verrill [adapted from “Weeds”, Cavalier May ’76] · gs *
· The Crate [Gallery, Jul ’79] · gs *
· Something to Tide You Over · gs *
· They’re Creeping Up On You · gs *]]> 66 Stephen King 0452253802 David 4 4.08 1982 Creepshow
author: Stephen King
name: David
average rating: 4.08
book published: 1982
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[Young Avengers, Vol. 1: Sidekicks]]> 331205 Avengers Disassembled, a mysterious new group of teen super heroes appears. But who are they? Where did they come from? And what right do they have to call themselves the Young Avengers?

Collecting: Young Avengers 1-6]]> 144 Allan Heinberg 0785120181 David 4 4.18 2006 Young Avengers, Vol. 1: Sidekicks
author: Allan Heinberg
name: David
average rating: 4.18
book published: 2006
rating: 4
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]]> Top 10, Vol. 1 598638
In this Eisner Award-winning book, we are introduced to the extremely diverse officers of Precinct Ten; an armored and talking dog, a genetically engineered "perfect woman," a high tech cowboy, an indestructible man, and a rookie with a toy box full of "helpers." Individually they are unique personalities, together they are Neopolis' finest.]]> 208 Alan Moore 1563896680 David 3 4.10 2000 Top 10, Vol. 1
author: Alan Moore
name: David
average rating: 4.10
book published: 2000
rating: 3
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]]> <![CDATA[100 Bullets, Vol. 1: First Shot, Last Call]]> 94510
Collecting 100 BULLETS #1-5]]> 128 Brian Azzarello 1563896451 David 4 3.86 1999 100 Bullets, Vol. 1: First Shot, Last Call
author: Brian Azzarello
name: David
average rating: 3.86
book published: 1999
rating: 4
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]]> DMZ, Vol. 1: On the Ground 158683 126 Brian Wood 1401210627 David 0 to-read 3.89 2005 DMZ, Vol. 1: On the Ground
author: Brian Wood
name: David
average rating: 3.89
book published: 2005
rating: 0
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]]> Runaways, Vol. 1: Pride & Joy 7389 144 Brian K. Vaughan 0785113797 David 0 to-read 3.97 2006 Runaways, Vol. 1: Pride & Joy
author: Brian K. Vaughan
name: David
average rating: 3.97
book published: 2006
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[Anne Rice's The Vampire Lestat: A Graphic Novel]]> 43808 The story begins in our own time with Lestat, tall, blond, and handsome, a world-renowned rock star. His gifts are timeless, his youth never withers. But he was not always the powerful and famous child of darkness. Before his long earth-encrusted sleep, he was an aristocrat in the heady days of pre-Revolutionary France. It was then that he came face-to-face with the incarnation of evil and the temptations of love that he has ravenously pursued through time. Where it has led him and what he has become is the heart of the tale that has captured millions of readers.]]> 404 Faye Perozich 0345373944 David 0 to-read 4.22 1991 Anne Rice's The Vampire Lestat: A Graphic Novel
author: Faye Perozich
name: David
average rating: 4.22
book published: 1991
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[Ultimate Spider-Man, Volume 1: Power and Responsibility]]> 105920 200 Brian Michael Bendis 078510786X David 0 to-read 4.17 2001 Ultimate Spider-Man, Volume 1: Power and Responsibility
author: Brian Michael Bendis
name: David
average rating: 4.17
book published: 2001
rating: 0
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]]> Madrox: Multiple Choice 1136855 120 Peter David 0785115005 David 0 to-read 4.09 2005 Madrox: Multiple Choice
author: Peter David
name: David
average rating: 4.09
book published: 2005
rating: 0
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]]> The Color Purple 11486
Then her husband's lover, a flamboyant blues singer, barreled into her world and gave Celie the courage to ask for more - to laugh, to play, and finally - to love.]]> 295 Alice Walker David 0 to-read 4.22 1982 The Color Purple
author: Alice Walker
name: David
average rating: 4.22
book published: 1982
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest]]> 332613 9780451163967

Tyrannical Nurse Ratched rules her ward in an Oregon State mental hospital with a strict and unbending routine, unopposed by her patients, who remain cowed by mind-numbing medication and the threat of electric shock therapy. But her regime is disrupted by the arrival of McMurphy – the swaggering, fun-loving trickster with a devilish grin who resolves to oppose her rules on behalf of his fellow inmates. His struggle is seen through the eyes of Chief Bromden, a seemingly mute half-Indian patient who understands McMurphy's heroic attempt to do battle with the powers that keep them imprisoned. Ken Kesey's extraordinary first novel is an exuberant, ribald and devastatingly honest portrayal of the boundaries between sanity and madness.]]> 325 Ken Kesey David 0 to-read 4.20 1962 One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
author: Ken Kesey
name: David
average rating: 4.20
book published: 1962
rating: 0
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]]> The Story of My Life 821611 240 Helen Keller 0553213873 David 0 to-read 4.08 1902 The Story of My Life
author: Helen Keller
name: David
average rating: 4.08
book published: 1902
rating: 0
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]]> Requiem for a Dream 46945
Entranced by the gleaming visions of their futures, these four convince themselves that unexpected setbacks are only temporary. Even as their lives slowly deteriorate around them, they cling to their delusions and become utterly consumed in a spiral of drugs and addiction, refusing to see that they have instead created their own worst nightmares.

"Selby's place is in the front rank of American novelists . . . To understand Selby's work is to understand the anguish of America." —The New York Times Book Review]]> 279 Hubert Selby Jr. 1560252480 David 5 4.11 1978 Requiem for a Dream
author: Hubert Selby Jr.
name: David
average rating: 4.11
book published: 1978
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[Fables: The Deluxe Edition, Book One]]> 6307040 261 Bill Willingham 140122427X David 0 to-read 4.29 2009 Fables: The Deluxe Edition, Book One
author: Bill Willingham
name: David
average rating: 4.29
book published: 2009
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[The Color of Magic (Discworld, #1; Rincewind, #1)]]> 34497 228 Terry Pratchett 0060855924 David 0 to-read 4.04 1983 The Color of Magic (Discworld, #1; Rincewind, #1)
author: Terry Pratchett
name: David
average rating: 4.04
book published: 1983
rating: 0
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]]> North and South 156538
In North and South, Elizabeth Gaskell skillfully fuses individual feeling with social concern, and in Margaret Hale creates one of the most original heroines of Victorian literature.]]> 521 Elizabeth Gaskell 0140620192 David 0 to-read 4.14 1855 North and South
author: Elizabeth Gaskell
name: David
average rating: 4.14
book published: 1855
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[The Coming of Conan the Cimmerian (Conan the Cimmerian, #1)]]> 33482
Poem and first 13 tales, in order written, plus Miscellanea drafts, notes, maps by author.
Cimmeria poem
1 The Phoenix on the Sword 1932
2 The Frost-Giant's Daughter 1976
3 The God in the Bowl 1952
4 The Tower of the Elephant 1933
5 The Scarlet Citadel 1933
6 Queen of the Black Coast 1934
7 Black Colossus 1933
8 Iron Shadows in the Moon 1934
9 Xuthal of the Dusk 1933
10 The Pool of the Black One 1933
11 Rogues in the House 1934
12 The Vale of Lost Women 1967
13 The Devil in Iron 1934]]> 496 Robert E. Howard 0345483855 David 0 to-read 4.17 2002 The Coming of Conan the Cimmerian (Conan the Cimmerian, #1)
author: Robert E. Howard
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average rating: 4.17
book published: 2002
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]]> <![CDATA[The Complete Clive Barker's The Great And Secret Show]]> 34871 Clive Barker's epic journey into the fantastic, The Great and Secret Show. Adapted by Chris Ryall and artist Gabriel Rodriguez, this collection presents the ultimate battle between good and evil that spans many decades and dimensions.

Also featuring complete art galleries by Gabriel Rodriguez and Clive Barker, full issue-by-issue annotations by Ryall and Rodriguez, and more!]]> 332 Chris Ryall 1600100295 David 0 to-read 4.24 1989 The Complete Clive Barker's The Great And Secret Show
author: Chris Ryall
name: David
average rating: 4.24
book published: 1989
rating: 0
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]]> Wolverine: Old Man Logan 6238080
Marvel’s Premier Collection gives iconic Marvel stories the treatment they deserve—newly designed cover upgrades, deluxe paper stock and exclusive bonus content such as sketches, concepts, and variant covers!

The perfect entry point into the Marvel Universe anytime, anywhere!

THE BEST THERE IS...

A future world savaged and sundered by super villains, the United States ain’t what it used to be. In California, now a wasteland controlled by the evil Hulk Gang, the former Wolverine seeks to live in peace. He’s retired, finally free from the violence of his former existence as an X-Man — and he wants to keep it that way. If only they’d let him.

Logan and an aged, blind Hawkeye are forced into a cross-country jaunt through villain-ruled lands, on a collision course with the worst of them all! Can Old Man Logan maintain his pacifist vow and make his last stand without doing what he does best? Mark Millar and Steve McNiven unite for a riotous romp through a future world of death, despair and dynamic action!

BONUS CONTENT
variant/unused covers, Old Man Logan concepts, preliminary/final pencils

COLLECTING: Wolverine (1988) 66-72, Wolverine: Old Man Logan Giant-Size (2009) 1]]> 208 Mark Millar 0785131590 David 0 to-read 4.30 2008 Wolverine: Old Man Logan
author: Mark Millar
name: David
average rating: 4.30
book published: 2008
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]]> <![CDATA[The Book of Three (The Chronicles of Prydain, #1)]]> 24780 190 Lloyd Alexander 0805080481 David 0 to-read 3.98 1964 The Book of Three (The Chronicles of Prydain, #1)
author: Lloyd Alexander
name: David
average rating: 3.98
book published: 1964
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[Powers: Definitive Collection, Vol. 1]]> 105862 Powers in chronological order The first three epic Powers stories are presented in order of publication for the very first time--remastered, redesigned, and reformatted. Plus all the bonus features you've come to know and love: sketchbook, scripts, interviews, galleries, original designs, and a special Best of the Letter Column. This is where the story begins. A must-have for your comic library.]]> 456 Brian Michael Bendis 0785118055 David 0 to-read 4.12 2006 Powers: Definitive Collection, Vol. 1
author: Brian Michael Bendis
name: David
average rating: 4.12
book published: 2006
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[The Invisibles, Volume 1: Say You Want a Revolution]]> 22347 224 Grant Morrison 1563892677 David 0 to-read 3.96 1994 The Invisibles, Volume 1: Say You Want a Revolution
author: Grant Morrison
name: David
average rating: 3.96
book published: 1994
rating: 0
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]]> The Trees 13760 167 Conrad Richter 0821409786 David 0 to-read 3.99 1940 The Trees
author: Conrad Richter
name: David
average rating: 3.99
book published: 1940
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[Over Sea, Under Stone (The Dark is Rising, #1)]]> 11312 196 Susan Cooper 068987121X David 0 to-read 3.86 1965 Over Sea, Under Stone (The Dark is Rising, #1)
author: Susan Cooper
name: David
average rating: 3.86
book published: 1965
rating: 0
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]]> A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 14891 A Tree Grows in Brooklyn is a poignant and moving tale filled with compassion and cruelty, laughter and heartache, crowded with life and people and incident. The story of young, sensitive, and idealistic Francie Nolan and her bittersweet formative years in the slums of Williamsburg has enchanted and inspired millions of readers for more than sixty years. By turns overwhelming, sublime, heartbreaking, and uplifting, the daily experiences of the unforgettable Nolans are raw with honesty and tenderly threaded with family connectedness -- in a work of literary art that brilliantly captures a unique time and place as well as incredibly rich moments of universal experience.]]> 496 Betty Smith 0061120073 David 0 to-read 4.29 1943 A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
author: Betty Smith
name: David
average rating: 4.29
book published: 1943
rating: 0
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]]> <![CDATA[The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt]]> 40929
Described by the Chicago Tribune as "a classic," The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt stands as one of the greatest biographies of our time. The publication of The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt on September 14th, 2001 marks the 100th anniversary of Theodore Roosevelt becoming president.]]> 816 Edmund Morris 0375756787 David 0 to-read 4.22 1979 The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt
author: Edmund Morris
name: David
average rating: 4.22
book published: 1979
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]]> Lincoln 106590 Lincoln is a stunning portrait of Abraham Lincoln’s life and presidency.

Donald brilliantly depicts Lincoln’s gradual ascent from humble beginnings in rural Kentucky to the ever-expanding political circles in Illinois, and finally to the presidency of a country divided by civil war. Donald goes beyond biography, illuminating the gradual development of Lincoln’s character, chronicling his tremendous capacity for evolution and growth, thus illustrating what made it possible for a man so inexperienced and so unprepared for the presidency to become a great moral leader. In the most troubled of times, here was a man who led the country out of slavery and preserved a shattered Union—in short, one of the greatest presidents this country has ever seen.]]> 714 David Herbert Donald 068482535X David 0 to-read 4.19 1995 Lincoln
author: David Herbert Donald
name: David
average rating: 4.19
book published: 1995
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]]> <![CDATA[Destiny of the Republic: A Tale of Madness, Medicine and the Murder of a President]]> 10335318
But the shot didn’t kill Garfield. The drama of what hap?pened subsequently is a powerful story of a nation in tur?moil. The unhinged assassin’s half-delivered strike shattered the fragile national mood of a country so recently fractured by civil war, and left the wounded president as the object of a bitter behind-the-scenes struggle for power—over his administration, over the nation’s future, and, hauntingly, over his medical care. A team of physicians administered shockingly archaic treatments, to disastrous effect. As his con?dition worsened, Garfield received help: Alexander Graham Bell, the inventor of the telephone, worked around the clock to invent a new device capable of finding the bullet.

Meticulously researched, epic in scope, and pulsating with an intimate human focus and high-velocity narrative drive, The Destiny of the Republic will stand alongside The Devil in the White City and The Professor and the Madman as a classic of narrative history.]]> 339 Candice Millard 0385526261 David 0 to-read 4.19 2011 Destiny of the Republic: A Tale of Madness, Medicine and the Murder of a President
author: Candice Millard
name: David
average rating: 4.19
book published: 2011
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]]> <![CDATA[In the Night Garden (The Orphan's Tales, #1)]]> 202769
Every once in a great while a book comes along that reminds us of the magic spell that stories can cast over us—to dazzle, entertain, and enlighten. Welcome to the Arabian Nights for our time–a lush and fantastical epic guaranteed to spirit you away from the very first page...

Secreted away in a garden, a lonely girl spins stories to warm a curious peculiar feats and unspeakable fates that loop through each other and back again to meet in the tapestry of her voice. Inked on her eyelids, each twisting, tattooed tale is a piece in the puzzle of the girl’s own hidden history. And what tales she tells! Tales of shape-shifting witches and wild horsewomen, heron kings and beast princesses, snake gods, dog monks, and living stars—each story more strange and fantastic than the one that came before.

From ill-tempered 'mermaid' to fastidious Beast, nothing is ever quite what it seems in these ever-shifting tales—even, and especially, their teller. Adorned with illustrations by the legendary Michael Kaluta, Valente’s enchanting lyrical fantasy offers a breathtaking reinvention of the untold myths and dark fairy tales that shape our dreams. And just when you think you’ve come to the end, you realize the adventure has only begun….]]> 483 Catherynne M. Valente 0553384031 David 0 to-read 4.02 2006 In the Night Garden (The Orphan's Tales, #1)
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]]> Unwind (Unwind, #1) 764347 Connor, Risa, and Lev are running for their lives.

The Second Civil War was fought over reproductive rights. The chilling resolution: Life is inviolable from the moment of conception until age thirteen. Between the ages of thirteen and eighteen, however, parents can have their child "unwound," whereby all of the child's organs are transplanted into different donors, so life doesn't technically end. Connor is too difficult for his parents to control. Risa, a ward of the state, is not enough to be kept alive. And Lev is a tithe, a child conceived and raised to be unwound. Together, they may have a chance to escape and to survive.]]> 337 Neal Shusterman David 0 to-read 4.17 2007 Unwind (Unwind, #1)
author: Neal Shusterman
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average rating: 4.17
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]]> Chew, Vol. 1: Taster's Choice 6839093
Collects CHEW issues #1-5.]]> 128 John Layman 1607061597 David 4 3.95 2009 Chew, Vol. 1: Taster's Choice
author: John Layman
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average rating: 3.95
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rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[Astonishing X-Men, Vol. 1: Gifted]]> 31979 Buffy the Vampire Slayer) and John Cassaday (Planetary, Captain America) present the explosive flagship X-Men series - marking a return to classic greatness and the beginning of a brand-new era for the X-Men! Cyclops and Emma Frost re-form the X-Men with the express purpose of "astonishing" the world. But when breaking news regarding the mutant gene unexpectedly hits the airwaves, will it derail their new plans before they even get started?

Collecting: Astonishing X-Men 1-6]]> 144 Joss Whedon 0785115315 David 5 4.20 2004 Astonishing X-Men, Vol. 1: Gifted
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]]> Foundation (Foundation, #1) 29579 The first novel in Isaac Asimov's classic science-fiction masterpiece, the Foundation series

For twelve thousand years the Galactic Empire has ruled supreme. Now it is dying. But only Hari Seldon, creator of the revolutionary science of psychohistory, can see into the future--to a dark age of ignorance, barbarism, and warfare that will last thirty thousand years. To preserve knowledge and save humankind, Seldon gathers the best minds in the Empire--both scientists and scholars--and brings them to a bleak planet at the edge of the galaxy to serve as a beacon of hope for future generations. He calls his sanctuary the Foundation.]]> 244 Isaac Asimov 0553803719 David 4 4.18 1951 Foundation (Foundation, #1)
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name: David
average rating: 4.18
book published: 1951
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]]> <![CDATA[The Living Dead (The Living Dead, #1)]]> 3302568 A compilation of the best zombie literature of the past 30 years
Highlights works by today’s most well-known and respected authors of speculative fiction, horror, and fantasy

Zombies have invaded popular culture, from White Zombie to Dawn of the Dead and from Resident Evil to World War Z. They have become the monsters that best express the anxieties and fears of the modern west. This collection gathers together zombie works by Stephen King, Harlan Ellison, Robert Silverberg, George R. R. Martin, Clive Barker, Neil Gaiman, Joe Hill, Poppy Z. Brite, Laurell K. Hamilton, and Joe R. Lansdale. These brilliant minds, and The Living Dead, cover the many types of zombie fiction.?

Skyhorse Publishing, under our Night Shade and Talos imprints, is proud to publish a broad range of titles for readers interested in science fiction (space opera, time travel, hard SF, alien invasion, near-future dystopia), fantasy (grimdark, sword and sorcery, contemporary urban fantasy, steampunk, alternative history), and horror (zombies, vampires, and the occult and supernatural), and much more. While not every title we publish becomes a?New York Times?bestseller, a national bestseller, or a Hugo or Nebula award-winner, we are committed to publishing quality books from a diverse group of authors.]]> 504 John Joseph Adams 1597801437 David 0 to-read 3.86 2008 The Living Dead (The Living Dead, #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[The Great and Secret Show (Book of the Art #1)]]> 32628 Weaveworld astonished readers with his visionary range, establishing him as a master of fabulist literature. Now, with The Great and Secret Show he rises to new heights. In this unforgettable epic he wields the full power and sweep of his talents. "Succinctly put," says Barker, "it's about Hollywood, sex and Armageddon."

Memory, prophecy and fantasy; the past, the future, and the dreaming moment between are all one country living one immortal day. To know that is Wisdom. To use it is the Art.
Armageddon begins with a murder in the Dead Letter Office in Omaha. A lake that has never existed falls from the clouds over Palomo Grove, CA. Young passion blossoms, as the world withers with war. The Great and Secret Show has begun on the stage of the world. Soon the final curtain must fall.

In this, the First Book of the Art, Barker has created a masterpiece of the imagination that explores the uncharted territory within our secret lives and most private hearts. Sprawling, ambitious, triumphantly magical and satisfying, The Great and Secret Show is what the rest of life is all about.]]> 658 Clive Barker 006093316X David 0 to-read 4.07 1989 The Great and Secret Show (Book of the Art #1)
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]]> Pump Six and Other Stories 2819368
The eleven stories in Pump Six represent the best Paolo's work, including the Hugo nominee "Yellow Card Man," the nebula and Hugo nominated story "The People of Sand and Slag," and the Sturgeon Award-winning story "The Calorie Man."]]> 239 Paolo Bacigalupi 159780133X David 0 to-read 4.04 2008 Pump Six and Other Stories
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]]> The Passage (The Passage, #1) 6690798 THIRTY-TWO MINUTES FOR ONE WORLD TO DIE, ANOTHER TO BE BORN.

First, the unthinkable: a security breach at a secret U.S. government facility unleashes the monstrous product of a chilling military experiment. Then, the unspeakable: a night of chaos and carnage gives way to sunrise on a nation, and ultimately a world, forever altered. All that remains for the stunned survivors is the long fight ahead and a future ruled by fear—of darkness, of death, of a fate far worse.

As civilization swiftly crumbles into a primal landscape of predators and prey, two people flee in search of sanctuary. FBI agent Brad Wolgast is a good man haunted by what he's done in the line of duty. Six-year-old orphan Amy Harper Bellafonte is a refugee from the doomed scientific project that has triggered apocalypse. Wolgast is determined to protect her from the horror set loose by her captors, but for Amy, escaping the bloody fallout is only the beginning of a much longer odyssey—spanning miles and decades—toward the time and place where she must finish what should never have begun.

With The Passage, award-winning author Justin Cronin has written both a relentlessly suspenseful adventure and an epic chronicle of human endurance in the face of unprecedented catastrophe and unimaginable danger. Its inventive storytelling, masterly prose, and depth of human insight mark it as a crucial and transcendent work of modern fiction.]]> 784 Justin Cronin 0345504968 David 4 4.04 2010 The Passage (The Passage, #1)
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]]> <![CDATA[Y: The Last Man - The Deluxe Edition Book One]]> 3710603 Alternate Cover Edition for ISBN: 9781401219215

Y: THE LAST MAN, winner of three Eisner Awards and one of the most critically acclaimed, best-selling comic books series of the last decade, is that rare example of a page-turner that is at once humorous, socially relevant and endlessly surprising.

Written by Brian K. Vaughan (LOST, PRIDE OF BAGHDAD, EX MACHINA) and with art by Pia Guerra, this is the saga of Yorick Brown—the only human survivor of a planet-wide plague that instantly kills every mammal possessing a Y chromosome. Accompanied by a mysterious government agent, a brilliant young geneticist and his pet monkey, Ampersand, Yorick travels the world in search of his lost love and the answer to why he's the last man on earth.

Collects: Y: The Last Man #1-10.]]> 256 Goran Sud?uka David 5 4.33 2008 Y: The Last Man - The Deluxe Edition Book One
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average rating: 4.33
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]]> <![CDATA[Transmetropolitan, Vol. 1: Back on the Street]]> 22416 72 Warren Ellis 1563894459 David 5 4.21 1998 Transmetropolitan, Vol. 1: Back on the Street
author: Warren Ellis
name: David
average rating: 4.21
book published: 1998
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[His Majesty's Dragon (Temeraire, #1)]]> 28876 356 Naomi Novik 0345481283 David 4 4.06 2006 His Majesty's Dragon (Temeraire, #1)
author: Naomi Novik
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average rating: 4.06
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]]> <![CDATA[The Road to the Dark Tower: Exploring Stephen King's Magnum Opus]]> 452157
In 1970, Stephen King embarked on what would become the crowning achievement in his literary career-the Dark Tower. The seven-volume series, written and published over a period of 30 years, was inspired by Robert Browning's poem "Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came," as well as J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings , and the spaghetti Westerns of Sergio Leone.

With the full cooperation of Stephen King himself, The Road to the Dark Tower examines the epic journey of the author to complete a story that threatened to overwhelm him. In this indispensable companion, Bev Vincent presents a book-by-book analysis of each volume in the series, tracing the Dark Tower's connections to King's other novels including The Stand , Insomnia , and Hearts in Atlantis , and offering insights from the author about the creative process involved in crafting his lifelong work-a work that has consumed not only Stephen King, but his legion of devoted readers. This is essential reading for any Dark Tower-or Stephen King-fan.]]> 368 Bev Vincent 0451213041 David 4 4.33 2004 The Road to the Dark Tower: Exploring Stephen King's Magnum Opus
author: Bev Vincent
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]]> <![CDATA[The Gunslinger Born (Stephen King's The Dark Tower: Beginnings, #1)]]> 342445
Sumptuously drawn by Jae Lee and Richard Isanove, adapted by long-time Stephen King expert Robin Furth (author of Stephen King's The Dark Tower: A Concordance) and scripted by New York Times bestseller Peter David, this series delves in depth into Roland's origins - the perfect introduction to this incredibly realized world; while long-time fans will thrill to adventures merely hinted at in the novels. Be there for the very beginning of a modern classic of fantasy literature.

Collects Dark Tower: The Gunslinger Born #1-7.]]> 240 Peter David 0785121447 David 5 4.23 2007 The Gunslinger Born (Stephen King's The Dark Tower: Beginnings, #1)
author: Peter David
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]]> Fight Club 5759 218 Chuck Palahniuk 0393327345 David 5 4.19 1996 Fight Club
author: Chuck Palahniuk
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average rating: 4.19
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]]> Choke 29059 Victor Mancini, a medical-school dropout, is an antihero for our deranged times.

Needing to pay elder care for his mother, Victor has devised an ingenious scam: he pretends to choke on pieces of food while dining in upscale restaurants. He then allows himself to be “saved” by fellow patrons who, feeling responsible for Victor’s life, go on to send checks to support him.

When he’s not pulling this stunt, Victor cruises sexual addiction recovery workshops for action, visits his addled mom, and spends his days working at a colonial theme park.

His creator, Chuck Palahniuk, renowned author of classics like Fight Club, is the visionary we need and the satirist we deserve.]]> 293 Chuck Palahniuk 0385720920 David 4 3.71 2001 Choke
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]]> The Book Thief 19063 Librarian's note: An alternate cover edition can be found here

It is 1939. Nazi Germany. The country is holding its breath. Death has never been busier, and will be busier still.

By her brother's graveside, Liesel's life is changed when she picks up a single object, partially hidden in the snow. It is The Gravedigger's Handbook, left behind there by accident, and it is her first act of book thievery. So begins a love affair with books and words, as Liesel, with the help of her accordian-playing foster father, learns to read. Soon she is stealing books from Nazi book-burnings, the mayor's wife's library, wherever there are books to be found.

But these are dangerous times. When Liesel's foster family hides a Jew in their basement, Liesel's world is both opened up, and closed down.

In superbly crafted writing that burns with intensity, award-winning author Markus Zusak has given us one of the most enduring stories of our time.

(Note: this title was not published as YA fiction)]]> 592 Markus Zusak David 5 4.38 2005 The Book Thief
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]]> <![CDATA[The da Vinci Code (Robert Langdon, #2)]]> 968 The da Vinci Code, The da Vinci Code, The da Vinci Code, and The da Vinci Code

While in Paris on business, Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon receives an urgent late-night phone call: the elderly curator of the Louvre has been murdered inside the museum. Near the body, police have found a baffling cipher. While working to solve the enigmatic riddle, Langdon is stunned to discover it leads to a trail of clues hidden in the works of Da Vinci -- clues visible for all to see -- yet ingeniously disguised by the painter.

Langdon joins forces with a gifted French cryptologist, Sophie Neveu, and learns the late curator was involved in the Priory of Sion -- an actual secret society whose members included Sir Isaac Newton, Botticelli, Victor Hugo, and Da Vinci, among others.

In a breathless race through Paris, London, and beyond, Langdon and Neveu match wits with a faceless powerbroker who seems to anticipate their every move. Unless Langdon and Neveu can decipher the labyrinthine puzzle in time, the Priory's ancient secret -- and an explosive historical truth -- will be lost forever.

The Da Vinci Code heralds the arrival of a new breed of lightning-paced, intelligent thriller utterly unpredictable right up to its stunning conclusion.]]> 489 Dan Brown David 4 3.92 2003 The da Vinci Code (Robert Langdon, #2)
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]]> Romeo and Juliet 18135 Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare creates a violent world, in which two young people fall in love. It is not simply that their families disapprove; the Montagues and the Capulets are engaged in a blood feud.

In this death-filled setting, the movement from love at first sight to the lovers’ final union in death seems almost inevitable. And yet, this play set in an extraordinary world has become the quintessential story of young love. In part because of its exquisite language, it is easy to respond as if it were about all young lovers.]]> 281 William Shakespeare 0743477111 David 3 3.74 1597 Romeo and Juliet
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]]> <![CDATA[The Chronicles of Narnia (The Chronicles of Narnia, #1-7)]]> 11127 Librarian note: An alternate cover for this edition can be found here: 2005.

Journeys to the end of the world, fantastic creatures, and epic battles between good and evil—what more could any reader ask for in one book? The book that has it all is The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, written in 1949 by Clive Staples Lewis. But Lewis did not stop there. Six more books followed, and together they became known as The Chronicles of Narnia.

For the past fifty years, The Chronicles of Narnia have transcended the fantasy genre to become part of the canon of classic literature. Each of the seven books is a masterpiece, drawing the reader into a land where magic meets reality, and the result is a fictional world whose scope has fascinated generations.

This edition presents all seven books—unabridged—in one impressive volume. The books are presented here in chronlogical order, each chapter graced with an illustration by the original artist, Pauline Baynes. Deceptively simple and direct, The Chronicles of Narnia continue to captivate fans with adventures, characters, and truths that speak to readers of all ages, even fifty years after they were first published.]]> 767 C.S. Lewis 0066238501 David 5 4.27 1956 The Chronicles of Narnia (The Chronicles of Narnia, #1-7)
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]]> The Count of Monte Cristo 7126 The epic tale of wrongful imprisonment, adventure and revenge, in its definitive translation

Thrown in prison for a crime he has not committed, Edmond Dantès is confined to the grim fortress of If. There he learns of a great hoard of treasure hidden on the Isle of Monte Cristo and he becomes determined not only to escape, but also to use the treasure to plot the destruction of the three men responsible for his incarceration. Dumas’ epic tale of suffering and retribution, inspired by a real-life case of wrongful imprisonment, was a huge popular success when it was first serialized in the 1840s.

Translated with an Introduction by Robin Buss

An alternative cover edition for this ISBN can be found here]]> 1276 Alexandre Dumas 0140449264 David 4 4.29 1846 The Count of Monte Cristo
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]]> Wuthering Heights 6185 You can find the redesigned cover of this edition HERE.

At the centre of this novel is the passionate love between Catherine Earnshaw and Heathcliff - recounted with such emotional intensity that a plain tale of the Yorkshire moors acquires the depth and simplicity of ancient tragedy.

This best-selling Norton Critical Edition is based on the 1847 first edition of the novel. For the Fourth Edition, the editor has collated the 1847 text with several modern editions and has corrected a number of variants, including accidentals. The text is accompanied by entirely new explanatory annotations.

New to the fourth Edition are twelve of Emily Bronte's letters regarding the publication of the 1847 edition of Wuthering Heights as well as the evolution of the 1850 edition, prose and poetry selections by the author, four reviews of the novel, and poetry selections by the author, four reviews of the novel, and Edward Chitham's insightful and informative chronology of the creative process behind the beloved work.

Five major critical interpretations of Wuthering Heights are included, three of them new to the Fourth Edition. A Stuart Daley considers the importance of chronology in the novel. J. Hillis Miller examines Wuthering Heights's problems of genre and critical reputation. Sandra M. Gilbert assesses the role of Victorian Christianity plays in the novel, while Martha Nussbaum traces the novel's romanticism. Finally, Lin Haire-Sargeant scrutinizes the role of Heathcliff in film adaptations of Wuthering Heights.

A Chronology and updated Selected Bibliography are also included.]]> 464 Emily Bront? David 4 3.89 1847 Wuthering Heights
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]]> Animal Farm 7613
The book tells the story of a group of farm animals who rebel against their human farmer, hoping to create a society where the animals can be equal, free, and happy. Ultimately, however, the rebellion is betrayed, and the farm ends up in a state as bad as it was before, under the dictatorship of a pig named Napoleon.

One night, all the animals at Mr. Jones' Manor Farm assemble in a barn to hear old Major, a pig, describe a dream he had about a world where all animals live free from the tyranny of their human masters. Old Major dies soon after the meeting, but the animals — inspired by his philosophy of Animalism — plot a rebellion against Jones.

Two pigs, Snowball and Napoleon, prove themselves important figures and planners of this dangerous enterprise. When Jones forgets to feed the animals, the revolution occurs, and Jones and his men are chased off the farm. Manor Farm is renamed Animal Farm, and the Seven Commandments of Animalism are painted on the barn wall...]]> 129 George Orwell David 4 3.90 1945 Animal Farm
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]]> <![CDATA[The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #1)]]> 11
Together this dynamic pair begin a journey through space aided by quotes from The Hitchhiker's Guide ("A towel is about the most massively useful thing an interstellar hitchhiker can have") and a galaxy-full of fellow travelers: Zaphod Beeblebrox--the two-headed, three-armed ex-hippie and totally out-to-lunch president of the galaxy; Trillian, Zaphod's girlfriend (formally Tricia McMillan), whom Arthur tried to pick up at a cocktail party once upon a time zone; Marvin, a paranoid, brilliant, and chronically depressed robot; Veet Voojagig, a former graduate student who is obsessed with the disappearance of all the ballpoint pens he bought over the years.

Where are these pens? Why are we born? Why do we die? Why do we spend so much time between wearing digital watches? For all the answers stick your thumb to the stars. And don't forget to bring a towel!]]> 216 Douglas Adams David 5 4.21 1979 The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #1)
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average rating: 4.21
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