The Sobs of Autumn's Violins: A Novel of War and Love
Coral Springs, FL: Llumina Press, 2005. Trade paperback. More
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Possession: A Romance
London: Chatto & Windus, 1990. Seventh Impression. Trade Paperback. A. S. Byatt’s beloved novel—winner of the Booker Prize and an international best seller—is a spellbinding intellectual mystery and an utterly transfixing love story. Roland Michell and Maud Bailey are young academics in the 1980s researching the lives of two..... More
Slight Exaggeration
New York: Farrar, Strauss and Giroux, 2017. First U.S. Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. A new essay collection by the noted Polish poet For Adam Zagajewski—one of Poland’s great poets—the project of writing, whether it be poetry or prose, is an occasion to advance what David Wojahn has characterized as..... More
Poetic Effects
Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2000. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Offers a pragmatic account of the effects achieved by the poetic use of rhetorical tropes and schemes. More
The Best American Poetry 1996 (Scribner Paperback Poetry)
New York: Scribner, 1996. First Edition. Paperback. More
The Oresteia: Agamemnon, Women at the Graveside, Orestes at Athens
New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 2018. Joshua Billings (ed.), Oliver Taplin (tr.). First Edition. Paperback. “This vivid and accessible translation captures the drama of Aeschylus’ poetry and the excitement of the action in performance.” —VICTORIA WOHL, University of Toronto “This critical edition provides a lavish and fulsome picture..... More
The Country Without a Post Office
New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 1998. Paperback. This collection of poems by Kashmiri-American Agha Shahid Ali finds that contemporary history has forced him to return to his homeland, not with the ease of a tourist, but as a witness to the savagery visited upon Kashmir since the 1990 uprisings..... More
Juggernaut
London: Corgi Books, 1974. Paperback. More
Broken Glass
London: Serpent's Tail, 2011. Reprint. Paperback. First published as Verre Casse, translated by Helen Stevenson. Alain Mabanckou’s riotous new novel centers on the patrons of a run-down bar in the Congo. In a country that appears to have forgotten the importance of remembering, a former schoolteacher and bar regular nicknamed..... More
The Small Woman
London: Pan Books, 1959. Sam Peffer (cover art). Great Pan Illustrated Edition, G306. Paperback. Scarce. "The Small Woman" was filmed as "The Inn of the Sixth Happiness," with Ingrid Bergman as Gladys Aylward.; The story of Gladys Aylward, a parlour maid in London, who overcame many obstacles to become a...... More
Dark Voyage: A Novel
New York: Random House, 2004. First Edition. Hardcover. “In the first nineteen months of European war, from September 1939 to March of 1941, the island nation of Britain and her allies lost, to U-boat, air, and sea attack, to mines and maritime disaster, one thousand five hundred and ninety-six merchant..... More
The Sparsholt Affair
London: Picador, 2017. First Trade Paperback Edition. Paperback. More
Cry, the Beloved Country
Charles Scribner's Sons, 1950. Paperback. This edition is part of The Scribner Library; number 7 in the series (SL 7); exact publication year unclear [book indicates 1948 as copyright year] but most likely between 1950 and 1960. More
A Tree on Fire
London: Macmillan & Co Ltd, 1967. Nicholas Thirkell (jacket design). First U.K. Edition, First Printing. Hardcover. From Kirkus, Aug. 9, 1968: This is a continuation of The Death of William Posters (1965) in what will ultimately be a trilogy extending Mr. Sillitoe's angry view of darkness visible on the..... More
44 Scotland Street
Edinburgh: Polygon, 2005. Iain McIntosh (illustrations). First UK Edition. Second Printing. Hardcover. 44 SCOTLAND STREET – Book 1 The residents and neighbors of 44 Scotland Street and the city of Edinburgh come to vivid life in these gently satirical, wonderfully perceptive serial novels, featuring six-year-old Bertie, a remarkably precocious..... More
At the Villa of Reduced Circumstances
Edinburgh: Polygon, 2003. Iain McIntosh. First Edition. Reprint. Softcover. A Professor Dr von Igelfeld Entertainment. More
The Good Husband Of Zebra Drive
New York: Anchor Books Random House, 2008. Paperback. There is rarely a dull moment in the life of Precious Ramotswe, and on Zebra Drive and Tlokweng Road many changes are afoot. Mr. J.L.B. Matekoni wants be put in charge of a case involving an errant husband, and Mma Makutsi is..... More
In The Company Of Cheerful Ladies
Toronto: Random House of Canada, 2006. Paperback. Precious is busier than usual at the detective agency when she discovers an intruder in her house on Zebra Drive—and perhaps even more baffling—a pumpkin on her porch. Her associate, Mma Makutsi, also has a full plate. She’s taken up dance lessons, only..... More
The Lost Art of Gratitude (An Isabel Dalhousie novel)
New York: Pantheon Books Inc., 2009. First Edition. Hardcover. More
The Miracle At Speedy Motors
London: Abacus Little, Brown, 2009. Paperback. Under the endless skies of Botswana, there is always something Mma Ramotswe can do to help someone and here she finds herself assisting a woman looking for her family. The problem is the woman doesn’t know her real name or whether any of her..... More
Morality For Beautiful Girls
London: Abacus Books, 2008. Paperback. In Morality for Beautiful Girls, Precious Ramotswe, founder and owner of the only detective agency for the concerns of both ladies and others, investigates the alleged poisoning of the brother of an important “Government Man,” and the moral character of the four finalists of the..... More
Tea Time for the Traditionally Built
New York: Pantheon Books Inc., 2009. First Edition. Hardcover. More
Tea Time For The Traditionally Built
London: Abacus, 2009. Paperback. In this installment in the endlessly entertaining series, Precious Ramotswe faces problems both personal and professional. The first is the potential demise of an old friend, her tiny white van. Recently, it has developed a rather troubling knock, but she dare not consult the estimable..... More
