Jane Austen

In very good used condition. Sticker covering barcode on back. Spine tight; appears to be unread copy.

Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

North Carolina

Discover Jane Austen's most beloved classic.

When Elizabeth Bennet meets Mr Darcy, she is repelled by his overbearing pride and prejudice towards her family. But the Bennet girls are in need of financial security in the shape of husbands, so when Darcy's friend, the affable Mr Bingley, forms an attachment to Jane, Darcy becomes increasingly hard to avoid. Polite society will be turned upside down in this witty drama of friendship, rivalry and love - Jane Austen's classic romance novel.

**One of the BBC's 100 Novels That Shaped Our World**

Pride and Prejudice

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John Steinbeck

Very good condition. Penguin paperback edition. Clean, unmarked pages. Spine unbent and binding tight.

Depicts the hardships and suffering endured by the Joads as they journey from Oklahoma to California during the Depression

The Grapes of Wrath

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Ernest Hemingway

Excellent condition. Clean unmarked, pages. 1986 edition published by Collier Books, MacMillan Publishing Co.

Story of an old fisherman's struggle against natural obstacles that hinder the catch of a huge marlin.

The Old Man and the Sea

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Hardcover, with dust jacket, published by Random House Book-of-the-Month, First Printing, 1962. Dust jacket has some chipping and the back has a tear that is repaired with tape. Interior pages are clean and unmarked. Binding and spine are tight. 
Card catalogue number: 62-10335

Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

A Reminiscense

The Reivers

Mary W. Shelley

Bram Stoker

Robert Louis Stevenson

Stephen King

Three dark novels of the nineteenth century, presented together with an introduction by Stephen King. Signet classic edition. Frankenstein, Dracula, and Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.

Introduction by Stephen King

Three horror icons come together in one indispensable tome-with an introduction by Stephen King.

"Within the pages of this volume you will come upon three of the darkest creations of English nineteenth-century literature; three of the darkest in all of English and American literature, many would say...and not without justification...These three creatures, presented together for the first time, all have a great deal in common beyond their power to go on frightening generation after generation of readers...but that fact alone should be considered before all others."-From the Introduction by Stephen King

A diabolical, bloodthirsty Count draws an unsuspecting young man into a world of terrors. A scientist oversteps the bounds of conscience and brings to life a tortured creation. A man of medicine explores his darker side only to fall prey to it. These three legendary tales have held readers spellbound for more than a century.

The titles alone-Dracula, Frankenstein, and Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde-have become synonymous with horror. They are part of a universal language that serves to put a monster's face on the good-and-evil duality of our very human nature. Inventive and subversive, these classic tales of terror can shake even the modern reader with something far more profound than fear....

Frankenstein, Dracula, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

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Colin Dickey

An American History in Haunted Places

One of NPR’s Great Reads of 2016 “A lively assemblage and smart analysis of dozens of haunting stories…absorbing…[and] intellectually intriguing.” —The New York Times Book Review From the author of The Unidentified, an intellectual feast for fans of offbeat history that takes readers on a road trip through some of the country’s most infamously haunted places—and deep into the dark side of our history. Colin Dickey is on the trail of America’s ghosts. Crammed into old houses and hotels, abandoned prisons and empty hospitals, the spirits that linger continue to capture our collective imagination, but why? His own fascination piqued by a house hunt in Los Angeles that revealed derelict foreclosures and “zombie homes,” Dickey embarks on a journey across the continental United States to decode and unpack the American history repressed in our most famous haunted places. Some have established reputations as “the most haunted mansion in America,” or “the most haunted prison”; others, like the haunted Indian burial grounds in West Virginia, evoke memories from the past our collective nation tries to forget. With boundless curiosity, Dickey conjures the dead by focusing on questions of the living—how do we, the living, deal with stories about ghosts, and how do we inhabit and move through spaces that have been deemed, for whatever reason, haunted? Paying attention not only to the true facts behind a ghost story, but also to the ways in which changes to those facts are made—and why those changes are made—Dickey paints a version of American history left out of the textbooks, one of things left undone, crimes left unsolved. Spellbinding, scary, and wickedly insightful, Ghostland discovers the past we’re most afraid to speak of aloud in the bright light of day is the same past that tends to linger in the ghost stories we whisper in the dark.

Ghostland

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Hardcover Christmas book bound in dark green cloth with lovely Victorian image paste down on front cover. Beautiful collection of quotes, stories, and songs. A lovely tabletop book for the holidays.

Light Hardcover (1 lb or less)

Collection of songs, stories rhymes, recipes. 9 yrs+

Favourite Christmas Songs and Stories

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Hardcover. Very good condition; clean, unmarked pages; tight binding and spine. 

The best American novel to emerge from World War I, A Farewell to Arms is the unforgettable story of an American ambulance driver on the Italian front and his passion for a beautiful English nurse. Hemingway's frank portrayal of the love between Lieutenant Henry and Catherine Barkley, caught in the inexorable sweep of war, glows with an intensity unrivaled in modern literature, while his description of the German attack on Caporetto -- of lines of fired men marching in the rain, hungry, weary, and demoralized -- is one of the greatest moments in literary history. A story of love and pain, of loyalty and desertion, A Farewell to Arms, written when he was 30 years old, represents a new romanticism for Hemingway.

A Farewell to Arms

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Louisa Alcott

Hardcover in ver good, like-new condition. Pages clean and unmarked, spine and binding tight. Illustrated and condensed for young readers.

Great Classics for Children

A quality collection of treasured classics, fully illustrated and carefully adapted for children.

Little Women

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Irvin D. Yalom

Paperback in good condition; clean, unmarked pages; tight spines. Edges of cover shows some wear (please see photos).

Paperback (1 to 2 lbs)

A Novel of Obsession

When Nietzsche Wept

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Elizabeth George Speare

Paperback in good condition; clean, unmarked pages; tight spines. Edges of cover shows some wear (please see photos). 

Now an orphan, Kit Tyler travels from Barbados, where she grew up, to live with her strict Puritan uncle in Connecticut.

The Witch of Blackbird Pond

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Chris Cleave

Heavy Paperback (2 to 4 lbs)

A Novel

Presents a tale of a precarious friendship between an illegal Nigerian refugee and a recent widow from suburban London, a story told from the alternating and disparate perspectives of both women.

Little Bee

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Mary Ann Shaffer

Annie Barrows

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • NOW A NETFLIX FILM • A remarkable tale of the island of Guernsey during the German Occupation, and of a society as extraordinary as its name. “Treat yourself to this book, please—I can’t recommend it highly enough.”—Elizabeth Gilbert, author of Eat, Pray, Love “I wonder how the book got to Guernsey? Perhaps there is some sort of secret homing instinct in books that brings them to their perfect readers.” January 1946: London is emerging from the shadow of the Second World War, and writer Juliet Ashton is looking for her next book subject. Who could imagine that she would find it in a letter from a man she’s never met, a native of the island of Guernsey, who has come across her name written inside a book by Charles Lamb. . . . As Juliet and her new correspondent exchange letters, Juliet is drawn into the world of this man and his friends—and what a wonderfully eccentric world it is. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society—born as a spur-of-the-moment alibi when its members were discovered breaking curfew by the Germans occupying their island—boasts a charming, funny, deeply human cast of characters, from pig farmers to phrenologists, literature lovers all. Juliet begins a remarkable correspondence with the society’s members, learning about their island, their taste in books, and the impact the recent German occupation has had on their lives. Captivated by their stories, she sets sail for Guernsey, and what she finds will change her forever. Written with warmth and humor as a series of letters, this novel is a celebration of the written word in all its guises and of finding connection in the most surprising ways. Praise for The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Society “A jewel . . . Poignant and keenly observed, Guernsey is a small masterpiece about love, war, and the immeasurable sustenance to be found in good books and good friends.”—People “A book-lover’s delight, an implicit and sometimes explicit paean to all things literary.”—Chicago Sun-Times “A sparkling epistolary novel radiating wit, lightly worn erudition and written with great assurance and aplomb.”—The Sunday Times (London) “Cooked perfectly à point: subtle and elegant in flavour, yet emotionally satisfying to the finish.”—The Times (London)

The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society

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J. D. Salinger

Paperback in excellent, like-new condition.

"DeDaumier-Smith's Blue Period," "Teddy," and "A Perfect Day for Bananafish" are among the nine works in a collection of Salinger's perceptive and realistic short stories

Nine Stories

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David Payne

Paperback in very good, unread condition.

Hailed as "the most gifted American novelist of his generation" (Boston Globe), David Payne introduces us to Ransom Hill, a big-hearted, wild-man lead singer of a legendary indie rock group, who has come to South Carolina determined to save his marriage, his family, and himself. But back at Wando Passo, his wife's inherited family estate, things don't proceed according to plan. There's another man in the picture, and Ran's discovery of a mysterious relic from slave times transports him--and the reader--back into the story of another romantic triangle at Wando Passo that erupted violently at the height of the Civil War. Will the present repeat the past?

Filled with fast-paced adventure, lyrical writing, wicked humor, and unforgettable characters, David Payne's Back to Wando Passo propels the two love stories, linked by place through time, to a simultaneous crescendo of betrayal, revenge, and redemption.

Back to Wando Passo

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Carol Rifka Brunt

Paperback in good used condition. Pages clean and unmarked. 

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A heartfelt story of love, grief, and renewal about two unlikely friends who discover that sometimes you don’t know you’ve lost someone until you’ve found them “A dazzling debut novel.”—O: The Oprah Magazine “Tremendously moving.”—The Wall Street Journal “Touching and ultimately hopeful.”—People 1987. The only person who has ever truly understood fourteen-year-old June Elbus is her uncle, the renowned painter Finn Weiss. Shy at school and distant from her older sister, June can be herself only in Finn’s company; he is her godfather, confidant, and best friend. So when he dies, far too young, of a mysterious illness her mother can barely speak about, June’s world is turned upside down. But Finn’s death brings a surprise acquaintance into June’s life. At the funeral, June notices a strange man lingering just beyond the crowd. A few days later, she receives a package in the mail containing a beautiful teapot she recognizes from Finn’s apartment, and a note from Toby, the stranger, asking for an opportunity to meet. As the two begin to spend time together, June realizes she’s not the only one who misses Finn, and that this unexpected friend just might be the one she needs the most. WINNER OF THE ALEX AWARD • NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY The Wall Street Journal • O: The Oprah Magazine • BookPage • Kirkus Reviews • Booklist • School Library Journal

Tell the Wolves I'm Home

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Joseph Kanon

In the bestselling tradition of espionage novels by John LeCarre and Alan Furst, Istanbul Passage brilliantly illustrates why Edgar Award-winning author Joseph Kanon has been hailed as "the heir apparent to Graham Greene" (The Boston Globe).

Istanbul survived the Second World War as a magnet for refugees and spies. Even expatriate American Leon Bauer was drawn into this shadow world, doing undercover odd jobs in support of the Allied war effort. Now as the espionage community begins to pack up and an apprehensive city prepares for the grim realities of postwar life, Leon is given one last routine assignment. But when the job goes fatally wrong--an exchange of gunfire, a body left in the street, and a potential war criminal on his hands--Leon is trapped in a tangle of shifting loyalties and moral uncertainty.

Played out against the bazaars and mosques and faded mansions of this knowing, ancient Ottoman city, Istanbul Passage is the unforgettable story of a man swept up in the dawn of the Cold War, of an unexpected love affair, and of a city as deceptive as the calm surface waters of the Bosphorus that divides it.

Istanbul Passage

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Barbara Pym

Paperback. Very good condition. Has a remainder mark on bottom of text block. 

Excellent Women is probably the most famous of Barbara Pym's novels. The acclaim a few years ago for this early comic novel, which was hailed by Lord David Cecil as one of 'the finest examples of high comedy to have appeared in England during the past seventy-five years,' helped launch the rediscovery of the author's entire work. Mildred Lathbury is a clergyman's daughter and a spinster in the England of the 1950s, one of those 'excellent women' who tend to get involved in other people's lives - such as those of her new neighbor, Rockingham, and the vicar next door. This is Barbara Pym's world at its funniest.

Excellent Women

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Gustave. Flaubert

Alan Russell

Paperback in good condition with clean, unmarked pages. Penguin Classics, 1987.

A Story of Provincial Life

Bored and unhappy in a lifeless marriage, Emma Bovary yearns to escape from the dull circumstances of provincial life. Powerful, deeply moving examination of the moral degeneration of a middle-class Frenchwoman.

Madame Bovary

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Geoffrey Chaucer

Nevill Coghill

Paperback in good condition, with clean, unmarked pages. Translated into modern English by Nevill Coghill. Penguin Classics, 1981. 

One spring day, 30 pilgrims set off from an inn in Southwark for a shrine in Canterbury. The inn keeper offers a free dinner, on their return, to the person who can tell the best story. So begins an assortment of tales from such varied characters as the Knight, the Wife of Bath and the Miller.

The Canterbury Tales

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David Herbert Lawrence

Paperback in good condition Has price and bookstore name stamped inside cover; otherwise, pages are clean and unmarked. Penguin edition, 1976.

Lawrence's first major novel was also the first in the English language to explore ordinary working-class life from the inside. No writer before or since has written so well about the intimacies enforced by a tightly-knit mining community and by a family where feelings are never hidden forlong. Paul Morel is caught between his need for family and community and his efforts to define himself sexually and emotionally. Lawrence's powerful description of Paul's relationships makes this a novel as much for the beginning of the twenty-first century as it was for the beginning of thetwentieth.

Sons and Lovers

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Kingsley Amis

David Lodge

Kingsley. Amis

Paperback in very good condition. Penguin Classics edition. 

A young Englishman embarks on a humorous crusade against traditional class structures

Lucky Jim

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Beautiful vintage edition of Good Wives by Louisa May Alcott. Hardcover. Lovely illustrations throughout. 1995, Longmeadow Press. Very good condition.

Heavy Hardcover (2 to 4 lbs)

Good Wives

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Chaim Potok

Heather Whitestone McCallum (Miss America 95) shares insight into her personal sources of strength through devotional readings that inspire perseverance, courage and faith. Heather is also deaf.

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When Nietzsche Wept

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The Witch of Blackbird Pond

Chris Cleave

Little Bee

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J. D. Salinger

Nine Stories

David Payne

Back to Wando Passo

Carol Rifka Brunt

Tell the Wolves I'm Home

Joseph Kanon

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