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Product Description: "One of the greatest creative writing teachers we've ever had." ―Frederick BuschOn Becoming a Novelist contains the wisdom accumulated during John Gardner's distinguished twenty-year career as a fiction writer and creative writing teacher...read more

Hardcover:

9780844671208 | Peter Smith Pub Inc, June 1, 2001, cover price $32.00 | About this edition: "One of the greatest creative writing teachers we've ever had.
9780060149567 | Harpercollins, June 1, 1983, cover price $13.95 | About this edition: The late novelist, critic, and teacher outlines a comprehensive course of education for the aspiring novelist, with an analysis of the undergraduate and graduate writing courses and provides practical advice on developing one's writing ability and earning a living as a novelist

Paperback:

9780393320039 | Reprint edition (W W Norton & Co Inc, October 1, 1999), cover price $14.95 | About this edition: An indispensable reference for anyone who hopes to become a novelist, written with intelligence and humor by a twenty-five-year veteran of the field, includies everything from tips on writer's workshop to information about agents.
9780060911263 | Reprint edition (Harpercollins, January 1, 1985), cover price $16.00 | About this edition: The late novelist, critic, and teacher outlines a comprehensive course of education for the aspiring novelist, with an analysis of the undergraduate and graduate writing courses and provides practical advice on developing one's writing ability and earning a living as a novelist

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Ten stories play on the theme of the relation between art and life and weave a fantastic web, with characters ranging from the creator of a talking painting to Dostoevski's Raskolnikov

Paperback:

9780679723509 | Reprint edition (Vintage Books, April 1, 1989), cover price $8.95 | About this edition: Ten stories play on the theme of the relation between art and life and weave a fantastic web, with characters ranging from the creator of a talking painting to Dostoevski's Raskolnikov
9780345303714 | Reprint edition (Ballantine Books, August 1, 1983), cover price $3.50 | About this edition: Ten stories play on the theme of the relation between art and life and weave a fantastic web, with characters ranging from the creator of a talking painting to Dostoevski's Raskolnikov

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This guide to creative writing by the acclaimed novelist examines diverse facets of writing technique and contains analyses of works by writers from Homer to Mark Twain

Hardcover:

9780394504698 | Alfred a Knopf Inc, January 1, 1984, cover price $17.95 | About this edition: This guide to creative writing by the acclaimed novelist examines diverse facets of writing technique and contains analyses of works by writers from Homer to Mark Twain

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Product Description: for mixed chorus, audience, flute, piano, bass, and kit-drummer

Paperback:

9780193362420 | Oxford Univ Pr, June 21, 1984, cover price $36.00 | About this edition: for mixed chorus, audience, flute, piano, bass, and kit-drummer

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A totally new translation of the classic Mesopotamian epic--with lengthy introduction and annotations--is presented in such a way as to reflect the appearance and arrangement of the original stone tablets
By John Gardner, Richard A. Henshaw (editor) and John Maier (editor)

Paperback:

9780394740898 | Vintage Books, September 1, 1985, cover price $16.00 | About this edition: A totally new translation of the classic Mesopotamian epic--with lengthy introduction and annotations--is presented in such a way as to reflect the appearance and arrangement of the original stone tablets

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Set in the years between 1909 and 1935, this multi-generational thriller focuses on the Railtons, an aristocratic English family of soldiers, diplomats, and civil servants who turn their talents and patriotism to the practice of international espionage

Hardcover:

9780399130373 | Putnam Pub Group, November 1, 1985, cover price $17.95 | About this edition: Set in the years between 1909 and 1935, this sweeping multi-generational thriller focuses on the Railtons, an aristocratic English family of soldiers, diplomats, and civil servants who turn their talents and patriotism to the practice of international esp

Paperback:

9780515103250 | Reprint edition (Ace Books, February 1, 1990), cover price $4.95 | About this edition: Set in the years between 1909 and 1935, this multi-generational thriller focuses on the Railtons, an aristocratic English family of soldiers, diplomats, and civil servants who turn their talents and patriotism to the practice of international espionage

Hardcover:

9780708913789 | Large print edition (Ulverscroft Large Print Books, November 1, 1985), cover price $12.50

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A Greek seer and his disciple are imprisoned for revolting against the Spartan ruler, Lykourgos

Paperback:

9780525481805 | E P Dutton, December 1, 1985, cover price $8.95 | About this edition: A Greek seer and his disciple are imprisoned for revolting against the Spartan ruler, Lykourgos

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A modern retelling of the ancient Greek myth depicting the love of Jason, the hero who claimed the kingdom of Iolcus, and the princess of Caechis, Medeia

Paperback:

9780394740607 | 1 edition (Vintage Books, May 1, 1986), cover price $6.95 | About this edition: A modern retelling of the ancient Greek myth depicting the love of Jason, the hero who claimed the kingdom of Iolcus, and the princess of Caechis, Medeia

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Death strikes uncomfortably close to James Bond and when his housekeeper, May--convalescing in Austria--is kidnapped, he discovers that there is a contract out for his life offered by Tamil Rahani

Hardcover:

9780517653968 | Reprint edition (Outlet, February 1, 1988), cover price $4.99 | About this edition: Death strikes uncomfortably close to James Bond and when his housekeeper, May--convalescing in Austria--is kidnapped, he discovers that there is a contract out for his life offered by Tamil Rahani
9780399131516 | Putnam Pub Group, May 1, 1986, cover price $13.95 | About this edition: Death strikes uncomfortably close to James Bond and when his housekeeper, May--convalescing in Austria--is kidnapped, he discovers that there is a contract out for his life offered by Tamil Rahani

This volume includes 'Stillness,' a short novel undertaken by the author and his first wife as an exploration of their pasts as individuals and as a couple, and 'Shadows,' an unfinished long novel about a drunk, amnesiac detective's search for authentic identity

Hardcover:

9780394544021 | Alfred a Knopf Inc, May 1, 1986, cover price $18.95 | About this edition: This volume includes 'Stillness,' a short novel undertaken by the author and his first wife as an exploration of their pasts as individuals and as a couple, and 'Shadows,' an unfinished long novel about a drunk, amnesiac detective's search for authentic identity

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When Russia takes over Western Europe, the President of the U.S. decides to activate Golgotha, a top secret missile base, and the sleeper agents who will operate it

Paperback:

9780425095829 | Reprint edition (Berkley Pub Group, February 1, 1987), cover price $3.95 | About this edition: When Russia takes over Western Europe, the President of the U.

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A philosophy professor suffering from Leukemia returns to his rural home town to prepare himself for death

Paperback:

9780394732503 | Vintage Books, March 1, 1987, cover price $5.95 | About this edition: A philosophy professor suffering from Leukemia returns to his rural home town to prepare himself for death

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Product Description: Two female agents of Operation Cream Cake - double agents and honey traps against the KGB - are murdered. Bond must find the others and conduct them to safety before they meet a similar fate. In a race against time, Bond travels to Ireland and the KGB is soon on the scene...read more

Hardcover:

9781557360656, titled "No Deals Mr Bond" | Large print edition (Isis Large Print Books, November 1, 1987), cover price $19.95 | About this edition: Left on his own, without the help of M and the Service, James Bond must uncover a traitor and put an end to the brutal and ritualistic murders of former double agents
9780517683781 | Putnam Pub Group, April 1, 1987, cover price $3.99 | About this edition: Two female agents of Operation Cream Cake - double agents and honey traps against the KGB - are murdered.
9780399132544 | Putnam Pub Group, April 1, 1987, cover price $13.95 | About this edition: Left on his own, without the help of M and the Service, James Bond must uncover a traitor and put an end to the brutal and ritualistic murders of former double agents

Paperback:

9780425133538 | Reprint edition (Berkley Pub Group, September 1, 1991), cover price $4.99 | About this edition: Two female agents of Operation Cream Cake - double agents and honey traps against the KGB - are murdered.

Cassette/Spoken Word:

9780671646370 | Simon & Schuster, September 1, 1987, cover price $14.95 | About this edition: Two female agents of Operation Cream Cake - double agents and honey traps against the KGB - are murdered.

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Death strikes uncomfortably close to James Bond and when his housekeeper, May--convalescing in Austria--is kidnapped, he discovers that there is a contract out for his life offered by Tamil Rahani

Hardcover:

9781557360618 | Large print edition (Isis Large Print Books, October 1, 1987), cover price $19.95 | About this edition: Death strikes uncomfortably close to James Bond and when his housekeeper, May--convalescing in Austria--is kidnapped, he discovers that there is a contract out for his life offered by Tamil Rahani

Master spy 007 faces the most sinister archvillian of his career, Vladimir Scorpius, a bizarre religious cult, and international terrorists as he investigates the murder of the daughter of a baronet

Hardcover:

9780896211766 | Large print edition (Thorndike Pr, September 1, 1988), cover price $7.95 | About this edition: Master spy 007 faces the most sinister archvillian of his career, Vladimir Scorpius, a bizarre religious cult, and international terrorists as he investigates the murder of the daughter of a baronet
9780399133473 | Putnam Pub Group, May 1, 1988, cover price $12.95 | About this edition: Master spy 007 faces the most sinister archvillian of his career, Vladimir Scorpius, a bizarre religious cult, and international terrorists as he investigates the murder of the daughter of a baronet

Paperback:

9781605983844, titled "Scorpius: Scorpius" | Reissue edition (Pegasus Books, October 10, 2012), cover price $14.95
9780425131404 | Reissue edition (Diamond Books, December 1, 1989), cover price $4.99 | About this edition: When the body of a mysterious woman is found to be carrying the phone number of James Bond, Bond is called in by M to help the investigation.

Distinguished spy Railton suffers an attack on his reputation when, following his death, witnesses and documents surface claiming that Railton had in fact been a double agent working for the Soviets

Hardcover:

9780399133978 | Putnam Pub Group, April 1, 1989, cover price $19.95 | About this edition: The last book in the 'Secret Generations' trilogy focuses on the efforts of the British Railtons and American Farthings to clear their family names from allegations of treachery to England

Paperback:

9780515104400 | Reprint edition (Jove Pubns, April 1, 1991), cover price $5.50 | About this edition: Distinguished spy Railton suffers an attack on his reputation when, following his death, witnesses and documents surface claiming that Railton had in fact been a double agent working for the Soviets

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Hoping to pull his life back together, a distraught philosophy professor rents an old Pennsylvania farm house and is haunted by ghosts reiterating an old murder

Paperback:

9780679723080 | Reissue edition (Vintage Books, May 1, 1989), cover price $9.95 | About this edition: Hoping to pull his life back together, a distraught philosophy professor rents an old Pennsylvania farm house and is haunted by ghosts reiterating an old murder

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The Beowulf story retold from the monster's point of view reveals the darker side of human nature and values

Hardcover:

9780394471433 | Random House Inc, September 1, 1971, cover price $15.95 | About this edition: The Beowulf story retold from the dragon's point of view reveals the darker side of human nature and values
9780816160150 | Large print edition (G K Hall & Co, June 1, 1971), cover price $6.95

Paperback:

9780679723110 | Reissue edition (Vintage Books, May 1, 1989), cover price $13.95 | About this edition: The Beowulf story retold from the monster's point of view reveals the darker side of human nature and values
9780345288653 | Ballantine Books, November 1, 1979, cover price $2.25

Cassette/Spoken Word:

9780788711039 | Recorded Books, December 1, 1997, cover price $34.00 | About this edition: When Grendel is drawn up from the caves under the mere where he lives with his bloated, inarticulate hag of a mother into the fresh night air, it is to lay waste Hrothgar's meadhall and heap destruction on the humans he finds there.

Reinforced:

9780606011709 | Demco Media, May 1, 1989, cover price $20.10 | About this edition: The Beowulf story retold from the monster's point of view reveals the darker side of human nature and values

Prebinding:

9780808566489 | Turtleback Books, October 1, 1999, cover price $25.70 | About this edition: The Beowulf story retold from the monster's point of view reveals the darker side of human nature and values

James Bond risks losing his job with the Secret Service when he pursues a cocaine drug lord to avenge the murder of a friend's wife

Hardcover:

9780922890163 | Armchair Detective Library, June 1, 1990, cover price $18.95 | About this edition: James Bond risks losing his job with the Secret Service when he pursues a cocaine drug lord to avenge the murder of a friend's wife

Paperback:

9780922890170 | Armchair Detective Library, June 1, 1990, cover price $75.00 | About this edition: James Bond risks losing his job with the Secret Service when he pursues a cocaine drug lord to avenge the murder of a friend's wife
9781557731920 | Diamond Books, May 1, 1989, cover price $4.50 | About this edition: James Bond's old friend Felix Leiter and his bride are gunned down by a drug lord at their wedding, and Bond swears revenge--no matter what the Secret Service and his enemies do to stop him

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Product Description: When M receives word that a known terrorist organization is planning to infiltrate and destroy a top-secret British Royal Navy aircraft carrier-based summit of world leaders, James Bond is returned to active duty in the Royal Navy...read more

Hardcover:

9780816149964 | Large print edition (G K Hall & Co, November 1, 1990), cover price $19.95 | About this edition: James Bond is transferred to sea duty aboard the HMS Illustrious to guard the British, Soviet, and American admirals on board, only to have the aircraft carrier captured by terrorists
9780399134364, titled "Win Lose or Die" | Putnam Pub Group, July 1, 1989, cover price $13.95 | About this edition: Bond is transferred to sea duty aboard the HMS Illustrious to guard the British, Russian, and American admirals on board, only to have the aircraft carrier captured by terrorists

Paperback:

9780425122617 | Reprint edition (Berkley Pub Group, August 1, 1990), cover price $4.95 | About this edition: Assigned to babysit British, Russian, and American ambassadors meeting aboard the HMS Illustrious, James Bond is surprised to find boredom turned into bedlam when a terrorist group takes over the vessel

CD/Spoken Word:

9781511306546 | Mp3 una edition (Brilliance Audio, October 13, 2015), cover price $14.99 | About this edition: When M receives word that a known terrorist organization is planning to infiltrate and destroy a top-secret British Royal Navy aircraft carrier-based summit of world leaders, James Bond is returned to active duty in the Royal Navy.
9781511306539 | Unabridged edition (Brilliance Audio, October 13, 2015), cover price $19.99 | About this edition: When M receives word that a known terrorist organization is planning to infiltrate and destroy a top-secret British Royal Navy aircraft carrier-based summit of world leaders, James Bond is returned to active duty in the Royal Navy.

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Readers get a chance to explore the vehicles, drivers, passengers, boats, captains, and cargoes clustered around a drawbridge as Old Joe tries to fix it. Junior Lib Guild.

Hardcover:

9780878054220 | Univ Pr of Mississippi, April 1, 1990, cover price $39.50 | About this edition: Gathers interviews with John Gardner from each period of his career, and offers a brief profile of his life and accomplishments

School and Library:

9780027935950, titled "The Day the Lifting Bridge Stuck" | Simon & Schuster, March 1, 1992, cover price $14.95 | also contains Conversations With John Gardner, The Day the Lifting Bridge Stuck | About this edition: Old Joe's lifting bridge is kept very busy as vehicles drive over it and boats sail under it, until the day the bridge gets stuck

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