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Here is quite simply the most handsome edition of one of the finest and most popular novels of all time. It features an elegant cloth binding, attractive full-color dust wrapper, handsome typography, and more than 100 delightful illustrations (plus 61 witty illustrated initial letters at chapter openings) by famed English Victorian artist Hugh Thomson.

Sense and Sensibility

by Jane Austen

'Young women who have no economic or political power must attend to the serious business of contriving material security'. Jane Austen's sardonic humour lays bare the stratagems, the hypocrisy and the poignancy inherent in the struggle of two very different sisters to achieve respectability. "Sense and Sensibility" is a delightful comedy of manners in which the sisters Elinor and Marianne represent these two... (more)

Pink Carnation: Book 2

The Masque of the Black Tulip

by Lauren Willig

Harvard grad student Eloise Kelly achieved the academic coup of the century when she unmasked the spy who saved England from Napoleon. But now she has a million questions about the Pink Carnation's deadly French nemesis, the Black Tulip. And she's pretty sure that her handsome onagain, off-again crush, Colin Selwick, has the answers somewhere in his archives. But what she discovers in an old codebook is something... (more)

Little House: Book 11

West from Home

Letters of Laura Ingalls Wilder, San Francisco, 1915

by Roger Lea MacBride, Laura Ingalls Wilder

"It is like a fairyland." So Laura Ingalls Wilder described her 1915 voyage to San Francisco to visit her daughter, Rose Wilder Lane. Laura's husband, Almanzo, was unable to leave their Missouri farm and it is her faithful letters home, vividly describing every detail of her journey, that have been gathered here. Includes 24 pages of exciting photographs and completely redesigned jacket art. Children's Books of... (more)

Stop Being the String Along: A Relationship Guide to Being THE ONE

Stop Being the String Along: A Relationship Guide to Being THE ONE

by Barbara Rose

Stop Being the String Along: A Relationship Guide to Being THE ONE will guide you to: Authentically empower yourself in your romantic relationships * Become your own best friend * Have authentic communication * Learn how to never settle again * Take the manipulative games out of your relationships * Attract a partner that is a fantastic match for you * Learn how to spiritually evolve in a Sacred... (more)

How to Live 365 Days a Year

by John A. Schindler

One of the great self-help books of all time-considered by some to be the originator of the genre- How to Live 365 days a Year has sold more than 1 million copies. In 1955, John A. Schindler, M.D., a doctor in private practice and co-founder of the respected Monroe Clinic, diagnosed a widespread condition he termed EII, or "emotionally induced illness," long before most physicians were aware of the connection... (more)

How to Have Confidence and Power in Dealing with People

How to Have Confidence and Power in Dealing with People

by Les T. Giblin

This lively and dramatic audio program reveals powerful and proven-effective methods and techniques to help listeners achieve power and influence over people. 2 cassettes.

Don't Grow old- Grow Up!Dorothy Carnegie

Don't Grow old- Grow Up!

by Dorothy Carnegie

Everything You Need to Know About Getting a Job (Need to Know Library)

Everything You Need to Know About Getting a Job (Need to Know Library)

by Carlienne Frisch

Gr 5-10-Two books with titles that promise a lot. Getting a Job comes closer to actually delivering on its promise. It's a practical overview of the process of looking for work, especially geared toward those teens seeking their first real job. Tips on choosing the right type of work are followed by advice on where to look, how to contact employers, write a r sum and cover letter, fill out an application, and... (more)

Everything You Need to Know About Credit Cards and Fiscal Responsibilty (Need to Know Library)Meg Green

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Pride and Prejudice

by Jane Austen

Sense and Sensibility

by Jane Austen

The Masque of the Black Tulip

by Lauren Willig

West from Home

Letters of Laura Ingalls Wilder, San Francisco, 1915

by Roger Lea MacBride, Laura Ingalls Wilder

Stop Being the String Along: A Relationship Guide to Being THE ONE

by Barbara Rose

How to Live 365 Days a Year

by John A. Schindler

How to Have Confidence and Power in Dealing with People

by Les T. Giblin

Don't Grow old- Grow Up!

by Dorothy Carnegie

Everything You Need to Know About Getting a Job (Need to Know Library)

by Carlienne Frisch

Everything You Need to Know About Credit Cards and Fiscal Responsibilty (Need to Know Library)

by Meg Green