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Created by Griffin to ease his loneliness, his imaginary lover Sabine takes on a haunting independent existence, leaving him beautifully strange postcards, letters, and a sketchbook diary, all of which are included in this sequel to Griffin & Sabine . 100,000 first printing.

The Griffin & Sabine Trilogy Boxed Set: Griffin & Sabine/Sabine's Notebook/The Golden Mean

The Griffin & Sabine Trilogy Boxed Set: Griffin & Sabine/Sabine's Notebook/The Golden Mean

by Nick Bantock

With more than two million copies in print, Nick Bantock's trilogy of romantic intrigue is now available as a set, beautifully packaged in an illustrated slipcase created by the author. A lovely gift for those new to the saga of the mysterious lovers, this distinctive collection also makes an enduring keepsake for devoted fans.

Griffin and Sabine Trilogy: Book 3

The Golden Mean

In Which the Extraordinary Correspondence of Griffin and Sabine Concludes

by Nick Bantock

Lovers Griffin and Sabine find their passion tested by new obstacles, including a mysterious intruder, in the conclusion of the best-selling trilogy that began with Griffin & Sabine. and Sabine's Notebook. 300,000 first printing. $100,000 ad/promo.

Griffin and Sabine Trilogy: Book 1

Griffin and Sabine

by Nick Bantock

Griffin: It's good to get in touch with you at last. Could I have one of your fish postcards? I think you were right -- the wine glass has more impact than the cup. --Sabine But Griffin had never met a woman named Sabine. How did she know him? How did she know his artwork? Who is she? Thus begins the strange and intriguing correspondence of Griffin and Sabine. And since each letter must be pulled from its own... (more)

Journal: The Short Life and Mysterious Death of Amy Zoe Mason

Journal: The Short Life and Mysterious Death of Amy Zoe Mason

by Kristine Atkinson

In Journal , Kristine Atkinson and Joyce Atkinson conjure the voyeuristic appeal of finding a stranger's diary, then becoming transfixed with the secrets contained within. These pages belong to artist, wife, and mother Amy Zoe Mason, whose riveting storytelling relies equally on visual and verbal clues. Using an old book as her canvas, Amy layers words, collages, newspaper clippings, and emails into a personal... (more)

Love Letters: An Anthology of Passion

by Michelle Lovric

Featuring letters from famous lovers in envelopes, an elegant gift book offers readers the experience of opening a love letter and includes reproductions of letters from Isadora Duncan, Robert Browning, Dylan Thomas, and others. 100,000 first printing. Lit Guild Alt. IP.

The Morning Star 3-Volume Boxed Set

by Nick Bantock

The Griffin & Sabine saga has sold over 3 million copies worldwide, led to 12 international editions, and spent over 100 weeks on the New York Times best-seller list. Both longtime fans and new readers will be thrilled to see the series in an exquisite boxed edition. The Morning Star trilogy (The Gryphon, Alexandria, and The Morning Star) is now available in a stunning red slipcase-a handsome complement to the... (more)

Morning Star Trilogy: Book 2

Alexandria

In Which the Extraordinary Correspondence of Griffin and Sabine Unfolds

by Nick Bantock

Alexandria will continue to delight the 3 million readers who fell in love with the epistolary romance of Griffin & Sabine. Awash with gorgeous artwork, the mystery of Griffin Moss and Sabine Strohem now entwines Matthew Sedon, an archaeologist steeped in Egyptian antiquity, and Isabella de Reims, a student in Paris whose vision holds the key to a new reality. Intrigue turns to danger and romance turns to... (more)

The Beatrice Letters (A Series of Unfortunate Events)

The Beatrice Letters (A Series of Unfortunate Events)

by Lemony Snicket

Top secret—only for readers deeply interested in the Baudelaire case. How I pity these readers. With all due respect, Lemony Snicket

The Tattooed Map

by Barbara Hodgson

While traveling through North Africa, a traveler named Lydia develops a mysterious mark on her hand that expands into a strange map, after which she disappears, in a profusely illustrated, unusually constructed novel. A first novel. IP.

Secrets of Pistoulet

by Jana Kolpen

"Far away in the remote, untraveled southwestern French countryside, there is a small village which contains two homes, an eleventh-century church, and a very special farm known as Pistoulet." Thus begins The Secrets of Pistoulet , a charming and beautiful little book filled with food, magic, and love. Part fiction, part cookbook, this richly illustrated book is reminiscent of the popular Griffin and... (more)

The Legend of the Villa Della Luna: The Sequel to the Secrets of Pistoulet

The Legend of the Villa Della Luna: The Sequel to the Secrets of Pistoulet

by Jana Fayne Kolpen

In the tradition of Griffin & Sabine comes this lively sequel to The Secrets of Pistoulet--a further chronicle of the adventures of Mademoiselle J. While a guest at a magnificent Italian seaside villa, Mlle. J. reaches out to a grieving man who has isolated himself inside a lighthouse after a tragic love affair. 200+ color & sepia-toned photos. Original watercolors, gatefold, envelope with letter &... (more)

Griffin and Sabine: An Extraordinary Correspondence

Griffin and Sabine: An Extraordinary Correspondence

by Nick Bantock

Passionate Love Letters: An Anthology of Desire

Passionate Love Letters: An Anthology of Desire

by Michelle Lovric

Facsimile reproductions of actual love letters include the correspondence of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn, Horatio Nelson and Emma Hamilton, Elizabeth Barrett and Robert Browning, and other famous couples. 100,000 first printing. $50,000 ad/promo. IP.

The Jolly Postman

by Janet Ahlberg, Allan Ahlberg

A new, larger version of a title in which the Jolly Postman delivers cards and letters to various fairytale characters. Includes six envelopes containing letters and cards. Illustrated in colour.

The Jolly Christmas Postman

by Allan Ahlberg

Fifteen years ago, long before anyone else thought of tucking actual letters and notes inside a book, Little, Brown published The Jolly Postman by Allan and Janet Ahlberg. This wonderful book gave children a chance to read letters sent from one fairy tale or Mother Goose character to another. Among the funny notes was one from Jack, who lolled on a sun-drenched island, thanking the Giant for the gold that let... (more)

Women's Letters: America from the Revolutionary War to the Present

Women's Letters: America from the Revolutionary War to the Present

Historical events of the last three centuries come alive through these women’s singular correspondences—often their only form of public expression. In 1775, Rachel Revere tries to send financial aid to her husband, Paul, in a note that is confiscated by the British; First Lady Dolley Madison tells her sister about rescuing George Washington’s portrait during the War of 1812; one week after JFK’s assassination,... (more)

Letters of the Century: America 1900-1999

Letters of the Century: America 1900-1999

"Immediate and evocative, letters witness and fasten history, catching events as they happen," write Lisa Grunwald and Stephen J. Adler in their introduction to this remarkable book. In more than 400 letters from both famous figures and ordinary citizens, Letters of the Century encapsulates the people and places, events and trends that shaped our nation during the last 100 years. Here is Mark Twain's hilarious... (more)

Circle of Kindness: An Irish Journey of the Heart

Circle of Kindness: An Irish Journey of the Heart

by Jana Fayne Kolpen

The team that made international best-sellers of The Secrets of Pistoulet and Dancing with the Moon returns with a powerful new tale of transformation and the healing power of love, this one set in Ireland, that most magical and warm-hearted of countries. In the enchanted Irish countryside of ancient forests, singing bridges, and babbling brooks stands a thatch-roofed pink cottage overlooking the sea. In... (more)

Dancing with the Moon: A Story of Love at the Villa della Luna

Dancing with the Moon: A Story of Love at the Villa della Luna

by Jana Fayne Kolpen

Readers enchanted by The Secrets of Pistoulet will delight in the further adventures of Mademoiselle J. In Dancing with the Moon (originally published in 1997 as The Legend of the Villa della Luna ), our heroine embarks on another voyage of self-discovery and finds herself the guest at a magnificent seaside villa in Italy. At the Villa della Luna, Mademoiselle J. meets a grieving man whose heartache has... (more)

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In Which the Extraordinary Correspondence of Griffin and Sabine Continues

by Nick Bantock

by Nick Bantock

In Which the Extraordinary Correspondence of Griffin and Sabine Concludes

by Nick Bantock

by Nick Bantock

by Kristine Atkinson

by Michelle Lovric

by Nick Bantock

In Which the Extraordinary Correspondence of Griffin and Sabine Unfolds

by Nick Bantock

by Lemony Snicket

by Barbara Hodgson

by Jana Kolpen

by Jana Fayne Kolpen

by Nick Bantock

by Michelle Lovric

by Janet Ahlberg, Allan Ahlberg

by Allan Ahlberg

by Jana Fayne Kolpen

by Jana Fayne Kolpen