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ALL THROUGH THE NIGHT: A Suspense Story
by Mary Higgins Clark. Condition: NEW 1998 Simon & Schuster small hardcover & DJ (in mylar jacket), first edition, first printing. Content: The wintry story begins on the Upper West Side of Manhattan with 18-year-old Sondra Lewis, an aspiring violinist, tearfully leaving her baby on the steps of St. Clement's Church. Unbeknownst to her, Lenny Centino is robbing that same church on the same night, with his attention particularly on the Church's diamond inlaid chalice. He finds a buggy outside the church and uses it for cover as he flees. Only later does he realize that his take for the night includes the infant Stellina (Italian for star). The narrative then abruptly moves ahead seven years. Clark's lottery-winning protagonists, Alvirah and her husband Willy return for some amateur sleuthing. Sister Cordelia's thrift shop doubles as an after-school recreation place for neighborhood children (including a shy little girl named Star), but the building has been condemned. Bessie Maher had vowed she was leaving the house to the nun and her children. Now that she is gone, the will indicates that the tenants of the house, Vic and Linda Baker, are the true heirs. As December rushes on towards Christmas, Alvirah struggles to put things right before the children are left in the cold. [1 copy available]
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AS THE SHEPHERDS SAW IT
by William T. Ellis. Cover art by E. Helene Sherman. Condition: Gently pre-read 1946 W. A. Wilde (Boston) small hardcover & DJ (in mylar jacket), no edition given. DJ Problems: small chips top and bottom spine with rubbings back panel. Price-clipped. Content: A dramatization of the Nativity narrative by one of the Bethlehem shepherds, who retells it on the night of the Crucifixion to a little company of neighbors and travelers in the very khan where Jesus was born. Questions encouraged. [1 copy available]
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THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF SANTA CLAUS (Revised Edition)
as told to Jeff Guinn. B&W illustrations by Dorit Rabinovitch. Condition: NEW 2003 Jeremy P. Tarcher/Penguin hardcover & DJ (in mylar jacket), revised edition, first printing. Remainder mark bottom edges. Content: Where exactly did Santa Claus come from? How did he meet Mrs. Claus? Who named the reindeer? We've all asked these questions and a million more, and Jeff Guinn uses a wonderful mix of scholarship, fantasy, folklore, and faith to answer them all. According to this "authoritative" autobiography, St. Nicholas began giving gifts in the third century A.D. and never looked back. Did you know the Roman calendar had only 10 months and 355 days and that Christmas caroling was introduced to the world in the thirteenth century? This enchanting Christmas classic returns for a new holiday season, combining historical fact with glorious legend as St. Nicholas himself reveals the definitive story of Santa Claus. With seven centuries of holiday magic all rolled into twenty-four chapters-one for each cold December night leading up to Christmas- this book is a great gift for the whole family! [2 copies available]
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A CELTIC CHRISTMAS: Classic Tales from the Emerald Isle
edited by Mairtin O'Griofa. B&W illustrations by Sheila Kern. Cover art by Marlene Ekman. Condition: NEW 1990 Sterling Publishing small hardcover & DJ (in mylar jacket), first printing. Content: Light a cozy fire, pour yourself a dram or a pint, and curl up with these charming tales of Christmas from Ireland's past. Here's a personal invitation to share an evening with a wealth of lively characters weaving fantastic, humorous, or sentimental, tales about love, drink, ghosts, and villainy. Rich with superstition and tradition, these aren't ordinary Christmas stories. They have the quintessential Irish spirit, and you can almost smell the succulent goose roasting and hear the glasses clinking. Start with "Galway Jack's Christmas", as three people ponder the past, and love lost and found. Read closely, and you'll see that "Ballymaconkey Christmas Club" plays a variation on Dickens' "Christmas Carol". Another tale drops you right into the middle of 1920s Dublin, where a whiskey-loving bachelor gets tricked into proposing marriage. You'll meet one-eyed, one-armed Barney Broderick, who undergoes a series of hysterical mishaps, and a miser who experiences a dark, gritty fate. Each of these 14 tales will entertain you throughout the holiday season! Wonderful!! [1 copy available]
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CERTAIN POOR SHEPHERDS: A Christmas Tale (Audio Cassette)
by Elizabeth Marshall Thomas. Read by the great Alfre Woodard. Condition: NEW 1996 Unabridged Simon & Schuster Audio Books. The box has a small "ding" bottom back corner. 1 cassette, 1.5 hours. Content: This is a rich reimagining of the Nativity story with the pilgrims being a wise goat named Ima and a huge warrior sheepdog , Lila. They are on the mountain guarding a herd of sheep when the star appears, and they immediately sense divinity in the air. Later, they see a flock of angels invisible to their master. Struck by inspiration, they follow the star to Bethlehem, where Lila witnesses the scene at the manger. Many other animals appear in the narrative?camels, a cheetah, other dogs, a gazelle - giving Thomas an opportunity to represent natural creatures interacting and cherishing their freedom, which to animals is a form of grace. [1 copy available]
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CERTAIN POOR SHEPHERDS: A Christmas Tale
by Elizabeth Marshall Thomas. Cover art by Lori Lohstoeter. B&W illustrations by Andrew Davidson. Condition: NEW 1997 Scribner Paperback Edition softcover, firt printing. Remainder mark bottom edges. Content: This is a rich reimagining of the Nativity story with the pilgrims being a wise goat named Ima and a huge warrior sheepdog , Lila. They are on the mountain guarding a herd of sheep when the star appears, and they immediately sense divinity in the air. Later, they see a flock of angels invisible to their master. Struck by inspiration, they follow the star to Bethlehem, where Lila witnesses the scene at the manger. Many other animals appear in the narrative?camels, a cheetah, other dogs, a gazelle - giving Thomas an opportunity to represent natural creatures interacting and cherishing their freedom, which to animals is a form of grace. [1 copy available]
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A CHRISTMAS GARLAND: Stories, poems, and prayers for the holiday season
compiled by Grace Hudson. Beautiful, warm color illustrations by Margaret Tarrant. Condition: UNREAD 1995 Gramercy hardcover & DJ (in mylar jacket), first printing. Content: Poems by Rossetti and Blake; short stories by Irving, Dickens, & Andersen; and selections from the Bible make this book a jewel for the Christmas season. Wonderful read-aloud material. The illustrations are simply spectacular. [1 copy available]
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CHRISTMAS IN CANAAN
by Kenny Rogers (yes that one!) & Donald Davenport. Kadir Nelson cover art. Condition: NEW 2001 HarperCollins small hardcover & DJ (in mylar jacket), first edition, first printing. Content: Country and western star Rogers and co-writer Davenport deliver a novel of interracial friendship that opens in the 1960s. The lives of two Texas boys are forever altered one morning in the 1960s after one has a run-in with the other on the school bus. Rodney, a quiet bookworm, sits at the rear of the bus because he's black. DJ, a white boy frantically finishing his homework needs to know a state capital. When Rodney supplies the right answer, DJ is teased that he is dumber than Rodney. A fight ensues between the boys, and DJ's father decides the wisest punishment is to have the boys live together, two days at each house. Rodney's grandmother agrees. The kids find the experience very trying until a wounded dog draws them together. Then the friendship is sealed, and the gentle narrative chronicles a sweet, lifelong bond. The story culminates in racial unrest that puts Rodney's life in jeopardy. The holiday backdrop makes this good seasonal fare, and the engaging premise, resonant narrative, and believable characters make this an enjoyable read. A nice, sweet story of love & tolerance for the season. [1 copy available]
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CHRISTMAS LEGENDS TO REMEMBER: Legend of the Candy Cane; Legend of the Christmas Tree; Legend of Saint Nicholas
by Helen Haidle. Condition: NEW 2002 Honor Books (Tulsa) small hardcover (dark red boards with gilt lettering) & DJ (in mylar jacket), firt edition. Content: An award-winning author presents three classic short story "legends" about the origins of the candy cane, the Christmas tree, and St. Nicholas. In addition, a special section is included that reveals the true history of these Christmas traditions. Red & white decorations. [1 copy available]
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CHRISTMAS, PRESENT: A Novel
by Jacquelyn Mitchard. Condition: NEW 2003 HarperCollins small hardcover & DJ (in mylar jacket), first edition, first printing. Content: It's December 23, and Elliott Banner and his wife, Laura, are celebrating their 14th wedding anniversary with a romantic dinner at a good Italian restaurant and a performance of the Cirque du Soleil. Soon after the show, their car breaks down in a Boston tunnel, and Elliott's beloved is stricken with a crippling headache that sends them to a nearby hospital. After a physical exam and an MRI, Dr. Campanile advises them to call the family together; Laura has a brain hemorrhage and has but 24 hours to live - which takes them to Christmas Eve. The clan gathers quickly. After a loving recap of a life well lived (including a surprise secret), everyone gets a final hug and a kiss from Laura. What could easily have become a quicksand of sentimentality is saved by Mitchard's straightforward writing, which is poignant rather than mawkish, sometimes mordant and, despite the theme of the story, surprisingly humorous. Laura does die, something the reader knows will happen from the very beginning. Her death is undeniably sad, but a final chapter offers the bereft Elliott and his three daughters the Christmas present Laura promised would be theirs: hope for the future. [1 copy available]
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THE CHRISTMAS SHOES
by Donna VanLiere. Wrap-around cover art by Anne Twomey. Condition: NEW 2001 St. Martin's small hardcover & DJ (in mylar jacket), third printing. Content: Based on a song ("The Christmas Shoes") by NewSong, this book introduces us to Robert Layton, an ambitious lawyer who sacrifices his youthful idealism to become a partner and specialize in bankruptcy law. His ambition backfires, though, when his wife, Kate, announces that she wants a divorce from her often absent husband, throwing family life into chaos right before the holidays. Meanwhile, on the other side of the tracks, another couple anticipates impending tragedy as young mechanic Robert Andrews tries to prepare his family for the coming death of his attractive wife, Maggie, from ovarian cancer. The two families' lives critically intersect when Layton goes Christmas shopping and encounters Andrews's young son, Nathan, trying to buy a pair of shoes for his mother as a going-away present. When the hard-hearted lawyer sees that the boy is short of cash, he ponies up for the purchase. The transformation that follows makes for a heartwarming story, and VanLiere writes some affecting family scenes that contrast the material poverty of the Andrewses with the spiritual poverty of the Laytons. This was made into a CBS TV movie (2002) starring Rob Lowe, Kimberly Williams, Max Morrow, Maria del Mar, Hugh Thompson, and Dorian Harewood. Directed by Andy Wolk. Viewers give the movie 5 stars and the book 4 stars. [1 copy available]
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CHRISTMAS STARS (Inscribed Copy)
edited by David G. Hartwell. Nick Jainschigg. Condition: NEW 1992 TOR papaerback, first edition, first printing. Pale hinge crease result of editor signing on Title Page. Content: The best of Christmas--past, present, and yet to comeChristmas is a time for miracle, scientific and otherwise, and for surprises that can only occur at this time of the year. But what marvels will the holidays bring to the far future--or to alien worlds light-years from the North Pole? In this celebratory collection, many of today's finest writers of fantasy and science fiction unwrap startling visions of the future of Christmas. An unusual Christmas spirit brings confusion-and romance-to a modern young woman. A father's gift opens up the universe for all humanity. And a devout researcher uncovers the shattering secret of the original Star of Bethlehem. These and other stories shine like sparkling, unearthly ornaments on a fresh green tree of holiday traditions.'Twas the night before tomorrow, and all through the galaxy, nothing burns as bright as... Christmas Stars. [1 copy available]
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A CHRISTMAS TREASURY
Illustrated by Greg Hildebrandt. Condition: Gently pre-read 1984 Unicorn Publishing hardcover (NO DJ) with pictorial boards & gilt lettering, 5th printing. Gift inscription loose endpage. Content: Hildebrandt illustrates traditional Christmas stories ('Twas the Night Before Christmas, etc.) and carols (complete with "sheet" music). Although not suitable as a gift, it would be a wonderful resouce for teachers and librarians. [1 copy available]
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THE CHRISTMAS TREE
by Julie Salamon. Lovely warm color illustrations by Jill Weber. Decorated endpages. Condition: NEW 1996 Random House small hardcover & DJ (in mylar jacket), first ediiton, second printing. Content: The chief gardener at Rockefeller Center dreads Christmas because one of his responsibilities is the selection of the center's giant Christmas tree, which is not an easy job. Thus, he is thrilled one spring to have found the perfect tree so early and foresees no problem in persuading the nuns who own the property on which the tree stands to let him have it. Then he meets Sister Anthony, who came to the convent as a young orphan and made a close friend of the Norway Spruce she calls "Tree." This charming little tale is a perfect choice for the holiday season. [1 copy available]
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A CUP OF CHRISTMAS TEA
by Tom Hegg. Color illustrations by Warren Hanson. Condition: NEW 1982 Waldman H ouse Press hardcover (pictorial boards - no DJ issued), first edition. Content: In rhyming verse, Hegg tells a familiar, uplifting story of the onerous family obligations that often descend around the holidays. The narrator is almost perfectly happy as Christmas approaches, enjoying the "30 days reprieve ’til VISA could catch up with me." Unfortunately, he has received an invitation to tea from his great aunt, and he has no desire to go. He remembers the old woman "as vigorous,/ as funny and as bright," but she recently suffered a stroke, and he thinks it will be depressing to see her. Before long, though, he succumbs to "an acid rain of guilt" and forces himself to go, and the experience is ultimately rewarding. Hegg doesn’t employ continuous rhyme or meter, so the writing never becomes overbearing or stilted but rather has a conversational lilt. he packaging also highlights the Christmas colors in Hanson’s fine, minimalist watercolors, which are bright on the golden pages. Questions welcome. [1 copy available.]
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HE SEES YOU WHEN YOU'RE SLEEPING: A Novel
by Mary Higgins Clark & Carol Higgins Clark. Covert art & interior illustrations by Julie Scott. Condition: NEW 2001 Scribner first edition, first printing hardcover & DJ (in mylar jacket). Perfect book. Content: Sterling has been waiting outside heaven's doors since he was hit in the head with a golf ball 46 years ago, but his self-centered attitudes on earth haven't earned him entrance. On a special probationary pass back to the living, Sterling must find one person who needs his help and meet that need. [1 copy available]
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AN IRISH CHRISTMAS: Stories
by John B. Keane. Cover & illustrations by Saska & Andreyev. Condition: NEW 2001 Carroll & Graf hardcover & DJ (in mylar jacket), second printing. Content: Sure and if a body likes Irish humor and tales, this whimsical, solidly Hibernian set of 17 stories featuring the roguish, charming and not-so-charming denizens of County Kerry will be a fine bet to place under the tree. Novelist, poet and fabulist Keane offers these authentically cadenced tales for the holidays, even though many of them only nominally concern Christmas. In "A Christmas Comeuppance," the local canon learns the truth of the old adage "people in glass houses..." through the lens of a judicious video camera. "The Seven Year Trance" finds Hiccup O'Reilly playing Scheherazade for his brothers-in-law, who promise to beat him up if he doesn't come up with a good story to explain his seven-year absence. A fantastical ghost story accompanied by many rounds at the local pub (financed by Hiccup) saves his life. "The Resurrection" features a fey, lovely barmaid who succeeds in "raising" a comatose young football player she has always had a hankering for. A calf gains a home instead of becoming "baby beef" by submitting himself, as it were, to God in "The Sacred Calf." Irish customs from the public house to the wake are lovingly explored by a writer who casts an amused eye on the foibles of his countrymen. [1 copy available]
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IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE and THE MIRACLE OF THE BELLS (Audio Cassette) AND The MIRACLE OF THE BELLS (paperback) (2 for 1 offer)
by AMC Movies To Go. James Stewart & Frank Sinatra cover art. Condition: NEW (still shrink-wrapped) 2000 Rare Spirits audio casettes (2). Perfect. The book is a 1973 Avon paperback, first printing in good only condition. Content: For many years, Cecil B. DeMille would invite the original box office superstars to recreate their screen roles for the Lux Radio Theatre. American Movie Classics (AMC TV) has issued these performances from Radio Spirits library. Thewe radio adaptations use original scores and brilliant sound effects. Digitally remastered with intermissions featuring the original commercials. It's a Wonderful Life with Jimmy Stewart and Donna Reed. The Miracle of the Bells (if you haven't seen it, it's a fantastic B&W soap opera tearjerker about a press agent (Fred MacMurray), a priest (Frank Sinatra), and a dead actress (Valli?) with MacMurray and Sinatra recreating their movie roles. I love it. Questions welcome. Guaranteed. [1 copy available]
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THE JOY OF A PEANUTS CHRISTMAS: 50 Years of Holiday Comics
by Charles Schulz. Color & B&W comics. Condition: NEW 1992 Hallmark small hardcover (pictorial boards) & DJ (in mylar jacket), first edition, first printing. Tiny edgewear to DJ corners. Content: The best Christmas cartoons from the Peanuts gang by decade, the 50's, 60's, etc. Nostalgia at it's finest. How I miss Charles Schulz. [1 copy available]
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THE LETTER (Sequel to The Christmas Box)
by Paul Evans. Two-color throughout. Condition: UNREAD 1997 Simon & Schuster small hardcover & DJ (in mylar jacket), 7th printing. The only flaw in this near-perfect book is a gift inscription on the loose endpage. Content: This glowing novel of loss and healing carries readers back into the lives of the characters from Evans' bestselling "The Christmas Box". After the death of their daughter, David and MaryAnne Parkin discover a letter written by the child which helps to restore the joy to their embattled relationship. [1 copy available]
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MIRACLE ON 34TH STREET (Facsimilie Edition)
by Valentine Davies. Condition: NEW 2001 Harcourt Brace small hardcover [7.6 x 5.3 x 0.6 (136 pages)] & DJ (in mylar jacket), first thus, first printing. Perfect! Content: Everyone knows the story of Miracle on 34th Street but this edition is "special." It is a reproduction of the book that was rushed into print and available for the premiere of the movie. There is also a section in the book dedicated to the movie and it's production. Neat stocking stuffer. Gift wrapping available. [2 copies available]
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MIRACLES OF CHRISTMAS
compiled by Miriam Mindeman. Condition: NEW 1997 Harold Shaw (Wheaton) hardcover (pictorial boards) & DJ (window cut-out to book cover - so a mylar jacket would not work for this book), first edition, first printing. Lovely purple & white text & decorations. Content: Stories in this book: Star Over Bethlehem (Agatha Christie); The Child in the Midst (Patricia St. John); The Flight Into Egypt (Selma Lagerlof); Alice's Christmas Tree (Edward Everett Hale); Teacher Jensen (Karen Michaelis); The Secret of the Gifts (Paul Flucke); Angels and Other Strangers (Katherine Patterson); Christmas on the Moor (Elizabeth Goudge); The Sad Shepherd (Henry8 Van Dyke); The Son of the Prince Bishop (William Canton); Christmas Day in the Morning (Pearl Buck); and Aunt Cynthy Dallett (Sarah Orne Jewett). [1 copy available]
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THE MODERN MAGI: A Christmas Fable
by Carol Lynn Pearson. Beautiful Wendell Minor cover art painting. Condition: NEW 1998 St. Martin's Press small hardcover & DJ (in mylar jacket), first edition, first printing. Tiny shelfwear top DJ edge. Content: Annabelle Perkins, a spinster of 57 who waits tables, has a little bronze lamb she wants to take to Bethlehem as a gift for baby Jesus. Her mother had always told her that they would take it together. But now her parents are dead. Annabelle deposits $200 on a $2,000 Christmas trip to the Holy Land. She doesn't earn much and has a bad heart as well, but she puts in an extra day a week at the restaurant and by November is ready for the trip. Then, however, she learns that the daughter of one of her regular customers is going to drop out of collegeshe's run out of money. Baby Jesus whispers to Annabelle, Give me my gift now. So Annabelle anonymously sends her savings in a postal money order to the girl. Next year, Annabelle again saves up for the trip, but this time she reads that an ex-boyfriend has a daughter who needs a kidney transplant (price: $50,000). Baby Jesus whispers again. And Annabelle sends the money to the ex, anonymously. Next year, the same kind of giveaway occurs. Now she's too weak to work overtime (and thus save for the fare). But, lo, a miracle takes place. . . [1 copy available]
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MR. IVES' CHRISTMAS
by Oscar Hijuelos. Condition: UNREAD 1996 HarperPerennial Trade Paperback, first printing. Perfect but for light tanning to interior page edges. Content: For Edward Ives, a graphic artist employed by a Madison Avenue advertising firm, Christmas has always been an emotionally charged holiday. It was during the Christmas season that Edward's foster father first visited him at the foundling home, and at Christmas a few years later Edward was finally adopted. Ives met his wife at an art students' Christmas party, and-most importantly-it was during the 1967 Christmas season that Ives's 17-year-old son was senselessly gunned down as he left choir practice. Ives has never fully recovered from the killing, and his unshakable depression threatens to destroy his marriage, as does his strange obsession with rehabilitating the murderer. [2 copies available]
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MR. IVES' CHRISTMAS
by Oscar Hijuelos. Condition: UNREAD 1995 HarperCollins hardcover & DJ (in mylar jacket) first edition, first printing. Content: For Edward Ives, a graphic artist employed by a Madison Avenue advertising firm, Christmas has always been an emotionally charged holiday. It was during the Christmas season that Edward's foster father first visited him at the foundling home, and at Christmas a few years later Edward was finally adopted. Ives met his wife at an art students' Christmas party, and-most importantly-it was during the 1967 Christmas season that Ives's 17-year-old son was senselessly gunned down as he left choir practice. Ives has never fully recovered from the killing, and his unshakable depression threatens to destroy his marriage, as does his strange obsession with rehabilitating the murderer. [1 copy available]
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ONE CHRISTMAS
by Truman Capote. Photo of Capote and his father on the DJ. Condition: NEW 1995 Randon House hardcover & DJ (in mylar jacket), second printing. Two tiny loss-of-color spots top DJ edge. Content: One unforgettable Christmas, young Truman Capote is sent from his childhood home and his beloved cousin Miss Sook to New Orleans, to a father he's never met. Far from the warmth and familiarity of small town dreams and family traditions, Truman learns the painful truths about his father, about Santa Claus, and about love lost and found. The 1994 Hallmark Hall of Fame TV movie was directed by Tony Bill and starred Katharine Hepburn, Henry Winkler, Swoosie Kurtz, T.J. Lowther, Tonea Stewart, and Pat Hingle. Questions welcome. [1 copy available]
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POEMS FOR CHRISTMAS
selected by Neil Philip. Illustrations by John Lawrence. Condition: Gently pre-read 1995 St. Martin's hardcover & DJ (in mylar jacket), first US Edition, second printing. Red decorations & forest green full-page illustrations by Lawrence. Content: Featuring 57 classic poems and dozens of engravings, this handsome volume celebrates the spirit and the literary timelessness of the yuletide season. It is a book that the entire family can share at Christmas, but will particularly appeal to younger readers. Includes two-color illustrations throughout. [1 copy available]
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POLITICALLY CORRECT HOLIDAY STORIES: For An Enlightened Yuletide Season
by James Finn Garner. H. B. Lewis cover art. Condition: NEW 1995 Macmillan small hardcover & DJ (in mylar jacket), first edition first printing. Content: If you have never read any of the "politically correct" books, you definitely have a hole in your cultural education! Reviewer: This book consists of five stories: 'Twas the Night Before Solstice, Frosty the Persun of Snow, The Nutcracker, Rudolph the Nasally Empowered Reindeer, and A Christmas Carol. Garner's stories are packed with spectacular satire, and left me in hysterics. Although I am a true fan of Christmas, and love all of the original versions of these stories I couldn't have been happier about the jest poked in the direction of a society to absorbed in political corectness that it has forgotten the joy of a season. For an off-beat Christmas treat I urge you to pick up this book. It's a quick read and full of laughs." It's also a great gift for the cynic in your life. [2 copies available]
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A RETURN TO CHRISTMAS: A Novel (Audio Book)
by Chris Heimerdinger. Read by Dylan Baker. Bob Drombowski cover art. Condition: 1997 Harper Audio, two tapes, running time 3 hours. "Rad" once. Tiny edgewear top box flap. GUARANTEED! Content: Until he was three years old, Artemus Holiday and his twin brother, Andrew, had shared the adventures of life together. But when young Artemus lost his brother in a terrible tragedy on Christmas day, the miracle of the Christmas season seemed forever shrouded by a cloud of sadness and despair. This season, something extraordinary is about to reveal itself. This heartwarming Christmas story follows the lives of two eleven-year-old heroes--the weary and cynical Artemus and an outcast named Chess, a homeless con-artist with a heart of gold. Through a simple twist of fate, these boys will find themselves swept into the adventure of a lifetime--one that takes them beyond their wildest imaginings. [1 copy available]
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THE ROADS FROM BETHLEHEM: Christmas Literature from Writers Ancient and Modern
by Pegram Johnson III & Edna M. Trioano, editors. B&W illustrations. Condition: NEW 1993 Westminster/John Knox hardcover & DJ (in mylar jacket), first ediiton, first printing. The DJ shows a bit of shelfwear top edge. Interior perfect. Content: This collection contains approximately 100 attempts to capture the meaning of Christmas in Scripture, theological writing, liturgy, literary prose, and poetry from Old Testament prophecy to the present. The early traditions show the most diversity, using not only scriptural sources but also pseudoepigrapha, Syrian, Chinese, and European material; the medieval tradition is represented by European and British material. With very few exceptions (e.g., Kierkegaard and a Mexican nun) later material is British and American. With brief, useful headnotes to the selections. [1 copy available]
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SANTA COWS
by Cooper Edens. Hilarious, yet soft, color illustrations by Daniel Lane. Condition: Gently pre-read, very good Green Tiger Press hardcover (pictorial boards) with name inside front cover. Interior as new. Content: As this offbeat parody of "The Night Before Christmas" opens, the family is enjoying a Christmas feast of pizza, popcorn and microwaved eel and clam cakes: "When all of a sudden, not the sound of reindeers, / But the mooing of Santa Cows came to our ear. / So we ran to the windows and opened the shutters. / We threw up the blinds to a sky full of udders." The Santa Cows, with eyes "like Liz Taylor's," are coming and bringing with them a beautiful tree, a concert of carols and equipment for a Christmas Day baseball game. Lane's warm, slightly fuzzy illustrations, full of strange details and odd knickknacks, make this wacky fantasy seem possible. At less than half the length of Moore's original, the story will leave readers who appreciate its irreverent humor wanting more but pleased with a refreshingly different Christmas offering. Ages 7-up. [This is really an adult book of humor - warped and hilarious!] [1 copy available]
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SANTA COWS
by Cooper Edens. Hilarious, yet soft, color illustration by Daniel Lane. Condition: Gently pre-read, very good Green Tiger Press hardcover (pictorial boards) & DJ (in mylar jacket), first printing. No problems - just pre-read. Content: As this offbeat parody of "The Night Before Christmas" opens, the family is enjoying a Christmas feast of pizza, popcorn and microwaved eel and clam cakes: "When all of a sudden, not the sound of reindeers, / But the mooing of Santa Cows came to our ear. / So we ran to the windows and opened the shutters. / We threw up the blinds to a sky full of udders." The Santa Cows, with eyes "like Liz Taylor's," are coming and bringing with them a beautiful tree, a concert of carols and equipment for a Christmas Day baseball game. Lane's warm, slightly fuzzy illustrations, full of strange details and odd knickknacks, make this wacky fantasy seem possible. At less than half the length of Moore's original, the story will leave readers who appreciate its irreverent humor wanting more but pleased with a refreshingly different Christmas offering. Ages 7-up. [This is really an adult book of humor - warped and hilarious!] [1 copy available]
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SECRET SANTA
by Anne Osborn Poelman. B&W illustrations. Condition: Gently pre-read Shadow Mountain small hardcover & DJ (in mylar jacket), first edition, first printing. This is an ex-library book with markings, but was only checked out once. Content: It is getting close to Christmas and Tom Van Sloaten is getting discouraged. His father has not been getting work. As a matter of fact, his father's health seems to be getting worse, and with the country in the midst of the the depression, it looks like a grim holiday season. Of course his younger sister who also goes to the same high school seems unaware of the strain on the family, she is only aware of her own social agenda. And the younger brothers and sisters are looking forward to Sants's visit. In this bittersweet Christmas story Anne Osborn Poelman weaves a Christmas story for all ages. Tom struggles with the desires of his heart and the expectations of those around him and looks for the true meaning of Christmas. Others around him also are looking for their own meanings of Christmas. This is a tender story that does not dissappoint and does not strike a single false note. This is based on an experience from the author's family's history. A delightful story that will be enjoyed over and over. [1 copy available]
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SKIPPING CHRISTMAS: A Novel
by John Grisham. Cover art by Andrew Davidson. Condition: NEW 2001 Doubleday small hardcover & DJ (in mylar jacket), first edition, second printing. Perfect. Content: John Grisham turns a satirical eye on the overblown ritual of the festive holiday season, and the result is Skipping Christmas, a modest but funny novel about the tyranny of December 25. Grisham's story revolves around a typical middle-aged American couple, Luther and Nora Krank. On the first Sunday after Thanksgiving they wave their daughter Blair off to Peru to work for the Peace Corps, and they suddenly realize that they are alone for the holiday. So Luther makes an executive decision, telling his wife, friends, and neighbors that "we won't do Christmas." Instead, Luther books a 10-day Caribbean cruise. But things start to turn nasty when horrified neighbors get wind of the Krank's subversive scheme and besiege the couple with questions about their decision. Grisham builds up a funny but increasingly terrifying picture of how this tight-knit community turns on the Kranks, who find themselves under increasing pressure to conform. As the tension mounts, readers may wonder whether they will manage to board their plane on Christmas day. The 2004 movie starred Tim Allen, Jamie Lee Curtis, Dan Aykroyd, M. Emmet Walsh, Elizabeth Franz, Cheech Marin, & the wonderful character actor, Austin Pendleton. Book is much better than the movie.
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THE STORY OF THE OTHER WISE MAN
by Henry van Dyke. Intro by Leo Buscaglia. Condition: NEW 1984 Ballantine paperback, first printing. Tiny mfg. "wrinkle" top front hinge. Content: On the centennial of its first publication, Tthis book still glows with the eternal essence of Christmas, which is love. Written at the end of the 19th Century, this short inspirational fable tells the tale of a fourth wise man, or Magi, who, like his three colleagues, bears gifts in search of the baby Jesus. His purpose was the highest -- to find the King. With much torture of soul, he turned aside time after time to feed the hungry, to clothe the naked, to heal the sick, to comfort the captive. In one last impulse of love, he denies to himself his great desire Then wonder of wonders, and joy of joys, he finds that his great desire is accomplished in this very denial. This story has the happiest ending that any story could ever have, a story and an ending that can become true in the lives of every man and woman. There is also a nice movie based on this book starring Martin Sheen. Questions welcome.
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TREASURED STORIES OF CHRISTMAS
by the Editors of Guideposts. Red & White decorations. Condition: UNREAD 1997 Inspirational Press hardcover & DJ (in mylar jacket), no printing given. Content: Christmas stories from Norman Vincent Peale, Helen Steiner Rice, Pearl Buck, Catherine Marshall, Jim Bishop, Billy Graham, Saint Luke, and many more. Questions welcome. [1 copy available]
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THE TWELVE GRAYS OF CHRISTMAS [Science Fiction]
by Hallmark. Color drawings. Condition: Gently pre-read 1998 Hallmark Shoebox small hardcover (pictorial boards), no edition given. Content: A really cute, neat Science Fiction Christmas story for the SciFi fantatic in your life. I will not ruin the story for you. Questions welcome.
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