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9780547819235 | Houghton Mifflin, October 2, 2012, cover price $30.00

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Product Description: Mark Helprin anticipated that his 2007 New York Times op-ed piece about the extension of the term of copyright would be received quietly. instead, within a week, the article had generated 750,000 angry comments. shocked by his young critics’ breathtaking sense of entitlement and appalled by the breadth, speed, and illogic of their arguments, Helprin realized how drastically different this generation was from those before it...read more
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Hardcover:

9780061733116 | 1 edition (Harpercollins, May 1, 2009), cover price $24.99 | About this edition: World-renowned novelist Mark Helprin offers a ringing Jeffersonian defense of private property in the age of digital culture, with its degradation of thought and language, and collectivist bias against the rights of individual creators.

Paperback:

9780061733123 | Reprint edition (Harpercollins, November 23, 2010), cover price $14.99 | About this edition: Mark Helprin anticipated that his 2007 New York Times op-ed piece about the extension of the term of copyright would be received quietly.

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Product Description: A bestseller that takes readers on a journey to New York of the Belle Epoque, where Peter Lake attempts to rob a Manhattan mansion only to find the daughter of the house at home. Thus begins the love between the middle-aged Irishman and Beverly Penn, a young girl who is dying...read more
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9780151972036 | Houghton Mifflin, May 1, 1991, cover price $38.00 | About this edition: Peter Lake--orphan, thief, mechanic extraordinare--and Athansor, a flying Brooklyn milkhorse, establish a reign of love and justice in New York City in the year 2000

Paperback:

9780156031196 | Reissue edition (Mariner Books, June 1, 2005), cover price $16.00 | About this edition: When master mechanic Peter Lake attempts to rob a mansion on the Upper West Side, he is caught by young Beverly Penn, the terminally ill daughter of the house, and their subsequent love sends Peter on a desperate personal journey
9780156001946 | Reissue edition (Harvest Books, March 1, 1995), cover price $17.00 | About this edition: When master mechanic Peter Lake attempts to rob a mansion on the Upper West Side, he is caught by young Beverly Penn, the terminally ill daughter of the house, and their subsequent love sends Peter on a desperate personal journey
9780671727079 | Reprint edition (Washington Square Pr, February 1, 1991), cover price $14.00 | About this edition: Peter Lake--orphan, thief, mechanic extraordinare--and Athansor, a flying Brooklyn milkhorse, establish a reign of love and justice in New York City in the year 2000
9780756785390 | Diane Pub Co, November 30, 1983, cover price $17.00 | About this edition: A bestseller that takes readers on a journey to New York of the Belle Epoque, where Peter Lake attempts to rob a Manhattan mansion only to find the daughter of the house at home.

Miscellaneous:

9781605149509 | Findaway World Llc, July 1, 2008, cover price $124.99 | About this edition: A bestseller that takes readers on a journey to New York of the Belle Epoque, where Peter Lake attempts to rob a Manhattan mansion only to find the daughter of the house at home.

CD/Spoken Word:

9781602833449 | Unabridged edition (Audiogo, March 18, 2008), cover price $49.95 | About this edition: On the 25th Anniversary of its First Publication, the Audio Debut of this Magical Novel of Love, Death and New York.

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9780606244107 | Demco Media, February 1, 2003, cover price $22.46 | About this edition: A bestseller that takes readers on a journey to New York of the Belle Epoque, where Peter Lake attempts to rob a Manhattan mansion only to find the daughter of the house at home.

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Product Description: On his, last long walk, septuagenarian war hero, deserter, and professor Alessandro Giuliani shares his past with an illiterate young factory worker -- spinning a remarkable tale of heart-stopping escapes, of loves unrequited and won, of madmen, dwarfs, and mafiosi...read more
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9781605140070 | Unabridged edition (Findaway World Llc, January 15, 2008), cover price $54.99 | also contains A Soldier of the Great War | About this edition: On his, last long walk, septuagenarian war hero, deserter, and professor Alessandro Giuliani shares his past with an illiterate young factory worker -- spinning a remarkable tale of heart-stopping escapes, of loves unrequited and won, of madmen, dwarfs, and mafiosi.

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Product Description: On his, last long walk, septuagenarian war hero, deserter, and professor Alessandro Giuliani shares his past with an illiterate young factory worker -- spinning a remarkable tale of heart-stopping escapes, of loves unrequited and won, of madmen, dwarfs, and mafiosi...read more
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9780151836017, titled "Soldier of the Great War" | Limited edition (Harcourt, May 1, 1991), cover price $100.00 | About this edition: A Roman student is torn from his carefree life when World War I breaks out, and fifty years later, recounts the triumphs and tragedies of his existence to an illiterate factory worker
9780151836000, titled "Soldier of the Great War" | Harcourt, April 1, 1991, cover price $40.00 | About this edition: A Roman student is torn from his carefree life when World War I breaks out, and fifty years later, recounts the triumphs and tragedies of his existence to an illiterate factory worker

Paperback:

9780156031134 | Reissue edition (Mariner Books, June 1, 2005), cover price $16.00 | About this edition: Sharing his past with an illiterate young factory worker, septuagenarian war hero and professor Alessandro Giuliani shares his adventures surrounding the Great War, during which he confronted lovers, madmen, and mafiosi.
9780380727360 | Avon Books, May 1, 1996, cover price $15.00 | About this edition: A Roman student is torn from his carefree life when World War I breaks out, and fifty years later, recounts the triumphs and tragedies of his existence to an illiterate factory worker
9780380715893 | Reprint edition (Avon Books, May 1, 1992), cover price $7.99 | About this edition: A Roman student is torn from his carefree life when World War I breaks out, and fifty years later, recounts the triumphs and tragedies of his existence to an illiterate factory worker

Miscellaneous:

9781605140070 | Unabridged edition (Findaway World Llc, January 15, 2008), cover price $54.99 | also contains A Soldier of the Great War | About this edition: On his, last long walk, septuagenarian war hero, deserter, and professor Alessandro Giuliani shares his past with an illiterate young factory worker -- spinning a remarkable tale of heart-stopping escapes, of loves unrequited and won, of madmen, dwarfs, and mafiosi.

CD/Spoken Word:

9781602833128 | Unabridged edition (Audiogo, October 1, 2007), cover price $49.95 | About this edition: A Roman student is torn from his carefree life when World War I breaks out, and fifty years later, recounts the triumphs and tragedies of his existence to an illiterate factory worker.

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Product Description: An old man's magnificent tale of love and war-a recapitulation of a life and a reckoning with mortality told by one of America's most acclaimed novelists.
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9781605145068 | Unabridged edition (Findaway World Llc, January 15, 2008), cover price $124.99 | About this edition: An old man's magnificent tale of love and war-a recapitulation of a life and a reckoning with mortality told by one of America's most acclaimed novelists.

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Writing his memoirs from a mountain garden in Brazil, an elderly American recounts his experiences as a World War II ace, an investment banker, a resident in a Switzerland insane asylum, a murderer, and a slave to his coffee addiction. Reprint.
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Hardcover:

9781568952567 | Large print edition (Wheeler Pub Inc, November 1, 1995), cover price $26.95

Paperback:

9780156032001 | Reprint edition (Mariner Books, August 6, 2007), cover price $16.00 | About this edition: Writing his memoirs from a mountain garden in Brazil, an elderly American recounts his experiences as a World War II ace, an investment banker, a resident in a Switzerland insane asylum, a murderer, and a slave to his coffee addiction.
9780380727339 | Avon Books, May 1, 1996, cover price $16.95 | About this edition: An elderly American living in Brazil reminisces about his various lives as World War II ace, multimillionaire investment banker, insane asylum inmate, thief, murderer, lover, and protector of the innocent

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Ridiculed as a matter of course by the British press for their routine gaffes, Prince of Wales Freddy and his wife, the frivolous Fredericka, are sent on a quest to colonize the barbaric land of America, an endeavor during which they engage in such misadventures as a freight train ride, an art theft, and a wayward presidential election. Reader's Guide available. Reprint. 100,000 first printing.
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9781594200540 | Penguin Pr, July 1, 2005, cover price $27.95 | About this edition: Ridiculed by the British press, Prince of Wales Freddy and his wife, the frivolous Fredericka, are sent to colonize the barbaric land of America, during which they engage in a freight train ride, an art theft, and a wayward presidential election.

Paperback:

9780143037255 | Reprint edition (Penguin USA, July 25, 2006), cover price $16.00 | About this edition: Ridiculed as a matter of course by the British press for their routine gaffes, Prince of Wales Freddy and his wife, the frivolous Fredericka, are sent on a quest to colonize the barbaric land of America, an endeavor during which they engage in such misadventures as a freight train ride, an art theft, and a wayward presidential election.

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A novella and ten stories cover an extensive geographical range, from the German Alps to the Indian Ocean, the title novella pertaining to an immigrant whose over-active imagination gets him in and out of trouble. Reissue.
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9780156030601 | Reissue edition (Mariner Books, September 5, 2005), cover price $14.95 | About this edition: A novella and ten stories cover an extensive geographical range, from the German Alps to the Indian Ocean, the title novella pertaining to an immigrant whose over-active imagination gets him in and out of trouble.
9780156283151, titled "Ellis Island & Other Stories" | Reissue edition (Harvest Books, May 1, 1991), cover price $13.00 | About this edition: Winner of the National Jewish Book Award and nominee for both the PEN/Faulkner Award and the American Book Award, these ten stories and the celebrated title novella are “beyond compare .
9780440322047 | Bantam Books, June 1, 1984, cover price $4.95 | About this edition: A novella and ten stories cover an extensive geographical range, from the German Alps to the Indian Ocean, the title novella pertaining to an immigrant whose over-active imagination gets him in and out of trouble

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A new collection of short fiction by the author of Winter's Tale features sixteen stories that profile such colorful characters as a British paratrooper on a mission behind enemy lines, a teenage Hasidic Jew who joins the 1958 Yankees, a female reservist with the Israeli army searching for love, and a September 11th widow who receives a gift from the contractor working on her apartment. Reprint.
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9781594200366, titled "The Pacific And Other Stories" | Penguin Pr, October 21, 2004, cover price $25.95 | About this edition: Sixteen stories feature such characters as a British paratrooper on a mission behind enemy lines, a teenage Hasidic Jew who joins the 1958 Yankees, and a September 11th widow who receives a gift from the contractor working on her apartment.

Paperback:

9780143035763, titled "The Pacific And Other Stories" | Reprint edition (Penguin USA, June 28, 2005), cover price $16.00 | About this edition: A new collection of short fiction by the author of Winter's Tale features sixteen stories that profile such colorful characters as a British paratrooper on a mission behind enemy lines, a teenage Hasidic Jew who joins the 1958 Yankees, a female reservist with the Israeli army searching for love, and a September 11th widow who receives a gift from the contractor working on her apartment.

CD/Spoken Word:

9780792733737 | Unabridged edition (Chivers Sound Library, November 1, 2004), cover price $57.95 | About this edition: At long last, almost ten years since his previous book, Mark Helprin returns with The Pacific and Other Stories, a collection of sixteen stories that display the remarkable scope, incomparable wit, and deft prose that have come to be his signature.

Cassette/Spoken Word:

9780792733720 | Unabridged edition (Chivers Audio Books, November 1, 2004), cover price $89.95 | About this edition: At long last, almost ten years since his previous book, Mark Helprin returns with The Pacific and Other Stories, a collection of sixteen stories that display the remarkable scope, incomparable wit, and deft prose that have come to be his signature.

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Wounded and near death, Marshall Pearl looks back on the memories of his life and the experiences that shaped it, from growing up in the Hudson River Valley and Harvard education, to his return to his native Israel to serve as a soldier in the Yom Kippur War. Reissue.
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Paperback:

9780156031073 | Reissue edition (Mariner Books, June 1, 2005), cover price $15.95 | About this edition: Wounded and near death, Marshall Pearl looks back on the memories of his life and the experiences that shaped it, from growing up in the Hudson River Valley and Harvard education, to his return to his native Israel to serve as a soldier in the Yom Kippur War.

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Twenty stories deal with the courage of a dying priest, an Israeli scout, a young factory worker, a sorrowful orphan, an overwhelmed soldier, and a Sicilian widow. Reissue.
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9780394496597 | Random House Inc, September 1, 1975, cover price $6.95 | About this edition: The twenty stories here, many of which first appeared in The New Yorker and have since been anthologized throughout the world, are strikingly beautiful essays on enduring and universal questions: In Rome, in the hour of his death, and American priest must choose between his Church and his God.

Paperback:

9780156031011, titled "A Dove Of The East: And Other Stories" | Reissue edition (Mariner Books, June 1, 2005), cover price $14.00 | About this edition: Twenty stories deal with the courage of a dying priest, an Israeli scout, a young factory worker, a sorrowful orphan, an overwhelmed soldier, and a Sicilian widow.
9780156261401, titled "A Dove of the East: And Other Stories" | Reprint edition (Harvest Books, October 1, 1990), cover price $12.00 | About this edition: Twenty stories deal with the courage of a dying priest, an Israeli scout, a young factory worker, a sorrowful orphan, an overwhelmed soldier, and a Sicilian widow
9780440321514, titled "A Dove of the East and Other Stories" | Reprint edition (Dell Pub Co, September 1, 1984), cover price $3.95 | About this edition: Twenty stories, set in different locations, cultures and times, depict people whose lives and conceptions of life show them to be both extraordinary and commonplace

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Product Description: At long last, almost ten years since his previous book, Mark Helprin returns with The Pacific and Other Stories, a collection of sixteen stories that display the remarkable scope, incomparable wit, and deft prose that have come to be his signature...read more
By William Dufris (narrator) and Mark Helprin
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9780792733744 | Mp3 una edition (Chivers Sound Library, November 1, 2004), cover price $34.95 | About this edition: At long last, almost ten years since his previous book, Mark Helprin returns with The Pacific and Other Stories, a collection of sixteen stories that display the remarkable scope, incomparable wit, and deft prose that have come to be his signature.

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Product Description: Driven to avenge the murder of her royal parents & reclaim her lost kingdom, a daring young heroine & would-be queen journeys to the besieged city on the plain to seek out its evil conqueror, the Usurper. Helprin's spellbinding tale reveals a city veiled in snow, at once divine & deadly...read more
By Mark Helprin and Chris Van Allsburg (illustrator)
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9780788191039 | Reprint edition (Diane Pub Co, April 1, 2000), cover price $22.00 | About this edition: Driven to avenge the murder of her royal parents & reclaim her lost kingdom, a daring young heroine & would-be queen journeys to the besieged city on the plain to seek out its evil conqueror, the Usurper.
9780670868438 | Viking Childrens Books, October 1, 1996, cover price $22.50 | About this edition: Driven to avenge the murder of her royal parents and reclaim their lost kingdom, a daring young princess confronts the city's conqueror, the Usurper, with the aid of two unlikely rebels

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After many years of peace, a queen prepares for the birth of her first child, only to be forced to confront an impending danger, as the Usurper once again threatens her city, while her husband and his army are vanished into the wilderness, in the third volume of a trilogy that began with Swan Lake.
By Mark Helprin and Chris Van Allsburg (illustrator)
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9780670874910 | Viking Childrens Books, October 1, 1997, cover price $24.00 | About this edition: After many years of peace, a queen prepares for the birth of her first child, only to be forced to confront impending danger, as the Usurper once again threatens her city, while her husband and his army vanish into the wilderness

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An elderly American living in Brazil reminisces about his various lives as World War II ace, multimillionaire investment banker, insane asylum inmate, thief, murderer, lover, and protector of the innocent. By the author of Winter's Tale. 50,000 first printing.
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9780151000975 | Harvest Books, April 1, 1995, cover price $24.00 | About this edition: An elderly American living in Brazil reminisces about his various lives as World War II ace, multimillionaire investment banker, insane asylum inmate, thief, murderer, lover, and protector of the innocent

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An adaptation of the Tchaikovsky ballet follows a prince as he falls in love with the beautiful Queen of the swans and is accompanied by fourteen elegantly structured paintings. Reprint. K.
By Mark Helprin, Juvenile Collection (other contributor) and Chris Van Allsburg (illustrator)
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9780395498583 | Houghton Mifflin, October 1, 1989, cover price $25.00 | About this edition: A prince's love for a swan queen overcomes an evil sorcerer's spell in this fairy tale adaptation of the classic ballet

Paperback:

9780395646472 | Reprint edition (Houghton Mifflin, October 1, 1992), cover price $20.00 | About this edition: A prince's love for a swan queen overcomes an evil sorcerer's spell in this fairy tale adaptation of the classic ballet

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Wounded and near death, Marshall Pearl looks back on the memories of his life and the experiences that shaped it
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9780394412733 | Random House Inc, September 1, 1977, cover price $12.50 | About this edition: Born on an illegal immigrant ship off the Palestinian coast in 1947 and raised by wealthy Americans, Marshall Pearl makes his way through loves, vacations, visions, troubles, triumphs, and adventure after adventure toward the October War of 1973

Paperback:

9780156762403 | Harcourt, August 1, 1990, cover price $15.00 | About this edition: Wounded and near death, Marshall Pearl looks back on the memories of his life and the experiences that shaped it

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Presents a collection of stories selected from magazines in the United States and Canada
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9780395442579 | Houghton Mifflin, October 1, 1988, cover price $17.95 | About this edition: Presents a collection of stories selected from magazines in the United States and Canada

Paperback:

9780395442562 | Houghton Mifflin, October 1, 1988, cover price $8.95 | About this edition: Presents a collection of stories selected from magazines in the United States and Canada

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Born on an illegal immigrant ship off the Palestinian coast in 1947 and raised by wealthy Americans, Marshall Pearl makes his way through loves, vacations, visions, troubles, triumphs, and adventure after adventure toward the October War of 1973
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9780440373162 | Reprint edition (Dell Pub Co, January 1, 1985), cover price $4.95 | About this edition: Born on an illegal immigrant ship off the Palestinian coast in 1947 and raised by wealthy Americans, Marshall Pearl makes his way through loves, vacations, visions, troubles, triumphs, and adventure after adventure toward the October War of 1973

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Twenty stories, set in different locations, cultures and times, depict people whose lives and conceptions of life show them to be both extraordinary and commonplace
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9780385282338 | Delacorte Pr, May 1, 1981, cover price $5.95 | About this edition: Twenty stories, set in different locations, cultures and times, depict people whose lives and conceptions of life show them to be both extraordinary and commonplace

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