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1	Portrait of a Lady more books like this by Henry James add to wishlist 'One ought to choose something very deliberately, and be faithful to that.' Isabel Archer is a young, intelligent, and spirited American girl, determined to relish her first experience of Europe. She rejects two eligible suitors in her fervent commitment to liberty and independence, declaring that she will never marry. Thanks to the generosity ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
2	Turn of the Screw more books like this by Henry James add to wishlist This is a series of simplified stories, designed as an introduction to literature. The series offers classics, best-sellers, film-titles and original stories. Each book has extensive exercises, a detailed introduction and information about the syllabus. They are published at six levels: level 1 - beginner (300 words); level 2 - elementary (500 ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
3	Daisy Miller more books like this by Henry James add to wishlist Travelling in Europe with her family, Daisy Miller, an exquisitely beautiful young American woman, presents her fellow-countryman Winterbourne with a dilemma he cannot resolve. Is she deliberately flouting social convention in the outspoken way she talks and acts, or is she simply ignorant of those conventions? When she strikes up an intimate ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
4	Washington Square more books like this by Henry James add to wishlist Washington Square marks the culmination of James's apprentice period as a novelist. With sharply focused attention upon just four principal characters, James provides an acute analysis of middle-class manners and behaviour in the New York of the 1870s, a period of great change in the life of the city. This change is explored through the device of ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
5	Wings of the Dove more books like this by Henry James add to wishlist Emerging from the grit and stigma of poverty to a life of fairytale privilege under the wing of her aunt, the beautiful and financially ambitious Kate Croy is already romantically involved with promising journalist Merton Densher when they become acquainted with Milly Theale, a New York socialite of immense wealth. Learning of Milly's mortal ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
6	Ambassadors more books like this by Henry James add to wishlist Concerned that her son Chad may have become involved with a woman of dubious reputation, the formidable Mrs. Newsome sends her 'ambassador' Strether from Massachusetts to Paris to extricate him. Strether's mission, however, is gradually undermined as he falls under the spell of the city and finds Chad refined rather than corrupted by its influence ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
7	The Golden Bowl more books like this by Henry James add to wishlist This story of the alliance between Italian aristocracy and American millionaires is 'a work unique among all [James'] novels: it is [his] only novel in which things come out right for his characters...he had finally resolved the questions, curious and passionate, that had kept him at his desk on his inquiries into the process of living. He could ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.95! \| first editions \| SVS
8	Turn of the Screw and Other Short Novels more books like this by H James add to wishlist In THE TURN OF THE SCREW, an innocent, impressionable young governess takes over the education of two delightful children, Flora and Miles, at an isolated country estate. She becomes convinced that the children's former governess and a valet once employed on the estate--both now dead--have returned and are trying to gain control of the children's ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.35! \| first editions \| SVS
9	Technical Drawing more books like this by Frederick E Giesecke add to wishlist For courses in Engineering Graphics/Technical Drawing and Drafting/Technical Sketching. This authoritative text dominates the market by offering the best coverage of basic graphics principles and an unmatched set of fully machinable working drawings. Its practical, well illustrated, step-by-step explanations of procedures have successfully ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $26.00! \| first editions \| SVS
10	Psychology more books like this by Henry Gleitman, 4th add to wishlist This work, aimed at undergraduates, has been updated with fully integrated coverage of the issues at the forefront of modern psychology, specifically neuroscience and the brain, evolutionary psychology and culture. An appendix on research methods has been added, which encourages readers to think critically about "evidence" they encounter in their ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.60! \| first editions \| SVS
11 view cover	The Bostonians more books like this by Henry James add to wishlist Published in 1886, "The Bostonians" begins with the arrival in Boston of Basil Ransom, a young Mississippi lawyer in search of a career. Through his cousin, Olive Chancellor, Ransom comes to meet Verena, the beautiful daughter of a charlatan faith-healer and showman. When they hear Verena talk, Olive hopes to win the girl over to the feminist ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.00! \| first editions \| SVS
12 view cover	Basic Technical Drawing more books like this by Henry Cecil Spencer add to wishlist This classic textbook provides a solid foundation in manual, or board drafting. Students will learn the basics from complete explanations and real industry-based drafting problems. No prior skill is assumed in Basic Technical Drawing. This edition retains its practical focus and open format, while offering an overview of CAD and more information ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.95! \| first editions \| SVS
13 view cover	Northern Renaissance Art more books like this by James Snyder add to wishlist For courses in Northern Renaissance Art, and Introduction to Dutch/German Art. The only comprehensive survey available for the study of Northern Renaissance Art, this text presents stylistic and iconographical themes, art historical scholarship, and valuable analyses for todays students. The coverage and rich color capture the author's lasting ... see all copies from $11.00! new only from $74.99! \| first editions
14 view cover	Critical Thinking: A Student's Introduction more books like this by Gregory Bassham add to wishlist This clear, learner-friendly text helps today's students bridge the gap between everyday culture and critical thinking. The text covers all the basics of critical thinking, beginning where students are, not where we think they should be. Its comprehensiveness allows instructors to tailor the material to their individual teaching styles, resulting ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $26.10! \| SVS
15 view cover	Landing of the Pilgrims more books like this by James Daugherty add to wishlist Based on the journals of actual Pilgrims, this is the story of how Pilgrims lived and how they and the Wapanog celebrated the first Thanksgiving. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.48! \| first editions \| SVS
16 view cover	American more books like this by Henry James add to wishlist 'You you a nun; you with your beauty defaced and your nature wasted you behind locks and bars! Never, never, if I can prevent it!' A wealthy American man of business descends on Europe in search of a wife to make his fortune complete. In Paris Christopher Newman is introduced to Claire de Cintre, daughter of the ancient House of Bellegarde, and ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.18! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
17 view cover	The Strategy Process more books like this by Henry Mintzberg add to wishlist For graduate level courses in Strategic Management, Business Policy, and Organizational Theory. With the goal of offering students something unique from other texts, this collection of readings, edited by Henry Mintzberg, is combined with cases from Quinn, Lampel, and Ghoshal. Together they present an up-to-date look at how actual companies act ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $39.00! \| first editions \| SVS
18 view cover	What Maisie Knew more books like this by Henry James add to wishlist "What Maisie Knew" (1897) represents one of James's finest reflections on the rites of passage from wonder to knowledge, and the question of their finality. The child of violently divorced parents, Maisie Farange opens her eyes on a distinctly modern world. Mothers and fathers keep changing their partners and names, while she herself becomes the ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
19 view cover	Awkward Age more books like this by Henry James add to wishlist The Awkward Age(1899), written at a time when female emancipation and the double standard were subjects of fierce debate, is the most remarkable example of James's dramatic method. The novel traces the experiences of 18-year-old Nanda Brookenham, exposed to corruption in the salon of her youthful, 'modern' mother, who, in maintaining a circle ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.00! \| first editions \| SVS
20 view cover	Dr Jekyll & MR Hyde: And Other Stories more books like this by Robert Louis Stevenson add to wishlist How thin is the line between good and evil? Dr Jekyll has been experimenting with his identity. He has developed a drug which separates the two sides of his nature and allows him to occasionally abandon himself to his most corrupt inclinations as the monstrous Mr Hyde. But gradually he begins to find that the journey back to goodness becomes more ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.95! \| first editions \| SVS
21 view cover	The Spoils of Poynton more books like this by Henry James add to wishlist Mrs Gereth is convinced that Fleda Vetch would make the perfect daughter-in-law. Only the dreamy, highly-strung young woman can genuinely appreciate, and perhaps eventually share, Mrs Gereth's passion for her 'things' - the antique treasures she has amassed at Poynton Park in the south of England. Owen Gereth, however, has inconveniently become ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.50! \| first editions \| SVS
22 view cover	Turn of the Screw & the Aspern Papers more books like this by Henry James add to wishlist The Turn of the Screw tells the story of a young governess sent to a country house to take charge of two orphans. Unsettled by a sense of intense evil in the house she soon becomes obsessed with the idea that something malevolent is stalking the children in her care. Meanwhile The Aspern Papers explores obsession of a more worldly kind, with its ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
23 view cover	Europeans more books like this by Henry James add to wishlist Eugenia, Baroness M"nster, wife of a German princeling who wishes to be rid of her, crosses the ocean with her brother Felix to seek out their American relatives. Their voyage is prompted, apparently, by natural affection; but the Baroness has also come to seek her fortune. The advent of these visitors is viewed by the Wentworths, in the suburbs ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
24 view cover	Roderick Hudson more books like this by Henry James add to wishlist When wealthy Rowland Mallet first sees a sculpture by Roderick Hudson, he is astounded and pronounces it to be a work of genius, and is equally entranced by the sculptor's beauty, spirit and charisma. Wishing to give the impoverished artist the opportunity to develop his talent, he takes Roderick from America to Rome, where he becomes the talk of ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.65! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
25 view cover	Little Tour in France more books like this by Henry James add to wishlist Wishing to see what lay beyond the bounds of the "celestial city", Henry James devoted much of the Autumn of 1882 to his tour of France. Beginning at Tours, the birthplace of Balzac, he went on various excursions to the great chateaux of the Loire - including Blois, Chambord and Chenonceaux. Then he made his leisurely way south to the heart of the ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $11.78! \| first editions \| SVS

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