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Alpine Cooking — Meredith Erickson
Alpine Cooking — Meredith Erickson | Hardcover
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A richly photographed journey through the food, mountain huts and cultural life of the Alps. Ten Speed Press hardcover, 352 pages. ISBN 9781607748748.
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Alpine Cooking — Meredith Erickson
Alpine Cooking — Meredith Erickson | Hardcover
WHY IT MADE THE EDIT
A richly photographed journey through the food, mountain huts and cultural life of the Alps. Ten Speed Press hardcover, 352 pages. ISBN 9781607748748.
JOAN AIKEN
The Wolves of Willoughby Chase
WHY IT MADE THE EDIT
Snowy wastelands, a wicked guardian and two determined girls. Joan Aiken’s Gothic adventure belongs in the Winter Library. Yearling paperback, ISBN 9780440496038; the original novel.
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JOAN AIKEN
The Wolves of Willoughby Chase
WHY IT MADE THE EDIT
Snowy wastelands, a wicked guardian and two determined girls. Joan Aiken’s Gothic adventure belongs in the Winter Library. Yearling paperback, ISBN 9780440496038; the original novel.
Alpine Style: Bringing Mountain Magic Home — Kathryn O’Shea-Evans
WHY IT MADE THE EDIT
Chalet interiors, mountain retreats and Alpine hotel traditions. Gibbs Smith hardcover, 232 pages; ISBN 9781423665694.
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Alpine Style: Bringing Mountain Magic Home — Kathryn O’Shea-Evans
WHY IT MADE THE EDIT
Chalet interiors, mountain retreats and Alpine hotel traditions. Gibbs Smith hardcover, 232 pages; ISBN 9781423665694.
Carmilla — Sheridan Le Fanu
Carmilla — Sheridan Le Fanu | Lanternfish Press
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An annotated edition of the Gothic vampire novella, edited by Carmen Maria Machado. Lanternfish Press paperback, 160 pages; ISBN 9781941360385.
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Carmilla — Sheridan Le Fanu
Carmilla — Sheridan Le Fanu | Lanternfish Press
WHY IT MADE THE EDIT
An annotated edition of the Gothic vampire novella, edited by Carmen Maria Machado. Lanternfish Press paperback, 160 pages; ISBN 9781941360385.
DAPHNE DU MAURIER
Rebecca — Everyman’s Library Hardcover
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Everyman’s Library hardcover, with an introduction by Lucy Hughes-Hallett. ISBN 9781101907870. Manderley’s beauty conceals a marriage full of secrets.
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DAPHNE DU MAURIER
Rebecca — Everyman’s Library Hardcover
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Everyman’s Library hardcover, with an introduction by Lucy Hughes-Hallett. ISBN 9781101907870. Manderley’s beauty conceals a marriage full of secrets.
Oscar Wilde
The Picture of Dorian Gray — Penguin Clothbound Classics
WHY IT MADE THE EDIT
Beauty, vanity, corruption, and the moral cost of an apparently unchanging face. Penguin Clothbound Classics edition. ISBN 9780141442464.
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Oscar Wilde
The Picture of Dorian Gray — Penguin Clothbound Classics
WHY IT MADE THE EDIT
Beauty, vanity, corruption, and the moral cost of an apparently unchanging face. Penguin Clothbound Classics edition. ISBN 9780141442464.
Nan Shepherd
The Living Mountain
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Shepherd’s close attention to the Cairngorms makes landscape an experience rather than a backdrop.
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Nan Shepherd
The Living Mountain
WHY IT MADE THE EDIT
Shepherd’s close attention to the Cairngorms makes landscape an experience rather than a backdrop.
Dickinson: Poems
Everyman's Library Pocket Poets
WHY IT MADE THE EDIT
Emily Dickinson in a compact clothbound edition. Hardcover, ISBN 9780679429074; 6.5 × 4.4 × 0.7 inches.
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Dickinson: Poems
Everyman's Library Pocket Poets
WHY IT MADE THE EDIT
Emily Dickinson in a compact clothbound edition. Hardcover, ISBN 9780679429074; 6.5 × 4.4 × 0.7 inches.
Yasunari Kawabata
Snow Country
WHY IT MADE THE EDIT
An elusive relationship unfolds in a remote Japanese hot-spring town. Vintage edition, translated by Edward G. Seidensticker. ISBN 9780679761044.
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Yasunari Kawabata
Snow Country
WHY IT MADE THE EDIT
An elusive relationship unfolds in a remote Japanese hot-spring town. Vintage edition, translated by Edward G. Seidensticker. ISBN 9780679761044.
The Borrowers — Mary Norton
The Borrowers — Mary Norton | Clarion Hardcover
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The classic household fantasy in Clarion’s illustrated hardcover edition. 192 pages; ISBN 9780152099879.
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The Borrowers — Mary Norton
The Borrowers — Mary Norton | Clarion Hardcover
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The classic household fantasy in Clarion’s illustrated hardcover edition. 192 pages; ISBN 9780152099879.
Winter World: The Ingenuity of Animal Survival — Bernd Heinrich
WHY IT MADE THE EDIT
How northern creatures endure the season, from flying squirrels to insects with antifreeze. Ecco paperback, 400 pages; ISBN 9780061129070.
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Winter World: The Ingenuity of Animal Survival — Bernd Heinrich
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How northern creatures endure the season, from flying squirrels to insects with antifreeze. Ecco paperback, 400 pages; ISBN 9780061129070.
Skiing Sun Valley — John W. Lundin
Skiing Sun Valley — John W. Lundin | Hardcover
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The history of America’s first destination ski resort, with more than 150 historic images. History Press hardcover, 528 pages; ISBN 9781467143936.
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Skiing Sun Valley — John W. Lundin
Skiing Sun Valley — John W. Lundin | Hardcover
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The history of America’s first destination ski resort, with more than 150 historic images. History Press hardcover, 528 pages; ISBN 9781467143936.
The Woman in White — Wilkie Collins
The Woman in White — Wilkie Collins | Penguin Clothbound Classics
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A moonlit encounter and sinister country-house intrigue. Clothbound hardcover designed by Coralie Bickford-Smith, edited by Matthew Sweet; 720 pages. ISBN 9780141192420.
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The Woman in White — Wilkie Collins
The Woman in White — Wilkie Collins | Penguin Clothbound Classics
WHY IT MADE THE EDIT
A moonlit encounter and sinister country-house intrigue. Clothbound hardcover designed by Coralie Bickford-Smith, edited by Matthew Sweet; 720 pages. ISBN 9780141192420.
The Woman in White — Wilkie Collins | Penguin Clothbound Classics
The Woman in White — Wilkie Collins
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Collected Ghost Stories — M. R. James
Collected Ghost Stories — M. R. James | Oxford World’s Classics Hardback
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Antiquaries, old manuscripts and country houses. Edited by Darryl Jones. Oxford University Press hardcover, 512 pages; ISBN 9780198797364.
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Collected Ghost Stories — M. R. James
Collected Ghost Stories — M. R. James | Oxford World’s Classics Hardback
WHY IT MADE THE EDIT
Antiquaries, old manuscripts and country houses. Edited by Darryl Jones. Oxford University Press hardcover, 512 pages; ISBN 9780198797364.
Collected Ghost Stories — M. R. James | Oxford World’s Classics Hardback
Collected Ghost Stories — M. R. James
$18.59
Leo Tolstoy
Anna Karenina — Penguin Clothbound Classics
WHY IT MADE THE EDIT
Love, family, self-deception, and the search for a meaningful life. Clothbound hardcover; translated by Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky. ISBN 9780141199610.
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Leo Tolstoy
Anna Karenina — Penguin Clothbound Classics
WHY IT MADE THE EDIT
Love, family, self-deception, and the search for a meaningful life. Clothbound hardcover; translated by Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky. ISBN 9780141199610.
Ghosts — Edith Wharton
NYRB Classics
WHY IT MADE THE EDIT
Wharton’s haunted houses and unsettling intimacies: a distinguished collection for dark evenings. New York Review Books Classics edition; ISBN 9781681375731.
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Ghosts — Edith Wharton
NYRB Classics
WHY IT MADE THE EDIT
Wharton’s haunted houses and unsettling intimacies: a distinguished collection for dark evenings. New York Review Books Classics edition; ISBN 9781681375731.
Ravens in Winter — Bernd Heinrich
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A biologist’s absorbing field study of raven intelligence and social life through the cold months. Simon & Schuster paperback, 400 pages; ISBN 9781476794563.
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Ravens in Winter — Bernd Heinrich
WHY IT MADE THE EDIT
A biologist’s absorbing field study of raven intelligence and social life through the cold months. Simon & Schuster paperback, 400 pages; ISBN 9781476794563.
The Brontë Sisters Boxed Set
The Brontë Sisters Boxed Set | Penguin Clothbound Classics
WHY IT MADE THE EDIT
Four clothbound classics designed by Coralie Bickford-Smith: Jane Eyre, Wuthering Heights, Villette and The Tenant of Wildfell Hall. Penguin Classics boxed set; ISBN 9780241248768.
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The Brontë Sisters Boxed Set
The Brontë Sisters Boxed Set | Penguin Clothbound Classics
WHY IT MADE THE EDIT
Four clothbound classics designed by Coralie Bickford-Smith: Jane Eyre, Wuthering Heights, Villette and The Tenant of Wildfell Hall. Penguin Classics boxed set; ISBN 9780241248768.
An Illustrated Treasury of Scottish Castle Legends — Theresa Breslin & Kate Leiper
WHY IT MADE THE EDIT
Ghostly bagpipers, selkies and secret passages, illustrated by Kate Leiper. Floris Books hardcover, 176 pages; ISBN 9781782505952.
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An Illustrated Treasury of Scottish Castle Legends — Theresa Breslin & Kate Leiper
WHY IT MADE THE EDIT
Ghostly bagpipers, selkies and secret passages, illustrated by Kate Leiper. Floris Books hardcover, 176 pages; ISBN 9781782505952.