Parke Godwin, Author Broadway Books $15 (228p) ISBN 978-0-385-26350-4
Godwin follows his brash and brittle satire, Waiting for the Galactic Bus , with an all-out attack on evangelists. Elaborating on Galactic 's premise that intelligent life on Earth resulted from the caprices of two bored, alien schoolboys, Barion...
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Parke Godwin, Author Spectra Books $16.95 (310p) ISBN 978-0-553-05201-5
Falling somewhere between a conventional romance novel and tepid fantasy fiction, Godwin's latest effort is a lackluster affair. Pat Landry, a writer of historical romances, falls in love with Lauren Hodge, a prizewinning video artist. Their...
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Parke Godwin, Author William Morrow & Company $20 (0p) ISBN 978-0-688-05264-5
Godwin sets his highly satisfying retelling of the Robin Hood legend in the time of William the Conqueror, when the bastard of Normandy was pacifying his unruly new country. After the Saxon thane of Denby is killed at York, his son Edward Aelredson,
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Parke Godwin, Author William Morrow & Company $21 (366p) ISBN 978-0-688-05274-4
Sherwood Forest no longer rings with the daring exploits of Edward ``Robin Hood'' Denby; now middle-aged, Robin lives contentedly with his beloved Marian and their two children. He's even become friends with the Sheriff of Nottingham, who has...
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Parke Godwin, Author William Morrow & Company $23 (246p) ISBN 978-0-688-12738-1
Fantasy literature tends to recycle its settings and themes, so it's greatly refreshing when a sword and sorcery novel appears that avoids the formulaic pitfalls of the genre. In this case, Godwin accomplishes the feat through a compelling...
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Parke Godwin, Author Eos $13 (466p) ISBN 978-0-380-72675-2
Prolific Godwin (Return to Nottingham) tells the tragic story of Harold of Wessex, the earl who overcame his scruples to succeed Edward the Confessor as king but reigned for only a year before he was cut down at the Battle of Hastings. Threatened by
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Wendy Anderson Halperin. S&S/Atheneum, $16.99 (40p) ISBN 978-0-689-82552-1
Halperin (Planting the Wild Garden) combines spreads that evoke stained glass with simple, aphoristic statements about how peace grows ("When there is peace in our hearts, there will be peace in our homes"). Watercolor-and-colored-pencil spreads,...
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Parke Godwin, Author, T/K, Author, Disney Press, Manufactured by Disney Press $19.99 (48p) ISBN 978-0-7868-3433-4
Little princesses may enjoy playing with Disney's Princess Theater, a shrink-wrapped paper-over-board package that unfolds into a stage with background scenery from Disney's animated films Aladdin, Cinderella and Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs....
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Parke Godwin, Author, T/K, Author, Disney Press, Manufactured by Disney Press $12.99 (128p) ISBN 978-0-7868-3504-1
Lizzie McGuire fans will clamor for My Very First Way Cool Boxed Set! Volumes 1-4, based on the series created by Terri Minsky, containing the first four books (in paperback) chronicling Lizzie's ups and downs in junior high. In When Moms Attack!,
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Parke Godwin, Author, T/K, Author, Disney Press, Manufactured by Disney Press $15.99 (288p) ISBN 978-0-7868-3461-7
Mouseketeer fans can travel back to the swinging '60s with Walt Disney Presents: The Annette Mysteries, a boxed set of four paperbacks starring actress Annette Funicello, written by Doris Schroder. Originally published more than 40 years ago, The...
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Parke Godwin, Author, T/K, Author, Nancy Inteli, Editor Disney Press $12.99 (24p) ISBN 978-0-7868-3449-5
Children can open the Disney Storybook Music Box to play the tune ""This Old Man,"" then choose from among five paper-over-board storybooks illustrated with stills from the classic Disney movies: Alice in Wonderland; Pinocchio; The Lion King;...
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Will is new in town, but luckily for her, she runs into Taranee on the first day of junior high, and just like that, a friendship is formed. Shortly after, the two hook up with three other local girls, and a happy little gang results. Together, Will,
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