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1634 : The Galileo Affairby Eric Flint, Andrew DennisISBN 0743488156 (0-7434-8815-6)
Hardcover, Baen Books
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› Find signed collectible books: '1634 : The Galileo Affair'Book summary:As the Thirty Years War continues to ravage Europe, the American town hurled from the 20th to the 17th century by a mysterious force has aroused the implacable hostility of Cardinal Richelieu of France, who has allied with this old enemies to stop this new threat to privilege and power. But the Americans and their Swedish allies are also moving behind the scenes, sending a medical team to Venice to prevent a plaque, communicating with the Ottoman Empire, and reaching out to the Vatican, which has misgivings about Richelieu's lust for power. But a Venetian artisan may cause all their plans to come to naught. After reading a 20th Century history book, he has become determined to rescue Galileo from his trial for heresy. The Americans are divided on whether to help him or stop him - and whether he succeeds or fails, the results may be catastrophic for the CPE. [via]
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1634: The Ram Rebellionby Eric Flint, Andrew DennisISBN 0743499190 (0-7434-9919-0)
Softcover, Pocket Books
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All for Love: A Tragedyby John DrydenISBN 0803253796 (0-8032-5379-6)
Softcover, Univ of Nebraska Pr
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Canadian Airmen and the First World War Vol. 1: The Official History of the Royal Canadian Air Forceby S. F. WiseISBN 0802023797 (0-8020-2379-7)
Hardcover, University of Toronto Press
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Captain Bloodby Rafael SabatiniISBN 0786265663 (0-7862-6566-3)
Hardcover, Thorndike Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Captain Blood'Book summary:Abounding with adventure, color, romance, and strong social commentary on the evils of slavery and the dangers of intolerance, this classic adventure is a story about how oppression drives men to desperate actions, how fate plays a hand in everyone's life, and how love is ultimately the greatest power of all. [via]
Captain Blood His Odysseyby Raphael SabatiniISBN 084881147X (0-8488-1147-X)
Hardcover, Amereon Ltd
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Cardinal Richelieu: And the Making of Franceby Anthony LeviISBN 0786709316 (0-7867-0931-6)
Softcover, Carroll & Graf Pub
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Centuriesby Thomas TraherneISBN 0819213977 (0-8192-1397-7)
Softcover, Morehouse Pub Co
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The Changelingby Thomas Middleton, William RowleyISBN 0803252811 (0-8032-5281-1)
Softcover, Univ of Nebraska Pr
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Cliffscomplete King Henry IVby Sidney Lamb, Michael McMahonISBN 0764585703 (0-7645-8570-3)
Softcover, John Wiley & Sons Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Cliffscomplete King Henry IV'Book summary:In the CliffsComplete guides, the novel's complete text and a glossary appear side-by-side with coordinating numbered lines to help you understand unusual words and phrasing. You'll also find all the commentary and resources of a standard CliffsNotes for Literature.[via]CliffsComplete King Henry IV, Part 1 follows the play's alternating comic and serious scenes as a young prince rebels against his father, who happens to be king, until he must go to the king's aid to stamp out the rebellion of nobles.
Discover a story of self-sacrifice and meet one of the theatre's most enduring comic characters, Falstaff and save valuable studying time all at once. Enhance your reading of King Henry IV with these additional features:
- A summary and insightful commentary for each chapter
- Bibliography and historical background on the author, William Shakespeare
- A look at Early Modern England intellectual, religious, political, and social context
- Coverage of key themes and use of language within the work
- A character map that graphically illustrates the relationships among the characters
- Review questions, a quiz, discussion guide, and activity ideas
- A Resource Center full of books, articles, films, and Web sites
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Cliffscomplete Romeo and Julietby Sidney Lamb, Karin JacobsonISBN 0764585746 (0-7645-8574-6)
Softcover, John Wiley & Sons Inc
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Cliffscomplete Shakespeare's the Taming of the Shrewby Diana SweeneyISBN 0764587293 (0-7645-8729-3)
Softcover, John Wiley & Sons Inc
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Discover what happens to Petruchio and Kate and save valuable studying time all at once. Enhance your reading of The Taming of the Shrew with these additional features:
- A summary and insightful commentary for each act
- Bibliography and historical background on the author, William Shakespeare
- A look at the historical context and structure of the play
- Discussions on the plays symbols and themes
- A character map that graphically illustrates the relationships among the characters
- Review questions, a quiz, discussion topics (essay questions), activity ideas
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The Consolation of Philosophyby BoethiusISBN 0760769796 (0-7607-6979-6)
Softcover, Barnes & Noble Books
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Country Wifeby William WycherleyISBN 0803253710 (0-8032-5371-0)
Softcover, Univ of Nebraska Pr
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The Crime of Galileoby Giorgio De SantillanaISBN 0809436272 (0-8094-3627-2)
Softcover, Time-Life Books
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Daily Life in Rembrandt's Hollandby Paul Zumthor, Simon Watson TaylorISBN 0804722013 (0-8047-2201-3)
Softcover, Stanford Univ Pr
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Devil in Massachusetts: A Modern Inquiry into the Salem Witch Trialsby Marion Lena StarkeyISBN 0809437414 (0-8094-3741-4)
Softcover, Little Brown & Co
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Dr. Faustus: The A-Textby Christopher Marlowe, C.J. Wortham, D.A. OrmerodISBN 0855642327 (0-85564-232-7)
Softcover, Univ of Western Australia Pr
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English Society, 1580-1680by Keith WrightsonISBN 0813510821 (0-8135-1082-1)
Softcover, Rutgers Univ Pr
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The Ethics ; Treatise on the Emendation of the Intellect ; Selected Lettersby Benedictus De SpinozaISBN 0872201309 (0-87220-130-9)
Softcover, Hackett Pub Co Inc
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Ethics and on the Improvement of the Understandingby Benedictus De SpinozaISBN 0760768374 (0-7607-6837-4)
Hardcover, Barnes & Noble Books
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The Ethics of Spinoza: The Road to Inner Freedomby Baruch Spinoza, Dagobert D. RunesISBN 0806505362 (0-8065-0536-2)
Softcover, Citadel Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Ethics of Spinoza: The Road to Inner Freedom'Book summary:Benedict de Spinoza's Ethics, first published in 1677, constitutes a major systematic critique of the traditional and religious foundations of philosophical thought. In it, Spinoza follows a logical step-by-step format consisting of definitions, axioms, propositions, proofs, and corollaries to create a comprehensive inquiry into the truth about God, nature, and humans' place within the universe. From these broad metaphysical themes, Spinoza derives what he considered to be the highest principles of religion and society and lays out an ethical system in which reason is the supreme value. A seminal contribution to 17th-century rationalism, Spinoza's Ethics refutes the dualism of Rene Descartes and provides a bridge between religion and modern-day psychology. This edition is the translation by R. H. M. Elwes.[via]More editions of The Ethics of Spinoza: The Road to Inner Freedom:
Five Women Who Loved Loveby Ihara Saikaku, William T. DebaryISBN 0804801843 (0-8048-0184-3)
Softcover, Tuttle Pub
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Gian Lorenzo Bernini: The Sculptor of the Roman Baroqueby Rudolf WittkowerISBN 080141430X (0-8014-1430-X)
Hardcover, Cornell Univ Pr
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The Great Fire of Londonby Stephen PorterISBN 0750918136 (0-7509-1813-6)
Softcover, Sutton Publishing
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Havoc, In Its Third Yearby Ronan BennettISBN 0753174014 (0-7531-7401-4)
Hardcover, Ulverscroft Large Print Books
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Henry IV. Part 1by William Shakespeare, Paul Werstine, Barbara A. MowatISBN 0743485041 (0-7434-8504-1)
Softcover, Washington Square Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Henry IV'Book summary:Here are the books that help teach Shakespeare plays without the teacher constantly needing to explain and define Elizabethan terms, slang, and other ways of expression that are different from our own. Each play is presented with Shakespeare's original lines on each left-hand page, and a modern, easy-to-understand "translation" on the facing right-hand page. All dramas are complete, with every original Shakespearian line, and a full-length modern rendition of the text. These invaluable teaching-study guides also include:
1. Helpful background information that puts each play in its historical perspective.
2. Discussion questions that teachers can use to spark student class participation, and which students can use as springboards for their own themes and term papers.
3. Fact quizzes, sample examinations, and other features that improve student comprehension of what each play is about.
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A History of Britain: At the Edge of the World? 3500 Bc-Ad1603by Simon SchamaISBN 0786866756 (0-7868-6675-6)
Hardcover, Miramax
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A History of Britain: At the Edge of the World? 3500 Bc-Ad1603'Book summary:What do you get when you combine the resources and ethos of the BBC with the literary panache of one of the world's best narrative historians? The answer is Simon Schama's A History of Britain, the first volume of which accompanies the BBC-History Channel series of the same name. In a beautifully written and thoughtfully crafted book, studded with striking portraits, pictures, and maps, Schama, the bestselling author of books on European cultural history such as The Embarrassment of Riches and Citizens, as well as 1999's Rembrandt's Eyes, has managed to be both conventional and provocative.
He tells the official version of Britain's island story--from Roman Britain, through the Norman conquest, the struggles of the Henrys and Richards with their barons and clerics, Edward I and the subjugation of Wales, King Death (the plague), and on to the Henrician reformation, before closing with the remarkable reign of the virgin queen, Elizabeth I. But, while sticking to a script familiar to anyone who sat up and listened in history lessons at school, Schama brings it all alive, with memorable prose--Simon de Montfort's rebel parliament is described as inaugurating the "union between patriotism and insubordination"; with Henry VIII, Schama says, "you could practically smell the testosterone." And with fine sensitivity, too, particularly on the symbolism of buildings, memorials, language, and ceremonies, and on the complex relations between England and her Celtic and Catholic neighbors. If history must have gloss, then let it be written and presented like this. --Miles Taylor, Amazon.co.uk [via]
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Introduction to the Devout Lifeby FrancisISBN 0818906340 (0-8189-0634-0)
Softcover, Alba House
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King Henry IVby William Shakespeare, A. L. RowseISBN 0819139262 (0-8191-3926-2)
Softcover, Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated
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King Richard II: The Life and Death of King Richard the Second the First Folio of 1623 and a Parallel Modern Editionby William Shakespeare, Paul Werstine, Barbara A. MowatISBN 0743484916 (0-7434-8491-6)
Softcover, Pocket Classics
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Le Bourgeois Gentilhommeby Pierre SpierckelISBN 0844211885 (0-8442-1188-5)
Softcover, Ntc Pub Group
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Letters of a Portuguese Nun: Uncovering the Mystery Behind a Seventeenth-Century Forbidden Loveby Miriam CyrISBN 0786869119 (0-7868-6911-9)
Hardcover, Hyperion Books
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Life of an Amorous Woman and Other Writingsby Ihara SaikakuISBN 0811201872 (0-8112-0187-2)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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Local Dimensions of the English Civil Warsby Roger RichardsonISBN 0750912413 (0-7509-1241-3)
Softcover, Sutton Pub Ltd
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Love's Labour's Lost, the Winter's Tale, Othello, King Henryby William Shakespeare, A. L. RowseISBN 0819139289 (0-8191-3928-9)
Hardcover, Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated
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The Middle Class Gentlemanby MoliereISBN 0812001362 (0-8120-0136-2)
Softcover, Barrons Educational Series Inc
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Nell Gwyn: Mistress to a Kingby Charles BeauclerkISBN 0802142745 (0-8021-4274-5)
Softcover, Grove Pr
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A Pirate of Exquisite Mind: Explorer, Naturalist, and Buccaneer The Life of William Dampierby Michael Preston, Diana PrestonISBN 0802714250 (0-8027-1425-0)
Hardcover, Walker & Co
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Pirate of Exquisite Mind: Explorer, Naturalist, and Buccaneer The Life of William Dampier'Book summary:[via]Darwin took his books aboard the Beagle. Swift and Defoe used his experiences as inspiration in writing Gullivers Travels and Robinson Crusoe. Captain Cook relied on his observations while voyaging around the world. Coleridge called him a genius and a man of exquisite mind. In the history of exploration, nobody has ventured further than Englishman William Dampier. Yet while the exploits of Cook, Shackleton, and a host of legendary explorers have been widely chronicled, those of perhaps the greatest are virtually invisible todayan omission that Diana and Michael Preston have redressed in this vivid, compelling biography.
As a young man Dampier spent several years in the swashbuckling company of buccaneers in the Caribbean. At a time when surviving one voyage across the Pacific was cause for celebration, Dampier ultimately journeyed three times around the world; his bestselling books about his experiences were a sensation, influencing generations of scientists, explorers, and writers. He was the first to deduce that winds cause currents and the first to produce wind maps across the world, surpassing even the work of Edmund Halley. He introduced the concept of the sub-species that Darwin later built into his theory of evolution, and his description of the breadfruit was the impetus for Captain Blighs voyage on the Bounty. Dampier reached Australia 80 years before Cook, and he later led the first formal expedition of science and discovery there.
A Pirate of Exquisite Mind restores William Dampier to his rightful place in historyone of the pioneers on whose insights our understanding of the natural world was built.More editions of A Pirate of Exquisite Mind: Explorer, Naturalist, and Buccaneer The Life of William Dampier:
The Plague and the Fireby James LeasorISBN 0755100409 (0-7551-0040-9)
Softcover, House of Stratus Ltd
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The Powers of the Crown: Time Frame Ad 1600-1700ISBN 0809464543 (0-8094-6454-3)
Hardcover, Grand Central Pub
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The Practice of the Presence of Godby Lawrence, Donald E. DemarayISBN 0818907703 (0-8189-0770-3)
Softcover, Alba House
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Practice of the Presence of God'Book summary:Published originally at the end of the 17th century, this book has endured for three centuries and is more widely read today then ever. This guide is designed for all seekers aspiring union with God which, according to Brother Lawrence, is the ultimate goal of every soul. [via]
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The Practice of the Presence of God and the Way of Perfectionby Brother Lawrence, Teresa of AvilaISBN 0785242279 (0-7852-4227-9)
Hardcover, Nelson Incorporated, Thomas
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Brother Lawrence decided that he needed to concentrate on a simple idea: loving God in whatever he did. This book is a record of the conversations and letters exchanged between Brother Lawrence and people in his community, who came to him for advice once they noticed his passionate living for God.
Although St. teresa of Avila lived and wrote almost four centuries ago, her superbly inspiring classic on the practice of prayer is as fresh and meaningful today as it was when she first wrote it. The Way of Perfection is a practical guide to prayer setting forth the Saint's counsels and directives for the attainment of spiritual perfection.
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Practice of the Presence of God and the Way of Perfectionby Lawrence Brother AloysiusISBN 0785242511 (0-7852-4251-1)
Hardcover, Nelson Thornes Limited
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Brother Lawrence decided that he needed to concentrate on a simple idea: loving God in whatever he did. This book is a record of the conversations and letters exchanged between Brother Lawrence and people in his community, who came to him for advice once they noticed his passionate living for God.
Although St. teresa of Avila lived and wrote almost four centuries ago, her superbly inspiring classic on the practice of prayer is as fresh and meaningful today as it was when she first wrote it. The Way of Perfection is a practical guide to prayer setting forth the Saint's counsels and directives for the attainment of spiritual perfection.
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Practice of the Presence of God: Based on the Conversations, Letters, Ways, and Spiritual Principles of Brother Lawrence, As Well As on the Writings of Joseph De Beaufortby Lawrence, E. M. Blaiklock, Joseph De BeaufortISBN 0840758030 (0-8407-5803-0)
Softcover, Thomas Nelson Inc
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The Practice of the Presence of God: With Spiritual Maximsby LawrenceISBN 0800785991 (0-8007-8599-1)
Softcover, Baker Pub Group
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Private Devotions of Lancelot Andrewesby L. AndrewesISBN 084461534X (0-8446-1534-X)
Hardcover, Peter Smith Pub Inc
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The Queen's Conjurer: The Science and Magic of Dr. John Dee, Advisor to Elizabeth Iby Benjamin WoolleyISBN 0805065105 (0-8050-6510-5)
Softcover, Holt & Company, Henry
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Although his accomplishments were substantial -- he became a trusted confidante to Queen Elizabeth I, inspired the formation of the British Empire, and plotted voyages to the New World-John Dee's story has been largely lost to history. Beyond the political sphere his intellectual pursuits ranged from the scientific to the occult. His mathematics anticipated Isaac Newton by nearly a century, while his mapmaking and navigation were critical to exploration. He was also obsessed with alchemy, astrology, and mysticism. His library was one of the finest in Europe, a vast compendium of thousands of volumes. Yet, despite his powerful position and prodigious intellect, Dee died in poverty and obscurity, reviled and pitied as a madman.
Benjamin Woolley tells the engrossing story of the rise and fall of this remarkable man, who wielded great influence during the pivotal era when the age of superstition collided with the new world of science and reason. Written with flair and vigor, based on numerous surviving diaries of the period, The Queen's Conjurer is a highly readable account of an extraordinary life.More editions of The Queen's Conjurer: The Science and Magic of Dr. John Dee, Advisor to Elizabeth I:
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Regeneration Through Violence: The Mythology of the American Frontier, 1600-1860by Richard SlotkinISBN 0806132299 (0-8061-3229-9)
Softcover, Univ of Oklahoma Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Regeneration Through Violence: The Mythology of the American Frontier, 1600-1860'Book summary:On the basis of his sweeping 1975 survey of American Colonial and early Republican literature, Regeneration Through Violence: The Mythology of the American Frontier, 1600-1860, Richard Slotkin has approached the pop guru status of archetypal excavators such as Joseph Campbell, despite the fact that his work emphasizes the dark undercurrents of American culture. His argument in Regeneration is that, as the British colonists established their own societies in the wilderness, they expressed their regional desires for territorial expansion and self-rule by reinventing their history. Their narratives, according to Slotkin, revolved around frontiersmen who internalized, then disciplined, the "savagery" of their new environments, using their newfound mastery of nature to transform the wilderness into a revitalized civilization. Slotkin begins by examining how narratives of King Philip's War transformed New England from a demon-haunted Puritan enclave to a region where Indian killing represented progress and prosperity. Daniel Boone's paradoxical backwoods mixture of aggression and reflection serves as an icon for the rest of Regeneration, which emphasizes sectional variations of the Indian hunter myth, while analyzing the more "serious" literary endeavors of Cooper, Hawthorne, Thoreau, and Melville.
Regeneration reads at times like a noir-ish variation on Frederick Jackson Turner's influential The Frontier in American History, a vision in which genocide, white supremacy, and environmental exploitation are the real engines driving the nation's expansion. At a time when even the bloodiest of war films extols family values in the midst of combat, Slotkin's grim tour of the United States' collective cultural history demands a wide audience. --John M. Anderson END [via]
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Rembrandt: Master of the Portraitby Pascal BonafouxISBN 0810928132 (0-8109-2813-2)
Softcover, Harry N Abrams Inc
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Romeo and Julietby William ShakespeareISBN 0748702555 (0-7487-0255-5)
Softcover, Nelson Thornes
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Romeo and Julietby Billy AronsonISBN 0785713557 (0-7857-1355-7)
Hardcover, Bt Bound
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Romeo and Julietby Margaret Early, William ShakespeareISBN 0810937999 (0-8109-3799-9)
Hardcover, Abrams , Incorporated, Harry N.
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Romeo and Juliet'Book summary:A prose retelling of Shakespeare's drama in which young lovers attempt to defy fate. [via]
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Romeo And Juliet: Internet Referencedby William Shakespeare, Jana Costa, Anna ClaybourneISBN 0794512402 (0-7945-1240-2)
Hardcover, Edc Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Romeo And Juliet: Internet Referenced'Book summary:Product Details Reading level: Ages 7 and up Hardcover: 64 pages Publisher: Usborne Pub Ltd; New edition (June 2006) Language: English ISBN-10: 0794512402 ISBN-13: 978-0794512408 Product Dimensions: 7.8 x 5.5 x 0.4 inches Shipping Weight: 7.8 ounces [via]
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Selected Writings Of Cokeby Edward CokeISBN 0865973148 (0-86597-314-8)
Softcover, Liberty Fund
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The Shakespeare Playsby William ShakespeareISBN 0831786817 (0-8317-8681-7)
Softcover, Wh Smith Pub
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So Idle a Rogue: The Life And Death of Lord Rochesterby Jeremy LambISBN 0750939133 (0-7509-3913-3)
Softcover, Sutton Pub Ltd
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Strange Tales from Make-Do Studioby Songling PuISBN 0835122565 (0-8351-2256-5)
Softcover, China Books & Periodicals
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The Taming of the Shrewby William ShakespeareISBN 0789160862 (0-7891-6086-2)
Softcover, Perfection Learning
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Taming of the Shrew'Book summary:One of the most controversial and problematic of all of Shakespeare's plays, The Taming of the Shrew is a typical Elizabethan domestic comedy written around 1592. Petruchio, a gentleman of Verona, arrives in Padua and announces to his friends that "I come to wive it wealthily in Padua; / If wealthily, then happily in Padua". He soon finds that a group of men keen to marry Bianca, the younger daughter of rich old Baptista, are frustrated by her elder, "shrewish" sister, Katherine. There is much subsequent hilarity as Bianca's suitors make a bet with Petruchio that he cannot "tame" and marry Katherine. Despite Katherine's protestations, Petruchio goes ahead with the match, using deliberately unorthodox behaviour to confuse Katherine (including a scene where he starves her), claiming that "this is the way to kill a wife with kindness". The play culminates with a scene of Katherine's apparently spontaneous subjection to her husband's will, where she places her hand beneath her husband's foot, and tells the other wives present that "thy husband is thy lord, thy life, thy keeper". The play's gratuitous scenes of women being abused and vilified in the name of "comedy" has made many directors and critics very uncomfortable with the play, and many feminist critics have condemned contemporary productions of the play as reproducing certain 16th-century stereotypes concerning women who speak out against male authority. --Jerry Brotton [via]
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The Taming of the Shrewby Cliff's Notes EditorsISBN 0822000814 (0-8220-0081-4)
Softcover, John Wiley & Sons Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Taming of the Shrew'Book summary:One of the most controversial and problematic of all of Shakespeare's plays, The Taming of the Shrew is a typical Elizabethan domestic comedy written around 1592. Petruchio, a gentleman of Verona, arrives in Padua and announces to his friends that "I come to wive it wealthily in Padua; / If wealthily, then happily in Padua". He soon finds that a group of men keen to marry Bianca, the younger daughter of rich old Baptista, are frustrated by her elder, "shrewish" sister, Katherine. There is much subsequent hilarity as Bianca's suitors make a bet with Petruchio that he cannot "tame" and marry Katherine. Despite Katherine's protestations, Petruchio goes ahead with the match, using deliberately unorthodox behaviour to confuse Katherine (including a scene where he starves her), claiming that "this is the way to kill a wife with kindness". The play culminates with a scene of Katherine's apparently spontaneous subjection to her husband's will, where she places her hand beneath her husband's foot, and tells the other wives present that "thy husband is thy lord, thy life, thy keeper". The play's gratuitous scenes of women being abused and vilified in the name of "comedy" has made many directors and critics very uncomfortable with the play, and many feminist critics have condemned contemporary productions of the play as reproducing certain 16th-century stereotypes concerning women who speak out against male authority. --Jerry Brotton [via]
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This Scheming Worldby Ihara Saikaku, David C. Stubbs, Masanori TakatsukaISBN 0804833397 (0-8048-3339-7)
Hardcover, Tuttle Publishing
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This Scheming Worldby Saikaku IharaISBN 0804811156 (0-8048-1115-6)
Softcover, Tuttle Pub
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Tragedy of Doctor Faustusby Christopher MarloweISBN 0848807650 (0-8488-0765-0)
Hardcover, Amereon Ltd
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The Tragedy of Romeo and Julietby William ShakespeareISBN 080491009X (0-8049-1009-X)
Softcover, Airmont Pub Co
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet'Book summary:This is undoubtedly the greatest love story ever written, spawning a host of imitators on stage and screen, including Leonard Bernstein's smash musical West Side Story, Franco Zeffirelli's Romeo and Juliet filmed in 1968, and Baz Luhrmann's postmodern film version Romeo + Juliet. The tragic feud between "Two households, both alike in dignity/In fair Verona", the Montagues and Capulets, which ultimately kills the two young "star-crossed lovers" and their "death-marked love" creates issues which have fascinated subsequent generations. The play deals with issues of intergenerational and familial conflict, as well as the power of language and the compelling relationship between sex and death, all of which makes it an incredibly modern play. It is also an early example of Shakespeare fusing poetry with dramatic action, as he moves from Romeo's lyrical account of Juliet--"she doth teach the torches to burn bright!" to the bustle and action of a 16th-century household (the play contains more scenes of ordinary working people than any of Shakespeare's other works). It also represents an experimental attempt to fuse comedy with tragedy. Up to the third act, the play proceeds along the lines of a classic romantic comedy. The turning point comes with the death of one of Shakespeare's finest early dramatic creations--Romeo's sexually ambivalent friend Mercutio, whose "plague o' both your houses" begins the play's descent into tragedy, "For never was a story of more woe/Than this of Juliet and her Romeo". --Jerry Brotton [via]
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Vermeer: A View of Delftby Anthony BaileyISBN 0805069305 (0-8050-6930-5)
Softcover, Holt & Company, Henry
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Vermeer: A View of Delft'Book summary:In 1653, the artist Johannes Vermeer, the twenty-one-year-old son of an innkeeper, registered as a master painter with the city's Guild. He went on to enjoy a respectable local reputation as a painter until his death in 1675; it was not until the mid-nineteenth century, however, that his genius was widely appreciated. Today, Vermeer's thirty-five paintings are regarded as masterpieces.[via]
In Vermeer, Anthony Bailey presents an intriguing portrait of Vermeer's life and character, long lost in history. Bailey re-creates the atmosphere of the times, introduces Vermeer's colleagues, portrays his domestic life in vibrant detail; he also sheds light on the science and artistry behind the glorious, almost mystical, paintings. Meticulously researched and elegantly written, Vermeer will stand as the classic work on Vermeer for years to come. -
The Virtuosoby Thomas Shadwell, Marjorie Hope Nicolson, David Stuart RodesISBN 0803253680 (0-8032-5368-0)
Softcover, Univ of Nebraska Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Virtuoso'Book summary:[via]First published in 1676, The Virtuoso set a standard for theatrical satire. It was the most extensive dramatic treatment of modern science since Jonson's The Alchemist and took as its target no less than the Royal Society of London. Shadwell's barbs hit their targets often and cleanly. In 1689 he became Poet Laureate of England, a position he held until his death in 1692.
The virtuoso of the title is Sir Nicholas Gimcrack, who like many after him confuses the extent of a collection with the depth of a science. Sir Gimcrack is fascinated by the geography of the moon, the worlds in his microscope, and the possibilities of human flight. More seriously andfor Shadwell's audiencemore comically, his obsession with his arrays of worms and spiders proceeds at the expense of his wife and two beautiful nieces.
The play also introduces Sir Formal Trifle, a pedantic ciceronian orator and coxcomb. His character established thereafter the theatrical type of the know-it-all blowhard. Famous for its wit and high-speed changes, The Virtuoso is also a display of the prestige of modern science and the pomposity of its ameteurs.
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Witch Childby Celia ReesISBN 0763618292 (0-7636-1829-2)
Softcover, Candlewick Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Witch Child'Book summary:During the witch hunts of the mid-1600s, many young Englishwomen died on the gallows, innocent victims of false or hysterical accusations of witchcraft. But what of those women who actually claimed the name "witch" as their own? In the pages of her secret journal, Mary Nuttall reveals what it is like to live in a climate of mistrust and piety in which differences are dangerous and rumors can kill, where she must hide her heritage as a healer and pagan. With a sure hand, she describes her beloved grandmother's trial and hanging as a witch, her own rescue by a mysterious noblewoman, and her eventual passage to the New World and the forest settlement of Beulah. There Mary falls under a curtain of suspicion when she willingly chooses to explore the dark woods shunned by the fearful colonists and makes friends with some of the spiritual native people. When several girls in the community begin to shriek and swoon, and the same minister who damned Mary's grandmother comes to search for signs of witchcraft, Mary is subjected to close and deadly scrutiny.
Breaking with most historical fiction about witchcraft (such as Elizabeth Speare's The Witch of Blackbird Pond), British author Celia Rees raises the stakes and the tension by placing a real witch at the center of her story. Witch Child is an engrossing, suspenseful novel that will cast a spell over both readers of historical fiction and fans of witchcraft series from Circle of Three to Sweep. --Jennifer Hubert [via]
Witch Woodby John BuchanISBN 0862412021 (0-86241-202-1)
Softcover, Canongate Books Ltd
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