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The Aeneidby Robert Fagles, Bernard KnoxISBN 0670038032 (0-670-03803-2)
Hardcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Aeneid'Book summary:Robert Fagless translations of both the Iliad and Odyssey have sold hundreds of thousands of copies and become the standard translations of our era. Now, his stunning modern verse translation of Virgils Aeneid is poised to do the same. This beautifully produced edition of the Aeneid will be eagerly sought by readers desiring to complete their Fagles collectionand the attention it receives will stimulate even greater interest in his translations of the Iliad and the Odyssey. BACKCOVER: Praise for Robert Fagless translation of the Odyssey:[via]
Wonderfully readable . . . just the right blend of sophistication and roughness, it seems to me.
Ted Hughes
A memorable achievement . . . Mr. Fagles has been remarkably successful in finding a style that is of our time and yet timeless.
Richard Jenkyns, The New York Times Book Review
Remarkably seductive . . . In Fagless hands, this perennial poem of adventure is again a work of entertainment, of majesty and epic beauty great enough to stun the senses.
The Philadelphia Inquirer
@TranslatioStud Got a gift of a huge wooden horse today, here in Troy. Just appeared outside the city gate. BTW: War going poorly.
Surprise. Soldiers inside the horse. We didnt start the fire! Hectors Ghost says to GTFO take Dad and the kid with me.
Im on a boat. Three generations of Aenean men on a sea-journey of epic proportions. Hmm. Sounds familiar&
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The Aeneidby Virgil, Frank Olin CopleyISBN 0672613700 (0-672-61370-0)
Hardcover, Bobbs-Merrill
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The Age of Aristocracy, 1688 to 1830by William B. Willcox, Walter L. ArnsteinISBN 0618001034 (0-618-00103-4)
Softcover, Houghton Mifflin College Div
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Age of Aristocracy 1688-1830'Book summary:The Age of Aristocracy 1688 to 1830 (A History of England) [via]
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- The Age of Aristocracy, 1688 to 1830: ISBN 0669043796 (0-669-04379-6)
Softcover, D.C. Heath - The Age of Aristocracy, 1688 to 1830: ISBN 0669134236 (0-669-13423-6)
Softcover, D.C. Heath - The Age of Aristocracy, 1688 to 1830: ISBN 0669244597 (0-669-24459-7)
Softcover, D C Heath & Co - The Age of Aristocracy: 1688 To 1830: ISBN 0669397180 (0-669-39718-0)
Softcover, Houghton Mifflin College Div - The Age of Aristocracy, 1688 to 1830: ISBN 0669979562 (0-669-97956-2)
Hardcover, Heath - The Age of Aristocracy 1688-1830: ISBN 0618001034 (0-618-00103-4)
Softcover, Houghton Mifflin College Div
- The Age of Aristocracy, 1688 to 1830: ISBN 0669043796 (0-669-04379-6)
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American Coloniesby Eric Foner, Alan TaylorISBN 0670872822 (0-670-87282-2)
Hardcover, Penguin USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'American Colonies'Book summary:In American Colonies award-winning historian Alan Taylor challenges the traditional Anglocentric focus of colonial history by exploring the multitude of cultural influences out of which "America" ultimately emerged. From the Siberian migrations across the Bering Strait fifteen thousand years ago and the European expeditions of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries through the nineteenth-century exploration and occupation of the Hawaiian Islands, Taylor traces the complex ecological, ethnic, and economic history and colonization of the New World from coast to coast, from the Canadian north to the Pacific rim.
Examining the repeatedly overlooked influence of the continent's natives upon the colonists and the resulting mutual dependence of the two, Taylor presents a unique and revelatory view of colonial North America. European colonists, African slaves, and native peoples met one another and interacted at a pace and intensity unparalleled in global history. The effects of this staggering confluence of cultural, ecological, military, diplomatic, and economic interests are still being felt in America today. This fascinating and involving history of the origins of the United States will provoke and appeal to all readers of American history.
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Amsterdamby Geert Mak, Philipp BlomISBN 0674009932 (0-674-00993-2)
Softcover, Harvard Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Amsterdam'Book summary:Cosmopolitan, stylish, even a little decadent, Amsterdam--"the Venice of the North"--is a city of legendary beauty. From a twelfth-century settlement of wooden huts at the mouth of the River Amstel, it had become by the late sixteenth century one of the great cultural capitals of Europe and a major financial center.
In this gracefully written examination of Amsterdam's soul--part history, part travel guide--the Dutch writer Geert Mak imaginatively depicts the lives of early Amsterdammers and traces the city's progress from a small town of merchants, sailors, farmers, and fishermen to a thriving metropolis. Mak's Amsterdam is a city of dreams and nightmares, of grand civic architecture and magnificent monuments, but also of civil wars, uprisings, and bloody religious purges. In his delightfully instructive journey through the city and through time, Mak displays an eye for the bizarre and the unexpected: a Rembrandt sketch of a young girl executed for manslaughter; the shoe of a medieval lady unearthed during a remodeling project; a graffito foretelling the city's doom on the wall of a mansion, daubed by a deranged burgomaster with his own blood.
Amsterdam remains a magnet for travelers from around the world, and this charmingly detailed account of its origins and its history through the present day is designed to help the reader step into daily life in a truly modern city. [via]
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Arbella: England's Lost Queenby Sarah GristwoodISBN 0618341331 (0-618-34133-1)
Hardcover, Houghton Mifflin
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Arbella: England's Lost Queen'Book summary:In this U.K. bestseller, Lady Arbella Stuart emerges as a most contemporary royal, a young woman determined to shape her own destiny in the midst of her plot-ridden world.[via]
Arbella was niece to Mary Queen of Scots and cousin to Elizabeth I who indicated that the teenage Arbella was to be heir to her throne. A critical pawn in the struggle for succession, particularly during the long, tense period when Elizabeth lay dying, the young Arbella endured twenty-seven years of isolation at the grand Hardwick Hall, held by her scheming and powerful grandmother.
The accession of James I, Arbellas first cousin, ended the young womans royal aspirations but thrust her into Jamess licentious court. Then, at age thirty-five, she risked everything to make a forbidden marriage. An escape in disguise, a wild flight abroad, and capture at sea led in the end to an agonizing death in the Tower. Yet nothing is as remarkable as the almost modern freedom with which, in a series of extraordinary letters more passionate and extensive than those of any other woman of this suffocating age Arbella Stuart revealed her own compelling personality.More editions of Arbella: England's Lost Queen:
Architecture of Desireby Mary GentleISBN 0593019520 (0-593-01952-0)
Hardcover, Bantam Press
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Batavia's Graveyard: The True Story of the Mad Heretic Who Led History's Bloodiest Mutinyby Mike DashISBN 0609807161 (0-609-80716-1)
Softcover, Three Rivers Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Batavia's Graveyard: The True Story of the Mad Heretic Who Led History's Bloodiest Mutiny'Book summary:In 1629, the Dutch merchantman Batavia grounded on a desolate atoll near Western Australia. Of the 200 survivors, 115 were subsequently murdered, in coldest blood, by a group of the ship's sailors and their psychopathic leader, Jeronimus Corneliszoon. Batavia's Graveyard is Mike Dash's unnerving, measured account of the incident. The victims included children, babies, and pregnant women; the crimes took place over a period of several months. Though the killings make a substantial, chilling tale in themselves, Dash adroitly places the shocking spree in larger context with illuminating discussions of 17th century medical practices, religious heresy, global politics, and shipboard sociology and daily life. Additionally, he draws dozens of portraits of the participants in this ghastly drama, most fascinatingly that of Corneliszoon, who emerges as a grotesquely charismatic predecessor of the likes of Charles Manson and Ted Bundy. Batavia's Graveyard, a skillful melding of accessible scholarship and evenhanded narrative and of overview and telling detail, is a welcome achievement. --H. O'Billovitch [via]
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Ben Jonson: A Lifeby David RiggsISBN 067406626X (0-674-06626-X)
Softcover, Harvard Univ Pr
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The Breaking of Style: Hopkins, Heaney, Grahamby Helen VendlerISBN 0674081218 (0-674-08121-8)
Softcover, Harvard Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Breaking of Style: Hopkins, Heaney, Graham'Book summary:Style is the material body of lyric poetry, Helen Vendler suggests. To cast off an earlier style is to do an act of violence to the self. Why might a poet do this, adopting a sharply different form? In this exploration of three kinds of break in poetic style, Vendler clarifies the essential connection between style and substance in poetry. Opening fresh perspectives on the work of three very different poets, her masterful study of changes in style yields a new view of the interplay of moral, emotional, and intellectual forces in a poet's work.
Gerard Manley Hopkins' invention of sprung rhythm marks a dramatic break with his early style. Rhythm, Vendler shows us, is at the heart of Hopkins' aesthetic, and sprung rhythm is his symbol for danger, difference, and the shock of the beautiful. In Seamus Heaney's work, she identifies clear shifts in grammatical "atmosphere" from one poem to the next--from "nounness" to the "betweenness" of an adverbial style--shifts whose moral and political implications come under scrutiny here. And finally Vendler looks at Jorie Graham's departure from short lines to numbered lines to squared long lines of sentences, marking a move from deliberation to cinematic "freeze-framing" to coverage, each with its own meaning in this poet's career.
Throughout, Vendler reminds us that what distinguishes successful poetry is a mastery of language at all levels--including the rhythmic, the grammatical, and the graphic. A fine study of three poets and a superb exposition of the craft of poetry, The Breaking of Style revives our lapsed sense of what style means.
Join Professor Helen Vendler in her course lecture on the Yeats poem "Among School Children". View her insightful and passionate analysis along with a condensed reading and student comments on the course.
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British Naturalists in Qing China: Science, Empire, and Cultural Encounterby Fa-TI FanISBN 0674011430 (0-674-01143-0)
Hardcover, Harvard Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'British Naturalists in Qing China: Science, Empire, and Cultural Encounter'Book summary:In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, Western scientific interest in China focused primarily on natural history. Prominent scholars in Europe as well as Westerners in China, including missionaries, merchants, consular officers, and visiting plant hunters, eagerly investigated the flora and fauna of China. Yet despite the importance and extent of this scientific activity, it has been entirely neglected by historians of science.
This book is the first comprehensive study on this topic. In a series of vivid chapters, Fa-ti Fan examines the research of British naturalists in China in relation to the history of natural history, of empire, and of Sino-Western relations. The author gives a panoramic view of how the British naturalists and the Chinese explored, studied, and represented China's natural world in the social and cultural environment of Qing China.
Using the example of British naturalists in China, the author argues for reinterpreting the history of natural history, by including neglected historical actors, intellectual traditions, and cultural practices. His approach moves beyond viewing the history of science and empire within European history and considers the exchange of ideas, aesthetic tastes, material culture, and plants and animals in local and global contexts. This compelling book provides an innovative framework for understanding the formation of scientific practice and knowledge in cultural encounters.
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Candideby O. R. Taylor, Francois M. Voltaire, Haydn MasonISBN 0631004009 (0-631-00400-9)
Softcover, Blackwell Pub
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Church and People: England 1420-1660by Claire CrossISBN 0631214674 (0-631-21467-4)
Softcover, Blackwell Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Church and People: England 1450-1660'Book summary:This book provides readers with an account of the rivalry between the two kingdoms of Church and State between the years 1450 and 1660.
England inherited, from medieval times, two systems of authority: the Church, governed by Pope and Bishops; and the State, ruled by Monarch and Lords. However, from the late fourteenth century onwards, this division was increasingly challenged by the laity's insistence on their right to choose not only between different systems of Church government but also between different forms of religious belief. The author charts the rivalry between clergy and laity's and shows how political and social developments between 1450 and 1660 were decisively influenced by this conflict. This second edition includes updates throughout the text in the light of recent scholarship and a new bibliography. [via]
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Coming of Age As a Poet: Milton, Keats, Eliot, Plathby Helen Hennessy VendlerISBN 0674013832 (0-674-01383-2)
Softcover, Harvard Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Coming of Age As a Poet: Milton, Keats, Eliot, Plath'Book summary:To find a personal style is, for a writer, to become adult; and to write one's first "perfect" poem--a poem that wholly and successfully embodies that style--is to come of age as a poet. By looking at the precedents, circumstances, and artistry of the first perfect poems composed by John Milton, John Keats, T. S. Eliot, and Sylvia Plath, Coming of Age as a Poet offers rare insight into this mysterious process, and into the indispensable period of learning and experimentation that precedes such poetic achievement.
Milton's L'Allegro, Keats's On First Looking into Chapman's Homer, Eliot's The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock, and Plath's The Colossus are the poems that Helen Vendler considers, exploring each as an accession to poetic confidence, mastery, and maturity. In meticulous and sympathetic readings of the poems, and with reference to earlier youthful compositions, she delineates the context and the terms of each poet's self-discovery--and illuminates the private, intense, and ultimately heroic effort and endurance that precede the creation of any memorable poem.
With characteristic precision, authority, and grace, Vendler helps us to appreciate anew the conception and the practice of poetry, and to observe at first hand the living organism that breathes through the words of a great poem.
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A Companion to Shakespeareby David Scott KastanISBN 0631218785 (0-631-21878-5)
Softcover, Blackwell Pub
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Cyrano De Bergeracby Edmond RostandISBN 0631005501 (0-631-00550-1)
Softcover, Blackwell Pub
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The Death of Woman Wangby Jonathan D. SpenceISBN 0670262323 (0-670-26232-3)
Hardcover, Viking Press
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The Devil in Musicby Kate RossISBN 0670863599 (0-670-86359-9)
Hardcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
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Discourse on Methodby Rene DecartesISBN 067260180X (0-672-60180-X)
Softcover, Prentice Hall
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The Drowning Room: A Novel of New Amsterdamby Michael PyeISBN 0670865982 (0-670-86598-2)
Hardcover, Penguin Group (Canada)
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Elinor Fettiplace's Receipt Book: Elizabethan Country House Cookingby Hilary Spurling, Elinor FettiplaceISBN 0670815926 (0-670-81592-6)
Hardcover, Penguin USA
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The Empress of the Last Days: A Novelby Jane StevensonISBN 0618149147 (0-618-14914-7)
Hardcover, Houghton Mifflin Company
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Europe Unfolding, 1648-1688by John StoyeISBN 0631213872 (0-631-21387-2)
Softcover, Blackwell Pub
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The Experience of Defeat: Milton and Some Contemporariesby Christopher HillISBN 0670302082 (0-670-30208-2)
Hardcover, Viking
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Four Great Tragedies: Hamlet, Macbeth, Othello and Romeo and Julietby William ShakespeareISBN 061317237X (0-613-17237-X)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Four Great Tragedies: Hamlet, Macbeth, Othello and Romeo and Juliet'Book summary:FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. The greatest works of tragedy from the Bard, this book features ""Hamlet, Othello, King Lear"" and ""Macbeth"". [via]
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Four Tragediesby William ShakespeareISBN 060625269X (0-606-25269-X)
Hardcover, Demco Media
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Heath Anthology of American Literatureby Richard Yarborough, Paul LauterISBN 0618109196 (0-618-10919-6)
Softcover, Houghton Mifflin College Div
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Heath Anthology of American Literature'Book summary:A best-selling anthology since its first edition, this premier survey of American literature has influenced the manner in which the American literary canon is taught in classrooms across the nation. In response to readers' requests, the editors of the Heath Anthology continue to develop and reinforce its greatest strengths: diverse reading selections and strong ancillaries. With the assistance of more than 200 contributing editorsall specialists in particular eras and writersthe editors have updated biographical and critical information, as well as added new works of interest to both instructors and students.
The Fourth Edition features writers and selections that highlight the divergent communities and diverse voices constituting the United States, both past and present. Volume 1 takes students from Native American oral literatures up to 1865, including Whitman and Dickinson. Volume 2 (which can be packaged with a free supplement of Whitman and Dickinson works) opens with African American folk tales and regional writers, and includes new sections on the Beat Movement and the Vietnam Conflict.
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Henry IV. Part 2by William ShakespeareISBN 0671739093 (0-671-73909-3)
Softcover, Washington Square Pr
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Henry Vby William ShakespeareISBN 0671421948 (0-671-42194-8)
Softcover, Washington Square Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Henry IV'Book summary:"I feel that I have spent half my career with one or another Pelican Shakespeare in my back pocket. Convenience, however, is the least important aspect of the new Pelican Shakespeare series. Here is an elegant and clear text for either the study or the rehearsal room, notes where you need them and the distinguished scholarship of the general editors, Stephen Orgel and A. R. Braunmuller who understand that these are plays for performance as well as great texts for contemplation." (Patrick Stewart)[via]The distinguished Pelican Shakespeare series, which has sold more than four million copies, is now completely revised and repackaged.
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* Authoritative, reliable texts
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* An essay on the theatrical world of Shakespeare and essays on Shakespeare's life and the selection of textsMore editions of Henry V:
- Henry VI: ISBN 0671669184 (0-671-66918-4)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster - Henry VI. Part 2: ISBN 0671669192 (0-671-66919-2)
Softcover, Washington Square Pr - Henry V: ISBN 0671415190 (0-671-41519-0)
Softcover, Pocket Books - Henry iV: ISBN 0671722646 (0-671-72264-6)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster - Henry V: ISBN 0671722654 (0-671-72265-4)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster - Henry IV: ISBN 0671421948 (0-671-42194-8)
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- Henry VI: ISBN 0671669184 (0-671-66918-4)
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The Iliadby Homer, Robert Fagles, Bernard MacGregor Walker KnoxISBN 0670835102 (0-670-83510-2)
Hardcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Iliad'Book summary:Focusing on the closing days of the Trojan War, this novel incorporates the same epic cast of gods and warriors from The Odyssey. From the kidnapping of Helen from her Greek home to the death of Achilles's companion, the battle rages between two warring nations and the gods which protect both sides. Thrilling in content, but literate and subtle in its meaning, The Iliad remains a classic among classics. [via]
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Iliad and Odyssey Gift Setby HomerISBN 0670779644 (0-670-77964-4)
Hardcover, Viking Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Iliad and Odyssey Gift Set'Book summary:This is a boxed gift edition of Fagles's two widely acclaimed translations of Homer.
The Iliad is typically described as one of the greatest war stories of all time, but to call it a war story does not begin to describe the emotional sweep of its action and characters: Achilles, Helen, Hector, and other heroes of Greek myth and history in the 10th and final year of the Greek siege of Troy. The Odyssey is, quite simply, the story of Odysseus, who wants to go home. But Poseidon, god of oceans, doesn't want him to make it back across the wine-dark sea to his wife, Penelope, son, Telemachus, and their high-roofed home at Ithaca. The story is told in easy-going, beautiful poetry; the characters speak naturally, the action happens briskly. Even the gods come across as real people, despite the divine powers they exercise constantly. Both works have been hailed by scholars and the public for the powerful language that brings clashing, pulsing life to these ancient masterpieces. [via]
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In The Days Of The Salem Witchcraft Trials: The Life Behind The Witchcraft Trialby Marilynne K. RoachISBN 0613869737 (0-613-86973-7)
Hardcover, Bt Bound
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An Inquiry Concerning Human Understanding: With a Supplement, An Abstract of A Treatise of Human Natureby David Hume, Charles William HendelISBN 0672602180 (0-672-60218-0)
Softcover, Bobbs-Merrill Educational Pub
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Julius Caesarby William Shakespeare, Paul Werstine, Barbara A. MowatISBN 0671722719 (0-671-72271-9)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Julius Caesar'Book summary:One of Shakespeare's most political plays, Julius Caesar continued Shakespeare's interest in Roman history, first developed in Titus Andronicus. Drawing on Plutarch, the great historian of Rome, Shakespeare dramatises one of the most crucial moments in Roman history--the assassination of Julius Caesar. Loved by the Roman crowd but increasingly feared by the Senators, Caesar increasingly shows signs of his desire to abolish the Republic and crown himself emperor. A conspiracy is hatched, led by Cassius and Brutus, who murder Caesar on the steps of the Capitol. Mourning over his dead friend's body, Mark Antony gives one of the famous rhetorical speeches in literature, asking "Friends, Romans, Countrymen" to lament Caesar's death, privately vowing to "let slip the dogs of war" against those who have shed Caesar's blood. Antony joins forces with Caesar's son Octavius to defeat Cassius and Brutus in battle, and establish an uneasy alliance whose collapse is dramatised in Shakespeare's later play Antony and Cleopatra. Written at the end of Queen Elizabeth's reign, Julius Caesar has been seen by many as a radically pro-Republican play which sailed close to the political wind of the time. --Jerry Brotton [via]
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King Johnby Shakespeare Association Staff, Paul Werstine, Barbara A. Mowat, William ShakespeareISBN 0671722735 (0-671-72273-5)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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L' Ecole Des Femmes and LA Critique De L'Ecole Des Femmesby Moliere, William D. HowarthISBN 0631006303 (0-631-00630-3)
Softcover, Blackwell Pub
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The Letters of John Wilmot, Earl of Rochesterby Jeremy Treglown, Rochester, John Wilmot, 2d Earl OfISBN 063112831X (0-631-12831-X)
Hardcover, B. Blackwell
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Lettres Philosophiquesby Voltaire, F. A. TaylorISBN 0631004505 (0-631-00450-5)
Hardcover, B. Blackwell
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The Life and Death of King John/The Famous History of the Life of King Henry VIII: 2 in 1by William ShakespeareISBN 0671669206 (0-671-66920-6)
Softcover, Pocket Books
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The Life of John Milton: A Critical Biographyby Barbara Kiefer LewalskiISBN 0631176659 (0-631-17665-9)
Hardcover, Blackwell Pub
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The Life of King Henry the Fifthby William ShakespeareISBN 0671727184 (0-671-72718-4)
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Love's Labor's Lostby William Shakespeare, Barbara A. Mowat, Paul WerstineISBN 0671722743 (0-671-72274-3)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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The Mazarine Legacy; the Life of Hortense Mancini: Duchess Mazarinby Toivo David RosvallISBN 067046418X (0-670-46418-X)
Hardcover, Viking Press
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Milton and the English Revolutionby John Edward Christopher HillISBN 0670476129 (0-670-47612-9)
Hardcover, Viking Press
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The Moon and the Sunby Vonda N. McIntyreISBN 0671567659 (0-671-56765-9)
Hardcover, Simon & Schuster
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Moon and the Sun'Book summary:In this rich and engrossing tale, Vonda N. McIntyre proves once again that her plotting and mastery of language are among the best in the business. The Moon and the Sun, which won the 1997 Nebula Award for best novel of the year, is the story of Marie-Josèphe, a young lady in the court of Louis XIV. When her brother Yves returns from a naturalist voyage with two sea monsters (one live, one dead), Marie-Josèphe is caught up in a battle of wills involving the fate of the living creature. The king intends to test whether the sea monster holds the secrets of immortality, but Marie-Josèphe knows the creature to be an intelligent, lonely being who yearns only to be set free. In a monumental test of the limits of patience and love, Marie-Josèphe defies the will of the king, her brother, and the pope in defense of what she knows is right, at any cost. McIntyre's atmospheric prose envelops the reader in a fully realized world--sights, smells, and sounds are described in great detail. The author completely represents the Sun King's court at Versailles--her research for the book must have been quite extensive. The blend of history, science, and fantasy makes for a book you will want to gulp down. --Therese Littleton [via]
The New Model Army in England, Ireland and Scotland, 1645-1653by Ian J. GentlesISBN 0631158693 (0-631-15869-3)
Hardcover, Blackwell Pub
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Orlando: A Biographyby Virginia WoolfISBN 0613174224 (0-613-17422-4)
Hardcover, Bt Bound
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Outlanderby Diana GabaldonISBN 0613237501 (0-613-23750-1)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Outlander'Book summary:In Outlander, a 600-page time-travel romance, strong-willed and sensual Claire Randall leads a double life with a husband in one century, and a lover in another. Torn between fidelity and desire, she struggles to understand the pure intent of her heart. But don't let the number of pages and the Scottish dialect scare you. It's one of the fastest reads you'll have in your library.
While on her second honeymoon in the British Isles, Claire touches a boulder that hurls her back in time to the forbidden Castle Leoch with the MacKenzie clan. Not understanding the forces that brought her there, she becomes ensnared in life-threatening situations with a Scots warrior named James Fraser. But it isn't all spies and drudgery that she must endure. For amid her new surroundings and the terrors she faces, she is lured into love and passion like she's never known before.
I was lame and sore in every muscle when I woke next morning. I shuffled to the privy closet, then to the wash basin. My innards felt like churned butter. It felt as though I had been beaten with a blunt object, I reflected, then thought that that was very near the truth. The blunt object in question was visible as I came back to bed, looking now relatively harmless. Its possessor [Jamie] woke as I sat next to him, and examined me with something that looked very much like male smugness."
Gabaldon creates characters that you'll remember, laugh with, cry with, and cheer for long after you've finished the book. --Candy Paape [via]More editions of Outlander:
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The Past Speaks: Sources and Problems in British History Since 1688by Walter L. ArnsteinISBN 0669246026 (0-669-24602-6)
Softcover, D C Heath & Co
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Past Speaks: Sources and Problems in English Historyby Smith, Jean Reeder SmithISBN 0669246018 (0-669-24601-8)
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People's History of the United Statesby Howard ZinnISBN 060634876X (0-606-34876-X)
Hardcover, Demco Media
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A People's History Of The United States: 1492-Presentby Howard ZinnISBN 0606301127 (0-606-30112-7)
Hardcover, Demco Media
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The Poems of John Wilmot, Earl of Rochesterby Keith WalkerISBN 0631154973 (0-631-15497-3)
Softcover, Blackwell Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Poems of John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester'Book summary:Rochester's poems have been on the one hand neglected, derided or viewed with disgust. They have also been acclaimed as works of genius. They can be considered shocking and obscene, or masterpieces, or both at once, according to one's point of view. However, they have generally received less attention than they deserve. Recently, though, interest in the poet has revived and this edition (the first for fifteen years) provides scholarly texts of all the poems. The editor has examined the entirety of extant manuscripts and printed editions, and presents collated versions in tactfully regularized "old spelling". All substantive variants are recorded, including in some cases complete alternative versions of poems. The poems are arranged by genre, and where possible chronologically within each genre. There are notes on dating and contemporary allusions, and the introduction includes an outline of Rochester's life. [via]
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Practical Matter: Newton's Science in the Service of Industry and Empire, 1687-1851by Margaret C. Jacob, Larry StewartISBN 0674014979 (0-674-01497-9)
Hardcover, Harvard Univ Pr
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The Prize of All the Oceans: The Dramatic True Story of Commodore Anson's Voyage Round the World and How He Seized the Spanish Treasure Galleonby Glyndwr WilliamsISBN 0670891975 (0-670-89197-5)
Hardcover, Penguin Group USA
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Puritanism in Early Americaby George MacGregor WallerISBN 0669827193 (0-669-82719-3)
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Reformation Thought: An Introductionby Alister W. McGrathISBN 0631215212 (0-631-21521-2)
Softcover, Blackwell Pub
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This new expanded edition includes fresh material relating to the English and Catholic Reformations, and an expanded discussion of key ideas. Each chapter includes suggestions for further reading, and a glossary explains central religions and historical terms. [via]
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Rembrandt: His Life, His Paintingsby Gary SchwartzISBN 0670808768 (0-670-80876-8)
Hardcover, Penguin USA
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Restoration Drama: An Anthologyby David WomersleyISBN 0631209034 (0-631-20903-4)
Softcover, Blackwell Pub
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The Sack of Panama: Sir Henry Morgan's Adventures on the Spanish Mainby Peter EarleISBN 0670614254 (0-670-61425-4)
Hardcover, Viking Press
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Speak of Loveby Linda Madl, Carolyn TolleyISBN 0671733907 (0-671-73390-7)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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Treasure Islandby Robert Louis StevensonISBN 0670869201 (0-670-86920-1)
Hardcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
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Twelfth Night for Kidsby Lois Burdett, Christine CoburnISBN 0613511921 (0-613-51192-1)
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The Two Gentlemen of Veronaby William Shakespeare, Paul Werstine, Barbara A. MowatISBN 0671722956 (0-671-72295-6)
Softcover, Pocket Classics
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Virgins of Venice: Broken Vows and Cloistered Lives in the Renaissance Conventby Mary LavenISBN 0670031836 (0-670-03183-6)
Hardcover, Penguin Group USA
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Virgins of Venice: Enclosed Lives and Broken Vows in the Renaissance Conventby Mary LavenISBN 0670896357 (0-670-89635-7)
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William Shakespeareby Terry EagletonISBN 0631145540 (0-631-14554-0)
Softcover, Blackwell Publishing Limited
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The Winter Queenby Jane StevensonISBN 0618382674 (0-618-38267-4)
Softcover, Houghton Mifflin
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