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The Age of Voltaire: A History of Civilization in Western Europe from 1715 to 1756, With Special Emphasis on the Conflict Between Religion and Philosophyby Will DurantISBN 1567310206 (1-56731-020-6)
Hardcover, Fine Communications
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Alexander Pope's Collected Poemsby Alexander Pope, Bonamy DobreeISBN 0460017608 (0-460-01760-8)
Hardcover, Dent
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Basic Political Writingsby Jean-Jacques RousseauISBN 0872200477 (0-87220-047-7)
Softcover, Hackett Pub Co Inc
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Basic Political Writings: Discourse on the Sciences and the Arts, Discourse on the Origin of Inequality, Discourse on Political Economy on the Sociaby Jean-Jacques RousseauISBN 0872200485 (0-87220-048-5)
Hardcover, Hackett Pub Co Inc
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Beggar's Operaby Bryan Loughrey, John Gay, T. O. TreadwellISBN 0140432205 (0-14-043220-5)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Beggar's Opera'Book summary:[via]Whore and rogue they call husband and wife:
All professions be-rogue one another'The tale of Peachum, thief-taker and informer, conspiring to send the dashing and promiscuous highwayman Macheath to the gallows, became the theatrical sensation of the eighteenth century. In The Beggars Opera, John Gay turned conventions of Italian opera riotously upside-down, instead using traditional popular ballads and street tunes, while also indulging in political satire at the expense of the Prime Minister, Sir Robert Walpole. Gays highly original depiction of the thieves, informers, prostitutes and highwaymen thronging the slums and prisons of the corrupt London underworld proved brilliantly successful in exposing the dark side of a corrupt and jaded society.
Bryan Loughrey and T. O. Treadwells introduction examines the eighteenth-century background of musical theatre and opera, the changing cityscape of London and the corruption of the legal system. This edition also includes a note on the music in The Beggars Opera and suggestions for further reading.
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Beggar's Operaby John GayISBN 0486408884 (0-486-40888-4)
Softcover, Dover Pubns
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Beggar's Opera'Book summary:[via]A receiver of stolen goods informs on his chief supplier, setting in motion an increasingly absurd turn of events. In addition to its burlesque of the then-current vogue for Italian operatic styles, this satirical 1728 play ridicules a broad spectrum of political figures and social conventions. Influential prototype for Threepenny Opera.More editions of Beggar's Opera:
Beggars Opera and Other Eighteenth Century Playsby J. HampdenISBN 0460018183 (0-460-01818-3)
Softcover, J M Dent & Sons Ltd
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A Breath Of Snow And Ashesby Diana GabaldonISBN 0385340397 (0-385-34039-7)
Softcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Breath of Snow and Ashes'Book summary:Eagerly anticipated by her legions of fans, this sixth novel in Diana Gabaldons bestselling Outlander saga is a masterpiece of historical fiction from one of the most popular authors of our time.
Since the initial publication of Outlander fifteen years ago, Diana Gabaldons New York Times bestselling saga has won the hearts of readers the world over and sold more than twelve million books. Now, A Breath of Snow and Ashes continues the extraordinary story of 18th-century Scotsman Jamie Fraser and his 20th-century wife, Claire.
The year is 1772, and on the eve of the American Revolution, the long fuse of rebellion has already been lit. Men lie dead in the streets of Boston, and in the backwoods of North Carolina, isolated cabins burn in the forest.
With chaos brewing, the governor calls upon Jamie Fraser to unite the backcountry and safeguard the colony for King and Crown. But from his wife Jamie knows that three years hence the shot heard round the world will be fired, and the result will be independence with those loyal to the King either dead or in exile. And there is also the matter of a tiny clipping from The Wilmington Gazette, dated 1776, which reports Jamies death, along with his kin. For once, he hopes, his time-traveling family may be wrong about the future. [via]More editions of A Breath Of Snow And Ashes:
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Burnsby James Kinsley, Robert BurnsISBN 0192811142 (0-19-281114-2)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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Burnsby Robert Burns, Henry W. Meikle, William BeattieISBN 0140585354 (0-14-058535-4)
Softcover, Penguin USA
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Castle Rackrentby Maria EdgeworthISBN 1421803712 (1-4218-0371-2)
Hardcover, 1st World Library
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Castle Rackrent'Book summary:An edition of Maria Edgeworth's first novel, 'Castle Rackrent', originally published in 1800, with annotations, an Introduction and a bibliography. 'Castle Rackrent' tells the story of three generations of the Rackrent family from the perspective of their servant, Thady Quirk, during the middle of the eighteenth century in Ireland. [via]
Castle Rackrent and the Absenteeby Maria EdgeworthISBN 185326220X (1-85326-220-X)
Softcover, Wordsworth Editions, Limited
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Collected Poemsby Alexander Pope, Bonamy DobreeISBN 0460870629 (0-460-87062-9)
Softcover, Tuttle Pub
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Collected Poems: Alexander Popeby Alexander PopeISBN 0460007602 (0-460-00760-2)
Hardcover, J M Dent & Sons Ltd
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The Critique of Judgement: The Critique of Aesthetic Judgementby Immanuel Kant, James Creed MeredithISBN 1420926942 (1-4209-2694-2)
Softcover, Digireads.Com
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Critique of Judgmentby Immanuel Kant, J.H. BernardISBN 1573928372 (1-57392-837-2)
Softcover, Prometheus Books
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Crowded With Genius: The Scottish Enlightenment Edinburgh's Moment of the Mindby James BuchanISBN 006055889X (0-06-055889-X)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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Cry to Heavenby Anne RiceISBN 0345373707 (0-345-37370-7)
Softcover, Ballantine Books
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Dream of Red Mansionsby Tsao Hsueh-ChimISBN 004820028X (0-04-820028-X)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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Dream of the Red Chamberby Chan TsaoISBN 0385093799 (0-385-09379-9)
Softcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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The Dream of the Red Chamberby David Hawkes, Cao XueqinISBN 0146001761 (0-14-600176-1)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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Edmund Burke: A Philosophical Enquiry into the Origin of Our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautifulby Edmund Burke, J.T. BoultonISBN 0268000859 (0-268-00085-9)
Softcover, Univ of Notre Dame Pr
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Enquiries Concerning Human Understanding and Concerning the Principles of Moralsby David HumeISBN 019824536X (0-19-824536-X)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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An Enquiry Concerning Human Understandingby David Hume, Tom L. BeauchampISBN 0198752482 (0-19-875248-2)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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Softcover, Dover Pubns - An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding: A Critical Edition: ISBN 0198250606 (0-19-825060-6)
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An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding. And Other Writingsby Stephen BuckleISBN 0521604036 (0-521-60403-6)
Softcover, Cambridge Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding. And Other Writings'Book summary:David Hume's An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding, first published in 1748, is a concise statement of Hume's central philosophical positions. It develops an account of human mental functioning which emphasizes the limits of human knowledge and the extent of our reliance on (non-rational) mental habits. It then applies that account to questions of free will and religious knowledge before closing with a defence of moderate scepticism. This volume, which presents a modified version of the definitive 1772 edition of the work, offers helpful annotation for the student reader, together with an introduction that sets this profoundly influential work in its philosophical and historical contexts. The volume also includes a selection of other works by Hume that throw light on both the circumstances of the work's genesis and its key themes and arguments. [via]
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The First Salute/a View of the American Revolutionby Barbara TuchmanISBN 0896219445 (0-89621-944-5)
Softcover, Thorndike Pr
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The History of Miss Betsy Thoughtlessby Eliza Haywood, Beth Fowkes TobinISBN 0192824902 (0-19-282490-2)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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The History of Sir Charles Grandisonby Samuel Richardson, Jocelyn HarrisISBN 0192817450 (0-19-281745-0)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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Hotel TransylvaniaISBN 1588810097 (1-58881-009-7)
Hardcover, Stealth Pr
Find This BookBook summary:Le Comte de Saint-Germain cultured, well-traveled, articulate, elegant, learned, honorable, an alchemist, and a man of many secrets he is a mystery to the court of Louis XV. For Madelaine de Montalia, making her debut in society, he is as fascinating as he is enigmatic, an admiration he returns. But others are interested in her as well. The dark folly of her fathers youth exposes her to danger that only someone of Saint-Germains vast experience can comprehend or repulse.
In this first book of the Saint-Germain cycle, Saint-Germain establishes himself as the compassionate hero whose adventures span continents and millennia. [via]
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Inquiry Concerning Human Understanding an Abstractby D. HumeISBN 002353110X (0-02-353110-X)
Softcover, Bobbs-Merrill Co
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The Interesting Narrative of Life of Olaudah Equianoby Olaudah Equiano, Angelo CostanzoISBN 1551112620 (1-55111-262-0)
Softcover, Broadview Pr
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Johnny Tremainby Esther ForbesISBN 0881030287 (0-88103-028-7)
Hardcover, Bt Bound
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Johnny Tremain'Book summary:This story of a tragically injured young silversmith who ends up hip-deep in the American Revolution is inspiring, exciting, and sad. Winner of the prestigious Newbery Award in 1944, Esther Forbes's story has lasted these 50-plus years by including adventure, loss, courage, and history in a wonderfully written, very dramatic package. It's probably not great for little guys but mature 11-year-olds or older will find it a great adventure. [via]
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Kidnappedby Robert Louis StevensonISBN 1853261173 (1-85326-117-3)
Softcover, Wordsworth Edition
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Kidnapped'Book summary:Set in Scotland after the Jacobite rebellion, young David Balfour leaves home and goes to the sinister House of Shaws. There, he finds himself kidnapped, the victim of his uncle's plot to cheat him of his inheritance, aboard a ship bound for America. He teams up with the Jacobite loyalist and spy, Alan Breck and they take on the ship's crew in a courageous battle but are soon shipwrecked. Later, they find themselves suspected of the murder of 'Red Fox', a notorious enemy of the Jacobeans. They flee across the Highlands in a perilous journey back to David's home where he finally claims his inheritance. First serialised in Young Folks magazine in 1886, and issued as a book later that year, Kidnapped provided much of the inspiration for John Buchan's The Thirty Nine Steps and a generation of subsequent thrillers. [via]
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Hardcover, Classic Books - Kidnapped: ISBN 1851497080 (1-85149-708-0)
Hardcover, Antique Collectors Club Ltd - Kidnapped: ISBN 1561382620 (1-56138-262-0)
Hardcover, Running Pr Book Pub - Kidnapped: ISBN 1577656903 (1-57765-690-3)
Hardcover, Spotlight - Kidnapped: ISBN 0883017172 (0-88301-717-2)
Softcover, Xs Books - Kidnapped: ISBN 0895772329 (0-89577-232-9)
Hardcover, Simon & Schuster Merchandise & - Kidnapped: ISBN 3895082570 (3-89508-257-0)
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Life Maskby Emma DonoghueISBN 0156032643 (0-15-603264-3)
Softcover, Harcourt
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Life Mask'Book summary:One of the satisfactions of Emma Donoghue's masterful fourth novel, Life Mask, is the tension between the writer's contemporary interests, like lesbianism and the balance of power in marriage, and her 18th Century subject matter. Life Mask is a fictional recreation of a plausible (but unproven) love triangle between the comedic actress Eliza Farren, the sculptor Anne Damer (the niece of Horace Walpole, a fantastic minor character here), and Edward Smith-Stanley, the twelfth Earl of Derby, a Whig (liberal) politician who left his name to the horse race he founded. Like her bestseller Slammerkin, the novel spins an intricate story from the slightest of historical traces, in this case a single reference in the commonplace book of Hester (Thrale) Piozzi: a snarky four-line epigram that hints at the danger to Miss Farren's reputation in consorting with "one whose name approaches 'Damn Her.'"
Readers who stay with Donoghue through the crowded and confusing early chapters of Life Mask will find a skillful, partly sympathetic portrait of English aristocracy during and after the French Revolution, a trove of period detail, and a spellbinding tale of unlikely but enduring love. --Regina Marler [via]
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The Life of Mr. Jonathan Wild, the Greatby Henry Fielding, Hugh Amory, Linda Bree, Claude RawsonISBN 0192804081 (0-19-280408-1)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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Love in Excess; Or, the Fatal Enquiryby Eliza Haywood, David OakleafISBN 1551113678 (1-55111-367-8)
Softcover, Broadview Pr
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Madame De Pompadourby Nancy Mitford, Amanda ForemanISBN 094032265X (0-940322-65-X)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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New York Burning: Liberty, Slavery, And Conspiracy In Eighteenth-century Manhattanby Jill LeporeISBN 1400032261 (1-4000-3226-1)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'New York Burning: Liberty, Slavery, And Conspiracy in Eighteenth-Century Manhattan'Book summary:New York Burning is a well-told tale of a once-notorious episode that took place in Manhattan in 1741. Though, as Jill Lepore writes, New York's "slave past has long been buried," for most of the 18th century one in five inhabitants of Manhattan were enslaved, making it second only to Charleston, South Carolina, "in a wretched calculus of urban unfreedom." Over the course of a few weeks in 1741, ten fires burned across Manhattan, sparking hysteria and numerous conspiracy rumors. Initially, rival politicians blamed each other for the blazes, but they soon found a common enemy. Based solely on the testimony of one white woman, some 200 slaves were accused of conspiring to burn down the city, murder the resident whites, and take over the local government. Under duress, 80 slaves confessed to the crimes and were forced to implicate others. When the trial was over, 13 black men were burned at the stake, 17 more were hanged (along with four whites accused of working with them), and 70 others were shipped off to the Caribbean where slavery conditions were even worse.
By necessity, Jill Lepore bases much of her research on a journal written in 1744 by New York Supreme Court Justice Daniel Horsmanden, which she describes as "one of the most startling and vexing documents in early American history" and "a diary, a mystery, a history, and maybe one of English literature's first detective stories." Adding cultural and political context to the available evidence, Lepore questions whether there was a conspiracy at all, or if it was blind fear run amok that led to the guilty verdicts for so many slaves. As she points out, fear of slave revolt was a real and consistent theme throughout the early days of the colonies. Crisply written and meticulously researched (the book includes several detailed appendices), New York Burning is a gripping narrative of events that led to what one colonist referred to as the "bonfires of the Negroes." --Shawn Carkonen [via]
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The Old English Baron/the Castle of Otrantoby Horace Walpole, Clara Reeve, Laura L. RungeISBN 0967912121 (0-9679121-2-1)
Softcover, College Pub
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A Philosophical Enquiry into the Origin of Our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautifulby Edmund Burke, David WomersleyISBN 0140436251 (0-14-043625-1)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Philosophical Enquiry into the Origin of Our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful'Book summary:The "Philosophical Enquiry" is a study of the relationship between strong feelings and forms of art, that considers the inspired persuasiveness of certain kinds of writing alongside experience of the natural landscape, and is gradually being recognized as an important work of aesthetic theory. This eloquent and sometimes erotic book was long considered to be a piece of Burke's juvenilia, published when he was only 28. But it is a precursor of his later political writings, and clearly deals with a fashionable topic of intellectual preoccupation in the 18th-century. This work is also one of the first major works in European literature on the sublime, a subject that was later to fascinate thinkers from Kant and Coleridge in the 18th-century, to contemporary philosophers and literary critics. Adam Phillips has also edited Charles Lamb's "Selected Prose" and Walter Pater's "The Renaissance", as well as writing a study of his own entitled "Winnicott". [via]
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Pleasures of the Imagination: English Culture in the Eighteenth Centuryby John BrewerISBN 0374234582 (0-374-23458-2)
Hardcover, Farrar, Straus & Giroux
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Poems and Songsby Robert BurnsISBN 0486268632 (0-486-26863-2)
Softcover, Dover Pubns
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Poems and Songs'Book summary:Treasury of 43 works including: "The Cotter's Saturday Night," "To a Mountain Daisy," "To a Mouse," "To a Louse," "Tam o' Shanter," "Comin Thro' the Rye," "Im Oe'r Young to Marry Yet," "O, Lay Thy Loof in Mine, Lass," and "O, Wert Thou in the Cauld Blast." Alphabetical lists of titles and first lines. Extensive glossary.[via]More editions of Poems and Songs:
Poems of Alexander Popeby Alexander PopeISBN 0300000308 (0-300-00030-8)
Softcover, Yale Univ Pr
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Poetical Works of Burnsby Robert Burns, Raymond BentmanISBN 039518486X (0-395-18486-X)
Hardcover, Houghton Mifflin
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Pope: Poetical Worksby Herbert DavisISBN 0192812467 (0-19-281246-7)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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Pope, the Complete Poems of Alexanderby Alexander PopeISBN 0140423508 (0-14-042350-8)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinnerby James HoggISBN 1419179012 (1-4191-7901-2)
Softcover, Kessinger Pub Co
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner'Book summary:Set in early eighteenth-century Scotland, James Hogg's masterpiece is a brilliant psychological study of religious fanaticism and the power of evil. Led on by his sinister companion, Gil-Martin, Robert Wringhim commits a series of atrocious crimes. As the novel progresses, however, and the complexity of Wringhim's mind is revealed, the reader begins to doubt whether Gil-Martin even exists. This edition of The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner places the work within the context of Calvinism, Scottish political and constitutional history, and early psychological theories of "double consciousness." A wide-ranging introduction discusses the novel in relation to its setting as well as to the period in which it was composed. [via]
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Private Memoirs of a Justified Sinnerby James HoggISBN 3829030096 (3-8290-3009-6)
Hardcover, Konemann
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Robert Burnsby Donald LowISBN 046087814X (0-460-87814-X)
Softcover, Everyman
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Robert Louis Stevenson's Kidnapped or the Lad With the Silver Buttonby Robert Louis Stevenson, Barry MenikoffISBN 0873281772 (0-87328-177-2)
Hardcover, Univ of California Pr
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Rousseau and Revolution: A History of Civilization in France, England, and Germany from 1756, and in the Remainder of Europe from 1715, to 1789by Will Durant, Ariel DurantISBN 1567310214 (1-56731-021-4)
Hardcover, Fine Communications
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A Sentimental Journey and Other Writingsby Laurence Sterne, Tom KeymerISBN 0460873369 (0-460-87336-9)
Softcover, Tuttle Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Sentimental Journey and Other Writings'Book summary:Part of the "Everyman" series which has been re-set with wide margins for notes and easy-to-read type. Each title includes a themed introduction by leading authorities on the subject, life-and-times chronology of the author, text summaries, annotated reading lists and selected criticism and notes. [via]
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Sentimental Journey Through France and Italyby Laurence SterneISBN 0460007963 (0-460-00796-3)
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A Sentimental Journey: Through France and Italyby L. SterneISBN 0486434737 (0-486-43473-7)
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A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy by Mr. Yorickby Laurence Sterne, Paul GoringISBN 0140437797 (0-14-043779-7)
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The Story of the Stoneby Xueqin Cao, David Hawkes, E Gao, John Minford, O Kao, Cao Xuequin, Hsueh-Chin TsaoISBN 0140442936 (0-14-044293-6)
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Story of the Stoneby Cao XuequinISBN 014044372X (0-14-044372-X)
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The Story of the Stone: The Dreamer Wakesby Cao XueqinISBN 025319265X (0-253-19265-X)
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The System Of The Worldby Neal StephensonISBN 0060750863 (0-06-075086-3)
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The world is a most confused and unsteady place -- especially London, center of finance, innovation, and conspiracy -- in the year 1714, when Daniel Waterhouse makes his less-than-triumphant return to England's shores. Aging Puritan and Natural Philosopher, confidant of the high and mighty and contemporary of the most brilliant minds of the age, he has braved the merciless sea and an assault by the infamous pirate Blackbeard to help mend the rift between two adversarial geniuses at a princess's behest. But while much has changed outwardly, the duplicity and danger that once drove Daniel to the American Colonies is still coin of the British realm.
No sooner has Daniel set foot on his homeland when he is embroiled in a dark conflict that has been raging in the shadows for decades. It is a secret war between the brilliant, enigmatic Master of the Mint and closet alchemist Isaac Newton and his archnemesis, the insidious counterfeiter Jack the Coiner, a.k.a. Jack Shaftoe, King of the Vagabonds. Hostilities are suddenly moving to a new and more volatile level, as Half-Cocked Jack plots a daring assault on the Tower itself, aiming for nothing less than the total corruption of Britain's newborn monetary system.
Unbeknownst to all, it is love that set the Coiner on his traitorous course; the desperate need to protect the woman of his heart -- the remarkable Eliza, Duchess of Arcachon-Qwghlm -- from those who would destroy her should he fail. Meanwhile, Daniel Waterhouse and his Clubb of unlikely cronies comb city and country for clues to the identity of the blackguard who is attempting to blow up Natural Philosophers with Infernal Devices -- as political factions jockey for position while awaiting the impending death of the ailing queen; as the "holy grail" of alchemy, the key to life eternal, tantalizes and continues to elude Isaac Newton, yet is closer than he ever imagined; as the greatest technological innovation in history slowly takes shape in Waterhouse's manufactory.
Everything that was will be changed forever ... The System of the World is the concluding volume in Neal Stephenson's Baroque Cycle, begun with Quicksilver and continued in The Confusion. [via]
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Schriften Zur Asthetik Und Naturphilosophieby Immanuel Kant, Manfred Frank, Veronique ZanettiISBN 3618630506 (3-618-63050-6)
Hardcover, Deutscher Klassiker Verlag
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Wer nun gleich aufgibt, erspart sich zwar eine Menge Lesearbeit, beraubt sich zugleich aber einer ungemein spannenden Lektüreerfahrung. Kant begreifen heißt, sich auf seine Sprache einlassen. So nähert man sich fast zwangsläufig einer zentralen Idee dieser dritten großen kritischen Schrift. Denn, sagt Kant, das Wesen des Geschmacks liegt darin, daß er ohne das Interesse am Objekt des Urteils auskommt. Ästhetisches Urteilen ist interesseloses Wohlgefallen (oder Mißfallen), der Zweck bleibt außen vor. Will heißen: Die Bewertung der Qualität der "Kritik der Urteilskraft" steht vollkommen außerhalb der Frage, ob die Quälerei irgendetwas bringt. Schließlich lasse sich über das Erhabene und Schöne nicht streiten, "und sofern kann man nicht sagen: Ein jeder hat seinen besonderen Geschmack".
Das große Rätsel dieses Werks bleibt das Paradox zwischen allem Anfang Ästhetischen Empfindens im Subjektiven und einem "Gemeinsinn", der es einem erlaubt, das eigene Schönheitsempfinden mit anderen zu teilen. Und die Einsicht in dieses seltsame Verhältnis sorgt für die intellektuelle Lust, die einem diese Erkenntnis (und jede andere etwas komplizierte auch) vermitteln kann. Fragen Sie nicht, was es bringt. Lesen und urteilen Sie! --Harald Stucke [via]
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La Conjura / A Spectacle of Corruptionby David LissISBN 8425339383 (84-253-3938-3)
Hardcover, Grijalbo Mondadori
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