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Adventures of Eovaaiby Eliza Haywood, Earla WilputteISBN 1551111977 (1-55111-197-7)
Softcover, Broadview Press
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Adventures of Eovaai'Book summary:Haywood's novel is the story of the beautiful Princess Eovaai. Groomed for the throne by her father, who teaches her Lockean notions of liberty, she is overthrown, enmeshed in civil war, and then magically transported to a foreign land by an evil man. Part magician, part politician, he plots to marry her for political reasons. The fascinating reflexive structure of The Adventures of Eovaai incorporates argumentative intrusions (by the Translator, an Historian, etc.), interweaves political and amatory storylines, and blends a wild mix of genres. [via]
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Adventures of Eovaai Princess of Ijaveoby Eliza Fowler Haywood, Earla Arden WilputteISBN 1551113120 (1-55111-312-0)
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The Age of Louis XIV: A History of European Civilization in the Period of Pascal, Moliere, Cromwell, Milton, Peter the Great, Newton, and Spinoza 1648-1715by Will Durant, Ariel DurantISBN 1567310192 (1-56731-019-2)
Hardcover, Fine Communications
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The Age of Reason: Being an Investigation of True and Fabulous Theologyby Thomas PaineISBN 1596051604 (1-59605-160-4)
Softcover, Cosimo Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Age of Reason: Being an Investigation of True and Fabulous Theology'Book summary:An idealist, a radical, and a master rhetorician, Thomas Paine wrote and lived with a keen sense of urgency and excitement. In The Age of Reason, Thomas Paine declares that all religious traditions are ultimately established for the dependence of mankind. He openly criticizes the Bible and many of the fallacies contained within, as well as providing a shrewd analysis of Christianity and how it developed from its pagan ancestry-arguments many critics claim carry weight today. Paine alienated many of his countrymen with his incendiary viewpoints. Forced to leave America for England, Paine eventually returned to the United States in 1802, though he remained all but ostracized. He died in poverty seven years later in 1809. AUTHOR BIO: Thomas Paine (1737-1809) was an Anglo-American political theorist and writer born in Norfolk, England. In 1774, Paine emigrated to America, bearing letters of introduction from Benjamin Franklin. Soon thereafter, he became involved in the clashes between England and the American colonies and published the enormously successful pamphlet Common Sense in 1776, which was widely distributed and contributed to the patriot cause throughout the American Revolution. [via]
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The Age of Revolutionby Winston ChurchillISBN 1568495064 (1-56849-506-4)
Hardcover, Buccaneer Books
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Alexander Hamiltonby Ron ChernowISBN 1594200092 (1-59420-009-2)
Hardcover, Penguin Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Alexander Hamilton'Book summary:In the first full-length biography of Alexander Hamilton in decades, National Book Award winner Ron Chernow tells the riveting story of a man who overcame all odds to shape, inspire, and scandalize the newborn America. According to historian Joseph Ellis, Alexander Hamilton is a robust full-length portrait, in my view the best ever written, of the most brilliant, charismatic and dangerous founder of them all.[via]Few figures in American history have been more hotly debated or more grossly misunderstood than Alexander Hamilton. Chernows biography gives Hamilton his due and sets the record straight, deftly illustrating that the political and economic greatness of todays America is the result of Hamiltons countless sacrifices to champion ideas that were often wildly disputed during his time. To repudiate his legacy, Chernow writes, is, in many ways, to repudiate the modern world. Chernow here recounts Hamiltons turbulent life: an illegitimate, largely self-taught orphan from the Caribbean, he came out of nowhere to take America by storm, rising to become George Washingtons aide-de-camp in the Continental Army, coauthoring The Federalist Papers, founding the Bank of New York, leading the Federalist Party, and becoming the first Treasury Secretary of the United States.
Historians have long told the story of Americas birth as the triumph of Jeffersons democratic ideals over the aristocratic intentions of Hamilton. Chernow presents an entirely different man, whose legendary ambitions were motivated not merely by self-interest but by passionate patriotism and a stubborn will to build the foundations of American prosperity and power. His is a Hamilton far more human than weve encountered beforefrom his shame about his birth to his fiery aspirations, from his intimate relationships with childhood friends to his titanic feuds with Jefferson, Madison, Adams, Monroe, and Burr, and from his highly public affair with Maria Reynolds to his loving marriage to his loyal wife Eliza. And never before has there been a more vivid account of Hamiltons famous and mysterious death in a duel with Aaron Burr in July of 1804.
Chernows biography is not just a portrait of Hamilton, but the story of Americas birth seen through its most central figure. At a critical time to look back to our roots, Alexander Hamilton will remind readers of the purpose of our institutions and our heritage as Americans.
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America's Printed Fabrics 1770-1890: 8 Reproduction Quilt Projects/Historic Notes & Photographs/Dating Your Quiltsby Barbara BrackmanISBN 1571202552 (1-57120-255-2)
Softcover, St Martins Pr
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Anna Letitia Barbauld: Selected Poetry and Proseby William McCarthy, Elizabeth KraftISBN 1551112418 (1-55111-241-8)
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Aristocratsby S. K. TillyardISBN 1841880434 (1-84188-043-4)
Softcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc
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The Art of Cookery Made Plain and Easyby Hannah Glasse, Karen HessISBN 1557094624 (1-55709-462-4)
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A Bold Stroke for a Wifeby Susannah Centlivr, Nancy Eileen CopelandISBN 1551110210 (1-55111-021-0)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Bold Stroke for a Wife'Book summary:Though critics and literary historians have always had to admit that Susanna Centlivre's comedies were extremely popular, they have tended to devote themselves to a search for evidence in them of supposed deficiencies of 'the female pen,' and to pay as much attention to the playwright's marriages and amorous liasons than to the plays themselves. Only in recent years has Centlivre come to be recognized quite straightforwardly as on of the most brilliant playwrights of her time. A Bold Stroke for a Wife is perhaps the finest example of Centlivre's masterful plotting of comic intrigue. The soldier Fainwell and Anne Lovely are in love, but their path to the altar is blocked by her guardians, each of whom has a different view of what sort of husband would make the right match. Fainwell resorts to disguises of social types. The play thus provides a wide range of opportunity for Centlivre to satirize Tory respectability, religious propriety and capitalist speculative greed and to give voice to tolerance: 'tis liberty of choice that sweetens life.' Yet in the end it is Centlivre's comic muse that gives enduring life to the play as one of the most entertaining of eighteenth-century comedies. [via]
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British Colours & Standards 1747-1881 (1)by Ian Sumner, Richard HookISBN 1841762008 (1-84176-200-8)
Softcover, Osprey Pub Co
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British Colours & Standards 1747-1881 (2): Infantryby Ian Sumner, Richard HookISBN 1841762016 (1-84176-201-6)
Softcover, Osprey Pub Co
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The Broadview Anthology of Restoration and Early Eighteenth-Century Dramaby J. Douglas Canfield, Maja-Lisa Von SneidernISBN 1551112701 (1-55111-270-1)
Softcover, Broadview Pr
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The Broadview Anthology of Restoration and Early Eighteenth-Century Dramaby Maja-Lisa Von Sneidern, J. Douglas CanfiledISBN 1551115816 (1-55111-581-6)
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The Castles of Athlin and Dunbayneby Ann Ward RadcliffeISBN 1587159961 (1-58715-996-1)
Softcover, Wildside Pr
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Chapman's Homer the Iliad the Odysseyby HomerISBN 1840221178 (1-84022-117-8)
Softcover, Lb May & Assoc Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Chapman's Homer the Iliad the Odyssey'Book summary:Hector bidding farewell to his wife and baby son, Odysseus bound to the mast listening to the Sirens, Penelope at the loom, Achilles dragging Hector's body round the walls of Troy - scenes from Homer have been reportrayed in every generation. The questions about mortality and identity that Homer's heroes ask, the bonds of love, respect and fellowship that motivate them, have gripped audiences for three millennia. Chapman's Iliad and Odyssey are great English epic poems, but they are also two of the liveliest and readable translations of Homer. Chapman's freshness makes the everyday world of nature and the craftsman as vivid as the battlefield and Mount Olympus. His poetry is driven by the excitement of the Renaissance discovery of classical civilisation as at once vital and distant, and is enriched by the perspectives of humanist thought. [via]
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Charlotte Templeby Susanna RowsonISBN 1428018123 (1-4280-1812-3)
Hardcover, Indypublish.Com
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Colors Aloft!by Alexander KentISBN 1568497288 (1-56849-728-8)
Hardcover, Buccaneer Books
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Craze : Gin and Debauchery in an Age of Reasonby Jessica WarnerISBN 1568582315 (1-56858-231-5)
Hardcover, Basic Books
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A Dream of Red Mansionsby Kao Ngo, Tsao Hsueh-ChinISBN 1589635736 (1-58963-573-6)
Softcover, Fredonia Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Dream of Red Mansions'Book summary:"A Dream of Red Mansions" (Hung Lou Meng, sometimes translated as "The Dream of the Red Chamber"), the great classical Chinese novel written in the mid-eighteenth century during the reign of Emperor Chien-lung of the Ching Dynasty, has been widely popular throughout the last two hundred years and more.
The Ching Dynasty (1644-1911) was the last feudal dynasty in China. Although it saw a period of relative stability, feudal society was already on the decline and all the contradictions inherent in it were sharpening.
This classic novel (an erotic tale of love, sex and passion) is a masterpiece of realism takes as its background the decline of several related big families and drawing much from the author's own experiences. It is a book about political struggle, a political-historical novel. Cao Xueqin focused on the tragic love between Jia Baoyu and Lin Daiyu and, in the meantime, provides a panorama of the lives of people of various levels in the degenerating empire. The author's family were close to the Ching imperial house in general, and with Emperor Kang-hsi in particular. He died in 1763 without having finished his novel.
It stands out in the world literature ranking with "Hamlet" and "War and Peace."
This is the first English translation of the complete text of this classical Chinese novel. Translated by Yang Hsien-yi and his British wife Gladys Young with many full-page illustrations by Tai Tun-Pang. The translation appears in three volumes of forty chapters each. [via]
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The Empire of Reason : How Europe Imagined and America Realized the Enlightenmentby Henry Steele CommagerISBN 184212076X (1-84212-076-X)
Softcover, Orion Publishing Group, Limited
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An Eye of the Fleetby Richard WoodmanISBN 1574091239 (1-57409-123-9)
Softcover, Sheridan House Inc
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Fantomina and Other Worksby Eliza Haywood, Alexander Pettit, Margaret Case Croskery, Anna C. PatchiasISBN 1551115247 (1-55111-524-7)
Softcover, Broadview Pr
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A History of the Arab Peoplesby Albert HouraniISBN 1567312160 (1-56731-216-0)
Hardcover, Fine Communications
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I Will Repayby Baroness OrczyISBN 1568497326 (1-56849-732-6)
Hardcover, Buccaneer Books
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The Iliadby Ennis Rees, Homer, Bruce M. KingISBN 1593082320 (1-59308-232-0)
Softcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Iliad'Book summary:[via]The Iliad, by Homer, is part of the Barnes & Noble Classics series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remarkable features of Barnes & Noble Classics:- New introductions commissioned from today's top writers and scholars
- Biographies of the authors
- Chronologies of contemporary historical, biographical, and cultural events
- Footnotes and endnotes
- Selective discussions of imitations, parodies, poems, books, plays, paintings, operas, statuary, and films inspired by the work
- Comments by other famous authors
- Study questions to challenge the reader's viewpoints and expectations
- Bibliographies for further reading
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The epic song of Ilion (an old name for Troy), The Iliad recreates a few dramatic weeks near the end of the fabled Trojan War, ending with the funeral of Hector, defender of the doomed city. Through its majestic verses stride the fabled heroes Priam, Hector, Paris, and Aeneas for Troy; Achilles, Ajax, Menelaus, Agamemnon, Patroclus, and Odysseus for the Greeks; and the beautiful Helen, over whom the longstanding war has been waged. Never far from the center of the story are the quarreling gods: Zeus, Poseidon, Apollo, Hera, Athena, and Aphrodite.
The Iliad is the oldest Greek poem and perhaps the best-known epic in Western literature, and has inspired countless works of art throughout its long history. An assemblage of stories and legends shaped into a compelling single narrative, The Iliad was probably recited orally by bards for generations before being written down in the eighth century B.C. A beloved fixture of early Greek culture, the poem found eager new audiences when it was translated into many languages during the Renaissance. Its themes of honor, power, status, heroism, and the whims of the gods have ensured its enduring popularity and immeasurable cultural influence.
Bruce M. King studied at the University of Chicago, and has taught classics and humanities at Columbia University, Reed College, and the University of Chicago. Recently a Fellow at the Center for Hellenic Studies, King focuses on archaic and classical Greek literature and philosophy. He is currently a Blegen Research Fellow at Vassar College.More editions of The Iliad:
The Iliadby HomerISBN 1576467899 (1-57646-789-9)
Softcover, Quiet Vision Pub
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The Illiad: Homerby HomerISBN 1557012008 (1-55701-200-8)
Softcover, Cyber Classics Inc
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An Inquiry Concerning the Principles of Moralsby David HumeISBN 1591021464 (1-59102-146-4)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals'Book summary:Sympathy, we shall allow, is much fainter than our concern for ourselves, and sympathy with persons remote from us much fainter than that with persons near and contiguous; but for this very reason it is necessary for us, in our calm judgments and discourse concerning the characters of men, to neglect all these differences and render our sentiments more public and social. -from "Why Utility Pleases" David Hume may well be the most significant philosopher ever to write in the English language: his arguments dramatically influenced both scientific and religious thinking, and much of what he wrote-particular concerning free will, political theory, and religion-still sounds startlingly modern. Hume himself called this "incomparably the best" of all his many writings. First published in 1751, it is an astonishing consideration of source and value of the feelings, thoughts, and actions we call "morality," and it is required reading for anyone who calls himself educated. AUTHOR BIO: Scottish philosopher, historian, and essayist DAVID HUME (1711-1776) also wrote A Treatise of Human Nature (1739-1740) and Enquiry's Concerning Human Understanding (1748). [via]
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Introducing Hegelby Lloyd Spencer, Andrzej KrauzeISBN 184046111X (1-84046-111-X)
Softcover, Natl Book Network
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A King's Cutterby Richard WoodmanISBN 1574091247 (1-57409-124-7)
Softcover, Sheridan House Inc
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Leviathanby Thomas Hobbes, Aloysius P. MartinichISBN 1551113317 (1-55111-331-7)
Softcover, Broadview Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Leviathan'Book summary:This Broadview edition of Hobbes's classic work of political philosophy includes the full text of Part I (Of Man), Part II (Of Commonwealth), and the Review and Conclusion. The appendices, which set the work in its historical context, include a rich selection of contemporary responses to Leviathan. Also included are an introduction, explanatory notes, and a chronology of Hobbes's life. Please note that the Broadview Edition of the complete Leviathan also remains available [via]
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Mary Stuartby Friedrich Von SchillerISBN 1840025794 (1-84002-579-4)
Softcover, Oberon Books Ltd
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Memoirs Of A Coxcombby Hal GladfelderISBN 1551115689 (1-55111-568-9)
Softcover, Broadview Pr
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Memoirs of a Coxcombby John ClelandISBN 1589631870 (1-58963-187-0)
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Memoirs of Emma Courtneyby Mary Hays, Marilyn L. BrooksISBN 1551111551 (1-55111-155-1)
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Memoirs of the Author of a Vindication of the Rights of Womanby William Godwin, Pamela Clemit, Gina Luria WalkerISBN 1551112590 (1-55111-259-0)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Memoirs of the Author of a Vindication of the Rights of Woman'Book summary:William Godwin's memoir of his wife, Mary Wollstonecraft, marks a transition in Godwin's philosophical development from extreme rationalism to the recognition of the moral importance of feeling and sympathy which was to energize his later writings. Memoirs also belongs to a tradition of biographical writing that sought to transform the consciousness of readers by using individual history as an agent of historical change. Written during the weeks following Wollstonecraft's early death, Memoirs provides an interpretation of the relations between Wollstonecraft's writings and her personal history, a candid account of her various relationships, and a vindication of her egalitarian intimacy with Godwin. This modern, scholarly edition, geared for student use, includes a wide range of primary sources, together with excerpts from Godwin's other writings and from biographical models. [via]
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Napoleon and Josephineby Evangeline BruceISBN 1575660563 (1-57566-056-3)
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Ninety-Threeby Victor HugoISBN 1589631986 (1-58963-198-6)
Softcover, Intl Law & Taxation Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Ninety-Three'Book summary:The events of Ninety-Three occur during (and somewhat define) the period of the French Revolution. For this reason, all the characters' actions are tremendously important. The fate of a large part of the world literally hangs on their actions. Toward the end of the book, during the battle at La Tourgue, you can almost see the future itself, balanced on a knife-edge, swaying back and forth with the actions of the main characters.
The characters in Ninety-Three are giants among men. Lantenac, Gauvain, Cimourdain - all are heroic in their own way. Even minor characters like Radoub the soldier, Tellmarch the beggar, and Halmalo the sailor are honorable and admirable people.
There are scenes in Ninety-Three that are among the best read anywhere. (The "loose cannon" on the Claymore and the fire at La Tourgue being good examples. [via]
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Of Crimes and Punishmentsby Cesare Beccaria, Jane Grigson, Marvin WolfgangISBN 1568860307 (1-56886-030-7)
Hardcover, Marsilio Pub
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This is a highly thought-provoking work where Beccaria-Bonesana has explained his ideas against the use of torture and capital punishments. He has produced a humanitarian spirit in the dispensation of laws. This work is important as the views expressed here, were not regarded either in his times or now.
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Old Manor Houseby Jacqueline M. Labbe, Smith CharlotteISBN 1551112132 (1-55111-213-2)
Softcover, Broadview Pr
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Ormondby Mary Chapman, BrownISBN 1551110911 (1-55111-091-1)
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Paper Moonby Joe Brown, Peter BogdanovichISBN 1568582307 (1-56858-230-7)
Softcover, Thunder's Mouth Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Paper Moon'Book summary:The classic tale of a female Huck Finn, Peter Bogdanovich's film version of the book was nominated for four Academy Awards. Set in the darkest days of the Great Depression, this is the timeless story of an 11-year-old orphan's rollicking journey through the Deep South with a con man who just might be her father. Brimming with humor, pathos, and an irresistible narrative energy, this is American storytelling at its finest. Paper Moon is tough, vibrant, and ripe for rediscovery.[via]More editions of Paper Moon:
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A People's History of the United Statesby Howard Zinn, Ww Norton & Co New PrISBN 1565843797 (1-56584-379-7)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A People's History of the United States'Book summary:Few works of American history have done more to change the way in which recent generations have looked at their past than Howard Zinn's A People's History of the United States. Currently in its 25th printing, Zinn's work presents more than five hundred years of American social and cultural history, going well beyond the wars and presidencies of traditional texts to tell the stories of working men and women. For the first time, Zinn has abridged the original text for classroom use. Questions and activities to encourage critical thinking, topics for writing and discussion, and a bibliography of related materials by educator Kathy Emery accompany each chapter covering American history from Columbus to Clinton. [via]
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A People's History of the United States: Teaching Editionby Howard ZinnISBN 1565843665 (1-56584-366-5)
Hardcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A People's History of the United States: Teaching Edition'Book summary:Few works of American history have done more to change the way in which recent generations have looked at their past than Howard Zinn's A People's History of the United States. Currently in its 25th printing, Zinn's work presents more than five hundred years of American social and cultural history, going well beyond the wars and presidencies of traditional texts to tell the stories of working men and women. For the first time, Zinn has abridged the original text for classroom use. Questions and activities to encourage critical thinking, topics for writing and discussion, and a bibliography of related materials by educator Kathy Emery accompany each chapter covering American history from Columbus to Clinton. [via]
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A People's History of the United States: The Wall Chartsby Howard Zinn, George KirschnerISBN 1565841719 (1-56584-171-9)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A People's History of the United States: The Wall Charts'Book summary:Zinn's classic work in its most innovative format: myth-busting posters.
Few works of American history have done more to change the way in which recent generations have looked at their past than Howard Zinn's A People's History of the United States. With millions of copies sold, Zinn's social history fleshes out the bare skeleton of traditional historical texts with the stories of working men and women throughout this country's history.
A People's History of the United States: The Wall Charts is a set of two posters and an explanatory booklet designed to bring the contents of the original People's History to an even broader audience. Illustrated in full color, they portray over five hundred years of American social and cultural history. Organized thematically as well as chronologically, they allow the reader to trace the developments of specific topicsfrom slavery and resistance to the role of womenthrough images and quotations that go well beyond the wars and presidencies of traditional American history.
A People's History of the United States: The Wall Charts creates a unique tool for learning about American history from the celebrated book that turned history on its head. [via]More editions of A People's History of the United States: The Wall Charts:
The Persecution and Assassination of J-P Marat As Performed by the Inmates O.T.A. O.C.U.T. Direction of the Marquis De Sadeby Peter WeissISBN 1577662318 (1-57766-231-8)
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The Phenomenology of Mindby Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, J. B. BaillieISBN 1596057726 (1-59605-772-6)
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The Physiology Of Tasteby Brillat SavarinISBN 1426416849 (1-4264-1684-9)
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The Physiology of Taste : Or, Meditations on Transcendental Gastronomyby Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin, M. F. K. FisherISBN 1582431035 (1-58243-103-5)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Physiology of Taste : Or, Meditations on Transcendental Gastronomy'Book summary:You can't properly call yourself a gourmand (or even a minor foodie) until you've digested Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin's delectable 1825 treatise, The Physiology of Taste: Or, Meditations on Transcendental Gastronomy. Brilliantly and lovingly translated in 1949 by M.F.K. Fisher (herself the doyenne of 20th-century food writing), the book offers the Professor's meditations not just on matters of cooking and eating, but extends to sleep, dreams, exhaustion, and even death (which he defines as the "complete interruption of sensual relations"). Brillat-Savarin, whose genius is in the examination and discussion of food, cooking, and eating, proclaims that "the discovery of a new dish does more for human happiness than the discovery of a star."
Chocoholics will be satisfied to know that "carefully prepared chocolate is as healthful a food as it is pleasant ... that it is above all helpful to people who must do a great deal of mental work...." He examines the erotic properties of the truffle ("the truffle is not a positive aphrodisiac; but it can, in certain situations, make women tenderer and men more agreeable"), the financial influence of the turkey (apparently quite a prize in 19th-century Paris), and the level of gourmandise among the various professions (bankers, doctors, writers, and men of faith are all predestined to love food). Just as engrossing as the text itself are M.F.K. Fisher's lively, personal glosses at the end of every chapter, which make up almost a quarter of the book. These two are soulmates separated by centuries, and Fisher's fondness for the Professor comes through on every page. As she notes at the end, "I have yet to be bored or offended, which is more than most women can say of any relationship, either ghostly or corporeal." --Rebecca A. Staffel [via]
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The Pilgrim's Progressby John BunyanISBN 159310684X (1-59310-684-X)
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The Pilgrim's Progressby David Hawkes, John BunyanISBN 1593082541 (1-59308-254-1)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Pilgrim's Progress'Book summary:[via]The Pilgrim's Progress, by John Bunyan, is part of the Barnes & Noble Classics series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remarkable features of Barnes & Noble Classics:New introductions commissioned from today's top writers and scholars Biographies of the authors Chronologies of contemporary historical, biographical, and cultural events Footnotes and endnotes Selective discussions of imitations, parodies, poems, books, plays, paintings, operas, statuary, and films inspired by the work Comments by other famous authors Study questions to challenge the reader's viewpoints and expectations Bibliographies for further reading Indices & Glossaries, when appropriateAll editions are beautifully designed and are printed to superior specifications; some include illustrations of historical interest. Barnes & Noble Classics pulls together a constellation of influencesbiographical, historical, and literaryto enrich each reader's understanding of these enduring works.
Faith, Hope, Mercy, Envy, Ignorance, Guilt: These are not abstract concepts, but the names of vividly imagined, sharply drawn human characters encountered by Christian, the hero of The Pilgrims Progress. In John Bunyans seventeenth-century allegory of the souls search for salvation, each step along the way becomes a dramatic rendering of an inner state of the human psyche. As Christian journeys from the wilderness of this world to the glory of the Celestial City, he confronts a seemingly endless array of temptations, threats, and dangers, including the nearly irresistible allure of material splendor at Vanity Fair; the crushing psychological burden of depression and despair in the Slough of Despond; and the fear and uncertainty that eats away at faith in Doubting Castle.
This edition includes both the first and second parts of The Pilgrims Progress, which collectively reflect the feverish intensity of Bunyans religious beliefs. What remains significant is Bunyans ability to transform this intensity into an allegory that speaks to people of all faiths and all eras.David Hawkes is Associate Professor of English at Lehigh University. His books include Idols of the Marketplace (2001) and Ideology (second edition 2003), and he has contributed articles to The Nation, the Times Literary Supplement, and the Journal of the History of Ideas.More editions of The Pilgrim's Progress:
The Pilgrim's Progressby Dan Larsen, John BynyanISBN 1557481695 (1-55748-169-5)
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Piratesby Celia ReesISBN 1582346658 (1-58234-665-8)
Softcover, Bloomsbury USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Pirates'Book summary:Pirates! is a classy and welcome addition to Celia Rees's successful oeuvre, that of novels with a historical background, such as the phenomenally bestselling Witch Child and Sorceress. Swashbuckling in the tradition of every pirate tale, from Treasure Island to Pirates of the Caribbean, Pirates! is truly gripping from first page to last and never fails to be totally entertaining throughout.
Nancy Kington and Minerva Sharp are two young women from very different backgrounds who, in time, become united in a common, pirating cause. Nancy, the daughter of a successful Bristol ship owner, had her life all planned out. She lived in comfort and hoped to marry her childhood sweetheart William. But disaster strikes and she is aghast to experience her circumstances turning upside down when her father dies. Soon she finds herself shipped out to land they own in the West Indies to marry for the good of the remaining family.
Minerva is part of the staff at her new plantation home and they immediately become friends--despite the delicate nature of their differing positions as merchant's daughter and slave. But Minerva has complications of her own--particularly from an abusive overseer. Nancy is eventually driven to murder him, and together they become fugitives. Joining a pirate ship comes naturally to both of them and a wild, wild life of seafaring and adventure begins.
With detailed research that leaps from every page, Rees's narrative is atmospheric but never heavy. She moves the story along at a jaunty pace, making it impossible for the reader to get bogged down. Rich and exciting, Pirates! is another triumph and unlikely to be bested by another pirate novel for some years to come. (Recommended for ages 12 and over.) --John McLay [via]
Plays on the Passions (1798 Edition)by Peter Duthie, Joanna BaillieISBN 1551111853 (1-55111-185-3)
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The Red and the Blackby Stendhal, Bruce Robbins, Horace Barnett SamuelISBN 159308286X (1-59308-286-X)
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Stendhals hero, Julien Sorel, is such a young man. A seminary student, he is nevertheless an admirer of Napoleon, and dreams of military glory. When he is hired to tutor the mayors children, he quickly seduces the mayors wife, then moves on to Paris where he conquers a noblemans daughter. Sorel comes to believe that the secret of success is to outperform the hypocrites and vicious opportunists who surround himand hes right. But when the rich and powerful he so admires align against him, his downfall becomes unavoidable.
A master of characterization, Stendhal paints a fascinating, multi-layered portrait of Julien Sorel, who endures as one of literatures most complex and surprisingly sympathetica would-be manipulator out of his depth in a sea of sharks.
Bruce Robbins is Professor of English and Comparative Literature at Columbia University. He is the author of Feeling Global: Internationalism in Distress, The Servants Hand: English Fiction from Below, and Secular Vocations: Intellectuals, Professionalism, Culture.
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Revolution in Fashion: European Clothing, 1715-1815by Kyoto Costume Institute StaffISBN 1558590722 (1-55859-072-2)
Hardcover, Abbeville Press, Incorporated
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The Revolutionary Soldier, 1775-1783by C. Keith WilburISBN 1564401669 (1-56440-166-9)
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The Rover: Aphra Behnby Anne RussellISBN 1551110377 (1-55111-037-7)
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The Rover or the Banished Cavaliersby Aphra BehnISBN 1551112140 (1-55111-214-0)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Rover or the Banished Cavaliers'Book summary:Increasingly Aphra BehnÃÂthe first woman professional writerÃÂis also regarded as one of the most important writers of the 17th century. The Rover, her most famous and most accomplished play, is in many ways firmly in the tradition of Restoration drama; Willmore, the title character, is a rake and a libertine, and the comedy feeds on sexual innuendo, intrigue and wit. But the laughter that the play insights has a biting edge to it and the sexual intrigue an unsettling depth. As Anne Russell points out in her introduction to this edition, there are three options for women in the society represented in The Rover: marriage, the convent, or prostitution. In this marriage economy the witty and pragmatic virgin Hellena learns how to survive, while the prostitute Angellica Bianca can retain her autonomy only so long as she remains free from romantic love. It seems that in this world women can only be free by the anonymity of disguiseÃÂyet the mask is also the mark of the prostitute. And, paradoxically, disguise is the device that in many ways drives the plot towards marriage.
Enormously popular through the eighteenth century, The Rover is now once again widely performed. Filled with the play of ideas, it is one of the most amusing, entertaining -- and unsettling -- of comedies. [via]
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Scaramoucheby Rafael Sabatini, John CloyISBN 1593082428 (1-59308-242-8)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Scaramouche'Book summary:When the aristocratic Lord of La Tour d?Azyr murders Andre-Louis?s best friend ? a young man who is politically active during the French Revolution ? Andre-Louis vows to take up his friend?s cause and avenge his death. He takes refuge as an actor in a traveling troupe, performing under the name Scaramouche. His adventures are pulse-pounding, his heroism is the stuff of legend ? but it is his destiny that we remember. Scaramouche?s fate is the destiny of a nation, the crusade of an age: this is the story of the events that made France a modern nation. The fate of Scaramouche is the fate we all still share. (Jacketless library hardcover.) [via]
The Surprising Adventures of Baron Munchausenby Rudolph Erich RaspeISBN 1587155699 (1-58715-569-9)
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The Talisman Ringby Georgette HeyerISBN 1567230571 (1-56723-057-1)
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The Three Musketeers: Being the First of the D'artagnan Romances; and Twenty Years After, a Sequelby Alexandre DumasISBN 1562549421 (1-56254-942-1)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Three Musketeers: Being the First of the D'artagnan Romances; and Twenty Years After, a Sequel'Book summary:In March 1844 the French magazine _Le Siecle,_ printed the first installment of a story by Alexandre Dumas. It was based, Dumas claimed, on some manuscripts he had found a year earlier in the Bibliotheque Nationale while researching a history he planned to write on Louis XIV. The serial chronicled the adventures of D'Artagnan -- a young swordsman intent on joining the king's musketeers. Young D'Artagnan becomes embroiled in court intrigues, international politics, and ill-fated affairs between royal lovers. This volume of the serial -- _The Three Musketeers_ is set in the year 1625. The D'Artagnan arrives in Paris at the tender age of 18, and that very day gives offese to three musketeers -- Porthos, Aramis, and Athos. Duels are agreed -- but interrupted by five of the Cardinal's guards. Instead of dueling, the four are attacked. D'Artagnan acquits himself impressively: his youthful courage becomes apparent during the battle. The four become friends, and, when asked by D'Artagnan's landlord to find his missing wife, embark upon an adventure that takes them across both France and England in order to thwart the plans of the Cardinal Richelieu. Along the way, they encounter a beautiful young spy, whom they know at first only as Milady, who will stop at nothing to disgrace Queen Anne of Austria before her husband, Louis XIII, and take revenge upon the musketeers. (Volume I of II.) [via]
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Trade and Dominion : The European Oversea Empires in the 18th Centuryby J. H. ParryISBN 1842120387 (1-84212-038-7)
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A Treatise Concerning the Principles of Human Knowledgeby George BerkeleyISBN 1596052821 (1-59605-282-1)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Treatise Concerning the Principles of Human Knowledge'Book summary:It is indeed an opinion strangely prevailing amongst men that houses, mountains, rivers, and, in a word, all sensible objects have an existence, natural or real, distinct from their being perceived by the understanding. -from "On the Principles of Human Knowledge" Forming a triangle of British empiricism with Locke and Hume, George Berkeley's direct influence on modern thought cannot be overstated. From the American Founding Fathers, who looked to him as the pioneer of their idealism, to the reality-questioning motives of quantum physics, Berkeley's odd, profound view of the nature of human perception, a sense he trusted implicitly, has in turn shaped our perception of the universe at large. Dismissed as an impractical dreamer, a disaffected anti-authoritarian, even a madman in his time, Berkeley here shifts the ground under the feet of humanity, questioning everything and finding fundamental freedom in human will and action. His conclusions remain as wise and inspiring as they were almost three hundred years ago, when he first shared them with the world in 1710. Irish scientist, philosopher, and writer GEORGE BERKELEY (1685-1753) also wrote An Essay Towards a New Theory of Vision (1709). [via]
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The Vagabondby W. M. Verhoeven, George WalkerISBN 1551113759 (1-55111-375-9)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Vagabond'Book summary:First published in 1799, George Walker's The Vagabond was an immediate popular success. Offering a vitriolic critique of post-Bastille Jacobinism and sansculotte-style mob rule, its true-to-life satirical portraits of many of the radical men and women who fought in the forefront of the "British Revolution" are nonetheless full of playful banter and farce. With swipes at Hume, Rousseau, Godwin, Wollstonecraft, and Paine; the French Revolution; and the ideas of the noble savage, natural virtue, liberty, equality, and romantic primitivism, The Vagabond offers a unique cross-section of 1790s radicalism. This Broadview edition contains a critical introduction and a wide selection of primary source materials that situate the novel in the context of the revolutionary debate of the 1790s. Appendices include contemporary reviews of the novel and excerpts from the writings of a variety of radicals and reactionaries engaged in the debate, such as Hume, Rousseau, Paine, Thelwall, Wollstonecraft, Godwin, Burke, Playfair, Malthus, and Cobbett, among many others. [via]
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The Vampire Lestatby Anne RiceISBN 1565210018 (1-56521-001-8)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Vampire Lestat'Book summary:After the spectacular debut of Interview with the Vampire in 1976, Anne Rice put aside her vampires to explore other literary interests--Italian castrati in Cry to Heaven and the Free People of Color in The Feast of All Saints. But Lestat, the mischievous creator of Louis in Interview, finally emerged to tell his own story in the 1985 sequel, The Vampire Lestat.
As with the first book in the series, the novel begins with a frame narrative. After over a half century underground, Lestat awakens in the 1980s to the cacophony of electronic sounds and images that characterizes the MTV generation. Particularly, he is captivated by a fledgling rock band named Satan's Night Out. Determined both to achieve international fame and end the centuries of self-imposed vampire silence, Lestat takes command of the band (now renamed "The Vampire Lestat") and pens his own autobiography. The remainder of the novel purports to be that autobiography: the vampire traces his mortal youth as the son of a marquis in pre-Revolutionary France, his initiation into vampirism at the hands of Magnus, and his quest for the ultimate origins of his undead species.
While very different from the first novel in the Vampire Chronicles, The Vampire Lestat has proved to be the foundation for a broader range of narratives than is possible from Louis's brooding, passive perspective. The character of Lestat is one of Rice's most complex and popular literary alter egos, and his Faustian strivings have a mythopoeic resonance that links the novel to a grand tradition of spiritual and supernatural fiction. --Patrick O'Kelley [via]
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Vathekby William Beckford, Kenneth W. Graham, Frank T. MarzialsISBN 1551112817 (1-55111-281-7)
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Venetian Years: The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova De Seingaltby Jacques CasanovaISBN 1589634128 (1-58963-412-8)
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The Victim of Prejudiceby Mary Hays, Eleanor Rose TyISBN 1551112175 (1-55111-217-5)
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A Vindication of the Rights of Men, in a Letter to the Right Honourable Edmund Burke: Occasioned by His Reflections on the Revolution in France and a Vindication of the Rights of Woman With Strictures on Political and Moral Subjectsby Mary Wollstonecraft, David Lorne Macdonald, Kathleen Dorothy ScherfISBN 1551110881 (1-55111-088-1)
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LA Otra Historia De Los Estados Unidosby Howard ZinnISBN 1583220542 (1-58322-054-2)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'LA Otra Historia De Los Estados Unidos'Book summary:La obra de Howard Zinn ha inspirado a estudiantes y activistas de todas las edades, afirmando que la gente tiene el poder de cambiar la historia. En La otra historia de los Estados Unidos, la version definitiva en español del clásico de Zinn La historia del pueblo de los Estados Unidos, Zinn asume la narrativa típica de la historia americana y nos muestra la mentira que se esconde detrás de la historia "oficial" -- revelando a Cristóbal Colón no como descubridor sino como asesino; los fundadores de la nación norteamericana no como liberadores sino como la fundación de una nueva elite adinerada -- y a la vez aboga por héroes americanos alternativos, desde Bartolomeo de las Casas hasta Tecumseh y César Chávez, quienes desafiaron el poder norteamericano imperialista y vencieron.
Actualizado y ampliado incluyendo la presidencia de Bush, La otra historia de los Estados Unidos nos vuelve a recordar que la grandeza verdadera de America se encuentra no en los generales militares, sino en sus voces disidentes. [via]More editions of LA Otra Historia De Los Estados Unidos:
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