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The Age of Napoleonby J. Christopher HeroldISBN 0828104913 (0-8281-0491-3)
Softcover, Houghton Mifflin
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All I Ever Neededby Jo GoodmanISBN 0821774166 (0-8217-7416-6)
Softcover, Kensington Publishing Corporation
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Ameliaby Henry Fielding, Martin C. BattestinISBN 0819550841 (0-8195-5084-1)
Hardcover, Wesleyan Univ Pr
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Anecdotes of Samuel Johnsonby Hesther L. PiozzihISBN 0836950976 (0-8369-5097-6)
Hardcover, Ayer Co Pub
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Beethovenby Maynard SolomonISBN 0825672686 (0-8256-7268-6)
Softcover, Omnibus Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Beethoven'Book summary:Maynard Solomon is that rarest of writers on classical music: a well-trained expert who is also gutsy and humane, and who knows about life. He had the courage to write in recent years about Franz Schubert's homosexuality, which, judging by the size of the polemic that ensued, some academics were still not ready to hear about. But for many readers, Solomon's masterpiece is still his 1977 biography of Beethoven, offered here in a revised second edition that is a must-read for anyone interested in classical music, let alone "The Big Deaf One," as Jean Cocteau referred to the composer. Artfully blending history, psychology, sociology, and musicology in just the right measures, Solomon has taken the opportunity in his revision to focus more on certain themes, like Beethoven and Freemasonry; to discount evidence now seen as suspect, including the forgeries of the composer's friend Schindler; and to present new finds such as recently discovered documentary evidence. The result stands with Thayer's biography and Tovey's analyses as the classics on Beethoven, along with other fascinating books like the Cambridge Music Handbook on Beethoven's Ninth Symphony. A triumph--bravo, Professor Solomon! --Benjamin Ivry [via]
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Beyond a Wicked Kissby Jo GoodmanISBN 0821774174 (0-8217-7417-4)
Softcover, Kensington Pub Corp
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Beyond a Wicked Kiss'Book summary:Evan Marchman has just inherited a title, lands, and a fortune-but is miserable as the new Duke of Westphal, preferring the intrigue and adventures of the Compass Club to the responsibilities of an estate. More promisingly, he has also gained a ward-a beautiful woman who asks for his aid in unravelling a mystery that will draw them both into a world of hidden pleasures. Headmistress of a ladies academy, Ria Ashby desperately needs West's help to find a student who has disappeared without a trace. Yet she cannot help but be distracted by the promise of passion behind the duke's green eyes and roguish grin. Soon their search for the missing girl leads them to a secret society comprised of the school's board of governors - an inner sanctum where sensuality rules - and power seduces. [via]
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Blundering to Glory: Napoleon's Military Campaignsby Owen ConnellyISBN 0842027807 (0-8420-2780-7)
Softcover, Scholarly Resources Inc
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The Canadian Frontier, 1534-1760by W. J. EcclesISBN 082630706X (0-8263-0706-X)
Softcover, Univ of New Mexico Pr
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A Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongueby Francis GroseISBN 083696652X (0-8369-6652-X)
Hardcover, Books for Libraries
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Cliffsnotes Robinson Crusoeby Cynthia McGowanISBN 0822011506 (0-8220-1150-6)
Softcover, John Wiley & Sons Inc
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Complete Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimmby Jacob Grimm, John B. Gruelle, Jack David ZipesISBN 0833515055 (0-8335-1505-5)
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Complete Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimmby Wilhelm Grimm, Jacob GrimmISBN 0833515063 (0-8335-1506-3)
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Complete Plays of Christopher Marloweby Christopher Marlowe, Irving RibnerISBN 082900162X (0-8290-0162-X)
Hardcover, Irvington Pub
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Copying Machines: Taking Notes for the Automatonby Catherine LiuISBN 081663503X (0-8166-3503-X)
Softcover, Univ of Minnesota Pr
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The Crucibleby Arthur MillerISBN 0822202557 (0-8222-0255-7)
Softcover, Dramatist's Play Service
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Crucible'Book summary:The enduring classic drama of the Salem witch trials was inspired by the political witch-hunting activities of Senator Joseph McCarthy in the '50s. Though set in the 17th century, "The Crucible" presents issues still gnawing at modern society. [via]
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Dangerous Intimacies: Toward a Sapphic History of the British Novelby Lisa L. MooreISBN 0822320495 (0-8223-2049-5)
Softcover, Duke Univ Pr
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Dawn's Early Lightby Elswyth ThaneISBN 0816131678 (0-8161-3167-8)
Hardcover, Thorndike Pr
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Desmondby Charlotte SmithISBN 0824008790 (0-8240-0879-0)
Hardcover, Garland Pub
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Dictionary of Battles: 1715 1815by Peter Young, Michael CalvertISBN 0831722614 (0-8317-2261-4)
Hardcover, Mayflower Assoc
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Dress in Eighteenth Century Englandby Anne BuckISBN 0841905177 (0-8419-0517-7)
Hardcover, Holmes & Meier Pub
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E.T.A. Hoffman: Talesby Victor LangeISBN 0826402542 (0-8264-0254-2)
Hardcover, Continuum Intl Pub Group
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E.T.A. Hoffmann: Talesby V. SanderISBN 082640264X (0-8264-0264-X)
Softcover, Continuum Intl Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'E.T.A. Hoffmann: Tales'Book summary:The German Library Series...Volume 89. Book Very Good in heavy card covers. This volume includes 'The Visit'....'Romulus the Great'.... 'Problems of the Theatre'....'The Judge and His Hangman'....and, for the first time in English, ' A Monster Lecture on Justice and Right.' [via]
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The Early Churchills, an English Familyby Alfred L. RowseISBN 0837164281 (0-8371-6428-1)
Hardcover, Greenwood Press
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Eastern Trails: From Footpaths to Turnpikesby Kathy PeltaISBN 0817240713 (0-8172-4071-3)
Hardcover, Heinemann/Raintree
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The Eighteenth Centuryby Alex WoolfISBN 0816059489 (0-8160-5948-9)
Hardcover, Facts on File
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The Eighteenth Centuryby Pat RogersISBN 0841904219 (0-8419-0421-9)
Hardcover, Holmes & Meier Pub
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The Eighteenth-Century Gothic Novel: An Annotated Bibliography of Criticism and Selected Textsby Dan J. McNuttISBN 0824010582 (0-8240-1058-2)
Hardcover, Garland Pub
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The Episodes of Vathekby William BeckfordISBN 0838611281 (0-8386-1128-1)
Hardcover, Associated Univ Pr
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The European Mind: The Critical Years 1680-1715by Paul HazardISBN 0823212742 (0-8232-1274-2)
Softcover, Fordham Univ Pr
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Fashion in the French Revolutionby Aileen RibieroISBN 0841911975 (0-8419-1197-5)
Hardcover, Holmes & Meier Pub
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The Flowers of Evilby Charles Baudelaire, Keith WaldropISBN 081956799X (0-8195-6799-X)
Hardcover, Wesleyan University Press
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Flowers of Evil'Book summary:The poetic masterpiece of the great nineteenth-century writer Charles Baudelaire, The Flowers of Evil is one of the most frequently read and studied works in the French language. In this compelling new translation of Baudelaire's most famous collection, Keith Waldrop recasts the poet's original French alexandrines and other poetic arrangements into versets, a form that hovers between poetry and prose. Maintaining Baudelaire's complex view of sound and structure, Waldrop's translation mirrors the intricacy of the original without attempting to replicate its inimitable verse. The result is a powerful new re-imagining, one that is, almost paradoxically, closer to Baudelaire's own poetry than any previous English translation. Including the six poems banned from the first edition, this Flowers of Evil preserves the complexity, eloquence, and dark humor of its author. Brought here to new life, it is hypnotic, frank, and forceful. [via]
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From Flintlock to Rifle: Infantry Tactics, 1740-1866by Stephen RossISBN 0838620515 (0-8386-2051-5)
Hardcover, Associated Univ Pr
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The Glass Blowersby Daphne Du MaurierISBN 081613491X (0-8161-3491-X)
Hardcover, G.K. Hall
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Good-Natured Man: The Evolution of a Moral Ideal, 1660-1800by John K. SheriffISBN 081730097X (0-8173-0097-X)
Hardcover, Univ of Alabama Pr
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Grimm's Household Storiesby Wilhelm Grimm, Jacob Grimm, Lucy Crane, Walter CraneISBN 0831745827 (0-8317-4582-7)
Hardcover, Wh Smith Pub
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Hard Timesby Charles DickensISBN 0816714630 (0-8167-1463-0)
Softcover, Troll Communications Llc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Hard Times'Book summary:This edition of "Hard Times" contains an introduction by Peter Ackroyd. The novel tells the tragic story of Louisa, starved of the graces of the imagination so essential to emotional well-being, and trapped in a loveless marriage. [via]
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Highland Flingby Amanda Scott, Kensington Publishing Corporation StaffISBN 0821758160 (0-8217-5816-0)
Softcover, Kensington Publishing Corporation
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Highland Fling'Book summary:The Scottish Highlands in 1750 endure grievous hardships under the rule of an English king. Beautiful, golden-haired Maggie Macdrumin is determined to help liberate her fellow Scotsmen, but upon arriving in London, she's arrested and brought to court, falsely accused of stealing a man's purse. In a bid to save herself, she impulsively lays claim to a family connection with well-known Edward Carsley, the powerful Earl of Rothwell--and her family's worst enemy.
The handsome earl is adamantly opposed to the cause of the Jacobites, and when Maggie is turned over to him, he sternly forbids her to continue her journey. Maggie, passionately dedicated to her cause, constantly crosses swords with the powerful earl. How the two will remain faithful to their kinsmen and still find a way to resolve the growing desire between them is anyone's guess. [via]
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Highland Secretsby Amanda ScottISBN 0821757598 (0-8217-5759-8)
Softcover, Kensington Publishing Corporation
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Highland Whispersby Sharon GillenwaterISBN 0843927836 (0-8439-2783-6)
Softcover, Leisure Books
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Hogarth's Progressby Peter QuennellISBN 0836981456 (0-8369-8145-6)
Hardcover, Ayer Co Pub
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Howards Endby E. M. ForsterISBN 0816156522 (0-8161-5652-2)
Hardcover, Thorndike Pr
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Hyperion and Selected Poemsby Friedrich HolderlinISBN 0826403344 (0-8264-0334-4)
Softcover, Continuum Intl Pub Group
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Ideas and Identities: The Life and Work of Erik Eriksonby Leo Goldberger, Robert S. WallersteinISBN 0823624455 (0-8236-2445-5)
Hardcover, Intl Universities Pr Inc
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Interview With the Vampireby Anne RiceISBN 0833563513 (0-8335-6351-3)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Interview With the Vampire'Book summary:In the now-classic novel Interview with the Vampire, Anne Rice refreshed the archetypal vampire myth for a late-20th-century audience. The story is ostensibly a simple one: having suffered a tremendous personal loss, an 18th-century Louisiana plantation owner named Louis Pointe du Lac descends into an alcoholic stupor. At his emotional nadir, he is confronted by Lestat, a charismatic and powerful vampire who chooses Louis to be his fledgling. The two prey on innocents, give their "dark gift" to a young girl, and seek out others of their kind (notably the ancient vampire Armand) in Paris. But a summary of this story bypasses the central attractions of the novel. First and foremost, the method Rice chose to tell her tale--with Louis' first-person confession to a skeptical boy--transformed the vampire from a hideous predator into a highly sympathetic, seductive, and all-too-human figure. Second, by entering the experience of an immortal character, one raised with a deep Catholic faith, Rice was able to explore profound philosophical concerns--the nature of evil, the reality of death, and the limits of human perception--in ways not possible from the perspective of a more finite narrator.
While Rice has continued to investigate history, faith, and philosophy in subsequent Vampire novels (including The Vampire Lestat, The Queen of the Damned, The Tale of the Body Thief, Memnoch the Devil, and The Vampire Armand), Interview remains a treasured masterpiece. It is that rare work that blends a childlike fascination for the supernatural with a profound vision of the human condition. --Patrick O'Kelley [via]
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Ivanhoeby Walter Scott, Robin S. WrightISBN 0821204718 (0-8212-0471-8)
Hardcover, New York Graphic Society
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Ivanhoe'Book summary:More than a century after the Norman Conquest, England remains a colony of foreign warlords. The dissolute Prince John plots to seize his brother's crown, his barons terrorize the country, and the mysterious outlaw Robin Hood haunts the ancient greenwood. The secret return of King Richard and the disinherited Saxon knight, Ivanhoe, heralds the start of a splendid and tumultuous romance, featuring the tournament at Ashby-de-la-Zouche, the siege of Torquilstone, and the clash of wills
between the wicked Templar Bois-Guilbert and the sublime Jewess Rebecca.
In Ivanhoe Scott fashioned an imperial myth of national cultural identity that has shaped the popular imagination ever since its first appearance at the end of 1819. The most famous of Scottish novelists drew on the conventions of Gothic fiction, including its risky sexual and racial themes, to explore the violent origins and limits of English nationality.
This edition uses the 1830 Magnum Opus text, corrected against the Interleaved Set, and incorporates readings from Scott's manuscript. The introduction examines the originality and cultural importance of Ivanhoe, and draws on current work by historians and cultural critics. [via]More editions of Ivanhoe:
Jane Austen: A Family Recordby William Austen-Leigh, Deirdre Le Faye, Richard Austen-LeighISBN 0816190925 (0-8161-9092-5)
Hardcover, Gale / Cengage Learning
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Jane Eyreby Charlotte BronteISBN 0821916459 (0-8219-1645-9)
Hardcover, Emc Pub
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Jane Eyreby Diana StewartISBN 0817216618 (0-8172-1661-8)
Hardcover, Heinemann/Raintree
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Jane Eyre'Book summary:In early nineteenth-century England, an orphaned young woman accepts employment as a governess at Thornfield Hall, a country estate owned by the mysteriously remote Mr. Rochester. [via]
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Johnny Appleseedby Gini Holland, Kim PalmerISBN 081726888X (0-8172-6888-X)
Softcover, Steck-Vaughn Co
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Lady Pirateby Lynsay SandsISBN 0843948167 (0-8439-4816-7)
Softcover, Leisure Books
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The Language of Passion: The Order of Poetics and the Construction of a Lyric Genre 1746-1806by Anna CullhedISBN 0820454052 (0-8204-5405-2)
Softcover, Peter Lang Pub Inc
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Lord Chesterfield and His Letters to His Sonsby Temple ScottISBN 0841475512 (0-8414-7551-2)
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Memoirs of Madame De La Tour Du Pinby Henriette Lucie Dillon LA Tour Du Pin GouvernetISBN 0841500509 (0-8415-0050-9)
Hardcover, McCall Pub Co
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Mistress Masham's Reposeby Fritz Eichenberg, T.H. WhiteISBN 083982615X (0-8398-2615-X)
Hardcover, Gregg Pr
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Moll Flandersby Cliffs Notes Staff, Nancy L. ArnezISBN 0822008548 (0-8220-0854-8)
Softcover, Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, John
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Montcalm and Wolfeby Francis ParkmanISBN 084462702X (0-8446-2702-X)
Hardcover, Peter Smith Pub Inc
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The Odyssey of Homerby HomerISBN 0835902323 (0-8359-0232-3)
Softcover, Globe Fearon Co
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Reading Level: 4-8
Interest Level: 6-12
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Origins of the American College Library, 1638-1800by Louis ShoresISBN 0839818793 (0-8398-1879-3)
Hardcover, Gregg Press
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Perpetual Peace: A Philosophical Essayby Immanuel KantISBN 0824004744 (0-8240-0474-4)
Hardcover, Garland Pub
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Picturing Imperial Power: Colonial Subjects in Eighteenth-Century British Paintingby Beth Fowkes TobinISBN 0822323389 (0-8223-2338-9)
Softcover, Duke Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Picturing Imperial Power: Colonial Subjects in Eighteenth-Century British Painting'Book summary:This study of colonialism and art examines the intersection of visual culture and political power in late-eighteenth-century British painting. Focusing on paintings from British America, the West Indies, and India, Beth Fowkes Tobin investigates the role of art in creating and maintaining imperial ideologies and practicesas well as in resisting and complicating them.[via]
Informed by the varied perspectives of postcolonial theory, Tobin explores through close readings of colonial artwork the dynamic middle ground in which cultures meet. Linking specific colonial sites with larger patterns of imperial practice and policy, she examines paintings by William Hogarth, Benjamin West, Gilbert Stuart, Arthur William Devis, and Agostino Brunias, among others. These works include portraits of colonial officials, conversation pieces of British families and their servants, portraits of Native Americans and Anglo-Indians, and botanical illustrations produced by Calcutta artists for officials of the British Botanic Gardens. In addition to examining the strategies that colonizers employed to dominate and define their subjects, Tobin uncovers the tactics of negotiation, accommodation, and resistance that make up the colonizeds response to imperial authority. By focusing on the paintings cultural and political engagement with imperialism, she accounts for their ideological power and visual effect while arguing for their significance as agents in the colonial project.
Pointing to the complexity, variety, and contradiction within colonial art, Picturing Imperial Power contributes to an understanding of colonialism as a collection of social, economic, political, and epistemological practices that were not monolithic and inevitable, but contradictory and contingent on various historical forces. It will interest students and scholars of colonialism, imperial history, postcolonial history, art history and theory, and cultural studies.More editions of Picturing Imperial Power: Colonial Subjects in Eighteenth-Century British Painting:
The Popular Book: A History of America's Literary Tasteby James D. HartISBN 0837186943 (0-8371-8694-3)
Hardcover, Greenwood Pub Group
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The Queen of the Damnedby Anne RiceISBN 0833563505 (0-8335-6350-5)
Hardcover, Bt Bound
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Queen of the Damned'Book summary:Did you ever wonder where all those mischievous vampires roaming the globe in Anne Rice's Vampire Chronicles came from? In this, the third book in the series, we find out. That raucous rock-star vampire Lestat interrupts the 6,000-year slumber of the mama of all bloodsuckers, Akasha, Queen of the Damned.
Akasha was once the queen of the Nile (she has a bit in common with the Egyptian goddess Isis), and it's unwise to rile her now that she's had 60 centuries of practice being undead. She is so peeved about male violence that she might just have to kill most of them. And she has her eye on handsome Lestat with other ideas as well.
If you felt that the previous books in the series weren't gory and erotic enough, this one should quench your thirst (though it may cause you to omit organ meats from your diet). It also boasts God's plenty of absorbing lore that enriches the tale that went before, including the back-story of the boy in Interview with the Vampire and the ancient fellowship of the Talamasca, which snoops on paranormal phenomena. Mostly, the book spins the complex yarn of Akasha's eerie, brooding brood and her nemeses, the terrifying sisters Maharet and Mekare. In one sense, Queen of the Damned is the ultimate multigenerational saga. --Tim Appelo [via]
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The Ramparts of Heavenby Gilbert MorrisISBN 0842362339 (0-8423-6233-9)
Softcover, Tyndale House Pub
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A Reading of Hegel's Phenomenology of Spiritby Quentin LauerISBN 0823213552 (0-8232-1355-2)
Softcover, Fordham Univ Pr
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Rip Van Winkle and the Legend of Sleepy Hollowby Washington IrvingISBN 083177410X (0-8317-7410-X)
Hardcover, Wh Smith Pub
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Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyamby Edward Fitzgerald, Rene BullISBN 0831715820 (0-8317-1582-0)
Hardcover, Smithmark Pub
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The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyamby Richard Le Gallienne, Omar KhayyamISBN 0841457565 (0-8414-5756-5)
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Sade: The Invention of the Libertine Bodyby Marcel HenaffISBN 0816625379 (0-8166-2537-9)
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A Serious Call to a Devout and Holy Lifeby William LawISBN 0819213063 (0-8192-1306-3)
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Seven Gothic Dramas 1789-1825by Jeffrey N. CoxISBN 0821410652 (0-8214-1065-2)
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The Sex Lives of the Kings and Queens of England: From Henry VIII to the Present Dayby Nigel CawthorneISBN 083177696X (0-8317-7696-X)
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Shannaby Kathleen E. WoodiwissISBN 0816137153 (0-8161-3715-3)
Softcover, G.K. Hall
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Shoal of Time a History of the Hawaiian Islandsby Gavan DawsISBN 0824803248 (0-8248-0324-8)
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Starting with the Western discovery of the islands in 1778--on through the days of the whalers, the missionary period, the plantation era with its vast numbers of Oriental immigrants, to the fall of the Hawaiian monarchy, annexation by the United States, and the long, slow move to statehood--the characters and events of Hawaii's past shine with new vitality and immediacy. [via]
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Silk Designs of the Eighteenth Century: In the Collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, With a Complete Catalogueby Natalie RothsteinISBN 0821218123 (0-8212-1812-3)
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Slaughter House Fiveby Kurt VonnegutISBN 0844663662 (0-8446-6366-2)
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The Song of Princesby Gilbert MorrisISBN 0842362347 (0-8423-6234-7)
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Specters of the Atlantic: Finance Capital, Slavery, And the Philosophy of Historyby Ian BaucomISBN 0822335964 (0-8223-3596-4)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Specters of the Atlantic: Finance Capital, Slavery, And the Philosophy of History'Book summary:In September 1781, the captain of the British slave ship Zong ordered 133 slaves thrown overboard, enabling the ships owners to file an insurance claim for their lost cargo. Accounts of this horrific event quickly became a staple of abolitionist discourse on both sides of the Atlantic. Ian Baucom revisits, in unprecedented detail, the Zong atrocity, the ensuing court cases, reactions to the event and trials, and the business and social dealings of the Liverpool merchants who owned the ship. Drawing on the work of an astonishing array of literary and social theorists, including Walter Benjamin, Giovanni Arrighi, Jacques Derrida, and many others, he argues that the tragedy is central not only to the trans-Atlantic slave trade and the political and cultural archives of the black Atlantic but also to the history of modern capital and ethics. To apprehend the Zong tragedy, Baucom suggests, is not to come to terms with an isolated atrocity but to encounter a logic of violence key to the unfolding history of Atlantic modernity.[via]Baucom contends that the massacre and the trials that followed it bring to light an Atlantic cycle of capital accumulation based on speculative finance, an economic cycle that has not yet run its course. The extraordinarily abstract nature of todays finance capital is the late-eighteenth-century system intensified. Yet, as Baucom highlights, since the late 1700s, this rapacious speculative culture has had detractors. He traces the emergence and development of a counter-discourse he calls melancholy realism through abolitionist and human-rights texts, British romantic poetry, Scottish moral philosophy, and the work of late-twentieth-century literary theorists. In revealing how the Zong tragedy resonates within contemporary financial systems and human-rights discourses, Baucom puts forth a deeply compelling, utterly original theory of history: one that insists that an eighteenth-century atrocity is not past but present within the future we now inhabit.
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Sweet Savage Splendorby Lauren WildeISBN 082174061X (0-8217-4061-X)
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Tammany; the Evolution of a Political Machine, 1789-1865by Jerome MushkatISBN 0815600798 (0-8156-0079-8)
Hardcover, Syracuse University Press
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Through a Fiery Trial: Building Washington, 1790-1800by Bob ArnebeckISBN 0819178322 (0-8191-7832-2)
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To Touch the Skyby Julie MoffettISBN 0821772716 (0-8217-7271-6)
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The Transformation of Western Pennsylvania, 1770-1800by R. Eugene HarperISBN 082293678X (0-8229-3678-X)
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Travel As Metaphor: From Montaigne to Rousseauby Georges Van Den AbbeeleISBN 0816619344 (0-8166-1934-4)
Softcover, Univ of Minnesota Pr
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Tropicopolitans: Colonialism and Agency, 1688-1804by Srinivas AravamudanISBN 082232315X (0-8223-2315-X)
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Turkish Embassy Lettersby Mary Wortley Montagu, Malcolm JackISBN 082031580X (0-8203-1580-X)
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Wait for Me: The Life of Father Junipero Serraby Mary Helen Wallace, Fsp Mary Helen, Denis ThienISBN 0819882321 (0-8198-8232-1)
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Women, Power, and Subversion: Social Strategies in British Fiction, 1778-1860by Judith Lowder NewtonISBN 0820305642 (0-8203-0564-2)
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History of the Art of War Within the Framework of Political History : The Modern Eraby Hans Delbruck, Renfroe, Walter J., Jr.ISBN 0837181658 (0-8371-8165-8)
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