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The Age of Arthur: A History of the British Isles from 350 to 650
by John Morris

ISBN 1842124773 (1-84212-477-3)
Softcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc

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A lifetime's scholarship enabled John Morris to recreate a past hitherto hidden in myth and mystery. He describes the Arthurian Age as 'the starting point of future British history', for it saw the transition from Roman Britain to Great Britain, the establishment of England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales from the collapse of the Pax Romana. In exploring political, social, economic, religious and cultural history from the fourth to the seventh century, his theme is one of continuity. That continuity is embodied in Arthur himself: 'in name he was the last Roman Emperor, but he ruled as the first medieval king.' [via]
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Aristophanes 1: Clouds, Wasps, Birds
by Aristophanes, Peter Meineck, Ian Christopher Storey

ISBN 0872203611 (0-87220-361-1)
Hardcover, Hackett Pub Co Inc

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Originally adapted for the stage, Peter Meineck's revised translations achieve a level of fidelity appropriate for classroom use while managing to preserve the wit and energy that led The New Yorker to judge his Clouds "The best Greek drama we've ever seen anywhere." and The Times Literary Supplement to describe his Wasps as "Hugely enjoyable and very, very funny." A general introduction, introductions to the plays, and detailed notes on staging, history, religious practice and myth combine to make this a remarkably useful teaching text. [via]
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Aristophanes I: Clouds, Wasps, Birds
by Aristophanes, Peter Meineck

ISBN 0872203603 (0-87220-360-3)
Softcover, Hackett Pub Co Inc

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Originally adapted for the stage, Peter Meineck's revised translations achieve a level of fidelity appropriate for classroom use while managing to preserve the wit and energy that led The New Yorker to judge his Clouds "The best Greek drama we've ever seen anywhere." and The Times Literary Supplement to describe his Wasps as "Hugely enjoyable and very, very funny." A general introduction, introductions to the plays, and detailed notes on staging, history, religious practice and myth combine to make this a remarkably useful teaching text. [via]
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Barbarians and Romans, A.D., 418-584: Techniques of Accommodations
by Walter Goffart

ISBN 0691102317 (0-691-10231-7)
Softcover, Princeton Univ Pr

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Boethius Consolatio Philosophiae
by James J. O'Donnell

ISBN 0929524373 (0-929524-37-3)
Softcover, Hackett Pub Co Inc

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The Brendan Voyage
by Timothy Severin

ISBN 0380437112 (0-380-43711-2)
Softcover, Harpercollins

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The sixth-century voyage of St Brendan from Ireland to America, is one of the most fascinating of all sea legends. Could the myth of the Irish monk and his crew sailing the Atlantic in a boat made of leather, nearly a thousand years before Columbus, have been reality? In 1976, Tim Severin and a crew of four men, set out to recreate the Brendan legend. Using the exact same methods in constructing their sailing vessel, they set out on their hazardous voyage, making it one of the most inspiring expeditions in the history of exploration. [via]
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The Brendan Voyage
by Tim Severin, Malachy McCourt, Jon Krakauer

ISBN 0375755241 (0-375-75524-1)
Softcover, Random House Publishing Group

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Could an Irish monk in the sixth century really have sailed all the way across the Atlantic in a small open boat, thus beating Columbus to the New World by almost a thousand years? Relying on the medieval text of St. Brendan, award-winning adventure writer Tim Severin painstakingly researched and built a boat identical to the leather curragh that carried Brendan on his epic voyage. He found a centuries-old, family-run tannery to prepare the ox hides in the medieval way; he undertook an exhaustive search for skilled harness makers (the only people who would know how to stitch the three-quarter-inch-thick hides together); he located one of the last pieces of Irish-grown timber tall enough to make the mainmast. But his courage and resourcefulness were truly tested on the open seas, including one heart-pounding episode when he and his crew repaired a dangerous tear in the leather hull by hanging over the side--their heads sometimes submerged under the freezing waves--to restitch the leather. A modern classic in the tradition of Kon-Tiki, The Brendan Voyage seamlessly blends high adventure and historical relevance. It has been translated into twenty-seven languages since its original publication in 1978.

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The Brendan Voyage: Across the Atlantic in a Leather Boat
by Timothy Severin, Trondur Patursson

ISBN 0717139271 (0-7171-3927-1)
Hardcover, Gill & Macmillan

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A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
by Mark Twain

ISBN 1416534733 (1-4165-3473-3)
Softcover, Pocket Classics

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A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, by Mark Twain, 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:
All 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.

One of the greatest satires in American literature, Mark Twains A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthurs Court begins when Hank Morgan, a skilled mechanic in a nineteenth-century New England arms factory, is struck on the head during a quarrel and awakens to find himself among the knights and magicians of King Arthurs Camelot.

What follows is a culture clash of the first magnitude, as practical-minded Hank, disgusted with the ignorance and superstition of the people, decides to enlighten them with education and technology. Through a series of wonderfully imaginative adventures, Twain celebrates American homespun ingenuity and democracy as compared to the backward ineptitude of a chivalric monarchy. At the same time, however, Twain raises the question of whether material progress necessarily creates a better society. As Hank becomes more powerful and self-righteous, he also becomes more ruthless, more autocratic, and less able to control events, until the only way out is a massively destructive war.

While the dark pessimism that would fully blossom in Twains later works can be discerned in A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthurs Court, the novel will nevertheless be remembered primarily for its wild leaps of imagination, brilliant wit, and entertaining storytelling.

With over 200 of the original illustrations by Dan Beard.

Stephen Railton teaches American literature at the University of Virginia. His most recent book is Mark Twain: A Short Introduction.
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A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
by Trina Schart Hyman, Mark Twain

ISBN 0688063462 (0-688-06346-2)
Hardcover, Harpercollins Childrens Books

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Generations of readers have delighted in the biting social satire and hilarious adventures of the Connecticut Yankee, a nineteenth-century mechanic who suffers a blow to the head and wakes up in King Arthur's Britain. The Yankee soon realizes this is not the gallant world of fairy tales, but a cruel, feudalistic society. Ever resourceful, he sets out to modernize and improve things through an ingenious and funny mix of magic and technology, chivalry and sheer tomfoolery. All the trappings of Arthurian legend are here, from damsels in distress to quests and exciting jousts. But who ever heard of knights riding bicycles, or telephones at Camelot? Mark Twain's humorous yet moving classic now features magnificent illustrations by Caldecott medalist Trina Schart Hyman in a beautiful gift edition that all readers will enjoy. [via]
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Conscience of the King
by Alfred Duggan

ISBN 0304366463 (0-304-36646-3)
Softcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc

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The Consolation of Philosophy
by Boethius, Richard H. Green

ISBN 002346450X (0-02-346450-X)
Softcover, Bobbs-Merrill Co

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Boethius composed De Consolation Philosophiae in the sixth century A.D. while awaiting death by torture, condemned on a charge of plotting against Gothic rule, which he protested as manifestly unjust. Though a Christian, Boethius details the true end of life as the soul's knowledge of God, and consoles himself with the tenets of Greek philosophy, not with Christian precepts. Written in a form called Meippean Satire that alternates between prose and verse, Boethius' work often consists of a story told by Ovid or Horace to illustrate the philosophy being expounded. The Consolation of Philosophy dominated the intellectual world of the Middle Ages; it inspired writers as diverse Thomas Aquinas, Jean de Meun, and Dante. In England it was rendered into Old English by Alfred the Great, into Middle English by Geoffrey Chaucer, and later Queen Elizabeth I made her own translation. The circumstances of composition, the heroic demeanor of the author, and the Meippean texture of part prose, part verse have been a fascination for students of philosophy, literature, and religion ever since. [via]
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The Consolation of Philosophy
by P.G. Walsh, Boethius

ISBN 0198152280 (0-19-815228-0)
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Boethius composed the Consolatio Philosophiae in the sixth century AD whilst awaiting death under torture. The circumstances of composition, the heroic demeanor of the author, and the `Menippean' texture have combined to exercise a fascination over students of philosophy and of literature ever since. Professor Walsh has included an introduction and explanatory notes which combined with his new translation make the text accessible to general readers and scholars alike. [via]
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The Consolation of Philosophy
by V. E. Watts, Boethius

ISBN 0140447806 (0-14-044780-6)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA

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Count Belisarius
by Robert Graves

ISBN 0374517398 (0-374-51739-8)
Softcover, Farrar Straus & Giroux

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Dancing Bear
by Peter Dickinson

ISBN 0575014210 (0-575-01421-0)
Hardcover, V. Gollancz

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Dark of the Sun
by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro

ISBN 0765311038 (0-7653-1103-8)
Softcover, St Martins Pr

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Das Kapital
by Karl Marx

ISBN 0895269317 (0-89526-931-7)
Softcover, Gateway Books

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Dawn Wind
by Rosemary Sutcliff

ISBN 0809834030 (0-8098-3403-0)
Softcover, Random House Inc

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The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
by Edward Gibbon

ISBN 067943593X (0-679-43593-X)
Hardcover, Random House Inc

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Volumes 4, 5, and 6 of the Bury Text, in a boxed set. Introduction by Hugh Trevor-Roper [via]
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The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Vol. 2 : The History of the Empire from A.D. 395 to 1185
by Edward Gibbon, J. B. Bury, Gian Battista Piranesi

ISBN 067960149X (0-679-60149-X)
Hardcover, Random House Publishing Group

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"Gibbon is a kind of bridge that connects the ancient with the modern ages," noted Thomas Carlyle. "And how gorgeously does it swing across the gloomy and tumultuous chasm of these barbarous centuries." Indeed, Gibbon, the supreme historian of the Enlightenment--the illustrious scholar who envisioned history as a branch of literature--seemed almost predestined to write his monumental account of the Roman Empire's terrible self-destruction. "I have described the triumph of barbarism and religion," wrote the author in the famous epigram that summed up his towering achievement in The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire.
"Gibbon is not merely a master of the pageant and the story; he is also the critic and the historian of the mind," said Virginia Woolf. "Without his satire, his irreverence, his mixture of sedateness and slyness, of majesty and mobility, and above all that belief in reason which pervades the whole book and gives it unity, an implicit if unspoken message, the Decline and Fall would be the work of another man....We seem as we read him raised above the tumult and the chaos into a clear and rational air."
The second volume contains chapters twenty-seven through forty-eight of The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. [via]
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Ecclesiastical History of the English Nation 1723
by Bede

ISBN 0766169448 (0-7661-6944-8)
Softcover, Kessinger Pub Co

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This work presents the ecclesiastical history of the English nation from the coming of Julius Caesar into the island in the 60th year before the incarnation of Christ, until the year of our Lord 731, to which is prefixed a life of Bede. Due to the age and scarcity of the original we reproduced, some pages may be spotty, faded or difficult to read. Written in Old English. [via]
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Empires Besieged: Time Frame--Ad 200-600
by Time-Life Books

ISBN 0809464160 (0-8094-6416-0)
Hardcover, Grand Central Pub

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Evolution of Medieval Thought
by David Knowles

ISBN 0582494265 (0-582-49426-5)
Softcover, Addison-Wesley

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A Flame in Byzantium
by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro

ISBN 0812528042 (0-8125-2804-2)
Softcover, Tor Books

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Forty Gospel Homilies
by I. Gregory, David Hurst

ISBN 0879077239 (0-87907-723-9)
Softcover, Cistercian Pubns

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Gregory the Great reveals himself in these forty sermons on the gospel as both pastor and preacher. He pays careful attention to the historical details of Scripture, seeks out its moral application to daily christian life, and through it reflects on the hidden reality of God. Gregory remains an effective guide for those who seek a religion that gives meaning to their lives. [via]
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Great Books of the Western World
by Encyclopdia Britannica, inc., Robert Maynard Hutchins

ISBN 0852291639 (0-85229-163-9)
Hardcover, Encyclopdia Britannica

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The Iliad (Ancient Greek ?????, Ilias) is, together with the Odyssey, one of two ancient Greek epic poems attributed to Homer, a supposedly blind Ionian poet. The epics are considered by most modern scholars to be the oldest literature in the Greek language. The Iliad concerns events during the tenth and final year in the siege of the city of Ilion, or Troy, by the Greeks. The Odyssey (Greek: ????????, Odusseia)is commonly dated circa 800 to 600 BC. The poem is, in part, a sequel to Homer's Iliad and mainly concerns the events that befall the Greek hero Odysseus (or Ulysses) in his long journeys after the fall of Troy and when he at last returns to his native land of Ithaca. [via]
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Gregory's Angels
by Comparetti, Alice (Pattee)

ISBN 0802834183 (0-8028-3418-3)
Hardcover, Eerdmans

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A History of Britain: At the Edge of the World? 3500 Bc-Ad1603
by Simon Schama

ISBN 0786866756 (0-7868-6675-6)
Hardcover, Miramax

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What do you get when you combine the resources and ethos of the BBC with the literary panache of one of the world's best narrative historians? The answer is Simon Schama's A History of Britain, the first volume of which accompanies the BBC-History Channel series of the same name. In a beautifully written and thoughtfully crafted book, studded with striking portraits, pictures, and maps, Schama, the bestselling author of books on European cultural history such as The Embarrassment of Riches and Citizens, as well as 1999's Rembrandt's Eyes, has managed to be both conventional and provocative.
He tells the official version of Britain's island story--from Roman Britain, through the Norman conquest, the struggles of the Henrys and Richards with their barons and clerics, Edward I and the subjugation of Wales, King Death (the plague), and on to the Henrician reformation, before closing with the remarkable reign of the virgin queen, Elizabeth I. But, while sticking to a script familiar to anyone who sat up and listened in history lessons at school, Schama brings it all alive, with memorable prose--Simon de Montfort's rebel parliament is described as inaugurating the "union between patriotism and insubordination"; with Henry VIII, Schama says, "you could practically smell the testosterone." And with fine sensitivity, too, particularly on the symbolism of buildings, memorials, language, and ceremonies, and on the complex relations between England and her Celtic and Catholic neighbors. If history must have gloss, then let it be written and presented like this. --Miles Taylor, Amazon.co.uk [via]
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History of Private Life: From Pagan Rome to Byzantium
by Paul Veyne

ISBN 0674399749 (0-674-39974-9)
Softcover, Harvard Univ Pr

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First of the widely celebrated and sumptuously illustrated series, this book reveals in intimate detail what life was really like in the ancient world. Behind the vast panorama of the pagan Roman empire, the reader discovers the intimate daily lives of citizens and slavesfrom concepts of manhood and sexuality to marriage and the family, the roles of women, chastity and contraception, techniques of childbirth, homosexuality, religion, the meaning of virtue, and the separation of private and public spaces.
The emergence of Christianity in the West and the triumph of Christian morality with its emphasis on abstinence, celibacy, and austerity is startlingly contrasted with the profane and undisciplined private life of the Byzantine Empire. Using illuminating motifs, the authors weave a rich, colorful fabric ornamented with the results of new research and the broad interpretations that only masters of the subject can provide.
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History of Private Life: From Pagan Rome to Byzantium
by Philippe Aries, Georges Duby, Paul Veyne

ISBN 0674399757 (0-674-39975-7)
Hardcover, Harvard Univ Pr

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First of the widely celebrated and sumptuously illustrated series, this book reveals in intimate detail what life was really like in the ancient world. Behind the vast panorama of the pagan Roman empire, the reader discovers the intimate daily lives of citizens and slavesfrom concepts of manhood and sexuality to marriage and the family, the roles of women, chastity and contraception, techniques of childbirth, homosexuality, religion, the meaning of virtue, and the separation of private and public spaces.
The emergence of Christianity in the West and the triumph of Christian morality with its emphasis on abstinence, celibacy, and austerity is startlingly contrasted with the profane and undisciplined private life of the Byzantine Empire. Using illuminating motifs, the authors weave a rich, colorful fabric ornamented with the results of new research and the broad interpretations that only masters of the subject can provide.
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The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
by Edward Gibbon

ISBN 1404306986 (1-4043-0698-6)
Hardcover, IndyPublish.com

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History of the English Church and People
by Bede

ISBN 0760765510 (0-7607-6551-0)
Hardcover, Barnes & Noble Books

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Christianity History [via]
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History of the Franks
by Gregory-Bishop of Tours

ISBN 0393098451 (0-393-09845-1)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc

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The History of the Franks
by Lewis Thorpe

ISBN 0140442952 (0-14-044295-2)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA

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Written following the collapse of Rome's secular control over western Europe, the History of Gregory (c. AD 539 594) is a fascinating exploration of the events that shaped sixth-century France. This volume contains all ten books from the work, the last seven of which provide an in-depth description of Gregory's own era, in which he played an important role as Bishop of Tours. With skill and eloquence, Gregory brings the age vividly to life, as he relates the exploits of missionaries, martyrs, kings and queens including the quarrelling sons of Lothar I, and the ruthless Queen Fredegund, third wife of Chilperic. Portraying an age of staggering cruelty and rapid change, this is a powerful depiction of the turbulent progression of faith at a time of political and social chaos. [via]
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The Holy Sinner
by Thomas Mann, H.T. Lowe-Porter

ISBN 0520076710 (0-520-07671-0)
Softcover, Univ of California Pr on Demand

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King Arthur & the Legends of Camelot
by Molly Perham, Julek Heller

ISBN 0670849901 (0-670-84990-1)
Hardcover, Penguin Group USA

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The Last Harper
by Julian Atterton

ISBN 0531037673 (0-531-03767-3)
Hardcover, J. MacRae Books

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Lest Darkness Fall, to Bring the Light
by L. Sprague De Camp, David Drake

ISBN 0671877364 (0-671-87736-4)
Softcover, Baen Books

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When Rome fell, the light of reason flickered out across the Empire. The Dark Ages had begun. Could a man from the 20th century prevent the fall of Rome? When lightning struck, Martin Padway was hurled backward into the sixth century. Like him, her fate was to bring Rome into being. Together, they must strive to bring the light, lest darkness fall. [via]
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Life and Miracles of St. Benedictine
by Gregrory the Great

ISBN 0814603211 (0-8146-0321-1)
Softcover, Liturgical Pr

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Life and Work in Medieval Europe
by P. Boissanade

ISBN 0880291389 (0-88029-138-9)
Hardcover, Barnes & Noble

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Lysistrata; The Birds, the Clouds, the Frogs
by Cliffs Notes Staff, W. John Campbell

ISBN 0822007762 (0-8220-0776-2)
Softcover, Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, John

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Monarch Notes on Twain's A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
by Charles Leavitt

ISBN 067100879X (0-671-00879-X)
Hardcover, Peterson's

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Procopius: The Anecdota or Secret History
by Procopius

ISBN 0674993209 (0-674-99320-9)
Hardcover, Harvard Univ Pr

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Procopius, born at Caesarea in Palestine late in the 5th century, became a lawyer. In 527 CE he was made legal adviser and secretary of Belisarius, commander against the Persians, and went with Belisarius again in 533 against the Vandals and in 535 against the Ostrogoths. Sometime after 540 he returned to Constantinople. He may have been that Procopius who was prefect of Constantinople in 562, but the date of his death (after 558) is unknown.
Procopius's History of the Wars in 8 books recounts the Persian Wars of emperors Justinus and Justinian down to 550 (2 books); the Vandalic War and after-events in Africa 532546 (2 books); the Gothic War against the Ostrogoths in Sicily and Italy 536552 (3 books); and a sketch of events to 554 (1 book). The whole consists largely of military history, with much information about peoples and places as well, and about special events. He was a diligent, careful, judicious narrator of facts and developments and shows good powers of description. He is just to the empire's enemies and boldly criticises emperor Justinian. Other works by Procopius are the Anecdota or Secret Historyvehement attacks on Justinian, Theodora, and others; and The Buildings of Justinian (down to 558 CE) including roads and bridges as well as churches, forts, hospitals, and so on in various parts of the empire.
The Loeb Classical Library edition of Procopius is in seven volumes.
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Rule of Saint Benedict
by De Waal Esther, Esther De Waal

ISBN 0852441681 (0-85244-168-1)
Softcover, Gracewing

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The Rule of Saint Benedict
by Leonard J. Doyle, Leonard Doyle

ISBN 0814627358 (0-8146-2735-8)
Hardcover, Liturgical Pr

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Rule of Saint Benedict in English
by Timothy Fry

ISBN 0814612725 (0-8146-1272-5)
Softcover, Liturgical Pr

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For fifteen centuries Benedictine monasticism has been governed by a Rule that is at once strong enough to instill order and yet flexible enough to have relevance fifteen hundred years later. Unabridged Edition [via]
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Rule of st Benedict: In Latin and English
by Benedict, Luke Dysinger

ISBN 0940147270 (0-940147-27-0)
Softcover, Source Books

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The Rule of St. Benedict was written by a man, for communities of men, using masculine language. Over the centuries, however, the same Rule has also guided the lives of many women. In using it, women have had to interpret and adapt the Rule so that it spoke to them and to their own needs. [via]
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The Rule of St. Benedict
by Justin McCann

ISBN 0722076215 (0-7220-7621-5)
Hardcover, Continuum Intl Pub Group

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The Rule of St. Benedict
by M. L. Del Mastro, Benedictus, Saint, Abbot of Monte Cassino, Anthony C. Meisel

ISBN 0385009488 (0-385-00948-8)
Softcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group

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From the time it was first promulgated in the sixth century, The Rule of St. Benedict has been one of the most influential, enduring documents of Western civilization. Composed for the guidance of his own monks at Monte Cassino, St. Benedict's Rule has become the basis for the rules of practically every Christian monastic community in the West. In it are the guidelines for living the spiritual life -- through work, prayer, study, obedience, community, and moderate asceticism.

This acclaimed edition of The Rule of St. Benedict is a highly accessible modern translation that conveys the spirit and logic of the original text. It contains an invaluable in-depth Introduction that explores the development and spread of Christian monasticism; a biographical sketch of St. Benedict; a discussion of the structure and implementation of his Rule; its value and impact on religious orders from the Middle Ages down through history; its tremendous influence on Western culture and civilization; and, finally, various texts of the Rule.
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The Rule of St. Benedict: In English
by Benedict, Timothy Fry

ISBN 037570017X (0-375-70017-X)
Softcover, Random House Inc

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Rule of St. Benedict: The Abingdon Copy
by Benedict, Saint, Abbot of Monte Cassino

ISBN 088844463X (0-88844-463-X)
Softcover, Pontifical Inst of Medieval

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Rule of St.Benedict
by Fry

ISBN 0814612113 (0-8146-1211-3)
Hardcover, Liturgical Pr

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Saint Benedict's Rule
by Benedict, Patrick Barry, Benedict, Saint, Abbot of Monte Cassino

ISBN 1587680319 (1-58768-031-9)
Hardcover, Paulist Pr

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The Secret History
by Procopius, G. Williamson

ISBN 0140441824 (0-14-044182-4)
Softcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated

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A first century Byzantine historian offers portraits of the emperor Justinian, the empress Theodora, and the brilliant general Belisarius, describing the injustices of Justinian's reign. [via]
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St Benedicts Rule for Monasteries
by Doyle

ISBN 081460644X (0-8146-0644-X)
Softcover, Liturgical Pr

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St. Benedict's Rule: A New Translation for Today
by Patrick Barry

ISBN 0852444354 (0-85244-435-4)
Hardcover, Gracewing

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St. Benedicts Rule for Monks: Selected Passages from the Rule of St. Benedict
by Abbot of Monte Cassino Benedict

ISBN 0879079991 (0-87907-999-1)
Softcover, Liturgical Pr

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Textile Museum Journal, 1983

ISBN 0874050197 (0-87405-019-7)
Softcover, Textile Museum

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Un Yanqui En La Corte Del Rey Arturo / a Connnecticut Yankee in King Arthur Court
by Mark Twain, Carme Manuel, Elizabeth Power

ISBN 8437617421 (84-376-1742-1)
Softcover, Catedra Ediciones

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For lovers of timeless classics, this series of beautifully packaged and affordably priced editions of world literature encompasses a variety of literary genres, including theater, novels, poems, and essays.

Los lectores tomarán un gran placer en descubrir los clásicos con estas bellas y económicas ediciones de literatura famosa y universal. Esta selección editorial cuenta con títulos que abarcan todos los géneros literarios, desde teatro, narrativa, poesía y el ensayo.
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Western Asceticism
by Owen Chadwick

ISBN 0664241611 (0-664-24161-1)
Softcover, Presbyterian Pub Corp

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La Regola Di San Benedetto E Le Regole Dei Padri
by Benedict, Salvatore Pricoco

ISBN 8804381981 (88-04-38198-1)
Hardcover, Fondazione Lorenzo Valla

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