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Abraham Lincoln: His Speeches and Writingsby Roy P. BaslerISBN 0306804042 (0-306-80404-2)
Softcover, Perseus Books Group
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Absolution by Murderby Peter TremayneISBN 0312139187 (0-312-13918-7)
Hardcover, St Martins Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Absolution by Murder'Book summary:In A.D. 664, when someone murders the Abbess Etain during the synod between the Roman and Celtic churches, Sister Edelma of the Celtic Church and Brother Eadulf of the Roman must find the killer and prevent civil war. [via]
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The Adventures of Huckleberry Finnby Mark Twain, Gerald Graff, James PhelanISBN 0312112254 (0-312-11225-4)
Softcover, Bedford/st Martins
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The Adventures of Tom Sawyerby Mark TwainISBN 0307671100 (0-307-67110-0)
Hardcover, Goldencraft
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Aesthetics: A Critical Anthologyby George Dickie, Richard Sclafani, Ronald RoblinISBN 0312003099 (0-312-00309-9)
Hardcover, Bedford/st Martins
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Anatomy of Filmby Bernard F. DickISBN 0312019912 (0-312-01991-2)
Softcover, Bedford/st Martins
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Anatomy of Film'Book summary:This long awaited third edition offers a clearly written introduction to the art of film. Retaining its emphasis on the fundamentals of critical analysis and evaluation, it includes a complete guide to the elements of film as well as substantial coverage of film criticism and analysis of film genres. It includes over 80 stills from film classics both past and present. [via]
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Bedford Glossary Of Critical And Literary Termsby Ross C. Murfin, Supryia M. RayISBN 0312115601 (0-312-11560-1)
Softcover, Bedford/st Martins
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Bedford Glossary Of Critical And Literary Terms'Book summary:The Bedford Glossary includes lengthy (and easy-to-follow) discussions of ideas including such biggies as cultural studies, deconstruction, feminist criticism, gender criticism, irony, Marxist criticism, the new historicism, poststructuralism, psychological criticism and psychoanalytic criticism, and reader-response criticism. More obscure terms--anagnorisis, epithalamium, Menippean satire, kenning--receive shorter but equally careful treatment. This is a clear and comprehensive reference for academics, intellectuals, and anyone else who wants to hold forth intelligently on subjects literary and critical. --Jane Steinberg [via]
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Belovedby Toni Morrison, A. S. ByattISBN 0307264882 (0-307-26488-2)
Hardcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Beloved'Book summary:Toni Morrison gently reads her own Pulitzer Prize-winning work in the unabridged version of this riveting tale of ex-slave Sethe and the beloved ghost that haunts her. While Morrison makes occasional odd pauses in her reading, what is lost in smoothness is more than made up for in quiet intensity as the author reads words obviously deeply felt. Her intimate knowledge of the characters and their motivations lends this reading an authority that helps the listener sort out the breaks in time and dialogue in this complex story of a woman coming to terms with her enslaved past and the loss of her husband and baby daughter. (Running time: 12 hours, eight cassettes) --Kimberly Heinrichs [via]
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Bible Doctrine: Essential Teachings of the Christian Faithby Wayne A. Grudem, Jeff PurswellISBN 0310222338 (0-310-22233-8)
Hardcover, Zondervan
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Bible Doctrine: Essential Teachings of the Christian Faith'Book summary:How do we know the Bible is God's Word? What is sin and where did it come from? How is Jesus fully God and fully man? What are spiritual gifts? When and how will Christ return? If you've asked questions like these, then 'systematic theology' is no abstract term. It's an approach to finding answers every Christian needs to know. Bible Doctrine takes a highly commended upper-level textbook on systematic theology and makes it accessible to the average reader. Abridged from Wayne Grudem's award-winning Systematic Theology, Bible Doctrine covers the same essentials of the faith, giving you a firm grasp on seven key topics: The Doctrine of the Word of God The Doctrine of God The Doctrine of Man The Doctrine of Christ The Doctrine of the Application of Redemption The Doctrine of the Church The Doctrine of the Future Like Systematic Theology, this book is marked by its clarity, its strong scriptural emphasis, its thoroughness in scope and detail, and its treatment of such timely topics as spiritual warfare and the gifts of the Spirit. But you don't need to have had several years of Bible school to reap the full benefits of Bible Doctrine. It's easy to understand--and it's packed with solid, biblical answers to your most important questions. [via]
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Calculus Made Easyby Silvanus P.Illips ThompsonISBN 0312114109 (0-312-11410-9)
Softcover, St Martins Pr
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Candideby Burton Raffel, Francois M. VoltaireISBN 0300106556 (0-300-10655-6)
Hardcover, Yale Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Candide'Book summary:[via]In this new translation of Voltaires Candide, distinguished translator Burton Raffel captures the French novels irreverent spirit and offers a vivid, contemporary version of the 250-year-old text. Raffel casts the novel in an English idiom that--had Voltaire been a twenty-first-century American--he might himself have employed. The translation is immediate and unencumbered, and for the first time makes Voltaire the satirist a wicked pleasure for English-speaking readers.
Candide recounts the fantastically improbable travels, adventures, and misfortunes of the young Candide, his beloved Cunégonde, and his devoutly optimistic tutor, Pangloss. Endowed at the start with good fortune and every prospect for happiness and success, the characters nevertheless encounter every conceivable misfortune. Voltaires philosophical tale, in part an ironic attack on the optimistic thinking of such figures as G. W. Leibniz and Alexander Pope, has proved enormously influential over the years. In a general introduction to this volume, historian Johnson Kent Wright places Candide in the contexts of Voltaires life and work and the Age of Enlightenment.More editions of Candide:
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Candideby Daniel Gordon, Francois M. VoltaireISBN 0312148542 (0-312-14854-2)
Softcover, Bedford/st Martins
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Candide'Book summary:Candide, Voltaire's biting portrayal of eighteenth-century European society, is a central text of the Enlightenment and essential reading for history students today. Preserving the text's provocative nature, Daniel Gordon's new translation enhances Candide's read-ability and highlights the text's wit and satire for twentieth-century readers. The introduction places the work and its author in historical context, showing students how the complexities of Voltaire's life relate to the events, philosophy, and characters of Candide. A related documents section - with personal correspondence to and from Voltaire - gives students another lens through which to view this influential thinker. Helpful editorial features include explanatory notes throughout the text and a chronology of Voltaire's life. [via]
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Candideby Francois M. Voltaire, Burton RaffelISBN 0300119879 (0-300-11987-9)
Softcover, Yale Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Candide'Book summary:[via]In this new translation of Voltaires Candide, distinguished translator Burton Raffel captures the French novels irreverent spirit and offers a vivid, contemporary version of the 250-year-old text. Raffel casts the novel in an English idiom that--had Voltaire been a twenty-first-century American--he might himself have employed. The translation is immediate and unencumbered, and for the first time makes Voltaire the satirist a wicked pleasure for English-speaking readers.
Candide recounts the fantastically improbable travels, adventures, and misfortunes of the young Candide, his beloved Cunégonde, and his devoutly optimistic tutor, Pangloss. Endowed at the start with good fortune and every prospect for happiness and success, the characters nevertheless encounter every conceivable misfortune. Voltaires philosophical tale, in part an ironic attack on the optimistic thinking of such figures as G. W. Leibniz and Alexander Pope, has proved enormously influential over the years. In a general introduction to this volume, historian Johnson Kent Wright places Candide in the contexts of Voltaires life and work and the Age of Enlightenment.More editions of Candide:
Cassell Dictionary of Norse Myth and Legendby Andy OrchardISBN 0304345202 (0-304-34520-2)
Hardcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc
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Cassell's Dictionary of Norse Myth and Legendby Andrew OrchardISBN 0304363855 (0-304-36385-5)
Softcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc
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Charles Dickens' Great Expectationsby Charles DickensISBN 0312080824 (0-312-08082-4)
Softcover, Bedford/st Martins
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Charles Dickens' Great Expectations'Book summary:Adopted at more than 1,000 colleges and universities, Bedford/St. Martin's innovative Case Studies in Contemporary Criticism series has introduced more than a quarter of a million students to literary theory and earned enthusiastic praise nationwide. Along with an authoritative text of a major literary work, each volume presents critical essays, selected or prepared especially for students, that approach the work from several contemporary critical perspectives, such as gender criticism and cultural studies. Each essay is accompanied by an introduction (with bibliography) to the history, principles, and practice of its critical perspective. Every volume also surveys the biographical, historical, and critical contexts of the literary work and concludes with a glossary of critical terms. New editions reprint cultural documents that contextualize the literary works and feature essays that show how critical perspectives can be combined.[via]More editions of Charles Dickens' Great Expectations:
The Confessions of Augustine in Modern Englishby Sherwood Eliot Wirt, AugustineISBN 031034641X (0-310-34641-X)
Hardcover, Zondervan Pub. House
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Cosmos, Chaos, and the World to Come: The Ancient Roots of Apocalyptic Faithby Norman CohnISBN 0300065515 (0-300-06551-5)
Softcover, Yale Univ Pr
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Critical Tradition: Classic Texts and Contemporary Trendsby David H. RichterISBN 0312003447 (0-312-00344-7)
Hardcover, Bedford/st Martins
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Criticism in the Wildernessby Geoffrey HartmanISBN 0300028393 (0-300-02839-3)
Softcover, Yale Univ Pr
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The Dark Side of Geniusby Donald SpotoISBN 030680932X (0-306-80932-X)
Softcover, Perseus Books Group
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Death among the Donsby Janet NeelISBN 0312104502 (0-312-10450-2)
Hardcover, St Martins Pr
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The Dialogues of Plato: The Symposiumby R.E. AllenISBN 0300048742 (0-300-04874-2)
Hardcover, Yale Univ Pr
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Dictionary of Norse Myth and Legendby Andy OrchardISBN 0304351342 (0-304-35134-2)
Softcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc
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El Gran Gatsby/the Great Gatsbyby F. Scott Fitzgerald, E. PinasISBN 0307343197 (0-307-34319-7)
Softcover, Random House Espanol
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› Find signed collectible books: 'El Gran Gatsby/the Great Gatsby'Book summary:Un magnífico retrato de heroicidad en un mundo decadente.
Esta es la historia del millonario hecho a sí mismo, Jay Gatsby, a quien sólo le mueve una obsesión: recuperar un amor de juventud. Pero Daisy es hoy una muchacha que forma parte de una sociedad frívola y aburrida de sí misma, una criatura encantadora y también dañina. Un magnífico retrato de heroicidad en un mundo decadente. [via]More editions of El Gran Gatsby/the Great Gatsby:
Falling into Theory: Conflicting Views on Reading Literatureby Richter, David H. RichterISBN 0312081227 (0-312-08122-7)
Softcover, Bedford/st Martins
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Fox's Book of Martyrsby W.B. ForbushISBN 0310243912 (0-310-24391-2)
Softcover, Zondervan
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Fox's Book of Martyrs'Book summary:This is a book that will never die--one of the great Christian classics. Written with passion and tenderness, it tells the dramatic, true stories of men, women, and children who, in the face of indescribable persecution, gave their lives for the sake of Christ. Covering the broad sweep of church history from the early church to the beginning of American foreign missions in the early 1800s, Fox's Book of Martyrs continues to inspire and strengthen countless Christians with a vision of faith that, both in life and in death, commits itself utterly to the Lord of Life. Presented here in its most complete form, this book brings to life days when 'a noble army, men and boys, the matron and the maid . . . climbed the steep ascent of heaven amid peril, toil, and pain.' [via]
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Frankensteinby Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Johanna M. SmithISBN 0312065256 (0-312-06525-6)
Hardcover, Bedford/st Martins
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Frankenstein Mary Shelleyby J. SmithISBN 0312044690 (0-312-04469-0)
Softcover, Bedford/st Martins
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Frankenstein Mary Shelley'Book summary:This revision of a widely adopted critical edition presents the 1831 text of Mary Shelleys English Romantic novel along with critical essays that introduce students to Frankenstein from contemporary psychoanalytic, Marxist, feminist, gender, and cultural studies perspectives. An additional essay demonstrates how various critical perspectives can be combined. In the second edition, 3 of the 6 essays are new. The text and essays are complemented by contextual documents, introductions (with bibliographies), and a glossary of critical and theoretical terms.[via]More editions of Frankenstein Mary Shelley:
From Urbanization to Cities: Toward a New Politics of Citizenshipby Murray BookchinISBN 0304328421 (0-304-32842-1)
Softcover, Continuum Intl Pub Group
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Gentile Tales: The Narrative Assault on Late Medieval Jewsby Miri RubinISBN 0300076126 (0-300-07612-6)
Hardcover, Yale Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Gentile Tales: The Narrative Assault on Late Medieval Jews'Book summary:This powerful book tells of the creation and growth of one of the principal anti-Jewish stories of the Middle Ages and the violence that it bred. Beginning in Paris in the year 1290, Jews were accused of abusing Christ by desecrating the Eucharist -- the manifestation of Christs body in the communion service. Over the next two centuries this became an authoritative, awe-inspiring tale that spread throughout Europe and led to violent antisemitic activity in areas from Catalonia to Bohemia -- particularly in some German regions, where at times it produced region-wide massacres and "cleansings".
Drawing on sources ranging from religious tales to Jews' confessions made under torture to religious poems, Miri Rubin explores the frightening power of this narrative. She looks not just at the occasions on which massacres occurred but also at those times when the story failed to set off violence. She also investigates the ways in which these tales were commemorated in rituals, altarpieces, and legends and thus became enshrined in local traditions. In exploring the character, nature, development, and eventual decay of this fantasy of host desecration, Rubin presents a vivid picture of the mental world of late medieval Europe and of the culture of anti-semitism. [via]
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Hamletby William Shakespeare, Harold Bloom, Burton RaffelISBN 0300101058 (0-300-10105-8)
Softcover, Yale Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Hamlet'Book summary:Adopted at more than 1,000 colleges and universities, Bedford/St. Martin's innovative Case Studies in Contemporary Criticism series has introduced more than a quarter of a million students to literary theory and earned enthusiastic praise nationwide. Along with an authoritative text of a major literary work, each volume presents critical essays, selected or prepared especially for students, that approach the work from several contemporary critical perspectives, such as gender criticism and cultural studies. Each essay is accompanied by an introduction (with bibliography) to the history, principles, and practice of its critical perspective. Every volume also surveys the biographical, historical, and critical contexts of the literary work and concludes with a glossary of critical terms. New editions reprint cultural documents that contextualize the literary works and feature essays that show how critical perspectives can be combined.[via]More editions of Hamlet:
- Hamlet: ISBN 0312055447 (0-312-05544-7)
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Hard Timesby Charles DickensISBN 0312132611 (0-312-13261-1)
Softcover, Bedford/st Martins
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Health and the Rise of Civilizationby Mark Nathan CohenISBN 0300050232 (0-300-05023-2)
Softcover, Yale Univ Pr
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The Heart of Darknessby Joseph Conrad, Ross C. MurfinISBN 0312114915 (0-312-11491-5)
Softcover, Bedford/st Martins
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Heart of Darknessby Ross C. Murfin, Joseph ConradISBN 0312007612 (0-312-00761-2)
Softcover, Palgrave Macmillan
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Heart of Darkness'Book summary:If asked to describe the way in which the study of literature is changing, most of us willing to venture an answer would say that it is becoming more theortical. Without some kind of theoretical underpinning, literary criticism runs the riskof being impressionistic, even illogical [via]
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How to Read the Bible for All It's Worth: A Guide to Understanding the Bibleby Gordon D. Fee, Douglas StuartISBN 0310246040 (0-310-24604-0)
Softcover, Zondervan
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› Find signed collectible books: 'How To Read The Bible For All Its Worth: A Guide To Understanding The Bible'Book summary:Biblical interpretation for both beginning and experienced Bible readers. Changes to the new third edition include: updated language, new foreword, improved diagrams, substantial rewriting of several chapters to make them more user-friendly, and updated list of recommended commentaries and resources. [via]
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The Intellectual Life of the British Working Classesby Jonathan RoseISBN 0300098081 (0-300-09808-1)
Softcover, Yale Univ Pr
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The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equianoby Robert J. Allison, Olaudah EquianoISBN 0312111274 (0-312-11127-4)
Softcover, Bedford/st Martins
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Life in the English Country House: A Social and Architectural Historyby Mark GirouardISBN 0300058705 (0-300-05870-5)
Softcover, Yale Univ Pr
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Literature and Revolution in England 1640-1660by Nigel SmithISBN 0300071531 (0-300-07153-1)
Softcover, Yale Univ Pr
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Livia: First Lady of Imperial Romeby Anthony A. BarrettISBN 0300102984 (0-300-10298-4)
Softcover, Yale Univ Pr
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The Madwoman in the Atticby Sandra GilbertISBN 0300025963 (0-300-02596-3)
Softcover, Yale Univ Pr
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The Madwoman in the Attic: The Woman Writer and the Nineteenth-Century Literary Imaginationby Sandra M. Gilbert, Susan GubarISBN 0300084587 (0-300-08458-7)
Softcover, Yale Univ Pr
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The Name of the Roseby Umberto Eco, William Weaver, David LodgeISBN 0307264890 (0-307-26489-0)
Hardcover, Random House Inc
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A spectacular best seller and now a classic, The Name of the Rose catapulted Umberto Eco, an Italian professor of semiotics turned novelist, to international prominence. An erudite murder mystery set in a fourteenth-century monastery, it is not only a gripping story but also a brilliant exploration of medieval philosophy, history, theology, and logic.
In 1327, Brother William of Baskerville is sent to investigate a wealthy Italian abbey whose monks are suspected of heresy. When his mission is overshadowed by seven bizarre deaths patterned on the book of Revelation, Brother William turns detective, following the trail of a conspiracy that brings him face-to-face with the abbeys labyrinthine secrets, the subversive effects of laughter, and the medieval Inquisition. Caught in a power struggle between the emperor he serves and the pope who rules the Church, Brother William comes to see that what is at stake is larger than any mere political disputethat his investigation is being blocked by those who fear imagination, curiosity, and the power of ideas.
The Name of the Rose offers the reader not only an ingeniously constructed mysterycomplete with secret symbols and coded manuscriptsbut also an unparalleled portrait of the medieval world on the brink of profound transformation. [via]More editions of The Name of the Rose:
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One World: The Ethics of Globalizationby Peter SingerISBN 0300103050 (0-300-10305-0)
Softcover, Yale Univ Pr
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Opera in America: A Cultural Historyby John DizikesISBN 0300061013 (0-300-06101-3)
Softcover, Yale University Press
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People in the Presence of God: Models and Directions for Worshipby B. LieschISBN 0310316014 (0-310-31601-4)
Softcover, Zondervan
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Pocket Guide for Writing Historyby RampollaISBN 0312114931 (0-312-11493-1)
Softcover, Bedford/st Martins
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The Princeby Carnes Lord, Niccolo Machiavelli, Hadley Arkes, Angelo M. Codevilla, William Barclay AllenISBN 0300064039 (0-300-06403-9)
Softcover, Yale Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Prince'Book summary:A classic of the western tradition, Machiavelli's "The Prince" has influenced political and philosophical thought since its publication four centuries ago. Political power, Machiavelli taught, has no limits. It leaves no room for the sacred, and it subordinates right and wrong to success. In this new edition of Machiavelli's book, Angelo Codevilla provides a translation faithful to the original and sensitive to the author's use of verbal imprecision, including puns, double meanings, and the subjunctive mood. The volume includes an introduction by Codevilla that places Machiavelli in the context of his own times, demonstrates his relevance to the history of political thought, and inquiries into the place of Machiavelli's ideas in modern debates. This edition also contains three essays that explore some of the most important ways "The Prince" clashes with the other main branch of western civilization - the Socratic and Judeo-Christian traditions: "Machiavelli's realism" by Carnes Lord, "Machiavelli and modernity" by W.B. Allen, and "Machiavelli and America" by Hadley Arkes. [via]
The Prose and the Passion: Children and Their Readingby Morag Styles, Eve Bearne, Victor WatsonISBN 0304327719 (0-304-32771-9)
Softcover, Continuum Intl Pub Group
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Rhyme's Reason: A Guide to English Verseby John HollanderISBN 0300088329 (0-300-08832-9)
Softcover, Yale Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Rhyme's Reason: A Guide to English Verse'Book summary:In the grand tradition of Alexander Pope, John Hollander offers this explication/enactment of poetic form. There are sonnets about how to write sonnets, haiku about how to write haiku, and so on. The writing is clever, entertaining, and instructive, which will surprise no one familiar with Hollander's work. What's even more impressive, though, is how often these poems--which could so easily start to feel like homework--engage you emotionally. The sestina about sestinas is beautiful, and, excepting Dylan Thomas's "Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night," Hollander's villanelle about villanelles is as captivating an example as one will find of the old French fixed form. [via]
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Romeo and Julietby William Shakespeare, Harold Bloom, Burton RaffelISBN 0300104537 (0-300-10453-7)
Softcover, Yale Univ Pr
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Shakespeare's Sonnetsby Stephen BoothISBN 0300085060 (0-300-08506-0)
Softcover, Yale Univ Pr
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Shakespeare's Sonnetsby William Shakespeare, Stephen BoothISBN 0300024959 (0-300-02495-9)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Shakespeare's Sonnets'Book summary:This new edition focuses on the Sonnets as poetry - sometimes strikingly individual poems, but often subtly interlinked in thematic, imagistic and other groupings. Gwynne Evans and Anthony Hecht also address the many questions that cast a veil of mystery over the genesis of the Sonnets: to what extent are they autobiographical? What is the nature of the 'love', strongly expressed, between the 'poet', the 'youth' and the 'Dark Lady'? Can they, apart from the poet, be identified? Who is the 'rival poet'? When were the Sonnets written and in what order? What were the circumstances surrounding their publication? [via]
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Shakespearean Tragedy: Lectures on Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, Macbethby A. C. BradleyISBN 0312079222 (0-312-07922-2)
Softcover, Palgrave Macmillan
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Sixteenth-Century Ireland: The Incomplete Conquestby Colm LennonISBN 0312124627 (0-312-12462-7)
Hardcover, Palgrave Macmillan
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Sovereignty and Goodness of God, Together With the Faithfulness of His Promises Displayed: Being a Narrative of the Captivity and Restoration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson and Related Documentsby Mary Rowlandson, Neal SalisburyISBN 0312111517 (0-312-11151-7)
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The Stripping of the Altars: Traditional Religion in England, 1400-1580by Eamon DuffyISBN 0300108281 (0-300-10828-1)
Softcover, Yale Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Stripping Of The Altars: Traditional Religion In England, c. 1400-c.1580'Book summary:This book offers a fundamental challenge to much that has been written about the pre-Reformation church. Eamon Duffy recreates 15th-century English laypeople's experience of religion, revealing the richness and complexity of the Catholicism by which men and women structured their experience of the world and their hopes within and beyond it. He then tells the story of the destruction of that Church - the stripping of the altars - from Henry VIII's break with the papacy until the Elizabethan settlement. Bringing together theological, liturgical, literary and iconographic analysis with historical narrative, Duffy argues that late medieval Catholicism was neither decadent nor decayed but was a strong and vigorous tradition, and that the Reformation represented a violent rupture from a popular and theologically respectable religious system. The first part of the book reviews the main features of religious belief and practice up to 1536. Duffy examines the factors that contributed to the close lay engagement with the structures of late medieval Catholicism: the liturgy; the impact of literacy and printing on lay religious knowledge; the conventions and contents of lay prayer; the relation of orthodox religious practice and magic; the Mass and the cult of the saints; and the lay belief about death and the afterlife. In the second part of the book Duffy explores the impact of Protestant reforms on this traditional religion, providing evidence of popular discontent from medieval wills and from parish records. He documents the widespread opposition to Protestantism during the reigns of Henry and Edward, discusses Mary's success in reestablishng Catholicism and describes the public resistance to Elizabeth's dismantling of parochial Catholicism that did not wane until the late 1570s. [via]
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Symposiumby Plato, Reginald E. AllenISBN 0300056990 (0-300-05699-0)
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Systematic Theology: An Introduction to Biblical Doctrineby Wayne GrudemISBN 0310286700 (0-310-28670-0)
Hardcover, Zondervan
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Systematic Theology: An Introduction to Biblical Doctrine'Book summary:The Christian church has a long tradition of systematic theology, that is, studying theology and doctrine organized around fairly standard categories such as the Word of God, redemption, and Jesus Christ. This introduction to systematic theology has several distinctive features: - A strong emphasis on the scriptural basis for each doctrine and teaching - Clear writing, with technical terms kept to a minimum - A contemporary approach, treating subjects of special interest to the church today - A friendly tone, appealing to the emotions and the spirit as well as the intellect - Frequent application to life - Resources for worship with each chapter - Bibliographies with each chapter that cross-reference subjects to a wide range of other systematic theologies. [via]
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The Taming of the Shrew: Texts and Contextsby William Shakespeare, Frances E. DolanISBN 0312108362 (0-312-10836-2)
Softcover, Bedford/st Martins
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The Tempestby William Shakespeare, Harold Bloom, Burton RaffelISBN 0300108168 (0-300-10816-8)
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Thomas Cranmer: A Lifeby Diarmaid MacCullochISBN 0300074484 (0-300-07448-4)
Softcover, Yale Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Thomas Cranmer: A Life'Book summary:Don't go confusing your Thomas Cranmer with your Thomas More; now there is a Tudor faux-pas if ever there was one. Cranmer made the divorce happen, More lost his head over it. Cranmer wrote the Book of Common Prayer, More was the author of Utopia. And it was More who was canonized a saint, while Cranmer was executed by "Bloody" Mary Tudor for his fiendish plotting on behalf of Lady Jane Grey as well as for his embracing an evangelical brand of Protestantism the Catholic queen found wholly disagreeable. In this highly readable biography, we get the first new treatment of Cranmer in three decades, bolstered by recent scholarship and new sources. Think this stuff is remote? Cranmer, as Archbishop of Canterbury, crafted two editions of the English Book of Common Prayer. The success of this book had an enormous impact on the English language, loading terms with meaning and influencing the rhetoric of power for the next two centuries. [via]
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Two Treatises of Government and a Letter Concerning Tolerationby John Locke, Ian Shapiro, John Dunn, Ruth W. GrantISBN 0300100183 (0-300-10018-3)
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Utopiaby Thomas More, Clarence H. MillerISBN 0300084293 (0-300-08429-3)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Utopia'Book summary:The first volume to offer students the original English translation of Utopia with an explanation of its historical and intellectual context, this volume will help students better understand the reception of one of the most influential books in the Western tradition. The volume provides the 1551 Robynson translation, allowing students to experience the text as it was first encountered by sixteenth-century English readers with the benefit of modernized spelling and extensive annotations, making the text readable for today's students. A detailed introduction discusses the literary and philosophical underpinnings of More's thought while situating the author and his work within the political, economic, and religious contexts of sixteenth-century England. Also included are visual materials from sixteenth-century editions, including woodcuts and the Utopian alphabet.[via] 
Wilderness and the American Mindby Roderick NashISBN 0300091222 (0-300-09122-2)
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Wuthering Heightsby Emily Bronte, Linda H. PetersonISBN 0312035470 (0-312-03547-0)
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Mujer Del Viajero en el Tiempoby Audrey NiffeneggerISBN 0307344835 (0-307-34483-5)
Softcover, Random House Mondadori
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Mujer Del Viajero en el Tiempo'Book summary:Clare y Henry son en apariencia una pareja normal que lleva una vida corriente en Chicago. Él es bibliotecario y ella artista, pero la terrible verdad es que Henry sufre una extraña enfermedad que lo hace viajar en el tiempo, al pasado o al futuro sin previo aviso, normalmente fruto de una situación de estrés previa. Lo transporta desnudo, con desagradables malestares y vulnerable.
Cuando Henry tiene 31 años y Clare 23 se encuentran por primera vez. Y allí nace en tiempo presente su historia de amor, su vida en común de la que ocasionalmente Henry se ausenta propulsado a otras épocas de su vida y revisitando otros momentos felices o tristes, a veces encontrándose a sí mismo cuando era niño, con el temor de Clare de que no regrese de uno de esos viajes.
La historia se va desplegando contada a dos voces, bajo los puntos de vista de Clare y Henry, y enfoca las consecuencias de esta particularidad en su matrimonio y el amor apasionado que se tienen. Clare y Henry intentar llevar vidas normales, buscar una cura médica para la disfunción de Henry, ponerse objetivos a futuro, disfrutar de sus amigos y familia; aunque a veces se presenta la tentación de utilizar su capacidad de conocer el futuro para manejar el presente o evitar algún peligro... Pero todo ello está amenazado por algo que no pueden controlar ni prevenir: Henry puede viajar un día al futuro y descubrir que él ya no forma parte de ese tiempo, descubrir su propia muerte o la de sus seres queridos, ver a una Clare sola y envejecida, conocer a una hija que todavía no ha tenido y que heredará su extraña disfunción. [via]More editions of Mujer Del Viajero en el Tiempo:
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