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Across the Line/Al Otro Lado: The Poetry of Baja Californiaby Harry Polkinhorn, Mark WeissISBN 1881523136 (1-881523-13-6)
Softcover, Junction Pr
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Alphabetby Inger Christensen, Susanna NiedISBN 1852243104 (1-85224-310-4)
Softcover, Dufour Editions
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Analectsby ConfuciusISBN 1853264628 (1-85326-462-8)
Softcover, Wordsworth Editions, Limited
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Analects'Book summary:No other book in the entire history of the world has exerted a greater influence on a larger number of people over a longer period of time than this slim volume. The spiritual cornerstone of the most populous and oldest living civilization on Earth, the Analects has inspired the Chinese and all the peoples of East Asia with its affirmation of a humanist ethics. As the Gospels are to Jesus, the Analects is the only place where we can encounter the real, living Confucius. In this gem-like translation by Simon Leys, Confucius speaks with clarity and brilliance. He emerges as a man of great passion and many enthusiasms, a man of bold action whose true vocation is politics. Confucius (551-479 B.C.) lived in an age of acute cultural and political crisis. Many of his observations mark a world sinking into violence and barbarity. Unable to obtain the leading political role he sought, he endeavored to reform society and salvage civilization through ethical debate, defining for ages to come the public mission of the intellectual. [via]
Best Best Colors/Los Mejores Coloresby Eric Hoffman, Eida De LA Vega, Celeste HenriquezISBN 1884834698 (1-884834-69-8)
Softcover, Redleaf Pr
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Butterfly Valley--A Requiem/Sommerfugledalen--Et Requiemby Inger Christensen, Susanna NiedISBN 1901233820 (1-901233-82-0)
Softcover, Dufour Editions
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Capriccio for Goyaby Konstantin Pavlov, Ludmilla G. Popova-WightmanISBN 1930214073 (1-930214-07-3)
Hardcover, Ivy Press
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Cardcaptor Sakuraby ClampISBN 1892213567 (1-892213-56-7)
Softcover, TOKYOPOP, Incorporated
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› Find signed collectible books: 'CardCaptor Sakura'Book summary:It`s time for the School Talent Show and Sakura`s class is putting on Sleeping Beauty. Sakura is cast as the Prince and you won`t believe who`s the Princess! But in the middle of the play, Kero is confronted, and something strange happens on stage!! Sakura is sucked into a pitch black darkness. How can she get out? Sakura must face her fear and gather her courage to defeat this very strong Clow Card, Dark! [via]
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Cardcaptor Sakuraby Mary Coco, Jake Forbes, ClampISBN 1892213508 (1-892213-50-8)
Softcover, Mixx Entertainment Inc
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Charles Baudelaire: Complete Poemsby Charles Baudelaire, Walter MartinISBN 1857547365 (1-85754-736-5)
Softcover, Carcanet Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Charles Baudelaire: Complete Poems'Book summary:Including all poems published in the previous three editions, this comprehensive new translation of Baudelaire's poetry is both vivid and authoritative. This dual-language volume presents both the original French poems as well as their translations.[via]More editions of Charles Baudelaire: Complete Poems:
Charles Baudelaire: Complete Poemsby Walter MartinISBN 1857540492 (1-85754-049-2)
Softcover, Paul & Co Pub Consortium
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Chuang Tzu: The Inner Chaptersby Chuang-Tz-U, David Hinton, Chuang TzuISBN 1887178341 (1-887178-34-1)
Hardcover, Counterpoint
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Chuang Tzu: The Inner Chapters'Book summary:David Hinton's compelling new translation of Chuang Tzu's Inner Chapters makes these ancient texts from the Golden Age of Chinese philosophy accessible to contemporary readers. Standing alongside the Tao Te Ching as a founding text in the Taoist tradition, Chuang Tzu is believed to be the work of a Chinese sage by the same name. Many contemporary thinkers trace Zen back to these Taoist roots, roots at least as deep as those provided by Buddhism.160 pp. [via]
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Chuang Tzu: The Inner Chaptersby David HintonISBN 1887178791 (1-887178-79-1)
Softcover, Counterpoint
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Chuang Tzu: The Inner Chapters'Book summary:David Hintons compelling new translation of Chuang Tzus Inner Chapters makes these ancient texts from the Golden Age of Chinese philosophy accessible to contemporary readers. Standing alongside the Tao Te Ching as a founding text in the Taoist tradition, Chuang Tzu is highly readablewith a wild menagerie of characters and passages full of witty and engaging anecdotes. Revered for millennia in the Chinese spiritual tradition, Chuang Tzu stands alongside the Tao Te Ching as a founding classic of Taoism. The Inner Chapters is the only sustained section of this text widely believed to be the work of Chuang Tzu himself, dating to the fourth century B.C. Witty and engaging, spiced with the lyricism of poetry, Chuang Tzus Taoist insights are timely and eternal, profoundly concerned with spiritual ecology. Indeed, the Tao of Chuang Tzu was a wholesale rejection of a human-centered approach. Zen traces its sources back to these Taoist roots--roots at least as deep as those provided by Buddhism. But this is an ancient text that yields a surprisingly modern effect. In bold and startling prose, David Hintons translation captures the zany texture and philosophical abandon of the original. The Inner Chapterss fantastical passages--in which even birds and trees teach us what they know--offer up a wild menagerie of characters, freewheeling play with language, and surreal humor. And interwoven with Chuang Tzus sharp instruction on the Tao are short-short stories that are often rough and ribald, rich with satire and paradox.On their deepest level, The Inner Chapters are a meditation on the mysteries of knowledge itself. Chuang Tzus propositions, the translators introduction reminds us, seem to be in constant transformation, for he deploys words and concepts only to free us of words and concepts. Hintons vital new translation makes this ancient text from the golden age of Chinese philosophy accessible to contemporary readers. [via]
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Circles of Madness: Mothers of the Plaza De Mayo/Circulos De Locura Madres De LA Plaza Dy Mayoby Marjorie Agosin, Celeste Kostopulos-CoopermanISBN 1877727172 (1-877727-17-2)
Softcover, White Pine Pr
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Clean Slateby Margaret Randall, Daisy Zamora, Elinor RandallISBN 1880684098 (1-880684-09-8)
Softcover, Curbstone Pr
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The Comedy of Errorsby William ShakespeareISBN 1853262439 (1-85326-243-9)
Softcover, Wordsworth Editions, Limited
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Distant Roadby Duy Nguyen, Kevin Bowen, Nguyen Ba ChungISBN 1880684616 (1-880684-61-6)
Softcover, Curbstone Pr
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Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hydeby Robert Louis Stevenson, Helen DunmoreISBN 1843910705 (1-84391-070-5)
Softcover, Trafalgar Square
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde'Book summary:The young Robert Louis Stevenson suffered from repeated nightmares of living a double life, in which by day he worked as a respectable doctor and by night he roamed the back alleys of old-town Edinburgh. In three days of furious writing, he produced a story about his dream existence. His wife found it too gruesome, so he promptly burned the manuscript. In another three days, he wrote it again. The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde was published as a "shilling shocker" in 1886, and became an instant classic. In the first six months, 40,000 copies were sold. Queen Victoria read it. Sermons and editorials were written about it. When Stevenson and his family visited America a year later, they were mobbed by reporters at the dock in New York City. Compulsively readable from its opening pages, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is still one of the best tales ever written about the divided self.
This University of Nebraska Press edition is a small, exquisitely produced paperback. The book design, based on the original first edition of 1886, includes wide margins, decorative capitals on the title page and first page of each chapter, and a clean, readable font that is 19th-century in style. Joyce Carol Oates contributes a foreword in which she calls Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde a "mythopoetic figure" like Frankenstein, Dracula, and Alice in Wonderland, and compares Stevenson's creation to doubled selves in the works of Plato, Poe, Wilde, and Dickens.
This edition also features 12 full-page wood engravings by renowned illustrator Barry Moser. Moser is a skillful reader and interpreter as well as artist, and his afterword to the book, in which he explains the process by which he chose a self-portrait motif for the suite of engravings, is fascinating. For the image of Edward Hyde, he writes, "I went so far as to have my dentist fit me out with a carefully sculpted prosthetic of evil-looking teeth. But in the final moments I had to abandon the idea as being inappropriate. It was more important to stay in keeping with the text and, like Stevenson, not show Hyde's face." (Also recommended: the edition of Frankenstein illustrated by Barry Moser) --Fiona Webster [via]
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Federico Garcia Lorcaby Federico Garcia Lorca, Merryn WilliamsISBN 1852241608 (1-85224-160-8)
Softcover, Bloodaxe Books Ltd
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Federico Garcia Lorca'Book summary:This bilingual edition was the first to include Lorca's last poems, the previously lost Sonnets of Dark Love. It covers the full range of his poetry, from the early poems and the gypsy ballads to the agitated Poet in New York and the Arab-influenced gacelas and casidas. Also included is the Lament for Sanchez Mejias, Lorca's great elegy for his bullfighter friend, as well as his famous lecture, "Theory and Function of the Duende". [via]
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Forgotten Musicby Pat Boran, Alex SusannaISBN 1904556051 (1-904556-05-1)
Softcover, Dufour Editions
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From Eve's Rib/Spanish-Englishby Gioconda Belli, Steven F. WhiteISBN 1880684136 (1-880684-13-6)
Softcover, Curbstone Pr
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Fuguesby Claribel Alegria, Darwin J. FlakollISBN 1880684101 (1-880684-10-1)
Softcover, Curbstone Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Fugues'Book summary:Well-known for her incisive descriptions of war and violence in El Salvador, Claribel Alegría is one of Central America's most eminent poets. In Fugues, a lucid and strikingly beautiful new collection, she looks squarely into the face of mortality, love, and aging, to explore the personal as well as universal questions that face each human being.[via]More editions of Fugues:
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The Golden Assby ApuleiusISBN 1853264601 (1-85326-460-1)
Softcover, Wordsworth Edition
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Henry IVby William ShakespeareISBN 1853262145 (1-85326-214-5)
Softcover, Wordsworth Editions Ltd
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Hermetica: The Ancient Greek and Latin Writings Which Contain Religious or Philosophic Teachings Ascribed to Hermes Trismegistusby Hermes Trismegistus, Walter ScottISBN 1873616023 (1-873616-02-3)
Softcover, Solos Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Hermetica: The Ancient Greek and Latin Writings Which Contain Religious or Philosophic Teachings Ascribed to Hermes Trismegistus'Book summary:e Hermetica is an extraordinary collection of writings ascribed to Hermes Trismegistus, the legendary Egyptian prophet said to have designed the Great Pyramid. The arrival of The Hermetica in Italy about 1460 A.D. had a profound effect upon such influential thinkers as Marsilio Ficino and Pico della Mirandola, making it an important component of the intellectual ferment of the Renaissance. The Hermetica was also a source of inspiration to Jung.9 [via]
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Heroines and Heroesby Eric Hoffman, Eida De LA Vega, Judi Rosen, Eida Le LA VegaISBN 188483468X (1-884834-68-X)
Softcover, Redleaf Pr
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The Interpretation of Dreamsby Sigmund Freud, Daniel T. O'Hara, A.A. BrillISBN 1593082983 (1-59308-298-3)
Softcover, Barnes & Noble
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Interpretation of Dreams'Book summary:Whether we love or hate Sigmund Freud, we all have to admit that he revolutionized the way we think about ourselves. Much of this revolution can be traced to The Interpretation of Dreams, the turn-of-the-century tour de force that outlined his theory of unconscious forces in the context of dream analysis. Introducing the id, the superego, and their problem child, the ego, Freud advanced scientific understanding of the mind immeasurably by exposing motivations normally invisible to our consciousness. While there's no question that his own biases and neuroses influenced his observations, the details are less important than the paradigm shift as a whole. After Freud, our interior lives became richer and vastly more mysterious.
These mysteries clearly bothered him--he went to great (often absurd) lengths to explain dream imagery in terms of childhood sexual trauma, a component of his theory jettisoned mid-century, though now popular among recovered-memory therapists. His dispassionate analyses of his own dreams are excellent studies for cognitive scientists wishing to learn how to sacrifice their vanities for the cause of learning. Freud said of the work contained in The Interpretation of Dreams, "Insight such as this falls to one's lot but once in a lifetime." One would have to feel quite fortunate to shake the world even once. --Rob Lightner [via]
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Julius Caesarby David DanielISBN 1904271049 (1-904271-04-9)
Hardcover, Arden Shakespeare
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Julius Caesar'Book summary:This edition of one of ShakespeareÂ's best known and most frequently performed plays argues for Julius Caesar as a new kind of political play, a radical departure from contemporary practice, combining fast action and immediacy with compelling rhetorical language, and finding a clear context for its study of tyranny in the last decade of the reign of Elizabeth 1. The richly experimental verse and the complex structure of the play are analysed in depth, and a strong case is made for this to be the first play to be performed at ShakespeareÂ's Globe Theatre. 'Daniell's edition is a hefty piece of serious scholarship that makes a genuine contribution.' Eric Rasmussen, University of Nevada at Reno, Shakespeare Survey 'This is a stimulating new look at a play which is too often exhibited in a critical museum.' Paul Dean, English Studies [via]
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King Henry IVby David Scott KastanISBN 1904271359 (1-904271-35-9)
Softcover, Arden Shakespeare
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› Find signed collectible books: 'King Henry IV'Book summary:[via]David Scott Kastan lucidly explores the remarkable richness and the ambitious design of King Henry IV Part 1 and shows how these complicate any easy sense of what kind of play it is. Conventionally regarded as a history play, much of it is in fact conspicuously invented fiction, and Kastan argues that the non-historical, comic plot does not simply parody the historical action but by its existence raises questions about the very nature of history. The full and engaging introduction devotes extensive discussion to the play's language, indicating how its insistent economic vocabulary provides texture for the social concerns of the play and focuses attention on the central relationship between value and political authority. Kastan also covers the recurrence of the word "honor" in the text and the role that women play. Appendices provide the sources of 1 Henry IV, discussions of Shakespeare's metrics, and the history of the manuscript. The appendix on casting features a doubling chart to show which characters may be played by one actor. Photographic images of the original Q0 Fragment, which is assumed to have been printed in Peter Short's printing house in 1598, appear in the fifth appendix. Finally, a reference section provides a list of abbreviations and references, a catalog of Shakespeares works and works partly by Shakespeare, and citations for the modern productions mentioned in the text, other collated editions of Shakespeare's work, and other related reading.The Arden Shakespeare has developed a reputation as the pre-eminent critical edition of Shakespeare for its exceptional scholarship, reflected in the thoroughness of each volume. An introduction comprehensively contextualizes the play, chronicling the history and culture that surrounded and influenced Shakespeare at the time of its writing and performance, and closely surveying critical approaches to the work. Detailed appendices address problems like dating and casting, and analyze the differing Quarto and Folio sources. A full commentary by one or more of the plays foremost contemporary scholars illuminates the text, glossing unfamiliar terms and drawing from an abundance of research and expertise to explain allusions and significant background information. Highly informative and accessible, Arden offers the fullest experience of Shakespeare available to a reader.More editions of King Henry IV:
Love Medicine and One Song: Sakihtowin - Maskihkiy Ekwa Peyak-Nikamowinby Gregory ScofieldISBN 1896095275 (1-896095-27-5)
Softcover, Raincoast Book Distribution
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Marina Tsvetaeva : Selected Poemsby Elaine Feinstein, Marina TsvetaevaISBN 1903039371 (1-903039-37-1)
Softcover, Carcanet Press, Limited
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Marina Tsvetaeva : Selected Poems'Book summary:"There are four of us," wrote Anna Akhmatova, naming Marina Tsvetaeva, with herself, Pasternak and Mandelstam as the poets who during what Blok called `the terrible years' in Russia continued to express in their work the deepest values of their country. Tsvetaeva led a life that was a history of loss: she watched the devastation of her country by a revolution she did not support; during the Moscow famine one of her children died in a State orphanage; her marriage and her many love-affairs were ill-fated; she lived abroad most of her adult life, and soon after her return to Russia, she killed herself. Elaine Feinstein's translations of Tsvetaeva have been greatly admired. In this edition she includes ten further translations and a new introduction. [via]
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Medeaby Euripides, Kenneth McLeish, Frederic RaphaelISBN 1854591649 (1-85459-164-9)
Softcover, Nick Hern Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Medea'Book summary:A play of psychologically and physically murderous vengeance, Medea is one of the most powerful and perennially produced of all ancient drama. [via]
Medea: A New Versionby Brendan Kennelly, EuripidesISBN 1852241896 (1-85224-189-6)
Softcover, Bloodaxe Books
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The Metamorphosesby Ovid, Robert Squillace, Frank Justus MillerISBN 1593082762 (1-59308-276-2)
Softcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Metamorphoses'Book summary:Ovid's Metamorphoses, completed around AD8, shows the presence and prevalence of change in the world. Beginning with chaos and creation, Ovid embraces a vast array of mythological tales within his theme of transformation. Phaeton, Narcissus, Pyramus and Thisbe, Daedalus and Icarus are only a few of the most famous. Passing through these to the serio-comic retellings of the Trojan War, the travels of Aeneas, and the events of Roman history down to Ovid's own times, his readers find infinite variety in a work that is, by turns, funny, pathetic and violent - always unpredictable and always engrossing. John Dryden's translations are featured in this collaborative Metamorphoses, first issued in 1717, to which eighteen translators contributed under the editorship of Sir Samuel Garth. Composed in a poetic idiom well suited to the satiric and mock-heroic aspects of this work, this is the only translation that can match Ovid's wit and stylistic sophistication. [via]
Milet Mini Picture Dictionary: Italian-Englishby Sedat Turhan, Sally HaginISBN 1840594748 (1-84059-474-8)
Hardcover, Milet Ltd
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My Secret Bookby Francesco PetrarchISBN 1843910268 (1-84391-026-8)
Softcover, Hesperus Press
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› Find signed collectible books: 'My Secret Book'Book summary:[via]Written by one of the greatest poets of all time, My Secret Book, now in its first English translation, is a profound and deeply personal account of inner suffering and mental anguish. Deeply troubled by his struggleand failureto achieve spiritual perfection, Petrarch, considered the forefather of Italian humanism, sought catharsis in the writing of a secret book. Only here could he pour out his innermost thoughts, frustrations, and desires. Written in the form of a dialogue between himself and St. Augustine, the book wrestles with the universal themes of suffering, desire, fear, and joy. The result is a rare insight into Petrarchs life and thought and a remarkable early example of self-revelation and autobiography.More editions of My Secret Book:
New Impressions of Africaby Raymond Roussel, Harry Mathews, Ian MonkISBN 1900565099 (1-900565-09-9)
Hardcover, Atlas Press
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No Fair to Tigersby Eric Hoffman, Carmen Sosa-Masso, Janice Lee PorterISBN 1884834620 (1-884834-62-0)
Softcover, Redleaf Pr
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The Odysseyby Homer, T. E. LawrenceISBN 1853260258 (1-85326-025-8)
Softcover, Lb May & Assoc Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Odyssey'Book summary:[via]The Odyssey, by Homer, is part of the Barnes & Noble Classics series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remarkable features of Barnes & Noble Classics:New introductions commissioned from today's top writers and scholars Biographies of the authors Chronologies of contemporary historical, biographical, and cultural events Footnotes and endnotes Selective discussions of imitations, parodies, poems, books, plays, paintings, operas, statuary, and films inspired by the work Comments by other famous authors Study questions to challenge the reader's viewpoints and expectations Bibliographies for further reading Indices & Glossaries, when appropriateAll editions are beautifully designed and are printed to superior specifications; some include illustrations of historical interest. Barnes & Noble Classics pulls together a constellation of influencesbiographical, historical, and literaryto enrich each reader's understanding of these enduring works.Long before The Lord of the Rings, Star Wars, and Harry Potter, the ancient Greek poet Homer established the standard for tales of epic quests and heroic journeys with The Odyssey. Crowded with characters, both human and non-human, and bursting with action, The Odyssey details the adventures of Odysseus, king of Ithaca and hero of the Trojan War, as he struggles to return to his home and his waiting, ever-faithful wife, Penelope.
Along the way he encounters the seductive Circe, who changes men into swine; the gorgeous water-nymph, Calypso, who keeps him a prisoner of love for seven years; the terrible, one-eyed, man-eating giant Cyclops; and a host of other ogres, wizards, sirens, and gods. But when he finally reaches Ithaca after ten years of travel, his trials have only begun. There he must battle the scheming noblemen who, thinking him dead, have demanded that Penelope choose one of them to be her new husbandand Ithacas new king.
Often called the second work of Western literature (The Iliad, also by Homer, being the first), The Odyssey is not only a rousing adventure drama, but also a profound meditation on courage, loyalty, family, fate, and undying love. More than three thousand years old, it was the first story to delineate carefully and exhaustively a single character arc a narrative structure that serves as the foundation and heart of the modern novel. Robert Squillaces revision of George Herbert Palmers classic prose translation captures the drama and vitality of adventure, while remaining true to the original Homeric language.
Robert Squillace teaches in the Cultural Foundations division of New York Universitys General Studies Program. He has published numerous essays on literature and the book Modernism, Modernity and Arnold Bennett. 
Pictures of God: Rilke's Religious Poetry Including 'the Life of the Virgin Maryby Rainer Maria Rilke, Annemarie S. Kidder, Rike Rainer MariaISBN 1928623654 (1-928623-65-4)
Softcover, Annmarie s Kidder
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Play Ladyby Eric Hoffman, Carmen Sosa-Masso, Suzanne Tornquist, Carmen Sosa MassoISBN 1884834612 (1-884834-61-2)
Softcover, Redleaf Pr
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Poetry Like Breadby Curbstone Press, Martin EspadaISBN 1880684152 (1-880684-15-2)
Softcover, Curbstone Pr
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Politics: Aristotle 350BCby AristotleISBN 1595479996 (1-59547-999-6)
Softcover, Nuvision Pubns
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The Prophetby Kahlil GibranISBN 1853264857 (1-85326-485-7)
Softcover, Wordsworth Editions Ltd
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Romeo and Julietby William Shakespeare, Cedric WattsISBN 1840224339 (1-84022-433-9)
Softcover, Lb May & Assoc Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Romeo and Juliet'Book summary:This is undoubtedly the greatest love story ever written, spawning a host of imitators on stage and screen, including Leonard Bernstein's smash musical West Side Story, Franco Zeffirelli's Romeo and Juliet filmed in 1968, and Baz Luhrmann's postmodern film version Romeo + Juliet. The tragic feud between "Two households, both alike in dignity/In fair Verona", the Montagues and Capulets, which ultimately kills the two young "star-crossed lovers" and their "death-marked love" creates issues which have fascinated subsequent generations. The play deals with issues of intergenerational and familial conflict, as well as the power of language and the compelling relationship between sex and death, all of which makes it an incredibly modern play. It is also an early example of Shakespeare fusing poetry with dramatic action, as he moves from Romeo's lyrical account of Juliet--"she doth teach the torches to burn bright!" to the bustle and action of a 16th-century household (the play contains more scenes of ordinary working people than any of Shakespeare's other works). It also represents an experimental attempt to fuse comedy with tragedy. Up to the third act, the play proceeds along the lines of a classic romantic comedy. The turning point comes with the death of one of Shakespeare's finest early dramatic creations--Romeo's sexually ambivalent friend Mercutio, whose "plague o' both your houses" begins the play's descent into tragedy, "For never was a story of more woe/Than this of Juliet and her Romeo". --Jerry Brotton [via]
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Say Hola to Spanish at the Circusby Susan Middleton Elya, Loretta LopezISBN 188000092X (1-880000-92-X)
Hardcover, Lee & Low Books
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Scarsby Blaga Dimitrova, Ludmilla G. Popova-WightmanISBN 1930214030 (1-930214-03-0)
Hardcover, Ivy Press
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Sculpted Stones / Piedras Labradas: Piedras Labradasby Victor Perera, Victor MontejoISBN 1880684144 (1-880684-14-4)
Softcover, Curbstone Pr
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Selected Poemsby Marina I. Tsvetaeva, David McDuffISBN 1852240253 (1-85224-025-3)
Hardcover, Bloodaxe Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Selected Poems'Book summary:Elaine Feinstein is a poet of lyrical directness. That clear, passionate voice which she brought to her celebrated translations of Marina Tsvetayeva's poetry is her own. She writes about love, loss, jealousy, the fear of abandonment. Her powerful rhythms flow down the page, seeking to draw a coherent shape out of the inner uncertainties. She also writes with tenderness about an ageing father, a child on a swing, old films, a flowering cactus. Hers is a poetry which can contain and welcome. The rare landscape poems are always peopled, and the considerable narrative and dramatic skills of a major novelist give urgency to her evocation of the classical figures of Dido and Eurydice. She has also found a poignant lyricism in writing of the inhabitants of her local streets and the ordinary pleasures of daily life. The poems in this selection are drawn from eleven volumes published over thirty years. [via]
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Shakespeare's Sonnetsby William Shakespeare, Katherine Duncan-JonesISBN 1903436575 (1-903436-57-5)
Softcover, Arden Shakespeare
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Song of the Simple Truth: The Complete Poems of Julia De Burgosby Jack Agueros, Julia De BurgosISBN 1880684241 (1-880684-24-1)
Softcover, Curbstone Pr
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Sorrow: Sorrow Poemsby Carolyn Forche, Claribel AlegriaISBN 1880684632 (1-880684-63-2)
Softcover, Curbstone Pr
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Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hydeby Robert Louis StevensonISBN 1593081316 (1-59308-131-6)
Softcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc
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A Tenant Here: Selected Poems, 1977-1997by Pentti Holappa, Herbert LomasISBN 1901233472 (1-901233-47-2)
Softcover, Dufour Editions
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Through All the Displacements: Poemsby Edgar SilexISBN 188068425X (1-880684-25-X)
Softcover, Small Pr Distribution
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To Swim in Our Own Pond: Ta Ve Ta Tam Ao Ta A Book of Vietnamese Proverbsby Ngoc Dung TranISBN 1885008082 (1-885008-08-2)
Hardcover, Shens Books & Supplies
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The Tragedy of Julius Caesarby William ShakespeareISBN 1853260223 (1-85326-022-3)
Softcover, Wordsworth Editions Ltd
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The Tragedy of Romeo and Julietby William Shakespeare, Jonnie Patricia MobleyISBN 1885564112 (1-885564-11-2)
Softcover, Lorenz Educational Pub
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Treasure Islandby Robert Louis Stevenson, Angus FletcherISBN 1593082479 (1-59308-247-9)
Softcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Treasure Island'Book summary:"Rum," he repeated. "I must get away from here. Rum! Rum!" I ran to fetch it, but I was quite unsteadied by all that had fallen out, and I broke one glass and fouled the tap, and while I was still getting in my own way, I heard a loud fall in the parlor, and running in, beheld the captain lying full length upon the floor. At the same instant my mother, alarmed by the cries and fighting, came running downstairs to help me. Between us we raised his head. He was breathing very loud and hard, but his eyes were closed and his face a horrible color. . . . [via]
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Softcover, Harvill Pr - Treasure Island: ISBN 1862050074 (1-86205-007-4)
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Trilceby Cesar Vallejo, Stanley Moss, Rebecca SeiferleISBN 1878818120 (1-878818-12-0)
Softcover, Univ Pr of New England
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Villette: Library Editionby Charlotte BronteISBN 185326072X (1-85326-072-X)
Softcover, Lb May & Assoc Inc
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Villetteby Laura EngelISBN 1593083165 (1-59308-316-5)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Villette'Book summary:[via]Villette, by Charlotte Bronte, 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:Charlotte Brontës last and most autobiographical novel, Villette explores the inner life of a lonely young Englishwoman, Lucy Snowe, who leaves an unhappy existence in England to become a teacher in the capital of a fictional European country. Drawn to the schools headmaster, Lucy must face the pain of unrequited love and the question of her place in society.
For Villette, Brontë drew upon her own experiences ten years earlier, when she studied in Brussels and developed an unreciprocated passion for her married teacher. The novel also reflects her devastating sense of loss and isolation after the deaths of her beloved brother and sisters, and her confusion and conflicts over the fame she achieved for having written Jane Eyre. But despite Brontës heartsick inspiration for the novel, and the grief that haunts its heroine, Villette is a story of triumph, in which Lucy Snowe comes to understand and appreciate her own strength and value.
Celebrated by George Eliot and Virginia Woolf for its strikingly modern psychological depth and examination of womens roles, Villette is now recognized as Charlotte Brontës masterpiece, surpassing even Jane Eyre.Laura Engel is Assistant Professor in the English Department at Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, where she specializes in eighteenth-century British literature and drama.
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Wordcraft: Concise Dictionary and Thesaurusby Stephen PollingtonISBN 1898281025 (1-898281-02-5)
Softcover, Anglo-Saxon Books
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Frog Is Frogby Max VelthuijsISBN 1840592095 (1-84059-209-5)
Hardcover, Milet Publishing
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Milet Mini Picture Dictionary: Vietnamese-Englishby Sedat Turhan, Sally HaginISBN 1840593792 (1-84059-379-2)
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Light from Light/Khys Av Khysby Ingemar Leckius, John F. DeaneISBN 1901233448 (1-901233-44-8)
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Virgil Aenid 7-12by Virgil, Robert D. WilliamsISBN 1853995002 (1-85399-500-2)
Softcover, Bristol Classical Pr
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Apollinaire : Alcoolsby A. PilkingtonISBN 1853993735 (1-85399-373-5)
Softcover, Bristol Classical Press
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Milet Mini Picture Dictionary: German-Englishby Sedat Turhan, Sally HaginISBN 1840593733 (1-84059-373-3)
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