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Anna Kareninaby Leo Tolstoy, Aylmer Maude, Louise Shanks MaudeISBN 0486437965 (0-486-43796-5)
Softcover, Dover Pubns
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Anna Karenina'Book summary:Some people say Anna Karenina is the single greatest novel ever written, which makes about as much sense to me as trying to determine the world's greatest color. But there is no doubt that Anna Karenina, generally considered Tolstoy's best book, is definitely one ripping great read. Anna, miserable in her loveless marriage, does the barely thinkable and succumbs to her desires for the dashing Vronsky. I don't want to give away the ending, but I will say that 19th-century Russia doesn't take well to that sort of thing. [via]
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Anna Kareninaby Outlet Book Company StaffISBN 0517457539 (0-517-45753-9)
Hardcover, Random House Value Publishing
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Anna Karenina'Book summary:A magnificent drama of vengeance, infidelity, and retribution, "Anna Karenina" is the moving story of people whose emotions conflict with the dominant social mores of their time. Tolstoy's masterful novel is one of the greatest works of world literature...it is a novel of social realism that perfectly bares the Russian soul, set against the fascinating panorama of life in nineteenth-century Russia.
With a full-cast and stirring music, this compelling story of one woman's fate is brought to life in this powerful BBC production. [via]More editions of Anna Karenina:
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The Annotated Draculaby Bram Stoker, Leonard WolfISBN 0517520176 (0-517-52017-6)
Hardcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Annotated Dracula'Book summary:The jacket is a little messed up but the book is great. Pages are all clean, no rips or writing. This is a must have book for Dracula fans, lots of great pictures and it even includes maps and calendars. Copyright 1975 by Leonard Wolf. Ships from GA [via]
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The Brothers Karamazovby Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Constance GarnettISBN 0486437914 (0-486-43791-4)
Softcover, Dover Publications, Incorporated
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Brothers Karamazov'Book summary:This brilliant work by one of Russia's foremost novelists teems with greed, passion, depravity, and complex moral issues. Three brothers, involved in the brutal murder of their despicable father, find their lives irrevocably altered as they are driven by intense, uncontrollable emotions of rage and revenge.[via]More editions of The Brothers Karamazov:
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The City of God Against the Pagansby R.W. Dyson, AugustineISBN 0521468434 (0-521-46843-4)
Softcover, Cambridge Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The City of God Against the Pagans'Book summary:This is the first new rendition for a generation of The City of God, the first major intellectual achievement of Latin Christianity and one of the classic texts of Western civilization. Robert Dyson has produced a complete, accurate, authoritative and fluent translation of De Civitate Dei, edited together with full biographical notes, a concise introduction, bibliography and chronology of Augustine's life. The result is an important contribution of interest to students of theology, philosophy, ecclesiastical history, the history of political thought and late antiquity. [via]
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Critique of Pure Reasonby Kant, J. MeiklejohnISBN 0486432548 (0-486-43254-8)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Critique of Pure Reason'Book summary:This entirely new translation of Critique of Pure Reason is the most accurate and informative English translation ever produced of this epochal philosophical text. Though its simple, direct style will make it suitable for all new readers of Kant, the translation displays a philosophical and textual sophistication that will enlighten Kant scholars as well. This translation recreates as far as possible a text with the same interpretative nuances and richness as the original. [via]
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Critique of Pure Reasonby Allen W. Wood, Paul Guyer, KantISBN 0521354021 (0-521-35402-1)
Hardcover, Cambridge Univ Pr
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Discourse on Method and Meditationsby Rene Descartes, Elizabeth Sanderson Haldane, G. R. T. RossISBN 0486432521 (0-486-43252-1)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Discourse on Method and Meditations'Book summary:Two works from the father of modern philosophy. In discourse on method, he formulated a scientific approach comprising four principles, including to accept only what reason recognizes as "clear and distinct." in meditations, he explores the mind/body distinction, the nature of truth and error, the existence of god, and the essence of material things [via]
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Draculaby Bram Stoker, Thea KlirosISBN 0486295672 (0-486-29567-2)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Dracula'Book summary:[via]A dreary castle, blood-thirsty vampires, open graves at midnight, and other gothic touches fill this chilling tale about a young Englishman's confrontation with the evil Count Dracula. A horror romance as deathless as any vampire, the blood-curdling tale still continues to hold readers spellbound a century later. -
Dublinersby James JoyceISBN 0486417824 (0-486-41782-4)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Dubliners'Book summary:Dubliners is a landmark in modern literature, and one of the twentieth century's finest collections of short stories. In its remarkable portrait of a city and its people, it dramatises ordinary life in the modern world. Together, the stories form one interwoven tapestry which provides a rich and subtle picture of the struggles of men and women to rise above the constraints of their everyday lives. Cambridge Literature is a series of study texts which presents writing in the English-speaking world from the 16th century up to the present day. The series includes novels, drama, short stories, poetry, essays and other types of non-fiction. Each edition has the complete text with an appropriate glossary. The student will find in each volume a helpful introduction and a full section of resource notes encouraging active and imaginative study methods. [via]
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Emmaby Jane AustenISBN 0486406482 (0-486-40648-2)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Emma'Book summary:Of all Jane Austen's heroines, Emma Woodhouse is the most flawed, the most infuriating, and, in the end, the most endearing. Pride and Prejudice's Lizzie Bennet has more wit and sparkle; Catherine Morland in Northanger Abbey more imagination; and Sense and Sensibility's Elinor Dashwood certainly more sense--but Emma is lovable precisely because she is so imperfect. Austen only completed six novels in her lifetime, of which five feature young women whose chances for making a good marriage depend greatly on financial issues, and whose prospects if they fail are rather grim. Emma is the exception: "Emma Woodhouse, handsome, clever, and rich, with a comfortable home and happy disposition seemed to unite some of the best blessings of existence; and had lived nearly twenty-one years in the world with very little to distress or vex her." One may be tempted to wonder what Austen could possibly find to say about so fortunate a character. The answer is, quite a lot.
For Emma, raised to think well of herself, has such a high opinion of her own worth that it blinds her to the opinions of others. The story revolves around a comedy of errors: Emma befriends Harriet Smith, a young woman of unknown parentage, and attempts to remake her in her own image. Ignoring the gaping difference in their respective fortunes and stations in life, Emma convinces herself and her friend that Harriet should look as high as Emma herself might for a husband--and she zeroes in on an ambitious vicar as the perfect match. At the same time, she reads too much into a flirtation with Frank Churchill, the newly arrived son of family friends, and thoughtlessly starts a rumor about poor but beautiful Jane Fairfax, the beloved niece of two genteelly impoverished elderly ladies in the village. As Emma's fantastically misguided schemes threaten to surge out of control, the voice of reason is provided by Mr. Knightly, the Woodhouse's longtime friend and neighbor. Though Austen herself described Emma as "a heroine whom no one but myself will much like," she endowed her creation with enough charm to see her through her most egregious behavior, and the saving grace of being able to learn from her mistakes. By the end of the novel Harriet, Frank, and Jane are all properly accounted for, Emma is wiser (though certainly not sadder), and the reader has had the satisfaction of enjoying Jane Austen at the height of her powers. --Alix Wilber [via]
Eugene Oneginby Aleksandr Sergeevich Pushkin, Avrahm Yarmolinsky, Fritz Eichenberg, Babette DeutschISBN 0486404234 (0-486-40423-4)
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History of the Peloponnesian Warby Thucydides, Richard CrawleyISBN 0486437620 (0-486-43762-0)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'History of the Peloponnesian War'Book summary:One of the world's great history books and the first true historical narrative of Western literature, Thucydides' chronicle of the disastrous 27-year conflict between Athens and Sparta resonates with tales of heroism and villainy, deeds of courage and desperation, and the eternal folly of human conflict. Scrupulously impartial and accurate. 5 maps. [via]
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The House of Mirthby Edith WhartonISBN 0486420493 (0-486-42049-3)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The House of Mirth'Book summary:"The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth," warns Ecclesiastes 7:4, and so does the novel by Edith Wharton that takes its title from this call to heed. New York at the turn of the century was a time of opulence and frivolity for those who could afford it. But for those who couldn't and yet wanted desperately to keep up with the whirlwind, like Wharton's charming Lily Bart, it was something else altogether: a gilded cage rather than the Gilded Age.
One of Wharton's earliest descriptions of her heroine, in the library of her bachelor friend and sometime suitor Lawrence Selden, indicates that she appears "as though she were a captured dryad subdued to the conventions of the drawing room." Indeed, herein lies Lily's problem. She has, we're told, "been brought up to be ornamental," and yet her spirit is larger than what this ancillary role requires. By today's standards she would be nothing more than a mild rebel, but in the era into which Wharton drops her unmercifully, this tiny spark of character, combined with numerous assaults by vicious society women and bad luck, ultimately renders Lily persona non grata. Her own ambivalence about her position serves to open the door to disaster: several times she is on the verge of "good" marriage and squanders it at the last moment, unwilling to play by the rules of a society that produces, as she calls them, "poor, miserable, marriageable girls.
Lily's rather violent tumble down the social ladder provides a thumbnail sketch of the general injustices of the upper classes (which, incidentally, Wharton never quite manages to condemn entirely, clearly believing that such life is cruel but without alternative). From her start as a beautiful woman at the height of her powers to her sad finale as a recently fired milliner's assistant addicted to sleeping drugs, Lily Bart is heroic, not least for her final admission of her own role in her downfall. "Once--twice--you gave me the chance to escape from my life and I refused it: refused it because I was a coward," she tells Selden as the book draws to a close. All manner of hideous socialite beasts--some of whose treatment by Wharton, such as the token social-climbing Jew, Simon Rosedale, date the book unfortunately--wander through the novel while Lily plummets. As her tale winds down to nothing more than the remnants of social grace and cold hard cash, it's hard not to agree with Lily's own assessment of herself: "I have tried hard--but life is difficult, and I am a very useless person. I can hardly be said to have an independent existence. I was just a screw or a cog in the great machine I called life, and when I dropped out of it I found I was of no use anywhere else." Nevertheless, it's even harder not to believe that she deserved better, which is why The House of Mirth remains so timely and so vital in spite of its crushing end and its unflattering portrait of what life offers up. --Melanie Rehak [via]
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House of the Seven Gablesby Nathaniel HawthorneISBN 0486408825 (0-486-40882-5)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'House of the Seven Gables'Book summary:This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCRd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. [via]
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Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girlby Harriet A. JacobsISBN 0486419312 (0-486-41931-2)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl'Book summary:This autobiographical account by a former slave is one of the few extant narratives written by a woman. Written and published in 1861, it delivers a powerful portrayal of the brutality of slave life. Jacobs speaks frankly of her master's abuse and her eventual escape, in a tale of dauntless spirit and faith.[via]More editions of Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl:
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James Joyce : Dubliners, a Portrait of the Artist As a Young Man, Chamber Musicby James JoyceISBN 051708239X (0-517-08239-X)
Hardcover, Random House Value Publishing
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› Find signed collectible books: 'James Joyce : Dubliners, a Portrait of the Artist As a Young Man, Chamber Music'Book summary:An eclectic volume of works by one of the greatest writers of the twentieth century includes a short story collection, his most famous novel, and an early sequence of poems. [via]
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Jane Austenby Jane AustenISBN 0517118297 (0-517-11829-7)
Hardcover, Grammercy
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Jane Austen'Book summary:Collected together in one volume, The Complete Novels show the development of Austen as a writer and social commentator. From the early optimism and youthful energy of Northanger Abbey to the quiet and subtle art of Persuasion, this collection reveals the breadth of one of the best loved novelists of all time. [via]
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Kierkegaard: Fear And Tremblingby Soren Kierkegaard, C. Stephen Evans, Sylvia WalshISBN 0521612691 (0-521-61269-1)
Softcover, Cambridge Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Kierkegaard: Fear And Trembling'Book summary:In this rich and resonant work, Soren Kierkegaard reflects poetically and philosophically on the biblical story of God's command to Abraham, that he sacrifice his son Isaac as a test of faith. Was Abraham's proposed action morally and religiously justified or murder? Is there an absolute duty to God? Was Abraham justified in remaining silent? In pondering these questions, Kierkegaard presents faith as a paradox that cannot be understood by reason and conventional morality, and he challenges the universalist ethics and immanental philosophy of modern German idealism, especially as represented by Kant and Hegel. This volume presents the first new English translation for twenty years, by Sylvia Walsh, together with an introduction by C. Stephen Evans which examines the ethical and religious issues raised by the text. [via]
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King Richard IIIby William ShakespeareISBN 0486287475 (0-486-28747-5)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'King Richard III: The Tragedy of'Book summary:"Now is the winter of our discontent," intones Richard, Duke of Gloucester at the beginning of Shakespeare's Richard III, one of his most abidingly popular plays, and one of the most chilling portrayals of political tyranny ever seen on stage. Richard emerges from the chaos which surrounds the reign of Henry VI, already dramatised by Shakespeare earlier in his career, determined to become king by removing his elder brother Edward IV by convincing him that their brother Clarence is plotting against the crown. The deaths of both Clarence and Edward take Richard inexorably towards the crown, and the series of murders and conspiracies that Richard masterminds confirms his claim that "I am determined to prove a villain". Richard's political and sexual charisma are truly chilling, and his seduction of Lady Anne, over her husband's corpse is one of the most disturbing scenes in Shakespeare. At another level, the play is also a strongly anti-Yorkist play, which has a vested interest in portraying Richard as such as vicious tyrant before seeing him toppled, ushering in a period of rule which prefigured the Tudor dynasty of which Elizabeth I was herself a part. The play has had a deep and lasting influence on audiences and writers; Brecht rewrote the play as The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui, while both Laurance Olivier and Ian Mckellen have produced memorable film versions of Richard III, the latter updating the play into a 1930s fascist state ruled over by a Richard akin to Oswald Mosley. --Jerry Brotton [via]
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- King Richard III: ISBN 0521618738 (0-521-61873-8)
Softcover, Cambridge University Press - King Richard III: The Tragedy of: ISBN 0521094968 (0-521-09496-8)
Softcover, Cambridge Univ Pr - King Richard III: ISBN 0521648459 (0-521-64845-9)
Softcover, Cambridge Univ Pr - King Richard III: ISBN 0521276322 (0-521-27632-2)
Hardcover, Cambridge Univ Pr - King Richard III: The Tragedy of: ISBN 0486287475 (0-486-28747-5)
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Lady Chatterley's Loverby D. H. LawrenceISBN 0486452344 (0-486-45234-4)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Lady Chatterley's Lover'Book summary:Perhaps the most famous of Lawrence's novels, the 1928 Lady Chatterley's Lover is no longer distinguished for the once-shockingly explicit treatment of its subject matter--the adulterous affair between a sexually unfulfilled upper-class married woman and the game keeper who works for the estate owned by her wheelchaired husband. Now that we're used to reading about sex, and seeing it in the movies, it's apparent that the novel is memorable for better reasons: namely, that Lawrence was a masterful and lyrical writer, whose story takes us bodily into the world of its characters. [via]
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- Lady Chatterley's Lover: ISBN 0517385872 (0-517-38587-2)
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Hardcover, Chatham River Press - Lady Chatterley's Lover: ISBN 0521222664 (0-521-22266-4)
Hardcover, Cambridge Univ Pr - Lady Chatterley's Lover: ISBN 0486452344 (0-486-45234-4)
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- Lady Chatterley's Lover: ISBN 0517385872 (0-517-38587-2)
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Lady Chatterley's Lover and A Propos of 'Lady Chatterley's Lover'by Michael Squires, D. H. Lawrence, M. H. Black, James T. Boulton, Lindeth VaseyISBN 0521007178 (0-521-00717-8)
Softcover, Cambridge University Press
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Lady Chatterley's Lover and A Propos of 'Lady Chatterley's Lover''Book summary:Perhaps the most famous of Lawrence's novels, the 1928 Lady Chatterley's Lover is no longer distinguished for the once-shockingly explicit treatment of its subject matter--the adulterous affair between a sexually unfulfilled upper-class married woman and the game keeper who works for the estate owned by her wheelchaired husband. Now that we're used to reading about sex, and seeing it in the movies, it's apparent that the novel is memorable for better reasons: namely, that Lawrence was a masterful and lyrical writer, whose story takes us bodily into the world of its characters. [via]
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Laurence Sterne: Tristram Shandyby Wolfgang IserISBN 0521328071 (0-521-32807-1)
Hardcover, Cambridge Univ Pr
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Leviathanby Thomas HobbesISBN 0486447944 (0-486-44794-4)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Leviathan'Book summary:Hobbes' Leviathan is arguably the greatest piece of political philosophy written in the English language. Since its first publication, Richard Tuck's edition of Leviathan has been recognized as the single most accurate and authoritative text, and for this revised edition Professor Tuck has provided a much-amplified and expanded introduction. Other vital study aids include an extensive guide to further reading, a note on textual matters, a chronology of important events and brief biographies of important persons mentioned in Hobbes' text. [via]
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Leviathanby Richard TuckISBN 0521394929 (0-521-39492-9)
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The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentlemanby Laurence SterneISBN 048645648X (0-486-45648-X)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman'Book summary:[via]A forerunner of psychological fiction, and considered a landmark work for its innovative use of narrative devices, Sterne's topsy-turvy novel was both celebrated and vilified when first published. Originally released in nine separate volumes, it is in effect an exercise about the difficulties of writing. Impossible to categorize, it remains a beguiling milestone in the history of literature.More editions of The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman:
Madame Bovaryby Gustave FlaubertISBN 0486292576 (0-486-29257-6)
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Madame Bovaryby Outlet Book Company Staff, Random House Value Publishing StaffISBN 0517385880 (0-517-38588-0)
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The Metamorphosis and Other Storiesby Franz Kafka, Stanley Appelbaum, Franz KaftaISBN 0486290301 (0-486-29030-1)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Metamorphosis and Other Stories'Book summary:Superb collection by modern master explores the complexity, anxiety, and futility of modern life. Excellent new English translations of the title story - considered by many critics Kafka's most perfect work - plus "The Judgment," "In the Penal Colony," "A Country Doctor" and "A Report to an Academy." A selection of the Common Core State Standards Initiative. [via]
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A Midsummer Night's Dreamby William ShakespeareISBN 048627067X (0-486-27067-X)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Midsummer Night's Dream'Book summary:A new section of the Introduction to this updated edition considers important professional theater productions and the large output of scholarly criticism on the play which have appeared in recent years. The Reading List has been revised and augmented to reflect the scope of the revised edition. First Edition Hb (1985): 0-521-22194-3 First Edition Pb (1985): 0-521-29389-8 [via]
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- A Midsummer Night's Dream: ISBN 0521532477 (0-521-53247-7)
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Softcover, Cambridge Univ Pr - A Midsummer Night's Dream: ISBN 0521618711 (0-521-61871-1)
Softcover, Cambridge Univ Pr - A Midsummer Night's Dream: ISBN 0521293898 (0-521-29389-8)
Softcover, Cambridge Univ Pr - A Midsummer Night's Dream: ISBN 0521787289 (0-521-78728-9)
Softcover, Cambridge Univ Pr - A Midsummer Night's Dream: ISBN 0517054493 (0-517-05449-3)
Hardcover, David R Godine Pub - A Midsummer Night's Dream: ISBN 0521445604 (0-521-44560-4)
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A Midsummer Night's Dreamby Linda Buckle, Paul KelleyISBN 0521409047 (0-521-40904-7)
Softcover, Cambridge Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Midsummer Night's Dream'Book summary:Traditionally seen as one of Shakespeare's more romantic and enchanting plays, A Midsummer Night's Dream has more recently been seen as a darker and more sinister play than generations of schoolchildren have ever imagined. The play has usually been seen as a comical tale with confused identities and the fickleness of youthful love, as the young lovers, Lysander, Hermia, Demetrius and Helena escape parental control and the "sharp Athenian law" of their elders by eloping into the forest outside the city. Unfortunately they stumble into civil war in fairyland, where King Oberon and Queen Titania fight over possession of a beautiful young Indian "changeling" boy. The appearance of the "rude mechanicals", a group of Athenian workers, including the weaver Nick Bottom, compounds the confusion. Chaos, confusion and "shaping fantasies" reign before the final settlement of the play, but underneath all the hilarity many critics have discerned more ambivalent attitudes towards coercive parental control, bestial sexuality and the destructive power of desire. These approaches in no way detract from the exquisite lyricism of many sections of the play, but make it a more complex and effective comedy than has often been appreciated. --Jerry Brotton [via]
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Misanthrope: Ou L'atrabilaire Amoureuxby MoliereISBN 0486270653 (0-486-27065-3)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Misanthrope: Ou L'atrabilaire Amoureux'Book summary:Comment Alceste, qui n'aime que la vérité, la sincérité, la droiture, lui qui est la rigidité faite homme, comment a-t-il pu s'éprendre de Célimène, qui représente tout ce qu'il déteste : l'hypocrisie, la légèreté, le persiflage, les apparences ? Il a pourtant bien succombé aux charmes de la jeune veuve, et voudrait qu'elle ne se consacre qu'à lui, qu'elle renonce à cette mondanité qu'il hait tant. Évidemment, elle n'en a aucunement l'intention : c'est tout l'enjeu de la pièce, qui orchestre le spectacle des bassesses, des manoeuvres, mais surtout des faiblesses des deux protagonistes. Difficile alors de dire qui a tort et qui a raison...
Pièce à part, avec Dom Juan, dans la production de Molière, Le Misanthrope reste une comédie, mais une comédie grinçante, qui fait tomber les masques et constitue une peinture sur le vif de la nature humaine. C'est sans doute pour cela que les plus grands metteurs en scène ont voulu s'attaquer à cette pièce et les plus grands comédiens se mesurer à ses rôles. --Karla Manuele [via]
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On Libertyby John Stuart MillISBN 0486421309 (0-486-42130-9)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'On Liberty'Book summary:In powerful and persuasive prose, Mill asks and answers provocative questions relating to the boundaries of social authority and individual sovereignty. This new edition offers students of political science and philosophy, in an inexpensive volume, one of the most influential studies on the nature of individual liberty and its role in a democratic society.[via]More editions of On Liberty:
The Oresteiaby Aeschlyus, Hugh Lloyd-JonesISBN 0520083288 (0-520-08328-8)
Softcover, Univ of California Pr
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The Oresteia Trilogy: Agamemnon, the Libation-Bearers and the Furiesby Aeschylus, E. D. A. MorsheadISBN 0486292428 (0-486-29242-8)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Oresteia Trilogy: Agamemnon, the Libation-Bearers and the Furies'Book summary:Classic trilogy by great tragedian deals with the bloody history of the House of Atreus. Grand in style, rich in diction and dramatic dialogue, the plays embody Aeschylus' concerns with the destiny and fate of both individuals and the state, all played out under the watchful eye of the gods. [via]
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The Origin of Species: Library Editionby Charles Robert Darwin, Greg SurianoISBN 0517123207 (0-517-12320-7)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Origin of Species: Library Edition'Book summary:According to Wikipedia: "Charles Robert Darwin (12 February 1809 - 19 April 1882) was an English naturalist. After becoming eminent among scientists for his field work and inquiries into geology, he proposed and provided scientific evidence that all species of life have evolved over time from one or a few common ancestors through the process of natural selection. The fact that evolution occurs became accepted by the scientific community and the general public in his lifetime, while his theory of natural selection came to be widely seen as the primary explanation of the process of evolution in the 1930s, and now forms the basis of modern evolutionary theory. In modified form, Darwin?s scientific discovery remains the foundation of biology, as it provides a unifying logical explanation for the diversity of life." [via]
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The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection: Or, the Preservation of Favored Races in the Struggle for Lifeby Charles DarwinISBN 0486450066 (0-486-45006-6)
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Phedraby Jean RacineISBN 0486419274 (0-486-41927-4)
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Prolegomena to Any Future Metaphysics: That Will Be Able to Come Forward As Science With Selections from the Critique of Pure Reasonby Immanuel Kant, Gary HatfieldISBN 0521535352 (0-521-53535-2)
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Room of Ones' Ownby Virginia Woolf, Jenifer SmithISBN 0521485908 (0-521-48590-8)
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Sapphoby Mary BarnardISBN 0520223128 (0-520-22312-8)
Softcover, Univ of California Pr
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Sense And Sensibilityby Jane AustenISBN 0486290492 (0-486-29049-2)
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Oh! Mama, how spiritless, how tame was Edward's manner in reading to us last night! I felt for my sister most severely. Yet she bore it with so much composure, she seemed scarcely to notice it. I could hardly keep my seat. To hear those beautiful lines which have frequently almost driven me wild, pronounced with such impenetrable calmness, such dreadful indifference!
Soon however, Marianne meets a man who measures up to her ideal: Mr. Willoughby, a new neighbor. So swept away by passion is Marianne that her behavior begins to border on the scandalous. Then Willoughby abandons her; meanwhile, Elinor's growing affection for Edward suffers a check when he admits he is secretly engaged to a childhood sweetheart. How each of the sisters reacts to their romantic misfortunes, and the lessons they draw before coming finally to the requisite happy ending forms the heart of the novel. Though Marianne's disregard for social conventions and willingness to consider the world well-lost for love may appeal to modern readers, it is Elinor whom Austen herself most evidently admired; a truly happy marriage, she shows us, exists only where sense and sensibility meet and mix in proper measure. --Alix Wilber [via]More editions of Sense And Sensibility:
The Serpent Son: Aeschylus, Oresteiaby Aeschylus, Kenneth McLeish, Frederic RaphaelISBN 0521220602 (0-521-22060-2)
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Shakespeare's a Midsummer Night's Dreamby Arthur RackhamISBN 0486428338 (0-486-42833-8)
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The Sonnetsby William Shakespeare, Rex GibsonISBN 0521559472 (0-521-55947-2)
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Sonnets of William ShakespeareISBN 0517637502 (0-517-63750-2)
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The Sonnets of William Shakespeareby William Shakespeare, Robert Oleson BallouISBN 0517309831 (0-517-30983-1)
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The Sorrows of Young Wertherby Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe, Nathan Haskell Dole, Thomas Carlyle, R. D. BoylanISBN 0486424553 (0-486-42455-3)
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The Sorrows of Young Werther/Die Leiden Des Jungen Werther: Die Leiden Des Jungen Werther A Dual-Language Bookby Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe, Stanley AppelbaumISBN 0486433633 (0-486-43363-3)
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The Souls of Black Folkby W. E. B. Du BoisISBN 0486280411 (0-486-28041-1)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Souls of Black Folk'Book summary:William Edward Burghardt Du Bois (1868-1963) is the greatest of African American intellectuals--a sociologist, historian, novelist, and activist whose astounding career spanned the nation's history from Reconstruction to the civil rights movement. Born in Massachusetts and educated at Fisk, Harvard, and the University of Berlin, Du Bois penned his epochal masterpiece, The Souls of Black Folk, in 1903. It remains his most studied and popular work; its insights into Negro life at the turn of the 20th century still ring true.
With a dash of the Victorian and Enlightenment influences that peppered his impassioned yet formal prose, the book's largely autobiographical chapters take the reader through the momentous and moody maze of Afro-American life after the Emancipation Proclamation: from poverty, the neoslavery of the sharecropper, illiteracy, miseducation, and lynching, to the heights of humanity reached by the spiritual "sorrow songs" that birthed gospel and the blues. The most memorable passages are contained in "On Booker T. Washington and Others," where Du Bois criticizes his famous contemporary's rejection of higher education and accommodationist stance toward white racism: "Mr. Washington's programme practically accepts the alleged inferiority of the Negro races," he writes, further complaining that Washington's thinking "withdraws many of the high demands of Negroes as men and American citizens." The capstone of The Souls of Black Folk, though, is Du Bois' haunting, eloquent description of the concept of the black psyche's "double consciousness," which he described as "a peculiar sensation.... One ever feels this twoness--an American, a Negro; two souls, two thoughts, two unreconciled strivings; two warring ideals in one dark body, whose dogged strength alone keeps it from being torn asunder." Thanks to W.E.B. Du Bois' commitment and foresight--and the intellectual excellence expressed in this timeless literary gem--black Americans can today look in the mirror and rejoice in their beautiful black, brown, and beige reflections. --Eugene Holley Jr. [via]
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Strangeness and Beauty: An Anthology of Aesthetic Criticism, 1840-1910by Eric Warner, Graham Goulden HoughISBN 0521238951 (0-521-23895-1)
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Tess of the D'Urbervillesby Thomas HardyISBN 0486415899 (0-486-41589-9)
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Washington Squareby Henry JamesISBN 0486404315 (0-486-40431-5)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Washington Square'Book summary:The shy and sweet daughter of a well-to-do physician, Catherine Sloper seems destined for lifelong spinsterhood until the sudden appearance of a dashing suitor who proposes marriage. Her adored father suspects the would-be fiance of fortune-hunting and threatens her with disinheritance, forcing Catherine to choose between lover and father.[via]More editions of Washington Square:
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Western Civilizationby Jackson J. SpielvogelISBN 0495099740 (0-495-09974-0)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Western Civilization'Book summary:Put the world today into context by learning about the past through this brief, best-selling Western Civilization text that has helped thousands of students succeed in the course. Jack Spielvogel's engaging style of writing weaves the political, economic, social, religious, intellectual, cultural, and military aspects of history into a gripping story that is as memorable as it is instructive. You will also be exposed to primary source documents - actual historical documents that are the foundation for the historical analysis you read in the chapter. These documents include letters, poems, and songs through history-documents that actually enliven the past. Throughout the book there are also helpful tools to help you digest the reading including outlines, chronologies, numerous maps and key terms with definitions. [via]
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World Historyby William J. Duiker, Jackson J. SpielvogelISBN 0495050121 (0-495-05012-1)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'World History'Book summary:Noted teachers and scholars William J. Duiker and Jackson J. Spielvogel present a balanced, highly readable overview of world history that explores common challenges and experiences that unite the human past and that identify key global patterns over time. Thorough coverage of political, economic, social, religious, intellectual, cultural, and military history has been integrated into a chronologically ordered synthesis to help students gain an appreciation and understanding of the distinctive character and development of individual cultures in society. This edition of WORLD HISTORY continues to take a global approach to world history, with an emphasis on analytical comparisons between and among cultures throughout history. This approach helps students link events together in a broad comparative and global framework, thereby placing the contemporary world in a more meaningful historical context. WORLD HISTORY is available in the following volume options: WORLD HISTORY, FIFTH EDITION (Chapters 1-29) ISBN: 0495050121; WORLD HISTORY, VOLUME I: TO 1800, FIFTH EDITION (Contains Chapters 1-17) ISBN: 0495050539; WORLD HISTORY, VOLUME II: SINCE 1500, FIFTH EDITION (Contains Chapters 13-29) ISBN: 0495050547; WORLD HISTORY TO 1500, FIFTH EDITION (Contains Chapters 1-12) ISBN: 0495050601. [via]
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Wuthering Heightsby Emily BronteISBN 0486292568 (0-486-29256-8)
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Virginia Woolf said of Emily Brontë that her writing could "make the wind blow and the thunder roar," and so it does in Wuthering Heights. Catherine Earnshaw, Heathcliff, and the windswept moors that are the setting of their mythic love are as immediately stirring to the reader of today as they have been for every generation of readers since the novel was first published in 1847. With an introduction by Katherine Frank. [via]More editions of Wuthering Heights:
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Wuthering Heightsby Outlet Book Company Staff, Random House Value Publishing StaffISBN 0517415119 (0-517-41511-9)
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