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Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found Thereby Lewis Carroll, John TennielISBN 0805205942 (0-8052-0594-2)
Softcover, Random House Childrens Books
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Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found Thereby T. Lewis, Lewis CarrollISBN 0809244888 (0-8092-4488-8)
Softcover, McGraw-Hill
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Anna Kareninaby Leo Tolstoy, Constance Black GarnettISBN 080959322X (0-8095-9322-X)
Softcover, Wildside Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Anna Karenina'Book summary:Anna Karenina may be the greatest single novel ever written; it may also be just plainly and sublimely good. Regardless, there is no doubt that Anna Karenina (generally considered Tolstoy's finest novel) is a sublime achievement. Anna, miserable in a loveless marriage, succumbs to the desire for the dashing Vronsky. That sort of thing didn't stand one in good stead in 19th-century Russia; bad goes to worse, and the end Anna comes to is the stuff of legend. Tolstoy seamlessly captures a weaves a tapestry of Russian society -- as Matthew Arnold wrote in his celebrated essay on Tolstoy, "We are not to take Anna Karenina as a work of art; we are to take it as a piece of life." "One of the greatest love stories in world literature." -- Vladimir Nabokov [via]
Anne Frank Rememberedby Miep Gies, Alison Leslie GoldISBN 0816143803 (0-8161-4380-3)
Hardcover, Thorndike Pr
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Antigoneby Sophocles, Michael Townsend, Eugene Hannes FalkISBN 081020214X (0-8102-0214-X)
Softcover, Longman Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Antigone'Book summary:This edition of the Antigone is based upon Gustav Wolff ssecond edition, Leipzig, 1873. In most cases where the text varies from his, the readings of theL aurentian Ms. (L) have been adopted in preference to those of inferior Mss. or to conjectures of Wolff and other editors. The reasons for these changes are given in the A ppendix, which it is hoped furnishes sufficient material for an intelligent appreciation of the most important problems in the textual criticism of the play. For the purpose of facilitating comparison, the rejected readings of Wolff are placed at the foot of the text. Through lack of such an aid as the Facsimile of theL aurentian Codex, now in course of preparation, it has been necessary to take the variants of theM ss. at second or third hand, chiefly from the edition of Campbell. The Commentary has been adapted to the needs of that large number of students who begin their study of Greek tragedy with this plaj .T he lyric parts have been arranged on the basis of the rhythmical scheme which has been borrowed from Schmidt sR hythmic and Metric, translated by Professor John Williams White. Material has been taken freely from the editions of Bellermann, Campbell, Nauck, Wecklein, and Dindorf. The editor takes pleasure in expressing his grateful obligations to his colleague. Professor Elisha Jones, for the use of critical apparatus; and to his pupil, Mr. Walter Miller, A.M., for generous sei-vice in verifying references. M. L. DOOGE. Unitebsitt of Michiqam, A ugust, 1884.
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Forgotten Books is a publisher of historical writings, such as: Philosophy, Classics, Science, Religion, History, Folklore and Mythology.
Forgotten Books' Classic Reprint Series utilizes the latest technology to regenerate facsimiles of historically important writings. Careful attention has been ma [via]More editions of Antigone:
Bilingual Selections from Sophocles' Antigone: An Introduction to the Text for the Greekless Readerby SophoclesISBN 0809308266 (0-8093-0826-6)
Hardcover, Southern Illinois Univ Pr
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Brideshead Revisitedby Evelyn WaughISBN 0816134006 (0-8161-3400-6)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Brideshead Revisited'Book summary:A departure from Evelyn Waugh's normally comic theater, Brideshead Revisited concerns the tale of Charles Ryder, a captain in the British Army in post-World War I England. Unlike Waugh's previous narrators, Ryder is an intelligent man, looking back on much of his life from his current post in Oxford. He strikes a special friendship with Lord Sebastian Flyte as the setting moves to the Brideshead estate and a baroque castle that recalls England's prior standing in the world. Ryder falls for Flyte's sister while families, politics and religions collide. What makes the book extraordinary is Waugh's sharp, vivid style and his use of dialect and minor characters. This is one of Waugh's finest accomplishments and a superb book. [via]
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The Broken Spell: A Cultural and Anthropological History of Preindustrial Europeby Pieter SpierenburgISBN 0813516765 (0-8135-1676-5)
Softcover, Rutgers Univ Pr
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The Brothers Karamazov: Library Editionby Fyodor DostoevskyISBN 0809598604 (0-8095-9860-4)
Hardcover, Wildside Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Brothers Karamazov: Library Edition'Book summary:The Brothers Karamazov was Fyodor Dostoevsky's last and greatest work, telling the tales the three brothers and their father, Fyodor it is, among many other things, a tale of patricide -- a love-hate struggle with profound psychological and spiritual implications. It is a search for faith, for God -- driven by intense, uncontrollable emotions of rage and revenge, the Karamozov brothers become involved in the brutal murder of their despicable father. Exploring the secret depths of humanity's struggles and sins, Dostoevsky unfolds a grand epic which attempts to venture into mankind's darkest heart, and grasp the true meaning of existence. [via]
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The Brothers Karamazov: Worlds of the Novelby Robin Feuer MillerISBN 0805781188 (0-8057-8118-8)
Softcover, Gale / Cengage Learning
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Brothers Karamazov: Worlds of the Novel'Book summary:[via]Fyodor Dostoevsky completed his final novel The Brothers Karamazovin 1880. A work of universal appeal and significance, his exploration of good and evil immediately gained an international readership and today remains harrowingly alive in the face of our present day worries, paradoxes, and joys, observes Dostoevsky scholar Robin Feuer Miller. In this engaging and original book, she guides us through the complexities of Dostoevskys masterpiece, offering keen insights and a celebration of the authors unparalleled powers of imagination.
Millers critical companion to The Brothers Karamazov explores the novels structure, themes, characters, and artistic strategies while illuminating its myriad philosophical and narrative riddles. She discusses the historical significance of the book and its initial reception, and in a new preface discusses the latest scholarship on Dostoevsky and the novel that crowned his career.
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City of Ice : A Novelby John FarrowISBN 0812991729 (0-8129-9172-9)
Softcover, Random House Publishing Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'City of Ice : A Novel'Book summary:A college kid in a Santa Claus suit is tortured, murdered, and left hanging from a meat hook on Christmas Eve--a gift intended for one particular cop.
Reminiscent of Smilla's Sense of Snow, this gripping debut thriller set in bone-chilling midwinter Montreal features one of the most compelling new heroes to emerge in crime fiction: Sergeant-Detective Émile Cinq-Mars. A brilliant logician, an eccentric who follows his own rules, this old-style cop is beleaguered by the virulent crime wave that has engulfed his city. While political uncertainty over separatism has damaged Montreal's social and economic life, organized crime has been quick to take advantage. The Russian Mafia, rival motorcycle gangs, and infiltrators from the CIA are engaged in violent turf wars, while the police force--teeming with corruption--struggles to keep the city safe.
Even Cinq-Mars, whose stunning arrests have made him a local hero, appears to have been compromised. How has he managed to penetrate Montreal's criminal elite? Who are his informants and how do they acquire their vast knowledge? And who is the young female American operative he seems so desperate to save from the clutches of the mob?
Against the backdrop of events in today's headlines, John Farrow constructs a vivid tableau peopled with home-grown and international criminals, each fighting for a piece of this frozen city, where dynamite and chain saws have become the weapons of choice. Taut and timely, City of Ice dazzles with its complex plot and grittily realized characters; it's a suspense read that's difficult to put down, impossible to forget.
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Companion Plants and How to Use Themby Helen Louise PhilbrickISBN 0815952104 (0-8159-5210-4)
Softcover, Devin-Adair Pub
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Confidence Manby Herman MelvilleISBN 0810103257 (0-8101-0325-7)
Softcover, Northwestern Univ Pr
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Correspondence 1654-1658by Peter Stuyvesant, Charles T. GehringISBN 0815629591 (0-8156-2959-1)
Hardcover, Syracuse Univ Pr
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Criminal Case 40/61, The Trial Of Adolf Eichmann: An Eyewitness Accountby Harry Mulisch, Deborah Dwork, Robert NabornISBN 0812238613 (0-8122-3861-3)
Hardcover, Univ of Pennsylvania Pr
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The Crisis of Islam: Holy War and Unholy Terrorby Bernard LewisISBN 0812967852 (0-8129-6785-2)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Crisis of Islam: Holy War and Unholy Terror'Book summary:After the terrorist attacks of September 11, many Americans yearned to understand why Muslim extremists felt such passionate animosity toward the Western world, particularly the United States. Since that historic attack there have been many books and discussions about this very question, but few of them offer such a readable and relevant response as this excellent offering by renowned historian Bernard Lewis (What Went Wrong?). For modern Westerners, Islam is an especially foreign religion and culture to understand. For instance, Westerners typically dismiss things as unimportant when using the expression "thats history." But for those raised in Muslim households, historyeven ancient historyis just as important (if not more important) as the present. And to better understand the hostilities rooted in this historyone could start with recognizing the long-standing resentment the Islamic community harbors from having its homelands torn apart and re-packaged into random political states by occupying Europeans (Westerners). Or stretch back in time to the brutality of the Crusades. Or go straight to the U.S. political meddling in the region throughout the latter 20th century.
This is not a pity fest for Muslims. Lewis even-handedly explores the sources of Islamic antagonism toward the West while also explaining how a supposedly peace-worshipping religion could be so distorted by violent extremism. He notes that the American way of lifeespecially that of fulfillment through material gain and sexual freedomis a direct threat to Islamic values (which is why night clubsplaces where men and women publicly touch one anotherare targets of bombings). But it is basic Western democracy that especially threatens Islamic extremists, notes Lewis, because within its own community more and more Muslims are coming to value the freedom that political democracy allows. For anyone wanting an intelligent and accessible primer on the Islamic-Western conflict, this is an excellent place to begin. Gail Hudson [via]More editions of The Crisis of Islam: Holy War and Unholy Terror:
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Critique of Cynical Reasonby Peter SloterdijkISBN 0816615861 (0-8166-1586-1)
Softcover, Univ of Minnesota Pr
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Crystal Caveby Mary StewartISBN 0808514083 (0-8085-1408-3)
Hardcover, Bt Bound
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Crystal Cave'Book summary:Initially published nearly thirty years ago, Mary Stewart's The Crystal Cave has been spellbinding readers and converting them into serious Arthurian buffs ever since. The first in a series of four books, this novel focuses on the early life of Merlin the magician, and the political developments of fifth-century Britain. Not for the fainthearted, this verbose text pays careful attention to historical details and methodical plot development.
Merlin's childhood is formed by the absence of his reticent, convent-bound mother and his unnamed and unknown father. As the bastard grandson of a local king, Merlin is the object of both envy and ridicule. His strange powers and predictions earn him greater status as a pariah, and he leaves home as a preadolescent. Returning years later as a young man--empowered by self-knowledge and magic--Merlin finds himself caught in the currents of the shifting kingdoms.
As an established classic in this genre, and the first in a popular series, The Crystal Cave introduces this familiar character with fresh sensitivity. While readers looking for the romance of First Knight will be disappointed, those happy with tight writing and a complex story line will be satisfied. --Nancy R.E. O'Brien [via]
Death on the Installment Planby Louis CelineISBN 0811200175 (0-8112-0017-5)
Softcover, New Directions
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Dutch Moderne: Graphic Design from De Stijl to Decoby Steven Heller, Louise FiliISBN 0811803031 (0-8118-0303-1)
Softcover, Chronicle Books LLC
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Dutch Painting in Soviet Museumsby IU Kuznetsov, Irina Vladimirovna LinnikISBN 0810908034 (0-8109-0803-4)
Hardcover, H.N. Abrams
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Dutch Tiles: In the Philadelphia Museum of Artby Ella SchaapISBN 0812279506 (0-8122-7950-6)
Hardcover, Univ of Pennsylvania Pr
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The Dutch-American Farmby David Steven CohenISBN 0814714544 (0-8147-1454-4)
Hardcover, New York Univ Pr
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England and Holland of the Pilgrimsby Morton Dexter, Henry M. DexterISBN 0806307943 (0-8063-0794-3)
Softcover, Genealogical Pub Co
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Fairy Tales from Hans Christian Andersen/Classic Illustrated Editionby Russell Ash, Bernard Higton, H.C. AndersenISBN 0811802302 (0-8118-0230-2)
Hardcover, Chronicle Books Llc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Fairy Tales from Hans Christian Andersen/Classic Illustrated Edition'Book summary:The entrancing world of toys, animals, magical kingdoms, and mystical beings is magnificently brought to life by master storyteller Hans Christian Andersen in this, the fourth title in Chronicle Books' extremely successful Classic Illustrated Edition series. Beautifully illustrated with charming turn of the century pictures by such notable artists as Arthur Rackham, Maxwell Armfield, and Edmund Dulac, this stunning book is a visual feast for children and adults alike.
This collection contains the following stories:
- The Emperor's New Clothes
- The Little Mermaid
- The Little Match Girl
- The Nightingale
- The Princess and the Pea
- The Steadfast Tin Soldier
- Thumbelina
- The Tinderbox
- The Ugly Duckling
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Fort Orange Records, 1656-1678by Charles T. Gehring, Fort Orange (N.Y.)ISBN 0815628218 (0-8156-2821-8)
Hardcover, Syracuse Univ Pr
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Four Past Midnightby Stephen KingISBN 0816151784 (0-8161-5178-4)
Softcover, Thorndike Pr
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The Fourth Protocolby Frederick ForsythISBN 0816138257 (0-8161-3825-7)
Hardcover, Thorndike Pr
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The Good German : A Novelby Joseph KanonISBN 0805064222 (0-8050-6422-2)
Hardcover, Holt & Company, Henry
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Guinea Pigs: Everything About Purchase, Care, Nutrition, and Diseasesby Horst Bielfeld, Fritz W. KohlerISBN 0812026292 (0-8120-2629-2)
Softcover, Barrons Educational Series Inc
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Herman Melville's Moby Dickby Herman Melville, Peter FishISBN 0812034287 (0-8120-3428-7)
Softcover, Barrons Educational Series Inc
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History of Artby Anthony F. Janson, H. W. JansonISBN 0810934019 (0-8109-3401-9)
Hardcover, Abrams
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› Find signed collectible books: 'History of Art'Book summary:For thousands of art lovers both amateur and professional, aesthetic life began with Janson, as H.W. Janson's History of Art is often called. In the first edition, published in 1962, Janson spoke to that perennial reader he gently called "the troubled layman." His opening paragraph revealed his sympathy: "Why is this supposed to be art?" he quoted rhetorically. "How often have we heard this question asked--or asked it ourselves, perhaps--in front of one of the strange, disquieting works that we are likely to find nowadays in the museum or art exhibition." Keeping that curious, questioning perspective in mind, he wrote a history of art from cave painting to Picasso that was singularly welcoming, illuminating, and exciting.
After H.W. Janson died, in 1982, his son, Anthony F. Janson, took over the daunting task of revising his father's book. Janson the elder would be thrilled with the beauty of this fifth edition, which tips the scales at more than seven pounds. Thanks to advances in printing, it teems with reproductions--736 in color and 500 black-and-white--that would have been far too costly 35 years ago. At an even 1,000 pages, it is an inch thicker than its 572-page progenitor.
Sojourning through this book, a reader is offered every amenity for a comfortable trip. Because Janson never assumes knowledge on the part of the reader, a recent immigrant from Mars could comprehend Western art from this text. The only assumption the Jansons have made is that with a little guidance everyone can come to understand the artifacts that centuries of architecture, sculpture, design, and painting have deposited in our paths. Countless readers have proven the Jansons right--and found their lives enriched in the process. [via]
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History of Artby H. W. JansonISBN 0810929864 (0-8109-2986-4)
Softcover, Harry N Abrams Inc
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History of Art: A Survey of the Major Visual Arts from the Dawn of History to the Present Dayby H. W. Janson, Dora Jane JansonISBN 0810910527 (0-8109-1052-7)
Hardcover, H. N. Abrams
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› Find signed collectible books: 'History of Art: A Survey of the Major Visual Arts from the Dawn of History to the Present Day'Book summary:Dust jacket missing. Linen boards are perfect. Exterior pages slightly soiled from shelving. Same day shipping. [via]
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History of Art: Slipcasedby Anthony F. Janson, H. W. JansonISBN 0810934450 (0-8109-3445-0)
Hardcover, Harry N Abrams Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'History of Art: Slipcased'Book summary:For thousands of art lovers both amateur and professional, aesthetic life began with Janson, as H.W. Janson's History of Art is often called. In the first edition, published in 1962, Janson spoke to that perennial reader he gently called "the troubled layman." His opening paragraph revealed his sympathy: "Why is this supposed to be art?" he quoted rhetorically. "How often have we heard this question asked--or asked it ourselves, perhaps--in front of one of the strange, disquieting works that we are likely to find nowadays in the museum or art exhibition." Keeping that curious, questioning perspective in mind, he wrote a history of art from cave painting to Picasso that was singularly welcoming, illuminating, and exciting.
After H.W. Janson died, in 1982, his son, Anthony F. Janson, took over the daunting task of revising his father's book. Janson the elder would be thrilled with the beauty of this fifth edition, which tips the scales at more than seven pounds. Thanks to advances in printing, it teems with reproductions--736 in color and 500 black-and-white--that would have been far too costly 35 years ago. At an even 1,000 pages, it is an inch thicker than its 572-page progenitor.
Sojourning through this book, a reader is offered every amenity for a comfortable trip. Because Janson never assumes knowledge on the part of the reader, a recent immigrant from Mars could comprehend Western art from this text. The only assumption the Jansons have made is that with a little guidance everyone can come to understand the artifacts that centuries of architecture, sculpture, design, and painting have deposited in our paths. Countless readers have proven the Jansons right--and found their lives enriched in the process. [via]
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The Hollow Hillsby Mary StewartISBN 0816133395 (0-8161-3339-5)
Hardcover, G K Hall & Co
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Homo Ludens: A Study of the Play-Element in Cultureby Johan HuizingaISBN 0807046817 (0-8070-4681-7)
Softcover, Beacon Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Homo Ludens: A Study of the Play-Element in Culture'Book summary:In Homo Ludens, the classic evaluation of play that has become a must-read for those in game design, Dutch philosopher Johan Huizinga defines play as the central activity in flourishing societies. Like civilization, play requires structure and participants willing to create within limits. Starting with Plato, Huizinga traces the contribution of Homo Ludens, or Man the player through Medieval Times, the Renaissance, and into our modern civilization. Huizinga defines play against a rich theoretical background, using cross-cultural examples from the humanities, business, and politics. Homo Ludens defines play for generations to come.
"A happier age than ours once made bold to call our species by the name of Homo Sapiens. In the course of time we have come to realize that we are not so reasonable after all as the Eighteenth Century with its worship of reason and naive optimism, though us; "hence moder fashion inclines to designate our species asHomo Faber: Man the Maker. But though faber may not be quite so dubious as sapiens it is, as a name specific of the human being, even less appropriate, seeing that many animals too are makers. There is a third function, howver, applicable to both human and animal life, and just as important as reasoning and makingnamely, playing. it seems to me that next to Homo Faber, and perhaps on the same level as Homo Sapiens, Homo Ludens, Man the Player, deserves a place in our nomenclature. "from the Foreward, by Johan Huizinga [via]More editions of Homo Ludens: A Study of the Play-Element in Culture:
How to Want What You Have: Discovering the Magic and Grandeur of Ordinary Existenceby Timothy MillerISBN 0805033173 (0-8050-3317-3)
Hardcover, Henry Holt & Co
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I Never Promised You a Rose Gardenby Hannah GreenISBN 0805008721 (0-8050-0872-1)
Hardcover, Henry Holt & Co
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› Find signed collectible books: 'I Never Promised You a Rose Garden'Book summary:[via]The classic novel about a young womans struggle against madness, now a Holt Paperback, with a new afterword by the author
Hailed by The New York Times as "convincing and emotionally gripping" upon its publication in 1964, Joanne Greenbergs semiautobiographical novel stands as a timeless and unforgettable portrayal of mental illness. Enveloped in the dark inner kingdom of her schizophrenia, sixteen-year-old Deborah is haunted by private tormentors that isolate her from the outside world. With the reluctant and fearful consent of her parents, she enters a mental hospital where she will spend the next three years battling to regain her sanity with the help of a gifted psychiatrist. As Deborah struggles toward the possibility of the "normal" life she and her family hope for, the reader is inexorably drawn into her private suffering and deep determination to confront her demons.
A modern classic, I Never Promised You a Rose Garden remains every bit as poignant, gripping, and relevant today as when it was first published.
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Illuminationsby Arthur RimbaudISBN 0811201848 (0-8112-0184-8)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Illuminations'Book summary:This text is in English and French. This edition of Rimbaud's masterpiece marks the first translation of "Illuminations" that has been praised for its exquisite interpretation, particularly by American translators. [via]
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The Infinite World of M.C. Escherby M.C. Escher, J. L. LocherISBN 0810980592 (0-8109-8059-2)
Hardcover, Abradale/Abrams
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Journey to the End of the Nightby Ralph Manheim, Louis Ferdinand CelineISBN 0811216543 (0-8112-1654-3)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Journey to the End of the Night'Book summary:When it was published in 1932, this then-shocking and revolutionary first fiction redefined the art of the novel with its black humor, its nihilism, and its irreverent, explosive writing style, and made Louis-Ferdinand Celine one of France's--and literature's--most important 20th-Century writers. The picaresque adventures of Bardamu, the sarcastic and brilliant antihero of Journey to the End of the Night move from the battlefields of World War I (complete with buffoonish officers and cowardly soldiers), to French West Africa, the United States, and back to France in a style of prose that's lyrical, hallucinatory, and hilariously scathing toward nearly everybody and everything. Yet, beneath it all one can detect a gentle core of idealism. [via]
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Journey to the End of the Nightby Louis Ferdinand CelineISBN 0811208478 (0-8112-0847-8)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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Language Files: Materials for an Introduction to Language & Linguisticsby Nathan Vaillette, Thomas W. StewartISBN 0814250769 (0-8142-5076-9)
Softcover, Ohio State Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Language Files: Materials for an Introduction to Language & Linguistics'Book summary:UNREAD COPY IN PERFECT CONDITION AND READY TO SHIP. [via]
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Language Files: Materials for an Introduction to Language & Linguisticsby Ohio State University Dept. of Linguistics, Nick Cipollone, Shravan Vasishth, The Ohio State University Department of Linguistics, Steven Hartman KeiserISBN 0814250033 (0-8142-5003-3)
Softcover, Ohio State Univ Pr
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Language Files: Materials for an Introduction to Language & Linguisticsby Stefanie Jannedy, Robert Poletto, Ohio State University Dept. of Linguistics, Tracey L. WeldonISBN 081420645X (0-8142-0645-X)
Softcover, Ohio State Univ Pr
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Maigret's Rivalby Georges SimenonISBN 0816144265 (0-8161-4426-5)
Softcover, Thorndike Pr
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The Maine Massacreby Janwillem Van De WeteringISBN 0816167532 (0-8161-6753-2)
Hardcover, G. K. Hall
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Masters of 17th Century Dutch Landscape Paintingby Peter C. Sutton, Albert Blankert, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Rijksmuseum (Netherlands), Boston Museum of Fine ArtsISBN 0812281055 (0-8122-8105-5)
Hardcover, Museum of Fine Arts Boston
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The Missing Head Of Damasceno Monteiroby Antonio Tabucchi, J. C. PatrickISBN 0811216047 (0-8112-1604-7)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Missing Head Of Damasceno Monteiro'Book summary:Antonio Tabucchi's new novel The Missing Head of Damasceno Monteiro continues the experiment so successfully begun with his Pereira Declares (New Directions, 1994) -- a European best-seller and winner of the prestigious Aristeion European Literature Prize in 1997. Tabucchi has now written a thriller, but one with a subtle intellectual depth not usual in that genre. The Missing Head of Damasceno Monteiro intriguingly reflects on current social issues: crime, police corruption, yellow journalism, and the courts -- both of the law and of public opinion. Tabucchi hooks the reader on page one of this book and the story advances with electric and unflagging suspense. A gypsy discovers a headless body; Firmino, a young journalist who writes for a scandal-sheet, takes up the case; the headless corpse turns out to be that of one Damasceno Monteiro, an employee at an import-export company who, having stumbled upon a heroin smuggling ring at his work, had stolen a drug shipment; and, the police are supressing evidence -- all the stuff of familiar daily news, here made riveting in the hands of a rare and brilliant writer. [via]
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Moby Dickby Herman Melville, Hershel Parker, G. Thomas Tanselle, Harrison HayfordISBN 0810102692 (0-8101-0269-2)
Softcover, Northwestern Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Moby Dick'Book summary:Avec Moby Dick, Melville a donné naissance à un livre-culte et inscrit dans la mémoire des hommes un nouveau mythe : celui de la baleine blanche. Fort de son expérience de marin, qui a nourri ses romans précédents et lui a assuré le succès, l'écrivain américain, alors en pleine maturité, raconte la folle quête du capitaine Achab et sa dernière rencontre avec le grand cachalot. Véritable encyclopédie de la mer, nouvelle Bible aux accents prophétiques, parabole chargée de thèmes universels, Moby Dick n'en reste pas moins construit avec une savante maîtrise, maintenant un suspense lent, qui s'accélère peu à peu jusqu'à l'apocalypse finale. L'écriture de Melville, infiniment libre et audacieuse, tour à tour balancée, puis hachée au rythme des houles, des vents et des passions humaines, est d'une richesse exceptionnelle. Il faut remonter à Shakespeare pour trouver l'exemple d'une langue aussi inventive, d'une poésie aussi grandiose. --Scarbo [via]
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Montaillou: The Promised Land of Errorby Emmanuel Le Roy LadurieISBN 0807608750 (0-8076-0875-0)
Hardcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Montaillou: The Promised Land of Error'Book summary:"Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie has had a success which few historians experience and which is usually reserved for the winner of the Prix Goncourt...Montaillou, which is the reconstruction of the social life of a medieval village, has been acclaimed by the experts as a masterpiece of ethnographic history and by the public as a sensational revelation of the thoughts, feelings, and activities of the ordinary people of the past."Times Literary Supplement.
With a new introduction by author Le Roy Ladurie, this special edition offers a fascinating history of a fourteenth-century village, Montaillou, in the mountainous region of southern France, almost destroyed by internal feuds and religious heterodoxy. Ladurie's portrait is based on a detailed register of Jacques Fournier, Bishop of Pamiers and future Pope Benedict XII, who conducted rigorous inquisition into heresy within his diocese. Fournier was a consummate inquisitor, an acute psychologist who was able to elicit from the accused the innermost secrets of their thoughts and actions. He was pitiless in the pursuit of error, and meticulous in recording that pursuit.
LeRoy Ladurie analyzes the behavior, demography, social mentality, and cosmology of the community of peasants and shepherds, and vividly evokes the daily life of the village and mountain pastures. His portrait of Montaillou is dominated by the personal histories of two men: the curé Pierre Clergue, a brutal and powerful man who placed his enemies in the hands of the inquisitor; and the shepherd Pierre Maury, a friend of the Albigensian perfecti and a fatalist who returned from Spain to disappear in the inquisitor's prison in his own country. Montaillou, which has received even more praise than LeRoy Ladurie's earlier work, provides a portrait of a fascinating place with a dark, intriguing history. [via]More editions of Montaillou: The Promised Land of Error:
The Moving Finger: A Miss Marple Mysteryby Agatha ChristieISBN 081614561X (0-8161-4561-X)
Hardcover, Thorndike Pr
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Netherlandish Scrolled Gables of the Sixteenth and Early Seventeenth Centuriesby Henry Russell HitchcockISBN 0814733832 (0-8147-3383-2)
Hardcover, New York Univ Pr
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New Netherland Rootsby Gwenn F. EppersonISBN 0806314001 (0-8063-1400-1)
Hardcover, Genealogical Pub Co
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The Odessa Fileby Elick MollISBN 0816160694 (0-8161-6069-4)
Hardcover, G. K. Hall
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Oliver Twistby Charles DickensISBN 0812580036 (0-8125-8003-6)
Softcover, Tor Books
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This edition of Oliver Twist includes a Foreword, Biographical Note, and Afterword by Nancy Springer.
Abandoned at an early age, Oliver Twist is forced to live in a dark and dismal London workhouse lorded over by awful Mr. Bumble who cheats the boys of their meager rations! Desperate but determined, Oliver makes his escape. But what he discovers in the harsh streets of London's underworld makes the workhouse look like a picnic. Penniless and alone, he is lured into a world of crime by the wily Fagin--the nefarious mastermind of a gang of pint-sized pickpockets.
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Pieter Bruegelby Philippe Robets-Jones, Francoise Roberts-JonesISBN 0810935317 (0-8109-3531-7)
Hardcover, Harry N Abrams Inc
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The Promiseby Chaim PotokISBN 0808587722 (0-8085-8772-2)
Hardcover, Bt Bound
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Young Reuven Malter is unsure of himself and his place in life. An unconventional scholar, he struggles for recognition from his teachers. With his old friend Danny Saunders--who himself had abandoned the legacy as the chosen heir to his father's rabbinical dynasty for the uncertain life of a healer--Reuvan battles to save a sensitive boy imprisoned by his genius and rage. Painfully, triumphantly, Reuven's understanding of himself, though the boy change, as he starts to aproach the peace he has long sought.... [via]More editions of The Promise:
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Red and the Blackby Stendhal, Diane Johnson, Burton RaffelISBN 0812972074 (0-8129-7207-4)
Softcover, Modern Library
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The Red and the Black, Stendhals masterpiece, is the story of Julien Sorel, a young dreamer from the provinces, fueled by Napoleonic ideals, whose desire to make his fortune sets in motion events both mesmerizing and tragic. Sorels quest to find himself, and the doomed love he encounters along the way, are delineated with an unprecedented psychological depth and realism. At the same time, Stendhal weaves together the social life and fraught political intrigues of postNapoleonic France, bringing that world to unforgettable, full-color life. His portrait of Julien and early-nineteenth-century France remains an unsurpassed creation, one that brilliantly anticipates modern literature.
Neglected during its time, The Red and the Black has assumed its rightful place as one of the worlds great books, and Burton Raffels extraordinary new translation, coupled with an enlightening Introduction by Diane Johnson, helps it shine more brightly than ever before.
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The Red and the Black: Mimetic Desire and the Myth of Celebrityby Jefferson HumphriesISBN 0805783520 (0-8057-8352-0)
Hardcover, Gale Group
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The Rembrandt Bookby Gary SchwartzISBN 0810943174 (0-8109-4317-4)
Hardcover, Abrams , Incorporated, Harry N.
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Rembrandt Book'Book summary:With international attention focused on the 400th anniversary of Rembrandt von Rijns birth, the worlds leading Rembrandt expert weighs in with a penetratingand accessibleexamination of the Dutch masters life and art from both the biographical and the art historical perspective.
Rembrandt was an esteemed artist in his own time as well as in the present, yet there is much debate over how many paintings and drawings can really be attributed to him, and popular scholastic opinion varies widely. In his lively text, accompanied by 700 full-color illustrations, Gary Schwartz addresses the central controversies, providing art historians, students, and art lovers with essential new insights to help clarify the mysteries surrounding the great painter. [via]More editions of The Rembrandt Book:
Rogier Van Der Weyden: The Complete Worksby Dirk De VossISBN 0810963906 (0-8109-6390-6)
Hardcover, Harry N Abrams Inc
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The Secret Language of the Mind: A Visual Inquiry into the Mysteries of Consciousnessby David CohenISBN 0811814319 (0-8118-1431-9)
Softcover, Chronicle Books LLC
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The Sensible Cook: Dutch Foodways in the Old and the New Worldby Peter G. RoseISBN 081560503X (0-8156-0503-X)
Softcover, Syracuse Univ Pr
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The Sorrows of Young Wertherby Burton Pike, Johann Wolfgang Von GoetheISBN 0812969901 (0-8129-6990-1)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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Terrines and Pate and Galantinesby Time LifeISBN 080942925X (0-8094-2925-X)
Hardcover, Time Life Education
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Thinker on Stage: Nietzsche's Materialismby Peter Sloterdijk, Jamie Owen DanielISBN 0816617651 (0-8166-1765-1)
Softcover, Univ of Minnesota Pr
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Two Hundred and One Dutch Verbs Fully Conjugated in All the Tensesby Henry R. SternISBN 0812007387 (0-8120-0738-7)
Softcover, Barrons Educational Series Inc
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Van Goghby Meyer SchapiroISBN 0810917335 (0-8109-1733-5)
Hardcover, Abrams , Incorporated, Harry N.
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Vermeerby Arthur K. WheelockISBN 0810992051 (0-8109-9205-1)
Softcover, Harry N Abrams Inc
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Vermeer: The Complete Worksby Johannes Vermeer, Arthur K. WheelockISBN 0810927519 (0-8109-2751-9)
Softcover, Harry N Abrams Inc
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Vermeer's gorgeous interiors and his mastery of light's expressive qualities make the everyday world shine with a jewel-like freshness. Most of his paintings were recently restored, and all have been newly photographed, so the 44 full-color reproductions in this book show their brilliance -- and Vermeer's genius -- to the best advantage. [via]
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War and Peaceby Leo TolstoyISBN 0815203977 (0-8152-0397-7)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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The Women's Decameronby Julia Voznesenskaya, W.B. LintonISBN 080500601X (0-8050-0601-X)
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World of M. C. Escherby Escher, M.C. and Locher, J.C., J. L. LocherISBN 0810901072 (0-8109-0107-2)
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The World of M.C. Escherby J.F. LocherISBN 0810980843 (0-8109-8084-3)
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A Worldly Art: The Dutch Republic 1585-1718by Mariet WestermannISBN 0810927411 (0-8109-2741-1)
Softcover, Harry N Abrams Inc
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You Gotta Be the Book: Teaching Engaged and Reflective Reading With Adolescentsby Jeffrey D. WilhelmISBN 0807735663 (0-8077-3566-3)
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Zeno's Conscienceby Italo Svevo, Dalya M. SachsISBN 0810112892 (0-8101-1289-2)
Softcover, Northwestern Univ Pr
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