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Abraham Lincolnby Ingri D'Aulaire, Edgar Parin D'AulaireISBN 0385241089 (0-385-24108-9)
Softcover, Random House Children's Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Abraham Lincoln'Book summary:A Caldecott Medal Book, A Child Study Children's Book Committee: Children's Book of the Year
We at Beautiful Feet Books are excited to announce the publication of Abraham Lincoln the beloved classic in a special hardback edition in celebration of the bicentennial anniversary of Lincoln's birth. This edition is published from the original 1940 printing and we were able to recreate the vivid colors originally intended by the d'Aulaires. This is a must have for any fan of the d'Aulaires'. America was at a crossroads in 1939 as they debated whether to join the Allies in their battle against Hitler's relentless march across Europe. As European immigrants the d'Aulaires felt keenly the importance of standing against injustice, and saw in Lincoln the archetypal American hero as he stood against the injustice of slavery. It was this spirit they hoped to exemplify in their biography of young Abe as he grew into manhood against the backdrop of the wilderness of Kentucky, the deep woods of Indiana, and the prairies of Illinois. Camping for weeks in Lincoln country, the d'Aulaires imbibed the spirit of the man Lincoln as well as his humor and good will. From his days as a clerk, teaching himself law reading Blackstone, practicing law in Springfield, running unsuccessfully for office, debating Stephen Douglas over the issue of slavery, and ultimately becoming President of the United States, the d'Aulaires have written and beautifully illustrated the life of one of America's most remarkable citizens. [via]
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Age of Nationalism and Reform, 1850-1890by Norman RichISBN 039309183X (0-393-09183-X)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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The American Story: 100 True Tales from American Historyby Jennifer Armstrong, Roger RothISBN 0375812563 (0-375-81256-3)
Hardcover, Random House Childrens Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The American Story: 100 True Tales from American History'Book summary:This magnificent treasury tells the story of America through 100 true tales. Some are tales of triumphthe midnight ride of Paul Revere, the Wright brothers taking to the air, Neil Armstrongs first steps on the moon. Some are tales of tragedythe fate of the Donner party, the great fire in Chicago, the eruption of Mt. Saint Helens. There are stories of inventors and athletes, and abolitionists and artists, stories about struggling for freedomagain and again, in so many ways.
With full-color illustrations on nearly every page and short, exciting stories, this book is perfect for browsing by the entire family. Notes at the end of each story direct readers to related stories, and a guide to thematic story arcs offers readers (and teachers) an easy way to follow their particular interests throughout the book.
A treasure trove of a book that belongs in every home.
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Arden of Fevershamby Martin WhiteISBN 0393952363 (0-393-95236-3)
Softcover, Norton & Company, Incorporated, W. W.
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At Day's Close: Night in Times Pastby A. Roger EkirchISBN 0393329011 (0-393-32901-1)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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Ben Franklin and the Magic Squaresby Frank Murphy, Richard WalzISBN 0375806210 (0-375-80621-0)
Softcover, Random House Childrens Books
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Ben Jonson's Plays and Masquesby Ben JonsonISBN 0393090353 (0-393-09035-3)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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The Book on the Bookshelfby Henry PetroskiISBN 0375706399 (0-375-70639-9)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Book on the Bookshelf'Book summary:Consider the book. Though Goodnight Moon and Finnegans Wake differ considerably in content and intended audience, they do share some basic characteristics. They have pages, they're roughly the same shape, and whether in a bookstore, library, or private home, they are generally stored vertically on shelves. Indeed, this is so much the norm that in these days of high-tech printing presses and chain bookstores, it's easy to believe that the book, like the cockroach, remains much the same as it ever was. But as Henry Petroski makes abundantly clear in Book on the Bookshelf, books as we know them have had a long and complex evolution. Indeed, he takes us from the scroll to the codex to the hand-lettered illuminated texts that were so rare and valuable they were chained to lecterns to prevent theft. Along the way he provides plenty of amusing anecdotes about libraries (according to one possibly apocryphal account, the library at Alexandria borrowed the works of the great Greek authors from Athens, had them copied, and then sent the copies back, keeping the originals), book collectors, and the care of books.
Book-lover though he may be, however, Henry Petroski is, first and foremost, an engineer and so, in the end, it is the evolution of bookshelves even more than of books that fascinates him. Pigeonholes for scrolls, book presses containing thousands of chained volumes, rotating lecterns that allowed scholars to peruse more than one book at a time--these are just a few of the ingenious methods readers have devised over the centuries for storing their books: "in cabinets beneath the desks, on shelves in front of them, in triangular attic-like spaces formed under the back-to-back sloped surfaces of desktops or small tabletop lecterns that rested upon a horizontal surface." Placing books vertically on shelves, spines facing outward, is a fairly recent invention, it would seem. Well written as it is, if Book on the Bookshelf were only about books-as-furniture, it would have little appeal to the general reader. Petroski, however, uses this treatise on design to examine the very human motivations that lie behind it. From the example of Samuel Pepys, who refused to have more titles than his library could hold (about 3,000), to an appendix detailing all the ways people organize their collections (by sentimental value, by size, by color, and by price, to name a few of the more unconventional methods), Petroski peppers his account with enough human interest to keep his audience reading from cover to cover. --Alix Wilber [via]
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Captivesby Linda ColleyISBN 0375421521 (0-375-42152-1)
Hardcover, Knopf Publishing Group
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Captives: Britain, Empire, and the World, 1600-1850by Linda ColleyISBN 0385721463 (0-385-72146-3)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Captives: Britain, Empire, and the World, 1600-1850'Book summary:In this path-breaking book Linda Colley reappraises the rise of the biggest empire in global history. Excavating the lives of some of the multitudes of Britons held captive in the lands their own rulers sought to conquer, Colley also offers an intimate understanding of the peoples and cultures of the Mediterranean, North America, India, and Afghanistan.
Here are harrowing, sometimes poignant stories by soldiers and sailors and their womenfolk, by traders and con men and by white as well as black slaves. By exploring these forgotten captives and their captors Colley reveals how Britains emerging empire was often tentative and subject to profound insecurities and limitations. She evokes how British empire was experienced by the mass of poor whites who created it. She shows how imperial racism coexisted with cross-cultural collaborations, and how the gulf between Protestantism and Islam, which some have viewed as central to this empire, was often smaller than expected. Brilliantly written and richly illustrated, Captives is an invitation to think again about a piece of history too often viewed in the same old way. It is also a powerful contribution to current debates about the meanings, persistence, and drawbacks of empire. [via]More editions of Captives: Britain, Empire, and the World, 1600-1850:
The Changelingby Thomas Middleton, William Rowley, Joost DaalderISBN 0393900614 (0-393-90061-4)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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The Character of the Good Ruler: A Study of Puritan Political Ideas in New England, 1630-1730by T. H. BreenISBN 0393007472 (0-393-00747-2)
Hardcover, Norton
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Chartres Cathedral: Illustrations, Introductory Essay, Documents, Analysis, Criticismby Robert BrannerISBN 0393314383 (0-393-31438-3)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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Chaste Maid in Cheapsideby Thomas MiddletonISBN 0393900940 (0-393-90094-0)
Softcover, Norton & Company Limited, W. W.
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Chaste Maid in Cheapside'Book summary:Thomas Middleton (1580-1627) was an English Jacobean playwright and poet. Middleton stands with John Fletcher and Ben Jonson as among the most successful and prolific of playwrights who wrote their best plays during the Jacobean period. He was one of the few Renaissance dramatists to achieve equal success in comedy and tragedy. Also a prolific writer of masques and pageants, he remains one of the most noteworthy and distinctive of Jacobean dramatists. Middleton wrote in many genres, including tragedy, history and city comedy. His best-known plays are the tragedies The Changeling (written with William Rowley) and Women Beware Women, and the cynically satirical city comedy A Chaste Maid in Cheapside. His plays are characterized by their cynicism about the human race, a cynicism that is often very funny. True heroes are a rarity in Middleton; in his plays, almost every character is selfish, greedy, and self-absorbed. [via]
Clocks and Culture: 1300-1700by Carlo M. CipollaISBN 0393324435 (0-393-32443-5)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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Coming of Age in the Milky Wayby Timothy FerrisISBN 0385263260 (0-385-26326-0)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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The Compleat Angler: Or the Contemplative Man's Recreationby Izaak Walton, Charles CottonISBN 0375751483 (0-375-75148-3)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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The Complete Poetry and Selected Prose of John Donneby John Donne, Charles M. CoffinISBN 0375757341 (0-375-75734-1)
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This Modern Library edition contains all of John Donne's great metaphysical love poetry. Here are such well-known songs and sonnets as "A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning," "The Extasie," and "A Nocturnall Upon S. Lucies Day," along with the love elegies "Jealosie," "His Parting From Her," and "To His Mistris Going to Bed." Presented as well are Donne's satires, epigrams, verse letters, and holy sonnets, along with his most ambitious and important poems, the Anniversaries. In addition, there is a generous sampling of Donne's prose, including many of his private letters; Ignatius His Conclave, a satiric onslaught on the Jesuits; excerpts from Biathanatos, his celebrated defense of suicide; and his most famous sermons, concluding with the final "Death's Duell." "We have only to read [Donne]," wrote Virginia Woolf, "to submit to the sound of that passionate and penetrating voice, and his figure rises again across the waste of the years more erect, more imperious, more inscrutable than any of his time." [via]More editions of The Complete Poetry and Selected Prose of John Donne:
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The Complete Poetry of John Miltonby John MiltonISBN 0385023510 (0-385-02351-0)
Softcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Complete Poetry of John Milton'Book summary:The first complete annotated edition of Milton's poetry available in a one-volume paperback. The text is established from original sources, with collations of all known manuscripts, chronology and verbal variants recorded. Works in Latin, Greek and Italian are included with new literal translations. [via]
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The Courtier And the Heretic: Leibniz, Spinoza, and the Fate of God in the Modern Worldby Matthew StewartISBN 0393329178 (0-393-32917-8)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Courtier And the Heretic: Leibniz, Spinoza, and the Fate of God in the Modern World'Book summary:A colorful reinterpretation. . . . Stewarts wit and profluent prose make this book a fascinating read. Publishers Weekly, starred review
Philosophy in the late seventeenth century was a dangerous business. No careerist could afford to know the reclusive, controversial philosopher Baruch de Spinoza. Yet the wildly ambitious genius Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, who denounced Spinoza in public, became privately obsessed with Spinoza's ideas, wrote him clandestine letters, and ultimately met him in secret.
"In refreshingly lucid terms" (Booklist) Matthew Stewart "rescues both men from a dusty academic shelf, bringing them to life as enlightened humans" (Library Journal) central to the religious, political, and personal battles that gave birth to the modern age. Both men put their faith in the guidance of reason, but one spent his life defending a God he may not have believed in, while the other believed in a God who did not need his defense. Ultimately, the two thinkers represent radically different approaches to the challenges of the modern era. They stand for a choice that we all must make. [via]More editions of The Courtier And the Heretic: Leibniz, Spinoza, and the Fate of God in the Modern World:
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Devotions upon Emergent Occasions and Deaths Duel: With the Life of Dr. John Donneby John Donne, Izaak WaltonISBN 0375705481 (0-375-70548-1)
Softcover, Vintage Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Devotions upon Emergent Occasions and Deaths Duel: With the Life of Dr. John Donne'Book summary:Devotions Upon Emergent Occasions and Death's Duel, one of the handsome series of Vintage Spiritual Classics, contains a rich collection of extraordinary writings, any one of which would be worth the price of the whole book. Andrew Motion's clear, accessible, entertaining, and erudite introduction explains the situation of both Devotions Upon Emergent Occasions--written in 1624, when Donne was feeble with a fever that doctors believed might kill him--and Death's Duel--Donne's final sermon at St. Paul's Cathedral, preached only a month before his death at age 59. Also included is Izaak Walton's The Life of Dr. John Donne, a spry and penetrating biography of the poet, written in 1640. And then there is the meat: both Devotions and Death's Duel show Donne at his very best--theatrical, humble, faithful, and doubting all at once. This is a book of severe and joyful mortality. Here is a foretaste from Devotions: "Death is in an old man's door, he appears and tells him so, and death is at a young man's back, and says nothing.... There is scarce anything that hath not killed somebody; a hair, a feather hath done it; nay, that which is our best antidote against it hath done it; the best cordial hath been deadly poison." --Michael Joseph Gross [via]
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Doctor Faustustby Thomas Mann, John E. WoodsISBN 0375701168 (0-375-70116-8)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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The Enlightenment: An Interpretationby Peter GayISBN 0393008703 (0-393-00870-3)
Hardcover, Norton
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The Enlightenment: An Interpretation The Science of Freedomby Peter GayISBN 0393313662 (0-393-31366-2)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Enlightenment: An Interpretation The Science of Freedom'Book summary:The second volume of Peter Gay's in-depth study of the dawn of the modern worldthe Age of Reason.
The Science of Freedom completes Peter Gay's brilliant reinterpretation begun in The Enlightenment: The Rise of Modern Paganism. In the present book, he describes the philosophes' program and their views of society. His masterful appraisal opens a new range of insights into the Enlightenment's critical method and its humane and libertarian vision. [via]More editions of The Enlightenment: An Interpretation The Science of Freedom:
The Enlightenment: The Rise of Modern Paganismby Peter GayISBN 0393313026 (0-393-31302-6)
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An Essay Concerning Human Understandingby John Locke, A. Seth Pringle-PattisonISBN 0391005731 (0-391-00573-1)
Hardcover, Harvester Press
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Faith and Treason: The Story of the Gunpowder Plotby Antonia FraserISBN 0385471904 (0-385-47190-4)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Faith and Treason: The Story of the Gunpowder Plot'Book summary:Our term "guy," slang for any man, comes from the name of Guy Fawkes, the alleged ringleader of the bungled plot to blow up King James I and the subject of Bonfire Night, the odd English holiday celebrated on November 5 by burning the execrable Guy in effigy. This and other facts tumble from the pages of this fascinating account of the Gunpowder Plot, written by the distinguished novelist and historian Antonia Fraser. Fraser delves into English religious history to show the harsh persecution of Roman Catholics under Jacobean rule and how James I disappointed those Catholics who hoped for a more liberal reign. [via]
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Faith and Treason: The Gunpowder Plotby Antonia FraserISBN 0385256205 (0-385-25620-5)
Hardcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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Faith, Reason, and the Plague in Seventeenth-Century Tuscanyby Carlo M. CipollaISBN 0393000451 (0-393-00045-1)
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By the late fall of 1630, the Black Plague had descended upon northern Italy. The prentice Magistry of Public Health, centered in Florence, took steps to contain and combat the scourge. In this essay, Carlo Cipolla recreates the daily struggle of plague-stricken Monte Lupo, a rustic Tuscan village, revealing in the vivid terms of actual events and personalities a central drama of Western civilization - the conflict between faith and reason, Church and state. [via]More editions of Faith, Reason, and the Plague in Seventeenth-Century Tuscany:
Fifteenth Century: The Prospect of Europeby Maragret AstonISBN 0393950972 (0-393-95097-2)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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Geminiby Dorothy DunnettISBN 0375708561 (0-375-70856-1)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Gemini'Book summary:Scotland, 1477: Nicholas de Fleury, former banker and merchant, has re-appeared in the land that, four years earlier, he had brought very close to ruin in the course of an intense commercial and personal war with secret enemies--and, indeed, with his clever wife Gelis.
Now the opportunity for redemption is at hand, but Nicholas soon finds himself pursuing his objectives amid a complex, corrosive power struggle centering on the Scottish royal family but closely involving the powerful merchants of Edinburgh, the gentry, the clergy, the English (ever seeking an excuse to pounce on their neighbor to the north), the French, the Burgundians. His presence soon draws Gelis and their son Jodi to Scotland, as well as Nicholas's companions and subordinates in many a past endeavor--Dr. Tobias and his wife Clémence, Mick Crackbene, John le Grant, and Andro Wodman among them. Here, too, Nicholas meets again with others who have had an influence, for good or evil, in his life: King James III of Scotland and his rebellious siblings; the St. Pols: Jordan, Simon, and young Henry; Mistress Bel of Cuthilgurdy and David de Salmeton; Anselm Adorne and Kathi his niece. Caught up in, and sometimes molding, the course of great events, Nicholas exhibits by turns the fierce silence with which he masks his secrets, and the explosive, willful gaiety that binds men, women, and children to him. And as the secrets of his birth and heritage come to light, Nicholas has to decide whether he desires to establish a future in Scotland for himself and his family, and a home for his descendants.
Gemini brings to a dazzling conclusion Dorothy Dunnett's House of Niccolò series (synopsized in this volume), in which this peerless novelist has vividly re-created the dramatic, flamboyant world of the early Renaissance in historical writing of scrupulous authenticity and in the entrancing portrait of her visionary hero. Now, in a book infused with wit and poetry, emotion and humor, action and mystery, she brings Nicholas de Fleury at last to choose his heart's home, where he can exercise all his skills as an advisor to kings and statesmen, as a husband, a father, and a leader of men--and where, perhaps, we will discern a connection between him and that other remarkable personality, Francis Crawford, whose exploits Lady Dunnett recorded so memorably in The Lymond Chronicles. [via]More editions of Gemini:
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George Washington and the General's Dogby Frank Murphy, Richard WalzISBN 0375810153 (0-375-81015-3)
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sees a dog lost on the battlefield. Whose dog is it? How will it find its master? Early readers will be surprised to find out what happens in this little-known true story about Americas first president. [via]More editions of George Washington and the General's Dog:
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Georgiana: Duchess of Devonshireby Amanda ForemanISBN 0375753834 (0-375-75383-4)
Softcover, Modern Library
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Georgiana: Duchess of Devonshire'Book summary:The winner of Britain's prestigious Whitbread Prize and a bestseller there for months, this wonderfully readable biography offers a rich, rollicking picture of late-eighteenth-century British aristocracy and the intimate story of a woman who for a time was its undisputed leader. Lady Georgiana Spencer was the great-great-great-great-aunt of Diana, Princess of Wales, and was nearly as famous in her day. In 1774, at the age of seventeen, Georgiana achieved immediate celebrity by marrying one of England's richest and most influential aristocrats, the Duke of Devonshire. Launched into a world of wealth and power, she quickly became the queen of fashionable society, adored by the Prince of Wales, a dear friend of Marie-Antoinette, and leader of the most important salon of her time. Not content with the role of society hostess, she used her connections to enter politics, eventually becoming more influential than most of the men who held office.
Her good works and social exploits made her loved by the multitudes, but Georgiana's public success, like Diana's, concealed a personal life that was fraught with suffering. The Duke of Devonshire was unimpressed by his wife's legendary charms, preferring instead those of her closest friend, a woman with whom Georgiana herself was rumored to be on intimate terms. For over twenty years, the three lived together in a jealous and uneasy ménage à trois, during which time both women bore the Duke's children--as well as those of other men.
Foreman's descriptions of Georgiana's uncontrollable gambling, all- night drinking, drug taking, and love affairs with the leading politicians of the day give us fascinating insight into the lives of the British aristocracy in the era of the madness of King George III, the American and French revolutions, and the defeat of Napoleon.
A gifted young historian whom critics are already likening to Antonia Fraser, Amanda Foreman draws on a wealth of fresh research and writes colorfully and penetratingly about the fascinating Georgiana, whose struggle against her own weaknesses, whose great beauty and flamboyance, and whose determination to play a part in the affairs of the world make her a vibrant, astonishingly contemporary figure.
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Guns, Germs & Steel: The Fates of Human Societiesby Jared DiamondISBN 0393317552 (0-393-31755-2)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Guns, Germs & Steel: The Fates of Human Societies'Book summary:With a new chapter. The phenomenal bestseller; over 1.5 million copies sold; is now a major PBS special.Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, Guns, Germs, and Steel is a brilliant work answering the question of why the peoples of certain continents succeeded in invading other continents and conquering or displacing their peoples. This edition includes a new chapter on Japan and all-new illustrations drawn from the television series. Until around 11,000 BC, all peoples were still Stone Age hunter/gatherers. At that point, a great divide occurred in the rates that human societies evolved. In Eurasia, parts of the Americas, and Africa, farming became the prevailing mode of existence when indigenous wild plants and animals were domesticated by prehistoric planters and herders. As Jared Diamond vividly reveals, the very people who gained a head start in producing food would collide with preliterate cultures, shaping the modern world through conquest, displacement, and genocide.The paths that lead from scattered centers of food to broad bands of settlement had a great deal to do with climate and geography. But how did differences in societies arise? Why weren't native Australians, Americans, or Africans the ones to colonize Europe? Diamond dismantles pernicious racial theories tracing societal differences to biological differences. He assembles convincing evidence linking germs to domestication of animals, germs that Eurasians then spread in epidemic proportions in their voyages of discovery. In its sweep, Guns, Germs and Steel encompasses the rise of agriculture, technology, writing, government, and religion, providing a unifying theory of human history as intriguing as the histories of dinosaurs and glaciers. 32 illustrations [via]
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Henry IVby William ShakespeareISBN 0393095541 (0-393-09554-1)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Henry IV'Book summary:This edition of Shakespeare's Henry IV, Part 1 uses a variety of approaches to Shakespeare, including historical and cultural studies approaches. Shakespeare's text is accompanied by an intriguing collection of thematically arranged historical and cultural documents and illustrations designed to give a firsthand knowledge of the contexts out of which Henry IV, Part 1 emerged. Hodgdon's intelligent and engaging introductions to the play and to the documents (most of which are presented in modern spelling and with annotations) offer a richly textured understanding of Elizabethan culture and Shakespeare's work within that culture. [via]
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A History of Philosophyby Frederick J. CoplestonISBN 0385230311 (0-385-23031-1)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A History of Philosophy'Book summary:Here in one convenient volume are Volumes I, II, and III - complete and unabridged - of the acclaimed reference work that has dominated the field of philosophy for two decades. Volume I surveys the main currents in Greco-Roman thought from the pre-Socratics to Neoplatonism: e.g. Thales, Pythagoras, Heraclitus, Zeno, Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle. Medieval philosophy is the scope of Volume II, which includes the contributions of such eminent philosophers as Augustine, St. Justin Martyr, Clement, Origen, Boethius, Bonaventure, Albert the Great, Thomas Aquinas, and Duns Scotus. Volume III focuses on the philosophy of the later Middle Ages and early Renaissance through a close study of such thinkers as William of Ockham, Nicholas of Cusa, the speculative mystics, the political philosophers - e.g. Machiavelli and Thomas More - Francis Bacon, and Francis Suárez. These individual volumes have been hailed as "accurate and authoritative ... sufficiently complete syntheses ... warmly recmmended ... a remarkable achievement." Now available as a three-in-one paperback, it will be welcomed by students and scholars of ancient and medieval philosophy as a reference work that no library should be without. [via]
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In the Beginning : The Story of the King James Bible and How It Changed a Nation, a Language and a Cultureby Alister E. McGrathISBN 0385722168 (0-385-72216-8)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'In the Beginning: The Story of the King James Bible and How It Changed a Nation, a Language, and a Culture'Book summary:In the Beginning is Alister McGrath's history of the King James Bible, and as the subtitle explains, his explanation of "How It Changed a Nation, a Language, and a Culture." McGrath's story begins with the development of the printing press, describes the forces (before, during, and after the Reformation) fueling the demand for English vernacular translations of the Bible, and considers the impact of the King James Version on Western worship and politics. McGrath deftly blends an arch and charming, donnish argot with breezy, tough, brass-tacks directness. Of the ongoing process of creating new biblical translations, he writes, "It has yet to end; indeed, it will not end, until either history is brought to a close or English ceases to be a living language." Elsewhere, describing the cultural influence of the Authorized Version, he explains, "Without the King James Bible, there would have been no Paradise Lost, no Pilgrim's Progress, no Handel's Messiah, no Negro spirituals, and no Gettysburg address.") A professor of historical theology at the University of Oxford, McGrath has written a number of popular books about Christianity (including Theology for Amateurs). In The Beginning continues his work of making complex matters of theological thought and history accessible to a wider audience. --Michael Joseph Gross [via]
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Ingenious Pursuits: Building the Scientific Revolutionby Lisa JardineISBN 0385720017 (0-385-72001-7)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Ingenious Pursuits: Building the Scientific Revolution'Book summary:Even Einstein had to eat. We seem to forget that scientists live in the same world as the rest of us, and that their work is informed by everything they encounter day to day. Lisa Jardine explores this interconnectedness in the context of the late 17th-century scientific revolution in Ingenious Pursuits, a well-planned journey back in time that delivers precious insight into the lives of those who laid the groundwork for cloning, nuclear weapons, and Internet commerce. Robert Hooke, Christopher Wren, and Gian Domenico Cassini are just a few of the multitalented explorers that Jardine profiles through diaries, letters, and scientific records. Taking the time to fully flesh out the lives of these adventurous spirits, she shows the reader that science began as a natural curiosity about the material world, inspired by diverse interests: art, religion, medicine, engineering, and more.
Political meddling in science is nothing new; even 300 years ago rulers competed for knowledge and the status that came from scientific achievement. Jardine expands on this premise to see the colonial expansion of the time as a driving force behind research, responsible for the contemporary explosions in cartography, botany, and optics. While Ingenious Pursuits stays for the most part in the 17th century, it does remind us of our own interwoven scientific and social threads, and that perhaps the next revolutionary breakthrough will come about as much because of telemarketers as National Science Foundation grants. --Rob Lightner [via]
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The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassac the Africanby Olaudah Equiano, Shelly Eversley, Robert Reid-PharrISBN 0375761152 (0-375-76115-2)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassac the African'Book summary:Edited and with Notes by Shelly Eversley
Introduction by Robert Reid-Pharr
In this truly astonishing eighteenth-century memoir, Olaudah Equiano recounts his remarkable life story, which begins when he is kidnapped in Africa as a boy and sold into slavery and culminates when he has achieved renown as a British antislavery advocate. The narrative is a strikingly beautiful monument to the startling combination of skill, cunning, and plain good luck that allowed him to win his freedom, write his story, and gain international prominence, writes Robert Reid-Pharr in his Introduction. He alerts us to the very concerns that trouble modern intellectuals, black, white, and otherwise, on both sides of the Atlantic.
The text of this Modern Library Paperback Classic is set from the definitive ninth edition of 1794, reflecting the authors final changes to his masterwork. [via]More editions of The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassac the African:
Introduction to the Devout Lifeby FrancisISBN 0375725628 (0-375-72562-8)
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The Knight of the Burning Pestleby Francis Beaumont, Michael HattawayISBN 0393900002 (0-393-90000-2)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Knight of the Burning Pestle'Book summary:This book an EXACT reproduction of the original book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR?d 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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Le Morte D'Arthurby Thomas MaloryISBN 0375753222 (0-375-75322-2)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Le Morte D'Arthur'Book summary:The legends of King Arthur and his knights of the Round Table have inspired some of the greatest works of literature--from Cervantes's Don Quixote to Tennyson's Idylls of the King. Although many versions exist, Malory's stands as the classic rendition. Malory wrote the book while in Newgate Prison during the last three years of his life; it was published some fourteen years later, in 1485, by William Caxton. The tales, steeped in the magic of Merlin, the powerful cords of the chivalric code, and the age-old dramas of love and death, resound across the centuries.
The stories of King Arthur, Lancelot, Queen Guenever, and Tristram and Isolde seem astonishingly moving and modern. Malory's Le Morte d'Arthur endures and inspires because it embodies mankind's deepest yearnings for brotherhood and community, a love worth dying for, and valor, honor, and chivalry. [via]More editions of Le Morte D'Arthur:
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Leaves of Grassby Walt WhitmanISBN 0393093883 (0-393-09388-3)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Leaves of Grass'Book summary:Abraham Lincoln read it with approval, but Emily Dickinson described its bold language and themes as "disgraceful." Ralph Waldo Emerson found it "the most extraordinary piece of wit and wisdom that America has yet produced." Published at the author's expense on July 4, 1855, Leaves of Grass inaugurated a new voice and style into American letters and gave expression to an optimistic, bombastic vision that took the nation as its subject. Unlike many other editions of Leaves of Grass, which reproduce various short, early versions, this Modern Library Paperback Classics "Death-bed" edition presents everything Whitman wrote in its final form, and includes newly commissioned notes.
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Leaves of Grass:Authoritative Texts, Prefaces, Whitman on His Art, Criticism: Authoritative Texts, Prefaces, Whitman on His Art, Criticismby Walt Whitman, Sculley Bradley, Harold William BlodgettISBN 0393043541 (0-393-04354-1)
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Leaves of Grass; Selected Poetry and Prose.by Walt WhitmanISBN 0385042523 (0-385-04252-3)
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Lewis and Clark: A Prairie Dog for the Presidentby Shirley-Raye Redmond, John MandersISBN 0375811206 (0-375-81120-6)
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The Life of Thomas Moreby Peter AckroydISBN 0385496931 (0-385-49693-1)
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Lobscouse & Spotted Dogby Anne Chotzinoff Grossman, Lisa Grossman ThomasISBN 0393320944 (0-393-32094-4)
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London: The Biographyby Peter AckroydISBN 0385497717 (0-385-49771-7)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'London: The Biography'Book summary:This magnificent evocation of all that London has meant down the centuries...I cannot begin to describe the richness with which Ackroyd pursues his theme...A blend of virtuosity and deep affection that is truly bewitching. Ackroyd has performed a noble public service in preserving in these pages so many centuries of marvels, and secrecies.
Jan Morris
London: The Biography is the pinnacle of Peter Ackroyds brilliant obsession with the eponymous city. In this unusual and engaging work, Ackroyd brings the reader through time into the city whose institutions and idiosyncrasies have permeated much of his works of fiction and nonfiction.
Peter Ackroyd sees London as a living, breathing organism, with its own laws of growth and change. Reveling in the citys riches as well as its raucousness, the author traces thematically its growth from the time of the Druids to the beginning of the twenty-first century. Anecdotal, insightful, and wonderfully entertaining, London is animated by Ackroyds concern for the close relationship between the present and the past, as well as by what he describes as the peculiar echoic quality of London, whereby its texture and history actively affect the lives and personalities of its citizens.
London confirms Ackroyds status as what one critic has called our ages greatest London imagination. [via] 
The Lost Paintingby Jonathan HarrISBN 0375759867 (0-375-75986-7)
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The Lost Painting : The Quest for a Caravaggio Masterpieceby Jonathan HarrISBN 0375431535 (0-375-43153-5)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Lost Painting : The Quest for a Caravaggio Masterpiece'Book summary:In 1992 a young art student uncovered a clue in an obscure Italian archive that led to the discovery of Caravaggio's original The Taking of the Christ, a painting that had been presumed lost for over 200 years. How this clue--a single entry in an old listing of family possessions--led to a residence in Ireland and the subsequent restoration of this Italian Baroque masterpiece is the subject of this brisk and enthralling detective story. The Lost Painting reads more like a historical novel than art history, as Harr smoothly weaves several narratives together to bring the story alive. Though he does not provide an in-depth examination of the painting itself--the book is not aimed specifically at art experts--Harr does include many details for lay readers about restoration, the various methods used to track artwork through history, how originals are distinguished from copies, and an inside view of the art world, past and present. He also discusses various forensic approaches, including X ray, infrared reflectography, chemical analysis of the paints and canvas, and other modern techniques. But most of the book is focused on more primitive methods, including dogged research through dusty archives and meticulous attention to detail.
This entertaining book boasts an engaging cast of characters, all of whom are inflicted with the "Caravaggio disease," including some of the foremost Caravaggio scholars in the world, persistent students, obsessive restorers, and most of all, the artist himself. Mercurial, supremely gifted, and prone to violence, Caravaggio lived like an outlaw and a pauper most of his troubled life. Yet even when he attained wealth and fame--and briefly, respectability--he was still hounded by the law (for murder) and numerous vengeful enemies. Harr does an admirable job of bringing the man alive in these pages while keeping his long-lost painting at the center of the action. --Shawn Carkonen [via]
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Mary Queen of Scotsby Antonia FraserISBN 038531129X (0-385-31129-X)
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She was the quintessential queen: statuesque, regal, dazzlingly beautiful. Her royal birth gave her claim to the thrones of two nations; her marriage to the young French dauphin promised to place a third glorious crown on her noble head.
Instead, Mary Stuart became the victim of her own impulsive heart, scandalizing her world with a foolish passion that would lead to abduction, rape and even murder. Betrayed by those she most trusted, she would be lured into a deadly game of power, only to lose to her envious and unforgiving cousin, Elizabeth I.
Here is her story, a queen who lost a throne for love, a monarch pampered and adored even as she was led to her beheading, the unforgettable woman who became a legend for all time. [via]More editions of Mary Queen of Scots:
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The Norton Anthology of English Literature, the Major Authors: The Middle Ages Through the Restoration and the Eighteenth Centuryby Stephen Greenblatt, M. H. AbramsISBN 0393963381 (0-393-96338-1)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Norton Anthology of English Literature, the Major Authors: The Middle Ages Through the Restoration and the Eighteenth Century'Book summary:The acclaimed Norton Anthology of English Literature, Major Authors Edition is now available in two paperbound volumes. Volume A begins with Seamus Heaney's brilliant new translation of Beowulf and continuing through the sixteen, seventeenth, and eighteenth centuries. This new Major Authors edition is a library between two coversan indispensable addition to the family bookshelf. [via]
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The Origins of Modern Germanyby Geoffrey BarracloughISBN 0393301532 (0-393-30153-2)
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Pantagruel Gargantuaby Francois Rabelais, Burton RaffelISBN 0393308065 (0-393-30806-5)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Pantagruel Gargantua'Book summary:Biting and bawdy, smart and smutty, lofty and low, Gargantua and Pantagruel is fantasy on the grandest of scales, told with an unquenchable thirst for all of human experience.
Rabelais's vigorous examination of the life of his times-from bizarre battles to great drinking bouts, from satire on religion and education to matter-of-fact descriptions of bodily functions and desires-is one of the great comic masterpieces of literature. [via]More editions of Pantagruel Gargantua:
The Poems of John Miltonby John Milton, John Carey, Alastair FowlerISBN 0393043606 (0-393-04360-6)
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The Praise of Folly and Other Writings: A New Translation With Critical Commentaryby Desiderius ErasmusISBN 0393957497 (0-393-95749-7)
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Prelude: 1799, 1805, 1850by William Wordsworth, Jonathan Wordsworth, M. H. Abrams, Stephen Charles GillISBN 039309071X (0-393-09071-X)
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The Prelude, 1799, 1805, 1850: Authoritative Texts, Context and Reception, Recent Critical Essaysby M. H. Abrams, William Wordsworth, Jonathan Wordsworth, Stephen Charles GillISBN 0393044963 (0-393-04496-3)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Prelude, 1799, 1805, 1850: Authoritative Texts, Context and Reception, Recent Critical Essays'Book summary:This volume is the first to present Wordsworth's great poem in all three of its forms. It reprints, on facing pages, the version of The Prelude that was completed in 1805, together with the much-revised work published after the poets death in 1850. In addition, the editors include the two-part version of the poem, composed in 1798-99. Each of these poems possesses distinctive qualities and values; to read them together provides an incomparable chance to observe a great poet composing and re-composing, throughout a long life, his major work.
There are no fewer than seventeen manuscripts of The Prelude in the Wordsworth library at Grasmere. Working with these materials, the editors have prepared an accurate reading version of 1799 and have newly edited from manuscripts the texts of 1805 and 1850thus freeing the latter poem from the unwarranted alterations made by Wordsworth's literary executors. The editors also provide a text of MS. JJ (Wordsworth's earliest drafts for parts of The Prelude) as well as transcriptions of other important passages in manuscript which Wordsworth failed to include in any fair copy of his poem. The texts are fully annotated, and the notes for all three versions of The Prelude are arranged so that each version may be read independently. The editors provide a concise history of the texts and describe the principles by which each has been transcribed from the manuscripts.
There are many other aids for a thorough study of The Prelude and its background. A chronological table enables the reader to contextualize the biographical and historical allusions in the texts and footnotes.
"References to The Prelude in Process" presents the relevant allusions to the poem, by Wordsworth and by members of his circle, from 1799 to 1850. Another section, "Early Reception," reprints significant comments on the published version of 1850 by readers and reviewers.
Finally, there are seven critical essays by Jonathan Wordsworth, M. H. Abrams, Geoffrey H. Hartman, Richard J. Onorato, William Empson, Herbert Lindenberger, and W. B. Gallie. [via]More editions of The Prelude, 1799, 1805, 1850: Authoritative Texts, Context and Reception, Recent Critical Essays:
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Protestants: The Birth of a Revolutionby Steven OzmentISBN 0385471017 (0-385-47101-7)
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Restoration London : Engaging Anecdotes and Tantalizing Trivia from the Most Magnificent and Renowned City of Europeby Liza PicardISBN 038073236X (0-380-73236-X)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Restoration London : Engaging Anecdotes and Tantalizing Trivia from the Most Magnificent and Renowned City of Europe'Book summary:Here is seventeenth-century London as you've never seen it. The Restoration of Charles II marked a period of growth in colonization and trade, the rise of political parties, and an increase in the power of Parliament. Restoration London provides a fascinating look at everyday life in the city during that time. Using diaries, almanacs, newspapers, advice books, government papers, personal documents, and more, Liza Picard brilliantly portrays the human side of both ordinary daily living and catastrophic events. We see a fire out of control, leaving a great and prosperous city buried in its own ruins. We witness an enormous rebuilding, with determination from the people and a Proclamation from Charles that London would be "a much more beautiful city than that consumed."
From the splendor of lovely English gardens to pollution-filled air and streets clogged with waste and rubbish; from graceful living, fashionable clothes, and elegant décor to medical risks, plagues, accidents, and early deaths, this unique book describes the simple pleasures and the overwhelming difficulties of the time. We discover the craft of cabinet making, the art of embroidery, and the revival of theater. We are shown the importance of astrology, magic, and superstition in medical care, the labor of housework and shopping, the pleasures of music and dancing, the hazards of sex, the limitations of education, the nature of the laws, the conflicting views of the churches, and the extremes of poverty and wealth.
With meticulous detail and vivid descriptions, Restoration London shows us the people who lived there and gives us a better understanding of who they were. [via]
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Rimbaud Completeby Arthur Rimbaud, Wyatt MasonISBN 0375757708 (0-375-75770-8)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Rimbaud Complete'Book summary:Enduring icon of creativity, authenticity, and rebellion, and the subject of numerous new biographies, Arthur Rimbaud is one of the most repeatedly scrutinized literary figures of the last half-century. Yet almost thirty years have elapsed without a major new translation of his writings. Remedying this state of affairs is Rimbaud Complete, the first and only truly complete edition of Rimbauds work in English, translated, edited, and introduced by Wyatt Mason.
Mason draws on a century of Rimbaud scholarship to choreograph a superbly clear-eyed presentation of the poets works. He arranges Rimbauds writing chronologically, based on the latest manuscript evidence, so readers can experience the famously teenaged poets rapid evolution, from the lyricism of Sensation to the groundbreaking early modernism of A Season in Hell.
In fifty pages of previously untranslated material, including award-winning early verses, all the fragmentary poems, a fascinating early draft of A Season in Hell, a school notebook, and multiple manuscript versions of the important poem O saisons, ô chateaux, Rimbaud Complete displays facets of the poet unknown to American readers. And in his Introduction, Mason revisits the Rimbaud myth, addresses the state of disarray in which the poet left his work, and illuminates the intricacies of the translators art.
Mason has harnessed the precision and power of the poets rapidly changing voice: from the delicate music of a poem such as Crows to the mature dissonance of the Illuminations, Rimbaud Complete unveils this essential poet for a new generation of readers. [via]More editions of Rimbaud Complete:
The Safeguard of the Sea: A Naval History of Britain, 660-1649by N.A.M. RodgerISBN 0393319601 (0-393-31960-1)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Safeguard of the Sea: A Naval History of Britain, 660-1649'Book summary:"Rule Britannia, Britannia rules the waves...." The dominance of the British Royal Navy in maritime history is legendary, but this has not always been the case. Various attempts to build and sustain a national standing Navy were attempted by a number of rulers, from Edward the Confessor in the 11th century to Henry V in the 15th century. It wasn't until the Tudor reign (1485 to 1603), however, that a permanent, effective Navy emerged. Until this time the shores of Britain had been susceptible to attack and invasion.
N.A.M. Rodger's compendium on the history of the Royal Navy (the first of a four volume set) reminds us that "the successful navies have been those which rested on long years of steady investment in the infrastructure ... of a seagoing fleet." Emphasizing the important role the Tudors played in building the financial foundation for the Navy, Rodger focuses on the role of Elizabeth I's administration and the amount of money shipbuilding absorbed during her reign. He also traces the evolution of professionalism in the Navy, demonstrating how the rank of naval officer became socially respectable, even though it was not exclusively open to just nobles--indeed, Francis Drake came from an impoverished background--setting a standard that would see the British Navy dominate the oceans for many years.
A fellow in the British National Maritime Museum, Rodger's unique understanding of this history comes across well as he explores a number of themes, ranging from policy and strategy to ship and weapon design. He gathers this information from Anglo-Saxon, Danish, French, Irish, and Spanish sources, carefully weaving these materials into an immense tapestry of incredible depth and scope. In years to come The Safeguard of the Sea promises to be the definitive account of British Naval History long after Britannia has stopped ruling the waves. [via]
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Samuel Pepysby Claire TomalinISBN 0375725539 (0-375-72553-9)
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Against the backdrop of plague, civil war, and regicide, with John Milton composing diplomatic correspondence for Oliver Cromwell, Christopher Wren drawing up plans to rebuild London, and Isaac Newton advancing the empirical study of the world around us, Tomalin weaves a breathtaking account of a figure who has passed on to us much of what we know about seventeenth-century London. We witness Pepyss early life and education, see him advising King Charles II before running to watch the great fire consume London, learn about the great events of the day as well as the most intimate personal details that Pepys encrypted in the Diary, follow him through his later years as a powerful naval administrator, and come to appreciate how Pepyss singular literary enterprise would in many ways prefigure our modern selves. With exquisite insight and compassion, Samuel Pepys captures the uniquely fascinating figure whose legacy lives on more than three hundred years after his death. [via]More editions of Samuel Pepys:
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Shakespeare After Allby Marjorie GarberISBN 0385722141 (0-385-72214-1)
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Shakespeare Our Contemporaryby J KottISBN 0393007367 (0-393-00736-7)
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Peter Brook and Charles Marowitz are among the many directors who have acknowledged their debt to Jan Kott, finding in his analogies between Shakespearean situations and those in modern life and drama the seeds of vital new stage-conceptions. Readers all over the worldShakespeare Our Contemporary has been translated into nineteen languages since it appeared in 1961have similarly found their responses to Shakespeare broadened and enriched. Mary McCarthy called the work "the best, the most alive, radical book about Shakespeare in at least a generation." [via]More editions of Shakespeare Our Contemporary:
Thomas Jefferson's Feastby Frank Murphy, Richard WalzISBN 0375822895 (0-375-82289-5)
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Volponeby Ben Jonson, Philip BrockbankISBN 039390010X (0-393-90010-X)
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A Woman Killed with Kindnessby Thomas Heywood, Brian ScobieISBN 0393900525 (0-393-90052-5)
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Worldly Goods: A New History of the Renaissanceby Lisa JardineISBN 0393318664 (0-393-31866-4)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Worldly Goods: A New History of the Renaissance'Book summary:Drawing from her earlier and more academic studies, Lisa Jardine approaches the challenge of creating a new history of the Renaissance with remarkable bravura and all the boldness required to deliver a fresh and highly readable story of an age we think we know so well. In Worldly Goods, Jardine argues that while the Renaissance was indeed marked by a flourishing cultural identity, it was the material and commercial spirit of the 15th and 16th centuries that set the tone. Commerce and international trade provided the enormous fortunes that funded artistic production, and luxury goods, including great works of art, became important as means of displaying newly acquired wealth and status. It was an urge to own, a ceaseless quest for new horizons and exotic treasures, that fueled the cultural output of the Renaissance, according to Jardine, and that taste for conspicuous displays of opulence characterizes the Western experience of the arts and culture to this day.
That Worldly Goods succeeds in telling a captivating new story of the Renaissance is testimony to Jardine's literary and scholarly success at a difficult task. That her book, richly illustrated and well written, makes contemplation of its subject a thrill is testimony of a very good read. [via]
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