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The Annotated Milton: Complete English Poems With Annotations Lexical, Syntactic, Prosodic, and Referentialby John Milton, Burton Raffel, Raffel BurtonISBN 0553581104 (0-553-58110-4)
Softcover, Bantam Classic & Loveswept
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Annotated Milton: Complete English Poems With Annotations Lexical, Syntactic, Prosodic, and Referential'Book summary:Affordable, compact, and authoritative, this one-volume edition of The Annotated Milton encompasses the monumental sweep of John Miltons poetry. Here are Milton s early works, including his first great poem, On the Morning of Christs Nativity, the light and lyrical LAllegro and Il Penseroso, the masque Comus, and the lushly beautiful pastoral elegy Lycidas. Here, too, included in their entirety, are the three epic poems considered to be among the finest works in the English language: Paradise Lost, Paradise Regained, and Samson Agonistes.
Fully annotated by Burton Raffel, this distinguished edition clarifies the complex allusions of Miltons verse and references the personal, religious, historical, and mythical influences that inspired the great blind poet of England, who ranks among the undisputed giants of world literature. [via]More editions of The Annotated Milton: Complete English Poems With Annotations Lexical, Syntactic, Prosodic, and Referential:
The Arabian Knightsby Rene BullISBN 0685168646 (0-685-16864-6)
Hardcover, Random House Value Pub
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Arabian Nightsby Husain Haddawy, Muhsin Mahdi, Mahdi MushinISBN 0679413383 (0-679-41338-3)
Hardcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Arabian Nights'Book summary:(Book Jacket Status: Jacketed)
These stories (and stories within stories, and stories within stories within stories), told by the Princess Shahrazad under the threat of death if she ceases to amuse, first reached the West around 1700. They fired in the European imagination an appetite for the mysterious and exotic which has never left it. Collected over centuries from India, Persia, and Arabia, and ranging from vivacious erotica, animal fables, and adventure fantasies to pointed Sufi tales, the stories of The Arabian Nights provided the daily entertainment of the medieval Islamic world at the height of its glory.
The present new translation by Husain Haddawy is of the Mahdi edition, the definitive Arabic edition of a fourteenth-century Syrian manuscript in the Bibliothèque Nationale in Paris, which is the oldest surviving version of the tales and is considered to be the most authentic. This early version is without the embellishments and additions that appear in later Indian and Egyptian manuscripts, on which all previous English translations were based. [via]More editions of Arabian Nights:
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The Arabian Nightsby Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin, Nora A. Smith, Maxfield ParrishISBN 0684195895 (0-684-19589-5)
Hardcover, Simon & Schuster
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Arabian Nights'Book summary:For nearly a century, Scribner has exemplified the very best in publishing by pairing classic texts with the illustrative giants of the time, such as N. C. Wyeth and Maxfield Parrish. With the same commitment to the high standards established by the series' founders, Atheneum Books for Young Readers is expanding the Scribner Illustrated Classics line over the next several years to include such modern-day classics as Jack London's The Call of the Wild and White Fang, J.M. Barrie's Peter Pan, and The Stories of O. Henry, to be illustrated by some of the finest artists of our generation, including Wendell Minor, Ed Young, and Trina Schart Hyman. [via]
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The Arabian Nights: Tales from a Thousand and One Nightsby Jack David Zipes, Richard Francis BurtonISBN 061321126X (0-613-21126-X)
Hardcover, Bt Bound
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Arabian Nights: Tales from a Thousand and One Nights'Book summary:Full of mischief and valor, ribaldry and romance, The Arabian Nights is a work that has enthralled readers for centuries. The text presented here is that of the 1932 Modern Library edition for which Bennett A. Cerf chose the "most famous and representative" of the stories from the multivolume translation of Richard F. Burton.
The origins of The Arabian Nights are obscure. About a thousand years ago a vast number of stories in Arabic from various countries began to be brought together; only much later was the collection called The Arabian Nights or the Thousand and One Nights. All the stories are told by Shahrazad (Scheherazade), who entertains her husband, King Shahryar, whose custom it was to execute his wives after a single night. Shahrazad begins a story each night but withholds the ending until the following night, thus postponing her execution.
This selection includes many of the stories that are universally known though seldom read in this authentic form:
"Alaeddin; or, the Wonderful Lamp, " "Sindbad the Seaman and Sindbad the Landsman, " and "Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves." These, and the tales that accompany them, make delightful reading, demonstrating, as the Modern Library noted in 1932, that Shahrazad's spell remains unbroken. [via]More editions of The Arabian Nights: Tales from a Thousand and One Nights:
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The Arabian Nights' Entertainments, Or, The Book of a Thousand Nights and a Nightby Bennett Alfred Cerf, Richard Francis BurtonISBN 0679602356 (0-679-60235-6)
Hardcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Arabian Nights' Entertainments, Or, The Book of a Thousand Nights and a Night'Book summary:Full of mischief and valor, ribaldry and romance, The Arabian Nights is a work that has enthralled readers for centuries. The text presented here is that of the 1932 Modern Library edition for which Bennett A. Cerf chose the "most famous and representative" of the stories from the multivolume translation of Richard F. Burton.
The origins of The Arabian Nights are obscure. About a thousand years ago a vast number of stories in Arabic from various countries began to be brought together; only much later was the collection called The Arabian Nights or the Thousand and One Nights. All the stories are told by Shahrazad (Scheherazade), who entertains her husband, King Shahryar, whose custom it was to execute his wives after a single night. Shahrazad begins a story each night but withholds the ending until the following night, thus postponing her execution.
This selection includes many of the stories that are universally known though seldom read in this authentic form:
"Alaeddin; or, the Wonderful Lamp," "Sindbad the Seaman and Sindbad the Landsman," and "Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves." These, and the tales that accompany them, make delightful reading, demonstrating, as the Modern Library noted in 1932, that Shahrazad's spell remains unbroken. [via]More editions of The Arabian Nights' Entertainments, Or, The Book of a Thousand Nights and a Night:
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Aurianby Maggie FureyISBN 0553565257 (0-553-56525-7)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Aurian'Book summary:Obsessed with possessing Aurian, a swordswoman with powerful unawakened magical powers, the corrupt Archmage Miathan--maddened with jealousy over her rejection--plots to destroy her, unleashing cataclysmic forces from a lost age. [via]
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Black Sun Risingby C. S. FriedmanISBN 0756403146 (0-7564-0314-6)
Softcover, Daw Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Black Sun Rising'Book summary:[via]The Coldfire trilogy tells a story of discovery and battle against evil on a planet where a force of nature exists that is capable of reshaping the world in response to psychic stimulus. This terrifying force, much like magic, has the power to prey upon the human mind, drawing forth a person's worst nightmare images or most treasured dreams and indiscriminately giving them life. This is the story of two men: one, a warrior priest ready to sacrifice anything and everything for the cause of humanity's progress; the other, a sorcerer who has survived for countless centuries by a total submission to evil. They are absolute enemies who must unite to conquer an evil greater than anything their world has ever known.
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Blue Marsby Kim Stanley RobinsonISBN 0553573357 (0-553-57335-7)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Blue Mars'Book summary:The red planet is red no longer, as Mars has become a perfectly inhabitable world. But while Mars flourishes, Earth is threatened by overpopulation and ecological disaster. Soon people look to Mars as a refuge, initiating a possible interplanetary conflict, as well as political strife between the Reds, who wish to preserve the planet in its desert state, and the Green "terraformers". The ultimate fate of Earth, as well as the possibility of new explorations into the solar system, stand in the balance. [via]
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The Children's Homer: The Adventures of Odysseus and the Tale of Troyby Willy PoganyISBN 0689868839 (0-689-86883-9)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Children's Homer: The Adventures of Odysseus and the Tale of Troy'Book summary:Travel back to a mythical time when Achilles, aided by the gods, waged war against the Trojans. And join Odysseus on his journey through murky waters, facing obstacles like the terrifying Scylla and whirring Charybdis, the beautiful enchantress Circe, and the land of the raging Cyclôpes. Using narrative threads from The Iliad and The Odyssey, Padraic Colum weaves a stunning adventure with all the drama and power that Homer intended. [via]
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Crown of Shadowsby C. S. FriedmanISBN 0756403189 (0-7564-0318-9)
Softcover, Daw Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Crown of Shadows'Book summary:[via]Unlikely allies Damien and Tarrant are faced with an enemy who may prove invulnerable-a demon who has declared war on mankind. Called Calesta, he is a master of illusion and devourer of pain, and he plans to remake the human species until it exists only to sate his unquenchable thirst for suffering. The war against Calesta will take Damien and Tarrant from the depths of Hell to the birthplace of demons and beyond-in a battle that could cost them not only their lives, but the very soul of mankind.
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The Deed of Paksenarrionby Elizabeth MoonISBN 0671721046 (0-671-72104-6)
Softcover, Baen Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Deed of Paksenarrion'Book summary:Complete at Last in a Single Hardcover Volume--the Finest Trilogy of Epic Fantasy in a Decade [via]
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The Dragon Revenantby Katharine KerrISBN 0553289098 (0-553-28909-8)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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Ender's Gameby Orson Scott CardISBN 0765342294 (0-7653-4229-4)
Softcover, Tor Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Ender's Game'Book summary:In order to develop a secure defense against a hostile alien race's next attack, government agencies breed child geniuses and train them as soldiers. A brilliant young boy, Andrew "Ender" Wiggin lives with his kind but distant parents, his sadistic brother Peter, and the person he loves more than anyone else, his sister Valentine. Peter and Valentine were candidates for the soldier-training program but didn't make the cut--young Ender is the Wiggin drafted to the orbiting Battle School for rigorous military training.
Ender's skills make him a leader in school and respected in the Battle Room, where children play at mock battles in zero gravity. Yet growing up in an artificial community of young soldiers Ender suffers greatly from isolation, rivalry from his peers, pressure from the adult teachers, and an unsettling fear of the alien invaders. His psychological battles include loneliness, fear that he is becoming like the cruel brother he remembers, and fanning the flames of devotion to his beloved sister. Back on Earth, Peter and Valentine forge an intellectual alliance and attempt to change the course of history.
This futuristic tale involves aliens, political discourse on the Internet, sophisticated computer games, and an orbiting battle station. Yet the reason it rings true for so many is that it is first and foremost a tale of humanity; a tale of a boy struggling to grow up into someone he can respect while living in an environment stripped of choices. Ender's Game is a must-read book for science fiction lovers, and a key conversion read for their friends who "don't read science fiction."
Ender's Game won both the Hugo and the Nebula the year it came out. Writer Orson Scott Card followed up this honor with the first-time feat of winning both awards again the next year for the sequel, Speaker for the Dead. --Bonnie Bouman [via]
The Far Pavilionsby M. M. KayeISBN 0553277359 (0-553-27735-9)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Far Pavilions'Book summary:When The Far Pavilions was first published nineteen years ago, it moved the critic Edmund Fuller to write this: "Were Miss Kaye to produce no other book, The Far Pavilions might stand as a lasting accomplishment in a single work comparable to Margaret Mitchell's achievement in Gond With the Wind."[via]
From its beginning in the foothills of the towering Himalayas, M.M. Kaye's masterwork is a vast, rich and vibrant tapestry of love and war that ranks with the greatest panoramic sagas of modern fiction.
The Far Pavilions is itself a Himalayan achievement, a book we hate to see come to an end. it is a passionate, triumphant story that excites us, fills us with joy, move us to tears, satisfies us deeply, and helps us remember just what it is we want most from a novel.More editions of The Far Pavilions:
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Fine Balanceby Rohinton MistryISBN 0571203620 (0-571-20362-0)
Softcover, Faber & Faber Ltd
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Fine Balance'Book summary:A fiction work by Rohinto Mistry and published by McClelland & Stewart Ltd in Canada in 1995. In paperback format, it has 822 pages. [via]
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- Fine Balance: ISBN 0771034806 (0-7710-3480-6)
Softcover, McClelland & Stewart Ltd - Fine Balance: ISBN 0679776451 (0-679-77645-1)
Softcover, Random House Inc - Fine Balance: ISBN 0679446087 (0-679-44608-7)
Hardcover, Random House Inc - Fine Balance: ISBN 0571203620 (0-571-20362-0)
Softcover, Faber & Faber Ltd
- Fine Balance: ISBN 0771034806 (0-7710-3480-6)
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The Firebrandby Marion Zimmer Bradley, Julie RubensteinISBN 0671744062 (0-671-74406-2)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Firebrand'Book summary:Blending archaeological fact and legend, the myths of the gods and the feats of heroes, Marion Zimmer Bradley breathes new life into the classic tale of the Trojan War-reinventing larger-than-life figures as living people engaged in a desperate struggle that dooms both the victors and the vanquished, their fate seen through the eyes of Kassandra-priestess, princess, and passionate woman with the spirit of a warrior. [via]
Fool's Errandby Robin HobbISBN 0553582445 (0-553-58244-5)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Fool's Errand'Book summary:This first volume of a new trilogy from one of fantasy's most popular and skilled authors will delight longtime Hobb fans as well as first-time readers of her work.
FitzChivalry, the hero of The Farseer trilogy, now lives an isolated and quiet life with his foster son Hap and his Wit partner wolf, Nighteyes, until he is sought out by his old mentor Chade and the enigmatic, charming Fool. Once again, duty calls: Fitz must find a missing prince and prevent political chaos in the Six Duchies. The mission will test his conflicting loyalty to country and family, his uneasy compromise with his own magic, and all the relationships he values most.
If you're a fantasy fan who hasn't yet explored the Farseer world, this is a fine place to start: Hobb deftly provides new readers with all the needed information. The finely detailed world building and intensive character development rarely slow down the action of the story. Fool's Errand is a complex, beautifully written and sometimes heart-rending examination of the consequences of duty and love. --Roz Genessee [via]
Forest Houseby Marion Zimmer BradleyISBN 0670844543 (0-670-84454-3)
Hardcover, Penguin USA
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The Forsyte Sagaby John Galsworthy, Jojn GalsworthyISBN 0743245024 (0-7432-4502-4)
Softcover, Scribner
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Forsyte Saga'Book summary:The three novels which make up The Forsyte Saga chronicle the ebbing social power of the commercial upper-middle class Forsyte family between 1886 and 1920. Galsworthy's masterly narrative examines not only their fortunes but also the wider developments within society, particularly the changing position of women. This is the only critical edition of the work available, with Notes that explain contemporary artistic and literary allusions and define the slang of the time. [via]
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- The Forsyte Saga: ISBN 0735101221 (0-7351-0122-1)
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Softcover, Simon & Schuster - The Forsyte Saga: ISBN 0684818892 (0-684-81889-2)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster - The Forsyte Saga: ISBN 0783815050 (0-7838-1505-0)
Hardcover, G K Hall & Co - The Forsyte Saga: ISBN 0743245024 (0-7432-4502-4)
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- The Forsyte Saga: ISBN 0735101221 (0-7351-0122-1)
The Foundation Trilogyby Isaac AsimovISBN 0553628747 (0-553-62874-7)
Softcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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Gardens of the Moonby Steven EriksonISBN 0765348780 (0-7653-4878-0)
Softcover, Tor Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Gardens of the Moon'Book summary:Sometimes books are big because the author doesn't know how to stop, and writes right over that line where more becomes less. Other books, though, are big because they have to be, because the story, the drama, and the characters are just too large to fit into a compact volume. Steven Erikson's Gardens of the Moon is that kind of big book. Gardens of the Moon, first volume in the Malazan Book of the Fallen, is an epic fantasy story of war, sorcery, politics, and revenge. There is an Empire that must be thwarted, as well as gods desperate to prove they still count for something in the world of human beings. The main story concerns intrigue surrounding the Malazan Empire's coming assault on the city of Darujhistan. Characters include Whiskeyjack, leader of a military band pushed to the edge; Baruk, an alchemist and leader of the mages of Darujhistan; and Sorry, a young woman possessed by a vicious killer.
Erikson brings a gritty realism to his fantasy that sets it apart from most others. Magic is difficult and dangerous, often harming its practitioners. Erikson's world has a long history of violence and struggle: people get dirty and tired, and there are not many lives without suffering. The realism makes the characters that much more sympathetic and their successes and failures more meaningful. Gardens of the Moon amply fulfills the main requirement of a big fantasy novel: the world it creates is so compelling that it pulls you right in and leaves you wanting more. --Greg L. Johnson [via]
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Golden Compassby Philip PullmanISBN 0679879242 (0-679-87924-2)
Hardcover, Random House Childrens Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Golden Compass'Book summary:Some books improve with age--the age of the reader, that is. Such is certainly the case with Philip Pullman's heroic, at times heart-wrenching novel, The Golden Compass, a story ostensibly for children but one perhaps even better appreciated by adults. The protagonist of this complex fantasy is young Lyra Belacqua, a precocious orphan growing up within the precincts of Oxford University. But it quickly becomes clear that Lyra's Oxford is not precisely like our own--nor is her world. For one thing, people there each have a personal dæmon, the manifestation of their soul in animal form. For another, hers is a universe in which science, theology, and magic are closely allied:
As for what experimental theology was, Lyra had no more idea than the urchins. She had formed the notion that it was concerned with magic, with the movements of the stars and planets, with tiny particles of matter, but that was guesswork, really. Probably the stars had dæmons just as humans did, and experimental theology involved talking to them.
Not that Lyra spends much time worrying about it; what she likes best is "clambering over the College roofs with Roger the kitchen boy who was her particular friend, to spit plum stones on the heads of passing Scholars or to hoot like owls outside a window where a tutorial was going on, or racing through the narrow streets, or stealing apples from the market, or waging war." But Lyra's carefree existence changes forever when she and her dæmon, Pantalaimon, first prevent an assassination attempt against her uncle, the powerful Lord Asriel, and then overhear a secret discussion about a mysterious entity known as Dust. Soon she and Pan are swept up in a dangerous game involving disappearing children, a beautiful woman with a golden monkey dæmon, a trip to the far north, and a set of allies ranging from "gyptians" to witches to an armor-clad polar bear.In The Golden Compass, Philip Pullman has written a masterpiece that transcends genre. It is a children's book that will appeal to adults, a fantasy novel that will charm even the most hardened realist. Best of all, the author doesn't speak down to his audience, nor does he pull his punches; there is genuine terror in this book, and heartbreak, betrayal, and loss. There is also love, loyalty, and an abiding morality that infuses the story but never overwhelms it. This is one of those rare novels that one wishes would never end. Fortunately, its sequel, The Subtle Knife, will help put off that inevitability for a while longer. --Alix Wilber [via]
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Green Marsby Kim Stanley RobinsonISBN 0553572393 (0-553-57239-3)
Softcover, Fanfare
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Green Mars'Book summary:Kim Stanley Robinson has earned a reputation as the master of Mars fiction, writing books that are scientific, sociological and, best yet, fantastic. Green Mars continues the story of humans settling the planet in a process called "terraforming." In Red Mars, the initial work in the trilogy, the first 100 scientists chosen to explore the planet disintegrated in disagreement--in part because of pressures from forces on Earth. Some of the scientists formed a loose network underground. Green Mars, which won the 1994 Hugo Award, follows the development of the underground and the problems endemic to forming a new society. [via]
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Grendelby Emil Antonucci, John Champlin GardnerISBN 0679723110 (0-679-72311-0)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Grendel'Book summary:Grendel is a beautiful and heartbreaking modern retelling of the Beowulf epic from the point of view of the monster, Grendel, the villain of the 8th-century Anglo-Saxon epic. This book benefits from both of Gardner's careers: in addition to his work as a novelist, Gardner was a noted professor of medieval literature and a scholar of ancient languages. [via]
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Hades' Daughterby Sara DouglassISBN 0765344424 (0-7653-4442-4)
Softcover, Tor Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Hades' Daughter'Book summary:In the ancient world, Crete is not the only land with a Labyrinth at its heart. Labyrinth magic protects Troy and the Greek city-states, as well. Then Theseus steals away Ariadne, Mistress of the Cretan Labyrinth, who for love of him betrayed her own father. But Theseus abandons Ariadne for her sister, and in revenge, Ariadne unweaves the magic of all the world's remaining Labyrinths, unleashing an age of catastrophe. The gods weaken, Atlantis sinks, and Troy falls. Then Brutus, the warrior king of lost Troy, is promised a new Troy and a new Labyrinth if he carries out the destructive will of a mysterious, beautiful figure who appears to him in visions. But is she the goddess Artemis, as she claims, or a vengeful woman who has abandoned both mortality and mercy?
Hades' Daughter is a dark, bloody epic of power, passion, and betrayal. The opening is bumpy--which is no surprise, for the early events range from Theseus's treachery to the fall of Troy and beyond. The prose and pacing become smoother as the saga focuses on Brutus and the princess Cornelia, whose father Brutus killed and whose city he destroyed. Brutus takes Cornelia as his wife with as horrible an act as possible, short of death. Nonetheless, a relationship grows between them. Unfortunately, given their extremely rocky start, it's never clear why Cornelia undergoes a change of heart, but this self-contained first novel of a new trilogy will appeal to some fans of high fantasy, historical fantasy, and those who enjoy Greek and British legends. --Cynthia Ward [via]
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Harpist in the Windby Patricia A. McKillipISBN 0689306873 (0-689-30687-3)
Hardcover, Simon & Schuster
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Harpist in the Wind'Book summary:In the midst of conflict and unrest the Prince of Hed solves the puzzle of his future when he learns to harp the wind, discovers who the shape changers are, and understands his own relationship to Deth, harpist of the wizard Ohm. [via]
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Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fireby J. K. RowlingISBN 074754624X (0-7475-4624-X)
Hardcover, Bloomsbury Pub Ltd
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire'Book summary:Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire CD Set tells the story of Harry's fourth year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry in 18 CDs. The audio book is also available in two volumes, Part 1 and Part 2, each containing 9 CDs.
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire is the long-awaited, heavily hyped fourth instalment of a phenomenally successful series that has captured the imagination of millions of readers, young and old, across the globe. For J K Rowling the pressure is certainly on to continue to come up with thrilling, pacey storylines that allow her hero to mature into a young man without detracting from the magical secret that has made Harry into a superstar. In this book, the teenage Harry has a certain gawky charm that fits well with his advancing adolescence. As the story moves on, Harry too moves on to a new level of maturity that leaves the reader wondering how he will learn from his experiences, and liking him all the more as a character.
Once returned to Hogwarts after his summer holiday with the dreadful Dursleys and an extraordinary outing to the Quidditch World Cup, the 14-year-old Harry and his fellow pupils are enraptured by the promise of the Triwizard Tournament: an ancient, ritualistic tournament that brings Hogwarts together with two other schools of wizardry--Durmstrang and Beauxbatons--in heated competition. But when Harry's name is pulled from the Goblet of Fire, and he is chosen to champion Hogwarts in the tournament, the trouble really begins. Still reeling from the effects of a terrifying nightmare that has left him shaken, and with the lightning-shaped scar on his head throbbing with pain (a sure sign that the evil Voldemort, Harry's sworn enemy, is close), Harry becomes at once the most popular boy in school. Yet, despite his fame, he is totally unprepared for the furore that follows.
This is a hefty volume: 636 pages, of which probably at least 200 could have been cut without detracting from the story. The weight and complexity of the book is perhaps a hint that Rowling now has her eye sharply focused on her adult audience, and the average child-reader (particularly one who is coming to Harry Potter for the first time) may well find its girth daunting. Rowling's ironic and pointed observations on tabloid journalism and the nature of media hype is just one of the references littered through the book that will tickle the grown-ups but may well fly over the heads of her young fans.
However, after a slow start, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire really starts to sparkle halfway through with Rowling's familiar magic (and yes, there is a death--sudden and tragic--and yes, Harry does start to notice girls). The crux of this story, however, is Harry's gradual coming-of-age and his handling of the increasingly determined threats to his own life.
This book is pivotal, not just for the author for whom the heat is well and truly on, but for Harry and his readers who, by the last chapter, are left in little doubt that there is much more to come. (Ages 10 to adult) --Susan Harrison [via]
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Harry Potter And the Order of the Phoenixby J. K. RowlingISBN 0613999169 (0-613-99916-9)
Hardcover, Bt Bound
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Harry Potter And the Order of the Phoenix'Book summary:As his fifth year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry approaches in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, 15-year-old Harry Potter is in full-blown adolescence, complete with regular outbursts of rage, a nearly debilitating crush, and the blooming of a powerful sense of rebellion. It's been yet another infuriating and boring summer with the despicable Dursleys, this time with minimal contact from our hero's non-Muggle friends from school. Harry is feeling especially edgy at the lack of news from the magic world, wondering when the freshly revived evil Lord Voldemort will strike. Returning to Hogwarts will be a relief& or will it?
Book five in JK Rowling's Harry Potter series follows the darkest year yet for our young wizard, who finds himself knocked down a peg or three after the events of last year. Over the summer, gossip (usually traced back to the magic world's newspaper, the Daily Prophet) has turned Harry's tragic and heroic encounter with Voldemort at the Triwizard Tournament into an excuse to ridicule and discount the teenager. Even Professor Dumbledore, headmaster of the school, has come under scrutiny from the Ministry of Magic, which refuses to officially acknowledge the terrifying truth: that Voldemort is back. Enter a particularly loathsome new character: the toad-like and simpering ("hem, hem") Dolores Umbridge, senior undersecretary to the minister of Magic, who takes over the vacant position of defence against dark arts teacher--and in no time manages to become the high inquisitor of Hogwarts. Life isn't getting any easier for Harry Potter. With an overwhelming course load as the fifth years prepare for their examinations, devastating changes in the Gryffindor Quidditch team line-up, vivid dreams about long hallways and closed doors, and increasing pain in his lightning-shaped scar, Harry's resilience is sorely tested.
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, more than any of the four previous novels in the series, is a coming-of-age story. Harry faces the thorny transition into adulthood, when adult heroes are revealed to be fallible, and matters that seemed black and white suddenly come out in shades of gray. Gone is the wide-eyed innocent, the whiz kid of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. Here we have an adolescent who's sometimes sullen, often confused (especially about girls), and always self-questioning. Confronting death again, as well as a startling prophecy, Harry ends his year at Hogwarts exhausted and pensive. Readers, on the other hand, will be energised as they enter yet again the long waiting period for the next title in the marvellous magical series. --Emilie Coulter [via]
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Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkabanby J. K. RowlingISBN 0747546347 (0-7475-4634-7)
Softcover, Bloomsbury Pub Ltd
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As it turns out, Harry isn't punished at all for his errant wizardry. Instead he is mysteriously rescued from his Muggle neighborhood and whisked off in a triple-decker, violently purple bus to spend the remaining weeks of summer in a friendly inn called the Leaky Cauldron. What Harry has to face as he begins his third year at Hogwarts explains why the officials let him off easily. It seems that Sirius Black--an escaped convict from the prison of Azkaban--is on the loose. Not only that, but he's after Harry Potter. But why? And why do the Dementors, the guards hired to protect him, chill Harry's very heart when others are unaffected? Once again, Rowling has created a mystery that will have children and adults cheering, not to mention standing in line for her next book. Fortunately, there are four more in the works. (Ages 9 and older) --Karin Snelson [via]
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Hesiod: The Shield Catalogue of Women of Other Fragmentsby Hesiod, Hugh G. Evelyn-White, Glenn W. MostISBN 0674990633 (0-674-99063-3)
Hardcover, Harvard Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Hesiod: The Shield Catalogue of Women of Other Fragments'Book summary:Hesiod (Hesiodus), an epic poet apparently of the eighth century BC, was born in Asia Minor but moved to Boeotia in central Greece. He was regarded by later Greeks as a contemporary of Homer.
Three works survive under Hesiod's name: (1) "Works and Days," addressed to his brother. In it he gives us the allegories of the two Strifes, and the myth of Pandora; stresses that every man must work; describes the accepted Five Ages of the world; delivers moral advice; surveys in splendid style a year's work on a farm; gives precepts on navigation; and propounds lucky and unlucky days. (2) "Theogony," a religious work about the rise of the gods and the universe from Chaos to the triumph of Zeus, and about the progeny of Zeus and of goddesses in union with mortal men. (3) "The Shield" (not by Hesiod), an extract from a "Catalogue of Women," the subject being Alcmena and her son Heracles and his contest with Cycnus, with a description of Heracles' shield. All three works are of great literary interest.
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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxyby Douglas AdamsISBN 0613064054 (0-613-06405-4)
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Little Themeby Philip PullmanISBN 0590541781 (0-590-54178-1)
Softcover, Scholastic
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Los Cazadores De Mamutsby Jean M. Auel, Edith ZilliISBN 0743236041 (0-7432-3604-1)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Los Cazadores De Mamuts'Book summary:Dotada de gran habilidad narrativa y haciendo gala de la misma vÍvida autenticidad que plasmó en El clan del oso cavernario y su continuación, El valle de los caballos, Jean M. Auel sigue el imponente y épico viaje de la mujer llamada Ayla. Acompañada de Jondalar, el hombre al que ama, cabalgando sobre Relinchona, su yegua, y seguidos por el potro de ésta, Ayla se aventura en la tierra de los Mamutoi: los cazadores de mamuts. Por fin ha encontrado a los Otros, a quienes ha estado buscando. Los Otros la adoptan debido a su notable habilidad para la medicina y la caza y su extraordinaria técnica para encender el fuego. Luego de traer al cachorrito de un lobo al que ha matado, Ayla también les enseña la forma en que domestica animales. Hace amigas, tiene dolorosos recuerdos del Clan que abandonó y conoce a Ranec, un moreno y magnético hombre, experto en la talla del marfil, y al cual ella no puede rechazar; esto provoca en Jondalar unos celos feroces; pero él la evita para tratar de controlarlos. Poco familiarizada con las costumbres de los Otros, Ayla se equivoca, piensa que Jondalar ya no la ama y se acerca cada vez más a Ranec. La tensión aumenta a lo largo del helado invierno, pero las temperaturas más cálidas traen la caza de los grandes mamuts y los rituales de parejas en el Encuentro del Verano, en donde Ayla debe escoger entre quedarse junto a Ranec y los Mamutoi, o seguir a Jondalar en un largo viaje hacia un futuro desconocido. [via]
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Lucretius: De Rerum Naturaby Titus Lucretius CarusISBN 0674992008 (0-674-99200-8)
Hardcover, Harvard Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Lucretius: De Rerum Natura'Book summary:Lucretius (Titus Lucretius Carus) lived ca. 99ca. 55 BCE, but the details of his career are unknown. He is the author of the great didactic poem in hexameters, De Rerum Natura (On the Nature of Things). In six books compounded of solid reasoning, brilliant imagination, and noble poetry, he expounds the scientific theories of the Greek philosopher Epicurus, with the aim of dispelling fear of the gods and fear of death and so enabling man to attain peace of mind and happiness.
In Book 1 he establishes the general principles of the atomic system, refutes the views of rival physicists, and proves the infinity of the universe and of its two ultimate constituents, matter and void. In Book 2 he explains atomic movement, the variety of atomic shapes, and argues that the atoms lack colour, sensation, and other secondary qualities. In Book 3 he expounds the nature and composition of mind and spirit, proves their mortality, and argues that there is nothing to fear in death. Book 4 explains the nature of sensation and thought, and ends with an impressive account of sexual love. Book 5 describes the nature and formation of our world, astronomical phenomena, the beginnings of life on earth, and the development of civilization. In Book 6 the poet explains various atmospheric and terrestrial phenomena, including thunder, lightning, earthquakes, volcanoes, the magnet, and plagues.
The work is distinguished by the fervour and poetry of the author.
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Mad Shipby Robin HobbISBN 0553575643 (0-553-57564-3)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Mad Ship'Book summary:High heroic fantasy has rarely paid enough attention to ships and sailors, the lifeblood, after all, of trade and survival in a non-technological world. In her Liveship Traders series, Robin Hobb more than makes up for this with a sequence in which economic survival is the principal objective of the merchant family, the Vestrits, who provide most of her viewpoint characters. The Mad Ship takes up their adventures where Ship of Magic left off, with young would-be priest Wintrow the captive of the pirate Kennit and bonded to the living figurehead of the family ship Vivacia; and his sister Malta caught up in the affairs of the changeling traders of the Rain Wild. Their aunt Althea, who feels she should have had command of Vivacia, is off having adventures as a sailor, and the mysterious Amber is trying to heal and repair the shattered mad hulk Paragon, who killed his crew and lies abandoned in the sand dunes. All this and war and conspiracy too--Hobb gives us a rich portrait of a world and a family in turmoil and raises some interesting questions about what it is to be used and make use of. --Roz Kaveney [via]
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Magicianby Raymond E. FeistISBN 0553564935 (0-553-56493-5)
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The Mammoth Huntersby Jean M. AuelISBN 0553280945 (0-553-28094-5)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Mammoth Hunters'Book summary:Once again Jean M. Auel opens the door of a time long past to reveal an age of wonder and danger at the dawn of the modern human race. With all the consummate storytelling artistry and vivid authenticity she brought to The Clan of the Cave Bear and its sequel, The Valley of Horses, Jean M. Auel continues the breathtaking epic journey of the woman called Ayla.
Riding Whinney with Jondalar, the man she loves, and followed by the mares colt, Ayla ventures into the land of the Mamutoi--the Mammoth Hunters. She has finally found the Others she has been seeking. Though Ayla must learn their different customs and language, she is adopted because of her remarkable hunting ability, singular healing skills, and uncanny fire-making technique. Bringing back the single pup of a lone wolf she has killed, Ayla shows the way she tames animals. She finds women friends and painful memories of the Clan she left behind, and meets Ranec, the dark-skinned, magnetic master carver of ivory, whom she cannot refuse--inciting Jondalar to a fierce jealousy that he tries to control by avoiding her. Unfamiliar with the ways of the Others, Ayla misunderstands, and thinking Jondalar no longer loves her, she turns more to Ranec. Throughout the icy winter the tension mounts, but warming weather will bring the great mammoth hunt and the mating rituals of the Summer Meeting, when Ayla must choose to remain with Ranec and the Mamutoi, or to follow Jondalar on a long journey into an unknown future. [via] 
The Mayne Inheritanceby Rosamond SiemonISBN 0702231428 (0-7022-3142-8)
Softcover, University of Queensland Press
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Midnight Tides: A Tale of the Malazan Book of the Fallenby Steven EriksonISBN 076531651X (0-7653-1651-X)
Softcover, St Martins Pr
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Milton: Poemsby John MiltonISBN 0679450998 (0-679-45099-8)
Hardcover, Random House Inc
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The Odysseyby Nikos KazantzakisISBN 0671202472 (0-671-20247-2)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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On the Nature of Thingsby Cyril Bailey, Titus Lucretius CarusISBN 076076834X (0-7607-6834-X)
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The Paladin of the Nightby Margaret WeisISBN 0553279025 (0-553-27902-5)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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Pilgrimby Sara DouglassISBN 0765342790 (0-7653-4279-0)
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The Pillars of the Earthby Ken FollettISBN 0688046592 (0-688-04659-2)
Hardcover, William Morrow & Co
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The Poems of John Miltonby John Milton, John Carey, Alastair FowlerISBN 058248443X (0-582-48443-X)
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Rage of a Demon Kingby Raymond E. FeistISBN 0613129873 (0-613-12987-3)
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Rise of a Merchant Princeby Raymond E. FeistISBN 0688124097 (0-688-12409-7)
Hardcover, Harpercollins
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Royal Assassinby Robin HobbISBN 0553573411 (0-553-57341-1)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Royal Assassin'Book summary:Tutored in the dark arts of the assassin under the devious eye of King Shrewd, young Fitz, the illegitimate son of the noble Prince Chivalry, finds the fate of the kingdom in his hands when it is attacked by the treacherous Red Ship Raiders. [via]
The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyamby John Heath-Stubbs, Peter Avery, Omar KhayyamISBN 0713911344 (0-7139-1134-4)
Hardcover, A. Lane
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Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyamby Omar KhayyamISBN 0690713886 (0-690-71388-6)
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Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam 1899by Edward FitzgeraldISBN 0766176673 (0-7661-7667-3)
Softcover, Kessinger Pub Co
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Second Foundationby Isaac AsimovISBN 0553293362 (0-553-29336-2)
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The Singer of Talesby Albert Bates Lord, Stephen Mitchell, Gregory NagyISBN 0674002830 (0-674-00283-0)
Softcover, Harvard Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Singer of Tales'Book summary:This 40th anniversary edition of Albert Lord's classic work includes a unique enhancement: a CD containing the original audio recordings of all the passages of heroic songs quoted in the book; a video publication of the kinescopic filming of the most valued of the singers; and selected photographs taken during Milman Parry's collecting trips in the Balkans.
Parry began recording and studying a live tradition of oral narrative poetry in order to find an answer to the age-old Homeric Question: How had the author of the Iliad and Odyssey composed these two monumental epic poems at the very start of Europe's literary tradition? Parry's, and with him Lord's, enduring contribution--set forth in Lord's The Singer of Tales--was to demonstrate the process by which oral poets compose.
Now reissued with a new Introduction and an invaluable audio and visual record, this widely influential book is newly enriched to better serve everyone interested in the art and craft of oral literature.
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Singer of Talesby Lord AbISBN 0689701292 (0-689-70129-2)
Softcover, Macmillan Pub Co
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The Song of Troyby Colleen McCulloughISBN 0752817639 (0-7528-1763-9)
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Tales from the Arabian NightsISBN 0721417590 (0-7214-1759-0)
Hardcover, Ladybird Books Ltd
Find This BookBook summary:The fables and legends of "Aladdin" and "Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves", taken from the "Arabian Nights". In these two tales filled with mystery, intrigue and excitement, Aladdin and Ali Baba each make magical discoveries. [via]
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Tales from the Arabian Nights Selected from the Book of a Thousand Nights and a Nightby Richard BurtonISBN 0671808036 (0-671-80803-6)
Hardcover, Bookthrift Co
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The Talismanby Stephen King, Peter StraubISBN 0670691992 (0-670-69199-2)
Hardcover, Penguin Books, Limited
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The Thousand Nights and One Nightby E. Powys Mathers, MardrusISBN 0710208693 (0-7102-0869-3)
Hardcover, Marboro Books
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A Time of Exile: A Novel of the Westlandsby Katherine KerrISBN 0553298135 (0-553-29813-5)
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A Time of Omensby Katharine KerrISBN 0553290118 (0-553-29011-8)
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Virgil: Aeneid 7-12 Appendix Vergilianaby H. R. FaircloughISBN 0674995864 (0-674-99586-4)
Hardcover, Harvard Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Virgil: Aeneid 7-12 Appendix Vergiliana'Book summary:Virgil (Publius Vergilius Maro) was born in 70 BCE near Mantua and was educated at Cremona, Milan and Rome. Slow in speech, shy in manner, thoughtful in mind, weak in health, he went back north for a quiet life. Influenced by the group of poets there, he may have written some of the doubtful poems included in our Virgilian manuscripts. All his undoubted extant work is written in his perfect hexameters. Earliest comes the collection of ten pleasingly artificial bucolic poems, the Eclogues, which imitated freely Theocritus's idylls. They deal with pastoral life and love. Before 29 BCE came one of the best of all didactic works, the four books of Georgics on tillage, trees, cattle, and bees. Virgil's remaining years were spent in composing his great, not wholly finished, epic the Aeneid, on the traditional theme of Rome's origins through Aeneas of Troy. Inspired by the Emperor Augustus's rule, the poem is Homeric in metre and method but influenced also by later Greek and Roman literature, philosophy, and learning, and deeply Roman in spirit. Virgil died in 19 BCE at Brundisium on his way home from Greece, where he had intended to round off the Aeneid. He had left in Rome a request that all its twelve books should be destroyed if he were to die then, but they were published by the executors of his will.
The Loeb Classical Library edition of Virgil is in two volumes.
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Virgil Aeneid Minor Poems Loeb 64by FaircloughISBN 0674990714 (0-674-99071-4)
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Harry Potter Y El Misterio Del Principe / Harry Potter And the Half-blood Princeby J. K. RowlingISBN 0606348530 (0-606-34853-0)
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Harry Potter Y El Prisionero De Azkaban / Harry Potter And the Prisoner of Azkabanby J. K. Rowling, Nieves Martin Azofra, Adolfo Munoz GarciaISBN 0613359585 (0-613-35958-5)
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