| Search | About | Preferences | Interact | Help | |
| 150 million books. 1 search engine. | ||
books tagged “Epics”
books tagged “Epics”
›› Find signed collectible books by ''
English
-
Atra-Hasis: The Babylonian Story of the Floodby A. R. Millard, W.G. Lambert, Miguel CivilISBN 1575060396 (1-57506-039-6)
Hardcover, Eisenbrauns
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'Atra-Hasis: The Babylonian Story of the Flood'More editions of Atra-Hasis: The Babylonian Story of the Flood:
-
Beowulfby Roy LiuzzaISBN 1551111896 (1-55111-189-6)
Softcover, Broadview Pr
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'Beowulf'Book summary:The classic story of Beowulf, hero and dragon-slayer, appears here in a new translation accompanied by genealogical charts, historical summaries, and a glossary of proper names. These and other documents sketching some of the cultural forces behind the poem's final creation will help readers see Beowulf as an exploration of the politics of kingship and the psychology of heroism, and as an early English meditation on the bridges and chasms between the pagan past and the Christian present. A generous sample of other modern versions of Beowulf sheds light on the process of translating the poem. [via]
More editions of Beowulf:
Beowulf: A Dual-Language Editionby Howell D. ChickeringISBN 1400096227 (1-4000-9622-7)
Softcover, Random House Inc
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'Beowulf: A Dual-Language Edition'More editions of Beowulf: A Dual-Language Edition:
-
Beowulf in Old English And New Englishby James H. Ford, Francis B. GummereISBN 0976072653 (0-9760726-5-3)
Softcover, El Paso Norte Pr
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'Beowulf in Old English And New English'Book summary:Beowulf In Old English And New English contains, just as the title states, both versions as a Facing Page Translation. The original Beowulf manuscript is the oldest surviving document in what has come to be the English Language. It is also an exciting saga - full of action, adventure, heroic deeds, mystery and magic. It is magnificent literature.
The Old English version is a classic masterpiece of Western Literature which, due to the evolution of the language, has become very difficult for most readers. To facilitate understanding, to make it easier for the first time reader to appreciate the beauty of the original language, the New English translation by the renowned scholar Professor Francis B. Gummere is provided on alternate pages facing the original Old English text.
This arrangement makes it possible for the modern reader to immediately grasp the content of the saga and begin to see, on the facing page, the complex beauty of the original poem. It also gives the more advanced students an appreciation of the skill of the translator and the opportunity to extract new shades of meaning from the original text.
By way of introduction, this volume also contains a short summary of the saga. A table of contents, not part of the original, has also been included which, in itself, provides a series of guide posts to help follow the intricacies of the story.
Overcoming the difficulty of understanding the original text is the primary aim of this book. Those who are already familiar with Beowulf will surely agree that it is well worth the effort. [via]
More editions of Beowulf in Old English And New English:
Beowulf: Text and Translationby John PorterISBN 0951620924 (0-9516209-2-4)
Softcover, Anglo-Saxon Books
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'Beowulf: Text and Translation'More editions of Beowulf: Text and Translation:
-
The Bhagavad Gitaby A. M. Piatigorskii, J.A.B. Van BuitenenISBN 1852309172 (1-85230-917-2)
Hardcover, Thorsons Element
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'The Bhagavad Gita'More editions of The Bhagavad Gita:
-
The Bhagavad Gitaby Eknath EaswaranISBN 1590301900 (1-59030-190-0)
Hardcover, Random House Inc
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'The Bhagavad Gita'Book summary:Prince Arjuna faced a dilemma that many face sooner or later--whether or not to take action that is necessary yet morally ambiguous. The difference is that Arjuna's action was to wage war against his own family. With the armies arrayed, Arjuna loses his nerve. Krishna, his charioteer and incarnation of divine consciousness, begins to teach him the nature of God and of himself, that Arjuna can attain liberation through union with God, and that there are several available paths. And so the most famous and revered of all Hindu scriptures goes on to teach the paths of knowledge, of devotion, of action, and of meditation, becoming the seed for all the Hindu systems of philosophy and religion that followed. For all of its profundity, Eknath Easwaran manages to translate the Gita in easy prose that neither panders nor obscures. Coupled with his thorough introduction, Easwaran's version comes off on all the levels it should: as a guide to action, as devotional scripture, as a philosophical text, and as inspirational reading. So what does Arjuna finally do? He follows his dharma, of course, as we all must. --Brian Bruya [via]
More editions of The Bhagavad Gita:
-
Bhagavad Gitaby PrabhavanandaISBN 1566198534 (1-56619-853-4)
Softcover, Barnes & Noble
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'Bhagavad Gita'Book summary:Uses the beauty of verse to express the highest truths of Vedanta. Includes an introduction to the Gita, and a study of non-violence versus the need to fight a just war. The critics have singled out this translation: The book is self-contained. A complete stranger to the Hindu Gospel can pick it up and in one or two evenings follow the poem from its terrific beginnings to its sublime end. -- New York Times [via]
More editions of Bhagavad Gita:
-
Bhagavad-Gita: The Song of Godby Swami Prabhavananda, Christopher IsherwoodISBN 141798564X (1-4179-8564-X)
Softcover, Kessinger Publishing, LLC
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'Bhagavad-Gita: The Song of God'Book summary:Uses the beauty of verse to express the highest truths of Vedanta. Includes an introduction to the Gita, and a study of non-violence versus the need to fight a just war. The critics have singled out this translation: The book is self-contained. A complete stranger to the Hindu Gospel can pick it up and in one or two evenings follow the poem from its terrific beginnings to its sublime end. -- New York Times [via]
More editions of Bhagavad-Gita: The Song of God:
-
Bhagavadgitaby Nabar, Shanta TumkurISBN 1853261971 (1-85326-197-1)
Softcover, Lb May & Assoc Inc
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'Bhagavadgita'Book summary:Translated by Professor Vrinda Nabar and Professor Shanta Tumkur Arguably India's greatest gift to the world, The Bhagavadgita ('The Song of the Blessed') forms an episode in the sixth book of the Hindu epic The Mahabharata and is the supreme work of that religion. The Gita consists of the dialogue between Prince Arjuna and his mentor and friend, Lord Krishna, on the eve of the climactic battle of Kuruksetra. This discourse contains an exposition of the Hindu philosophy of Karma Yoga (disciplined action performed in the right spirit) as Prince Arjuna struggles with his understandable 'existential' anguish at having to join battle against his gurus and kinsmen. The Gita, although almost 2,500 years old, contains profound truths of great relevance to contemporary society in India and the West. [via]
More editions of Bhagavadgita:
-
The Brothers Karamazov: Library Editionby Fyodor DostoevskyISBN 159308045X (1-59308-045-X)
Softcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'The Brothers Karamazov: Library Edition'Book summary:[via]The Brother Karamazov, by Fyodor Dostoevsky, is part of the Barnes & Noble Classics series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remarkable features of Barnes & Noble Classics:New introductions commissioned from today's top writers and scholars Biographies of the authors Chronologies of contemporary historical, biographical, and cultural events Footnotes and endnotes Selective discussions of imitations, parodies, poems, books, plays, paintings, operas, statuary, and films inspired by the work Comments by other famous authors Study questions to challenge the reader's viewpoints and expectations Bibliographies for further reading Indices & Glossaries, when appropriateAll editions are beautifully designed and are printed to superior specifications; some include illustrations of historical interest. Barnes & Noble Classics pulls together a constellation of influencesbiographical, historical, and literaryto enrich each reader's understanding of these enduring works.
The last and greatest of Dostoevskys novels, The Brothers Karamazov is a towering masterpiece of literature, philosophy, psychology, and religion. It tells the story of intellectual Ivan, sensual Dmitri, and idealistic Alyosha Karamazov, who collide in the wake of their despicable fathers brutal murder.
Into the framework of the story Dostoevsky poured all of his deepest concernsthe origin of evil, the nature of freedom, the craving for meaning and, most importantly, whether God exists. The novel is famous for three chapters that may be ranked among the greatest pages of Western literature. Rebellion and The Grand Inquisitor present what many have considered the strongest arguments ever formulated against the existence of God, while The Devil brilliantly portrays the banality of evil. Ultimately, Dostoevsky believes that Christ-like love prevails. But does he prove it?
A rich, moving exploration of the critical questions of human existence, The Brothers Karamazov powerfully challenges all readers to reevaluate the world and their place in it.
Maire Jaanus is Professor of English and department Chair at Barnard College, Columbia University. She is the author of Georg Trakl, Literature and Negation, and a novel, She, and co-editor of Reading Seminars I and II, Reading Seminar XI, and the forthcoming Lacan in the German-Speaking World.More editions of The Brothers Karamazov: Library Edition:
-
The Collected Poems of William Wordsworthby William WordsworthISBN 1853264016 (1-85326-401-6)
Softcover, Wordsworth Editions, Limited
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'The Collected Poems of William Wordsworth'Book summary:(His remarkable autobiographical poem 'The Prelude' was completed in 1805, but was not published until after his death, and it is included in this full edition of Wordsworth's poetry) [via]
More editions of The Collected Poems of William Wordsworth:
-
Dante's Paradiso: Paradiseby Dante Alighieri, Charles Eliot NortonISBN 1420926403 (1-4209-2640-3)
Softcover, Digireads.Com
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'Dante's Paradiso: Paradise'Book summary:The "Divine Comedy" was entitled by Dante himself merely "Commedia," meaning a poetic composition in a style intermediate between the sustained nobility of tragedy, and the popular tone of elegy. The word had no dramatic implication at that time, though it did involve a happy ending. The poem is the narrative of a journey down through Hell, up the mountain of Purgatory, and through the revolving heavens into the presence of God. In this aspect it belongs to the two familiar medieval literary types of the Journey and the Vision. It is also an allegory, representing under the symbolism of the stages and experiences of the journey, the history of a human soul, painfully struggling from sin through purification to the Beatific Vision. Contained in this volume is the third part of the "Divine Comedy," the "Paradiso" or "Paradise," from the translation of Charles Eliot Norton. [via]
More editions of Dante's Paradiso: Paradise:
-
Dante's Purgatorio: Purgatoryby Dante Alighieri, Charles Eliot NortonISBN 142092639X (1-4209-2639-X)
Softcover, Digireads.Com
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'Dante's Purgatorio: Purgatory'Book summary:The "Divine Comedy" was entitled by Dante himself merely "Commedia," meaning a poetic composition in a style intermediate between the sustained nobility of tragedy, and the popular tone of elegy. The word had no dramatic implication at that time, though it did involve a happy ending. The poem is the narrative of a journey down through Hell, up the mountain of Purgatory, and through the revolving heavens into the presence of God. In this aspect it belongs to the two familiar medieval literary types of the Journey and the Vision. It is also an allegory, representing under the symbolism of the stages and experiences of the journey, the history of a human soul, painfully struggling from sin through purification to the Beatific Vision. Contained in this volume is the second part of the "Divine Comedy," the "Purgatorio" or "Purgatory," from the translation of Charles Eliot Norton. [via]
More editions of Dante's Purgatorio: Purgatory:
-
Decameronby Giovanni BoccaccioISBN 1404301305 (1-4043-0130-5)
Hardcover, Indypublish.Com
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'Decameron'Book summary:In the early summer of the year 1348, as a terrible plague ravages the city, ten charming young Florentines take refuge in country villas to tell each other stories - a hundred stories of love, adventure and surprising twists of fortune which later inspired Chaucer, Keats and Shakespeare. While Dante is a stern moralist, Boccaccio has little time for chastity, pokes fun at crafty, hypocritical clerics and celebrates the power of passion to overcome obstacles and social divisions. Like the Divine Comedy, the Decameron is a towering monument of medieval pre-Renaissance literature, and incorporates certain important elements that are not at once apparent to today's readers. In a new introduction to this revised edition, which also includes additional explanatory notes, maps, bibliography and indexes, Professor McWilliam shows us Boccaccio for what he is - one of the world's greatest masters of vivid and exciting prose fiction. [via]
-
Decline And Fall of the Roman Empireby Edward GibbonISBN 1853264997 (1-85326-499-7)
Softcover, Lb May & Assoc Inc
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire'Book summary:British parliamentarian and soldier Edward Gibbon (1737-1794) conceived of his plan for Decline and Fall while "musing amid the ruins of the Capitol" on a visit to Rome. For the next 10 years he worked away at his great history, which traces the decadence of the late empire from the time of the Antonines and the rise of Western Christianity. "The confusion of the times, and the scarcity of authentic memorials, pose equal difficulties to the historian, who attempts to preserve a clear and unbroken thread of narration," he writes. Despite these obstacles, Decline and Fall remains a model of historical exposition, and required reading for students of European history. [via]
More editions of Decline And Fall of the Roman Empire:
-
The Divine Comedyby Dante AlighieriISBN 1404383638 (1-4043-8363-8)
Softcover, Indypublish.Com
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'The Divine Comedy'More editions of The Divine Comedy:
-
Don Quixoteby Miguel de Cervantes SaavedraISBN 1853267953 (1-85326-795-3)
Softcover, Wordsworth Editions, Limited
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'Don Quixote'Book summary:GREAT BOOK [via]
-
Don Quixoteby Tobias George Smollett, Miguel De CervantesISBN 1593080468 (1-59308-046-8)
Softcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'Don Quixote'Book summary:[via]Don Quixote, by Miguel de Cervantes, is part of the Barnes & Noble Classics series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remarkable features of Barnes & Noble Classics:Widely acknowledged as the first modern novel, Miguel de Cervantess Don Quixote features two of the most famous characters ever created: Don Quixote, the tall, bewildered, and half-crazy knight, and Sancho Panza, his rotund and incorrigibly loyal squire. The comic and unforgettable dynamic between these two legendary figures has served as the blueprint for countless novels written since Cervantess time.
An immediate success when first published in 1604, Don Quixote tells the story of a middle-aged Spanish gentleman who, obsessed with the chivalrous ideals found in romantic books, decides to take up his lance and sword to defend the helpless and destroy the wicked. Seated upon his lean nag of a horse, and accompanied by the pragmatic Sancho Panza, Don Quixote rides the roads of Spain seeking glory and grand adventure. Along the way the duo meet a dazzling assortment of characters whose diverse beliefs and perspectives reveal how reality and imagination are frequently indistinguishable.
Profound, powerful, and hilarious, Don Quixote continues to capture the imaginations of audiences all over the world.
Features illustrations by Gustave Doré.Carole Slade specializes in late medieval and early modern European literature.Her publications include St. Teresa of Avila: Author of a Heroic Life and Approaches to Teaching Dantes Divine Comedy . She teaches Comparative Literature at Columbia University.
More editions of Don Quixote:
-
Don Quixote De LA Manchaby Miguel De Cervantes Saavedra, Florencio Sevilla ArroyoISBN 1400093015 (1-4000-9301-5)
Softcover, Random House Espanol
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'Don Quijote De LA Mancha, I'Book summary:This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. 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]
-
El Hobbit / the Hobbitby J. R. R. TolkienISBN 1594130051 (1-59413-005-1)
Softcover, Large Print Pr
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'El Hobbit / the Hobbit'Book summary:Poor Bilbo Baggins! An unassuming and rather plump hobbit (as most of these small, furry- footed people tend to be ), Baggins finds himself unwittingly drawn into adventure by a wizard named Gandalf and 13 dwarves bound for the Lonely Mountain, where a dragon named Smaug hordes a stolen treasure. Before he knows what is happening, Baggins finds himself on the road to danger. Wizards, dwarves and dragons may seem the stuff of children's fairy tales, but The Hobbit is in a class of its own--light-hearted enough for younger readers, yet with a dark edge guaranteed to intrigue an older audience. In the best tradition of the archetypal hero's quest, Bilbo Baggins sets out on his fateful journey a callow, untested soul and returns--tempered by hardship, danger and loss--a better man--er, hobbit.
This book is the predecessor to Tolkien's masterpiece, The Lord of the Rings, and though that trilogy can be thoroughly enjoyed without first reading The Hobbit, much that happens in the later novels is foreshadowed here. A word of caution, however: as Bilbo discovers early on, travel and adventure are addictive things; embark on this journey to the Lonely Mountain with Tolkien's reluctant hero, and you might not be able to stop there. And the road taken to the distant mountains of Mordor in the ensuing trilogy is an even more perilous one. [via]
More editions of El Hobbit / the Hobbit:
El Ingenioso Hidalgo Don Quijote De LA Manchaby Tom LathropISBN 158977003X (1-58977-003-X)
Softcover, Juan De LA Cuesta
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'El Ingenioso Hidalgo Don Quijote De LA Mancha'More editions of El Ingenioso Hidalgo Don Quijote De LA Mancha:
-
El Ingenioso Hidalgo Don Quijote De La Manchaby Miguel Cervantes SaavedraISBN 1589770242 (1-58977-024-2)
Softcover, Linguatext Ltd
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'El Ingenioso Hidalgo Don Quijote De La Mancha'Book summary:This Spanish edition of Lathrop's Don Quijote (ISBN 9781589770249) is out-of-print. It has been replaced by the new Legacy edition, ISBN 9781589771000. [via]
More editions of El Ingenioso Hidalgo Don Quijote De La Mancha:
-
Faustby Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe, Bayard TaylorISBN 1406807532 (1-4068-0753-2)
Softcover, Echo Library
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'Faust'Book summary:The Faustian legend has captured the imagination of readers and writers for centuries and in Goethe's "Faust" we find one of the greatest tellings of this old German tale. It is the story of man who makes a deal with the devil and pays with his soul. The influence of this theme on literature cannot be understated. In Goethe's "Faust" we find what is probably the most famous version of the story and one of the greatest works of literature ever written. [via]
More editions of Faust:
- Faust: ISBN 1420926640 (1-4209-2664-0)
Softcover, Digireads.Com - Faust: ISBN 157525381X (1-57525-381-X)
Softcover, Smith & Kraus Pub Inc - Faust: ISBN 1840221151 (1-84022-115-1)
Softcover, Lb May & Assoc Inc - Faust: ISBN 1598181106 (1-59818-110-6)
Hardcover, Alan Rodgers Books - Faust: ISBN 1578401860 (1-57840-186-0)
Softcover, Acclaim Books - Faust: ISBN 1406807532 (1-4068-0753-2)
Softcover, Echo Library
- Faust: ISBN 1420926640 (1-4209-2664-0)
-
Faustby Carl R. Mueller, Johann Wolfgang Von GoetheISBN 1575253607 (1-57525-360-7)
Softcover, Smith & Kraus Pub Inc
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'Faust'Book summary:As much poem as it is play, Goethe's Faust is the spiritual quest of a soul determined to explore the very nature of Reality, a revolutionary work that refuses to accept limitations, but, like Romanticism itself, embraces all, the Natural World of everyday life, as well as the Great World of universal experience, the macrocosm as well as the microcosm. The Faust character, the Faustian soul, has become a universal concern. As multifarious as Hamlet and as mythic as Oedipus, he takes us on a journey to the depths and heights of experience and leaves us not the person we were before we met him. It is in Part One of Goethe's masterpiece that we discover Faust as the hero in whose being two contradictory forces collide. He is self-alienated man struggling to expand beyond the limitations of intellect and the known world, desperate to achieve a state, indeed mystical, where the opposites of Knowledge and Sensuality are One. Part One of Faust records that attempt in the context of earthly existence. Goethe's Faust has rightly been called the most audacious work in Western Civilization. [via]
More editions of Faust:
-
Faust Parts I and IIby Johann Wolfgang Von GoetheISBN 1575253453 (1-57525-345-3)
Hardcover, Smith & Kraus Pub Inc
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'Faust Parts I and II'Book summary:As much poem as it is play, Goethes Faust is the spiritual quest of a soul determined to explore the very nature of Reality, a revolutionary work that refuses to accept limitations, but, like Romanticism itself, embraces all, the Natural World of everyday life, as well as the Great World of universal experience, the macrocosm as well as the microcosm. The Faust character, the Faustian soul, has become a universal concern. As multifarious as Hamlet and as mythic as Oedipus, he takes us on a journey to the depths and heights of experience and leaves us not the person we were before we met him. It is in Part One of Goethes masterpiece that we discover Faust as the hero in whose being two contradictory forces collide. He is self-alienated man struggling to expand beyond the limitations of intellect and the known world, desperate to achieve a state, indeed mystical, where the opposites of Knowledge and Sensuality are One. Part One of Faust records that attempt in the context of earthly existence. Goethes Faust has rightly been called the most audacious work in Western Civilization. [via]
More editions of Faust Parts I and II:
-
Fellowship of the Ringby J. R. R. TolkienISBN 1594130078 (1-59413-007-8)
Softcover, Large Print Pr
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'Fellowship of the Ring'Book summary:Part one of The Lord of the Rings, now featuring film art on the cover. In ancient times the Rings of Power were crafted by the Elven-smiths, and Sauron, the Dark Lord, forged the One Ring, filling it with his own power so that he could rule all others. But the One Ring was taken from him, and though he sought it throughout Middle-earth, it remained lost to him. After many ages it fell into the hands of Bilbo Baggins, as told in THE HOBBIT. In a sleepy village in the Shire, young Frodo Baggins finds himself faced with an immense task, as his elderly cousin Bilbo entrusts the Ring to his care. Frodo must leave his home and make a perilous journey across Middle-earth to the Cracks of Doom, there to destroy the Ring and foil the Dark Lord in his evil purpose.[via] -
The Golden Assby Apuleius, William AdlingtonISBN 1406509183 (1-4065-0918-3)
Softcover, Dodo Pr
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'The Golden Ass'Book summary:The World Literature series reproduces the greatest books the world over with only the highest production standards. History, philosophy, psychology, political theory, fiction, and ancient texts are now accessible to everyone at an extremely affordable price. [via]
-
Gulliver's Travelsby Jonathan Swift, Michael SeidelISBN 1593080573 (1-59308-057-3)
Softcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'Gulliver's Travels'Book summary:[via]Gulliver's Travels, by Jonathan Swift, is part of the Barnes & Noble Classics series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remarkable features of Barnes & Noble Classics:Considered the greatest satire ever written in English, Jonathan Swifts Gullivers Travels chronicles the fantastic voyages of Lemuel Gulliver, principally to four marvelous realms: Lilliput, where the people are six inches tall; Brobdingnag, a land inhabited by giants; Laputa, a wondrous flying island; and a country where the Houyhnhnms, a race of intelligent horses, are served by savage humanoid creatures called Yahoos.
Beneath the surface of this enchanting fantasy lurks a devastating critique of human malevolence, stupidity, greed, vanity, and short-sightedness. A brilliant combination of adventure, humor, and philosophy, Gullivers Travels is one of literatures most durable masterpieces.Michael Seidel is Jesse and George Siegel Professor in the Humanities at Columbia University. He has written widely on eighteenth-century literature. His books include Satiric Inheritance: Rabelais to Sterne (1979), Exile and the Narrative Imagination (1986), and Robinson Crusoe: Island Myths and the Novel (1991).
More editions of Gulliver's Travels:
- Gulliver's Travels: ISBN 1593081324 (1-59308-132-4)
Softcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc - Gulliver's Travels: ISBN 1853260274 (1-85326-027-4)
Softcover, Lb May & Assoc Inc - Gulliver's Travels: ISBN 1417617616 (1-4176-1761-6)
Hardcover, Bt Bound - Gulliver's Travels: ISBN 1557424764 (1-55742-476-4)
Hardcover, Wildside Pr - Gulliver's Travels: ISBN 1561381691 (1-56138-169-1)
Hardcover, Courage Books - Gulliver's Travels: ISBN 1566197848 (1-56619-784-8)
Hardcover, Barnes & Noble - Gulliver's Travels: ISBN 1593080573 (1-59308-057-3)
Softcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc
- Gulliver's Travels: ISBN 1593081324 (1-59308-132-4)
-
Gulliver's Travelsby Malvina G. Vogel, Johnathon Smith, Pablo MarcosISBN 1577658183 (1-57765-818-3)
Hardcover, Spotlight
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'Gulliver's Travels'Book summary:The voyages of an eighteenth-century Englishman carry him to such strange places as Lilliput, where people are six inches tall, and Brobdingnag, a land peopled by giants. [via]
More editions of Gulliver's Travels:
-
Gulliver's Travelsby Martin Woodside, Jamel AkibISBN 1402726627 (1-4027-2662-7)
Hardcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'Gulliver's Travels'Book summary:[via]Through the eyes of Lemuel Gulliver, Swifts unforgettable satire takes readers into worlds formerly unimagined. Visit four strange and remarkable lands: Lilliput, where Gulliver seems a giant among a race of tiny people; Brobdingnag, the opposite, where the natives are giants and Gulliver puny; the ruined yet magical country of Laputa; and the home of the Houyhnhnms, gentle horses far superior to the ugly humanoid Yahoos who share their universe.
More editions of Gulliver's Travels:
-
Heimskringla or, The Chronicle of the Kings of Norwayby Snorri SturlsonISBN 1404306803 (1-4043-0680-3)
Hardcover, IndyPublish.com
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'Heimskringla or, The Chronicle of the Kings of Norway'Book summary:Heimskringla Or The Chronicle of the Kings of Norway, Volume 1 [via]
More editions of Heimskringla or, The Chronicle of the Kings of Norway:
-
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empireby Edward GibbonISBN 1404306978 (1-4043-0697-8)
Softcover, IndyPublish.com
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire'More editions of The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire:
The Hobbitby J.R.R. TolkienISBN 1560600543 (1-56060-054-3)
Softcover, Eclipse Books
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'The Hobbit'More editions of The Hobbit:
-
The Home Storage Checklistby Allen K. LeclairISBN 0965307816 (0-9653078-1-6)
Hardcover, Griffin Pub
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'The Home Storage Checklist'Book summary:TRADE PAPERBACK BOOK [via]
More editions of The Home Storage Checklist:
-
Idylls of the Kingby Alfred Tennyson TennysonISBN 1404309519 (1-4043-0951-9)
Softcover, Indypublish.Com
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'Idylls of the King'Book summary:[via]Tennyson interprets the Arthurian myth as an epic poem, and his tales of Camelot soar to remarkable imaginative heights to trace the birth of a king; the founding, fellowship, and decline of the Round Table; and the king's inevitable departure. Encompassing romance, heroism, duty, and conflict, Tennyson's poetry charts the rise and fall of a legendary society. -
James Joyce's Ulyssesby James JoyceISBN 1555460216 (1-55546-021-6)
Hardcover, Facts on File
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'James Joyce's Ulysses'Book summary:Critical essays published during the last twenty-five years on Joyce's celebrated novel "Ulysses." [via]
More editions of James Joyce's Ulysses:
Laxdla Sagaby AnonymousISBN 1406805025 (1-4068-0502-5)
Softcover, Echo Library
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'Laxdla Saga'More editions of Laxdla Saga:
-
Le Morte D'Arthurby Thomas MaloryISBN 1404317775 (1-4043-1777-5)
Softcover, IndyPublish.com
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'Le Morte D'Arthur' -
Les Miserablesby Victor HugoISBN 141650026X (1-4165-0026-X)
Softcover, Pocket Classics
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'Les Miserables'Book summary:Les Miserables, by Victor Hugo, is part of the Barnes & Noble Classics series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remarkable features of Barnes & Noble Classics:One of the most widely read novels of all time, Les Misérables was the crowning literary achievement of Victor Hugos stunning career. Though he was considered the greatest French writer of his day, Hugo was forced to flee the country because of his opposition to Napoleon III. While in exile he completed Les Misérables, an enormous melodrama set against the background of political upheaval in France following the rule of Napoleon I.[via]This newly abridged edition of Les Misérables tells the story of the peasant Jean Valjeanunjustly imprisoned, baffled by destiny, and hounded by his nemesis, the magnificently realized, ambiguously malevolent police detective Javert. As Valjean struggles to redeem his past, we are thrust into the teeming underworld of Paris with all its poverty, ignorance, and suffering. Just as cruel tyranny threatens to extinguish the last vestiges of hope, rebellion sweeps over the land like wildfire, igniting a vast struggle for the democratic ideal in France.
A monumental classic dedicated to the oppressed, the underdog, the laborer, the rebel, the orphan, and the misunderstood, Les Misérables is a rich, emotional novel that captures nothing less than the entirety of life in nineteenth-century France.
Laurence M. Porter has published twelve books, including Victor Hugo (1999), and a hundred articles and chapters. He was a National Endowment for the Humanties Senior Fellow in 1998. He teaches French at Michigan State University, where he won the Distinguished Faculty Award in 1995.
More editions of Les Miserables:
- Les Miserables: ISBN 1593080662 (1-59308-066-2)
Softcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc - Les Miserables: ISBN 1853260509 (1-85326-050-9)
Softcover, Wordsworth Editions, Limited - Les Miserables: ISBN 1853260851 (1-85326-085-1)
Softcover, Lb May & Assoc Inc - Les Miserables: ISBN 1587261227 (1-58726-122-7)
Hardcover, Ann Arbor Media Group - Les Miserables: ISBN 1578400171 (1-57840-017-1)
Softcover, Acclaim Books - Les Miserables: ISBN 141650026X (1-4165-0026-X)
Softcover, Pocket Classics
- Les Miserables: ISBN 1593080662 (1-59308-066-2)
The Nibelungenliedby Traditional, Daniel Bussier ShumwayISBN 1598188399 (1-59818-839-9)
Softcover, Alan Rodgers Books
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'The Nibelungenlied'More editions of The Nibelungenlied:
Orlando Furiosoby Ludvico Aristo, William Stewart RoseISBN 1406806072 (1-4068-0607-2)
Softcover, Echo Library
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'Orlando Furioso'More editions of Orlando Furioso:
Paradise Regainedby John MiltonISBN 1595400494 (1-59540-049-4)
Softcover, 1st World Library
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'Paradise Regained'-
The Paradisoby Peter Bondanella, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Dante Alighieri, Julia Conaway BondanellaISBN 1593083173 (1-59308-317-3)
Softcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'The Paradiso'Book summary:[via]The Paradiso, by Dante Alighieri, is part of the Barnes & Noble Classics series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remarkable features of Barnes & Noble Classics:Dantes Paradiso, often thrown into shadow by the first two parts of The Divine Comedy, features one of the most sublime, luminous, and exciting visions in all of literaturethat of Heaven itself.
Having climbed the mountain of Purgatory, Dante begins to ascend to the heights of the universe with his beloved Beatrice as guide. They soar through the nine spheres of heaventhe moon, Mercury, Venus, the sun, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, the stars, and the Prime Mover. Along the way Dante meets people he knew on Earth, who now appear as dazzling jewels, and many others whom he had always wanted to meet, such as St. Thomas Aquinas, Saint Bonaventure, and his great-great-grandfather. Finally, Dante reaches Heaven, where incredibly beautiful scenesbrilliant lights and colors, and flowering gardens unfold before his eyes, always accompanied by celestial music. Heaven, he learns, is not a place of boring rest, but one of joyful activity, dancing and singing, and endless movement and surprises.
A poem of true heroic fulfillment, Paradiso stands as literatures greatest hymn to the glory of God.
Peter Bondanella is Distinguished Professor of Comparative Literature and Italian at Indiana University. Julia Conaway Bondanella is Professor of Italian at Indiana University. Both have translated works from Italian and have published extensively on Italian culture and art.More editions of The Paradiso:
-
Poemsby CatullusISBN 1853267783 (1-85326-778-3)
Softcover, Lb May & Assoc Inc
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'Poems'Book summary:The World Literature series reproduces the greatest books the world over with only the highest production standards. History, philosophy, psychology, political theory, fiction, and ancient texts are now accessible to everyone at an extremely affordable price. [via]
More editions of Poems:
-
Poems Of Love And Hateby Josephine Balmer, CatullusISBN 1852246456 (1-85224-645-6)
Softcover, Dufour Editions
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'Poems Of Love And Hate'Book summary:Catallus distinguishes himself from other Roman poets by combining traditional Roman writing styles with Greek forms and scandalous content. This volume includes the full complement of his shorter poems... Balmer's translation preserves Catallus's wit and lyrical writing style.""--Translation Review. [via]
More editions of Poems Of Love And Hate:
-
Purgatorioby Dante Alighieri, Gustave Dore, Peter Bondanella, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Julia Conaway BondanellaISBN 1593083718 (1-59308-371-8)
Hardcover, Barnes & Noble
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'Purgatorio'Book summary:Purgatorio, by Dante Alighieri, is part of the Barnes & Noble Classics series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remarkable features of Barnes & Noble Classics:[via]- New introductions commissioned from today's top writers and scholars
- Biographies of the authors
- Chronologies of contemporary historical, biographical, and cultural events
- Footnotes and endnotes
- Selective discussions of imitations, parodies, poems, books, plays, paintings, operas, statuary, and films inspired by the work
- Comments by other famous authors
- Study questions to challenge the reader's viewpoints and expectations
- Bibliographies for further reading
- Indices & Glossaries, when appropriate
Perhaps the greatest single poem ever written, The Divine Comedy presents Dante Alighieris all-encompassing vision of the three realms of Christian afterlife. Joyfully anticipating heaven, Purgatorio continues the poets journey from the darkness of Hell to the divine light of Paradise.
Beginning with Dantes liberation from the Inferno, part two of The Divine Comedy follows the poet as he and the Roman poet Virgil struggle up the steep terraces of the earthly island-mountain called Purgatory, miraculously created as a result of Lucifers storied fall. As he travels through the first seven levelseach representing one of the seven deadly sinsDante observes the sinners who are waiting for their release into Paradise. Each echelon teaches a new lesson about human healing and growth, on earth as well as in the spiritual world. As he journeys upward, level by level, Dante gradually changes into a wiser, braver, and better man. Only when he has learned from each of these stations will he finally be allowed to ascend to the gateway to Heaven: the Garden of Eden.
Perhaps Dantes most brilliant, imaginative creation, Purgatorio is an enthralling allegory of sin, redemption, and ultimate enlightenment.Julia Conaway Bondanella is Professor of Italian at Indiana University. She has served as President of the National Collegiate Honors Council and as Assistant Chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities. Her publications include a book on Petrarch, The Cassell Dictionary of Italian Literature, and translations of Italian classics by Benvenuto Cellini, Niccolò Machiavelli, and Giorgio Vasari.
Peter Bondanella is Distinguished Professor of Comparative Literature and Italian at Indiana University and has been President of the American Association for Italian Studies. His publications include a number of translations of Italian classics, books on Italian Renaissance literature, and studies of Italian cinema. His latest book is Hollywood Italians: Dagos, Palookas, Romeos, Wise Guys, and Sopranos, a history of how Italian Americans have been depicted in Hollywood.More editions of Purgatorio:
-
The Purgatorioby Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Dante Alighieri, Julia Conaway BondanellaISBN 1593082193 (1-59308-219-3)
Softcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'The Purgatorio'Book summary:[via]Purgatorio, by Dante Alighieri, is part of the Barnes & Noble Classics series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remarkable features of Barnes & Noble Classics:Perhaps the greatest single poem ever written, The Divine Comedy presents Dante Alighieris all-encompassing vision of the three realms of Christian afterlife. Joyfully anticipating heaven, Purgatorio continues the poets journey from the darkness of Hell to the divine light of Paradise.
Beginning with Dantes liberation from the Inferno, part two of The Divine Comedy follows the poet as he and the Roman poet Virgil struggle up the steep terraces of the earthly island-mountain called Purgatory, miraculously created as a result of Lucifers storied fall. As he travels through the first seven levelseach representing one of the seven deadly sinsDante observes the sinners who are waiting for their release into Paradise. Each echelon teaches a new lesson about human healing and growth, on earth as well as in the spiritual world. As he journeys upward, level by level, Dante gradually changes into a wiser, braver, and better man. Only when he has learned from each of these stations will he finally be allowed to ascend to the gateway to Heaven: the Garden of Eden.
Perhaps Dantes most brilliant, imaginative creation, Purgatorio is an enthralling allegory of sin, redemption, and ultimate enlightenment.Julia Conaway Bondanella is Professor of Italian at Indiana University. She has served as President of the National Collegiate Honors Council and as Assistant Chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities. Her publications include a book on Petrarch, The Cassell Dictionary of Italian Literature, and translations of Italian classics by Benvenuto Cellini, Niccolò Machiavelli, and Giorgio Vasari.
Peter Bondanella is Distinguished Professor of Comparative Literature and Italian at Indiana University and has been President of the American Association for Italian Studies. His publications include a number of translations of Italian classics, books on Italian Renaissance literature, and studies of Italian cinema. His latest book is Hollywood Italians: Dagos, Palookas, Romeos, Wise Guys, and Sopranos, a history of how Italian Americans have been depicted in Hollywood.More editions of The Purgatorio:
-
The Return of the Kingby J. R. R. TolkienISBN 1594130043 (1-59413-004-3)
Softcover, Large Print Pr
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'The Return of the King'Book summary:Part three of J.R.R. Tolkien's epic adventure The Lord of the Rings, now featuring film art on the cover.
"An extraordinary work -- pure excitement." -- New York Times Book Review
"A triumphant close...a grand piece of work, grand in both conception and execution. An astonishing imaginative tour de force." -- Daily Telegraph
One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them, One Ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them
As the Shadow of Mordor grows across the land, the Companions of the Ring have become involved in separate adventures. Aragorn, revealed as the hidden heir of the ancient Kings of the West, has joined with the Riders of Rohan against the forces of Isengard, and took part in the desperate victory of the Hornburg. Merry and Pippin, captured by Orcs, escaped into Fangorn Forest and there encountered the Ents.
Gandalf has miraculously returned and defeated the evil wizard, Saruman. Sam has left his master for dead after a battle with the giant spider, Shelob; but Frodo is still alive -- now in the foul hands of the Orcs.
And all the while the armies of the Dark Lord are massing as the One Ring draws ever nearer to the Cracks of Doom. [via]More editions of The Return of the King:
-
Sir Gawain and the Green KnightISBN 1853267899 (1-85326-789-9)
Softcover, Wordsworth Edition
Find This BookBook summary:A Middle English romance about the contest between King arthur's nephew Gawain and the Green Knight who interrupts the Christmas festivities at Camelot. It signifies the testing of the Arthurian ideals of chivalry, as Gawain travels north to the final duel between the two chevaliers, with an ironic moral which follows the surprising outcome. [via]
More editions of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight:
-
Sir Gawayne and the Green Knight (Gwain)by Richard MorrisISBN 1406805238 (1-4068-0523-8)
Softcover, Echo Library
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'Sir Gawayne and the Green Knight (Gwain)'Book summary:The classic old English tale of King Arthur's kinsman [via]
More editions of Sir Gawayne and the Green Knight (Gwain):
Song of Myselfby Walt WhitmanISBN 142092706X (1-4209-2706-X)
Softcover, Digireads.Com
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'Song of Myself'More editions of Song of Myself:
-
Songs Of Innocence And Experienceby William BlakeISBN 1419148230 (1-4191-4823-0)
Softcover, Kessinger Pub Co
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'Songs Of Innocence And Experience'Book summary:The simple and beautiful eloquence of William Blake's poetry is exemplified here in Songs of Innocence and of Experience. This collection of forty-six poems is actually two volumes in one. After first completing and publishing Songs of Innocence in 1789 Blake would, some five years later, add Songs of Experience to the volume in an effort to show "the two contrary states of the human soul." [via]
More editions of Songs Of Innocence And Experience:
Songs of Innocence And of Experienceby William BolcomISBN 1423402898 (1-4234-0289-8)
Softcover, Hal Leonard Corp
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'Songs of Innocence And of Experience'More editions of Songs of Innocence And of Experience:
The Superhuman Life of Gesar of Lingby Alexandra David-Neel, Violet SydneyISBN 1570626227 (1-57062-622-7)
Softcover, Random House Inc
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'The Superhuman Life of Gesar of Ling'More editions of The Superhuman Life of Gesar of Ling:
-
Two Towersby J. R. R. TolkienISBN 159413006X (1-59413-006-X)
Softcover, Large Print Pr
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'Two Towers'Book summary:Frodo and his Companions of the Ring have been beset by danger during their quest. They have lost the wizard Gandalf in a battle in the Mines of Moria. And Boromir, seduced by the power of the Ring, tried to seize it by force. Now Frodo and Sam continue the journey alone down the great river Anduin -- alone, that is, save for the mysterious creeping figure that follows wherever they go. [via]
-
Ulyssesby James JoyceISBN 1404336877 (1-4043-3687-7)
Softcover, Indypublish.Com
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'Ulysses'Book summary:Ulysses has been labeled dirty, blasphemous, and unreadable. In a famous 1933 court decision, Judge John M. Woolsey declared it an emetic book--although he found it sufficiently unobscene to allow its importation into the United States--and Virginia Woolf was moved to decry James Joyce's "cloacal obsession." None of these adjectives, however, do the slightest justice to the novel. To this day it remains the modernist masterpiece, in which the author takes both Celtic lyricism and vulgarity to splendid extremes. It is funny, sorrowful, and even (in a close-focus sort of way) suspenseful. And despite the exegetical industry that has sprung up in the last 75 years, Ulysses is also a compulsively readable book. Even the verbal vaudeville of the final chapters can be navigated with relative ease, as long as you're willing to be buffeted, tickled, challenged, and (occasionally) vexed by Joyce's sheer command of the English language.
Among other things, a novel is simply a long story, and the first question about any story is: What happens?. In the case of Ulysses, the answer might be Everything. William Blake, one of literature's sublime myopics, saw the universe in a grain of sand. Joyce saw it in Dublin, Ireland, on June 16, 1904, a day distinguished by its utter normality. Two characters, Stephen Dedalus and Leopold Bloom, go about their separate business, crossing paths with a gallery of indelible Dubliners. We watch them teach, eat, stroll the streets, argue, and (in Bloom's case) masturbate. And thanks to the book's stream-of-consciousness technique--which suggests no mere stream but an impossibly deep, swift-running river--we're privy to their thoughts, emotions, and memories. The result? Almost every variety of human experience is crammed into the accordian folds of a single day, which makes Ulysses not just an experimental work but the very last word in realism.
Both characters add their glorious intonations to the music of Joyce's prose. Dedalus's accent--that of a freelance aesthetician, who dabbles here and there in what we might call Early Yeats Lite--will be familiar to readers of Portrait of an Artist As a Young Man. But Bloom's wistful sensualism (and naive curiosity) is something else entirely. Seen through his eyes, a rundown corner of a Dublin graveyard is a figure for hope and hopelessness, mortality and dogged survival: "Mr Bloom walked unheeded along his grove by saddened angels, crosses, broken pillars, family vaults, stone hopes praying with upcast eyes, old Ireland's hearts and hands. More sensible to spend the money on some charity for the living. Pray for the repose of the soul of. Does anybody really?" --James Marcus [via]
More editions of Ulysses:
-
Walt Whitman's Song of Myself: A Sourcebook and Critical Editionby Walt Whitman, Stephen MitchellISBN 1570623694 (1-57062-369-4)
Softcover, Random House Inc
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'Walt Whitman's Song of Myself: A Sourcebook and Critical Edition'Book summary:Song of Myself may be the greatest poem ever written by an American. First published in 1855 as part of Leaves of Grass, it was revised and expanded by Whitman in subsequent editions in ways that sometimes undermined to its original freshness and vitality. Stephen Mitchell has gone back to the first edition and painstakingly compared it with the later versions, substituting only those revisions by Whitman that improved the poem. Here is Whitman at his most wild and raw, as large and lusty as life, fulfilling his promise to all future generations: I stand on this spot with my soul. [via]
More editions of Walt Whitman's Song of Myself: A Sourcebook and Critical Edition:
-
War and Peaceby Leo Tolstoy, SparkNotes StaffISBN 1586638149 (1-58663-814-9)
Softcover, Spark Publishing Group
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'War and Peace'Book summary:[via]War and Peace, by Leo Tolstoy, is part of the Barnes & Noble Classics series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remarkable features of Barnes & Noble Classics:The most famousand perhaps greatestnovel of all time, Tolstoys War and Peace tells the story of five families struggling for survival during Napoleons invasion of Russia.Among its many unforgettable characters is Prince Andrey Bolkonsky, a proud, dashing man who, despising the artifice of high society, joins the army to achieve glory. Badly wounded at Austerlitz, he begins to discover the emptiness of everything to which he has devoted himself. His death scene is considered one of the greatest passages in Russian literature.The novel's other hero, the bumbling Pierre Bezukhov, tries to find meaning in life through a series of philosophical systems that promise to resolve all questions. He at last discovers the Tolstoyan truth that wisdom is to be found not in systems but in the ordinary processes of daily life, especially in his marriage to the novel's most memorable heroine, Natasha.Both an intimate study of individual passions and an epic history of Russia and its people, War and Peace is nothing more or less than a complete portrait of human existence.Joseph Frank is Professor Emeritus of Comparative Literature at Princeton University and Professor Emeritus of Comparative Literature and Slavic Languages and Literature at Stanford University. He is the author of a five-volume study of Dostoevskys life and work.
-
The Waste Land and Other Poemsby T. S. Eliot, Randy MalamudISBN 1593082797 (1-59308-279-7)
Softcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'The Waste Land and Other Poems'Book summary:After sitting through T.S. Eliot's reading of "The Waste Land," listeners may be inclined to hang up the earphones for a spell. There are no flaws to Eliot's steady-toned interpretation; in fact, his delivery is quite remarkable in its ability to match the poem's constant, somber mood. It's just that 25-plus minutes of Eliot's desolate landscapes--rendered even more real by the author's incessant tones--can wear on the emotions.
In addition to the full-length version of "The Waste Land," this recording includes Eliot's stirring narration of "The Hollow Men," "Sweeney Among the Nightingales," and "Macavity the Mystery Cat." Listen to Eliot read from "The Waste Land." Visit our audio help page for more information. (Running time: 47 minutes, 1 cassette) --Rob McDonald [via]
More editions of The Waste Land and Other Poems:
-
The Waste Land, Prufrock And Other Poemsby T. S. Eliot, Caroldean K. CummingsISBN 1420925784 (1-4209-2578-4)
Softcover, Digireads.Com
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'The Waste Land, Prufrock And Other Poems'Book summary:After sitting through T.S. Eliot's reading of "The Waste Land," listeners may be inclined to hang up the earphones for a spell. There are no flaws to Eliot's steady-toned interpretation; in fact, his delivery is quite remarkable in its ability to match the poem's constant, somber mood. It's just that 25-plus minutes of Eliot's desolate landscapes--rendered even more real by the author's incessant tones--can wear on the emotions.
In addition to the full-length version of "The Waste Land," this recording includes Eliot's stirring narration of "The Hollow Men," "Sweeney Among the Nightingales," and "Macavity the Mystery Cat." Listen to Eliot read from "The Waste Land." Visit our audio help page for more information. (Running time: 47 minutes, 1 cassette) --Rob McDonald [via]
More editions of The Waste Land, Prufrock And Other Poems:
-
The Works And Days And Theogonyby HesiodISBN 1419188518 (1-4191-8851-8)
Softcover, Kessinger Pub Co
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'The Works And Days And Theogony'Book summary:Guide to Greek Mythos (and a guide to farming), by, roughly speaking, Homer's contemporary Hesiod. [via]
More editions of The Works And Days And Theogony:
Spanish
-
Don Quijote de la Mancha (I)by Miguel de Cervantes SaavedraISBN 1400093007 (1-4000-9300-7)
Softcover, Random House Mondadori
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'Don Quijote de la Mancha (I)'Book summary:[via]Expertly adapted for a younger audience, this accessible and illustrated edition is an excellent introduction to one of Western literatures great works. Parents will have a wonderful time reading Cervantes classic to their children.
Expertamente adaptada para una audiencia joven, esta edición accesible e ilustrada es una excelente introducción a unas de las grandes obras de la literatura occidental. Los padres tendrán un tiempo maravilloso leyendo el clásico de Cervantes a sus hijos.More editions of Don Quijote de la Mancha (I):
-
El Hobbitby J.R.R. Tolkien, Charles Dixon, Sean Deming, Lorenzo Diaz, Dixon & WenzelISBN 1594970718 (1-59497-071-8)
Hardcover, Public Square Books
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'El Hobbit'Book summary:DESCRIPTION: Nota: En los titulos y nombres de autores, los marcos ortograficos han sido omitidos para facilitar las busquedas de Internet.
Description del libro en espanol: El dia en que Bilbo Bolson recibe la visita inesperada del mago Gandalf y de un grupo de enanos, su placida existencia de hobbit cambia radicalmente. Elfos, dragones y un anillo magico se cruzaran en la aventura mas fantastica de toda su vida. . .Charles Dixon y David Wenzel adaptan al comic preludio de El Senor de los Anillos, la obra maestro de J.R.R. Tolkien.
Book Description in English: First published in the United States more than sixty years ago, J. R. R. Tolkien's The Hobbit has become one of the best-loved books of all time. Tolkien's fantasy was then adapted into a fully painted graphic novel, which became a classic in its own right...
The enchanting prelude to The Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit is the story of Bilbo Baggins, a quiet and contented hobbit whose life is turned upside down when he joins the wizard Gandalf and thirteen dwarves on their quest to reclaim the dwarves' stolen treasure. It is a journey fraught with danger - and in the end it is Bilbo alone who must face the guardian of this treasure, the most dreaded dragon in all of Middle-earth. [via]
More editions of El Hobbit:
French
-
Les Voyages De Gulliverby Jonathan SwiftISBN 1846374952 (1-84637-495-2)
Softcover, Echo Library
Find This Book
› Find signed collectible books: 'Les Voyages De Gulliver'Book summary:Gulliver est une figure légendaire. Le mot "Lilliputiens" est devenu un nom commun. Classique parmi les classiques, ce livre est un roman de genre : un héros embarqué sur un navire qui fait naufrage échoue sur une île... Dès lors, tout est possible, surtout les choses les plus extraordinaires. C'est une fabuleuse occasion pour un écrivain de déployer tous les trésors de son imagination, et Jonathan Swift n'en manque pas. Dans la première partie, son héros se retrouve prisonnier d'un peuple minuscule. Après avoir vécu moult péripéties, il rentre chez lui, mais le démon de l'aventure le pousse à repartir. Comme les naufrages étaient nombreux à l'époque (on est à l'aube du XVIIIe siècle), le voilà derechef poussé par les flots vers un autre pays surprenant. Mais, cette fois, c'est lui qui est nain parmi des géants. Ces deux histoires fabuleuses, qui ont fait le tour du monde dans bien des versions et adaptations, sont à découvrir absolument dans le texte intégral, plein de saveur, même si les archaïsmes abondent et peuvent déconcerter le jeune lecteur : tournures de langage, évocation des moeurs de l'époque, mots inusités aujourd'hui réclament un petit effort de lecture. Qui sera largement récompensé par le plaisir de suivre ces passionnantes aventures. --Pascale Wester [via]
More editions of Les Voyages De Gulliver:
![[powered by Muze Inc.]](http://i.bookfinder.com/images/site/muze/powered_by_muze.gif){kind=small}