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Adventures of Don Quixoteby Miguel De CervantesISBN 0140440100 (0-14-044010-0)
Softcover, Penguin USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Adventures of Don Quixote'Book summary:The best-known book in Spanish literature, telling the story of the adventurous knight-errant and his squire Sancho Panzo, who set out to right the wrongs of the world. [via]
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Beowulfby Kevin Crossley-Holland, Charles KeepingISBN 0192723693 (0-19-272369-3)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Beowulf'Book summary:This is the story of a young warrior who travelled far across the sea to fight two terrifying monsters--one who could rip a man apart and drink his blood, the other who lived like a sea-wolf at the bottom of a dark, blood-stained lake.
His name was Beowulf and his story, first written in Anglo-Saxon in the 8th century, has become one of the world's most famous epics. Kevin Crossley-Holland has now retold the legend for children in strong, rhythmical prose accompanied by Charles Keeping's strikingly brilliant drawings. Together they bring to life the strength and power of one of the first great English poems. [via] 
Beowulfby Charles Keeping, Kevin Crossley-HollandISBN 0192797700 (0-19-279770-0)
Hardcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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Beowulfby David WrightISBN 0140440704 (0-14-044070-4)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Beowulf'Book summary:Beowulf stands at the head of English literature; a poem of historical interest and epic scope. Although the first manuscript of Beowulf dates from around the year 1000 CE, it is thought that the poem existed in its present form from the year 850. Beowulf's adventures themselves stand in front of the wide historical canvas of 5th and 6th century Scandinavia. Against this heroic background of feuding and feasting, Beowulf first kills the monster Grendel and her mother, and later defends his people against a dragon in a battle that leaves them both mortally wounded.
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@Eazy-B Uh oh. Grendel's mom showed up. She is really pissed. Wait. Monsters have feelings?
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The Bhagavad Gitaby Juan Mascaro, Simon BrodbeckISBN 0140449183 (0-14-044918-3)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Bhagavad Gita'Book summary:The 18 chapters of "The Bhagavad-Gita" (c. 500 BC), encompass the whole spiritual struggle of a human soul, and the three central themes of this immortal poem - love, light and life - arise from the symphonic vision of God in all things and of all things in God. [via]
Blake Complete Writings With Variant Readingsby Geoffrey KeynesISBN 0192810502 (0-19-281050-2)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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The Book of Dede Korkutby Geoffrey L. LewisISBN 0140442987 (0-14-044298-7)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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Brothers Karamazovby Fyodor Dostoyevsky, David McDuffISBN 0140449248 (0-14-044924-8)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Brothers Karamazov'Book summary:The Brothers Karamazov, Dostoevsky's crowning achievement, is a tale of patricide and family rivalry that embodies the moral and spiritual dissolution of an entire society (Russia in the 1870s). It created a national furor comparable only to the excitement stirred by the publication, in 1866, of Crime and Punishment. To Dostoevsky, The Brothers Karamazov captured the quintessence of Russian character in all its exaltation, compassion, and profligacy. Significantly, the book was on Tolstoy's bedside table when he died. Readers in every language have since accepted Dostoevsky's own evaluation of this work and have gone further by proclaiming it one of the few great novels of all ages and countries. [via]
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The Comedy of Dante Alighieriby Alighieri Dante, Dorothy L. SayersISBN 0140441050 (0-14-044105-0)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Comedy of Dante Alighieri'Book summary:Dante (12651321) is the greatest of Italian poets, and his Divine Comedy is the finest of all Christian allegories. To the consternation of his more academic admirers, who believed Latin to be the only proper language for dignified verse, Dante wrote his Comedy in colloquial Italian, wanting it to be a poem for the common reader. Taking two threads of a story that everybody knew and loved the story of a vision of Hell, Purgatory and Paradise, and the story of the lover who has to brave the Underworld to find his lost lady he combined them into a great allegory of the souls search for God. He made it swift, exciting and topical, lavishing upon it all his learning and wit, all his tenderness, humour and enthusiasm, and all his poetry. In Paradise, which T. S. Eliot among others has found either incomprehensible or intensely exciting, Dante journeys through the encircling spheres of heaven towards God. Translated by and introduced by Dorothy L. Sayers [via]
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Comedy of Dante Alighieri: The Florentine Cantica II Purgatoryby Dorothy L. SayersISBN 0140440461 (0-14-044046-1)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Comedy of Dante Alighieri: The Florentine Cantica II Purgatory'Book summary:Beginning with Dante's liberation from Hell, Purgatory relates his ascent, accompanied by Virgil, of the Mount of Purgatory a mountain of nine levels, formed from rock forced upwards when God threw Satan into depths of the earth. As he travels through the first seven levels, Dante observes the sinners who are waiting for their release into Paradise, and through these encounters he is himself transformed into a stronger and better man. For it is only when he has learned from each of these levels that he can ascend to the gateway to Heaven: the Garden of Eden. The second part of one of the greatest epic poems, Purgatory is an enthralling Christian allegory of sin, redemption and ultimate enlightenment. [via]
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The Complete Writings of William Blake With Variant Readingby William Blake, Geoffrey KeynesISBN 0192541579 (0-19-254157-9)
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Decameronby Giovanni Boccaccio, G.H. McWilliamISBN 0140449302 (0-14-044930-2)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Decameron'Book summary:A new translation of the fourteenth-century tales recounted by young citizens of Florence who have fled the city to escape the plague. [via]
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The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empireby Edward Gibbon, Diro A. SaundersISBN 0140431896 (0-14-043189-6)
Softcover, Penguin Group (Canada)
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› 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]
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The Divine Comedyby Dante Alighieri, Mark MusaISBN 0140444432 (0-14-044443-2)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Divine Comedy'Book summary:This splendid verse translation by Allen Mandelbaum provides an entirely fresh experience of Dante's great poem of penance and hope. As Dante ascends the Mount of Purgatory toward the Earthly Paradise and his beloved Beatrice, through "that second kingdom in which the human soul is cleansed of sin, " all the passion and suffering, poetry and philosophy are rendered with the immediacy of a poet of our own age. With extensive notes and commentary prepared especially for this edition.
"The English Dante of choice."--Hugh Kenner.
"Exactly what we have waited for these years, a Dante with clarity, eloquence, terror, and profoundly moving depths."--Robert Fagles, Princeton University.
"Tough and supple, tender and violent . . . vigorous, vernacular . . . Mandelbaum's Dante will stand high among modern translations."-- "The Christian Science Monitor" [via]
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Divine Comedy Purgatoryby Dante AlighieriISBN 0140444424 (0-14-044442-4)
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This vigorous translation of Inferno preserves Dante's simple, natural style, and captures the swift movement of the original Italian verse. Mark Musa's blank verse rendition of the poet's journey through the circles of Hell re-creates for the modern reader the rich meanings that Dante's poem had for his contemporaries. Musa's introduction and commentaries on each of the cantos brilliantly illuminate the text.
@HolyHaha I have to climb a mountain now? You got to be kidding me. Is this a joke? Who the hell came up with story? VIIIRRRGGGILLLLLLLLLLL!
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Don Quixoteby Miguel De Cervantes SaavedraISBN 0142437239 (0-14-243723-9)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Don Quixote'Book summary:He lived in a small village in a dusty corner of Spain, a bony man of about fifty. He had little to do, and so he read. The flickering candle flame filled the corners of his room with ghostly shadows of giants and of dragons--for the only books he read were about the knights of old who roamed the countryside seeking adventures. The horizon stretched out an invitation. He knew that he too must be a knight, and travel on a quest for adventures. So he found a suit of rusty armor, made himself a visor of cardboard and tin, and he called himself Don Quixote de la Mancha.
In this spirited, lively retelling of the famous Cervantes classic, Michael Harrison's clear and lively style is beautifully complemented by Victor Ambrus's evocative paintings of the landscape of sixteenth-century Spain. [via] -
Don Quixote De LA Manchaby E.C. Riley, Miguel De Cervantes Saavedra, Charles JarvisISBN 0192100327 (0-19-210032-7)
Hardcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Don Quixote De LA Mancha'Book summary:The father of the modern novel and a comic masterpiece, Don Quixote has acquired mythic status and remains as fresh today as when it first appeared nearly 400 years ago. This translation by Charles Jarvis conveys the flavor of the original Spanish, and the introduction by Milan Kundera illuminates the volume. [via]
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Faustby Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe, A. S. Byatt, David ConstantineISBN 0140449019 (0-14-044901-9)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Faust'Book summary:A brief analysis of the development, style, and protagonists of "Faust" is included with Goethe's classic tale about a troubled man who sells his soul to the devil. [via]
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Gilgamesh and Enkiduby N.K. Sandars, AnonymousISBN 0146001737 (0-14-600173-7)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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The Golden Assby Apuleius, E.J. KenneyISBN 0140435905 (0-14-043590-5)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Golden Ass'Book summary:The Golden Ass is a classic book filled with adventure, suspense, and humor. The story follows the misadventures of Lucius, an innovative young nobleman who travels to the Greek town of Hypata, well known for its witches.He is changed into a donkey and is constantly frustrated in his attempt to procure the remedy to his assness. [via]
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Gulliver's Travelsby Jonathan Swift, Robert Demaria, Peter Dixon, Michael FootISBN 0140437347 (0-14-043734-7)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Gulliver's Travels'Book summary:Shipwrecked castaway Lemuel Gulliver's encounters with the petty, diminutive Lilliputians, the crude giants of Brobdingnag, the abstracted scientists of Laputa, the philosophical Houyhnhnms, and the brutish Yahoos give him new, bitter insights into human behavior. Swift's fantastic and subversive book remains supremely relevant in our own age of distortion, hypocrisy, and irony. @LittleBigMan Awoke in an unfamiliar land. The boat and my crew are gone. Oh dear, the people here are very small. Oops. Sorry about that. I don't mean to boast; I'm not a terribly tall man. But these people of Lilliput are the size of child's Johnson. Still, they have captured me. I have become a great favorite of the Lilliputian court, whose antics are like an adorable tiny version King George's, the blithering idiot. From Twitterature: The World's Greatest Books in Twenty Tweets or Less [via]
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Softcover, Penguin Group USA - Gulliver's Travels: ISBN 0192817558 (0-19-281755-8)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr - Gulliver's Travels: ISBN 0192100378 (0-19-210037-8)
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Gulliver's Travelsby Claude Rawson, Jonathan Swift, Ian HigginsISBN 0192805347 (0-19-280534-7)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Gulliver's Travels'Book summary:In Gulliver's Travels, the narrator represents himself as a reliable reporter of the fantastic adventures he has just experienced. But how far can we rely on a narrator who has been impersonated by someone else? The work purports to be a travel book, and describes the shipwrecked Gulliver's encounters with the inhabitants of four extraordinary places: Lilliput, Brobdingnag, Laputa, and the country of the Houyhnhnms. An extraordinarily skillful blend of fantasy and realism makes Gulliver's Travels by turns hilarious, frightening, and profound. Swift's alter ego plays tricks on us, and our gullibility uncovers one of the world's most disturbing satires of the human condition.
The fullest, most up-to-date paperback of Gulliver's Travels currently available, this new edition contains an astute analysis of the nature of Swift's satire. It includes the changing frontispiece portraits of Gulliver that appeared in successive early editions and whose subtle changes contribute to the reader's uncertainty about the veracity of the author. A new introduction by Claude Rawson draws on the latest scholarship and considers Swift's role-playing and the relationship of the author to Gulliver. [via]More editions of Gulliver's Travels:
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Gulliver's Travelsby James Riordan, Jonathan Swift, Victor G. AmbrusISBN 0192741780 (0-19-274178-0)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Gulliver's Travels'Book summary:Embark on a journey with one of the greatest world travelers of all time. Ride with him across the South Seas to the miniature island of Liliput, where people grow no taller than six inches high. Round the Cape of Good Hope to the land of Brobdingnag, home of giants tall as church steeples, and sail on to the exotic lands of Laputa, Luggnagg, Glubbdubdrip, and more. Share Gulliver's incredible adventures, from his singlehanded defeat of an entire naval fleet (albeit one whose ships are toy boat-sized), to his harrowing abduction by a giant eagle, to his unfortunate dunking in a reservoir-sized pot of cream by a jealous dwarf!
These are the stories of Gulliver's Travels, Jonathan Swift's classic tale of fantastic adventures in far-off lands, brilliantly retold by James Riordan in rich, vivid prose that captures all the whimsy and satire of the original in the modern language of today's children. The illustrations by noted artist Victor Ambrus are rich and colorful, delicate in detail, strong in composition, and permeated with humor. And the insightful--often scathing--social commentary that Swift wove into his original tale remains intact, providing fascinating reading for adults as well as children. [via]More editions of Gulliver's Travels:
Gulliver's Travels and Other Writingsby Jonathan Swift, Louis A. LandaISBN 0192812068 (0-19-281206-8)
Hardcover, Oxford University Press
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Hesiod and Theognisby Dorothea WenderISBN 0140442839 (0-14-044283-9)
Softcover, Viking Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Hesiod and Theognis'Book summary:Together the poetry of "Hesiod and Theognis" offers a superb introduction to the life and thought of ancient Greece. Hesiod's "Theogoney" (c. 725 BCE) is a powerful creation myth: an epic, bloody tale of dark forces, sex and violence, tracing the history of the world from primeval Chaos to the establishment of Zeus as supreme king of the gods. In contrast, Hesiod's "Works and Days", written to advise his indolent brother Perseus, is an intriguing, sophisticated combination of ethical maxims, social and political comment and superstitious law. Elegiac rather than epic, the works of Theognis - written some two centuries after Hesiod - include theological speculations, love lyrics and moral advice for his protege Kurnos, reflecting the moods and themes of an aristocratic poet who mourned a changing Greek society. [via]
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The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empireby Edward Gibbon, David WomersleyISBN 0140433937 (0-14-043393-7)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire'Book summary:Edward Gibbon's six-volume History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (1776-88) is among the most magnificent and ambitious narratives in European literature. Its subject is the fate of one of the world's greatest civilizations over thirteen centuries - its rulers, wars and society, and the events that led to its disastrous collapse. Here, in volumes three and four, Gibbon vividly recounts the waves of barbarian invaders under commanders such as Alaric and Attila, who overran and eventually destroyed the West. He then turns his gaze to events in the East, where even the achievements of the Byzantine emperor Justinian and the campaigns of the brilliant military leader Belisarius could not conceal the fundamental weaknesses of their empire. [via]
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Softcover, Penguin Group USA - The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire: ISBN 0140437649 (0-14-043764-9)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA - The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire: ISBN 0140952659 (0-14-095265-9)
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The Homeric Hymnsby Homer, Nicholas RichardsonISBN 0140437827 (0-14-043782-7)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Homeric Hymns'Book summary:From the abduction of Persephone by Hades to Hermes' theft of Apollo's cattle, the Homeric Hymns recount some of the most compelling and significant episodes in Greek mythology. They were recited at festivals to honor the Olympian gods and goddesses, to pray for divine favor, and for victory in singing contests. They stand now as works of great poetic force, full of grace and lyricism, ranging in tone from irony to solemnity, ebullience to grandeur. Enhanced with an informative introduction that explores the hymns' authorship, performance, literary qualities, and influence on later writers, this collection gives an intriguing view of the ancient Greek relationship between humans and the divine.[via]More editions of The Homeric Hymns:
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The Homeric Hymnsby Michael CruddenISBN 0192802402 (0-19-280240-2)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Homeric Hymns'Book summary:Most people are familiar, at least by repute, with Homer's two great epics, the Iliad and the Odyssey, but few are aware that other poems survive that were attributed to Homer in ancient times. The Homeric Hymns are now known to be the work of various poets working in the same tradition, probably during the seventh and sixth centuries BC. They honor the Greek gods, and recount some of the most attractive of the Greek myths. Four of them (Hymns 2-5) stand out by reason of their length and quality. The Hymn to Demeter tells what happened when Hades, lord of the dead, abducted Persephone, Demeter's daughter. The Hymn to Apollo describes Apollo's birth and the foundation of his Delphic oracle. In the Hymn to Hermes Apollo's cattle are stolen by a felonious infant--Hermes, the god of thieves. In the Hymn to Aphrodite the goddess of love herself becomes infatuated with a mortal man, the Trojan prince Ankhises.
This volume offers a faithful verse translation of all the hymns, Explanatory Notes, and a Glossary of Names. [via]More editions of The Homeric Hymns:
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The Ingenious Hidalgo Don Quixote De LA Manchaby Miguel De Cervantes Saavedra, John RutherfordISBN 0140448047 (0-14-044804-7)
Softcover, Penguin USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Ingenious Hidalgo Don Quixote De LA Mancha'Book summary:Don Quixote has become so entranced reading tales of chivalry that he decides to turn knight errant himself. In the company of his faithful squire, Sancho Panza, these exploits blossom in all sorts of wonderful ways. While Quixote's fancy often leads him astray- he tilts at windmills, imagining them to be giants- Sancho acquires cunning and a certain sagacity. Sane madman and wise fool, they roam the world together-and together they have haunted readers' imaginations for nearly four hundred years.
With its experimental form and literary playfulness, Don Quixote has been generally recognized as the first modern novel. This Penguin Classics edition includes John Rutherford's masterly new translation, which does full justice to the energy and wit of Cervantes's prose, as well as a brilliant new critical introduction by Roberto Gonzalez Echevarriá. [via]More editions of The Ingenious Hidalgo Don Quixote De LA Mancha:
Jason and the Golden Fleeceby Apollonius of Rhodes, Richard HunterISBN 0192824619 (0-19-282461-9)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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Jason And the Golden Fleeceby Rhodius ApolloniusISBN 0141026324 (0-14-102632-4)
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King Arthur and His Knights of the Round Tableby Roger Lancelyn Green, Lotte ReinigerISBN 014250100X (0-14-250100-X)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'King Arthur and His Knights of the Round Table'Book summary:This work is based on "Morte d' Arthur" written by Sir Thomas Malory. This story, which has so deeply impressed itself upon the hearts and minds of men, centers on the shadowy but heroic figure of Arthur, king of the Britons in the 5th or 6th century. It has flowed over time by being told by various authors, and on this current it carried the elements of all the influences and ideals that were gradually determining the nature and standards of the English-speaking world. Handsomely illustrated. [via]
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King Harald's Sagaby Magnus Magnusson, Paulsson HermanISBN 0140441832 (0-14-044183-2)
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Laxdaela Sagaby Magnus Magnusson, Hermann PalssonISBN 0140442189 (0-14-044218-9)
Softcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Laxdaela Saga'Book summary:Written around 1245 by an unknown author, the Laxdaela Saga is an extraordinary tale of conflicting kinships and passionate love, and one of the most compelling works of Icelandic literature. Covering 150 years in the lives of the inhabitants of the community of Laxriverdale, the saga focuses primarily upon the story of Gudrun Osvif's-daughter: a proud, beautiful, vain and desirable figure, who is forced into an unhappy marriage and destroys the only man she has truly loved - her husband's best friend. A moving tale of murder and sacrifice, romance and regret, the Laxdaela Saga is also a fascinating insight into an era of radical change - a time when the Age of Chivalry was at its fullest flower in continental Europe, and the Christian faith was making its impact felt upon the Viking world. [via]
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Le Morte D'Arthurby Janet Cowen, Thomas MaloryISBN 014043044X (0-14-043044-X)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Le Morte D'Arthur'Book summary:An immortal story of love, adventure, chivalry, treachery and death. Edited and first published by William Caxton in 1485, Le Morte D'Arthur is Sir Thomas Malory's unique and splendid version of the Arthurian legend. Mordred's treason, the knightly exploits of Tristan, Lancelot's fatally divided loyalties and his love for Guenever, the quest for the Holy Grail; all the elements are there woven into a wonderful completeness by the magic of his prose style. The result is not only one of the most readable accounts of the knights of the Round Table but also one of the most moving. As the story advances towards the inevitable tragedy of Arthur's death the effect is cumulative, rising with an impending sense of doom and tragedy towards its shattering finale. [via]
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Les Miserablesby Norman Denny, Victor HugoISBN 0140444300 (0-14-044430-0)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Les Miserables'Book summary:[via]He was no longer Jean Valjean, but No. 24601
Victor Hugos tale of injustice, heroism and love follows the fortunes of Jean Valjean, an escaped convict determined to put his criminal past behind him. But his attempts to become a respected member of the community are constantly put under threat: by his own conscience, when, owing to a case of mistaken identity, another man is arrested in his place; and by the relentless investigations of the dogged policeman Javert. It is not simply for himself that Valjean must stay free, however, for he has sworn to protect the baby daughter of Fantine, driven to prostitution by poverty. A compelling and compassionate view of the victims of early nineteenth-century French society, Les Misérables is a novel on an epic scale, moving inexorably from the eve of the battle of Waterloo to the July Revolution of 1830.
Norman Dennys introduction to his lively English translation discusses Hugos political and artistic aims in writing Les Misérables.
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The Mutabilitie Cantosby Edmund Spenser, Sheldon P. ZitnerISBN 0171731115 (0-17-173111-5)
Hardcover, Nelson
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Nibelungenliedby A.T. HattoISBN 0140441379 (0-14-044137-9)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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On Spartaby Plutarch, Richard TalberISBN 0140449434 (0-14-044943-4)
Softcover, Penguin Classics
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› Find signed collectible books: 'On Sparta'Book summary:[via]Plutarchs vivid and engaging portraits of the Spartans and their customs are a major source of our knowledge about the rise and fall of their remarkable Greek city-state between the sixth and third centuries BC. Through his Lives of Spartas leaders and his recording of memorable Spartan Sayings, he depicts a people who lived frugally and mastered their emotions in all aspects of life, who disposed of unhealthy babies in a deep chasm, introduced a gruelling regimen of military training for boys, and treated their serfs brutally. Rich in anecdote and detail, Plutarchs writing brings to life the personalities and achievements of Sparta with unparalleled flair and humanity.
Revised edition includes a new introduction , a new essay on Plutarch, notes, a glossary, updated further reading, and an index
Includes four maps and a list of the kings of Sparta to 222 BC
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Orlando Furiosoby Ludvico Aristo, Barbara ReynoldsISBN 0140443118 (0-14-044311-8)
Softcover, Viking Pr
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Plutarch on Spartaby Richard J.A. TalbertISBN 0140444637 (0-14-044463-7)
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The Poem of the Cidby Janet Perry, Rita Hamilton, Ian MichaelISBN 0140444467 (0-14-044446-7)
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The Poemsby Catullus, Whigham, Peter WhighamISBN 0140449817 (0-14-044981-7)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Poems'Book summary:One of the most versatile of Roman poets, Catullus wrote verse of an almost unparalleled diversity and stylistic agility, from the brevity of the epigram to the sustained elegance of the elegy. [via]
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The Poems of Catullusby Gaius Valerius Catullus, Peter WhighamISBN 0140441808 (0-14-044180-8)
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Poems of Heaven and Hell from Ancient Mesopotamiaby N.K. SandarsISBN 0140442499 (0-14-044249-9)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Poems of Heaven and Hell from Ancient Mesopotamia'Book summary:This book comprises five poems dating from the height of the Babylonian civilisation in the second millennium BC. They include "The New Babylonian Creation", which was recited at the new year festival in honour of the god Marduk and his conquest of Tiamat, "Inanna's Journey to Hell", in which the goddess of fertility descends into a gloomy wasteland of devils and darkness, and "Adapa: the Man", a story of man's fall from grace, not through disobedience but through blind obedience. N.K. Sanders also translated "The Epic of Gilgamesh". [via]
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Preludeby William Wordsworth, J.C. MaxwellISBN 0140801057 (0-14-080105-7)
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The Prelude: Or, Growth of a Poet's Mindby William Wordsworth, Ernest De SelincourtISBN 019281074X (0-19-281074-X)
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The Prelude: The Four Texts (1798, 1799, 1805, 1850)by William Wordsworth, Jonathan WordsworthISBN 0140433694 (0-14-043369-4)
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Purgatorioby Dante Alighieri, Robin KirkpatrickISBN 0140448969 (0-14-044896-9)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Purgatorio'Book summary:Climbing out of Hell, Dante in the Purgatorio reaches an island set in the southern ocean. This is Mount Purgatory, where he encounters the penitents who heroically endure their sufferings and speak of their time on Earth. Strange and fresh at every turn, Dante's narrative evokes the mountain landscape in terms of intense physical sensation, right up to the summit. There, before rising to heaven, he enters the Earthly Paradise, where he is movingly reunited with his lost love, Beatrice. This gloriously vivid portrayal of the search for redemption transformed the traditional conception of Purgatory and affirmed the dignity of human will and compassion.[via]More editions of Purgatorio:
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The Quest of the Holy Grailby Pauline Maud MatarassoISBN 0140442200 (0-14-044220-0)
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The Romance of Tristan: And the Tale of Tristan's Madnessby Beroul, Alan S. FedrickISBN 0140442308 (0-14-044230-8)
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Seven Viking Romancesby Hermann PalssonISBN 0140444742 (0-14-044474-2)
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Sir Gawain and the Green Knightby J.A. BurrowISBN 0140422951 (0-14-042295-1)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Sir Gawain and the Green Knight'Book summary:Although the date of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight is uncertain, and we know nothing about the author, its composition is roughly contemporary with Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales in the latter part of the fourteenth century.[via]It is a remarkably subtle and accomplished poem, in which the hero's knightly virtues of courage, courtesy and fidelity are put to the test in a strange adventure involving a huge green knight on a green horse, a winter journey, a lady in a mysterious castle and a challenge answered. It ranks as one of the greatest works of the English Middle Ages and perhaps the greatest triumph of the English alliterative tradition.
Unlike The Canterbury Tales, however, Sir Gawain is written in a dialect belonging to Cheshire, Lancashire or Staffordshire, and this seems more remote to the modern reader than Chaucer's London language. The aim of this edition has been to remove unnecessary impediments while retaining the integrity of the original. Notes and a glossary have been provided to assist an informed, critical reading of the text.
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The deal is I cut off his head now, and he cuts off mine a year later. What a jester, doesnt he know hell be dead?
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Sir Gawain and the Green Knightby Bernard O'DonoghueISBN 0140424539 (0-14-042453-9)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Sir Gawain and the Green Knight'Book summary:One of the greatest works of the Middle Ages, in a marvelous new verse translation[via]
Composed in the fourteenth century, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight is as beloved as it is venerable, combining the hallmarks of medieval romancepageantry, chivalry, and courtly lovewith the charm of fairy tales and heroic sagas.
When a mysterious green knight rides on horseback into King Arthurs court, interrupting a New Years feast, he issues a challenge: if any of King Arthurs men can behead him and he survives, then a year later he is entitled to return the strike. Sir Gawain takes up the challenge and decapitates the green knight, only to see him pick up his severed head and ride away, leaving Gawain to seek him out to fulfill their pact. Blending Celtic myth and Christian faith, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight is a Middle English masterpiece of magic, chivalry, and seduction.
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The deal is I cut off his head now, and he cuts off mine a year later. What a jester, doesnt he know hell be dead?
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Sir Gawain and the Green Knightby W. R. J. Barron, Brian StoneISBN 0140440925 (0-14-044092-5)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Sir Gawain and the Green Knight'Book summary:'Be prepared to perform what you promised, Gawain; Seek faithfully till you find me ...' A New Year's feast at King Arthur's court is interrupted by the appearance of a gigantic Green Knight, resplendent on horseback. He challenges any one of Arthur's men to behead him, provided that if he survives he can return the blow a year later. Sir Gawain accepts the challenge and decapitates the knight - but the mysterious warrior cheats death and vanishes, bearing his head with him. The following winter Gawain sets out to find the Knight in the wild Northern lands and to keep his side of the bargain. One of the great masterpieces of Middle English poetry, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight magically combines elements of fairy tale and heroic sagas with the pageantry, chivalry and courtly love of medieval Romance. Brian Stone's evocative translation is accompanied by an introduction that examines the Romance genre, and the poem's epic and pagan sources. This edition also includes essays discussing the central characters and themes, theories about authorship and Arthurian legends, and suggestions for further reading and notes. @GawainsWorld So listen here, some green man came to the hall and wants someone to cut his head off. Some sort of dare? Could be fun, right? The deal is I cut off his head now, and he cuts off mine a year later. What a jester, doesn't he know he'll be dead? This goblin fellow is totally dead. All seemed fine until Ichabod Crane here fell to the floor, stood up, and picked up his head. His head, in his hands. In HIS HANDS! From Twitterature: The World's Greatest Books in Twenty Tweets or Less [via]
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Songs of Innocence and of Experienceby William BlakeISBN 0192804871 (0-19-280487-1)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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Theogony and Works and Daysby HesiodISBN 0192817884 (0-19-281788-4)
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Troilus and Criseydeby Geoffrey Chaucer, B. A. WindeattISBN 0140424210 (0-14-042421-0)
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Voyage of Argoby Apollonius of RhodesISBN 0140440852 (0-14-044085-2)
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Walt Whitman's Song of Myself: A Sourcebook and Critical Editionby Walt WhitmanISBN 0146001893 (0-14-600189-3)
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War and Peaceby Leo TolstoyISBN 0140444173 (0-14-044417-3)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'War and Peace'Book summary:Set against the sweeping panoply of Napoleon's invasion of Russia, War and Peacepresented here in the first new English translation in forty yearsis often considered the greatest novel ever written. At its center are Pierre Bezukhov, searching for meaning in his life; cynical Prince Andrei, ennobled by wartime suffering; and Natasha Rostov, whose impulsiveness threatens to destroy her happiness. As Tolstoy follows the changing fortunes of his characters, he crafts a view of humanity that is both epic and intimate and that continues to define fiction at its most resplendent.[via]
* Includes an introduction, note on the translation, cast of characters, maps, notes on the major battles depicted, and chapter summaries
"The best translation so far of Tolstoy's masterpiece into English."
-Robert A. Maguire, professor emeritus of Russian studies, Columbia University
"In Tolstoy's work part of the translator's difficulty lies in conveying not only the simplicity but the subtlety of the book's scale and effect. . . . Briggs has rendered both with a particular exactness and a vigorous precision not to be found, I think, in any previous translation."
-John Bayley, author of Elegy for Iris
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The Waste Land and Other Poemsby T. S. Eliot, Frank KermodeISBN 014243731X (0-14-243731-X)
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› 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]
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The Waste Land, Prufrock and Other Poemsby T. S. Eliot, Frank KermodeISBN 0141180722 (0-14-118072-2)
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› 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.
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