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Adolpheby Benjamin Constant, Margaret Mauldon, Patrick ColemanISBN 0192839276 (0-19-283927-6)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Adolphe'Book summary:Adolphe enjoys all the advantages of a noble birth and an intellectual ability, yet he is haunted by the meaninglessness of life. Thus, he merely seeks distraction in the pursuit of the beautiful, but older and married Ellenore. The young Adolphe, inexperienced in the language of love, falls for her unexpectedly and falters under the burden of an illicit love that is destructive to his public career. Unable to commit himself fully to Ellenore, and yet unwilling to face the pain he would cause by leaving her, Adolphe finds himself incapable of resolving an increasingly tragic situation.
Written in a clear and thoughtful style, Adolphe (1816) reveals Constant's own experiences in love, while reflecting his anxieties for the possibility of any authentic commitment to someone other than ourselves, whether emotional or political, in a disenchanted world. [via]More editions of Adolphe:
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The Birth of Tragedyby Friedrich Nietzsche, Douglas SmithISBN 0192832921 (0-19-283292-1)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Birth of Tragedy'Book summary:In The Birth of Tragedy Nietzsche expounds on the origins of Greek tragedy and its relevance to the German culture of its time. He declares it to be the expression of a culture which has achieved a delicate but powerful balance between Dionysian insight into the chaos and suffering which underlies all existence and the discipline and clarity of rational Apollonian form. In order to promote a return to these values, Nietzsche critiques complacent rationalism of late nineteenth-century German culture and makes an impassioned plea for the regenerative potential of the music of Wagner. A wide ranging discussion of the nature of art, science, and religion, The Birth of Tragedy's argument raises important questions about the problematic nature of cultural origins which are still valid today. [via]
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The Book of Lamentationsby Rosario CastellanosISBN 0141180331 (0-14-118033-1)
Softcover, Penguin USA
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Boule de Suifby Guy De Maupassant, Roger ColetISBN 0146001435 (0-14-600143-5)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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Candideby Francois M. Voltaire, Michael Wood, Theo CuffeISBN 0143039423 (0-14-303942-3)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Candide'Book summary:Political satire doesn't age well, but occasionally a diatribe contains enough art and universal mirth to survive long after its timeliness has passed. Candide is such a book. Penned by that Renaissance man of the Enlightenment, Voltaire, Candide is steeped in the political and philosophical controversies of the 1750s. But for the general reader, the novel's driving principle is clear enough: the idea (endemic in Voltaire's day) that we live in the best of all possible worlds, and apparent folly, misery and strife are actually harbingers of a greater good we cannot perceive, is hogwash.
Telling the tale of the good-natured but star-crossed Candide (think Mr. Magoo armed with deadly force), as he travels the world struggling to be reunited with his love, Lady Cunegonde, the novel smashes such ill-conceived optimism to splinters. Candide's tutor, Dr. Pangloss, is steadfast in his philosophical good cheer, in the face of more and more fantastic misfortune; Candide's other companions always supply good sense in the nick of time. Still, as he demolishes optimism, Voltaire pays tribute to human resilience, and in doing so gives the book a pleasant indomitability common to farce. Says one character, a princess turned one-buttocked hag by unkind Fate: "I have wanted to kill myself a hundred times, but somehow I am still in love with life. This ridiculous weakness is perhaps one of our most melancholy propensities; for is there anything more stupid than to be eager to go on carrying a burden which one would gladly throw away, to loathe one's very being and yet to hold it fast, to fondle the snake that devours us until it has eaten our hearts away?"--Michael Gerber [via]
The Compact Oxford French Dictionaryby Marie-Helene Correard, Mary O'NeillISBN 019864535X (0-19-864535-X)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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Cruel Talesby Villiers De L'Isle-Adam, Robert BaldickISBN 0192816969 (0-19-281696-9)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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Eugenie Grandetby Honore De Balzac, Sylvia Raphael, Christopher PrendergastISBN 019280474X (0-19-280474-X)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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This is the question that fills the minds of the inhabitants of Saumur, the setting for Eugénie Grandet (1833), one of the earliest and most famous novels in Balzac's Comédie humaine. The Grandet household, oppressed by the exacting miserliness of Grandet himself, is jerked violently out of routine by the sudden arrival of Eugénie's cousin Charles, recently orphaned and penniless. Eugénie's emotional awakening, stimulated by her love for her cousin, brings her into direct conflict with her father, whose cunning and financial success are matched against her determination to rebel.
Eugénie's moving story is set against the backdrop of provincial oppression, the vicissitudes of the wine trade, and the workings of the financial system in the aftermath of the French Revolution. It is both a poignant portrayal of private life and a vigorous fictional document of its age. [via] 
Grammaire Francaiseby Jacqueline OllivierISBN 0155296752 (0-15-529675-2)
Softcover, Harcourt College Pub
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The Guermantes Wayby Marcel Proust, Christopher Prendergast, Mark TreharneISBN 0143039229 (0-14-303922-9)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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Hamletby William Shakespeare, G. R. HibbardISBN 0192834169 (0-19-283416-9)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Hamlet'Book summary:This edition of Hamlet represents a radically new text of the best known and most widely discussed of all Shakespearean tragedies. Arguing that the text currently accepted is not, in fact, the most authoritative version of the play, this new edition turns to the First Folio of 1623--Shakespeare's "fair copy"--that has been preserved for us in the Second Quarto. Introducing fresh theatrical momentum, this revision provides, as Shakespeare intended, a better, more practical acting script. [via]
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- Hamlet: ISBN 0192814486 (0-19-281448-6)
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Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr - Hamlet: ISBN 0216882117 (0-216-88211-7)
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Hamletby JenkinsISBN 0174434693 (0-17-443469-3)
Softcover, Cengage Learning
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Hamlet'Book summary:This edition offers a detailed insight into the work of Shakespeare expanding the individual's knowledge and appreciation of his work. [via]
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The Human Zooby Desmond MorrisISBN 0224617834 (0-224-61783-4)
Hardcover, Cape
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Human Zoo'Book summary:This study concerns the city dweller. Morris finds remarkable similarities with captive zoo animals and looks closely at the aggressive, sexual and parental behaviour of the human species under the stresses and pressures of urban living. [via]
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The Iliadby Homer, Robert FitzgeraldISBN 0192815946 (0-19-281594-6)
Softcover, Oxford University Press
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Iliad of Homerby Barbara Leonie PicardISBN 0192741470 (0-19-274147-0)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Iliad of Homer'Book summary:"Odysseus and his men put out to sea in twelve ships of fifty oars, their white sails unfurled and their blue-painted prows thrusting through the waves as the wind filled the sails: nigh on sixty men on board each ship. And the heart of every man was happy as he thought how at last, after ten weary years of battle, he would once again see Ithaca, which was his home."
Skillfully retold as clear, unencumbered narratives while retaining the dignity and excitment of Homer's original epic poems, The Iliad and The Odyssey were critically acclaimed as highly accessible editions for all ages when first published by Oxford in 1952. Now we are proud to reissue them in handsome paperback editions as part of the Oxford Myths and Legends series.
The Iliad describes the last years of the war between the Trojans and the Greeks with tales of heroes, battles, quarrels, and especially of Achilles--the greatest warrior among all the Greeks. The Odyssey continues the story after the fall of Troy, as Odysseus begins his exciting journey home. His voyage to Circe's enchanted island, down to the underworld, to the land of the Sirens, and finally home to patient Penelope remains one of the best adventure stories ever told.
All of the pride, daring, love, and revenge of these two enduring tales is captured in a way that spans ages and levels of familiarity with the works. Adults will find them the perfect complement to the originals for clarification or for pure reading pleasure. Younger children will love hearing the daring adventures read aloud, and young adults will appreciate a text that does not talk down to them, but is clear, understandable, and enjoyable. Joan Kiddell-Monroe's exquisite black and white illustrations blend a contemporary style with the classical and add to the timeless appeal of the stories.
Homer's great epics are brought to life in an immediate and engaging way for every member of the family and for all ages of students of classical literature in these two classic reissues. [via]More editions of Iliad of Homer:
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Iliad of Homerby Ennis Rees, HomerISBN 0195068262 (0-19-506826-2)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Iliad of Homer'Book summary:This translation of Homer's "Iliad" by the poet and classicist Ennis Rees attempts to be both faithful to the original and accessible to the modern reader. [via]
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The Iliad: The Epic Story of Troyby Robert FaglesISBN 0140997083 (0-14-099708-3)
Softcover, Viking Pr
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The Immoralistby Andre Gide, David WatsonISBN 0142180025 (0-14-218002-5)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Immoralist'Book summary:With today's headlines and talk shows, it takes a lot to shock a reader--certainly more than was required in 1902, when André Gide's The Immoralist was first published. What was seen then as a story of dereliction translates today into a tale of introspection and fierce self-discovery. While traveling to Tunis with his new bride, the Parisian scholar Michel is overcome by tuberculosis. As he slowly convalesces, he revels in the physical pleasures of living and resolves to forgo his studies of the past in order to experience the present--to let "the layers of acquired knowledge peel away from the mind like a cosmetic and reveal, in patches, the naked flesh beneath, the authentic being hidden there."
But this is not the Michel his colleagues knew, nor the man Marceline married, and he must hide his new values under the patina of what he now reviles. Bored by Parisian society, he moves to a family farm in Normandy. He is happy there, especially in the company of young Charles, but he must soon return to the city and academe. Michel remains restless until he gives his first lecture and runs into Ménalque, who has long outraged society, and recognizes in him a reflection of his torment. Finally, Michel heads south, deeper into the desert, until, as he confides to his friends, he is lost in the sea of sand, under a clear, directionless sky.
What Gide's story lacks in sensationalism is fulfilled by his descriptive prose, which evokes the exotic nature of Michel's inner and outer journey: "I did not understand the forbearance of this African earth, submerged for days at a time and now awakening from winter, drunk with water, bursting with new juices; it laughed in this springtime frenzy whose echo, whose image I perceived within myself." --Joannie Kervran Stangeland [via]
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LA Bete Humaineby Emile Zola, Roger PearsonISBN 0192838148 (0-19-283814-8)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'La Bete Humaine'Book summary:"La bete humaine" (1890), the 17th novel in the Rougon-Macquart series, is one of Zola's most violent and explicit works. On one level a tale of murder, passion, and possession, it is also a compassionate study of individuals derailed by atavistic forces beyond their control. This new translation captures Zola's fast-paced yet deliberately dispassionate style, while the introduction and detailed notes place the novel in its social, historical, and literary context. [via]
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LA Dame Aux Cameliasby Alexandre Dumas, David CowardISBN 0192836382 (0-19-283638-2)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'LA Dame Aux Camelias'Book summary:One of the greatest love stories of all time, this novel has fascinated generations of readers. Dumas's subtle and moving portrait of a woman in love is based on his own love affair with one of the most desirable courtesans in Paris. This is a completely new translation commissioned for the World's Classics. [via]
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La Princesse De Clevesby Madame De LafayetteISBN 0192826875 (0-19-282687-5)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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The Ladies' Paradiseby Emile ZolaISBN 0192836021 (0-19-283602-1)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Ladies' Paradise'Book summary:The Ladies Paradise (Au Bonheur des Dames) recounts the rise of the modern department store in late nineteenth-century Paris. The store is a symbol of capitalism, of the modern city, and of the bourgeois family: it is emblematic of changes in consumer culture and the changes in sexual attitudes and class relations taking place at the end of the century. This new translation of the eleventh novel in the Rougon-Macquart cycle captures the spirit of one of Zola's greatest works. [via]
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Les Liaisons Dangereusesby Choderlos De Laclos, Douglas ParmeeISBN 0192838679 (0-19-283867-9)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Les Liaisons Dangereuses'Book summary:Au petit jeu du libertinage, l'adorable Valmont et la délicieuse Madame de Merteuil se livrent à une compétition amicale et néanmoins acharnée : c'est à celui qui aura le plus de succès galants, et le moins de scrupules. Peu importent les sentiments, seule la jouissance compte. Les conquêtes se succèdent de part et d'autre, jusqu'à ce que Valmont rencontre la vertu incarnée : la présidente de Tourvel. Elle est belle, douce, mariée et chaste : en un mot, intouchable. Voilà une proie de choix pour Valmont : saura-t-il relever ce défi sans tomber dans les pièges de l'amour ? De lettre en lettre, les héros dévoilent leurs aventures, échangent leurs impressions et nous entraînent dans un tourbillon de plaisirs qui semble n'avoir pas de fin.
Ce sulfureux roman a longtemps été censuré, ce qui ne l'a pas empêché de fasciner des générations de lecteurs et, plus près de nous, de captiver bon nombre de cinéastes : Les Liaisons Dangereuses de Stephen Frears mais aussi les adaptations de Roger Vadim, et de Milos Forman. --Karla Manuele [via]
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Letters from an American Farmerby J. Hector St. John De Crevecoeur, Susan ManningISBN 0192838989 (0-19-283898-9)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Letters from an American Farmer'Book summary:Written by an emigrant French aristocrat turned farmer, the Letters from an American Farmer (1782) posed the famous question: "What, then, is the American, this new man?", as a new nation took shape before the eyes of the world. Addressing some of American literature's most pressing concerns and identity issues, these Letters celebrate personal determination, freedom from institutional oppression, and the largeness and fertility of the land. They also address darker and more symbolic elements, particularly slavery. This book is the only critical edition available of what is seen by many as the first-ever work of American literature. [via]
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Little Womenby Louisa May Alcott, Janet Allison Brown, Dinah DryhurstISBN 0141312025 (0-14-131202-5)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Little Women'Book summary:This popular series of readers has now been completely revised and updated, using a new syllabus and new word structure lists. Readability has been ensured by means of specially designed computer software. Words that are above level but essential to the story are explained within the text, illustrated, and then reused for maximum reinforcement. [via]
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Master And Margaritaby Mikhail Bulgakov, Richard Pevear, Larissa VolokhonskyISBN 0141180145 (0-14-118014-5)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'MASTER AND MARGARITA'Book summary:[via]Nothing in the whole of literature compares with The Master and Margarita. Full of pungency and wit, this luminous work is Bulgakov's crowning achievement, skilfully blending magical and realistic elements, grotesque situations and major ethical concerns. Written during the darkest period of Stalin's repressive reign and a devastating satire of Soviet life, it combines two distinct yet interwoven parts, one set in contemporary Moscow, the other in ancient Jerusalem, each brimming with incident and with historical, imaginary, frightful and wonderful characters. Although completed in 1940, The Master and Margarita was not published until 1966 when the first section appeared in the monthly magazine Moskva. Russians everywhere responded enthusiastically to the novel's artistic and spiritual freedom and it was an immediate and enduring success. This new translation has been made from the complete and unabridged Russian text.
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Much Ado About Nothingby William Shakespeare, Sheldon P. ZitnerISBN 0192834185 (0-19-283418-5)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Much Ado About Nothing'Book summary:Authoritative and accessible editions for schools and colleges, offering:
Complete and unabridged text
Clear, concise notes, adjacent to text for easy reference
Detailed explanations of difficult words and passages
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Thorough, updated notes feature:
Social, historical, and literary context
Insights into the play, and its characters and themes
Lively and focused teaching ideas, including drama activities
Suggestions for further reading and resources
Guidance on Shakespeare's language
Biographical and source information
Plot synopsis and commentary [via]More editions of Much Ado About Nothing:
- Much Ado About Nothing: ISBN 0198321473 (0-19-832147-3)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr - Much Ado About Nothing: ISBN 0174434820 (0-17-443482-0)
Softcover, Thomson Learning - Much Ado About Nothing: ISBN 0192826204 (0-19-282620-4)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr - Much Ado About Nothing: ISBN 0198320078 (0-19-832007-8)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr - Much Ado About Nothing: ISBN 0198320566 (0-19-832056-6)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr - Much Ado About Nothing: ISBN 0195217977 (0-19-521797-7)
Hardcover, Oxford Univ Pr - Much Ado About Nothing: ISBN 0192834185 (0-19-283418-5)
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- Much Ado About Nothing: ISBN 0198321473 (0-19-832147-3)
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The Name of the Roseby Umberto Eco, William WeaverISBN 0156001314 (0-15-600131-4)
Softcover, Harvest Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Name of the Rose'Book summary:It is the year 1327. Franciscans in an Italian abbey are suspected of heresy, but Brother William of Baskervilles investigation is suddenly overshadowed by seven bizarre deaths. Translated by William Weaver. A Helen and Kurt Wolff Book[via]More editions of The Name of the Rose:
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The Odysseyby Homer, Robert Fagles, Bernard MacGregor Walker KnoxISBN 0143039954 (0-14-303995-4)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Odyssey'Book summary:The first English prose translation of Homer's The Odyssey to appear in over thirty years, Shewring's translation comes as close to the spirit of the original Greek as our language will allow. [via]
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The Odysseyby Geraldine McCaughrean, Victor G. AmbrusISBN 0192741837 (0-19-274183-7)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Odyssey'Book summary:The story of Odysseus is told in this first installment of a four-volume series using lively, modern language to bring ancient myths to life for contemporary young readers. [via]
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The Odyssey of Homerby Barbara Leonie Picard, Joan Kiddell-MonroeISBN 0192741462 (0-19-274146-2)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Odyssey of Homer'Book summary:A collection of Homer's famous stories from "The Odyssey", retold for children. [via]
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The Odyssey of Homerby Bernard Knox, T. E. LawrenceISBN 0195068181 (0-19-506818-1)
Hardcover, Oxford Univ Pr on Demand
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Odyssey of Homer'Book summary:Colonel T.E. Lawrence was one of the most flamboyant figures of his era, known throughout the Western world as Lawrence of Arabia. Glory-seeking yet self-effacing, this soldier, archaeologist, spy, and scholar was a war hero whom Winston Churchill called "one of the greatest men of our time." Less well known were his abilities as historian and author, which won him the admiration of such writers as Ezra Pound, W.H. Auden, and Robert Graves.
While stationed on a desolate R.A.F. outpost on the fringes of the Karachi desert in India, Lawrence began his acclaimed translation of The Odyssey. He devoted himself to the project for four years, and during that time he came to feel that he was uniquely suited to the task. "I have hunted wild boars and watched wild lions," he wrote. "Built boats and killed many men. So I have odd knowledges that qualify me to understand The Odyssey, and odd experiences that interpret it to me." Relying on an innate sense of language and truly gifted abilities at translation, Lawrence transformed Homer's Odyssey into mellifluous prose. The result was an overnight bestseller. The New York Herald Tribune hailed it "perhaps the most interesting translation of the world's most interesting book," and The New York Times called it "ruggedly and roughly masculine" and added that it "gives a vividness to the story beyond any other text familiar to us."
Lawrence breathes new life into the adventures of Odysseus, smoothing the reader's path through a fantastic array of monsters, temptresses, gods, and goddesses. For a generation of readers accustomed to verse translations of Homer, this bold and vivid prose version is well worth rediscovery. [via]More editions of The Odyssey of Homer:
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The Odyssey World Classicby HomerISBN 0192815423 (0-19-281542-3)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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The Owl and the Pussy-Catby Edward Lear, Gwen FultonISBN 0224014005 (0-224-01400-5)
Hardcover, Cape
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The Oxford-Duden Pictorial French and English DictionaryISBN 0198691548 (0-19-869154-8)
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Phenomenology of Spiritby G. W. F. HegelISBN 0198245971 (0-19-824597-1)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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Princesse De Cleves:The Princesse De Montpensier; The Comtesse De Tendeby Terence Cave, LA FayetteISBN 0192837265 (0-19-283726-5)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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Retreat From Loveby Colette, Margaret CroslandISBN 0156765888 (0-15-676588-8)
Softcover, Harcourt
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Romeo and Julietby William Shakespeare, Peter HollandISBN 0140714847 (0-14-071484-7)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Romeo and Juliet'Book summary:This innovative edition of one of Shakespeare's most beloved plays offers modernized texts not only of the 1599 quarto but also of the short, or "bad" quarto of 1597, regarding each as witness to a "mobile text" which changed in composition as Shakespeare wrote it and which has continued to evolve throughout its richly varied history, both in the theatre and in film, television, opera, and ballet. The more familiar 1599 text is accompanied by a detailed explanatory commentary. The Introduction traces the Romeo and Juliet narrative from its origins in myth through its adaptation in the novella, and shows how Shakespeare's transmutation of the story reflects contemporary concerns with love, death, adolescence, and patriarchism. [via]
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- Romeo and Juliet: ISBN 0192814966 (0-19-281496-6)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr - Romeo and Juliet: ISBN 019832149X (0-19-832149-X)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr - Romeo and Juliet: ISBN 0174434715 (0-17-443471-5)
Softcover, Thomson Learning - Romeo and Juliet: ISBN 0198319231 (0-19-831923-1)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr - Romeo and Juliet: ISBN 019831972X (0-19-831972-X)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr - Romeo and Juliet: ISBN 0198320248 (0-19-832024-8)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr - Romeo and Juliet: ISBN 0198320256 (0-19-832025-6)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr - Romeo and Juliet: ISBN 0140714847 (0-14-071484-7)
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Sentimental Educationby Gustave Flaubert, Douglas ParmeeISBN 0192836226 (0-19-283622-6)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Sentimental Education'Book summary:This is a reissue of the previous World's Classics edition in the new, larger format and with the series name changed to 'Oxford World's Classics'. [via]
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Shakespeare in Performance: An Introduction through Six Major Playsby William Shakespeare, John Russell BrownISBN 015580829X (0-15-580829-X)
Hardcover, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich
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Soccer Tribeby Desmond MorrisISBN 022401935X (0-224-01935-X)
Hardcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Soccer Tribe'Book summary:There are hundreds of soccer books, but never before one which can actually change the way you see the game. Followers of Desmond Morris will enjoy his description of soccer as a modern counterpart of the primeval hunting pattern, and anyone who knows little of the game will soon want to find out more. In short, the book is a colourful, lively and unbiased presentation of the soccer lifestyle and an explanation of the increasingly important role the sport has to play in modern society. Lavishly illustrated with more than 580 photographs, nearly 500 of them in colour, and many charts and diagrams, the book is divided into forty-four short chapters, each taking one vital aspect of the life of the Soccer Tribesmen. Here are the Tribal Rituals (the taboos and punishments, the goals and strategies); the Tribal Heroes (their skills and superstitions, their triumphs and defeats); the Tribal Trappings ( the balls, the costumes, the banners and badges, the trophies and medals); the Tribal Elders (the director and referees, the managers and trainers); the Tribal Followers (old and young, celebrities and fans); and the Tribal Tongue (the chants and slogans, the cheers and curses). No one who opens this book can fail to recognise that the phenomenon of football is even more remarkable than we think. [via]
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Sodom and Gomorrahby Marcel Proust, John SturrockISBN 0143039318 (0-14-303931-8)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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The Story of the Chevalier Des Grieux and Manon Lescautby Abbe Prevost, Angela ScholarISBN 0192840657 (0-19-284065-7)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Story of the Chevalier Des Grieux and Manon Lescaut'Book summary:"The sweetness of her glance, or rather my evil star already in its ascendant and drawing me to my ruin, did not allow me to hesitate for a moment."
So begins the story of Manon Lescaut, a tale of passion and betrayal, of delinquency and misalliance, which moves from early eighteenth-century Paris--with its theatres, assemblies, and gaming-houses-via prison and deportation to a tragic denouement in the treeless wastes of Louisiana. It is one of the great love stories, and also one of the most enigmatic: how reliable a witness is Des Grieux, Manon's lover, whose tale he narrates? Is Manon a thief and a whore, the image of love itself, or a thoroughly modern woman? Prévost is careful to leave the ambiguities unresolved, and to lay bare the disorders of passion.
This new translation includes the vignette and eight illustrations that were approved by Prévost and first published in the edition of 1753. [via]More editions of The Story of the Chevalier Des Grieux and Manon Lescaut:
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Three Talesby Gustave Flaubert, A.J. KrailsheimerISBN 0192836315 (0-19-283631-5)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Three Tales'Book summary:Three Tales offers an excellent introduction to the work of one of the world's greatest novelists. A Simple Heart is set in the Normandy of Flaubert's childhood, while Saint Julian and Herodias draw on medieval myth and the biblical story of John the Baptist for their inspiration. Each of the tales invites comparison with one or other of Flaubert's novels, but they also reveal a fresh and distinctive side to the writers's genius. [via]
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Tibetan Book of the Deadby W. Y. Evans-WentzISBN 0195002237 (0-19-500223-7)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Tibetan Book of the Dead'Book summary:The Tibetan Book of the Dead is one of the texts that, according to legend, Padma-Sambhava was compelled to hide during his visit to Tibet in the late 8th century. The guru hid his books in stones, lakes, and pillars because the Tibetans of that day and age were somehow unprepared for their teachings. Now, in the form of the ever-popular Tibetan Book of the Dead, these teachings are constantly being discovered and rediscovered by Western readers of many different backgrounds--a phenomenon which began in 1927 with Oxford's first edition of Dr. Evans-Wentz's landmark volume. While it is traditionally used as a mortuary text, to be read or recited in the presence of a dead or dying person, this book--which relates the whole experience of death and rebirth in three intermediate states of being--was originally understood as a guide not only for the dead but also for the living. As a contribution to the science of death and dying--not to mention the belief in life after death, or the belief in rebirth--The Tibetan Book of the Dead is unique among the sacred texts of the world, for its socio-cultural influence in this regard is without comparison.
This fourth edition features a new foreword, afterword, and suggested further reading list by Donald S. Lopez, author of Prisoners of Shangri-La: Tibetan Buddhism and the West. Lopez traces the whole history of the late Evans-Wentz's three earlier editions of this book, fully considering the work of contributors to previous editions (C. G. Jung among them), the sections that were added by Evans-Wentz along the way, the questions surrounding the book's translation, and finally the volume's profound importance in engendering both popular and academic interest in the religion and culture of Tibet. Another key theme that Lopez addresses is the changing nature of this book's audience--from the prewar theosophists to the beat poets to the hippies to contemporary exponents of the hospice movement--and what these audiences have found (or sought) in its very old pages. [via]More editions of Tibetan Book of the Dead:
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The Tibetan Book of the Dead: First Complete Translation The Great Liberation by Hearing In the Intermediate Statesby Graham Coleman, Thupten Jinpa, Gyurme DorjeISBN 0143104942 (0-14-310494-2)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Tibetan Book of the Dead: First Complete Translation The Great Liberation by Hearing In the Intermediate States'Book summary:Hailed as a "tremendous accomplishment," the first complete translation of a classic Buddhist text[via]
Graced with opening words by His Holiness The Dalai Lama, the Penguin Deluxe Edition of The Tibetan Book of the Dead is "immaculately rendered in an English both graceful and precise." Translated with the close support of leading contemporary masters, this book faithfully presents the insights and intentions of the original work. It includes one of the most detailed and compelling descriptions of the after-death state in world literature, practices that can transform our experience of daily life, guidance on helping those who are dying, and an inspirational perspective on coping with bereavement. The vivid, embossed cover and beautiful, deckled-edged pages also make this the perfect gift for a loved one.More editions of The Tibetan Book of the Dead: First Complete Translation The Great Liberation by Hearing In the Intermediate States:
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The Tibetan Book of the Dead: Or, the After-Death Experiences on the Bardo Plane, According to Lama Kazi Dawa-Samdup's English Renderingby Karma-Glin-Pa, Donald S. LopezISBN 0195133129 (0-19-513312-9)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Tibetan Book of the Dead: Or, the After-Death Experiences on the Bardo Plane, According to Lama Kazi Dawa-Samdup's English Rendering'Book summary:The Tibetan Book of the Dead is one of the texts that, according to legend, Padma-Sambhava was compelled to hide during his visit to Tibet in the late 8th century. The guru hid his books in stones, lakes, and pillars because the Tibetans of that day and age were somehow unprepared for their teachings. Now, in the form of the ever-popular Tibetan Book of the Dead, these teachings are constantly being discovered and rediscovered by Western readers of many different backgrounds--a phenomenon which began in 1927 with Oxford's first edition of Dr. Evans-Wentz's landmark volume. While it is traditionally used as a mortuary text, to be read or recited in the presence of a dead or dying person, this book--which relates the whole experience of death and rebirth in three intermediate states of being--was originally understood as a guide not only for the dead but also for the living. As a contribution to the science of death and dying--not to mention the belief in life after death, or the belief in rebirth--The Tibetan Book of the Dead is unique among the sacred texts of the world, for its socio-cultural influence in this regard is without comparison.
This fourth edition features a new foreword, afterword, and suggested further reading list by Donald S. Lopez, author of Prisoners of Shangri-La: Tibetan Buddhism and the West. Lopez traces the whole history of the late Evans-Wentz's three earlier editions of this book, fully considering the work of contributors to previous editions (C. G. Jung among them), the sections that were added by Evans-Wentz along the way, the questions surrounding the book's translation, and finally the volume's profound importance in engendering both popular and academic interest in the religion and culture of Tibet. Another key theme that Lopez addresses is the changing nature of this book's audience--from the prewar theosophists to the beat poets to the hippies to contemporary exponents of the hospice movement--and what these audiences have found (or sought) in its very old pages. [via]More editions of The Tibetan Book of the Dead: Or, the After-Death Experiences on the Bardo Plane, According to Lama Kazi Dawa-Samdup's English Rendering:
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The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarkby William Shakespeare, G. B. HarrisonISBN 0156384108 (0-15-638410-8)
Hardcover, Harcourt, Brace & World
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Twenty Years Afterby Alexandre Dumas, David CowardISBN 0192838431 (0-19-283843-1)
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Uncle Tom's Cabinby Harriet Beecher Stowe, Jean Fagan YellinISBN 0192827871 (0-19-282787-1)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Uncle Tom's Cabin'Book summary:There may be no other novel in American history as significant as Uncle Tom's Cabin. A feat of gripping storytelling--the first American work of fiction to become an international bestseller--no other book so effectively expressed the moral case against the "peculiar institution" of slavery.
Oxford University Press is pleased to announce a special 150th anniversary edition of this American classic. This volume features a new introduction by Charles Johnson, recipient of a MacArthur Foundation fellowship and winner of the National Book Award for his 1990 novel Middle Passage. Johnson examines Uncle Tom's Cabin with an eye that is at once appreciative and critical, discussing its considerable craft, its impact on its 1852 audience, and its "ineluctably racist" view of African Americans. He describes how Stowe created vibrant and dramatic characters from all levels of Southern society--the mulatto genius George Harris, his light-skinned wife Eliza, the vicious slave trader Dan Haley, the guilt-ridden Augustine St. Clare--hurling them along truly exciting plotlines. She also infused her book with her then-controversial awareness of the humanity of black men and women, giving her audience a sense of the personal reality of the horrors of slavery. But even as sympathetic an author as Stowe, Johnson observes, substituted one kind of racism for another, depicting her black characters with a patronizing condescension.
A classic of American fiction, a pivotal moment in history, and a cultural touchstone, Uncle Tom's Cabin has not lost its relevance or its power. With this insightful new introduction by one of our finest writers, it deserves a place on a bookshelf in every home. [via] -
The Voyages of Odysseusby Homer, D. C. H. Rieu, E. V. RieuISBN 0146001516 (0-14-600151-6)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Voyages of Odysseus'Book summary:One of 60 low-priced classic texts published to celebrate Penguin's 60th anniversary. All the titles are extracts from "Penguin Classics" titles. [via]
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The Wizard of Ozby L. Frank Baum, Michael CavallaroISBN 0142404713 (0-14-240471-3)
Softcover, Puffin
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Wizard of Oz'Book summary:For many of us, the adventures of Dorothy in Oz will forever be associated not with Judy Garland singing "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" but with W. W. Denslow's exceedingly odd line drawings for the original editions of Baum's Oz series. The Viennese artist Lisbeth Zwerger, however, goes a long way toward providing a new and refreshed set of images for the Tin Man, the Cowardly Lion, and the humbug wizard. These illustrations are often cockeyed, with occasional realistic details thrown in, like a crow with a corncob in its beak in the first portrait of the Scarecrow. The characters have a poignance and oddity that escaped the makers of the Oz movie. [via]
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The Wonderful Wizard of Ozby L. Frank Baum, W. W. DenslowISBN 0192839306 (0-19-283930-6)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Wonderful Wizard of Oz'Book summary:In spite of the fact that L. Frank Baum's The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1900) is one of the most popular stories in America, relatively few people have actually read the book. It's well worth the effort! Young readers expecting rainbows, Munchkin songs, and wicked witches with burning brooms will instead find a complex country populated with mocking Hammerhead men, dainty people made out of china, and fierce monsters with heads of tigers and bodies of bears. Through the fantastic land of Oz ramble Dorothy and her trusty companions--Toto, the Scarecrow, the Tin Woodman, and the Lion--each seeking his or her heart's desire. Although the premise of the book and the 1939 movie is the same, the book--as so often is the case--delivers a far more subtle and intricate plot. A child's imagination will run rampant in these pages as one extraordinary creature after another leads the motley crew into strange and magical adventures. (All ages) --Emilie Coulter [via]
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The Wonderful World of Ozby L. Frank Baum, Jack David ZipesISBN 0141180854 (0-14-118085-4)
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Zazie in the Metroby Barbara Wright, Raymond QueneauISBN 0142180041 (0-14-218004-1)
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Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secretsby J. K. Rowling, Darakhshanda Asghar KhokharISBN 0195798767 (0-19-579876-7)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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Grammaire Francaiseby Jacqueline OllivierISBN 0155006614 (0-15-500661-4)
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