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Age of Revolution 1789 1848by Eric J. HobsbawnISBN 0451627202 (0-451-62720-2)
Softcover, New Amer Library
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Agincourt: Henry V and the Battle That Made Englandby Juliet BarkerISBN 0316015040 (0-316-01504-0)
Softcover, Back Bay Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Agincourt: Henry V and the Battle That Made England'Book summary:From a master historian comes an astonishing chronicle of life in medieval Europe and the battle that altered the course of an empire.Although almost six centuries old, the Battle of Agincourt still captivates the imaginations of men and women on both sides of the Atlantic. It has been immortalized in high culture (Shakespeare's Henry V) and low (the New York Post prints Henry's battle cry on its editorial page each Memorial Day).It is the classic underdog story in the history of warfare, and generations have wondered how the English-outnumbered by the French six to one-could have succeeded so bravely and brilliantly. Drawing upon a wide range of sources, eminent scholar Juliet Barker casts aside the legend and shows us that the truth behind Agincourt is just as exciting, just as fascinating, and far more significant. She paints a gripping narrative of the October 1415 clash between outnumbered English archers and heavily armored French knights.But she also takes us beyond the battlefield into palaces and common cottages to bring into vivid focus an entire medieval world in flux. Populated with chivalrous heroes, dastardly spies, and a ferocious and bold king, AGINCOURT is as earthshaking as its subject-and will confirm Juliet Barker's status as both a historian and a storyteller of the first rank. [via]
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Agincourt: The King, the Campaign, the Battleby Juliet R.V. BarkerISBN 0316726486 (0-316-72648-6)
Hardcover, Little, Brown
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The Birth of France: Warriors, Bishops and Long-Haired Kingsby Katharine SchermanISBN 0394560892 (0-394-56089-2)
Hardcover, Random House Inc
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The Black Tulipby Alexandre DumasISBN 0460001744 (0-460-00174-4)
Hardcover, J M Dent & Sons Ltd
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Black Tulip'Book summary:A deceptively simple story and the shortest of Dumas's most famous novels, The Black Tulip (1850) weaves historical events surrounding a brutal murder into a tale of romantic love. Set in Holland in 1672, this timeless political allegory draws on the violence and crimes of history, making a case against tyranny and creating a symbol of justice and tolerance: the fateful tulipa negra. [via]
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Bon Appetit: Travels Through France With Knife, Fork and Corkscrewby Peter MayleISBN 0316857025 (0-316-85702-5)
Hardcover, Trafalgar Square
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The Cat Who Went to Parisby Peter GethersISBN 0449907635 (0-449-90763-5)
Softcover, Ballantine Books
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Before Peter Gethers met Norton, the publisher, screenwriter, and author was a confirmed cat-hater. Then everything changed. Peter opened his heart to the Scottish Fold kitten and their adventures to Paris, Fire Island, and in the subways of Manhattan took on the color of legend and mutual love. THE CAT WHO WENT TO PARIS proves that sometimes all it takes is paws and personality to change a life.
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A Concise History Of Franceby Roger PriceISBN 052136809X (0-521-36809-X)
Softcover, Cambridge Univ Pr
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The Confusionby Neal StephensonISBN 0434012386 (0-434-01238-6)
Softcover, Heinemann
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Confusion'Book summary:Thrown back into a web of international intrigue, Eliza must contend with all manner of characters, including buccaneers, poisoners, Jesuits, financial manipulators, and ever the stray cryptographer or two.-In this hugely ambitious, profoundly compelling adventure, Neal Stephenson brings to life a cast of unforgettable characters in a time of breathtaking genius and discovery - men and women whose exploits defined an age known as the Baroque. [via]
The Counterfeitersby Andre GideISBN 0394718429 (0-394-71842-9)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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The Courtesanby Susan CarrollISBN 0345437977 (0-345-43797-7)
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Death Comes As Epiphanyby Sharan NewmanISBN 0312854196 (0-312-85419-6)
Hardcover, St Martins Pr
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Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denimby David SedarisISBN 0316010790 (0-316-01079-0)
Softcover, Little Brown & Co
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Dress Your Family In Corduroy And Denim'Book summary:It just isnt fair: most of us would be lucky to be able to express ourselves in writing half as well as David Sedaris does in his new book, Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim. But on top of his skills with the written word, the author also has substantial gifts as a performer, and he proves this on the audio version of the book. In his essay The Change in Me,Sedaris remembers that his mother was good at imitating people, and its clear that he takes after her. Whether hes doing impressions of high-voiced brother Paul, or recalling times when he and his sisters tried to win good karma by speaking and acting like well-behaved, fairytale children, Sedariss nuanced performance hits the right note on both the opening, comedic stories, and the more poignant essays that tend to come later in the reading. In fact, for those who have already read some of the best stories in other publications including The New Yorker, the CD or cassette version of this collection is probably the best bet for furthering your appreciation of the material.
Sedariss career is closely linked with two things: audio (he was discovered by NPRs Ira Glass), and the personal lives of himself and his family. In Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim, he describes fights with his boyfriend, and his sister-in-laws difficult pregnancy. When sister Lisa complains about the stories involving the family, he writes about that, too. Sedaris's latest provides more evidence that he is a great humorist, memoirist and raconteur, and readers are lucky to have the opportunity to know him so well. Perhaps they are luckier still not to know him personally. --Leah Weathersby [via]
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Early Modern France 1560-1715by Robin BriggsISBN 0192892843 (0-19-289284-3)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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Eleanor of Aquitaineby Kristiana GregoryISBN 0439164842 (0-439-16484-2)
Hardcover, Scholastic
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The Essential Rousseauby Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Lowell Blair, Lowell BairISBN 0452010314 (0-452-01031-4)
Softcover, New Amer Library
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Ford Madox Ford: And His Relationship to Stephen Crane and Henry Jamesby Brita Lindberg-SeyerstedISBN 0391035428 (0-391-03542-8)
Hardcover, Solum Forlag
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The French Chef Cookbookby Julia ChildISBN 037571006X (0-375-71006-X)
Softcover, Alfred a Knopf Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The French Chef Cookbook'Book summary:The seminal cooking program that made Julia Child a household name--and forever changed the face of America's dinner table
For the millions of cooking enthusiasts who loved the "The French Chef," and for the millions more who never had the opportunity to see this groundbreaking TV series when it first aired more than three decades ago, here is the complete thirtieth anniversary collection of all the recipes from the show that revolutionized American cuisine.
These beloved recipes--slightly simplified selections from Julia Child's classic Mastering the Art of French Cooking--have been fine-tuned to perfection. Filled with sumptuous and timeless French favorites such as Cassoulet, Lobster Thermidor, and Chocolate Soufflé, The French Chef Cookbook puts in print, session by session, dish by dish, the most widely attended and enthusiastically admired cooking course ever given in America.
Enlivened with quintessential photographs from the set of "The French Chef," this book captures the wit, acumen, and accessibility that have made Julia Child an American treasure. [via]More editions of The French Chef Cookbook:
The French Revolutionby John Morris RobertsISBN 0192892924 (0-19-289292-4)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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The French Revolutionby Claude ManceronISBN 0394489020 (0-394-48902-0)
Hardcover, Knopf
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The French Revolution: Class War or Culture Clash?by T. C. W. BlanningISBN 0312175213 (0-312-17521-3)
Softcover, Palgrave Macmillan
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Giovanni's Roomby James BaldwinISBN 0385334583 (0-385-33458-3)
Softcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Giovanni's Room'Book summary:Set in the contemporary Paris of American expatraites, liasons, and violence, a young man finds himself caught between desire and conventional morality. James Baldwin's brilliant narrative delves into the mystery of loving with a sharp, probing imagination, and he creates a moving, highly controversial story of death and passion that reveals the unspoken complexities of the heart. [via]
The Great Book of French Impressionismby Diane Kelder, Random House Value Publishing StaffISBN 0517445468 (0-517-44546-8)
Hardcover, Random House Value Publishing
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Herculin Barbinby MacHel FoucaultISBN 0394508211 (0-394-50821-1)
Hardcover, Random House Inc
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Herculine Barbin: Being the Recently Discovered Memoirs of a Nineteenth-Century French Hermaphroditeby Herculine BarbinISBN 0394738624 (0-394-73862-4)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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Interview With the Vampireby Anne RiceISBN 0345337662 (0-345-33766-2)
Softcover, Ballantine Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Interview With the Vampire'Book summary:In the now-classic novel Interview with the Vampire, Anne Rice refreshed the archetypal vampire myth for a late-20th-century audience. The story is ostensibly a simple one: having suffered a tremendous personal loss, an 18th-century Louisiana plantation owner named Louis Pointe du Lac descends into an alcoholic stupor. At his emotional nadir, he is confronted by Lestat, a charismatic and powerful vampire who chooses Louis to be his fledgling. The two prey on innocents, give their "dark gift" to a young girl, and seek out others of their kind (notably the ancient vampire Armand) in Paris. But a summary of this story bypasses the central attractions of the novel. First and foremost, the method Rice chose to tell her tale--with Louis' first-person confession to a skeptical boy--transformed the vampire from a hideous predator into a highly sympathetic, seductive, and all-too-human figure. Second, by entering the experience of an immortal character, one raised with a deep Catholic faith, Rice was able to explore profound philosophical concerns--the nature of evil, the reality of death, and the limits of human perception--in ways not possible from the perspective of a more finite narrator.
While Rice has continued to investigate history, faith, and philosophy in subsequent Vampire novels (including The Vampire Lestat, The Queen of the Damned, The Tale of the Body Thief, Memnoch the Devil, and The Vampire Armand), Interview remains a treasured masterpiece. It is that rare work that blends a childlike fascination for the supernatural with a profound vision of the human condition. --Patrick O'Kelley [via]
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Let's Go 2000 Parisby Anna M. Schneider-MayersonISBN 0312244797 (0-312-24479-7)
Softcover, St Martins Pr
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Let's Go 2002 Paris: City Guideby Anne JumpISBN 0312270518 (0-312-27051-8)
Softcover, St Martins Pr
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Let's Go 2003 Parisby Sarah RobinsonISBN 0312305877 (0-312-30587-7)
Softcover, St Martins Pr
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Let's Go Parisby Let's Go, IncISBN 0312360886 (0-312-36088-6)
Softcover, Let's Go Travel Guides
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Let's Go Parisby Let's Go, Inc. Staff, Maude EmersonISBN 0312335555 (0-312-33555-5)
Softcover, St. Martin's Press
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Let's Go Paris'Book summary:Completely revised and updated, Let's Go: Paris is your insider's guide to the City of Light. Our forty-five years of travel savvy deliver everything you need to know to be mistaken for a native, from an expanded introduction to contemporary Paris to tips on ordering un café like a local. This edition examines Paris from every angle, telling you where to find falafel on rue de Rosiers and giving you opportunities to experience the city's social issues first-hand. So, whether you'd rather savor foie gras under the gaze of wine-making wax monks or stroll the cobblestone Quai de Valmy near the locks of Canal St-Martin, Let's Go can show you the way.[via]More editions of Let's Go Paris:
Life With Picassoby Carlton Lake, Francoise and Carlton Lake GilotISBN 0385261861 (0-385-26186-1)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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Louis XI: The Universal Spiderby Paul Murray KendallISBN 0393302601 (0-393-30260-1)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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Love and Louis XIV: The Women in the Life of the Sun Kingby Antonia FraserISBN 0385509847 (0-385-50984-7)
Hardcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Love and Louis XIV: The Women in the Life of the Sun King'Book summary:The self-proclaimed Sun King, Louis XIV ruled over the most glorious and extravagant court in seventeenth-century Europe. Now, Antonia Fraser goes behind the well-known tales of Louiss accomplishments and follies, exploring in riveting detail his intimate relationships with women.
The kings mother, Anne of Austria, had been in a childless marriage for twenty-two years before she gave birth to Louis XIV. A devout Catholic, she instilled in her son a strong sense of piety and fought successfully for his right to absolute power. In 1660, Louis married his first cousin, Marie-Thérèse, in a political arrangement. While unfailingly kind to the official "Queen of Versailles," Louis sought others to satisfy his romantic and sexual desires. After a flirtation with his sister-in-law, his first important mistress was Louise de La Vallière, who bore him several children before being replaced by the tempestuous and brilliant Athénaïs, marquise de Montespan. Later, when Athénaïss reputation was tarnished, the king continued to support her publicly until Athénaïs left court for a life of repentance. Meanwhile her childrens governess, the intelligent and seemingly puritanical Françoise de Maintenon, had already won the kings affections; in a relationship in complete contrast to his physical obsession with Athénaïs, Louis XIV lived happily with Madame de Maintenon for the rest of his life, very probably marrying her in secret. When his grandsons child bride, the enchanting Adelaide of Savoy, came to Versaille she lightened the kings last yearsuntil tragedy struck.
With consummate skill, Antonia Fraser weaves insights into the nature of womens religious livesas well as such practical matters as contraceptioninto her magnificent, sweeping portrait of the king, his court, and his ladies. [via]More editions of Love and Louis XIV: The Women in the Life of the Sun King:
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Madness and Civilizationby M. FOUCAULTISBN 0415253853 (0-415-25385-3)
Softcover, Taylor and Francis
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Marie Antoinetteby Kathryn LaskyISBN 0439076668 (0-439-07666-8)
Hardcover, Scholastic
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Marie Antoinette: The Portrait of an Average Womanby Stefan ZweigISBN 0517553422 (0-517-55342-2)
Softcover, Random House Value Pub
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Mastering the Art of French Cookingby Julia ChildISBN 0394721780 (0-394-72178-0)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Mastering the Art of French Cooking'Book summary:Mastering the Art of French Cooking, 50th Anniversary Edition [Hardcover] [via]
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Nineteenth Century Europe: Liberalism and Its Criticsby John W. Boyer, Julius KirshnerISBN 0226069524 (0-226-06952-4)
Softcover, Univ of Chicago Pr
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The Old Regime and the French Revolutionby John W. BoyerISBN 0226069508 (0-226-06950-8)
Softcover, Univ of Chicago Pr
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The Oxford Mark Twainby Mark Twain, Shelley Fisher FishkinISBN 0195090888 (0-19-509088-8)
Hardcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Oxford Mark Twain'Book summary:Nearly nine decades after his death, Mark Twain remains an international icon. His white-maned, mustachioed image is instantly identifiable throughout the world, the very picture of probity and high spirits (which explains why he's become the poster boy for products as diverse as beer, billiard tables, sewing machines, pizza, and real estate). Perhaps more importantly, Twain's books have retained all their power to amuse and enrage. How is it possible for the creator of a 19th-century "boy's holiday book" (Twain's own description of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer) to raise so many contemporary hackles? The answer is that Twain is a contemporary writer. Not, of course, from a chronological point of view--he was born in Missouri in 1835 and died in 1910 (having insisted that "annihilation has no terrors for me"). But Twain was the first writer to elevate the American vernacular to a high art. Sidestepping the starched-shirt diction of his peers, he created an idiom that resembled (but did not precisely duplicate) the wayward, slangy, ungrammatical music of American conversation. No serious reader of Twain will want to do without the Oxford Mark Twain. This 29-volume leviathan includes not only the major works but also a treasure trove of essays and short pieces, many of them unavailable for decades. Throw in the introductions to each volume (by such heavyweights as Toni Morrison, Kurt Vonnegut, Cynthia Ozick, Gore Vidal, George Plimpton, Bobbie Ann Mason, and Walter Mosley), as well as the original illustrations, and you've got the book bargain of the millennium. [via]
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Parisby Let's Go, Inc. StaffISBN 0312319959 (0-312-31995-9)
Softcover, St. Martin's Press
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Paris after the Liberation, 1944-1949by Antony Beevor, Artemis CooperISBN 0385471955 (0-385-47195-5)
Hardcover, Doubleday Publishing
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Paris Between Empires : Monarchy and Revolution 1814-1852by Philip ManselISBN 0312308574 (0-312-30857-4)
Hardcover, St. Martin's Press
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The Past Recapturedby Marcel ProustISBN 0394706005 (0-394-70600-5)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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Personal Recollections of Joan of Arcby Mark TwainISBN 0486424596 (0-486-42459-6)
Softcover, Dover Pubns
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc'Book summary:Regarded by many as the most luminous example of Twain's work, this historical novel chronicles the French heroine's life, as purportedly told by her longtime friend Sieur Louis de Conté. A panorama of stirring scenes recount Joan's childhood in Domremy, the story of her voices, the fight for Orleans, the splendid march to Rheims, and much more.[via]More editions of Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc:
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Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc (1896by Mark Twain, Shelley Fisher FishkinISBN 0195114167 (0-19-511416-7)
Hardcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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Philosophical Letters: Letters Concerning the English Nationby Ernest Dilworth, VoltaireISBN 0486426734 (0-486-42673-4)
Softcover, Dover Pubns
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The Porcelain Dove or Constancy's Rewardby Delia ShermanISBN 0452272262 (0-452-27226-2)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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Portraits of Franceby Robert DaleyISBN 0316171816 (0-316-17181-6)
Softcover, Xlibris Corp
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The Princess De Clevesby Madame De LafayetteISBN 0452009863 (0-452-00986-3)
Softcover, Meridian Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Princess De Cleves'Book summary:Though the Congress of Cercamp had been broken off, the negotiations for the peace were continued, and things were so disposed, that towards the latter end of February the conferences were reassumed at Chateau-Cambresis; the same plenipotentiaries were sent as before, and the Mareschal de St. Andre being one, his absence freed the Duke de Nemours from a rival, who was formidable rather from his curiosity in observing those who addressed to Madam de Cleves, than from any advances he was capable of making himself in her favour. [via]
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Princess of Clevesby Marie-Madeleine De LafayetteISBN 0393963330 (0-393-96333-0)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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Proud Taste for Scarlet and Miniverby E. L. KonigsburgISBN 0440472016 (0-440-47201-6)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Proud Taste for Scarlet and Miniver'Book summary:Eleanor of Aquitaine has every reason to be upset.
For centuries she's been patiently waiting for her husband, King Henry II, to meet her in Heaven. Luckily, she's sharing a cloud with some old friends who knew her when she and Henry ruled supreme. As long as they're together, they might as well gossip about old times--and soon all of Eleanor's adventures in the Middle Ages spring to life again.
Finally, just when they're about to give up on Henry, Eleanor spots three men floating toward them. After all this time, could one of them be Henry? [via]More editions of Proud Taste for Scarlet and Miniver:
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Remembrance of Things Pastby Marcel ProustISBN 0394711831 (0-394-71183-1)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Remembrance of Things Past'Book summary:Before his death in 1922, Marcel Proust accomplished the monumental feat of recording Remembrance of Things Past, a fifteen-volume literary history, much of which was based upon his own adventures and minute observations. The Guermantes Way is an installation in this collection and recounts, among other things, his childhood in Combray and the relevance of grasping the importance of particular events and people from his past in his development as a writer. Although autobiographical, Proust employs suspense and the observation of minutiae to illustrate our own subjective existence. [via]
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Remembrance of Things Past : Swann's Way and Within a Budding Groveby Marcel Proust, C. K. Scott-Moncrieff, Terence KilmartinISBN 0394711823 (0-394-71182-3)
Softcover, Knopf Publishing Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Remembrance of Things Past : Swann's Way and Within a Budding Grove'Book summary:Here are the first two volumes of Prousts monumental achievement, Swanns Way and Within a Budding Grove. The famous overture to Swann's Way sets down the grand themes that govern In Search of Lost Time: as the narrator recalls his childhood in Paris and Combray, exquisite memories, long since passedhis mothers good-night kiss, the water lilies on the Vivonne, his love for Swanns daughter Gilbertespring vividly into being. In Within a Budding Grovewhich won the Prix Goncourt in 1919, bringing the author instant famethe narrator turns from his childhood recollections and begins to explore the memories of his adolescence. As his affections for Gilberte grow dim, the narrator discovers a new object of attention in the bright-eyed Albertine. Their encounters unfold by the shores of Balbec. One of the great works of Western literature, now in the new definitive French Pleiade edition translated by C.K. Scott Moncrieff and Terence Kilmartin.
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Rome: Late Republic and Principateby Walter Emil Kaegi, Peter WhiteISBN 0226069370 (0-226-06937-0)
Softcover, Univ of Chicago Pr
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A Sentimental Journey and Other Writingsby Laurence Sterne, Tom KeymerISBN 0460873369 (0-460-87336-9)
Softcover, Tuttle Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Sentimental Journey and Other Writings'Book summary:Part of the "Everyman" series which has been re-set with wide margins for notes and easy-to-read type. Each title includes a themed introduction by leading authorities on the subject, life-and-times chronology of the author, text summaries, annotated reading lists and selected criticism and notes. [via]
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Sentimental Journey Through France and Italyby L. SterneISBN 0486434737 (0-486-43473-7)
Softcover, Dover Pubns
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The Social Contract and the First and Second Discourses: And, the First and Second Discoursesby Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Gita May, Susan DunnISBN 0300091419 (0-300-09141-9)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Social Contract and the First and Second Discourses: And, the First and Second Discourses'Book summary:Jean-Jacques Rousseau's ideas about society, culture and government are pivotal in the history of political thought. His works are as controversial as they are relevant today. This volume brings together three of Rousseau's most important political writings - "The Social Contract" and "The First Discourse (Discourse on the Sciences and Arts)" and "The Second Discourse (Discourse on the Origin and Foundations of Inequality)" - and presents essays by major scholars that shed light on the dimensions and implications of these texts. Susan Dunn's introductory essay underlines the unity of Rousseau's political thought and explains why his ideas influenced Jacobin revolutionaries in France but repelled American revolutionaries across the ocean. Gita May's essay discusses Rousseau as cultural critic. Robert Bellah explores Rousseau's attempt to resolve the tension between the individual's desire for freedom and the obligations that society imposes. David Bromwich analyzes Rousseau as a psychologist of the human self. And Conor Cruise O'Brien takes on the "noxious", "deranged" Rousseau, excoriated by Edmund Burke but admired by Robespierre and Thomas Jefferson. Written from different, even opposing perspectives, these essays should convey a sense of the vital and contentious debate surrounding Rousseau and his legacy. For this edition Susan Dunn has provided a new translation of the "Discourse on the Sciences and Arts" and has revised a previously published translation of "The Social Contract". [via]
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The Social Contract and Discoursesby Jean-Jacques Rousseau, G.D.H. ColeISBN 0460873571 (0-460-87357-1)
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Social Contract and Discoursesby J. RoussearISBN 0460016601 (0-460-01660-1)
Hardcover, J M Dent & Sons Ltd
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The State in Early Modern Franceby James B. CollinsISBN 052138284X (0-521-38284-X)
Hardcover, Cambridge Univ Pr
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Sylvia Beach and the Lost Generation: A History of Literary Paris in the Twenties and Thirtiesby Noel Riley FitchISBN 0393302318 (0-393-30231-8)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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Through a Glass Darklyby Karleen KoenISBN 0380704161 (0-380-70416-1)
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Time Regainedby D.J. Enright, Marcel Proust, Andreas Mayor, Joanna Kilmartin, Terence KilmartinISBN 0375753125 (0-375-75312-5)
Softcover, Modern Library
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The Trial of the Templarsby Malcolm BarberISBN 0521280184 (0-521-28018-4)
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Versaillesby Kathryn DavisISBN 0316737615 (0-316-73761-5)
Softcover, Little Brown & Co
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Women of the Left Bank: Paris, 1900-1940by Shari BenstockISBN 0292790406 (0-292-79040-6)
Softcover, Univ of Texas Pr
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Words of Fire, Deeds of Blood : The Mob, the Monarchy and the French Revolutionby Olivier BernierISBN 0385413335 (0-385-41333-5)
Softcover, Knopf Publishing Group
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