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The Adventures of Peter Panby J. M. BarrieISBN 1595400362 (1-59540-036-2)
Softcover, 1st World Library
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Adventures of Peter Pan'Book summary:Purchase one of 1st World Library's Classic Books and help support our free internet library of downloadable eBooks. 1st World Library-Literary Society is a non-profit educational organization. Visit us online at www.1stWorldLibrary.ORG - All children, except one, grow up. They soon know that they will grow up, and the way Wendy knew was this. One day when she was two years old she was playing in a garden, and she plucked another flower and ran with it to her mother. I suppose she must have looked rather delightful, for Mrs. Darling put her hand to her heart and cried, "Oh, why can't you remain like this for ever!" This was all that passed between them on the subject, but henceforth Wendy knew that she must grow up. You always know after you are two. Two is the beginning of the end. Of course they lived at 14 [their house number on their street], and until Wendy came her mother was the chief one. She was a lovely lady, with a romantic mind and such a sweet mocking mouth. Her romantic mind was like the tiny boxes, one within the other, that come from the puzzling East, however many you discover there is always one more; and her sweet mocking mouth had one kiss on it that Wendy could never get, though there is was, perfectly conspicuous in the right-hand corner. [via]
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Agnes Grey: Library Editionby Anne Bronte, Fred SchwarzbachISBN 1593083238 (1-59308-323-8)
Softcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Agnes Grey: Library Edition'Book summary:[via]Agnes Grey, by Anne Bronte, is part of the Barnes & Noble Classics series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remarkable features of Barnes & Noble Classics:Written when womenand workers generallyhad few rights in England, Agnes Grey exposes the brutal inequities of the rigid class system in mid-nineteenth century Britain. Agnes comes from a respectable middle-class family, but their financial reverses have forced her to seek work as a governess. Pampered and protected at home, she is unprepared for the harsh reality of a governesss life. At the Bloomfields and later the Murrays, she suffers under the snobbery and sadism of the selfish, self-indulgent upper-class adults and the shrieking insolence of their spoiled children. Worse, the unique social and economic position of a governessbeneath her employers but above their servantscondemns her to a life of loneliness.
Less celebrated than her older sisters Charlotte and Emily, Anne Bronte was also less interested in spinning wildly symbolic, romantic tales and more determined to draw realistic images of conditions in Victorian England that need changing. While Charlottes Jane Eyre features a governess who eventually and improbably marries her employer, Agnes Grey deals with the actual experiences of middle-class working women, experiences Anne had herself endured during her hateful tenure as a governess.
Fred Schwarzbach serves as Associate Dean and teaches in the General Studies Program of New York University. He is the author of Dickens and the City, the editor of Victorian Artists and the City and Dickenss American Notes, a contributor to the Oxford Readers Companion to Dickens, and the author of scores of articles, essays, and reviews on Victorian life and letters.
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Anarchism And Other Essaysby Emma GoldmanISBN 1596052813 (1-59605-281-3)
Softcover, Cosimo Inc
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Anna Kareninaby Leo TolstoyISBN 1593081774 (1-59308-177-4)
Hardcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Anna Karenina'Book summary:[via]Anna Karenina, by Leo Tolstoy, is part of the Barnes & Noble Classics series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remarkable features of Barnes & Noble Classics:New introductions commissioned from today's top writers and scholars Biographies of the authors Chronologies of contemporary historical, biographical, and cultural events Footnotes and endnotes Selective discussions of imitations, parodies, poems, books, plays, paintings, operas, statuary, and films inspired by the work Comments by other famous authors Study questions to challenge the reader's viewpoints and expectations Bibliographies for further reading Indices & Glossaries, when appropriateAll editions are beautifully designed and are printed to superior specifications; some include illustrations of historical interest. Barnes & Noble Classics pulls together a constellation of influencesbiographical, historical, and literaryto enrich each reader's understanding of these enduring works.
Vladimir Nabokov called Leo Tolstoys Anna Karenina one of the greatest love stories in world literature. Matthew Arnold claimed it was not so much a work of art as a piece of life. Set in imperial Russia, Anna Karenina is a rich and complex meditation on passionate love and disastrous infidelity.
Married to a powerful government minister, Anna Karenina is a beautiful woman who falls deeply in love with a wealthy army officer, the elegant Count Vronsky. Desperate to find truth and meaning in her life, she rashly defies the conventions of Russian society and leaves her husband and son to live with her lover. Condemned and ostracized by her peers and prone to fits of jealousy that alienate Vronsky, Anna finds herself unable to escape an increasingly hopeless situation.
Set against this tragic affair is the story of Konstantin Levin, a melancholy landowner whom Tolstoy based largely on himself. While Anna looks for happiness through love, Levin embarks on his own search for spiritual fulfillment through marriage, family, and hard work. Surrounding these two central plot threads are dozens of characters whom Tolstoy seamlessly weaves together, creating a breathtaking tapestry of nineteenth-century Russian society.
From its famous opening sentence Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way to its stunningly tragic conclusion, this enduring tale of marriage and adultery plumbs the very depths of the human soul.
Amy Mandelker, Associate Professor of Comparative Literature at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York, is the author of Framing Anna Karenina: Tolstoy, the Woman Question, and the Victorian Novel and coeditor of Approaches to Teaching Anna Karenina.More editions of Anna Karenina:
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Becoming an Ally: Breaking the Cycle of Oppression in Peopleby Anne BishopISBN 1842772252 (1-84277-225-2)
Softcover, Zed Books
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Beowulfby John McNamara, AnonymousISBN 1593082665 (1-59308-266-5)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Beowulf'Book summary:[via]Beowulf, by Anonymous, is part of the Barnes & Noble Classics series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remarkable features of Barnes & Noble Classics:Widely regarded as the first true masterpiece of English literature, Beowulf describes the thrilling adventures of a great Scandinavian warrior of the sixth century. Its lyric intensity and imaginative vitality are unparalleled, and the poem has greatly influenced many important modern novelists and poets, most notably J. R. R. Tolkien, author of The Lord of the Rings.
Part history and part mythology, Beowulf opens in the court of the Danish king where a horrible demon named Grendel devours men in their sleep every night. The hero Beowulf arrives and kills the monster, but joy turns to horror when Grendels mother attacks the hall to avenge the death of her son. Ultimately triumphant, Beowulf becomes king himself and rules peacefully for fifty years until, one dark day, a foe more powerful than any he has yet faced is arousedan ancient dragon guarding a horde of treasure. Once again, Beowulf must summon all his strength and courage to face the beast, but this time victory exacts a terrible price.
New translation by John McNamara. Features an original map and genealogy chart.
John McNamara is Professor of English at the University of Houston, where he teaches the early languages and literatures of England, Scotland, and Ireland, with a special focus on their oral traditions. He is the co-editor of Medieval Folklore: An Encyclopedia of Myths, Legends, Tales, Beliefs, and Customs.
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Body Matters: Essays on the Sociology of the Bodyby Sue Scott, David MorganISBN 1850009422 (1-85000-942-2)
Hardcover, Falmer Pr
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The Complete Ballad of Halo Jonesby Alan MooreISBN 1840237724 (1-84023-772-4)
Hardcover, Titan Books
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The Complete Ballad of Halo Jonesby Ian Gibson, Alan MooreISBN 1840233427 (1-84023-342-7)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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The Complete Illustrated Stories, Plays & Poems of Oscar Wildeby Oscar WildeISBN 185152102X (1-85152-102-X)
Hardcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Complete Illustrated Stories, Plays & Poems of Oscar Wilde'Book summary:He was brilliant, flamboyant, and unconventional, one of the great figures of his--or any other--age. Although Oscar Wilde's reputation now rests primarily on his sparkling, sophisticated plays with their razor-sharp wit, his body of work goes far beyond even those. Here, in one volume, is the sum of his artistic genius: all his stories, plays, fairy tales, and poems, complete with period illustrations. To find evidence of Wilde's theatrical savvy, one need look no further than The Importance of Being Earnest and An Ideal Husband, both of which satirize and humorously highlight the hypocrisy of Victorian life. The Picture of Dorian Gray captures a profound knowledge of the depths to which the human soul can plunge, and in the years since it was written, its final moments have lost none of their power. In his fairy stories, including The Happy Prince and Other Tales, written for his own children, Wilde reveals heights of tenderness and beauty. There are classics like the Canterville Ghost and more-more than 850 pages worth! 864 pages (50 in color), 5 3/4 x 8 1/4.[via]More editions of The Complete Illustrated Stories, Plays & Poems of Oscar Wilde:
Complete Works of Oscar Wildeby Oscar WildeISBN 1842050664 (1-84205-066-4)
Hardcover, Cpg Inc
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The Country of the Pointed Firsby Sarah Orne JewettISBN 1846378834 (1-84637-883-4)
Softcover, Echo Library
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The Country of the Pointed Firs and Selected Short Fictionby Sarah Orne Jewett, Ted OlsonISBN 1593082622 (1-59308-262-2)
Softcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc
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Doing It Down Under: The Sexual Lives of Australiansby Juliet Richters, Chris RisselISBN 1741143268 (1-74114-326-8)
Softcover, Allen & Unwin
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The Doll's House: A Playby Henrik IbsenISBN 1599869497 (1-59986-949-7)
Softcover, Filiquarian Pub Llc
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Draculaby Bram StokerISBN 1840681284 (1-84068-128-4)
Softcover, Creation Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Dracula'Book summary:Classic Dracula story in hardcover [via]
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Emmaby Jane AustenISBN 1593083343 (1-59308-334-3)
Hardcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Emma'Book summary:Of all Jane Austen's heroines, Emma Woodhouse is the most flawed, the most infuriating, and, in the end, the most endearing. Pride and Prejudice's Lizzie Bennet has more wit and sparkle; Catherine Morland in Northanger Abbey more imagination; and Sense and Sensibility's Elinor Dashwood certainly more sense--but Emma is lovable precisely because she is so imperfect. Austen only completed six novels in her lifetime, of which five feature young women whose chances for making a good marriage depend greatly on financial issues, and whose prospects if they fail are rather grim. Emma is the exception: "Emma Woodhouse, handsome, clever, and rich, with a comfortable home and happy disposition seemed to unite some of the best blessings of existence; and had lived nearly twenty-one years in the world with very little to distress or vex her." One may be tempted to wonder what Austen could possibly find to say about so fortunate a character. The answer is, quite a lot.
For Emma, raised to think well of herself, has such a high opinion of her own worth that it blinds her to the opinions of others. The story revolves around a comedy of errors: Emma befriends Harriet Smith, a young woman of unknown parentage, and attempts to remake her in her own image. Ignoring the gaping difference in their respective fortunes and stations in life, Emma convinces herself and her friend that Harriet should look as high as Emma herself might for a husband--and she zeroes in on an ambitious vicar as the perfect match. At the same time, she reads too much into a flirtation with Frank Churchill, the newly arrived son of family friends, and thoughtlessly starts a rumor about poor but beautiful Jane Fairfax, the beloved niece of two genteelly impoverished elderly ladies in the village. As Emma's fantastically misguided schemes threaten to surge out of control, the voice of reason is provided by Mr. Knightly, the Woodhouse's longtime friend and neighbor. Though Austen herself described Emma as "a heroine whom no one but myself will much like," she endowed her creation with enough charm to see her through her most egregious behavior, and the saving grace of being able to learn from her mistakes. By the end of the novel Harriet, Frank, and Jane are all properly accounted for, Emma is wiser (though certainly not sadder), and the reader has had the satisfaction of enjoying Jane Austen at the height of her powers. --Alix Wilber [via]
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The Empress's Tombby Kirsten MillerISBN 1599900920 (1-59990-092-0)
Softcover, Bloomsbury USA
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The End of Equality: Work, Babies and Women's Choices in 21st Century Australiaby Anne SummersISBN 1740512871 (1-74051-287-1)
Hardcover, Random House Australia
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Ethan Fromeby Edith WhartonISBN 1598183028 (1-59818-302-8)
Softcover, Alan Rodgers Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Ethan Frome'Book summary:With an Introduction by Dr Pamela Knights, Department of English Studies, Durham University
On a poor farm near Starkfield in western Massachusetts, Ethan Frome struggles to wrest a living from the land, unassisted by his whining and hypochondriacal wife Zeena. When Zeena's young cousin Mattie Silver is left destitute, the only place she can go is Ethan's farm. An embittered man and an enchanting young woman meeting in such circumstances unleash predictable consequences as passions are aroused between the three protagonists, Edith Wharton's characterisation and deft handling of reversals of fortune are so accomplished that Ethan Frome has remained enduringly popular since its first publication in 1911 and is considered her greatest tragic story. [via]
Every Man's Marriage: Every Man's Guide to Winning the Heart of a Womanby Stephen Arterburn, Mike Yorkey, Fred StoekerISBN 159415144X (1-59415-144-X)
Hardcover, Walker Large Print
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Father's Right Hand Man: Women on Australia's Family Farms in the Age of Federation, 1880s-1920sby Kathryn M. HunterISBN 1740970306 (1-74097-030-6)
Hardcover, Australian Scholarly Pub
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The Girl With the Golden Eyes: Book 3 the Thirteenby Honore De Balzac, Ellen MarriageISBN 1598189506 (1-59818-950-6)
Softcover, Alan Rodgers Books
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The Girls Who Went Away: The Hidden History of Women Who Surrendered Children for Adoption in the Decades Before Roe v. Wadeby Ann FesslerISBN 1594200947 (1-59420-094-7)
Hardcover, Penguin Group USA
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Global Prescriptions: Gendering Health and Human Rightsby Rosalind P. PetcheskyISBN 1842770071 (1-84277-007-1)
Softcover, Zed Books
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Great Expectationsby Charles Dickens, Radhika JonesISBN 1593081626 (1-59308-162-6)
Hardcover, Barnes & Noble
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Great Expectations, described by G. K. Chesterton as a study in human weakness and the slow human surrender, may be called Charles Dickenss finest moment in a remarkably illustrious literary career.
In an overgrown churchyard, a grizzled convict springs upon an orphan named Pip. The convict terrifies the young boy and threatens to kill him unless Pip helps further his escape. Later, Pip finds himself in the ruined garden where he meets the bitter and crazy Miss Havisham and her foster child Estella, with whom he immediately falls in love. After a secret benefactor gives him a fortune, Pip moves to London, where he cultivates great expectations for a life which would allow him to discard his impoverished beginnings and socialize with the idle upper class. As Pip struggles to become a gentleman and is tormented endlessly by the beautiful Estella, he slowly learns the truth about himself and his illusions.
Written in the last decade of his life, Great Expectations reveals Dickenss dark attitudes toward Victorian society, its inherent class structure, and its materialism. Yet this novel persists as one of Dickenss most popular. Richly comic and immensely readable, Great Expectations overspills with vividly drawn characters, moral maelstroms, and the sorrow and pity of love.
Radhika Jones is a doctoral candidate in English and comparative literature at Columbia University and the managing editor of Grand Street magazine.More editions of Great Expectations:
Haruko/Love Poemsby June JordanISBN 1852423234 (1-85242-323-4)
Softcover, Serpents Tail
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Hedda Gablerby Henrik Ibsen, William Archer, Edmund GosseISBN 1847024696 (1-84702-469-6)
Softcover, Echo Library
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The Historiesby Herodotus, Donald LateinerISBN 1593083556 (1-59308-355-6)
Hardcover, Barnes & Noble
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Histories'Book summary:[via]The Histories, by Herodotus, is part of the Barnes & Noble Classics series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remarkable features of Barnes & Noble Classics:New introductions commissioned from today's top writers and scholars Biographies of the authors Chronologies of contemporary historical, biographical, and cultural events Footnotes and endnotes Selective discussions of imitations, parodies, poems, books, plays, paintings, operas, statuary, and films inspired by the work Comments by other famous authors Study questions to challenge the reader's viewpoints and expectations Bibliographies for further reading Indices & Glossaries, when appropriateAll editions are beautifully designed and are printed to superior specifications; some include illustrations of historical interest. Barnes & Noble Classics pulls together a constellation of influencesbiographical, historical, and literaryto enrich each reader's understanding of these enduring works.
The world's first great narrative history, Herodotus's The Histories vividly describes how the Greeksfew in number, poor, and disunitedmanaged to repulse a massive invasion by the powerful Persian army in the 5th century b.c. This amazing upset victory changed the course of western civilization, as the cities that led the resistanceAthens and Spartabecame the two major powers on the Greek mainland. The remarkable period that followed introduced revolutionary ideas about democracy, education, philosophy, drama, andthanks to Herodotusthe writing of history.
A wonderful storyteller, Herodotus filled the Histories with amusing anecdotes and dialogue, human details about the lives of important political figures, and a kaleidoscope of viewpoints from people of many lands. Magnificent in compass and enormously entertaining, the Histories is not only the leading source of original information for Greek history during the all-important period between 550 and 479 b.c., but also an artistic masterpiece that created a new genre of literature.Features maps of several noted battles, index of proper names, and a general index.Donald Lateiner teaches Greek, Latin, Ancient History and Comparative Folklore in the Humanities-Classics department at Ohio Wesleyan University. His scholarship focuses on Homer and Herodotus. He has published a book on each. He also researches nonverbal behaviors in ancient literature.
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The House of Mirthby Edith WhartonISBN 1840224193 (1-84022-419-3)
Softcover, Wordsworth Editions, Limited
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The House of Mirth'Book summary:"The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth," warns Ecclesiastes 7:4, and so does the novel by Edith Wharton that takes its title from this call to heed. New York at the turn of the century was a time of opulence and frivolity for those who could afford it. But for those who couldn't and yet wanted desperately to keep up with the whirlwind, like Wharton's charming Lily Bart, it was something else altogether: a gilded cage rather than the Gilded Age.
One of Wharton's earliest descriptions of her heroine, in the library of her bachelor friend and sometime suitor Lawrence Selden, indicates that she appears "as though she were a captured dryad subdued to the conventions of the drawing room." Indeed, herein lies Lily's problem. She has, we're told, "been brought up to be ornamental," and yet her spirit is larger than what this ancillary role requires. By today's standards she would be nothing more than a mild rebel, but in the era into which Wharton drops her unmercifully, this tiny spark of character, combined with numerous assaults by vicious society women and bad luck, ultimately renders Lily persona non grata. Her own ambivalence about her position serves to open the door to disaster: several times she is on the verge of "good" marriage and squanders it at the last moment, unwilling to play by the rules of a society that produces, as she calls them, "poor, miserable, marriageable girls.
Lily's rather violent tumble down the social ladder provides a thumbnail sketch of the general injustices of the upper classes (which, incidentally, Wharton never quite manages to condemn entirely, clearly believing that such life is cruel but without alternative). From her start as a beautiful woman at the height of her powers to her sad finale as a recently fired milliner's assistant addicted to sleeping drugs, Lily Bart is heroic, not least for her final admission of her own role in her downfall. "Once--twice--you gave me the chance to escape from my life and I refused it: refused it because I was a coward," she tells Selden as the book draws to a close. All manner of hideous socialite beasts--some of whose treatment by Wharton, such as the token social-climbing Jew, Simon Rosedale, date the book unfortunately--wander through the novel while Lily plummets. As her tale winds down to nothing more than the remnants of social grace and cold hard cash, it's hard not to agree with Lily's own assessment of herself: "I have tried hard--but life is difficult, and I am a very useless person. I can hardly be said to have an independent existence. I was just a screw or a cog in the great machine I called life, and when I dropped out of it I found I was of no use anywhere else." Nevertheless, it's even harder not to believe that she deserved better, which is why The House of Mirth remains so timely and so vital in spite of its crushing end and its unflattering portrait of what life offers up. --Melanie Rehak [via]
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Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girlby Harriet A. JacobsISBN 1593082835 (1-59308-283-5)
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As a child, Harriet Jacobs remained blissfully unaware that she was a slave until the deaths of both her mother and a benevolent mistress exposed her to a sexually predatory master, Dr. Flint. Determined to escape, she spends seven years hidden away in a garret in her grandmothers house, three feet high at its tallest point, with almost no air or light, and with only glimpses of her children to sustain her courage. In the face of seemingly insurmountable odds, she finally wins her battle for freedom by escaping to the North in 1842.
A powerful, unflinching portrayal of the brutality of slave life, Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl stands alongside Frederick Douglasss classic autobiographies as one of the most significant slave narratives ever written.Farah Jasmine Griffin is Professor of English and Comparative Literature and African American Studies at Columbia University in New York City.
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The Interpretation of Dreamsby Sigmund Freud, Daniel T. O'Hara, A.A. BrillISBN 1593082983 (1-59308-298-3)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Interpretation of Dreams'Book summary:Whether we love or hate Sigmund Freud, we all have to admit that he revolutionized the way we think about ourselves. Much of this revolution can be traced to The Interpretation of Dreams, the turn-of-the-century tour de force that outlined his theory of unconscious forces in the context of dream analysis. Introducing the id, the superego, and their problem child, the ego, Freud advanced scientific understanding of the mind immeasurably by exposing motivations normally invisible to our consciousness. While there's no question that his own biases and neuroses influenced his observations, the details are less important than the paradigm shift as a whole. After Freud, our interior lives became richer and vastly more mysterious.
These mysteries clearly bothered him--he went to great (often absurd) lengths to explain dream imagery in terms of childhood sexual trauma, a component of his theory jettisoned mid-century, though now popular among recovered-memory therapists. His dispassionate analyses of his own dreams are excellent studies for cognitive scientists wishing to learn how to sacrifice their vanities for the cause of learning. Freud said of the work contained in The Interpretation of Dreams, "Insight such as this falls to one's lot but once in a lifetime." One would have to feel quite fortunate to shake the world even once. --Rob Lightner [via]
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Introducing Feminismby Susan A. WatkinsISBN 184046058X (1-84046-058-X)
Softcover, Icon Books, Limited
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Introducing Postfeminismby Rebecca Wright, Sophia PhocaISBN 1840460105 (1-84046-010-5)
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Jane Eyreby Charlotte Bronte, Susan Ostrov Weisser, George StadeISBN 1593081634 (1-59308-163-4)
Hardcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc
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The Kama Sutra: The Hindu Art of Loveby Moti Chandra, S. C. UpadhyayaISBN 1842930656 (1-84293-065-6)
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Lady Audley's Secretby Mary E. BraddonISBN 184702842X (1-84702-842-X)
Softcover, Echo Library
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Lady Chatterly's Loverby D. H. Lawrence, Susan Ostrov WeisserISBN 1593082398 (1-59308-239-8)
Softcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Lady Chatterly's Lover'Book summary:Perhaps the most famous of Lawrence's novels, the 1928 Lady Chatterley's Lover is no longer distinguished for the once-shockingly explicit treatment of its subject matter--the adulterous affair between a sexually unfulfilled upper-class married woman and the game keeper who works for the estate owned by her wheelchaired husband. Now that we're used to reading about sex, and seeing it in the movies, it's apparent that the novel is memorable for better reasons: namely, that Lawrence was a masterful and lyrical writer, whose story takes us bodily into the world of its characters. [via]
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Love, Sex and Gender in the World Religionsby Joseph Runzo, Nancy M. MartinISBN 1851682236 (1-85168-223-6)
Softcover, Oneworld Pubns Ltd
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Macbeth: Shakespeare Made Easyby William Shakespeare, Tanya Grosz, Linda WendlerISBN 1599051346 (1-59905-134-6)
Softcover, Saddleback Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Macbeth: Shakespeare Made Easy'Book summary:One of Shakespeare's greatest, but also bloodiest tragedies, was written around 1605/06. Many have seen the story of Macbeth's murder and usurpation of the legitimate Scottish King Duncan as having obvious connection to contemporary issues regarding King James I (James VI of Scotland), and the Gunpowder Plot of 1605. King James was particularly fascinated with witchcraft, so the appearance of the witches chanting "Fair is foul, and foul is fair" at the opening of the play seemed particularly topical, as was Macbeth's betrayal of Banquo, from whom James claimed direct descent.
However, the play is clearly far more than a piece of royal entertainment. It is also a fast-moving and dramatically satisfying piece of theatre. Macbeth's existential struggle between loyalty to his King and his "Vaulting ambition" is fascinating to watch, as his is struggle with Lady Macbeth, and her own terrifying refusal of her maternal role. The play shows an intensification of Shakespeare's interest in mothers and their effect upon ruling masculinity, and also contains some of the most memorable speeches in the entire canon, including Macbeth's reflections that ultimately life "is a tale / Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, / Signifying nothing". --Jerry Brotton [via]
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Mansfield Parkby Jane AustenISBN 1595400370 (1-59540-037-0)
Softcover, Authorhouse
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Mansfield Park'Book summary:Softcover Large Print edition of the third of Austen s published romances. Mansfield Park explores the complex relations of Fanny Price, eldest daughter of an impoverished family that is taken in by Sir Thomas Bertram of Mansfield Park. She becomes an indispensable part of the household and soon finds herself involved in the affairs of the headstrong daughter, Maria Bertram, the son, Edmund, and many others. [via]
Margery Kempeby Robert GluckISBN 185242334X (1-85242-334-X)
Softcover, Serpents Tail
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Maulby Tricia SullivanISBN 1597800376 (1-59780-037-6)
Softcover, Nightshade Book
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Maul'Book summary:In a mall like any other, two gangs of teenaged girls are about to embark on an orgy of shopping and designer violence. In the battleground of cool, they'll fight for their lives to prove that "image is everything." And in another place, within a sealed room, a lone man fights an equally desperate war against a new virus and the scientists who have developed it. If anyone gets out alive, it will be a small miracle. [via]
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Men Fake Foreplay.... and Other Lies That Are Trueby Mike DuganISBN 1594860742 (1-59486-074-2)
Hardcover, Rodale Press, Incorporated
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The Merchant of Veniceby William Shakespeare, Cedric WattsISBN 1840224312 (1-84022-431-2)
Softcover, Wordsworth Editions Ltd
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Metastases of Enjoymentby Slavoj ZizekISBN 1844670619 (1-84467-061-9)
Softcover, Verso Books
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The experience of the Yugoslav war and the rise of "irrational" violence in contemporary societies provides the theoretical and political context of this book, which uses Lacanian psychoanalysis as the basis for a renewal of the Marxist theory of ideology. The author's analysis leads into a study of the figure of woman in modern art and ideology, including studies of The Crying Game and the films of David Lynch, and the links between violence and power/gender relations. [via]More editions of Metastases of Enjoyment:
Missionary Women: Gender, Professionalism, and the Victorian Idea of Christian Missionby Rhonda Anne SempleISBN 1843830132 (1-84383-013-2)
Hardcover, Boydell & Brewer Inc
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Monday or Tuesdayby Virginia WoolfISBN 1595403493 (1-59540-349-3)
Softcover, 1st World Library
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Monday or Tuesday'Book summary:A collection of eight deliberately fragmentary and experimental sketches, Monday or Tuesday remains unique in being the only volume of short stories that Virginia Woolf published herself. A woman gazes at a mark on a wall and ponders the vagaries of thought and opinion; a succession of couples are caught up with nostalgia for their past as they stroll among the vibrant flowers of Kew Gardens; a heron soars high above cities and towns, lakes and mountains, while below, life continues in all its mundanity; and blue and green are given their expression in words. Monday or Tuesday is a brilliant and striking series of impressions, written in Woolfs characteristic lyrical and startling prose.[via]-
Nearly Roadkillby Kate Bornstein, Caitlin SullivanISBN 1852424184 (1-85242-418-4)
Softcover, Serpents Tail
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Nearly Roadkill'Book summary:Nearly Roadkill apparently takes place in the not-so-distant future, where Internet users are required to register online and all transmissions can be policed by government agencies. Big brother is watching our hero/heroines (you make the call), Winc and Scratch, as they lead the charge against government intervention in cyberspace. The text is written as a series of online dialogues, much like what you'd see in a chat room. You'll also get a fly-on-the-wall experience reminiscent of Nicholson Baker's Vox as these rebels with a cause take time out to participate in graphic cybersex. But except where the sex thing gets in the way, Nearly Roadkill's intent is to raise questions about gender issues, censorship, and who should have authority over the Internet. [via]
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Northanger Abbeyby Jane Austen, Alfred MacAdamISBN 1593082649 (1-59308-264-9)
Softcover, Barnes & Noble
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Northanger Abbey'Book summary:Though Northanger Abbey is one of Jane Austen's earliest novels, it was not published until after her death--well after she'd established her reputation with works such as Pride and Prejudice, Emma, and Sense and Sensibility. Of all her novels, this one is the most explicitly literary in that it is primarily concerned with books and with readers. In it, Austen skewers the novelistic excesses of her day made popular in such 18th-century Gothic potboilers as Ann Radcliffe's The Mysteries of Udolpho. Decrepit castles, locked rooms, mysterious chests, cryptic notes, and tyrannical fathers all figure into Northanger Abbey, but with a decidedly satirical twist. Consider Austen's introduction of her heroine: we are told on the very first page that "no one who had ever seen Catherine Morland in her infancy, would have supposed her born to be an heroine." The author goes on to explain that Miss Morland's father is a clergyman with "a considerable independence, besides two good livings--and he was not in the least addicted to locking up his daughters." Furthermore, her mother does not die giving birth to her, and Catherine herself, far from engaging in "the more heroic enjoyments of infancy, nursing a dormouse, feeding a canary-bird, or watering a rose-bush" vastly prefers playing cricket with her brothers to any girlish pastimes.
Catherine grows up to be a passably pretty girl and is invited to spend a few weeks in Bath with a family friend. While there she meets Henry Tilney and his sister Eleanor, who invite her to visit their family estate, Northanger Abbey. Once there, Austen amuses herself and us as Catherine, a great reader of Gothic romances, allows her imagination to run wild, finding dreadful portents in the most wonderfully prosaic events. But Austen is after something more than mere parody; she uses her rapier wit to mock not only the essential silliness of "horrid" novels, but to expose the even more horrid workings of polite society, for nothing Catherine imagines could possibly rival the hypocrisy she experiences at the hands of her supposed friends. In many respects Northanger Abbey is the most lighthearted of Jane Austen's novels, yet at its core is a serious, unsentimental commentary on love and marriage, 19th-century British style. --Alix Wilber [via]
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On Libertyby John Stuart MillISBN 1596052414 (1-59605-241-4)
Softcover, Cosimo Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'On Liberty'Book summary:No one can be a great thinker who does not recognise, that as a thinker it is his first duty to follow his intellect to whatever conclusions it may lead. Truth gains more even by the errors of one who, with due study and preparation, thinks for himself, than by the true opinions of those who only hold them because they do not suffer themselves to think. -John Stuart Mill, in On Liberty Often mentioned in the same breath with the Communist Manifesto, On Liberty-perhaps the greatest work from British political philosopher John Stuart Mill-is one of the most profound and most hotly debated works of the 19th century. Is it a classic plea for human freedom and intellectual development... or is it factually wrong and morally offensive? English philosopher and politician JOHN STUART MILL (1806-1873) was one of the foremost figure of Western intellectual thought in the late 19th century. He served as an administrator in the East Indian Company from 1823 to 1858, and as a member of parliament from 1865 to 1868. [via]
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Paradiseby Fiona FrenchISBN 1845070070 (1-84507-007-0)
Hardcover, Frances Lincoln Childrens Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Paradise'Book summary:Paradise showcases Fiona French's distinctive artwork that combines the flowing organic lines of Art Nouveau with the colorful luminous look of Louis Comfort Tiffany's stained glass. Twelve kaleidoscopic tableaux, accompanied by a straightforward, easy-to-understand narrative, portray the Old Testament story of creation seven momentous days in which God creates the world: light and dark, sky and earth, fishes, birds, animals and finally man and woman. French returns to perhaps the most compelling text of the many available the Authorized King James version of the Bible to bring the Book of Genesis in all of its timeless drama into glowing perspective for young readers.[via]More editions of Paradise:
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Persepolisby Marjane SatrapiISBN 1594970351 (1-59497-035-1)
Softcover, Public Square Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Persepolis'Book summary:Description del libro en espanol: Persepolis ganadora del Premio al Mejor Guion de Angouleme 2002, e una historia autobiografica de Marjane Satrapi que ahonda en los limites de la libertad y analiza, a traves de la mirada fresca e inocente de una nina, la tambaleante situacion politica e ideologica de su pais. En tres volumenes. Book Description in English: Editorial Review. . .Originally published to wide critical acclaim in France, where it elicited comparisons to Art Spiegelman's Maus, Persepolis is Marjane Satrapi's wise, funny, and heartbreaking memoir of growing up in Iran during the Islamic Revolution. In powerful black-and-white comic strip images, Satrapi tells the story of her life in Tehran from ages six to fourteen, years that saw the overthrow of the Shah's regime, the triumph of the Islamic Revolution, and the devastating effects of war with Iraq. The intelligent and outspoken only child of committed Marxists and the great-granddaughter of one of Iran's last emperors, Marjane bears witness to a childhood uniquely entwined with the history of her country. Persepolis paints an unforgettable portrait of daily life in Iran: of the bewildering contradictions between home life and public life and of the enormous toll repressive regimes exact on the individual spirit. Marjane's child's-eye-view of dethroned emperors, state-sanctioned whippings, and heroes of the revolution allows us to learn as she does the history of this fascinating country and of her own extraordinary family. Intensely personal, profoundly political, and wholly original, Persepolis is at once a story of growing up and a stunning reminder of the human cost of war and political repression. It shows how we carry on, through laughter and tears, in the face of absurdity. And, finally, it introduces us to an irresistible little girl with whom we cannot help but fall in love. In three volumes. [via]
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Persuasionby Jane Austen, Susan Ostrov WeisserISBN 1593083580 (1-59308-358-0)
Hardcover, Barnes & Noble
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Persuasion'Book summary:Anne Elliot, heroine of Austen's last novel, did something we can all relate to: Long ago, she let the love of her life get away. In this case, she had allowed herself to be persuaded by a trusted family friend that the young man she loved wasn't an adequate match, social stationwise, and that Anne could do better. The novel opens some seven years after Anne sent her beau packing, and she's still alone. But then the guy she never stopped loving comes back from the sea. As always, Austen's storytelling is so confident, you can't help but allow yourself to be taken on the enjoyable journey. [via]
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Peter Panby J. M. Barrie, Amy BilloneISBN 1593082134 (1-59308-213-4)
Softcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Peter Pan'Book summary:[via]Peter Pan, by J.M. Barrie, is part of the Barnes & Noble Classics series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remarkable features of Barnes & Noble Classics:Peter Pan first flew across a London stage in 1904, overwhelming audiences with its tale of a magical boy who never grows up, who lures young Wendy and her brothers to Neverland where they meet pirates, Indians, fairies, and the Lost Boys. Following the plays astonishing success, J. M. Barrie revised and expanded the story and published it as this novel, originally titled Peter and Wendy when it appeared in 1911. For children, it remains a marvelous mix of fantasy and adventure, featuring unique, imaginative characters, who frisk and frolic in an enchanting land.
For adults, the story of Peter and the Lost Boys works on a much deeper level, speaking to them about the inevitable loss of childhood and the ability to fly. The climactic duel between the proud and insolent youth (Peter Pan) and the dark and sinister man (Captain Hook) is both a swashbuckling romp and a moving metaphor for the complex, poignant struggle between innocent but irresponsible youth and tainted but dependable maturity. Neither side wins, for the one inevitably becomes the other. Of course, the ageless Peter Pan is the happy exception.Amy Billone teaches at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. She received her Ph.D. in Comparative Literature at Princeton University, where she wrote her dissertation on womens involvement with the nineteenth-century sonnet.
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Peter Pan and Wendyby J. M. Barrie, Michael ForemanISBN 1843650398 (1-84365-039-8)
Softcover, Chrysalis Books Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Peter Pan and Wendy'Book summary:[via]A stunning edition of J.M. Barrie's classic tale, illustrated by two-time Kate Greenaway Medalist, Michael Foreman. Ever since Peter Pan first flew through Wendy's window, taking her and her two brothers off to Neverland, J.M. Barrie's enchanting fantasy has thrilled and delighted children. Here are all the elements that appeal to the imaginations of young readershigh adventure, children who can fly, pirates who need defeating, and fairies with magical powers. From Tinkerbell and the Lost Boys to the ominously ticking crocodile and the devilish Captain Hook, unforgettable characters burst from every page. In this edition, Michael Foreman's gorgeous illustrations breathe new life into this timeless tale. -
The Picture of Dorian Grayby Oscar WildeISBN 1840680172 (1-84068-017-2)
Softcover, Creation Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Picture of Dorian Gray'Book summary:A lush, cautionary tale of a life of vileness and deception or a loving portrait of the aesthetic impulse run rampant? Why not both? After Basil Hallward paints a beautiful, young man's portrait, his subject's frivolous wish that the picture change and he remain the same comes true. Dorian Gray's picture grows aged and corrupt while he continues to appear fresh and innocent. After he kills a young woman, "as surely as if I had cut her little throat with a knife," Dorian Gray is surprised to find no difference in his vision or surroundings. "The roses are not less lovely for all that. The birds sing just as happily in my garden."
As Hallward tries to make sense of his creation, his epigram-happy friend Lord Henry Wotton encourages Dorian in his sensual quest with any number of Wildean paradoxes, including the delightful "When we are happy we are always good, but when we are good we are not always happy." But despite its many languorous pleasures, The Picture of Dorian Gray is an imperfect work. Compared to the two (voyeuristic) older men, Dorian is a bore, and his search for ever new sensations far less fun than the novel's drawing-room discussions. Even more oddly, the moral message of the novel contradicts many of Wilde's supposed aims, not least "no artist has ethical sympathies. An ethical sympathy in an artist is an unpardonable mannerism of style." Nonetheless, the glamour boy gets his just deserts. And Wilde, defending Dorian Gray, had it both ways: "All excess, as well as all renunciation, brings its own punishment." [via]
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The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie: Library Editionby Muriel SparkISBN 185089051X (1-85089-051-X)
Hardcover, Ulverscroft Large Print Books
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A Room With a Viewby E. M. Forster, Radhika JonesISBN 1593082886 (1-59308-288-6)
Softcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Room With a View'Book summary:[via]A Room with a View, by E. M. Forster, is part of the Barnes & Noble Classics series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remarkable features of Barnes & Noble Classics:A charming tale of the battle between bourgeois repression and radical romanticism, E. M. Forsters third novel has long been the most popular of his early works. A young girl, Lucy Honeychurch, and her chaperonproducts of proper Edwardian Englandvisit a tempestuous, passionate Italy. Their room with a view allows them to look into a world far different from their own, a world unconcerned with convention, unfettered by social rituals, and unafraid of emotion. Soon Lucy finds herself bound to an obviously unsuitable man, the melancholic George Emerson, whose improper advances she dare not publicize. Back home, her friend and mentor Charlotte Bartlett and her mother, try to manipulate her into marriage with the more appropriate but smotheringly dull Cecil Vyse, whose surname suggests the imprisoning effect he would have on Lucys spirit.
A colorful gallery of characters, including Georges riotously funny father, Lucys sullen brother, the novelist Eleanor Lavish, and the reverend Mr. Beebe, line up on either side, and A Room with a View unfolds as a delightfully satiric comedy of manners and an immensely satisfying love story.Radhika Jones is a freelance writer and a Ph.D. candidate in English and Comparative Literature at Columbia University.
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See Jane Hit: Why Girls Are Growing Up More Violent And What Can Be Done About Itby James GarbarinoISBN 1594200750 (1-59420-075-0)
Hardcover, Penguin Group USA
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Serenity Rose Vol. 1: Working Through the Negativityby Aaron A.ISBN 159362011X (1-59362-011-X)
Softcover, Slave Labor Books
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Sesame and Lillies: Three Lecturesby John RuskinISBN 1602060010 (1-60206-001-0)
Softcover, Cosimo Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Sesame and Lillies: Three Lectures'Book summary:As a vocal critic of art on the whole, British writer JOHN RUSKIN (1819-1900) was a profoundly influential voice upon European painting, architecture, aesthetics of the 19th and 20th centuries. This 1865 collection of three lectures-"Of Kings' Treasures," "Of Queens' Gardens," and "Of the Mysteries of Life"-offers an intimate look at his thoughts on culture and humanity's nurturing of its own education. He discusses: . the importance of "valuable books" . the nature of "a civilized country" . the necessity of educating women . advice for living a plain but noble life . and more. Students of art history will in particular find this an enlightening read. [via]
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The Seven Days of My Creation: Tales of Magic And Genderby Janine RobertsISBN 1846852293 (1-84685-229-3)
Softcover, Meadow Books
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Shakespeare's Macbethby Harold BloomISBN 1594480087 (1-59448-008-7)
Softcover, Riverhead Books
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Shakespeare's The Merchant Of Veniceby Harold Bloom, William Aldis WrightISBN 1594480915 (1-59448-091-5)
Softcover, Riverhead Books
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Summerby Edith WhartonISBN 1596058889 (1-59605-888-9)
Softcover, Cosimo Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Summer'Book summary:This is the story of Charity Royall, a child of mountain moonshiners adopted into a family from a poor New England town. Charity has a passionate love affair with Lucius Harney, a young, educated man from the city. Edith Wharton's Summer deals frankly -- honestly -- with the sexual awakening of a young woman. Not surprisingly, when the book was first published (in 1917), that stirred a commotion. Deservedly so! Wharton had a very real gift; it's for good cause she's so well-remembered. [via]
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The Tenant of Wildfell Hallby Anne BrontëISBN 1846371317 (1-84637-131-7)
Softcover, Echo Library
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That Oceanic Feeling: A Surfing Odysseyby Fiona CappISBN 1845130081 (1-84513-008-1)
Hardcover, Aurum
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The Thief's Journalby Jean GenetISBN 1596541377 (1-59654-137-7)
Softcover, Disruptive Pub
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Three Livesby Gertrude Stein, Jonathan LevinISBN 1593083203 (1-59308-320-3)
Softcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Three Lives'Book summary:"Three Lives" - three short stories by Gertrude Stein - has had a curious history. First published in 1909 by the Grafton Press, this book of short stories has consistently maintained a striking underground reputation. "Three Lives" is an astonishing masterpiece when one considers that it was its author's first book. Reasonably enough, considering Gertrude Stein's subsequent association with painters, the book is imbued with the influence of Cézanne more than with that of any literary forerunner. The subject matter, two servant girls and an unhappy afro-american girl, is similar to the subject matter of the realists, Zola and Flaubert, but so different is the treatment that any question of influence may be immediately dismissed. Nothing in this writing is extraneous: every detail represents the whole and is essential to it. If we cannot look back of Miss Stein and find a literary ancestor, it is easy to look forward: a vast sea of writers seems to be swimming in the inspiration derived from this prose. (Carl Van Vechten) [via]
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Tragedy of Macbethby William ShakespeareISBN 1847027490 (1-84702-749-0)
Softcover, Echo Library
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Uncle Tom's Cabinby Harriet Beecher StoweISBN 1598186655 (1-59818-665-5)
Softcover, Alan Rodgers Books
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Uncle Tom's Cabin is the most popular, influential and controversial book written by an American. Stowe s rich, panoramic novel passionately dramatises why the whole of America is implicated in and responsible for the sin of slavery, and resoundingly concludes that only 'repentance, justice and mercy' will prevent the onset of 'the wrath of Almighty God!'. [via] 
Under the Skinby Michel FaberISBN 1841950947 (1-84195-094-7)
Hardcover, Canongate
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Villetteby Laura EngelISBN 1593083165 (1-59308-316-5)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Villette'Book summary:[via]Villette, by Charlotte Bronte, is part of the Barnes & Noble Classics series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remarkable features of Barnes & Noble Classics:Charlotte Brontës last and most autobiographical novel, Villette explores the inner life of a lonely young Englishwoman, Lucy Snowe, who leaves an unhappy existence in England to become a teacher in the capital of a fictional European country. Drawn to the schools headmaster, Lucy must face the pain of unrequited love and the question of her place in society.
For Villette, Brontë drew upon her own experiences ten years earlier, when she studied in Brussels and developed an unreciprocated passion for her married teacher. The novel also reflects her devastating sense of loss and isolation after the deaths of her beloved brother and sisters, and her confusion and conflicts over the fame she achieved for having written Jane Eyre. But despite Brontës heartsick inspiration for the novel, and the grief that haunts its heroine, Villette is a story of triumph, in which Lucy Snowe comes to understand and appreciate her own strength and value.
Celebrated by George Eliot and Virginia Woolf for its strikingly modern psychological depth and examination of womens roles, Villette is now recognized as Charlotte Brontës masterpiece, surpassing even Jane Eyre.Laura Engel is Assistant Professor in the English Department at Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, where she specializes in eighteenth-century British literature and drama.
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The Woman in Whiteby Wilkie Collins, Camille CautiISBN 1593082800 (1-59308-280-0)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Woman in White'Book summary:[via]The Woman in White, by Wilkie Collins, is part of the Barnes & Noble Classics series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remarkable features of Barnes & Noble Classics:New introductions commissioned from today's top writers and scholars Biographies of the authors Chronologies of contemporary historical, biographical, and cultural events Footnotes and endnotes Selective discussions of imitations, parodies, poems, books, plays, paintings, operas, statuary, and films inspired by the work Comments by other famous authors Study questions to challenge the reader's viewpoints and expectations Bibliographies for further reading Indices & Glossaries, when appropriateAll editions are beautifully designed and are printed to superior specifications; some include illustrations of historical interest. Barnes & Noble Classics pulls together a constellation of influencesbiographical, historical, and literaryto enrich each reader's understanding of these enduring works.One of the greatest mystery thrillers ever written, Wilkie Collinss The Woman in White was a phenomenal bestseller in the 1860s, achieving even greater success than works by Dickens, Collinss friend and mentor. Full of surprise, intrigue, and suspense, this vastly entertaining novel continues to enthrall readers today.
The story begins with an eerie midnight encounter between artist Walter Hartright and a ghostly woman dressed all in white who seems desperate to share a dark secret. The next day Hartright, engaged as a drawing master to the beautiful Laura Fairlie and her half sister, tells his pupils about the strange events of the previous evening. Determined to learn all they can about the mysterious woman in white, the three soon find themselves drawn into a chilling vortex of crime, poison, kidnapping, and international intrigue.
Masterfully constructed, The Woman in White is dominated by two of the finest creations in all Victorian fictionMarion Halcombe, dark, mannish, yet irresistibly fascinating, and Count Fosco, the sinister and flamboyant Napoleon of Crime.Camille Cauti earned a Ph.D. in English from Columbia University. Her dissertation concerns the Catholic conversion trend among the London avant-garde of the 1890s. She has also published articles in Italian-American studies. She works in New York City as an editor and critic. -
Woman's World: A Novelby Graham RawleISBN 1843543672 (1-84354-367-2)
Hardcover, Soft Skull Pr
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Women in Loveby D. H. Lawrence, Norman LoftisISBN 1593082584 (1-59308-258-4)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Women in Love'Book summary:[via]Women in Love, by D. H. Lawrence, is part of the Barnes & Noble Classics series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remarkable features of Barnes & Noble Classics:One of the most versatile and influential figures in twentieth-century literature, D. H. Lawrence was a master craftsman and profound thinker whose celebration of sexuality in an over-intellectualized world opened the door to that topic for countless writers after him.
Perhaps his finest novel, Women in Love (1920) continues the story of two sisters, Ursula and Gudrun Brangwen, who first appeared in Lawrences novel The Rainbow (1915). The story contrasts the passionate love affairs of Ursula and Rupert Birkin, a character often seen as a self-portrait of Lawrence, with that of Gudrun and Gerald Crich, an icily handsome mining industrialist. Birkin, an introspective misanthrope, struggles to reconcile his metaphysical drive for self-fulfillment with Ursulas practical view of sentimental passion. As they fight their way through to a mutually satisfying relationshipand eventual marriageGudrun and Crichs sadomasochistic love affair careens toward a disastrous conclusion.
A dark, disturbing, yet beautiful exploration of love in an increasingly violent and destructive world, Women in Love nevertheless holds out the hope of individual and collective rebirth through human intensity and passion.Norman Loftis is a poet, novelist, essayist, philosopher, and filmmaker. His works include Exiles and Voyages (poetry, 1969), Black Anima (poetry, 1973), Life Force (novel, 1982), From Barbarism to Decadence (1984), and Condition Zero (1993). His feature films include Schaman (1984), the award-winning Small Time (1989), and Messenger (1995). He is currently Chair of the Department of Literature at the Brooklyn Campus of the College of New Rochelle and is on the faculty at Medgar Evers College, CUNY, where he has taught since 1970.More editions of Women in Love:
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