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The Adventures of Tom Sawyerby Mark Twain, Bruce BrooksISBN 0689842244 (0-689-84224-4)
Softcover, Aladdin Paperbacks
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Alanna: The First Adventureby Tamora PierceISBN 0689878559 (0-689-87855-9)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Alanna: The First Adventure'Book summary:Call it fate, call it intuition, or just call it common sense, but somehow young Alanna knows she isn't meant to become some proper lady cloistered in a convent. Instead, she wants to be a great warrior maiden--a female knight. But in the land of Tortall, women aren't allowed to train as warriors. So Alanna finds a way to switch places with her twin, Thom, and take his place as a knight in training at the palace of King Roald. Disguising herself as a boy, Alanna begins her training as a page in the royal court. Soon, she is garnering the admiration of all around her, including the crown prince, with her strong work ethic and her thirst for knowledge. But all the while, she is haunted by the recurring vision of a black stone city that emanates evil... somehow she knows it is her fate to purge that place of its wickedness. But how will she find it? And can she fulfill her destiny while keeping her gender a secret?
With Alanna: The First Adventure, veteran fantasy author Tamora Pierce has created a lively, engaging heroine who will charm middle-school readers with her tomboyish bravado and have them eagerly searching for the next book in the Song of the Lioness series. Like Brian Jacques's tales of Redwall, this popular quartet is an entertaining fantasy series for younger teens. (Ages 10 to 13) --Jennifer Hubert [via]
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Alternatives to Hitler: German Resistance Under the Third Reichby Hans Mommsen, Angus McGeoch, Jeremy NoakesISBN 0691116938 (0-691-11693-8)
Hardcover, Princeton Univ Pr
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The Battle for Leningrad, 1941-1944: 1941-1944by David M. GlantzISBN 0700612084 (0-7006-1208-4)
Hardcover, Univ Pr of Kansas
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Beezus and Ramonaby Beverly Cleary, Louis Darling, Tracy DockrayISBN 0688310761 (0-688-31076-1)
Hardcover, HarperCollins Publishers
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The Bells in Their Silence: Travels Through Germanyby Michael Edward GorraISBN 0691126178 (0-691-12617-8)
Softcover, Princeton Univ Pr
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Bismarck and the Development of Germany: The Period of Consolidation, 1871-1880by Otto PflanzeISBN 0691055882 (0-691-05588-2)
Hardcover, Princeton Univ Pr
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Bismarck and the Development of Germany: The Period of Fortification, 1880-1898by Otto PflanzeISBN 0691055890 (0-691-05589-0)
Hardcover, Princeton Univ Pr
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Bismarck and the Development of Germany: The Period of Unification, 1815-1871by Otto PflanzeISBN 0691007659 (0-691-00765-9)
Softcover, Princeton Univ Pr
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The Boy Who Followed Ripleyby Patricia HighsmithISBN 0690019114 (0-690-01911-4)
Hardcover, Harpercollins Childrens Books
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Chapman's Homer: The Iliadby Allardyce Nicoll, George ChapmanISBN 0691002363 (0-691-00236-3)
Softcover, Princeton Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Chapman's Homer: The Iliad'Book summary:George Chapman's translations of Homer are the most famous in the English language. Keats immortalized the work of the Renaissance dramatist and poet in the sonnet "On First Looking into Chapman's Homer." Swinburne praised the translations for their "romantic and sometimes barbaric grandeur," their "freshness, strength, and inextinguishable fire." The great critic George Saintsbury (1845-1933) wrote: "For more than two centuries they were the resort of all who, unable to read Greek, wished to know what Greek was. Chapman is far nearer Homer than any modern translator in any modern language."
This volume presents the original (1611) text of Chapman's translation of the Iliad, making only a small number of modifications to punctuation and wording where they might confuse the modern reader. The editor, Allardyce Nicoll, provides an introduction and a glossary. Garry Wills contributes a preface, in which he explains how Chapman tapped into the poetic consonance between the semi-divine heroism of the Iliad's warriors and the cosmological symbols of Renaissance humanism.
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Chapman's Homer: The Odysseyby Homer, Allardyce Nicoll, George ChapmanISBN 0691048916 (0-691-04891-6)
Softcover, Princeton Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Chapman's Homer: The Odyssey'Book summary:George Chapman's translations of Homer are among the most famous in the English language. Keats immortalized the work of the Renaissance dramatist and poet in the sonnet "On First Looking into Chapman's Homer." Swinburne praised the translations for their "romantic and sometimes barbaric grandeur," their "freshness, strength, and inextinguishable fire." The great critic George Saintsbury (1845-1933) wrote: "For more than two centuries they were the resort of all who, unable to read Greek, wished to know what Greek was. Chapman is far nearer Homer than any modern translator in any modern language." This volume presents the original text of Chapman's translation of the Odyssey (1614-15), making only a small number of modifications to punctuation and wording where they might confuse the modern reader. The editor, Allardyce Nicoll, provides an introduction, textual notes, a glossary, and a commentary. Garry Wills's preface to the Odyssey explores how Chapman's less strained meter lets him achieve more delicate poetic effects as compared to the Iliad. Wills also examines Chapman's "fine touch" in translating "the warm and human sense of comedy" in the Odyssey.
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That deep-browed Homer ruled as his demesne;
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Till I heard Chapman speak out loud and bold.
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Child of an Ancient Cityby Tad Williams, Nina Kiriki Hoffman, Greg HildebrandtISBN 0689315775 (0-689-31577-5)
Hardcover, Simon & Schuster
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Colonialism and Its Forms of Knowledge: The British in Indiaby Bernard S. CohnISBN 0691000433 (0-691-00043-3)
Softcover, Princeton Univ Pr
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Colonialism and Revolution in the Middle East: Social and Cultural Origins of Egypt's 'Urabi Movementby Juan Ricardo ColeISBN 0691056838 (0-691-05683-8)
Hardcover, Princeton Univ Pr
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Colonialism's Culture: Anthropology, Travel and Governmentby Nicholas ThomasISBN 0691037310 (0-691-03731-0)
Softcover, Princeton Univ Pr
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Conversations of German Refugees: Wilhelm Meister's Journeyman Years, or the Renunciantsby Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe, Jane K. Brown, Krishna Winston, Jan Van HeurckISBN 0691043450 (0-691-04345-0)
Softcover, Princeton Univ Pr
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Daddy Long-Legsby Jean Webster, Marc D. FalkoffISBN 0694012823 (0-694-01282-3)
Softcover, Harpercollins Childrens Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Daddy Long-Legs'Book summary:An abridged version of the tale of orphaned Judy Abbot's college adventures which she relates in letters to the mysterious benefactor that she calls "Daddy-Long-Legs." Includes a special charm that can be added to the Chapter Book Charmers charm bracelet. [via]
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Dilthey: Philosopher of the Human Studiesby Rudolf A. MakkreelISBN 0691020973 (0-691-02097-3)
Softcover, Princeton Univ Pr
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Do You Want to Be My Friend?by Eric CarleISBN 0690011377 (0-690-01137-7)
Hardcover, Harpercollins
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Dragondrumsby Anne McCaffreyISBN 0689860064 (0-689-86006-4)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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Dragonsongby Anne McCaffreyISBN 0689860080 (0-689-86008-0)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Dragonsong'Book summary:Anne McCaffrey's best-selling Harper Hall Trilogy is a wonder-filled classic of the imagination. Dragonsong, the first volume in the series, is the enchanting tale of how Menolly of Half Circle Hold became Pern's first female Harper, and rediscovered the legendary fire lizards who helped to save her world. [via]
Early Verse Drama and Prose Playsby Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe, Cyrus Hamlin, Frank Glessner Ryder, Robert M. BrowningISBN 0691043426 (0-691-04342-6)
Softcover, Princeton Univ Pr
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Economy of the Unlost: Reading Simonides of Keos With Paul Cby Anne CarsonISBN 0691091757 (0-691-09175-7)
Softcover, Princeton Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Economy of the Unlost: Reading Simonides of Keos With Paul C'Book summary:The ancient Greek lyric poet Simonides of Keos was the first poet in the Western tradition to take money for poetic composition. From this starting point, Anne Carson launches an exploration of the idea of poetic economy. She offers a reading of certain Simonides' texts and aligns these with writings of the modern Romanian poet Paul Celan, a Jew and survivor of the Holocaust, whose "economies" of language are notorious. Asking such questions as, "what is lost when words are wasted?" and "who profits when words are saved?", Carson reveals the two poets' striking commonalities. In Carson's view, Simonides and Celan share a similar mentality or disposition toward the world, language and the work of the poet. "Economy of the Unlost" begins by showing how each of the two poets stands in a state of alienation between two worlds. In Simonides' case, the gift economy of 5th-century BC Greece was giving way to one based on money and commodities, while Celan's life spanned pre- and post-Holocaust worlds, and he himself, writing in German, became estranged from his native language. Carson goes on to consider various aspects of the two poets' techniques for coming to grips with the invisible through the visible world. A focus on the genre of the epitaph grants insights into the kinds of exchange the poets envision between the living and the dead. Assessing the impact on Simonidean composition of the material fact of inscription on stone, Carson suggests that a need for brevity influenced the exactitude and clarity of Simonides' style, and proposes a comparison with Celan's interest in the "negative design" of printmaking: both poets, though in different ways, employ a kind of negative image making, cutting away all that is superfluous. This book's juxtaposition of the two poets illuminates their differences - Simonides' fundamental faith in the power of the word, Celan's ultimate despair - as well as their similarities; it provides fertile ground for the interplay of Carson's scholarship and her poetic sensibility. [via]
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Essays on Art and Literatureby Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe, John Gearey, Ellen Von Nardroff, Ernest H. Von NardroffISBN 0691036578 (0-691-03657-8)
Softcover, Princeton Univ Pr
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From My Lifeby Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe, Thomas P. Saine, Jeffrey L. Sammons, Robert R. HeitnerISBN 0691037973 (0-691-03797-3)
Softcover, Princeton Univ Pr
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The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordonby Stephen King, Peter Abrahams, Alan DingmanISBN 0689874227 (0-689-87422-7)
Hardcover, Simon & Schuster
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon'Book summary:Stephen King has been for so long the master of the thick blockbuster horror paperback that it is salutary to be reminded of the quieter writer of shorter, tighter stories that he also is. His new novella could hardly be simpler--a nine-year-old girl, smart and resourceful, gets herself lost in the deep woods when she strays off the path for a moment and struggles to survive with a little food, not especially sensible clothing and a Walkman. One of the threats dogging Trisha is her imagination--she is an smart enough child to know how much trouble she is in and gradually to personify the wasps, and midges and dangerous animals, as a God of the Lost. And that imagination is also her strongest resource--she has a baseball cap signed by the Red Sox pitcher Tom Gordon, which becomes her talisman. This is a story of almost pure sentiment and suspense; King has always had fascinating insight into the minds of children and a command of detail that makes him the ideal writer of certain sorts of shipwreck. The almost minimal material here--a single character, what she has on her, and deep woods--make this one of his most gripping and compulsive tales. --Roz Kaveney [via]
Goethe: Verse Plays and Epicby Cyrus Hamlin, Frank Ryder, Michael HamburgerISBN 0691043434 (0-691-04343-4)
Softcover, Princeton Univ Pr
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Goldilocks and the Three Bearsby Jan BrettISBN 0698113586 (0-698-11358-6)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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Great Expectationsby Charles Dickens, Zilpha Keatley SnyderISBN 0689839618 (0-689-83961-8)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Great Expectations'Book summary:An absorbing mystery as well as a morality tale, the story of Pip, a poor village lad, and his expectations of wealth is Dickens at his most deliciously readable. The cast of characters includes kindly Joe Gargery, the loyal convict Abel Magwitch and the haunting Miss Havisham. If you have heartstrings, count on them being tugged. [via]
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Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Talesby Hans Christian Andersen, Anthea Bell, Lisbeth ZwergerISBN 0698400356 (0-698-40035-6)
Hardcover, Minedition
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales'Book summary:[via]Lisbeth Zwerger is one of the worlds preeminent childrens book artists, and one of the most original interpreters of Hans Christian Andersens classic fairytales. This handsome collection, originally published in 1991 now returns in celebration of Hans Christian Andersens 200th birthday. It includes eleven favorite stories, such as "The Princess and the Pea" and "The Emperors New Clothes," as well as lesser-known but equally wonderful stories, all featuring Ms. Zwergers distinctively elegant, witty illustrations. This superb anthology is bound to become a treasured part of every childs library.
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The Hard Facts of the Grimms' Fairy Talesby Maria TatarISBN 0691114692 (0-691-11469-2)
Softcover, Princeton Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Hard Facts of the Grimms' Fairy Tales'Book summary:"Tatar's main concern is with the enduring hold of the tales on children's imaginations. Why should they enjoy stories about other children sent out to die in a wood, or being victimized by cruel stepmothers, or given impossible tasks to perform, and (if female) forced to marry frogs or bears? . . . The Hard Facts of the Grimms' Fairy Tales--related in language that is sharp, lively, and free of jargon--is delightful evidence that Grimm scholarship can give pleasure to the general reader." --Janet Adam Smith, New York Review of Books "For scholars, students, and general readers, Tatar's book is a balanced, sensitive, and informative guide to the content and context of Grimms' fairy tales." --Merle Rubin, The Christian Science Monitor " . . . intelligently eclectic and refreshingly commonsensical, a thoughtful ramble through the dark childhood woods that haunt our adult dreams."--Carl Maves, San Francisco Chronicle [via]
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Hegel's Preface To, The Phenomenology Of Spiritby Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, Yirmiahu YovelISBN 0691120528 (0-691-12052-8)
Hardcover, Princeton Univ Pr
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A History of Modern Germany, 1840-1945by Hajo HolbornISBN 0691007977 (0-691-00797-7)
Softcover, Princeton University Press
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In Hora Mortis/ Under the Iron of the Moonby Thomas Bernhard, James ReidelISBN 0691126429 (0-691-12642-9)
Softcover, Princeton Univ Pr
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In The Hand Of The Goddessby Tamora PierceISBN 0689878567 (0-689-87856-7)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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› Find signed collectible books: 'In The Hand Of The Goddess'Book summary:"I don't want to fall in love.
I just want to be a warrior maiden."Still disguised as a boy, Alanna becomes a squire to none other than the prince of the realm. Prince Jonathan is not only Alanna's liege lord, he is also her best friend -- and one of the few who knows the secret of her true identity. And when the Prince's life is threatened by a mysterious sorcerer, it will take all of Alanna's skill, strength, and magical power to protect him -- even at the risk of revealing who she really is....
Filled with swords and sorcery, adventure and intrigue, good and evil, Alanna's second adventure continues the saga of a girl who dares to follow her dreams -- and the magical destiny that will make her a legend in her land. [via]
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In the Storm of Roses: Selected Poemsby Mark Anderson, Ingeborg BachmannISBN 0691014280 (0-691-01428-0)
Softcover, Princeton University Press
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Introduction to the Human Sciences: Selected Worksby Rudolf A. Makkreel, Wilhelm Dilthey, Frithjof RodiISBN 0691073074 (0-691-07307-4)
Hardcover, Princeton Univ Pr
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The King and the Corpseby Heinrich ZimmerISBN 069101776X (0-691-01776-X)
Softcover, Princeton Univ Pr
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Laws of the Game: How the Principles of Nature Govern Chanceby Ruthild Winkler, Eigen, Manfred and Winkler, RuthildISBN 0691025665 (0-691-02566-5)
Softcover, Princeton Univ Pr
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To illustrate their argument, the authors turn to classic games--backgammon, bridge, and chess--and relate them to physical, biological, and social applications of probability theory and number theory. Further, they have invented, and present here, more than a dozen playable games derived from scientific models for equilibrium, selection, growth, and even the composition of RNA.
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Lioness Rampantby Tamora PierceISBN 0689878575 (0-689-87857-5)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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"I'm not sure I want to be a hero anymore."Having achieved her dream of becoming the first female knight errant, Alanna of Trebond is not sure what to do next. She has triumphed in countless bloody battles, and her adventures are already legendary. Perhaps being a knight errant is not all that Alanna needs....But Alanna must push her uncertainty aside when she is challenged with the impossible. She must recover the Dominion Jewel, a legendary gem with enormous power for good -- but only in the right hands. And she must work fast. Tortall is in great danger, and Alanna's arch-enemy, Duke Roger, is back -- and more powerful than ever. In this final book of the Song of the Lioness quartet, Alanna discovers through fierce combat and ceaseless searching that she indeed has a future worthy of her mythic past -- both as a warrior and as a woman. [via]
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Lustmord: Sexual Murder in Weimar Germanyby Maria TatarISBN 0691015902 (0-691-01590-2)
Softcover, Princeton Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Lustmord: Sexual Murder in Weimar Germany'Book summary:In a book that confronts our society's obsession with sexual violence, Maria Tatar seeks the meaning behind one of the most disturbing images of twentieth-century Western culture: the violated female corpse. This image is so prevalent in painting, literature, film, and, most recently, in mass media, that we rarely question what is at stake in its representation. Tatar, however, challenges us to consider what is taking place, both artistically and socially, in the construction and circulation of scenes depicting sexual murder. In examining images of sexual murder ("lustmord"), she produces a riveting study of how art and murder have intersected in the sexual politics of culture from Weimar Germany to the present. Tatar focuses attention on the politically turbulent Weimar Republic, often viewed as the birthplace of a transgressive avant-garde modernism, where representations of female sexual mutilation abound. Here a revealing episode in the gender politics of cultural production unfolds as male artists and writers, working in a society consumed by fear of outside threats, envision women as enemies that can be contained and mastered through transcendent artistic expression. Not only does Tatar show that male artists openly identified with real-life sexual murderers - George Grosz posed as Jack the Ripper in a photograph where his model and future wife was the target of his knife - but she also reveals the ways in which victims were disavowed and erased. Tatar first analyzes actual cases of sexual murder that aroused wide public interest in Weimar Germany. She then considers how the representation of murdered women in visual and literary works functions as a strategy for managing social and sexual anxieties, and shows how violence against women can be linked to the war trauma, to urban pathologies, and to the politics of cultural production and biological reproduction. [via]
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The Meaning of Relativityby Albert EinsteinISBN 0691023522 (0-691-02352-2)
Softcover, Princeton Univ Pr
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The Meaning Of Relativity: Including the Relativistic Theory of the Non-Symmetric Fieldby Albert Einstein, Brian GreeneISBN 0691120277 (0-691-12027-7)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Meaning Of Relativity: Including the Relativistic Theory of the Non-Symmetric Field'Book summary:In 1921, a young Albert Einstein traveled to America to give four lectures at Princeton University, paving the way for a more complete acceptance of his theory of general relativity. These lectures are published together as The Meaning of Relativity, and were revised with each new edition until Einstein's death. Despite Einstein's profession that he thought without using words, his examples and descriptions of the relativistic world he perceived are clear and easy to follow. Unfortunately for nontechnical readers, his presentation requires deep diversions into mathematics often enough to break up the flow of his narrative, and they may find this rough terrain. But for the mathematically sophisticated or the devoted scientific historian, these lectures are profoundly illuminating--Einstein's bright, quiet genius shines through in the simplicity and economy of his writing. Two appendices follow the lectures: the first covers advances and experimental verifications after 1921; the second, "Relativistic Theory of the Non-Symmetric Field," was Einstein's last scientific paper. The Meaning of Relativity documents a revolution in progress and yields to the careful student deeper truths than those found in physics textbooks. --Rob Lightner [via]
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The Military Life of Frederick the Greatby Christopher DuffyISBN 0689115482 (0-689-11548-2)
Hardcover, Atheneum
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Myth, Religion, and Mother Rightby Ralph ManheimISBN 0691017972 (0-691-01797-2)
Softcover, Princeton Univ Pr
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Nietzsche, Philosopher, Psychologist, Antichristby Walter Arnold KaufmannISBN 0691019835 (0-691-01983-5)
Softcover, Princeton Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Nietzsche, Philosopher, Psychologist, Antichrist'Book summary:This classic is the benchmark against which all modern books about Nietzsche are measured. When Walter Kaufmann wrote it in the immediate aftermath of World War II, most scholars outside Germany viewed Nietzsche as part madman, part proto-Nazi, and almost wholly unphilosophical. Kaufmann rehabilitated Nietzsche nearly single-handedly, presenting his works as one of the great achievements of Western philosophy.
Responding to the powerful myths and countermyths that had sprung up around Nietzsche, Kaufmann offered a patient, evenhanded account of his life and works, and of the uses and abuses to which subsequent generations had put his ideas. Without ignoring or downplaying the ugliness of many of Nietzsche's proclamations, he set them in the context of his work as a whole and of the counterexamples yielded by a responsible reading of his books. More positively, he presented Nietzsche's ideas about power as one of the great accomplishments of modern philosophy, arguing that his conception of the "will to power" was not a crude apology for ruthless self-assertion but must be linked to Nietzsche's equally profound ideas about sublimation. He also presented Nietzsche as a pioneer of modern psychology and argued that a key to understanding his overall philosophy is to see it as a reaction against Christianity.
Many scholars in the past half century have taken issue with some of Kaufmann's interpretations, but the book ranks as one of the most influential accounts ever written of any major Western thinker.
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Noblesse Oblige: An Enquiry into the Identifiable Characteristics of the English Aristocracyby Nancy MitfordISBN 0689707045 (0-689-70704-5)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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The Nude: A Study in Ideal Formby Clark, Kenneth M. ClarkISBN 0691017883 (0-691-01788-3)
Softcover, Princeton Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Nude: A Study in Ideal Form'Book summary:The author traces the history of the depiction of the human body from the earliest civilized times to the present day. Starting with the Greeks who used the nude to express certain fundamental human needs, such as the need for harmony and order (Apollo), and the need to sublimate desire (Venus), he shows how these types of bodily expression were revived in 15th-century Italy and given new urgency by Michelangelo, whose genius almost exhausted the possibilities of the male nude. The female body, however, through Titian, Rubens, Ingres and Renoir has continued to be a source of pictorial inspiration, and the author examines the uneasy relationship with the nude of such moderns as Matisse and Picasso. [via]
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Poetry and Experienceby Rudolf A. Makkreel, Wilhelm Dilthey, Frithjof RodiISBN 0691072973 (0-691-07297-3)
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Poetry and Experienceby Wilhelm Dilthey, Frithjof RodiISBN 0691029288 (0-691-02928-8)
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Political Ideas in the Romantic Age: Their Rise and Influence on Modern Thoughtby Isaiah Berlin, Henry Hardy, Joshua L. ChernissISBN 0691126879 (0-691-12687-9)
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Princess Smartypantsby Babette ColeISBN 0698115554 (0-698-11555-4)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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Ramona and Her Fatherby Beverly Cleary, Alan Tiegreen, Tracy DockrayISBN 0688321143 (0-688-32114-3)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Ramona and Her Father'Book summary:At 7 and a half, with working parents and a sister at "a difficult age," Ramona Quimby tries hard to do her part to keep family peace. Usually, however, she ends up behind every uproarious incident in the house. Whether she's dying herself blue, watching while her young neighbor flings Kleenex around the house, or wearing her soft new pajamas to school one day (under her clothes, of course), Ramona's life is never dull. Through it all, she is struggling for a place in her mother's heart, worried that she might be unlovable. Not a chance. Ramona Quimby is nothing if not lovable.
Beverly Cleary's gift for understanding the tangle of thoughts and emotions in a child's mind and heart is remarkable. Luckily, in addition to being empathic, witty, and astute, Cleary is also prolific. She has created over two dozen children's books, and been presented with many awards, including the Newbery Medal for Dear Mr. Henshaw, as well as the Newbery Honor for Ramona and Her Father and for Ramona Quimby, Age 8. (Ages 8 to 12) --Emilie Coulter [via]
Reconstructing the Subject: Modernist Painting in Western Germany, 1945-1950by Yule F. HeibelISBN 0691036462 (0-691-03646-2)
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Restoration, Revolution, Reaction: Economics and Politics in Germany, 1815-1871by Theodore S. HamerowISBN 0691007551 (0-691-00755-1)
Softcover, Princeton Univ Pr
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Revolutions of 1848, a Social Historyby Priscilla RobertsonISBN 069100756X (0-691-00756-X)
Softcover, Princeton Univ Pr
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Robinson Crusoeby Daniel DefoeISBN 0689844085 (0-689-84408-5)
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Robinson Crusoe, once a brave sailor out to seek his fortune, is now a captive -- a captive of a lonely desert island on which he is marooned. With only his wits and the few supplies he is able to carry from his sinking ship to sustain him, he is forced to create a new life for himself, out of virtually nothing.As the years go by, Crusoe slowly becomes accustomed to a life of solitude. He has only Pol -- the parrot he has tamed -- a few cats, and some wild goats to keep him company and gradually, his island becomes more of a paradise than a prison. But this tranquility is unexpectedly shattered when one day, he sees a footprint...soon to be followed by a group of savages who have invaded his island. Crusoe finds himself fiercely defending an island that has become his own, and fighting for the chance to return home.
Carefully abridged for younger readers, this second addition to the Scribner Storybook Classic line, with striking illustrations by N. C. Wyeth, revitalizes Daniel Defoe's acclaimed tale of survival, self-reliance, adventure, and faith. [via]
Russia and Germany Reborn: Unification, the Soviet Collapse, and the New Europeby Angela E. StentISBN 0691050406 (0-691-05040-6)
Softcover, Princeton Univ Pr
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The Seduction of Culture in German Historyby Wolf LepeniesISBN 0691121311 (0-691-12131-1)
Hardcover, Princeton Univ Pr
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Selected Poemsby Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe, Christopher MiddletonISBN 0691036586 (0-691-03658-6)
Softcover, Princeton Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Selected Poems'Book summary:This new series brings into modern English a reliable translation of a representative portion of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's vast body of work. This edition, selected from over 140 volumes in German, is the new standard in English, and contains poetry, drama, fiction, memoir, criticism, and scientific writing by the man who is probably the most influential writer in the German language. The executive editors of this collection are Victor Lange of Princeton University, Eric Blackall of Cornell University, and Cyrus Hamlin of Yale University.
Princeton University Press is proud to be the distributor of the twelve volumes in hardcover of the originating publisher, Suhrkamp Verlag. In addition, Princeton will issue paperback reprints of these volumes over the next two years, beginning with volumes one through three.
Goethe, the founder of the poetry of experience, created a body of poetry that is unsurpassed in lucidity of speech and imagery and in instinct for melody and rhythm. Nonetheless, many of his poems are relatively unknown to English-speaking audiences, partly because of the difficulties they have posed to translators. This volume contains translations, side by side with the German originals, of Goethe's major poems--all prepared by eminent American and English writers, and all attesting to his poetic genius.
Goethe's most complex and profound work, Faust was the effort of the great poet's entire lifetime. Written over 60 years, it can be read as a document of Goethe's moral and artistic development. Faust is made available to the English reader in a completely new translation that communicates both its poetic variety and its many levels of tone. The language is present-day English, and Goethe's formal and rhythmic variety is reproduced in all its richness.
The reflections on art and literature that Goethe produced throughout his life are the premise and corollary of his work as poet, novelist, and man of science. This volume contains such important essays as "On Gothic Architecture," "On the Laocoon Group," and "Shakespeare: A Tribute." Several works in this collection appear for the first time unabridged and in fresh translations.
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Selected Later Poems of Marie Luise Kaschnitzby Marie Luise KaschnitzISBN 0691013748 (0-691-01374-8)
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Shogunby James ClavellISBN 0689105657 (0-689-10565-7)
Hardcover, Simon & Schuster
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Shogun'Book summary:A bold English adventurer. An invincible Japanese warlord. A beautiful woman torn between two ways of life, two ways of love. All brought together in an extraordinary saga of a time and a place aflame with conflict, passion, ambition, lust, and the struggle for power...
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Sound and Symbolby Victor ZuckerkandlISBN 0691099251 (0-691-09925-1)
Hardcover, Princeton University Press
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Sound and Symbol: Music and the External Worldby Victor ZuckerkandlISBN 069101759X (0-691-01759-X)
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The Stories of Eva Lunaby Isabel Allende, Margaret Sayers PedenISBN 0689121024 (0-689-12102-4)
Hardcover, Key Porter Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Stories of Eva Luna'Book summary:In 1988, Isabel Allende published Eva Luna, a novel which recounted the adventurous life of a poor young Latin American woman who finds happiness and some degree of worldly success through her ability as a storyteller. In this new book, we are presented with a treasure trove of stories, showing us once more why Eva Luna--and Isabel Allende--has won such a large and devoted audience. [via]
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Theory of Film: The Redemption of Physical Realityby Siegfried KracauerISBN 0691037043 (0-691-03704-3)
Softcover, Princeton Univ Pr
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Treasure Islandby Robert Louis Stevenson, AviISBN 0689832125 (0-689-83212-5)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Treasure Island'Book summary:Climb aboard for the swashbuckling adventure of a lifetime. Treasure Islandhas enthralled (and caused slight seasickness) for decades. The names Long John Silver and Jim Hawkins are destined to remain pieces of folklore for as long as children want to read Robert Louis Stevenson's most famous book. With it's dastardly plot and motley crew of rogues and villains, it seems unlikely that children will ever say no to this timeless classic. --Naomi Gesinger [via]
Two Playsby Peter WeissISBN 0689104936 (0-689-10493-6)
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When Daylight Comesby Ellen HowardISBN 0689311338 (0-689-31133-8)
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When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbitby Judith KerrISBN 0698115899 (0-698-11589-9)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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