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7 Greeksby Guy DavenportISBN 0811212882 (0-8112-1288-2)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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Alexander the Great: Man of Action Man of Spiritby Pierre Briant, Jeremy LeggattISBN 0810928337 (0-8109-2833-7)
Softcover, Harry N Abrams Inc
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Alexandria: Jewel of Egyptby Jean-Yves EmpereurISBN 0810991012 (0-8109-9101-2)
Softcover, Harry N Abrams Inc
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Antigoneby Sophocles, Michael Townsend, Eugene Hannes FalkISBN 081020214X (0-8102-0214-X)
Softcover, Longman Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Antigone'Book summary:This edition of the Antigone is based upon Gustav Wolff ssecond edition, Leipzig, 1873. In most cases where the text varies from his, the readings of theL aurentian Ms. (L) have been adopted in preference to those of inferior Mss. or to conjectures of Wolff and other editors. The reasons for these changes are given in the A ppendix, which it is hoped furnishes sufficient material for an intelligent appreciation of the most important problems in the textual criticism of the play. For the purpose of facilitating comparison, the rejected readings of Wolff are placed at the foot of the text. Through lack of such an aid as the Facsimile of theL aurentian Codex, now in course of preparation, it has been necessary to take the variants of theM ss. at second or third hand, chiefly from the edition of Campbell. The Commentary has been adapted to the needs of that large number of students who begin their study of Greek tragedy with this plaj .T he lyric parts have been arranged on the basis of the rhythmical scheme which has been borrowed from Schmidt sR hythmic and Metric, translated by Professor John Williams White. Material has been taken freely from the editions of Bellermann, Campbell, Nauck, Wecklein, and Dindorf. The editor takes pleasure in expressing his grateful obligations to his colleague. Professor Elisha Jones, for the use of critical apparatus; and to his pupil, Mr. Walter Miller, A.M., for generous sei-vice in verifying references. M. L. DOOGE. Unitebsitt of Michiqam, A ugust, 1884.
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Forgotten Books is a publisher of historical writings, such as: Philosophy, Classics, Science, Religion, History, Folklore and Mythology.
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Aristophanes Four Major Plays: Lysistrata, the Birds, the Clouds, the Archarniansby AristophanesISBN 0804901899 (0-8049-0189-9)
Softcover, Airmont Pub Co
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Arrian of Nicomediaby Philip A. StadterISBN 0807813648 (0-8078-1364-8)
Hardcover, Univ of North Carolina Pr
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Art: The History Of Painting, Sculpture, Architectureby Frederick HarttISBN 0810918846 (0-8109-1884-6)
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Athenian Popular Religionby Jon D. MikalsonISBN 0807841943 (0-8078-4194-3)
Softcover, Univ of North Carolina Pr
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Bait And Switch: The (Futile) Pursuit of the American Dreamby Barbara EhrenreichISBN 0805081240 (0-8050-8124-0)
Softcover, Henry Holt & Co
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Through over three decades of journalism and activism and over a dozen books, Barbara Ehrenreich has been one of the most consistent and imaginative chroniclers of class in America, but it was her bestselling 2001 book, Nickel and Dimed, a undercover expose of the day-to-day struggles of the working poor, that has been the most influential work of her career. Now, with Bait and Switch, she has gone undercover again, this time as a middle-aged professional trying to get a white-collar job in corporate America. We asked her a few questions about what she found: Amazon.com: Your previous book, Nickel and Dimed, became a blockbuster bestseller with a classic "there but for the grace of God go I" liberal message just when the general political mood of the country seemed to be going in a very different direction. Why do you think it struck such a chord? What sorts of reactions have you gotten to it over the past four years?
Barbara Ehrenreich: A lot of Nickel and Dimed readers are people who regularly inhabit the low-wage work world, and many of them write to tell me that the book affirmed their experience and made them feel less alone and ignored. Other readers though, are affluent people who write to say I opened their eyes to a world they'd been unaware of. For those people, I think one appealing feature of Nickel and Dimed is that it's a personal narrative that gives them a look at lives lived at the margins of their own. The most gratifying response has been from people who tell me the book inspired them to become activists for things like a living wage or affordable housing.
Amazon.com: At what point did you realize that your new book, Bait and Switch, in which you went undercover again, this time to tell a story of working in corporate America, was instead becoming one of not working in corporate America? Is that the story you expected to tell?
Ehrenreich: My initial aim was not "to tell a story of working in corporate America" but to try to understand the human underside of corporate America--the job insecurity, the constant layoffs and downsizings that now occur even in the best of times. I expected to get a job and hence an inside view, but I always knew that that would be very difficult. After about 4-5 months of job searching, I began to get seriously discouraged, but I also came to understand that a fruitless search is in fact a very common experience. After all, today 44 percent of the long-term unemployed are white collar folks--an unusually high percentage. It's their world I entered, and their story that I tell in Bait and Switch.
Amazon.com: For someone with a white-collar career, you didn't have much experience in corporate culture before you attempted to join it for this book. What surprised you the most about what you found?
Ehrenreich: What surprised me most, right from day one of my job search, was the surreal nature of the job searching business. For example, everyone, from corporations to career coaches, relies heavily on "personality tests" which have no scientific credibility or predictive value. One test revealed that I have a melancholy and envious nature and, for some reason, was unsuited to be a writer! And what does "personality" have to do with getting the job done, anyway? There's far less emphasis on skills and experience than on whether you have the prescribed upbeat and likeable persona. I kept wondering: Is this any way to run a business? I was also surprised--and disgusted--by the constant victim-blaming you encounter among coaches, at networking events for the unemployed, and in the business advice books. You're constantly told that whatever happens to you is the result of your attitude or even your "thought forms"--not a word about the corporate policies that lead to so much turmoil and misery.
Amazon.com: You seemed to make much closer ties with your fellow workers in Nickel and Dimed than you did on the white-collar job hunt. What was different this time?
Ehrenreich: You're right--there is a difference. But it's not so much a matter of personalities as it is about two different worlds. There's a lot of camaraderie in the blue-collar world I entered in Nickel and Dimed. People help each other and look out for each other; they laugh together--often at the managers. The white-collar world doesn't encourage camaraderie, far from it. There it's all about competition and fear--of losing one's job, for one thing. Other people are seen as sources of contacts or tips, at best; as competitors or rivals, at worst. And among the unemployed add shame and a sense of personal failure, the constant message that it's all your own fault. All this discourages any solidarity with others or real openness.
Amazon.com: God forbid anyone would come to your book as a guide for finding a white-collar job, but what advice would you give to someone in the shoes you put yourself in: a middle-aged professional woman, in fear of falling irrevocably out of touch with the world of the regularly employed?
Ehrenreich: You don't think I'd make a good career coach? OK, but I have three pieces of advice for the middle-aged, middle-class job seeker anyway:
One, be very careful how you spend your money and time. Since the mid-90s, a whole industry has sprung up to help--or, depending on your point of view, prey upon--white-collar job seekers. The "professionals" in this business are usually entirely unlicensed and unregulated. Also, watch out for events billed as "networking" opportunities that really have another agenda--like recruiting you into expensive coaching or proselytizing you into a particular religion.
Two, don't count on the internet job sites to find you a job or even an interview. On any of these sites, your resume will be competing with hundreds of thousands of others, and most large companies today don't even bother reading online resumes; they have computer programs scan them for keywords (and you won't know what those keywords are.)
Three, and most important: stop believing that it's your own fault. That's the first step to recognizing the common problems facing white-collar workers and responding to them. I'd be thrilled if this book, like Nickel and Dimed, also inspires readers to get involved and become active in efforts to make life a little easier for the growing numbers of people who are unemployed, underemployed, or anxiously employed. What could they do? Lobby for universal health insurance that's not tied to a job, for example. Fight for extended unemployment benefits. Raise their voices to complain about corporate tax breaks and subsidies that are justified in terms of "job creation" but often go to companies that are busy laying people off. One major reason job loss is so catastrophic is that we just don't have much of a safety net in this country. That has to change, and who's going to make it change, if not people like those I met in Bait and Switch? I've got a new website, barbaraehrenreich.com, and I'd like to hear from readers--both their stories and their ideas for how to take action.
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Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America
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Beginning to Read the Fathersby Boniface RamseyISBN 0809126915 (0-8091-2691-5)
Softcover, Paulist Pr
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The Best of A.T. Robertsonby A. T. Robertson, Timothy George, Denise George, David S. DockeryISBN 0805412565 (0-8054-1256-5)
Hardcover, Broadman & Holman Pub
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Beyond the Mountainsby KennethISBN 0811205525 (0-8112-0552-5)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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The Birth of Greeceby Pierre LevequeISBN 0810928434 (0-8109-2843-4)
Softcover, Harry N Abrams Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Birth of Greece'Book summary:Ideals of democracy, art, and architecture, profound philosophical explorations, the establishment of a written historical record, the development of the tragic and comedic forms, the consolidation of the Olympian pantheon - for these and many other achievements we are eternally indebted to the ancient Greeks. This volume pays homage to a host of figures - including Pericles and Demosthenes, Aristotle and Plato, Homer and Euripides - and makes this history, our history, come alive. [via]
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The Book of Promethea/Le Livre De Prometheaby Helene Cixous, Betsy WingISBN 0803263430 (0-8032-6343-0)
Softcover, Univ of Nebraska Pr
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Candideby Francois M. VoltaireISBN 0808509551 (0-8085-0955-1)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Candide'Book summary:Political satire doesn't age well, but occasionally a diatribe contains enough art and universal mirth to survive long after its timeliness has passed. Candide is such a book. Penned by that Renaissance man of the Enlightenment, Voltaire, Candide is steeped in the political and philosophical controversies of the 1750s. But for the general reader, the novel's driving principle is clear enough: the idea (endemic in Voltaire's day) that we live in the best of all possible worlds, and apparent folly, misery and strife are actually harbingers of a greater good we cannot perceive, is hogwash.
Telling the tale of the good-natured but star-crossed Candide (think Mr. Magoo armed with deadly force), as he travels the world struggling to be reunited with his love, Lady Cunegonde, the novel smashes such ill-conceived optimism to splinters. Candide's tutor, Dr. Pangloss, is steadfast in his philosophical good cheer, in the face of more and more fantastic misfortune; Candide's other companions always supply good sense in the nick of time. Still, as he demolishes optimism, Voltaire pays tribute to human resilience, and in doing so gives the book a pleasant indomitability common to farce. Says one character, a princess turned one-buttocked hag by unkind Fate: "I have wanted to kill myself a hundred times, but somehow I am still in love with life. This ridiculous weakness is perhaps one of our most melancholy propensities; for is there anything more stupid than to be eager to go on carrying a burden which one would gladly throw away, to loathe one's very being and yet to hold it fast, to fondle the snake that devours us until it has eaten our hearts away?"--Michael Gerber [via]
Cavafy: A Critical Biographyby Robert LiddellISBN 0805236341 (0-8052-3634-1)
Hardcover, Schocken Books
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Classical Gods and Heroesby Rhoda A. HendricksISBN 0804423768 (0-8044-2376-8)
Hardcover, F. Ungar Pub Co
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Classics Revisitedby Kenneth RexrothISBN 0811209881 (0-8112-0988-1)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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Cleopatra: The Life and Death of a Pharaohby Edith FlamarionISBN 0810928051 (0-8109-2805-1)
Softcover, Harry N Abrams Inc
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Collected Poems, 1912-1944by Hilda Doolittle, Louis MartzISBN 0811209717 (0-8112-0971-7)
Softcover, New Directions
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Commentary on the Epistle of Jamesby James AdamsonISBN 0802823777 (0-8028-2377-7)
Hardcover, Eerdmans Pub Co
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The Complete Astrological Handbook for the 21st Century : Understanding and Combining the Wisdom of Chinese, Tibetan, Vedic, Arabian, Judaic, and Western Astrologyby Anistatia R. Miller, Jared M. BrownISBN 0805210865 (0-8052-1086-5)
Softcover, Knopf Publishing Group
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Complete Works of Montaigne: Essays, Travel Journal, Lettersby Donald Murdoch Frame, Michel E. De MontaigneISBN 0804704848 (0-8047-0484-8)
Hardcover, Stanford Univ Pr
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The Daily Life of the Greek Godsby Marcel Detienne, Giulia Sissa, Janet LloydISBN 0804736146 (0-8047-3614-6)
Softcover, Stanford Univ Pr
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Dictionary of Pagan Religions,by Harry Ezekiel WedeckISBN 0806503866 (0-8065-0386-6)
Softcover, Carol Pub Group
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Dotto and the Minotaur's Maze: An Interactive Connect-the-Dots Adventureby Alkis AlkiviadesISBN 0810927780 (0-8109-2778-0)
Softcover, Abrams , Incorporated, Harry N.
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The Earliest Christian Artifacts: Manuscripts and Christian Originsby Larry W. HurtadoISBN 0802828957 (0-8028-2895-7)
Softcover, Eerdmans Pub Co
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Eat This Book: A Conversation in the Art of Spiritual Readingby Eugene H. PetersonISBN 0802829481 (0-8028-2948-1)
Hardcover, Eerdmans Pub Co
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Eleusis: Archetypal Image of Mother and Daughterby Karl KerenyiISBN 0805205489 (0-8052-0548-9)
Hardcover, Schocken Books
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The Epistle of Jamesby James B. AdamsonISBN 080282515X (0-8028-2515-X)
Hardcover, Eerdmans Pub Co
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The Epistle to the Hebrews: A Commentary on the Greek Textby Paul EllingworthISBN 080282420X (0-8028-2420-X)
Hardcover, Eerdmans Pub Co
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The Epistles to the Colossians and to Philemon: A Commentary on the Greek Textby James D.G. DunnISBN 0802824412 (0-8028-2441-2)
Hardcover, Eerdmans Pub Co
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Ethnic Chicago: A Multicultural Portraitby Melvin G. Holli, Peter D'A JonesISBN 0802870538 (0-8028-7053-8)
Softcover, Eerdmans Pub Co
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Explorers for Godby Nathan Aaseng, Douglas OudekerkISBN 0806636084 (0-8066-3608-4)
Hardcover, Augsburg Fortress Pub
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The Genius of Alexander the Greatby N. HammondISBN 0807847445 (0-8078-4744-5)
Softcover, Univ of North Carolina Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Genius of Alexander the Great'Book summary:By the time of his death in 323 B.C., Alexander III of Macedonia had built an empire that stretched from the eastern Mediterranean coast through Asia Minor and into the Indus valley. Even before his sudden death, Alexander had achieved mythical status throughout his kingdom, and in the centuries that followed his life became the subject of countless chronicles and biographies.
N. G. L. Hammond, the foremost expert on ancient Macedonian history, here presents a new account of Alexander's fabled career. Based on a thorough analysis of the ancient sources and enriched by a lifetime of research, Hammond's narrative pronounces the Macedonian conqueror a man truly deserving of the title Alexander the Great.
According to Hammond, Alexander was a visionary statesman and general, the force behind a kingdom which rose above racism and nationalism to enjoy peace and prosperity. His intellect and charismatic personality, which earned him the respect, admiration, and devotion of his subjects, also help explain Alexander's endurance as a source of fascination into the present day. [via]
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Gods, Men and Monsters from the Greek Mythsby Michael Gibson, Giovanni CaselliISBN 0805237933 (0-8052-3793-3)
Hardcover, Schocken Books
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Golden Treasures of Troy: The Dream of Heinrich Schliemannby Herve DucheneISBN 0810928256 (0-8109-2825-6)
Softcover, Harry N Abrams Inc
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The Gospel Of Matthew: A Commentary On The Greek Textby John NollandISBN 0802823890 (0-8028-2389-0)
Hardcover, Eerdmans Pub Co
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Greece in Poetryby Simoni ZafiropoulosISBN 0810933799 (0-8109-3379-9)
Hardcover, Harry N Abrams Inc
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Greek Architectureby Robert Lorentz ScrantonISBN 0807601756 (0-8076-0175-6)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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Heracles the Strongby Ian Serraillier, Rocco NegriISBN 0809820714 (0-8098-2071-4)
Hardcover, H. Z. Walck
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Hermogenes' on Types of Styleby Hermogenes, Cecil W. WootenISBN 0807817287 (0-8078-1728-7)
Hardcover, Univ of North Carolina Pr
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Hippolytus Temporizes & Ion: Adaptations of Two Plays by Euripidesby Hilda Doolittle, Carol CamperISBN 0811215539 (0-8112-1553-9)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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The History of Beads: From 30,000 B. C. to the Presentby Lois Sherr DubinISBN 0810981785 (0-8109-8178-5)
Hardcover, Abrams , Incorporated, Harry N.
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History of Beads: From 30,000 B.C. to the Presentby Togashi, Lois Sherr DubinISBN 0810991764 (0-8109-9176-4)
Softcover, Harry N Abrams Inc
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The History of the Church from Christ to Constantineby EusebiusISBN 0806615095 (0-8066-1509-5)
Softcover, Augsburg Fortress Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The History of the Church from Christ to Constantine'Book summary:[via]"Could I do better than start from the beginning of the dispensation of our Saviour and Lord, Jesus the Christ of God?"
Bishop Eusebius (c. AD 260339), a learned scholar who lived most of his life in Caesarea in Palestine, broke new ground in writing the History and provided a model for all later ecclesiastical historians. In tracing the history of the Church from the time of Christ to the Great Persecution at the beginning of the fourth century and ending with the conversion of the Emperor Constantine, his aim was to show the purity and continuity of the doctrinal tradition of Christianity and its struggle against persecutors and heretics, and he supported his account by extensive quotations from original sources.
This edition of G. A. Williamsons clear, fluid translation is accompanied by an introduction by Andrew Louth discussing the life and works of Eusebius, together with notes, bibliography, map of the world of Eusebius and brief biographies of the figures who appear in the work.
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The Hobbitby J.R.R. TolkienISBN 0808520806 (0-8085-2080-6)
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This book is the predecessor to Tolkien's masterpiece, The Lord of the Rings, and though that trilogy can be thoroughly enjoyed without first reading The Hobbit, much that happens in the later novels is foreshadowed here. A word of caution, however: as Bilbo discovers early on, travel and adventure are addictive things; embark on this journey to the Lonely Mountain with Tolkien's reluctant hero, and you might not be able to stop there. And the road taken to the distant mountains of Mordor in the ensuing trilogy is an even more perilous one. [via]
Horace: Epodes and Odesby Daniel H. GarrisonISBN 0806123745 (0-8061-2374-5)
Hardcover, Univ of Oklahoma Pr
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Julius CaesarISBN 0811468313 (0-8114-6831-3)
Softcover, Steck-Vaughn Co
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Knossos: Searching for the Legendary Palace of King Minosby Alexandre Farnoux, David J. BakerISBN 0810928191 (0-8109-2819-1)
Softcover, Abrams , Incorporated, Harry N.
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Lord of the Skyby Doris Gates, Robert HandvilleISBN 0808501372 (0-8085-0137-2)
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Lucian Seventy Dialoguesby Harry L. LevyISBN 0806112166 (0-8061-1216-6)
Hardcover, Univ of Oklahoma Pr
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The Medici Aesop: From the Spencer Collection of the New York Public Libraryby Bernard McTigue, AesopISBN 0810915421 (0-8109-1542-1)
Hardcover, Harry N Abrams Inc
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Meze : Small Bites, Big Flavors from the Greek Tableby Rosemary BarronISBN 0811831485 (0-8118-3148-5)
Softcover, Chronicle Books LLC
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New Documents Illustrating Early Christianity: Review of the Greek Inscriptions and Papyri Published in 1976by S. R. LlewelynISBN 0802845118 (0-8028-4511-8)
Softcover, Eerdmans Pub Co
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New Testament Greek and Exegesis: Essays in Hornor of Gerald F. Hawthorneby Amy M. Donaldson, Timothy B. SailorsISBN 0802838782 (0-8028-3878-2)
Hardcover, Eerdmans Pub Co
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Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting by in Americaby Barbara EhrenreichISBN 0805063897 (0-8050-6389-7)
Softcover, Henry Holt & Co
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As a waitress in Florida, where her name is suddenly transposed to "girl," trailer trash becomes a demographic category to aspire to with rent at $675 per month. In Maine, where she ends up working as both a cleaning woman and a nursing home assistant, she must first fill out endless pre-employment tests with trick questions such as "Some people work better when they're a little bit high." In Minnesota, she works at Wal-Mart under the repressive surveillance of men and women whose job it is to monitor her behavior for signs of sloth, theft, drug abuse, or worse. She even gets to experience the humiliation of the urine test.
So, do the poor have survival strategies unknown to the middle class? And did Ehrenreich feel the "bracing psychological effects of getting out of the house, as promised by the wonks who brought us welfare reform?" Nah. Even in her best-case scenario, with all the advantages of education, health, a car, and money for first month's rent, she has to work two jobs, seven days a week, and still almost winds up in a shelter. As Ehrenreich points out with her potent combination of humor and outrage, the laws of supply and demand have been reversed. Rental prices skyrocket, but wages never rise. Rather, jobs are so cheap as measured by the pay that workers are encouraged to take as many as they can. Behind those trademark Wal-Mart vests, it turns out, are the borderline homeless. With her characteristic wry wit and her unabashedly liberal bent, Ehrenreich brings the invisible poor out of hiding and, in the process, the world they inhabit--where civil liberties are often ignored and hard work fails to live up to its reputation as the ticket out of poverty. --Lesley Reed [via]
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The Odyssey: An Epic of Returnby William G. ThalmannISBN 0805785647 (0-8057-8564-7)
Softcover, Gale / Cengage Learning
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Orality and Literacy in Hellenic Greeceby Tony M. LentzISBN 0809313596 (0-8093-1359-6)
Hardcover, Southern Illinois Univ Pr
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Ovid's Metamorphosesby Ovid, William S. AndersonISBN 0806114568 (0-8061-1456-8)
Softcover, Univ of Oklahoma Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Ovid's Metamorphoses'Book summary:One of the most influential and popular works in all literature, Ovids Metamorphoses is a weaving-together of classical myths, extending in time from the creation of the world to the death of Julius Caesar. This volume provides the Latin text of the first five books of the poem and the most detailed commentary available in English for these books.[via]In his introduction to the volume, editor William S. Anderson provides essential background information, discussing Ovids life, the reception of the Metamorphoses during Ovids day and after, and the poems central issues. The Latin text of the five books is Andersons own edition, based on years of study of the surviving manuscripts. In the extensive notes that follow the text, Anderson offers both useful summaries of the stories and detailed line-by-line comments.
Unlike other epic poems, which concern wars and heroism, the Metamorphoses centers on ordinary human beings, women as well as men, who live in a world of continuous change. The first five books, which include such well-known stories as Apollo and Daphane, Diana and Actaeon, and Narcissus and Echo, deal especially with the relationship between human beings and the gods. Arrogant and lustful, but all-powerful, the gods of Ovids universe selfishly pursue their own pleasures, frequently at the expense of their human targets. Yet these gods escape unscathed, while the humans, unjustly, are punished. Helpless to defend themselves, they are changed into animal or nonhuman forms.
A resource for students and scholars of Latin, this volume enhances understanding and enjoyment of Ovids changeable poem about our changeable existence.
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Past Imperfect: History According to the Moviesby Mark C. Carnes, David Rubel, Ted Mico, John Miller-MonzonISBN 0805037608 (0-8050-3760-8)
Softcover, Owlet
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The Poems of Hesiodby R. M. FrazerISBN 0806118466 (0-8061-1846-6)
Softcover, Univ of Oklahoma Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Poems of Hesiod'Book summary:[via]"Besides Homer, there is Hesiod." These words still contain much truth today. Hesiod is a very important poet, and for this reason his two surviving poems, Theogony and Works and Days, deserve to be presented as accurately and attractively as possible. R. M. Frazer has done this: His new translations are faithful to the matter and spirit of the originals, and his commentary makes the poems understandable and enjoyable.
Hesiod is the first Greek and, therefore, the first European we can know as a real person, for, unlike Homer, he tells us about himself in his poems. Hesiod seems to have been a successful farmer and a rather gloomy though not humorless man. One suspects from his concern for the bachelor's lot and some rather unflattering remarks about women that he was never married. A close study of both poems reveals the same personality -that of a deeply religious man concerned with the problems of justice and fate.
The Theogony represents the first codification of the Greek pantheon. Hesiod, of course, did not invent the gods, but he gave the Greeks a clear picture of their forms, functions, and relationships. Thus, the poem deals with the high epic theme of the creation of the divine order of the world under the direction of Zeus. Works and Days, by contrast, considers justice and work in the context of Hesiod's own life. The difference in subject matter produces a difference in style: Theogony is strongly influenced by the epic conventions; Works and Days is more modern and freewheeling.
To get a fuller picture of Hesiod and his poems, we must try to understand him in relation to his times. The eighth century, when Hesiod lived, was the time of the great Greek awakening after the period of relative darkness ushered in by the fall of the old Mycenaean kingdoms around 1125 B.C. Hesiod thus lived at the beginning of the Greek classical period, and his poems influenced not only that age but also Western culture in our day.
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Public Records and Archives in Classical Athensby James P. SickingerISBN 0807824690 (0-8078-2469-0)
Hardcover, Univ of North Carolina Pr
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Race of the Golden Applesby Leo Dillon, Claire Martin, Diane DillonISBN 0803702485 (0-8037-0248-5)
Hardcover, Penguin Group USA
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Romans and Aliensby J.P. BalsdonISBN 0807813834 (0-8078-1383-4)
Hardcover, Univ of North Carolina Pr
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Search for Ancient Greeceby Roland Etienne, Francoise Etienne, Anthony ZielonkaISBN 0810928043 (0-8109-2804-3)
Softcover, Abrams , Incorporated, Harry N.
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Selections from Homer's Iliad: With an Introduction, Notes, a Short Homeric Grammar, and a Vocabularyby Allen Rogers Benner, Mark W. EdwardsISBN 0806133635 (0-8061-3363-5)
Softcover, Univ of Oklahoma Pr
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Sermon Starters from the Greek New Testamentby Gerald CowenISBN 0805413979 (0-8054-1397-9)
Softcover, B & H Pub Group
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Sexual Culture of Ancient Greeceby Daniel H. GarrisonISBN 080613237X (0-8061-3237-X)
Hardcover, Univ of Oklahoma Pr
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The Speeches of Periclesby Thucydides, Harry G. EdingerISBN 0804469083 (0-8044-6908-3)
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Studies in Ancient Greek Society: The Prehistoric Aegeanby George ThomsonISBN 0806500476 (0-8065-0047-6)
Softcover, Carol Pub Group
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Theological Dictionary of the New Testamentby Gerhard Kittel, Gerhard FriedrichISBN 0802822487 (0-8028-2248-7)
Hardcover, Eerdmans Pub Co
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Till We Have Facesby C. S. LewisISBN 0802860192 (0-8028-6019-2)
Softcover, Eerdmans Pub Co
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The Tragedy of Julius Caesarby William ShakespeareISBN 0804910049 (0-8049-1004-9)
Softcover, Airmont Pub Co
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The Use of the Septuagint in New Testament Researchby R. Timothy McLayISBN 0802860915 (0-8028-6091-5)
Softcover, Eerdmans Pub Co
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The Varieties of Enchantment: Early Greek Views of the Nature and Function of Poetryby George WalshISBN 0807842060 (0-8078-4206-0)
Softcover, Univ of North Carolina Pr
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A Waka Anthologyby Edwin A. CranstonISBN 0804731578 (0-8047-3157-8)
Softcover, Stanford Univ Pr
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A Wonder Bookby Nathaniel HawthorneISBN 080490118X (0-8049-0118-X)
Softcover, Airmont Pub Co
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Wondrous Realms of the AegeanISBN 0809498758 (0-8094-9875-8)
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World of Wordsby Victor StevensonISBN 0806922737 (0-8069-2273-7)
Softcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'World of Words'Book summary:Did you know that when you call someone a "pal" you're using a word derived from Romany, the gypsy tongue (phal, or brother)? Or, that "cosmonaut" has its origins in ancient Greek? Remnants of the past live on in our words, grammar, and pronunciation. This is the story of language--how it succeeds or fails, and why it develops the way it does--abundantly and colorfully illustrated.[via]
* Newly drawn maps and discussions of the most current linguistic issues (including "politically correct" and techno-speak).
* Over 1000 examples illustrate how specific words changed through time.
* Covers Sanskrit; Indo-Aryan; Basque; Greek; Celtic; Latin and the Romance languages; English, and the Germanic languages; Slavonic, and Baltic tongues; "outsider" languages, like Magyar and Finnish; and Europe's national languages.
* Includes over 140 photographs and special boxed sections
Whether you're interested in Romany or Romanian, English from Texas or Italian from Tuscany--you'll find the words that link them here!
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Writing Systems of the Worldby Akira NakanishiISBN 0804812934 (0-8048-1293-4)
Hardcover, Tuttle Pub
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Writing Systems of the World: Alphabets, Syllabaries, Pictogramsby Nakanishi AkiraISBN 0804816549 (0-8048-1654-9)
Softcover, Tuttle Pub
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Wuest's Word Studies from the Greek New Testamentby K.S. WuestISBN 0802822800 (0-8028-2280-0)
Hardcover, Eerdmans Pub Co
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Horace: Epodes and Odesby HoraceISBN 0806130571 (0-8061-3057-1)
Softcover, Univ of Oklahoma Pr
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