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An Acceptable Timeby Madeleine L'EngleISBN 0374300275 (0-374-30027-5)
Hardcover, Farrar, Straus & Giroux
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› Find signed collectible books: 'An Acceptable Time'Book summary:A flash of lightning, quivering ground, and, instead of her grandparents' farm, Polly sees mist and jagged mountains -- and coming toward her, a group of young men carrying spears.[via]
Why has a time gate opened and dropped Polly into a world that existed 3,000 years ago? Will she be able to get back to the present before the time gate closes -- and leaves her to face a group of people who believe in human sacrifice?More editions of An Acceptable Time:
Alcestisby Euripides, Ted HughesISBN 0374149208 (0-374-14920-8)
Hardcover, Farrar Straus & Giroux
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The Ancient Engineersby Lyon Sprague De CampISBN 0345482875 (0-345-48287-5)
Softcover, Ballantine Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Ancient Engineers'Book summary:A reasonably scholarly but nonetheless accessible history of the great engineering feats of the human race up to the Renaissance, including a great chapter on Oriental architecture, a topic often neglected by such surveys. [via]
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The Archaeology of Creteby PendleburyISBN 0393002764 (0-393-00276-4)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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The Balkans in Our Timeby Robert Lee WolffISBN 0393090108 (0-393-09010-8)
Hardcover, Norton
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Birds Without Wingsby Louis de BernieresISBN 0375434348 (0-375-43434-8)
Hardcover, Ballantine Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Birds Without Wings'Book summary:Birds Without Wings traces the fortunes of one small community in southwest Turkey (Anatolia) in the early part of the last century a quirky community in which Christian and Muslim lives and traditions have co-existed peacefully over the centuries and where friendship, even love, has transcended religious differences.
But with the disintegration of the Ottoman Empire and the onset of the Great War, the sweep of history has a cataclysmic effect on this peaceful place: The great love of Philothei, a Christian girl of legendary beauty, and Ibrahim, a Muslim shepherd who courts her from near infancy, culminates in tragedy and madness; Two inseparable childhood friends who grow up playing in the hills above the town suddenly find themselves on opposite sides of the bloody struggle; and Rustem Bey, a wealthy landlord, who has an enchanting mistress who is not what she seems.
Far away from these small lives, a man of destiny who will come to be known as Mustafa Kemal Atatürk is emerging to create a country from the ruins of an empire. Victory at Gallipoli fails to save the Ottomans from ultimate defeat and, as a new conflict arises, Muslims and Christians struggle to survive, let alone understand, their part in the great tragedy that will reshape the whole region forever. [via]More editions of Birds Without Wings:
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Carnage and Culture: Landmark Battles in the Rise of Western Powerby Victor Davis HansonISBN 0385720386 (0-385-72038-6)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Carnage and Culture: Landmark Battles in the Rise of Western Power'Book summary:Many theories have been offered regarding why Western culture has spread so successfully across the world, with arguments ranging from genetics to superior technology to the creation of enlightened economic, moral, and political systems. In Carnage and Culture, military historian Victor Hanson takes all of these factors into account in making a bold, and sure to be controversial, argument: Westerners are more effective killers. Focusing specifically on military power rather than the nature of Western civilization in general, Hanson views war as the ultimate reflection of a society's character: "There is&a cultural crystallization in battle, in which the insidious and more subtle institutions that heretofore are murky and undefined became stark and unforgiving in the finality of organized killing."
Though technological advances and superior weapons have certainly played a role in Western military dominance, Hanson posits that cultural distinctions are the most significant factors. By bringing personal freedom, discipline, and organization to the battlefield, powerful "marching democracies" were more apt to defeat non-Western nations hampered by unstable governments, limited funding, and intolerance of open discussion. These crucial differences often ensured victory even against long odds. Greek armies, for instance, who elected their own generals and freely debated strategy were able to win wars even when far outnumbered and deep within enemy territory. Hanson further argues that granting warriors control of their own destinies results in the kind of glorification of horrific hand-to-hand combat necessary for true domination.
The nine battles Hanson examines include the Greek naval victory against the Persians at Salamis in 480 B.C., Cortes's march on Mexico City in 1521, the battle of Midway in 1942, and the 1968 Tet Offensive in Vietnam. In the book's fascinating final chapter, he then looks forward and ponders the consequences of a complete cultural victory, challenging the widespread belief that democratic nations do not wage war against one another: "We may well be all Westerners in the millennium to come, and that could be a very dangerous thing indeed," he writes. It seems the West will always seek an enemy, even if it must come from within. --Shawn Carkonen [via]
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Cartoon History of the Universe Volumes 1-7by Larry GonickISBN 0385265204 (0-385-26520-4)
Softcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Cartoon History of the Universe Volumes 1-7'Book summary:One of the beautiful things about comics is that it is possibly the best medium for combining education and entertainment. No one knows this better than Larry Gonick, whose Cartoon History series spans many subjects. Whether you are a fan of history, comics, or Gonick's books, The Cartoon History of the Universe I is a great place to start. Part I contains volumes 1 to 7, from the Big Bang to Alexander the Great. [via]
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Cassandraby Christa WolfISBN 0374519048 (0-374-51904-8)
Softcover, Farrar Straus & Giroux
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Cassandra'Book summary:In this volume, the distinguished East German writer Christa Wolf retells the story of the fall of Troy, but from the point of view of the woman whose visionary powers earned her contempt and scorn. Written as a result of the author's Greek travels and studies, Cassandra speaks to us in a pressing monologue whose inner focal points are patriarchy and war. In the four accompanying pieces, which take the form of travel reports, journal entries, and a letter, Wolf describes the novel's genesis. Incisive and intelligent, the entire volume represents an urgent call to examine the past in order to insure a future.[via] 
Classical Myths That Live Todayby SabinISBN 0382031482 (0-382-03148-2)
Hardcover, Silver Burdett Ginn Religion
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Collected Poems of C. P. Cavafy: A New Translationby Aliki Barnstone, C. P. CafavyISBN 0393061426 (0-393-06142-6)
Hardcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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Corydon & the Island of Monstersby Tobias DruittISBN 037583382X (0-375-83382-X)
Hardcover, Random House Childrens Books
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Creationby Gore VidalISBN 0375727051 (0-375-72705-1)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Creation'Book summary:In 445 B.C., Cyrus Spitama, the grandson of the prophet Zoroaster, is the Persian ambassador to the city of Athens. He has a rather caustic appreciation of his situation: "I am blind. But I am not deaf. Because of the incompleteness of my misfortune, I was obliged yesterday to listen for nearly six hours to a self-styled historian whose account of what the Athenians like to call 'the Persian Wars' was nonsense of a sort that were I less old and more privileged, I would have risen to my seat at the Odeon and scandalized all Athens by answering him." Having thus dismissed Herodotus, Cyrus then dictates his life story to his nephew, Democritus, with similar disdain for the Greeks--whom we in the modern world have come to view as the progenitors of civilization, but whom Cyrus considers to be bad-smelling rabble.
Of course, Cyrus Spitama speaks with a very modern, ironic voice supplied to him by Gore Vidal--and the political intrigues in which Cyrus finds himself immersed are likewise familiar territory for fans of Vidal's historical fiction. But the narrator's delightfully wicked observations are the icing on a narrative of truly epic scope--out of his desire to understand the origins of the world, Cyrus undertakes journeys to India, where he encounters disciples of the Buddha, and China, where he engages Confucius in philosophical conversation while the great sage fishes by the riverside. Creation offers insights into classical history laced with scintillating wit and narrative brio. [via]
Cunning Intelligence in Greek Culture and Societyby Jean-Pierre Vernant, Marcel DetienneISBN 0391007408 (0-391-00740-8)
Hardcover, Harvester Press
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The Desert Fathers: Translations from the Latinby Helen WaddellISBN 0375700196 (0-375-70019-6)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Desert Fathers: Translations from the Latin'Book summary:The Desert Fathers is a handy introduction to the sayings and stories of the earliest contemplatives--the men and women who, in the fourth century, escaped towns and cities to seek God and wrestle with demons in the deserts of Africa and Asia Minor. Some of these stories (such as the life of St. Anthony, the first monk) read almost like sci-fi, with their exuberant miracles exploding in exotic locations. All of them help readers understand the value and danger of liberating oneself from the constrictions of society. --Michael Joseph Gross [via]
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Early Greece: The Bronze and Archaic Agesby Moses I. FinleyISBN 0393005410 (0-393-00541-0)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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Early Greek Science: Thales to Aristotleby Geoffrey Ernest Richard LloydISBN 0393005836 (0-393-00583-6)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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The Echo of Greeceby Edith HamiltonISBN 0393002314 (0-393-00231-4)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Echo of Greece'Book summary:Fourth-century Athens has a special claim on our attention, apart from the great men it produced, for it is the prelude to the end of Greece.
The kind of events that took place in the great free government of the ancient world may, by reason of unchanging human nature, be repeated in the modern world. The course that Athens followed can be to us not only a record of distant and forgotten events, but a blueprint of what may happen again. [via]More editions of The Echo of Greece:
Eleniby Nicholas GageISBN 0345410432 (0-345-41043-2)
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Euripides' Alcestisby Ted HughesISBN 0374527261 (0-374-52726-1)
Softcover, Farrar Straus & Giroux
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Eyewitness to Jesus : Amazing New Manuscript Evidence about the Origins of the Gospelsby Matthew D'Ancona, Carsten Peter ThiedeISBN 0385480512 (0-385-48051-2)
Hardcover, Doubleday Publishing
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The Fabric of the Cosmos: Space, Time, and the Texture of Realityby Brian GreeneISBN 0375727205 (0-375-72720-5)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Fabric of the Cosmos: Space, Time, and the Texture of Reality'Book summary:As a boy, Brian Greene read Albert Camus' The Myth of Sisyphus and was transformed. Camus, in Greene's paraphrase, insisted that the hero triumphs "by relinquishing everything beyond immediate experience." After wrestling with this idea, however, Greene rejected Camus and realized that his true idols were physicists; scientists who struggled "to assess life and to experience the universe at all possible levels, not just those that happened to be accessible to our frail human senses." His driving question in The Fabric of the Cosmos, then, is fundamental: "What is reality?" Over sixteen chapters, he traces the evolving human understanding of the substrate of the universe, from classical physics to ten-dimensional M-Theory.
Assuming an audience of non-specialists, Greene has set himself a daunting task: to explain non-intuitive, mathematical concepts like String Theory, the Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle, and Inflationary Cosmology with analogies drawn from common experience. For the most part, he succeeds. His language reflects a deep passion for science and a gift for translating concepts into poetic images. When explaining, for example, the inability to see the higher dimensions inherent in string theory, Greene writes: "We don't see them because of the way we see&like an ant walking along a lily pad&we could be floating within a grand, expansive, higher-dimensional space."
For Greene, Rhodes Scholar and professor of physics and mathematics at Columbia University, speculative science is not always as thorough and successful. His discussion of teleportation, for example, introduces and then quickly tables a valuable philosophical probing of identity. The paradoxes of time travel, however, are treated with greater depth, and his vision of life in a three-brane universe is compelling and--to use his description for quantum reality--"weird."
In the final pages Greene turns from science fiction back to the fringes of science fact, and he returns with rigor to frame discoveries likely to be made in the coming decades. "We are, most definitely, still wandering in the jungle," he concludes. Thanks to Greene, though, some of the underbrush has been cleared. --Patrick O'Kelley [via]
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Fellowship of the Ringby J. R. R. TolkienISBN 0345339703 (0-345-33970-3)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Fellowship of the Ring'Book summary:The prequel to The Lord of the Rings- The Hobbit- is now a major motion picture directed by Peter Jackson THE GREATEST FANTASY EPIC OF OUR TIME The dark, fearsome Ringwraiths are searching for a Hobbit. Frodo Baggins knows that they are seeking him and the Ring he bears-the Ring of Power that will enable evil Sauron to destroy all that is good in Middle-earth. Now it is up to Frodo and his faithful servant, Sam, with a small band of companions, to carry the Ring to the one place it can be destroyed: Mount Doom, in the very center of Sauron's realm. Thus begins J.R.R. Tolkien's classic The Lord of the Rings, which continues in The Two Towers and The Return of the King . [via]
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The First Poets: Lives of the Ancient Greek Poetsby Michael SchmidtISBN 0375725253 (0-375-72525-3)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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Fundamentals of Philosophy: A Study of Classical Textsby Errol E. HarrisISBN 0391038702 (0-391-03870-2)
Softcover, Prometheus Books
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Glyphbreaker : A Decipherer's Storyby Steven R. FischerISBN 0387982418 (0-387-98241-8)
Hardcover, Springer
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The Gospel According to John : Chapters I-XIIby Raymond E. BrownISBN 0385015178 (0-385-01517-8)
Hardcover, Doubleday Publishing
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Gospel According to John : Chapters I-XII'Book summary:This volume concludes Raymond E. Brown's commentary on the "Gospel of John". Continuing his study begun in "Anchor Bible Volume 29", the author translates the original Greek text into today's English, which allows all readers to make sense of the Gospel. Father Brown's notes and comments sort out the major issues surrounding the writings of John - questions of authorship, composition, date, and John's relation to the Synoptic Gospels (Matthew, Mark, and Luke). He analyzes and presents the scholarly debates in a form the interested layperson can appreciate."John" chapters 13-21 comprise the Book of Glory (describing the Last Supper, the Passion, and the appearances of the Risen Jesus) and the epilogue to the Gospel. This commentary includes a special appendix on the Paraclete, in which Brown examines in detail the role of the Holy Spirit. Whether discussing John's version of miracle stories found in the other Gospels, explaining the meaning of obscure Greek words, or showing the relevance of Jesus' words and deeds, Father Brown speaks to scholars and laypeople alike. [via]
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The Gospel According to John I-XIIby Raymond E. BrownISBN 0385520956 (0-385-52095-6)
Softcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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The Greek Stones Speak: The Story of Archaeology in Greek Landsby Paul Lachlan MacKendrickISBN 0393009327 (0-393-00932-7)
Hardcover, Norton
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Handbook of Classical Rhetoric in the Hellenistic Period, 330 B.C.-A.D. 400by Stanley E. PorterISBN 0391041177 (0-391-04117-7)
Softcover, Brill Academic Pub
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Hebrew Thought Compared With Greekby Thorleif BomanISBN 0393005348 (0-393-00534-8)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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Hellenistic Culture: Fusion and Diffusionby Moses HadasISBN 0393005933 (0-393-00593-3)
Softcover, Columbia Univ Pr
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History of Ancient Greeceby Jean HatzfieldISBN 0393002470 (0-393-00247-0)
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History of Greek Religionby Martin Person NilssonISBN 039300287X (0-393-00287-X)
Hardcover, Norton
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A History of Philosophyby Frederick J. CoplestonISBN 0385230311 (0-385-23031-1)
Softcover, Doubleday Publishing
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A History of Philosophy'Book summary:Here in one convenient volume are Volumes I, II, and III - complete and unabridged - of the acclaimed reference work that has dominated the field of philosophy for two decades. Volume I surveys the main currents in Greco-Roman thought from the pre-Socratics to Neoplatonism: e.g. Thales, Pythagoras, Heraclitus, Zeno, Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle. Medieval philosophy is the scope of Volume II, which includes the contributions of such eminent philosophers as Augustine, St. Justin Martyr, Clement, Origen, Boethius, Bonaventure, Albert the Great, Thomas Aquinas, and Duns Scotus. Volume III focuses on the philosophy of the later Middle Ages and early Renaissance through a close study of such thinkers as William of Ockham, Nicholas of Cusa, the speculative mystics, the political philosophers - e.g. Machiavelli and Thomas More - Francis Bacon, and Francis Suárez. These individual volumes have been hailed as "accurate and authoritative ... sufficiently complete syntheses ... warmly recmmended ... a remarkable achievement." Now available as a three-in-one paperback, it will be welcomed by students and scholars of ancient and medieval philosophy as a reference work that no library should be without. [via]
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A History of Sparta, 950-192 B.C.by William George Grieve ForrestISBN 0393004813 (0-393-00481-3)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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The Hobbitby J.R.R. Tolkien, David Wenzel, Charles Dixon, Sean DemingISBN 0345445600 (0-345-44560-0)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Hobbit'Book summary:"In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit. Not a nasty, dirty, wet hole, filled with the ends of worms and an oozy smell, nor yet a dry, bare, sandy hole with nothing in it to sit down on or to eat: it was a hobbit-hole, and that means comfort."
The hobbit-hole in question belongs to one Bilbo Baggins, an upstanding member of a "little people, about half our height, and smaller than the bearded dwarves." He is, like most of his kind, well off, well fed, and best pleased when sitting by his own fire with a pipe, a glass of good beer, and a meal to look forward to. Certainly this particular hobbit is the last person one would expect to see set off on a hazardous journey; indeed, when Gandalf the Grey stops by one morning, "looking for someone to share in an adventure," Baggins fervently wishes the wizard elsewhere. No such luck, however; soon 13 fortune-seeking dwarves have arrived on the hobbit's doorstep in search of a burglar, and before he can even grab his hat or an umbrella, Bilbo Baggins is swept out his door and into a dangerous adventure.
The dwarves' goal is to return to their ancestral home in the Lonely Mountains and reclaim a stolen fortune from the dragon Smaug. Along the way, they and their reluctant companion meet giant spiders, hostile elves, ravening wolves--and, most perilous of all, a subterranean creature named Gollum from whom Bilbo wins a magical ring in a riddling contest. It is from this life-or-death game in the dark that J.R.R. Tolkien's masterwork, The Lord of the Rings, would eventually spring. Though The Hobbit is lighter in tone than the trilogy that follows, it has, like Bilbo Baggins himself, unexpected iron at its core. Don't be fooled by its fairy-tale demeanor; this is very much a story for adults, though older children will enjoy it, too. By the time Bilbo returns to his comfortable hobbit-hole, he is a different person altogether, well primed for the bigger adventures to come--and so is the reader. --Alix Wilber [via]
Inner Voices: Selected Poems, 1963-2003by Richard HowardISBN 0374529906 (0-374-52990-6)
Softcover, Farrar Straus & Giroux
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Interpretations of Greek Mythologyby Jan Bremmer, Fritz GrafISBN 038920871X (0-389-20871-X)
Softcover, Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated
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An Introduction to the New Testamentby Raymond E. BrownISBN 0385247672 (0-385-24767-2)
Hardcover, Doubleday
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› Find signed collectible books: 'An Introduction to the New Testament'Book summary:From its earliest days as a renegade religion in the Roman Empire through its various schisms and splits to present-day disagreements between Eastern Orthodox followers, Roman Catholics, and hundreds of different Protestant denominations, Christianity has been a source of great controversy--most of it centered on the reading of Scripture. There are those Christian conservatives who view the Bible as the literal word of God and the events detailed therein as historical fact. Other, more liberal Christians see the Good Book primarily as literature, a metaphor for how people should live. Mine the pages of the Biblical Archeological Review and you'll find scientists trying to prove or disprove the historical reality of Old and New Testament events and structures--everything from the Ark of the Covenant to King David's palace. In An Introduction to the New Testament, author Raymond E. Brown, a Catholic priest, ignores the swirl of conflict surrounding the Bible as historical artifact, concentrating instead on the message it contains.
Father Brown analyzes each of the 27 books in the New Testament, devoting painstaking attention to sources, dates, and authorship, as well as commentary on the spiritual, historical, and thematic aspects. He believes that modern-day Bible readers can only interpret it within its historical context. An Introduction to the New Testament, read with a Bible in hand, can only enrich and deepen your understanding of that germinal religious text. [via]
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The Iron Hand of Marsby Lindsey DavisISBN 034538024X (0-345-38024-X)
Softcover, Random House Publishing Group
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A detective novel of ancient Rome.
When wild Germanic troops rebel and a Roman general disappears, Emperor Vespasian turns to the one man he can trust: Marcus Didius Falco, Imperial Rome's answer to Columbo. Slipping undercover into Germania, Falco meets with disarray, torture, and murder in his quest to find a Druid priestess who alone can persuade the barbarians to embrace peace. [via]More editions of The Iron Hand of Mars:
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J.R.R. Tolkienby J. R. R. TolkienISBN 0345340426 (0-345-34042-6)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'J.R.R. Tolkien'Book summary:Four book set includes the Hobbit and Complete Lord of the Rings; the Fellowship of the Ring; The Two Towers; The Return of The King. [via]
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Jerusalem Bibleby Alexander JonesISBN 0385499183 (0-385-49918-3)
Hardcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Jerusalem Bible: Reader's Edition'Book summary:When it comes to Bible translations, readability and reliability are what count; and on both counts, the original JERUSALEM BIBLE stands alone. A product of the age of the Second Vatican Council (1962-1965), THE JERUSALEM BIBLE (published in 1966) was the first truly modern Bible for Catholics. Using definitive original language texts such as the Dead Sea Scrolls, biblical scholars of L'École Biblique in Jerusalem produced a meticulously accurate, wonderfully readable French translation of the complete canon of Scripture (La Bible de Jérusalem). From this French original came the English edition, edited by renowned Bible scholar Alexander Jones.
For all the people around the world who are discovering or revisiting the mysteries contained in the Scriptures, only a clear, understandable Bible translation will do. With language as exquisite but more modern than the King James Version, THE JERUSALEM BIBLE is the one they can trust.
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Softcover, Doubleday - The Jerusalem Bible: ISBN 0385011407 (0-385-01140-7)
Hardcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group - The Jerusalem Bible: ISBN 038501189X (0-385-01189-X)
Hardcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group - Jerusalem Bible: ISBN 0385170300 (0-385-17030-0)
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The Letters to the Thessalonians : A New Translation with Introduction and Commentaryby Abraham J. MalherbeISBN 0385184603 (0-385-18460-3)
Hardcover, Doubleday Publishing
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Lord Of The Silver Bowby David GemmellISBN 0345458354 (0-345-45835-4)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Lord Of The Silver Bow'Book summary:He is a man of many names. Some call him the Golden One; others, the Lord of the Silver Bow. To the Dardanians, he is Prince Aeneas. But to his friends, he is Helikaon. Strong, fast, quick of mind, he is a bold warrior, hated by his enemies, feared even by his Trojan allies. For there is a darkness at the heart of the Golden One, a savagery that, once awakened, can be appeased only with blood.
Argurios the Mykene is a peerless fighter, a man of unbending principles and unbreakable will. Like all of the Mykene warriors, he lives to conquer and to kill. Dispatched by King Agamemnon to scout the defenses of the golden city of Troy, he is Helikaons sworn enemy.
Andromache is a priestess of Thera betrothed against her will to Hektor, prince of Troy. Scornful of tradition, skilled in the arts of war, and passionate in the ways of her order, Andromache vows to love whom she pleases and to live as she desires.
Now fate is about to thrust these three togetherand, from the sparks of passionate love and hate, ignite a fire that will engulf the world.
Readers who know the works of David Gemmell expect nothing less than excellence from this author, whose taut prose, driving plots, and full-bodied characters have won him legions of fans the world over. Now, with this first masterly volume in an epic reimagining of the Trojan War, Gemmell has written an ageless drama of brave deeds and fierce battles, of honor and treachery, of love won and lost. [via]More editions of Lord Of The Silver Bow:
The Mazeby Panos KarnezisISBN 0374204802 (0-374-20480-2)
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The Menaechmus Twins, and Two Other Playsby Plautus, Casson, Lionel, Editor, Lionel CassonISBN 0393006026 (0-393-00602-6)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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The Mute Stones Speak: The Story of Archaeology in Italyby Paul MacKendrickISBN 0393008053 (0-393-00805-3)
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Mythologyby Neil Philip, Neil PhillipISBN 0375801359 (0-375-80135-9)
Hardcover, Random House Childrens Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Mythology'Book summary:From the mighty Zeus of Ancient Greece to the trickster Coyote of Native America, a host legendary icons spring to life in this comprehensive overview of world mythology. With a cultural and topical approach, Mythology examines the various interpretations of phenomena such as creation, afterlife, deities, and heroes from the Greek, Norse, Egyptian, Native American, Asian, Celtic, African, Maya, Inca, and Hindu traditions. Stunning color photographs and a rich array of artifacts and renderings highlight the influence of mythology on the arts and world religions. [via]
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New Testament Historyby Frederick Fyvie BruceISBN 0385025335 (0-385-02533-5)
Softcover, Doubleday
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New Testament: The Authorized or King James Version of 1611by John DruryISBN 037540550X (0-375-40550-X)
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John Drury's clear, marvelously erudite, and richly detailed introduction to the Everyman's Library edition of The New Testament reminds us why the King James Version, first published in 1611, has been the favorite of English readers for centuries. Despite a plethora of new translations in the second half of the twentieth century, the King James Version retains its power and appeal because "it has the intrinsic value of a classic and is an enduring masterpiece."
Drury outlines the fascinating history of this magisterial translation, marveling at the "patient generosity" with which the translators sifted through and distilled a century of previous scholarship. He points out that their work has endured not only because of the astonishing care they took to reflect faithfully the syntax of the original Hebrew and Greekwhich enabled them to dispense with the densely entangled prose style that characterized English writing at the timebut also because of their concern to writers from Milton to Coleridge to George Eliot. From the doctrinal richness of the letters of St. Paul to those four masterpieces of storytelling, the Gospels, The New Testament has served as a source of inspiration for centuries.
To quote George Steiner on the centrality of the Bible: "What you have in hand is not a book. It is the book. That, of course, is what 'Bible' means. It is the book which, not only in Western humanity, defines the concept of a text. All our other books, however different in matter or method, relate, be it indirectly, to this book of books&All other books are inhabited by the murmur of that distant source." [via]More editions of New Testament: The Authorized or King James Version of 1611:
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The Norton Anthology of English Literatureby Meyer Howard Abrams, Stephen GreenblattISBN 0393151085 (0-393-15108-5)
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The Odes of Horaceby David Ferry, Quintus Horatius FlacusISBN 0374525722 (0-374-52572-2)
Softcover, Noonday Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Odes of Horace'Book summary:David Ferry's The Odes of Horace represents the first truly distinguished translation of the complete odes into the American idiom. The translator has managed to retain the poet's moral tone while purging any taint of sententiousness. How? By recasting the structure of "Carpe Diem," for example, he gives this familiar poem a power one would have not thought possible. Ferry even manages a Latin-English rhyme at the end, by shifting the position of the addressee's name: "Leuconoe-- / Hold on to the day."
Ferry's Horace is always a specific personality, with his own identity, background, and attitude. Yet he is also a conduit of history. Turning to "Delicta maiorum immeritus lues..." (which Ferry straightforwardly calls "To the Romans"), we are plunged into a devastating meditation on the imperium. At this point, of course, it's commonplace to point out similarities between the American empire and that of ancient Rome. But this translation gives us a feeling for just how contemporary Horace really is. The best example would probably be "To Dellius":
Dellius, don't be
It helps to know that the historical Dellius was exiled in Egypt at the time, making those Italian vintages strictly off-limits to him. What's more, he was a double or perhaps triple agent, which gives him an additional Cold War coloration. In any case, the allusiveness of the odes--and the taut, bone-dry English of Ferry's translation--should gain Horace a legion or so of new readers. --Mark Rudman [via]
Too unrestrainedly joyful in good fortune.
You are going to die.
It doesn't matter at all whether you spend
Your days and nights in sorrow,
Or, on the other hand, in holiday pleasure.
Drinking Falernian wine
Of an excellent vintage year, on the river bank.
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The Odes of Horaceby Horace, David FerryISBN 0374224250 (0-374-22425-0)
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The Oldest Dead White European Males: And Other Reflections on the Classicsby Bernard KnoxISBN 0393034925 (0-393-03492-5)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Oldest Dead White European Males: And Other Reflections on the Classics'Book summary:Should the ancient Greeks - "the oldest dead white European males" - and their legacy have any relevance to the way we live now? So much of what the ancients were and did may now appear positively racist and sexist in this era of multiculturalism. Yet for all their flaws, the Greeks gave us Homer Sappho, Plato, Aristotle, Sophocles and Thucydides, to name a few. They invented much of what we now take for granted: the idea of the humanities, philosophy, the theatre, competitive athletics, political theory, rhetoric and oratory, biology, zoology and atomic theory. In this book, Bernard Knox raises questions that are of fundamental importance for our age. [via]
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Phedreby Jean Racine, Ted HughesISBN 0374526168 (0-374-52616-8)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Phedre'Book summary:A lean, high-tension version of a classic tragedy.
The myth of Phaedra is one of the most powerful and haunting in all of classical mythology. As dramatized by the French playwright Jean Racine (1639-1699), the dying Queen's obsessive love for her stepson, Hippolytus, and the scrupulously upright Hippolytus's love for the forbidden beauty Aricia has come to be regarded as one of the great stories of tragic infatuation, the model for dozens of works about twisted family love.
Ted Hughes's "tough, unrhyming avalanche of a translation" (Paul Taylor, The Independent) replaced Racine's alexandrines with an English verse that serves eloquently to convey the protagonists' passions. The translation, performed to acclaim in London in 1998, will be staged at the Brooklyn Academy of Music in 1999, starring Diana Rigg. "We are still catching up with Ted Hughes's gift for narrative verse after his Tales from Ovid," one English critic observed after the premiere. "Little needs to happen on stage when there's a swirling action-packed disaster movie--riddled with sex and violence--in Hughes's free verse." [via]
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Picture Thisby Joseph HellerISBN 0345358864 (0-345-35886-4)
Softcover, Random House Publishing Group
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A keenly satirical look at the world of art and museums by the author of the modern classic, Catch-22. [via]More editions of Picture This:
Roads Not Takenby Gardner Dozois, Stanley SchmidtISBN 0345421949 (0-345-42194-9)
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The Roots of Englishby Robert ClaiborneISBN 0385414277 (0-385-41427-7)
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A Rose-Red Cityby David J. DuncanISBN 0345340981 (0-345-34098-1)
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Sappho's Leapby Erica JongISBN 0393057615 (0-393-05761-5)
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The Shield of Achilles : The Long War and the Market Stateby Philip BobbittISBN 0375412921 (0-375-41292-1)
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The Shield of Achilles: War, Peace, and the Course of Historyby Philip BobbittISBN 0385721382 (0-385-72138-2)
Softcover, Alfred a Knopf Inc
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Sophie's Worldby Jostein Gaarder, Paulette MollerISBN 0374530718 (0-374-53071-8)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Sophie's World'Book summary:Wanting to understand the most fundamental questions of the universe isn't the province of ivory-tower intellectuals alone, as this book's enormous popularity has demonstrated. A young girl, Sophie, becomes embroiled in a discussion of philosophy with a faceless correspondent. At the same time, she must unravel a mystery involving another young girl, Hilde, by using everything she's learning. The truth is far more complicated than she could ever have imagined. [via]
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Tales from Ovidby Ted HughesISBN 0374525870 (0-374-52587-0)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Tales from Ovid'Book summary:England's poet laureate Ted Hughes first turned his hand to Ovid's Metamorphoses when he--along with other prominent English-language poets such as Seamus Heaney, Amy Clampitt, and Charles Simic--contributed poems to the anthology After Ovid. In the three years following After Ovid's publication, Hughes continued working with the Metamorphoses, eventually completing the 24 translations collected here. Culling from 250 original tales, Hughes has chosen some of the most violent and disturbing narratives Ovid wrote, including the stories of Echo and Narcissus, Bacchus and Pentheus, and Semele's rape by Jove. Classical purists may be offended at the occasional liberties Hughes takes with Ovid's words, but no one will quarrel with the force and originality of Hughes's verse, or with its narrative skill. This translation is an unusual triumph--a work informed by the passion and wit of Ovid, yet suffused with Hughes's own distinctive poetic sensibility. [via]
The Third Christmasby Margot EarlyISBN 0373706251 (0-373-70625-1)
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Three Greek Plays Prometheus Bound Agamemnon the Trojan Womenby Edith HamiltonISBN 0393002039 (0-393-00203-9)
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Troy: Lord of the Silver Bowby David GemmellISBN 0345494571 (0-345-49457-1)
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The Virtues of War: A Novel of Alexander the Greatby Steven PressfieldISBN 0385500998 (0-385-50099-8)
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In the brilliantly imagined first-person voice of Alexander the Great, acclaimed novelist Steven Pressfield brings to life his epic battles, his unerring command of his forces, and the passions and ambitions that drove him. A full-blooded, multidimensional portrait, THE VIRTUES OF WAR captures Alexanders complex character. Alexander was a fearless commander who moved with such daring and speed that no army could withstand him; a driven leader whose ambitions knew no limits; and a man with boundless compassion for his troops, deep friendships with his generals, and profound respect for his enemies. Yet in the end, his noble qualities were subsumed by his insatiable lust for glory.
No one writes about battles as brilliantly as Pressfield, and in THE VIRTUES OF WAR he vividly describes the seminal conflicts of Alexanders career, revealing the tactics behind them and capturing the blood, heat, and terror of the battlefield. He follows Alexanders forces as they faced and defeated armies that far outnumbered them; delivers a thrilling frontline report from Gaugamela, the scene of Alexanders greatest victory; and, in a memorable vignette, shows the great conqueror finally halted, not by an enemy but by the refusal of his worn-out troops to march any farther.
Epic in scope and magisterial in tone, THE VIRTUES OF WAR is sure to take its place among the classics of historical fiction.More editions of The Virtues of War: A Novel of Alexander the Great:
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The White Goddess: A Historical Grammar of Poetic Mythby Robert GravesISBN 0374504938 (0-374-50493-8)
Softcover, Farrar Straus & Giroux
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The White Goddess: A Historical Grammar of Poetic Myth'Book summary:Robert Graves, the late British poet and novelist, was also known for his studies of the mythological and psychological sources of poetry. With The White Goddess: A Historical Grammar of Poetic Myth, Graves was able to combine many of his passions into one work. While the book is so poetically written that many of the passages amount to prose poems, it is also frequently plot driven enough to feel like a novel, and it is rich with scholarly insight into the deep wells of poetry. Especially fascinating is the chapter in which Graves explores the ancient and ongoing practice of poets' invoking the muse. Graves details the practice in both the Eastern and Western literary traditions, and shows specific similarities and differences among Greek, British, and Irish tales and myths about the muse. Graves has much to offer students of history and myth, but poetry lovers will also be fascinated with The White Goddess. [via]
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Odes : With the Latin Textby Horace, James Michie, Gregson DavisISBN 0375759026 (0-375-75902-6)
Softcover, Random House Publishing Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Odes : With the Latin Text'Book summary:Timeless meditations on the subjects of wine, parties, birthdays, love, and friendship, Horaces Odes, in the words of classicist Donald Carne-Ross, make the commonplace notable, even luminous. This edition reproduces the highly lauded translation by James Michie. For almost forty years, poet and literary critic John Hollander notes, James Michies brilliant translations of Horace have remained fresh as well as strong, and responsive to the varying lights and darks of the originals. It is a pleasure to have them newly available. [via]
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