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The Age of the Mogulsby Stewart H. HolbrookISBN 0517556790 (0-517-55679-0)
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Arms and Armor of Medieval Knightby David Edge, Outlet Book Company Staff, Random House Value Publishing StaffISBN 0517103192 (0-517-10319-2)
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Arms and Armor of the Medieval Knightby David Edge, John Miles PaddockISBN 0517644681 (0-517-64468-1)
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Battle of Hurtgen Forestby Charles WhitingISBN 0517566753 (0-517-56675-3)
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The Bold and Magnificent Dream : America's Founding Years, 1492-1815by Bruce CattonISBN 0517203758 (0-517-20375-8)
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Castaways: The Narrative of Alvar Nunez Cabeza De Vacaby Alvar Nunez Cabeza De VacaISBN 0520070631 (0-520-07063-1)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Castaways: The Narrative of Alvar Nunez Cabeza De Vaca'Book summary:This enthralling story of survival is the first major narrative of the exploration of North America by Europeans (1528-36). The author of Castaways (Naufragios), Alvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca, was a fortune-seeking nobleman and the treasurer of an expedition to claim for Spain a vast area that includes today's Florida, Louisiana, and Texas. A shipwreck forced him and a handful of men to make the long westward journey on foot to meet up with Hernán Cortés.[via]
In order to survive, Cabeza de Vaca joined native peoples along the way, learning their languages and practices and serving them as a slave and later as a physician. When after eight years he finally reached the West, he was not recognized by his compatriots.
In his writing Cabeza de Vaca displays great interest in the cultures of the native peoples he encountered on his odyssey. As he forged intimate bonds with some of them, sharing their brutal living conditions and curing their sick, he found himself on a voyage of self-discovery that was to make his reunion with his fellow Spaniards less joyful than expected.
Cabeza de Vaca's gripping narrative is a trove of ethnographic information, with descriptions and interpretations of native cultures that make it a powerful precursor to modern anthropology. Frances M. López-Morillas's translation beautifully captures the sixteenth-century original. Based as it is on Enrique Pupo-Walker's definitive critical edition, it promises to become the authoritative English translation.More editions of Castaways: The Narrative of Alvar Nunez Cabeza De Vaca:
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Celtic Myth and Legend Poetry and Romanceby Outlet Book Company Staff, Random House Value Publishing StaffISBN 0517304902 (0-517-30490-2)
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Chivalryby Leon GautierISBN 051768635X (0-517-68635-X)
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Chronicles of the Age of Chivalryby Elizabeth Hallam, Random House Value Publishing StaffISBN 0517140802 (0-517-14080-2)
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The Complete Book of U.S. Presidentsby William A. Degregorio, Connie Jo DickersonISBN 0517183536 (0-517-18353-6)
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Das Reichby Max HastingsISBN 051507134X (0-515-07134-X)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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Day Christ Diedby Outlet Book Company Staff, Random House Value Publishing StaffISBN 0517446480 (0-517-44648-0)
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Diary from Dixieby Mary B. Chestnut, Mary Boykin Miller Chesnut, Myrta Lockett Avary, Isabella D. MartinISBN 0517182661 (0-517-18266-1)
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The Diary of Samuel Pepys: 1662by Samuel Pepys, Robert Latham, William MatthewsISBN 0520015770 (0-520-01577-0)
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Diary Of Samuel Pepys: Selected Passagesby Samuel PepysISBN 0520020944 (0-520-02094-4)
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Early Modern Japanby Conrad TotmanISBN 0520203569 (0-520-20356-9)
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Edward the Confessorby Frank BarlowISBN 0520053192 (0-520-05319-2)
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"Deploying all the resources of formidable scholarship, [Barlow] has recovered the real Edward." Spectator [via]
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Egypt After the Pharaohs: 332 Bc-Ad 642 from Alexander to the Arab Conquestby Alan K. BowmanISBN 0520066650 (0-520-06665-0)
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Ellis Islandby R. Conrad SteinISBN 0516466534 (0-516-46653-4)
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Fatherlandby Robert HarrisISBN 0517117215 (0-517-11721-5)
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Florence and the Medici: The Pattern of Controlby HaleISBN 0500273014 (0-500-27301-4)
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Frederick the Great; A Historical Profile.by Gerhard RitterISBN 0520027752 (0-520-02775-2)
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From Giotto to Cezanne: A Concise History of Paintingby Michael LeveyISBN 0500200246 (0-500-20024-6)
Softcover, Thames & Hudson
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Gilded Dinosaur: The Fossil War Between E.D. Cope and O.C. Marsh and the Rise of American Scienceby Mark JaffeISBN 0517707608 (0-517-70760-8)
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A Glossary of the Construction, Decoration and Use of Arms and Armor in All Countries and in All Times Together With Some Closely Related Subjectsby George Cameron StoneISBN 0517065878 (0-517-06587-8)
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Greek and Macedonian Art of Warby Frank E. AdcockISBN 0520000056 (0-520-00005-6)
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Hamletby William Shakespeare, William G. SimmondsISBN 051706488X (0-517-06488-X)
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Heaven's Mirror: Quest for the Lost Civilizationby Graham Hancock, Santha FaiiaISBN 0517708116 (0-517-70811-6)
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Heraldry: Sources, Symbols, and Meaningby Ottfried NeubeckerISBN 0517292475 (0-517-29247-5)
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Historical Atlas of Britainby J. Gillingham, M. FalkusISBN 0517633825 (0-517-63382-5)
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A History of Macedoniaby Catherine Errington, Robert Malcolm ErringtonISBN 0520082656 (0-520-08265-6)
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A History of Macedoniaby Robert Malcolm Errington, Catherine ErringtonISBN 0520063198 (0-520-06319-8)
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The History of Money : The Struggle over Money from Sandstone to Cyberspaceby Jack M. WeatherfordISBN 0517599805 (0-517-59980-5)
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The Idea of a Party System: The Rise of Legitimate Opposition in the United States, 1780-1840by Richard HofstadterISBN 0520017544 (0-520-01754-4)
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Illustrated Pepys: Extracts from the Diary. Selected and Ed by Robert Lathamby Samuel Pepys, Robert LathamISBN 0520036336 (0-520-03633-6)
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The Incas and Their Ancestors: The Archaeology of Peruby Michael E. MoseleyISBN 0500282773 (0-500-28277-3)
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Inquisitionby Edward M. PetersISBN 0520066308 (0-520-06630-8)
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The Last Generation of the Roman Republicby Erich S. GruenISBN 0520201531 (0-520-20153-1)
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The Lion and the Leopardby Mary Ellen JohnsonISBN 0517557274 (0-517-55727-4)
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Lost Chicagoby David LoweISBN 0517468883 (0-517-46888-3)
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The Lost Gods of Englandby Brian BranstonISBN 0500273219 (0-500-27321-9)
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Magnetic Mountain: Stalinism As a Civilizationby Stephen KotkinISBN 0520208234 (0-520-20823-4)
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The Making of a Counter Culture: Reflections on the Technocratic Society and Its Youthful Oppositionby Theodore RoszakISBN 0520201221 (0-520-20122-1)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Making of a Counter Culture: Reflections on the Technocratic Society and Its Youthful Opposition'Book summary:When it was published twenty-five years ago, this book captured a huge audience of Vietnam War protesters, dropouts, and rebels--and their baffled elders. Theodore Roszak found common ground between 1960s student radicals and hippie dropouts in their mutual rejection of what he calls the technocracy--the regime of corporate and technological expertise that dominates industrial society. He traces the intellectual underpinnings of the two groups in the writings of Herbert Marcuse and Norman O. Brown, Allen Ginsberg and Paul Goodman. In a new introduction, Roszak reflects on the evolution of counter culture since he coined the term in the sixties.[via]
Alan Watts wrote of The Making of a Counter Culture in the San Francisco Chronicle in 1969, "If you want to know what is happening among your intelligent and mysteriously rebellious children, this is the book. The generation gap, the student uproar, the New Left, the beats and hippies, the psychedelic movement, rock music, the revival of occultism and mysticism, the protest against our involvement in Vietnam, and the seemingly odd reluctance of the young to buy the affluent technological society--all these matters are here discussed, with sympathy and constructive criticism, by a most articulate, wise, and humane historian."More editions of The Making of a Counter Culture: Reflections on the Technocratic Society and Its Youthful Opposition:
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The Meaning of Masonryby Walter Leslie WilmshurstISBN 0517331942 (0-517-33194-2)
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The Mediterranean and the Mediterranean World in the Age of Philip IIby Fernand Braudel, Sian ReynoldsISBN 0520203089 (0-520-20308-9)
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Minoan and Mycenaean Artby Reynold Alleyne HigginsISBN 0500203032 (0-500-20303-2)
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Minoan and Mycenaen Artby Reynolds HigginsISBN 0500201846 (0-500-20184-6)
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The magnificent works of ancient Crete, Mycenae, and the Cycladic Islands are awe-inspiring in their richness and variety. Frescoes, jewelry, sculpture, gold funeral masks, ivories, and countless other beautiful artifacts--all the significant works of art and architecture that are our legacy from those great civilizations in the third and second millennia BC are described and illustrated in Dr. Higgins's distinguished survey. This fully revised and updated edition includes greater coverage of the breathtaking frescoes from Akrotiri on the island of Thera. Other recent findings are also illustrated and described in detail, such as the unique ivory figure from Palaikastro, objects from the palace of Mallia, and the intriguing discovery of Minoan frescoes in Egypt. 241 illustrations, 54 in color [via]More editions of Minoan and Mycenaen Art:
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Moby Dick Or, the Whaleby Herman MelvilleISBN 0520045483 (0-520-04548-3)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Moby Dick Or, the Whale'Book summary:Including hyperlinked explanatory notes within the ebook-optimized text, introductions by leading authorities, and a wealth of other valuable material, Oxford World's Classics ebooks continue the series century-long commitment to scholarship across a broad spectrum of literature from around the globe.
Moby Dick: This classic story of high adventure, manic obsession and metaphysical speculation was Melville's masterpiece. This edition includes passages from Melville's correspondence with Nathaniel Hawthorne, in which the two discuss the philosophical depths of the novel's plot and imagery. [via]More editions of Moby Dick Or, the Whale:
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The Mycenaeansby William TaylourISBN 0500275866 (0-500-27586-6)
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The New Cultural History: Essaysby Lynn Avery Hunt, Lynne HuntISBN 0520064291 (0-520-06429-1)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The New Cultural History: Essays'Book summary:Across the humanities and the social sciences, disciplinary boundaries have come into question as scholars have acknowledged their common preoccupations with cultural phenomena ranging from rituals and ceremonies to texts and discourse. Literary critics, for example, have turned to history for a deepening of their notion of cultural products; some of them now read historical documents in the same way that they previously read "great" texts. Anthropologists have turned to the history of their own discipline in order to better understand the ways in which disciplinary authority was constructed. As historians have begun to participate in this ferment, they have moved away from their earlier focus on social theoretical models of historical development toward concepts taken from cultural anthropology and literary criticism.[via]
Much of the most exciting work in history recently has been affiliated with this wide-ranging effort to write history that is essentially a history of culture. The essays presented here provide an introduction to this movement within the discipline of history. The essays in Part One trace the influence of important models for the new cultural history, models ranging from the pathbreaking work of the French cultural critic Michel Foucault and the American anthropologist Clifford Geertz to the imaginative efforts of such contemporary historians as Natalie Davis and E. P. Thompson, as well as the more controversial theories of Hayden White and Dominick LaCapra. The essays in Part Two are exemplary of the most challenging and fruitful new work of historians in this genre, with topics as diverse as parades in 19th-century America, 16th-century Spanish texts, English medical writing, and the visual practices implied in Italian Renaissance frescoes. Beneath this diversity, however, it is possible to see the commonalities of the new cultural history as it takes shape. Students, teachers, and general readers interested in the future of history will find these essays stimulating and provocative.More editions of The New Cultural History: Essays:
New York by Gas-Light and Other Urban Sketchesby George G. Foster, Stuart GluminISBN 0520067223 (0-520-06722-3)
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Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells Allby Allan GurganusISBN 0517067692 (0-517-06769-2)
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The Origins of War: From the Stone Age to Alexander the Greatby Arther FerrillISBN 0500274274 (0-500-27427-4)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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Pagan Celtic Ireland: The Enigma of the Irish Iron Ageby Barry RafteryISBN 0500279837 (0-500-27983-7)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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Passions of the Cut Sleeve: The Male Homosexual Tradition in Chinaby Bret HinschISBN 0520078691 (0-520-07869-1)
Softcover, Univ of California Pr
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A Pepys Anthology: Passages from the Diary of Samuel Pepysby Samuel Pepys, Robert Latham, Linnet LathamISBN 0520063546 (0-520-06354-6)
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Queen Victoria's Sketchbookby Marina Warner, VictoriaISBN 0517539365 (0-517-53936-5)
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Reelecting Lincoln : The Battle for the 1864 Presidencyby John C. WaughISBN 0517597667 (0-517-59766-7)
Hardcover, Crown Publishing Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Reelecting Lincoln : The Battle for the 1864 Presidency'Book summary:Reelecting Lincoln: The Battle for the 1864 Presidency tells the dramatic story of perhaps the most critical election campaign in American history. Taking place in the midst of the Civil War, this election would determine the very future of the nation. Would the country be unified or permanently divided? Would slavery continue?
Weaving corroborative detail and rich anecdotal material into a fast-paced narrative, John C. Waugh succeeds in placing this pivotal election in its proper context while evoking its rich human drama. In these pages, the men and women who figured in this epic campaign emerge in bold relief, with all their strengths, weaknesses, and idiosyncrasies. The result is a page-turner that also happens to be a true story.
The best historical writing is the kind that makes the past come alive. Waugh, a former newspaper correspondent, proves that history need not be dry: he uses his journalistic skills to infuse the pages with the sights, sounds, and atmosphere of those times. Drawing from an extensive array of sources, including published and unpublished reminiscences, memoirs, autobiographies, letters, newspapers, and periodicals, he clearly evokes the drama and uncertainty of that fateful year with all the immediacy of a political reporter covering a national presidential election today. [via]More editions of Reelecting Lincoln : The Battle for the 1864 Presidency:
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Reflections on the Way to the Gallows: Rebel Women in Prewar Japanby Mikiso HaneISBN 0520084217 (0-520-08421-7)
Softcover, Univ of California Pr
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Republic of Fear: The Politics of Modern Iraqby Samir Al-KhalilISBN 0520064429 (0-520-06442-9)
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Roman Italyby T.W. PotterISBN 0520069757 (0-520-06975-7)
Softcover, Univ of California Pr
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The Roman Soldierby George Ronald WatsonISBN 0500400083 (0-500-40008-3)
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The Romans: An Introduction to Their History and Civilizationby Karl Christ, Christopher HolmeISBN 0520056345 (0-520-05634-5)
Softcover, Univ of California Pr
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Royal Heritage: The Story of Britain's Royal Builders and Collectorsby J. H. Plumb, Huw P. WheldonISBN 0517486091 (0-517-48609-1)
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Satyricaby Petronius, Daniel Kinney, R. Bracht BranhamISBN 0520211189 (0-520-21118-9)
Softcover, Univ of California Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Satyrica'Book summary:Encolpius, a soldier of fortune, despiser of pedantry, lecherous and contrary, and the beautiful Giton, who lives off his charms, are invited to a gargantuan banquet hosted by the prodigal, pompous, newly rich Trimalchio. When the feast turns into a riot, the two, joined by the down-on-his-luck poet Eumolpus, leave town quickly to avoid trouble. So begins the Satyrica, a bizarre odyssey through the carnivalesque landscape of Nero's empire.[via]
The author of the Satyrica, Petronius, had been Nero's intimate and advisor on all matters of artistic taste and elegance but a jealous rival turned Nero against him. No longer enduring "the suspense of fear or of hope," Petronius eluded his former patron by ending his own life. His novel has lived on, preserving for centuries tales of a time when virtue and vice, power and money, human comedy and human cruelty, mixed and melded unpredictably.
The translation is accurate and contemporary. In addition, a chronology, introduction, and commentary offer the reader background on Petronius's social milieu and on the fascinating complexity of his seemingly low-brow novel's poetic structure.
The School of History: Athens in the Age of Socratesby Mark Henderson MunnISBN 0520215575 (0-520-21557-5)
Hardcover, Univ of California Pr
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Statesman and Saintby Jasper RidleyISBN 0517484862 (0-517-48486-2)
Hardcover, Random House Value Pub
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The Story of Ellis Islandby Tom Dunnington, R. Conrad SteinISBN 0516046136 (0-516-04613-6)
Hardcover, Childrens Press
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The Story of the Alamo/by Norman RichardsISBN 0516446010 (0-516-44601-0)
Softcover, Scholastic Library Pub
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The Symposium of Platoby Plato, Peter Forster, Tom GriffithISBN 0520066952 (0-520-06695-2)
Softcover, Univ of California Pr on Demand
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Tom Griffith's translation of this foundation work of Western culture is unsurpassed for the balance it achieves between readability and fidelity to Plato's Greek. For felicity of phrasing, freshness, care to match the sense of the Greek rather than its wording, and for its idiomatic rendering of the spoken word, it has no peer.
Originally published in a limited edition with facing Greek and color wood engravings, Griffith's translation is here presented in reduced format that retains the aesthetic quality of the original version at an affordable price.More editions of The Symposium of Plato:
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Symposium of Plato: [Platonos Symposion]by Plato, Tom Griffith, Peter ForsterISBN 0520066944 (0-520-06694-4)
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Three Kingdomsby Moss Roberts, Kuan-Chung Lo, Guanzhong LuoISBN 0520089308 (0-520-08930-8)
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Twelfth Century Renaissanceby C. BrookeISBN 0500320179 (0-500-32017-9)
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The Unruly Queen: The Life of Queen Carolineby Flora FraserISBN 0520212754 (0-520-21275-4)
Softcover, Univ of California Pr
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The Vikings and Americaby Erik WahlgrenISBN 0500281998 (0-500-28199-8)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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The Warrior Generals : Combat Leadership in the Civil Warby Thomas B. BuellISBN 0517595710 (0-517-59571-0)
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Without Lying Down: Frances Marion and the Powerful Women of Early Hollywoodby Cari BeauchampISBN 0520214927 (0-520-21492-7)
Softcover, Univ of California Pr
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Women of the Rajby Margaret MacMillanISBN 0500278989 (0-500-27898-9)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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