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Aimee & Jaguar: A Love Story, Berlin 1943by Erica FischerISBN 1555834507 (1-55583-450-7)
Softcover, Alyson Pubns
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Aimee & Jaguar: A Love Story, Berlin 1943'Book summary:Acclaimed in Germany and England, this tragic and remarkable real-life love story won a Lambda Literary Award when it was first published in America in 1995. Lilly Wust ("Aimée") was a conventional middle-class mother of four, estranged from her philandering husband, when she met Felice Schragenheim ("Jaguar") in 1941. Their passionate affair unfolded against the backdrop of the deportation of Jews from Berlin, but several months passed before Felice could even bring herself to tell Lilly that she was Jewish and living illegally on the streets. "I knew, of course, what it meant," Lilly recalled in old age. "Not for a moment did I think that I too could be in danger. On the contrary, all I wanted to do now was to save her." Lilly's heroic efforts to conceal and protect Felice through the next two years make for painful and inspiring reading. Felice was arrested in August 1944 and sent her last letter to Lilly four months later. In 1981 Lilly was awarded the German Federal Service Cross, though no one could read this as a happy ending. --Regina Marler [via]
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Alexander the Greatby John GuntherISBN 1402741391 (1-4027-4139-1)
Softcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc
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Anne of Green Gablesby L.M. MontgomeryISBN 1419107178 (1-4191-0717-8)
Softcover, Kessinger Pub Co
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Anne of Green Gables'Book summary:When Marilla Cuthbert's brother, Matthew, returns home to Green Gables with a chatty redheaded orphan girl, Marilla exclaims, "But we asked for a boy. We have no use for a girl." It's not long, though, before the Cuthberts can't imagine how they could ever do without young Anne of Green Gables--but not for the original reasons they sought an orphan. Somewhere between the time Anne "confesses" to losing Marilla's amethyst pin (which she never took) in hopes of being allowed to go to a picnic, and when Anne accidentally dyes her hated carrot-red hair green, Marilla says to Matthew, "One thing's for certain, no house that Anne's in will ever be dull." And no book that she's in will be, either. This adapted version of the classic, Anne of Green Gables, introduces younger readers to the irrepressible heroine of L.M. Montgomery's many stories. Adapter M.C. Helldorfer includes only a few of Anne's mirthful and poignant adventures, yet manages to capture the freshness of one of children's literature's spunkiest, most beloved characters. There's just enough to make beginning readers want more--luckily, there's a lot more in the originals! Illustrator Ellen Beier creates vibrant pictures to portray the beauty of the land around Green Gables and the spirited nature of Anne herself. (Ages 5 to 8) --Emilie Coulter [via]
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Anne of Green Gablesby Greenwood, Barbara GreenwoodISBN 1550133543 (1-55013-354-3)
Hardcover, Firefly Books Ltd
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Anne Of Green Gablesby Kathleen Olmstead, Lucy CorvinoISBN 1402711301 (1-4027-1130-1)
Hardcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Anne Of Green Gables'Book summary:Following Sterling's spectacularly successful launch of its children's classic novels (240,000 books in print to date),comes a dazzling new series: Classic Starts. The stories are abridged; the quality is complete. Classic Starts treats the world's beloved tales (and children) with the respect they deserve--all at an incomparable price.[via]
Lucy Maud Montgomery's classic tale, with its engaging heroine and evocative description of the Prince Edward Island landscape, never fails to delight youngsters. When Matthew Cuthbert goes to the train station to pick up the orphan he and his sister Marilla plan to adopt, he expects to meet a boy who can help on the family farm. Instead it's Anne--a talkative, dreamy, red-haired, freckle-faced 11-year-old little girl who transforms the Cuthberts' life forever and fills it with love and joy.More editions of Anne Of Green Gables:
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Anne of Green Gablesby Scott McKowenISBN 1402714513 (1-4027-1451-3)
Hardcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Anne of Green Gables'Book summary:The illustrations for this series were created by Scott McKowen, who, with his wife Christina Poddubiuk, operates Punch & Judy Inc., a company specializing in design and illustration for theater and performing arts. Their projects often involve research into the visual aspects of historical settings and characters. Christina is a theater set and costume designer and contributed advice on the period clothing for the illustrations.[via]
Scott created these drawings in scratchboard an engraving medium which evokes the look of popular art from the period of these stories. Scratchboard is an illustration board with a specifically prepared surface of hard white chalk. A thin layer of black ink is rolled over the surface, and lines are drawn by hand with a sharp knife by scraping through the ink layer to expose the white surface underneath. The finished drawings are then scanned and the color is added digitally.
One things for certain, no house that Annes in will ever be dull. Thats what Marilla Cuthbert says about Anne, the lively red-headed orphan she and her brother Matthew adopt. For decades, girls have agreed, eagerly reading every book in Lucy Maud Montgomerys series that chronicles Annes coming of age.More editions of Anne of Green Gables:
Aradia Or The Gospel Of The Witchesby Charles G. LelandISBN 1419107372 (1-4191-0737-2)
Softcover, Kessinger Pub Co
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The Atlas of Mysterious Places: The World's Unexplained Sacred Sites, Symbolic Landscapes, Ancient Cities, and Lost Landsby Jennifer WestwoodISBN 1555841309 (1-55584-130-9)
Hardcover, Grove Pr
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The Birth of Europe: 400-1500by Jacques Le Goff, Janet LloydISBN 1405156821 (1-4051-5682-1)
Softcover, Blackwell Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Birth of Europe: 400-1500'Book summary:In this ground-breaking new study,Jacques Le Goff, arguably the leading medievalist of his generation, presents his view of the primacy of the Middle Ages in the development of European history.
- "[A] superb and necessary book. This provocative assessment from a lifetime of scholarship might help us to place ourselves, not just territorially, but in that other precious element of history: time." The Guardian
- "A book that never fails to be informative, readable and provocative. Le Goff... has been the bravest and best of champions for medieval history. This book... is in every sense an inspiration." BBC History Magazine
- Praised by prominent figures in Europe and history including: Rt Hon Christopher Patten, CH, Former Member of the European Commission, and Neil Kinnock, Vice-President, European Commission.
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The Black Arrow: A Tale of the Two Rosesby Louis Robert StevensonISBN 142197519X (1-4219-7519-X)
Hardcover, Indypublish.Com
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The Blood of Abraham : Insights into the Middle Eastby Jimmy CarterISBN 1557282935 (1-55728-293-5)
Softcover, University of Arkansas Press
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The Bonesetter's Daughterby Amy TanISBN 1417669985 (1-4176-6998-5)
Hardcover, Bt Bound
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The Book of Were-wolvesby Sabine Baring-GouldISBN 1406510688 (1-4065-1068-8)
Softcover, Dodo Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Book of Were-wolves'Book summary:A classic work discussing the origins of the werewolf legend. One of the most frequently cited studies of lycanthropy. Published in 1865, it contains a combination of personal experiences, were-wolf lore through the centuries, pyschological insights and speculations and accounts of real life crimes that fit the werewolf legendry. By the English hagiographer, antiquarian, novelist and eclectic scholar. [via]
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A Brief History of Canadaby Roger E. RiendeauISBN 1550415557 (1-55041-555-7)
Softcover, Fitzhenry & Whiteside Ltd
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Builders of the Bay Colonyby Samuel Eliot MorisonISBN 1417909072 (1-4179-0907-2)
Softcover, Kessinger Publishing, LLC
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Burmese Daysby George OrwellISBN 1421808307 (1-4218-0830-7)
Hardcover, 1st World Library
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Burmese Days'Book summary:Imagine crossing E.M. Forster with Jane Austen. Stir in a bit of socialist doctrine, a sprig of satire, strong Indian curry, and a couple quarts of good English gin and you get something close to the flavor of George Orwell's intensely readable and deftly plotted Burmese Days. In 1930, Kyauktada, Upper Burma, is one of the least auspicious postings in the ailing British Empire--and then the order comes that the European Club, previously for whites only, must elect one token native member. This edict brings out the worst in this woefully enclosed society, not to mention among the natives who would become the One. Orwell mines his own Anglo-Indian background to evoke both the suffocating heat and the stifling pettiness that are the central facts of colonial life: "Mr. MacGregor told his anecdote about Prome, which could be produced in almost any context. And then the conversation veered back to the old, never-palling subject--the insolence of the natives, the supineness of the Government, the dear dead days when the British Raj was the Raj and please give the bearer fifteen lashes. The topic was never let alone for long, partly because of Ellis's obsession. Besides, you could forgive the Europeans a great deal of their bitterness. Living and working among Orientals would try the temper of a saint."
Protagonist James Flory is a timber merchant, whose facial birthmark serves as an outward expression of the ironic and left-leaning habits of mind that make him inwardly different from his coevals. Flory appreciates the local culture, has native allegiances, and detests the racist machinations of his fellow Club members. Alas, he doesn't always possess the moral courage, or the energy, to stand against them. His almost embarrassingly Anglophile friend, Dr. Veraswami, the highest-ranking native official, seems a shoo-in for Club membership, until Machiavellian magistrate U Po Kyin launches a campaign to discredit him that results, ultimately, in the loss not just of reputations but of lives. Whether to endorse Veraswami or to betray him becomes a kind of litmus test of Flory's character.
Against this backdrop of politics and ethics, Orwell throws the shadow of romance. The arrival of the bobbed blonde, marriageable, and resolutely anti-intellectual Elizabeth Lackersteen not only casts Flory as hapless suitor but gives Orwell the chance to show that he's as astute a reporter of nuanced social interactions as he is of political intrigues. In fact, his combination of an astringently populist sensibility, dead-on observations of human behavior, formidable conjuring skills, and no-frills prose make for historical fiction that stands triumphantly outside of time. --Joyce Thompson [via]
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Caxton: The Description of Britain/949by Marie Collins, William Caxton, Ranulf HigdenISBN 155584300X (1-55584-300-X)
Hardcover, Corner House Pub
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The Cloud Of Unknowingby AnonymousISBN 1419156993 (1-4191-5699-3)
Softcover, Kessinger Pub Co
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Cloud Of Unknowing'Book summary:And therefore take good heed unto time, how that thou dispendest it: for nothing is more precious than time. In one little time, as little as it is, may heaven be won and lost. A token it is that time is precious: for God, that is given of time, giveth never two times together, but each one after other. And this He doth, for He will not reverse the order or the ordinal course in the cause of His creation. For time is made for man, and not man for time. [via]
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A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Courtby Mark TwainISBN 1416534733 (1-4165-3473-3)
Softcover, Pocket Classics
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court'Book summary:ENDURING LITERATURE ILLUMINATED BY PRACTICAL SCHOLARSHIP
A nineteenth-century American travels back in time to sixth-century England in this darkly comic social satire.
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- A concise introduction that gives the reader important background information
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- Discussion questions to promote lively classroom and book group interaction
- A list of recommended related books and films to broaden the reader's experience
Enriched Classics offer readers affordable editions of great works of literature enhanced by helpful notes and insightful commentary. The scholarship provided in Enriched Classics enables readers to appreciate, understand, and enjoy the world's finest books to their full potential.
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Crowned in a Far Country: Portraits of Eight Royal Bridesby Kent, Michael, ofISBN 1555840116 (1-55584-011-6)
Hardcover, Grove Pr
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The Death of the Pastby J. H. Plumb, Niall FergusonISBN 140390698X (1-4039-0698-X)
Softcover, Palgrave Macmillan
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Death of the Past'Book summary:In this book, J.H. Plumb investigates the way that humankind has, since the beginning of recorded time, molded the past to give sanction to their institutions of government, their social structure and morality. The past has also been called upon to explain the nature of our destiny in order both to strengthen the objectives of society and to reconcile us to our lot. J.H. Plumb questions this sanction of the past, the force that it has on our sense of destiny and its relevance to our own times. This classic text is now reissued with a new introduction by Niall Ferguson, placing it within a contemporary context, and with a new foreword by the eminent historian Simon Schama, a former student of J.H.Plumb himself.[via]More editions of The Death of the Past:
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The Declaration of Independence: The Story Behind America's Founding Document And the Men Who Created Itby Rod GraggISBN 140160210X (1-4016-0210-X)
Hardcover, Thomas Nelson Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Declaration of Independence: The Story Behind America's Founding Document And the Men Who Created It'Book summary:The fifty-six signers of the Declaration of Independence, the foundation of America's freedom, created a nation and launched a freedom movement the world had never seen. Today it seems inevitable that the thirteen colonies would declare their independence from Britain. And yet in 1776 it was not so. Here is the extraordinary story of drama and daring, sacrifice and selflessness, danger and potential death. The signers concluded their work with a plea for Providential protection and a selfless vow to sacrifice "our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor." Many of them did just that to create a country in which "all men are created equal, . . . endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these, are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of happiness."
Award-winning historian Rod Gragg brings to life the drama of 1776 like no other book. The removable artifacts, including a full-size (24-1/4" x 29-1/2") replica of the Declaration of Independence, bring to life the events of 1776 like no other presentation.
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Discovery of the Nileby Gianni GuadalupiISBN 1556706006 (1-55670-600-6)
Hardcover, Harry N Abrams Inc
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Egyptianby Naomi Walford, Mika Toimi WaltariISBN 1556524412 (1-55652-441-2)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Egyptian'Book summary:First published in the United States in 1949 and widely condemned as obscene, The Egyptian outsold every other novel published that year, and remains a classic; readers worldwide have testified to its life-changing power. It is a full-bodied re-creation of a largely forgotten era in the worlds history: the Egypt of the 14th century B.C.E., when pharaohs and gods contended with the near-collapse of historys greatest empire. This epic tale encompasses the whole of the then-known world, from Babylon to Crete, from Thebes to Jerusalem, while centering around one unforgettable figure: Sinuhe, a man of mysterious origins who rises from the depths of degradation to become personal physician to Pharaoh Akhnaton.[via]More editions of Egyptian:
Emperor of Scentby Chandler BurrISBN 1417634480 (1-4176-3448-0)
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England and Its Rulers, 1066-1307by M.T. ClanchyISBN 1405106506 (1-4051-0650-6)
Softcover, Blackwell Pub
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Essaysby Francis BaconISBN 1404349545 (1-4043-4954-5)
Hardcover, Indypublish.Com
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Fanny Hillby John ClelandISBN 1419119222 (1-4191-1922-2)
Softcover, Kessinger Pub Co
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Fanny Hill'Book summary:Additional proofing provided by Eben Visher. The notorious work by author John Cleland. Not a book for children. [via]
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God Is Redby Vine Deloria, George E. Tinker, Leslie Marmon SilkoISBN 1555911765 (1-55591-176-5)
Softcover, Fulcrum Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'God Is Red'Book summary:Deloria, a prominent Native American educator, lawyer, and philosopher, has updated his classic work on native religion. In God is Red Deloria argues convincingly that Christianity has failed today's society, and describes basic tenets that underlie Native religions. His other works include Behind the Trail of Broken Treaties and Custer Died for Your Sins. [via]
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The Golden Assby Apuleius, William AdlingtonISBN 1406509183 (1-4065-0918-3)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Golden Ass'Book summary:A bawdy picaresque Latin novel, written in the second century AD. The only Latin novel which has survived in its entirety. An imaginative, irreverent, and amusing work which relates the ludicrous adventures of one Lucius, who experiments in magic and is accidentally turned into an ass. In this guise he hears and sees many unusual things, until escaping from his predicament in a rather unexpected way. Within this frame story are found multiple digressions, the longest among them being the well-known tale of Cupid and Psyche. [via]
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A History of the United Statesby Philip JenkinsISBN 1403900302 (1-4039-0030-2)
Softcover, Palgrave Macmillan
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The House of Dies Drearby Virginia HamiltonISBN 1416914056 (1-4169-1405-6)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The House of Dies Drear'Book summary:The house held secrets, Thomas knew, even before he first saw it looming gray and massive on its ledge of rock. It had a century-old legend -- two fugitive slaves had been killed by bounty hunters after leaving its passageways, and Dies Drear himself, the abolitionist who had made the house into a station on the Underground Railroad, had been murdered there. The ghosts of the three were said to walk its rooms.... [via]
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Howard Pyle's Book of Pirates: Library Editionby Howard PyleISBN 1419124889 (1-4191-2488-9)
Softcover, Kessinger Pub Co
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Hunchback of Notre DameISBN 1550137735 (1-55013-773-5)
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The Insurrection in Dublinby James StephensISBN 1428052801 (1-4280-5280-1)
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Into Africa: A Journey through the Ancient Empiresby Marq De Villiers, Sheila HirtleISBN 1552630544 (1-55263-054-4)
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An Introduction to Viking Mythologyby John GrantISBN 1555215610 (1-55521-561-0)
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Jack the Ripper: The Definitive Historyby Paul BeggISBN 1405807121 (1-4058-0712-1)
Softcover, Pearson P T R
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Jack the Ripper: The Definitive History'Book summary:In 1888 the Whitechapel area of London was the scene of some of the most brutal murders ever recorded in history - and yet the case of Jack the Ripper remains unsolved. Steering clear of wild conspiracy theories, and spurious attempts to advance new theories about the identity of the culprit, Paul Begg instead provides the facts behind one of the most infamous and grisly episodes of the Victorian era.
The book is a social history of Victorian East London as it is about the murders themselves. Begg argues that the case excited such interest precisely because of the notoriety of the East End at the time. Chronological coverage includes detailed accounts of the lives of each of the victims and an examination of the police investigation.
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Journal of a Residence on a Georgian Plantation: 1838-1839by Frances Anne KembleISBN 1414232179 (1-4142-3217-9)
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Kimby Rudyard KiplingISBN 1404368361 (1-4043-6836-1)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Kim'Book summary:1901. Kipling, English short-story writer, novelist and poet, who celebrated the heroism of British colonial soldiers in India and Burma, was the first Englishman to receive the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1907. Kim is his picaresque novel of India and is considered to be a masterpiece. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing. [via]
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Kimby Maire Fhlathuin, Marie Ni FhlathuinISBN 1551115212 (1-55111-521-2)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Kim'Book summary:One of the particular pleasures of reading Kim is the full range of emotion, knowledge, and experience that Rudyard Kipling gives his complex hero. Kim O'Hara, the orphaned son of an Irish soldier stationed in India, is neither innocent nor victimized. Raised by an opium-addicted half-caste woman since his equally dissolute father's death, the boy has grown up in the streets of Lahore:
Though he was burned black as any native; though he spoke the vernacular by preference, and his mother-tongue in a clipped uncertain sing-song; though he consorted on terms of perfect equality with the small boys of the bazar; Kim was white--a poor white of the very poorest.
From his father and the woman who raised him, Kim has come to believe that a great destiny awaits him. The details, however, are a bit fuzzy, consisting as they do of the woman's addled prophecies of "'a great Red Bull on a green field, and the Colonel riding on his tall horse, yes, and'--dropping into English--'nine hundred devils.'"In the meantime, Kim amuses himself with intrigues, executing "commissions by night on the crowded housetops for sleek and shiny young men of fashion." His peculiar heritage as a white child gone native, combined with his "love of the game for its own sake," makes him uniquely suited for a bigger game. And when, at last, the long-awaited colonel comes along, Kim is recruited as a spy in Britain's struggle to maintain its colonial grip on India. Kipling was, first and foremost, a man of his time; born and raised in India in the 19th century, he was a fervid supporter of the Raj. Nevertheless, his portrait of India and its people is remarkably sympathetic. Yes, there is the stereotypical Westernized Indian Babu Huree Chander with his atrocious English, but there is also Kim's friend and mentor, the Afghani horse trader Mahub Ali, and the gentle Tibetan lama with whom Kim travels along the Grand Trunk Road. The humanity of his characters consistently belies Kipling's private prejudices, and raises Kim above the mere ripping good yarn to the level of a timeless classic. --Alix Wilber [via]
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King Learby William ShakespeareISBN 1420926179 (1-4209-2617-9)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'King Lear'Book summary:King Lear stands alongside Hamlet as one of the most profound expressions of tragic drama in literature. Written between 1604 and 1605, it represents Shakespeare at the height of his dramatic power. Drawing on ancient British history, Shakespeare constructs a plot that reads like a fable in its clear-sighted but terrifying simplicity. The ageing King Lear calls his daughters, Goneril, Regan and Cordelia to witness that he wishes "to shake all cares and business from our age" and divide his kingdom between his three children. When Cordelia refuses to flatter her father with sycophantic words of love, her banishment leads to chaos and civil war as Lear's disastrous "division of the kingdom" gives free reign to the greed and ambition of his two remaining daughters.
As Lear sinks into rage and madness he is deserted by everyone except his "bitter" Fool, the loyal Kent and the exiled Cordelia. The play descends into a nighmarish theatre of cruelty and absurdity as Lear realises he has "ta'en / Too little care" of the poverty and corruption of his kingdom, and his loyal but foolish friend Gloucester has his eyes gouged out. Metaphors of monstrosity and perversions of nature structure the dramatic action, and the play's ending remains one of the most harrowing in all of Shakespeare. Many see a profound despair and nihilism in King Lear, and would agree with Kent's conclusion that "All's cheerless, dark and deadly". Other writers have identified a radical but pessimistic critique of contemporary conceptions of kingship and absolutist authority, yet it remains a remarkable tragedy of public misjudgement and intensely private grief and anguish. --Jerry Brotton [via]
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King of the Wind: The Story of the Godolphin Arabianby Marguerite Henry, Wesley DennisISBN 1416927867 (1-4169-2786-7)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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This is the classic story of Sham and his friend, the stable boy Agba. their adventures take them from the sands of the Sahara. to the royal courts of France, and finally to the green pastures and stately homes of England. For Sham was the renowned Godolphin Arabian, whose blood flows through the veins of almost very superior thoroughbred. Sham's speed -- like his story -- has become legendary.
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Lays of Ancient Romeby Thomas Babington MacaualyISBN 1426400667 (1-4264-0066-7)
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Letters from a Lost Generation: The First World War Letters of Vera Brittain and Four Friends Roland Leighton, Edward Brittain, Victor Richardson, Geoffrey Thurlowby Vera Brittain, Mark Bostridge, Alan BishopISBN 1555533795 (1-55553-379-5)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Letters from a Lost Generation: The First World War Letters of Vera Brittain and Four Friends Roland Leighton, Edward Brittain, Victor Richardson, Geoffrey Thurlow'Book summary:The events set in motion by the outbreak of the First World War in 1914 changed many lives irrevocably. For Vera Brittain, an Oxford undergraduate who left her studies to volunteer as a nurse in military hospitals in England and France, the war was a shattering experience; she not only witnessed the horrors inflicted by combat through her work, but she lost the four men closest to her at that time--her fiancé, Roland Leighton, brother Edward, and two close friends, Geoffrey Thurlow and Victor Nicholson, who all died on the battlefield.
Letters from a Lost Generation, a collection of previously unpublished correspondence between Brittain and these young men--all public schoolboys at the start of the war--chronicles her relationship with them, and reveals "the old lie," the idealized glory of patriotic duty that was soon overtaken by the grim reality of the Flanders trenches. The letters are lively, dramatic, immediate and, despite the awfulness of war, curiously optimistic: "Somehow I feel the end is not destined to be here and now. We have not fulfilled ourselves--and someday we shall live our roseate poem through," wrote Vera in one of her last letters to Roland in December 1915, just days before he was killed by a sniper's bullet. Following his death, and later those of their mutual friends Victor and Geoffrey, Vera's letters take on a new, raw intensity as she concentrates all her emotions on her brother--a hero awarded the Military Cross--until his death on the Italian Front in June 1918. These letters formed the basis of Vera Brittain's remarkable autobiography, Testament of Youth, and vividly bring to life the voices of the lost generation whose words threaten to be lost forever as the First World War recedes even further from living memory. --Catherine Taylor, Amazon.co.uk [via]
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The Life of St. Teresa of Jesusby Teresa of AvilaISBN 1406811645 (1-4068-1164-5)
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Little Dukeby Charlotte M. YongeISBN 1417999586 (1-4179-9958-6)
Softcover, Kessinger Pub Co
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Little Duke'Book summary:Purchase one of 1st World Library's Classic Books and help support our free internet library of downloadable eBooks. Visit us online at www.1stWorldLibrary.ORG - - On a bright autumn day, as long ago as the year 943, there was a great bustle in the Castle of Bayeux in Normandy. The hall was large and low, the roof arched, and supported on thick short columns, almost like the crypt of a Cathedral; the walls were thick, and the windows, which had no glass, were very small, set in such a depth of wall that there was a wide deep window seat, upon which the rain might beat, without reaching the interior of the room. And even if it had come in, there was nothing for it to hurt, for the walls were of rough stone, and the floor of tiles. There was a fire at each end of this great dark apartment, but there were no chimneys over the ample hearths, and the smoke curled about in thick white folds in the vaulted roof, adding to the wreaths of soot, which made the hall look still darker. [via]
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A Little Princessby Frances Hodgson BurnettISBN 1420925296 (1-4209-2529-6)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Little Princess'Book summary:"A Little Princess" is one of Frances Hodgson Burnett's most loved stories. It is the story of young Sara Crewe who while growing up in a well to do household suddenly finds herself impoverished when her father, Captain Crewe, dies penniless in India. Sara is forced to abandon her life of privilege for a life of bare existence at Miss Minchin's boarding school. To survive those hard times she imagines herself to be a little princess as she awaits her rescue from a mysterious benefactor. [via]
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A Little Princessby Lucy Corvino, Tania ZamorskyISBN 1402712758 (1-4027-1275-8)
Hardcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Little Princess'Book summary:Following Sterling's spectacularly successful launch of its children's classic novels (240,000 books in print to date),comes a dazzling new series: Classic Starts. The stories are abridged; the quality is complete. Classic Starts treats the world's beloved tales (and children) with the respect they deserve--all at an incomparable price.[via]
Poor Sara Crewe. Once upon a time her beloved father pampered and adored her. But ever since he died, leaving her alone and penniless, she's been caught in the cruel clutches of Miss Minchin, the headmistress at the Select Seminary for Young Ladies, where Sara once studied. But no matter how terrible things get, Sara always has her imagination and goodness of heart to carry her through. This timeless tale of a poor orphan has won children's hearts for a century--and continues to be a favorite.More editions of A Little Princess:
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A Little Princessby Scott McKowenISBN 1402714548 (1-4027-1454-8)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Little Princess'Book summary:The illustrations for this series were created by Scott McKowen, who, with his wife Christina Poddubiuk, operates Punch & Judy Inc., a company specializing in design and illustration for theater and performing arts. Their projects often involve research into the visual aspects of historical settings and characters. Christina is a theater set and costume designer and contributed advice on the period clothing for the illustrations.[via]
Scott created these drawings in scratchboard an engraving medium which evokes the look of popular art from the period of these stories. Scratchboard is an illustration board with a specifically prepared surface of hard white chalk. A thin layer of black ink is rolled over the surface, and lines are drawn by hand with a sharp knife by scraping through the ink layer to expose the white surface underneath. The finished drawings are then scanned and the color is added digitally.
As the popularity of the recent Lemony Snicket books proves, children never get tired of reading about orphans and their misfortunes. So Frances Hodgson Burnetts 1905 story about a pampered little rich girl who suddenly finds herself poor and fatherless should continue to entice generations of fans.More editions of A Little Princess:
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A Little Princess: Great Classics for Childrenby Frances Hodgson BurnettISBN 140370595X (1-4037-0595-X)
Hardcover, Dalmatian Press
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Little Princess: Great Classics for Children'Book summary:Ten-year-old Sara Crewe is sent to live at Miss Minchins boarding school in London. Her father, Captain Crewe, is a doting young man who leaves instructions that his daughter is to be given a private room with a parlor, a maid, and anything else she might desire in his absence.
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Looking Backwardby Edward Bellamy, Alex MacdonaldISBN 1551114062 (1-55111-406-2)
Softcover, Broadview Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Looking Backward'Book summary:Set in Boston on December 26, 2000, but written before the turn of the nineteenth century, this classic Utopian novel is more significant and relevant than ever with its reappearance this millennium. Addressing moral and material concerns of late nineteenth century industrial America through romantic narrative, Bellamy suggests a fictionalized society in which war, poverty, and malice do not exist.[via] -
Looking Backward: 2000-1887by Edward BellamyISBN 1404313834 (1-4043-1383-4)
Softcover, IndyPublish.com
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Looking Backward, 2000-1887'Book summary:"Looking Backward: 2000-1887" is considered to be one of the greatest and most widely read of the utopian novels. It is the story of a young gentleman from Boston who mysteriously wakes from a sleep of over a hundred years to find himself transplanted to a utopian futuristic world. This future world is one of prosperity, cooperation, and harmony. Edward Bellamy's classic novel inspired a rebirth of the utopian novel genre and has been an inspiration to the many forward-looking thinkers who have read it. [via]
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Lord High Executionerby Howard EngelISBN 1550137042 (1-55013-704-2)
Hardcover, Key Porter Books
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Lord High Executioner: An Unshamed Look at Hangmen, Headsmen, and Their Kindby Howard EngelISBN 1550137867 (1-55013-786-7)
Softcover, Key Porter Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Lord High Executioner: An Unshamed Look at Hangmen, Headsmen, and Their Kind'Book summary:In Lord High Executioner, Howard Engel produces a wonderfully wise and witty social history of the men and women who represent our agents of death, and who have done our dirty work over the centuries.
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Macbethby William Shakespeare, Peter Holland, David BevingtonISBN 1402206887 (1-4022-0688-7)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Macbeth'Book summary:One of Shakespeare's greatest, but also bloodiest tragedies, was written around 1605/06. Many have seen the story of Macbeth's murder and usurpation of the legitimate Scottish King Duncan as having obvious connection to contemporary issues regarding King James I (James VI of Scotland), and the Gunpowder Plot of 1605. King James was particularly fascinated with witchcraft, so the appearance of the witches chanting "Fair is foul, and foul is fair" at the opening of the play seemed particularly topical, as was Macbeth's betrayal of Banquo, from whom James claimed direct descent.
However, the play is clearly far more than a piece of royal entertainment. It is also a fast-moving and dramatically satisfying piece of theatre. Macbeth's existential struggle between loyalty to his King and his "Vaulting ambition" is fascinating to watch, as his is struggle with Lady Macbeth, and her own terrifying refusal of her maternal role. The play shows an intensification of Shakespeare's interest in mothers and their effect upon ruling masculinity, and also contains some of the most memorable speeches in the entire canon, including Macbeth's reflections that ultimately life "is a tale / Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, / Signifying nothing". --Jerry Brotton [via]
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Man Walks into a Pub : A Sociable History of Beerby Pete BrownISBN 140500553X (1-4050-0553-X)
Softcover, Macmillan Publishers Limited
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The Man-Eaters of Tsavoby John Henry PattersonISBN 1420923870 (1-4209-2387-0)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Man-Eaters of Tsavo'Book summary:In 1898 John H. Patterson arrived in East Africa with a mission to build a railway bridge over the Tsavo River. What started out as a simple engineering problem, however, soon took on almost mythical proportions as Patterson and his mostly Indian workforce were systematically hunted by two man-eating lions over the course of several weeks. During that time, 100 workers were killed, and the entire bridge-building project ground to a halt. As if the lions weren't enough, Patterson had to guard his back against his own increasingly hostile and mutinous workers as he set out to track and kill the man-eaters. This larger-than-life tale forms the basis of the entertaining film The Ghost and the Darkness, but for readers who want to know the whole--and true--story, The Man-Eaters of Tsavo comes straight from the great white-hunter's mouth.
Patterson's account of the lions' reign of terror and his own subsequent attempts to kill them is the stuff of great adventure, and his unmistakably Victorian manner of telling it only adds to the thrill. Consider this description of the aftermath of an attack by the lions: "...we at once set out to follow the brutes, Mr. Dalgairns feeling confident that he had wounded one of them, as there was a trail on the sand like that of the toes of a broken limb.... we saw in the gloom what we at first took to be a lion cub; closer inspection, however, showed it to be the remains of the unfortunate coolie, which the man-eaters had evidently abandoned at our approach. The legs, one arm and half the body had been eaten, and it was the stiff fingers of the other arm trailing along the sand which had left the marks we had taken to be the trail of a wounded lion...." This classic tale of death, courage, and terror in the African bush is still a page-turner, even after all these years. [via]
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The Man-eaters of Tsavo and Other East African Adventuresby J. H. PattersonISBN 1406830003 (1-4068-3000-3)
Softcover, Echo Library
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Museum of the Missing: A History of Art Theftby Simon Houpt, Julian RadcliffeISBN 1402728298 (1-4027-2829-8)
Hardcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc
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Poeticsby AristotleISBN 1419142402 (1-4191-4240-2)
Softcover, Kessinger Pub Co
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Poetics'Book summary:The original, Aristotle's short study of storytelling, written in the fourth century B.C., is the world's first critical book about the laws of literature. Sure, it's 2400 years old, but Aristotle's discussions--Unity of Plot, Reversal of the Situation, Character--though written in the context of ancient Greek Tragedy, Comedy and Epic Poetry, still apply to our modern literary forms. The book is quite short, and Aristotle illuminates his points with clear examples, making the Poetics perfectly readable, the better to impress people at parties when you say, "Of course, as Aristotle says..." [via]
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The Poetics of Aristotleby Aristotle, Samuel Henry ButcherISBN 140651022X (1-4065-1022-X)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Poetics of Aristotle'Book summary:Classic work from the Ancient Greek philosopher, student of Plato and teacher of Alexander the Great, who laid down the foundations of Western philosophy. [via]
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Profiles in Audacity: Great Decisions And How They Were Madeby Alan AxelrodISBN 1402732821 (1-4027-3282-1)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Profiles in Audacity: Great Decisions And How They Were Made'Book summary:[via]A journey of exploration through historys great decisions and those who had the courage to make them.
In brief, compelling, and inspiring vignettes, bestselling historian Alan Axelrod pinpoints and investigates the make-or-break event in the lives and careers of some of historys most significant figures. Axelrod reexamines history by revealing the answer to the fascinating question of why the people who made history made their choicesand conveys the resonance of those choices today. The 46 profiles range from ancient times to the present day and include Cleopatras decision to rescue Egypt; Washingtons decision to cross the Delaware and win; Gandhis decision to prevail against the British Empire without bloodshed; Trumans decision to drop the A-bomb and end WW II; Rosa Parks decision to sit in for civil rights; Boris Yeltsins decision to embrace a new world order; and Flight 93s decision to take a stand against terror.
Alan Axelrod is the prolific author of over 60 books on subjects covering history, business, and management, including the bestsellers Patton on Leadership; Elizabeth I, CEO; and What Every American Should Know About American History: 200 Events That Shaped the Nation (with Charles Phillips). He has spoken at management and leadership seminars around the country, and has served as consultant to companies and institutions including Siemens AG and the Metropolitan Museum of Art. He has appeared on MSNBC, The Discovery Channel, CNN, Fox, and numerous radio news and talk programs, including NPR. Axelrod and his work have been featured in BusinessWeek, Fortune, Mens Health, Cosmopolitan., and many newspapers, including USA Today.
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Promised Landby Mary AntinISBN 1419179187 (1-4191-7918-7)
Softcover, Kessinger Pub Co
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Rossetti and His Circleby Elizabeth PrettejohnISBN 1556706561 (1-55670-656-1)
Softcover, Harry N Abrams Inc
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Short History Middle Ages: From C.900 to C.1500by Barbara H. RosenweinISBN 1551116685 (1-55111-668-5)
Softcover, Broadview Pr
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A Short History of the Middle Agesby Barbara H. RosenweinISBN 1551116162 (1-55111-616-2)
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Sixty Million Frenchmen Can't Be Wrong: Why We Love France but Not the Frenchby Jean-Benoit Nadeau, Julie BarlowISBN 1402200455 (1-4022-0045-5)
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Stone Butch Bluesby Leslie FeinbergISBN 1555838537 (1-55583-853-7)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Stone Butch Blues'Book summary:[via]Published in 1993, this brave, original novel is considered to be the finest account ever written of the complexities of a transgendered existence.
Woman or man? Thats the question that rages like a storm around Jess Goldberg, clouding her life and her identity. Growing up differently gendered in a blue--collar town in the 1950s, coming out as a butch in the bars and factories of the prefeminist 60s, deciding to pass as a man in order to survive when she is left without work or a community in the early 70s. This powerful, provocative and deeply moving novel sees Jess coming full circle, she learns to accept the complexities of being a transgendered person in a world demanding simple explanations: a he-she emerging whole, weathering the turbulence.
Leslie Feinberg is also the author of Trans Liberation, Trans Gender Warriors and Transgender Liberation, and is a noted activist and speaker on transgender issues.
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Swords and Hilt Weaponsby Peter Connolly, Michael D. CoeISBN 1555842909 (1-55584-290-9)
Hardcover, Grove Pr
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A Tour On The Prairiesby Washington IrvingISBN 141910375X (1-4191-0375-X)
Softcover, Kessinger Pub Co
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Tragedy of Macbethby William ShakespeareISBN 1419185551 (1-4191-8555-1)
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Two Towersby J. R. R. TolkienISBN 141761840X (1-4176-1840-X)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Two Towers'Book summary:Frodo and his Companions of the Ring have been beset by danger during their quest. They have lost the wizard Gandalf in a battle in the Mines of Moria. And Boromir, seduced by the power of the Ring, tried to seize it by force. Now Frodo and Sam continue the journey alone down the great river Anduin -- alone, that is, save for the mysterious creeping figure that follows wherever they go. [via]
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The Ugly Americanby William J. Lederer, Eugene BurdickISBN 141762373X (1-4176-2373-X)
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Varieties of Religious Experienceby William JamesISBN 142190585X (1-4219-0585-X)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Varieties of Religious Experience'Book summary:"I am neither a theologian, nor a scholar learned in the history of religions, nor an anthropologist. Psychology is the only branch of learning in which I am particularly versed. To the psychologist the religious propensities of man must be at least as interesting as any other of the facts pertaining to his mental constitution. It would seem, therefore, as a psychologist, the natural thing for me would be to invite you to a descriptive survey of those religious propensities."
When William James went to the University of Edinburgh in 1901 to deliver a series of lectures on "natural religion," he defined religion as "the feelings, acts, and experiences of individual men in their solitude, so far as they apprehend themselves to stand in relation to whatever they may consider the divine." Considering religion, then, not as it is defined by--or takes place in--the churches, but as it is felt in everyday life, he undertook a project that, upon completion, stands not only as one of the most important texts on psychology ever written, not only as a vitally serious contemplation of spirituality, but for many critics one of the best works of nonfiction written in the 20th century. Reading The Varieties of Religious Experience, it is easy to see why. Applying his analytic clarity to religious accounts from a variety of sources, James elaborates a pluralistic framework in which "the divine can mean no single quality, it must mean a group of qualities, by being champions of which in alternation, different men may all find worthy missions." It's an intellectual call for serious religious tolerance--indeed, respect--the vitality of which has not diminished through the subsequent decades. [via]
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Waldenby Henry David ThoreauISBN 1420922610 (1-4209-2261-0)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Walden'Book summary:"Walden" is the classic account of two years spent by Henry David Thoreau living at Walden Pond near Concord, Massachusetts. The story is detailed in its accounts of Thoreau's day-to-day activities, observations, and undertakings to survive out in the wilderness for two years. Thoreau's journal is an exquisite account of a man seeking a more simple life by living in harmony with nature. In today's fast-paced consumer-driven society the austere life style endorsed by Thoreau is as relevant and refreshing as ever. [via]
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A Walk in Ancient Rome: A Vivid Journey Back in Timeby John T. CullenISBN 1416504176 (1-4165-0417-6)
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The Wars of the Roses: From Richard II to the Fall of Richard III at Bosworth Field-Seen Through the Eyes of Their Contemporariesby Elizabeth HallamISBN 1555842402 (1-55584-240-2)
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Witch-hunt: Mysteries Of The Salem Witch Trialsby Stephanie AndersonISBN 1416903151 (1-4169-0315-1)
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Witch-Hunting in Seventeenth-Century New England: A Documentary History, 1638-1692by David D. HallISBN 1555530850 (1-55553-085-0)
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Women Pirates and the Politics of the Jolly Rogerby Ulrike Klausmann, Marion Mainzerin, Gabriel KuhnISBN 1551640589 (1-55164-058-9)
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