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After Theoryby Terry EagletonISBN 0465017746 (0-465-01774-6)
Softcover, Basic Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'After Theory'Book summary:For anyone forced to wrestle with the likes of Derrida and Foucault during their college days, Terry Eagleton needs no introduction. His clear and accessible primer on literary theory was (and is) an indispensable guide to the post-modern era in the humanities. Now Eagleton argues that the golden age of cultural theory has ended, and with characteristic wit and verve, he traces its rise and fall from structuralism to post-colonial studies and beyond. In a new era of globalization and terrorism, Eagleton warns, the bundle of ideas known as post-modernism is essentially toothless.In this eloquent synthesis of a lifetime of learning, Eagleton challenges contemporary intellectuals to engage with a range of vital topics-love, evil, death, morality, religion, and revolution-that they've ignored over the past thirty years. Lively and provocative, Eagleton's latest will engage readers inside and outside the academy who are eager for a more holistic and humane way of "reading" the world."A rare opportunity to enjoy the art of cultural and social diagnosis at its purest! Eagleton offers a unique combination of theoretical stringency and acerbic common-sense witticism, of critical historical reflection and the ability to ask the 'big' metaphysical questions."-Slavoj Zizek[via]-
Alice's Abenteuer Im Wunderland German Translationby Carroll LISBN 0486206688 (0-486-20668-8)
Softcover, Dover Pubns
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Alice's Abenteuer Im Wunderland German Translation'Book summary:Supervised by Carroll himself, here is the first foreign language translation of the children's book classic after its original 1865 publication. While the humor, verses, songs, and puns made many consider the work untranslatable, translator Antonie Zimmermann solved that problem by substituting common German phrases for the English originals. Includes 42 John Tenniel illustrations.[via]More editions of Alice's Abenteuer Im Wunderland German Translation:
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Alice's Adventures in Wonderlandby Lewis CarrollISBN 0486416585 (0-486-41658-5)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland'Book summary:Source of legend and lyric, reference and conjecture, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland is for most children pure pleasure in prose. While adults try to decipher Lewis Carroll's putative use of complex mathematical codes in the text, or debate his alleged use of opium, young readers simply dive with Alice through the rabbit hole, pursuing "The dream-child moving through a land / Of wonders wild and new." There they encounter the White Rabbit, the Queen of Hearts, the Mock Turtle, and the Mad Hatter, among a multitude of other characters--extinct, fantastical, and commonplace creatures. Alice journeys through this Wonderland, trying to fathom the meaning of her strange experiences. But they turn out to be "curiouser and curiouser," seemingly without moral or sense.
For more than 130 years, children have reveled in the delightfully non-moralistic, non-educational virtues of this classic. In fact, at every turn, Alice's new companions scoff at her traditional education. The Mock Turtle, for example, remarks that he took the "regular course" in school: Reeling, Writhing, and branches of Arithmetic-Ambition, Distraction, Uglification, and Derision. Carroll believed John Tenniel's illustrations were as important as his text. Naturally, Carroll's instincts were good; the masterful drawings are inextricably tied to the well-loved story. (All ages) --Emilie Coulter [via]
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Alice's Adventures in Wonderlandby Robert Blaisdell, Lewis Carroll, Marty NobleISBN 0486403459 (0-486-40345-9)
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Alice's Adventures in Wonderland/With All the Original Illustrations by Sir John Tennielby Lewis Carroll, John TennielISBN 0486275434 (0-486-27543-4)
Softcover, Dover Pubns
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For more than 130 years, children have reveled in the delightfully non-moralistic, non-educational virtues of this classic. In fact, at every turn, Alice's new companions scoff at her traditional education. The Mock Turtle, for example, remarks that he took the "regular course" in school: Reeling, Writhing, and branches of Arithmetic-Ambition, Distraction, Uglification, and Derision. Carroll believed John Tenniel's illustrations were as important as his text. Naturally, Carroll's instincts were good; the masterful drawings are inextricably tied to the well-loved story. (All ages) --Emilie Coulter [via]
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The Aran Islandsby J. M. SyngeISBN 0486400484 (0-486-40048-4)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Aran Islands'Book summary:Nothing much happens on the Aran Islands--at least, not much went on there in the late 19th century, when John Synge sailed out to these mist-shrouded, salt-sprayed, and wave-battered chunks of rocks south of Ireland. Therein lies the charm of the setting and of this lovely book, which captures the saltiness of both the marine air and the time-lost characters, who deeply believe in the magical "wee people." In cottages where nets and fishing tackle hang from beams, the women (who always wear red dresses and petticoats, as do some of the boys) sit at their spinning wheels or sew cow-skin sandals, while the fishermen spin yarns about fairies, sunken vessels, and bags of gold gained from adulterous wives. The big happening of the year is when roofs are rethatched--an event that blossoms into a festival with twisted rope stretching from kitchen table through lane to nearby field. Synge seems an ambassador from a different world: addressed as "noble person," he brings tokens of modernity--be they clocks or simple magic tricks that beguile the locals. First published in 1907, this re-released travelogue gives a poignant peek into another time and begs a visit to the Aran Islands to see how, or if, they have changed. --Melissa Rossi [via]
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Arms and the Manby George Bernard ShawISBN 0486264769 (0-486-26476-9)
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Aventures d Alice Au Pays Des Merveillesby Lewis CarrollISBN 0486228363 (0-486-22836-3)
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The Ballad of Reading Gaol and Other Poemsby Oscar WildeISBN 0486270726 (0-486-27072-6)
Softcover, Dover Pubns
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Best Ghost Stories of J S Lefanuby Joseph Sheridan Le FanuISBN 0486204154 (0-486-20415-4)
Softcover, Dover Pubns
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A Book of Irish Verseby W. B. YeatsISBN 0486414426 (0-486-41442-6)
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The Book of Kells: Reproductions from the Manuscript in Trinity College, Dublinby Francoise HenryISBN 050023213X (0-500-23213-X)
Hardcover, Thames and Hudson
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The Canterville Ghost and Other Storiesby Oscar WildeISBN 0486419258 (0-486-41925-8)
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The Catholics of Ulster: A Historyby Marianne ElliottISBN 0465019048 (0-465-01904-8)
Softcover, Perseus Books Group
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Celtic and Old Norse Designsby Courtney DavisISBN 0486412296 (0-486-41229-6)
Softcover, Dover Pubns
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Celtic Design : A Beginner's Manualby Aidan MeehanISBN 0500276293 (0-500-27629-3)
Softcover, Thames & Hudson
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Celtic Sacred Landscapesby Nigel PennickISBN 0500016666 (0-500-01666-6)
Hardcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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Celtic Stained Glass Coloring Bookby Courtney DavisISBN 048627456X (0-486-27456-X)
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The Celtsby T.G.E. PowellISBN 0500272751 (0-500-27275-1)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Celts'Book summary:By T.G.E. Powell, edited by Stuart Piggott, Revised edition, 1980, published by Thames & Hudson. With 149 illustrations, 12 in colour. Publisher's statement: "Who were the Celts? To what extent have they influenced the composition of the modern nations of Western Europe, and of Britain and Ireland in particluar? In his search for their identity the author probes the social, religious and cultural attitudes of this far-flung people by marshalling the evidence that does exist--historical, archaeological, and linguistic. The late Professor Powell's book has been widely acclaimed as a major pioneering study since its first publication. Professor Stuart Piggott, who supervised the preparation of the revised edition, says in his Preface that so sound was the author's scholarship that it was possible to leave the text virtually intact. However, many additional illustrations have been selected including eight pages of colour plates." [via]
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Color Your Own Book of Kellsby Marty NobleISBN 0486418650 (0-486-41865-0)
Softcover, Dover Pubns
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Color Your Own Book of Kells'Book summary:These captivating reproductions from one of the most beautiful books of the early Middle Ages offer hours of coloring pleasure. Twenty-eight full-page reproductions of artwork depict eye-catching borders filled with Celtic spirals and interlacings, celestial figures, saints, members of the Holy Family, Celtic crosses, and other finely detailed elements. Captions.[via]More editions of Color Your Own Book of Kells:
The Complete Fairy Tales of Oscar Wildeby Oscar WildeISBN 0451524357 (0-451-52435-7)
Softcover, New Amer Library Classics
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De Profundisby Oscar WildeISBN 0486293084 (0-486-29308-4)
Softcover, Dover Pubns
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› Find signed collectible books: 'De Profundis'Book summary:While jailed for homosexual offenses, Wilde wrote this long, bitter letter of recrimination to his lover, Lord Alfred Douglas. It offers fascinating insights into Wilde's life in prison and the background and psychology of a notorious affair, but its eloquence, passion and literary excellence make it a universal statement about love, injustice and suffering.[via]More editions of De Profundis:
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The Druidsby Stuart PiggottISBN 0500273634 (0-500-27363-4)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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Early Christian Irelandby Liam De Paor, Maire De PaorISBN 0500271100 (0-500-27110-0)
Hardcover, Thames and Hudson
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Exilesby James JoyceISBN 048642460X (0-486-42460-X)
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The Faerie Queeneby Douglas Brooks-DaviesISBN 0460154435 (0-460-15443-5)
Softcover, Tuttle Pub
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The Faerie Queeneby Edmund SpenserISBN 0460014439 (0-460-01443-9)
Softcover, J M Dent & Sons Ltd
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The Fairy Queen: A Modernized Selectionby Edmund Spenser, Douglas Brooks-DaviesISBN 0460875728 (0-460-87572-8)
Softcover, Tuttle Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Fairy Queen: A Modernized Selection'Book summary:This study edition, published to commemorate the quatercentenary of the six-book 1596 edition, contains a full, modernized selection from modern England's longest epic poem, as well as a commentary upon it. [via]
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Favorite Celtic Fairy Talesby Joseph Jacobs, Thea KlirosISBN 0486283526 (0-486-28352-6)
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Favorite Irish Folk Talesby Seumas MacManusISBN 0486405494 (0-486-40549-4)
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Five Points: The 19th Century New York City Neighborhood That Invented Tap Dance, Stole Elections, and Became the World's Most Notorious Slumby Tyler AnbinderISBN 0452283612 (0-452-28361-2)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Five Points: The 19th Century New York City Neighborhood That Invented Tap Dance, Stole Elections, and Became the World's Most Notorious Slum'Book summary:All but forgotten today, the Five Points neighborhood in lower Manhattan was once renowned the world over. It housed America's most impoverished immigrants-the Irish, Jews, Germans, Italians, and African-Americans. Located in today's Chinatown and Little Italy, Five Points played host to more riots, scams, prostitution, and drunkenness than any other neighborhood in America. But it was also crammed full of cheap theaters, dance halls, prizefighting venues, and political arenas that would one day dominate the national scene. From Jacob Riis to Abraham Lincoln, Davy Crockett to Charles Dickens, Five Points horrified and enthralled everyone who saw it.
Drawing from letters, diaries, newspapers, bank records, police reports, and archeological digs, award-winning historian Tyler Anbinder has written the first history of this remarkable neighborhood. Beginning with the Irish potato famine influx in 1840 and ending with the rise of Chinatown in the early 20th century, the story of Five Points serves as a microcosm of the American immigrant experience. [via]More editions of Five Points: The 19th Century New York City Neighborhood That Invented Tap Dance, Stole Elections, and Became the World's Most Notorious Slum:
Give Me Your Answer, Do!by Brian FrielISBN 0452279569 (0-452-27956-9)
Softcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
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Great Ghost Storiesby John GraftonISBN 0486272702 (0-486-27270-2)
Softcover, Dover Pubns
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Great Irish Writersby DoverISBN 0486299961 (0-486-29996-1)
Softcover, Dover Pubns
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A Handbook of Celtic Ornamentby John G. MerneISBN 0486419606 (0-486-41960-6)
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The Haunted Abbot: A Mystery of Ancient Irelandby Peter TremayneISBN 0451217160 (0-451-21716-0)
Softcover, Signet
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Hero-Tales of Irelandby Jeremiah CurtinISBN 0486409090 (0-486-40909-0)
Softcover, Dover Pubns
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The High Roadby Edna O'BrienISBN 0452263069 (0-452-26306-9)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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An Ideal Husbandby Oscar WildeISBN 048641423X (0-486-41423-X)
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If I Never Get Backby Darryl BrockISBN 0452283728 (0-452-28372-8)
Softcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
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In the House of Memory : Ancient Celtic Wisdom for Everyday Lifeby Steve RabeyISBN 0452279534 (0-452-27953-4)
Softcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
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Irish Tales of the Fairies and the Ghost Worldby Jeremiah CurtinISBN 0486411397 (0-486-41139-7)
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Jonathan Swift, Major Prophetby A. L. RowseISBN 0500011419 (0-500-01141-9)
Hardcover, Thames and Hudson
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Kimby Rudyard KiplingISBN 0486445089 (0-486-44508-9)
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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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Lady Chatterley's Loverby D. H. Lawrence, Geoff DyerISBN 0451528883 (0-451-52888-3)
Softcover, New Amer Library Classics
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Softcover, New Amer Library Classics - Lady Chatterley's Lover: ISBN 0451522478 (0-451-52247-8)
Softcover, New Amer Library Classics - Lady Chatterley's Lover: ISBN 0451524985 (0-451-52498-5)
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Lord Byronby Jane StablerISBN 0460878107 (0-460-87810-7)
Softcover, Everyman
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Medeaby Euripides, Rex WarnerISBN 0486275485 (0-486-27548-5)
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Michael Collins: Screenplay and Film Diaryby Neil JordanISBN 0452276861 (0-452-27686-1)
Softcover, Penguin USA
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The Mollie Maguires and the Detectivesby Allan PinkertonISBN 0486228983 (0-486-22898-3)
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Moore's Irish Melodies: The Illustrated 1846 Editionby Thomas Moore, Daniel MacliseISBN 048641101X (0-486-41101-X)
Softcover, Dover Pubns
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My Father's Gun: One Family, Three Badges, One Hundred Years in the Nypdby Brian McDonaldISBN 0452279240 (0-452-27924-0)
Softcover, Plume
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Mythic Irelandby Michael DamesISBN 0500015309 (0-500-01530-9)
Hardcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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Oscar Wilde's Wit and Wisdomby Oscar WildeISBN 0486401464 (0-486-40146-4)
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Our Lady of Darknessby Peter TremayneISBN 0451212215 (0-451-21221-5)
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The Picture of Dorian Gray and Three Storiesby Oscar WildeISBN 0451526015 (0-451-52601-5)
Softcover, New Amer Library Classics
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Picture of Dorian Gray and Three Stories'Book summary:"Oh! In what a wild hour of madness he had killed his friend! How ghastly the mere memory of the scene! He saw it all again. Each hideous detail came back to him with added horror. Out of the black cave of time, terrible and swathed in scarlet, rose the image of his sin." In their ideal of an exquisitely sensitive temperament that thrills to fine shadings in sensation, the principles of the aesthetic (or "decadent") movement are well suited to the tale of terror. No story exemplifies this better than Oscar Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray. The sparkling wit and zest for life of Wilde's characters combine with cold-blooded acts of horror to generate a deliciously twisted sense of elegance and evil, civilization and degradation. Oscar Wilde, like Edgar Allan Poe, shows us that what we find loathsome and frightening can also be beautiful. [via]
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Picture of Dorian Gray and Selected Storiesby Oscar WildeISBN 0451523849 (0-451-52384-9)
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The Poemsby Daniel Jones, Dylan ThomasISBN 0460041819 (0-460-04181-9)
Hardcover, Dent
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Pygmalion and My Fair Ladyby George Bernard ShawISBN 0451530098 (0-451-53009-8)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Pygmalion And My Fair Lady'Book summary:The ancient Greeks tell the legend of the sculptor Pygmalion, who created a statue of a woman of such surpassing beauty that he fell in love with his own creation. Then, Aphrodite, taking pity on this man whose love could not reach beyond the barrier of stone, brought the statue to life and gave her to Pygmalion as his bride.[via]Centuries later, George Bernard Shaw captured the magic of this legend in his celebrated romantic play, Pygmalion. Pygmalion became Henry Higgins, a professor of phonetics, his statue an untutored flower girl from the streets of London, and the barrier between them the difference in their stations in life.
In My Fair Lady, Alan Jay Lerner takes the legend one step furtherthe barrier is swept away and Higgins and Eliza are reunited as the curtain falls on one of the loveliest musical plays of our timewinning seven Tonys® for its original Broadway production, and seven Oscars® for its film adaptation.
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Reflections on the Revolution in Franceby Edmund BurkeISBN 0486445070 (0-486-44507-0)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Reflections on the Revolution in France'Book summary:[via]Published in 1790, two years before the start of the Terror, this work offered a remarkably prescient view of the chaos that lay ahead. A classic of political science and a cornerstone of modern conservative thought, it articulates a defense of property, religion, and traditional values that resonates with modern readers.More editions of Reflections on the Revolution in France:
The Road to Perditionby Max Allen CollinsISBN 0451410297 (0-451-41029-7)
Softcover, Onyx Books
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The Rose and the Keyby Joseph LefanuISBN 048624377X (0-486-24377-X)
Softcover, Dover Pubns
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The Screwtape Lettersby C. S. Lewis, Richard GilmanISBN 0451628217 (0-451-62821-7)
Softcover, Penguin Group (Canada)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Screwtape Letters'Book summary:This adaptation of C.S. Lewis's biting satire received a 1999 Grammy nomination for best spoken-word performance, and it's easy to see why--the story fits the format perfectly. It's relatively brief (the unabridged reading takes a mere four hours), and contains only one character--the demon Screwtape, who writes letters to his novice nephew Wormwood, instructing him on how to best tempt his "patient" (a wayward soul on earth) into the bosom of "our Lord below."
Obviously, the book wasn't written with former Monty Python John Cleese in mind, but it's hard to imagine a better Screwtape. Cleese's voice provides the perfect vehicle for Lewis's dry, razor-edged wit. His uncanny comic timing and ability to milk each phrase for maximum effect betray an infectious enthusiasm for the story. It's clear that he's having a great time reading, and it's impossible not to laugh along with him. This inspired pairing of two of the 20th century's greatest wits makes for a meditation on the dark side of spiritual guidance that's as relevant and funny today as it was in Lewis's war-torn England. (Running time: 4 hours, 3 cassettes) --Andrew Neiland [via]
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The Secret Life of Oscar Wildeby Neil McKennaISBN 0465044395 (0-465-04439-5)
Softcover, Basic Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Secret Life of Oscar Wilde'Book summary:In The Secret Life of Oscar Wilde, Neil McKenna provides stunning new insight into the tumultuous sexual and psychological worlds of this brilliant and tormented figure. McKenna charts Wildes astonishing odyssey through Londons sexual underworld, and provides explosive new evidence of the political machinations behind Wildes trials for sodomy. Dazzlingly written and meticulously researched, The Secret Life of Oscar Wilde offers a vividly original portrait of a troubled genius who chose to martyr himself for the cause of love between men.[via]More editions of The Secret Life of Oscar Wilde:
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A Sentimental Journey and Other Writingsby Laurence Sterne, Tom KeymerISBN 0460873369 (0-460-87336-9)
Softcover, Tuttle Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Sentimental Journey and Other Writings'Book summary:Part of the "Everyman" series which has been re-set with wide margins for notes and easy-to-read type. Each title includes a themed introduction by leading authorities on the subject, life-and-times chronology of the author, text summaries, annotated reading lists and selected criticism and notes. [via]
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Sentimental Journey Through France and Italyby L. SterneISBN 0486434737 (0-486-43473-7)
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Traditional Irish Fairy Talesby James Stephens, Arthur RackhamISBN 0486291669 (0-486-29166-9)
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True Irish Ghost Storiesby John Seymour, Harry L. NeliganISBN 0486440516 (0-486-44051-6)
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Turn of the Screwby Henry JamesISBN 0451526066 (0-451-52606-6)
Softcover, Signet Classic
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Turn of the Screw'Book summary:For lucidity and compactness of style, James's short novels, or novelles, are shining examples of his genius. Few other writings of the century have so captured the American imagination. When "Daisy Miller," the tale of the girl from Schenectady, first appeared in 1878, it was an extraordinary success. James had discovered nothing less than "the American girl"--free spirited, flirtatious, an innocent abroad determined to defy European convention even if it meant scandal . . . or tragedy. But the subtle danger lurking beneath the surface in "Daisy Miller" evolves into a classic tale of terror and obsession in "The Turn Of The Screw." "The imagination, " Henry James said to Bernard Shaw, "has a life if its own." In this blood-curdling story, that imagination weaves the lives of two children, a governess in love with her employer, and a sprawling country house into a flawless story, still unsurpassed as the prototype of modern horror fiction.
" "The Turn Of The Screw" seems to have proved more fascinating to the general reading public than anything else of James's except "Daisy Miller.""--Edmund Wilson [via]
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Softcover, Everyman - Turn of the Screw: ISBN 0486266842 (0-486-26684-2)
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Twelve Celtic Bookmarksby Co SpinhovenISBN 0486279448 (0-486-27944-8)
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Two Plays by Oscar Wildeby Oscar Wilde, Gary SchmidgallISBN 0451526635 (0-451-52663-5)
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The Waste Landby T. S. Eliot, Helen Hennessy VendlerISBN 0451526848 (0-451-52684-8)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Waste Land'Book summary:This all-new Signet Classic contains many of T.S. Eliot's most important early poems, leading to perhaps his greatest masterpiece, The Waste land, which has long been regarded as one of the fundamental texts of modernism. By combining poetic elements from many diverse sources with bits of popular culture and common speech linked in a fragmented narrative, Eliot recreated the chaos and disillusionment of Europe in the aftermath of WWI. The Waste Land is a modernist literary masterpiece. Contains a number of early poems, including Spleen, The Death of St. Narcissus, The Love Song of J. Prufrock, Preludes, Gerontion, The Hippopotmaus, and Sweeny Among the Nightingales. T.S. Eliot is the winner of the 1948 Nobel Prize for Literature, and is one of America's greatest poets. Edited and with an Introduction by Helen Vendler, a foremost scholar of moderism at Harvard University who writes regularly for the New Yorker and The New Republic. Vendler is also the author of books on other essential poets, including W.B. Yeats, Wallace Stevens, John Keats, George Herbert, and the forthcoming The Art of Shakespeare's Sonnete. @DeadFlowers Note From Ezra Pound: Maybe cut 75%? From Twitterature: The World's Greatest Books in Twenty Tweets or Less [via]
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The Waste Land, Prufrock and Other Poemsby T. S. EliotISBN 0486400611 (0-486-40061-1)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Waste Land, Prufrock and Other Poems'Book summary:After sitting through T.S. Eliot's reading of "The Waste Land," listeners may be inclined to hang up the earphones for a spell. There are no flaws to Eliot's steady-toned interpretation; in fact, his delivery is quite remarkable in its ability to match the poem's constant, somber mood. It's just that 25-plus minutes of Eliot's desolate landscapes--rendered even more real by the author's incessant tones--can wear on the emotions.
In addition to the full-length version of "The Waste Land," this recording includes Eliot's stirring narration of "The Hollow Men," "Sweeney Among the Nightingales," and "Macavity the Mystery Cat." Listen to Eliot read from "The Waste Land." Visit our audio help page for more information. (Running time: 47 minutes, 1 cassette) --Rob McDonald [via]
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Women in Loveby D. H. LawrenceISBN 0486424588 (0-486-42458-8)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Women in Love'Book summary:The erotic sequel to The Rainbow chronicles the lives, loves, obsessions, and struggles of the Brangwen sisters, Ursula and Gudrun, and their lovers, Rupert Birkin and Gerald Crich, as they search for fulfillment in post-World War I society. Reprint. [via]
The World of the Celtsby Simon JamesISBN 0500050678 (0-500-05067-8)
Hardcover, Thames & Hudson
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The Wyvern Mysteryby Joseph S. Le FanuISBN 0486440729 (0-486-44072-9)
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Yeats's Political Identities: Selected Essaysby Jonathan AllisonISBN 0472104454 (0-472-10445-4)
Hardcover, Univ of Michigan Pr
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The Young Wan: An Agnes Browne Novelby Brendan O'CarrollISBN 0452284848 (0-452-28484-8)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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Le Avventure D'Alice Nel Paese Delle Meraviglieby Lewis Carroll, John TennielISBN 0486232778 (0-486-23277-8)
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Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderlandby Lewis Carroll, Vladimir Vladimirovich NabokovISBN 0486233162 (0-486-23316-2)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland'Book summary:World-renowned author Vladimir Nabokov presents a brilliant translation of Alice in Wonderland that skillfully handles its puns, parodies, and language. Clear, witty, and wonderfully readable, this is the perfect book for students learning Russian and anyone seeking a refresher course in the language. Reproduced from rare 1923 German edition. 12 illustrations.[via]More editions of Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland:
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