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An Acceptable Timeby Madeleine L'EngleISBN 0440208149 (0-440-20814-9)
Softcover, Random House Childrens Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'An Acceptable Time'Book summary:A flash of lightning, quivering ground, and, instead of her grandparents' farm, Polly sees mist and jagged mountains -- and coming toward her, a group of young men carrying spears.
Why has a time gate opened and dropped Polly into a world that existed 3,000 years ago? Will she be able to get back to the present before the time gate closes -- and leaves her to face a group of people who believe in human sacrifice?
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Adventures of Don Quixoteby Miguel De CervantesISBN 0416879101 (0-416-87910-1)
Hardcover, Routledge
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Aesop's Fablesby Aesop, Fritz KredelISBN 0448060035 (0-448-06003-5)
Hardcover, Grosset & Dunlap
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Aesop's Fables'Book summary:'The story goes that a sow who had delivered a whole litter of piglets loudly accosted a lioness. "How many children do you breed?" asked the sow. "I breed only one," said the lioness, "but he is very well bred!"' The fables of Aesop have become one of the most enduring traditions of European culture, ever since they were first written down nearly two millennia ago. Aesop was reputedly a tongue-tied slave who miraculously received the power of speech; from his legendary storytelling came the collections of prose and verse fables scattered throughout Greek and Roman literature. First published in English by Caxton in 1484, the fables and their morals continue to charm modern readers: who does not know the stories of the tortoise and the hare, and the boy who cried wolf? This new translation is the first to represent all the main fable collections in ancient Latin and Greek, arranged according to the fables' contents and themes. It includes 600 fables, many of which come from sources never before translated into English.[via] -
Aesop's Fablesby Zipes, Jack David (AFT), Aesop, Jack David Zipes, Sam PickeringISBN 0451529537 (0-451-52953-7)
Softcover, New Amer Library Classics
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Aesop's Fables'Book summary:[via]203 of Aesop's most enduring and popular fables, translated into readable, modern American English and beautifully illustrated with 50 classic woodcuts by the great French artist J.J. Grandville.
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Aesop's Fablesby Jack ZipesISBN 0451525655 (0-451-52565-5)
Softcover, New Amer Library Classics
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The Age of Chivalry and Legends of Charlemagne or Romance of the Middle Ages/Volumes 2 and 3by Thomas BulfinchISBN 0451627997 (0-451-62799-7)
Softcover, New Amer Library
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Andrew Marvellby Gordon CampbellISBN 0460878123 (0-460-87812-3)
Softcover, Everyman
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Aristotle: Poeticsby AristotleISBN 0472061666 (0-472-06166-6)
Softcover, Univ of Michigan Pr
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Bendiceme, Ultimaby Rudolfo AnayaISBN 0446601772 (0-446-60177-2)
Softcover, Grand Central Pub
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Bless Me, Ultimaby Rudolfo AnayaISBN 0446600253 (0-446-60025-3)
Softcover, Grand Central Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Bless Me, Ultima'Book summary:Stories filled with wonder and the haunting beauty of his culture have helped make Rudolfo Anaya the father of Chicano literature in English, and his tales fairly shimmer with the lyric richness of his prose. Acclaimed in both Spanish and English, Anaya is perhaps best loved for his classic bestseller ... Antonio Marez is six years old when Ultima comes to stay with his family in New Mexico. She is a curandera, one who cures with herbs and magic. Under her wise wing, Tony will test the bonds that tie him to his people, and discover himself in the pagan past, in his father's wisdom, and in his mother's Catholicism. And at each life turn there is Ultima, who delivered Tony into the world-and will nurture the birth of his soul. [via]
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Bulfinch's Mythologyby BulfinchISBN 0440308453 (0-440-30845-3)
Softcover, Random House Childrens Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Bulfinch's Mythology'Book summary:Here are the world's most-loved stories, in a dynamic visual tour de force for today's readers. Each timeless myth is superbly presented in story form and enhanced with original art work by world-renowned artist Giovanni Caselli. Though Bulfinch's has been heralded for more than a century, it has never been published in so beautiful and accessible a format. Evocative four-color illustrations, many full-page, bring to life key events and characters of these universal tales and sagas -- from the Greek and Roman pantheon of gods to the heroes of the Crusades, from the exploits of Robin Hood to the feats of Richard the Lionheart. As enjoyable now as when Bulfinch first assembled them, these selections come from a variety of works -- Ovid's classic Metamorphoses, Egyptian myths, Eastern mythology, and Hindu, Norse, and Celtic sources. Together they form a remarkable tapestry of human endeavor: dreams, illusions, adventures, loves lost and loves found. In this handsome series, they speak to us afresh, across the ages, vivified through Caselli's inspired art. Original footnotes, indexes, and prefaces make this series not only entertaining, but completely authoritative as well. [via]
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Bulfinch's Mythology Vol. 2 : The Age of Chivalry and the Legends of Charlemagneby Thomas Bulfinch, Norma Lorre GoodrichISBN 0452011531 (0-452-01153-1)
Softcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
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Caesarby Christian MeierISBN 046500895X (0-465-00895-X)
Softcover, Perseus Books Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Caesar'Book summary:As politician and diplomat, writer and lover, but above all as a military genius, Julius Caesar is one of the perennially fascinating figures in historyBoswell called him the greatest man of any age. Christian Meiers authoritative and accessible biography is the definitive modern account of Caesars life and career, setting Caesars life story against the rich political and social background of the Late Roman Republic.[via] 
Civis Romanus: A Reader for the First Two Years of Latinby R. Colebourn, J.M. CobbanISBN 0423702009 (0-423-70200-9)
Softcover, Palgrave Macmillan
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Cloud of Unknowingby Ira ProgoffISBN 0440319943 (0-440-31994-3)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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The Complete Poemsby John MiltonISBN 0460113844 (0-460-11384-4)
Softcover, J M Dent & Sons Ltd
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Complete Poems'Book summary:Harvard Classics, Vol. 4 Paradise Lost and Regained -- among the greatest epic poems of any age-combined with the full array of Milton's English works secure his eternal place among the poet laureate pantheon. [via]
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The Course of Honorby Lindsey DavisISBN 0446679666 (0-446-67966-6)
Softcover, Grand Central Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Course of Honor'Book summary:In a departure from her international bestselling Marcus Didius Falco mystery series, Davis creates an intriguing and suspenseful love story set during ancient Rome's most turbulent period. [via]
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The Desert Fathers: Translations from the Latinby Helen WaddellISBN 0472060082 (0-472-06008-2)
Softcover, Univ of Michigan Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Desert Fathers: Translations from the Latin'Book summary:The Desert Fathers is a handy introduction to the sayings and stories of the earliest contemplatives--the men and women who, in the fourth century, escaped towns and cities to seek God and wrestle with demons in the deserts of Africa and Asia Minor. Some of these stories (such as the life of St. Anthony, the first monk) read almost like sci-fi, with their exuberant miracles exploding in exotic locations. All of them help readers understand the value and danger of liberating oneself from the constrictions of society. --Michael Joseph Gross [via]
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Dictionary of Foreign Termsby Mario Pei, Salvatore RamondinoISBN 0440208521 (0-440-20852-1)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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The Divine Comedyby Dante Alighieri, Ruth PiteISBN 0460875221 (0-460-87522-1)
Softcover, Dent & Sons (Canada), Limited, J. M.
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Divine Comedy'Book summary:This edition features all three parts of Dante's great poem about the journey of the soul - "Inferno", "Purgatorio" and "Paradiso" - with explanatory notes on each canto. It includes Botticelli's illustrations of "The Divine Comedy", drawn in the 1480s. [via]
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The Divine Comedyby John Ciardi, Dante AlighieriISBN 0451208633 (0-451-20863-3)
Softcover, New Amer Library
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Dante Alighieri's poetic masterpiece, The Divine Comedy, is a moving human drama, an unforgettable visionary journey through the infinite torment of Hell, up the arduous slopes of Purgatory, and on to the glorious realm of Paradisethe sphere of universal harmony and eternal salvation.
10 illustrations
@HolyHaha I have to climb a mountain now? You got to be kidding me. Is this a joke? Who the hell came up with story? VIIIRRRGGGILLLLLLLLLLL!
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Documents in Medieval Latinby John ThorleyISBN 0472085670 (0-472-08567-0)
Softcover, Univ of Michigan Pr
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Don Quixoteby Miguel De Cervantes Saavedra, Edward H. Friedman, Walter StarkieISBN 0451527860 (0-451-52786-0)
Softcover, New Amer Library Classics
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Don Quixoteby Miguel De Cervantes, Walter StarkieISBN 0451528905 (0-451-52890-5)
Softcover, New Amer Library Classics
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Don Quixote'Book summary:Brimming with humor, rich in idealism and earthy common sense, this highly-esteemed translation and abridgement of the beloved masterpiece will enchant a new generation of readers.[via]
@DonQuixote People say that sleep deprivation, isolation, and too much reading have made me loopy. But I say nay! Nay!!!
I am going full-creeper and giving a girl I love a special secret nickname without her even knowing about it.
Ill call her Dulcinea. Get it? Like Dulce del Coochayyyy.
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Don Quixote of LA Manchaby Miguel De CervantesISBN 0451525078 (0-451-52507-8)
Softcover, New Amer Library Classics
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A Dying Light in Cordubaby Lindsey DavisISBN 0446606804 (0-446-60680-4)
Softcover, Grand Central Pub
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The Education of Cyrusby Xenophon, H.G. DakynsISBN 0460871544 (0-460-87154-4)
Softcover, Tuttle Pub
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Essential Latin: The Language and Life of Ancient Romeby G. D. A. SharpleyISBN 0415213207 (0-415-21320-7)
Softcover, Routledge
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Ethics and Treatise on the Correction of the Intellectby Spinoza, Andrew BoyleISBN 0460873474 (0-460-87347-4)
Softcover, Tuttle Pub
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Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secretsby J. K. Rowling, Mary GrandpreISBN 0439064864 (0-439-06486-4)
Hardcover, Arthur a Levine
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets'Book summary:In one of the most hotly anticipated sequel in memory, J.K. Rowling takes up where she left off with Harry's second year at the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Old friends and new torments abound, including a spirit named Moaning Myrtle who haunts the girls' bathroom, an outrageously conceited professor, Gilderoy Lockheart, and a mysterious force that turns Hogwarts students to stone. [via]
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Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Princeby J. K. Rowling, Mary GrandpreISBN 0439785960 (0-439-78596-0)
Softcover, Scholastic Paperbacks
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince'Book summary:The long-awaited, eagerly anticipated, arguably over-hyped Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince has arrived, and the question on the minds of kids, adults, fans, and skeptics alike is, "Is it worth the hype?" The answer, luckily, is simple: yep. A magnificent spectacle more than worth the price of admission, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince will blow you away. However, given that so much has gone into protecting the secrets of the book (including armored trucks and injunctions), don't expect any spoilers in this review. It's much more fun not knowing what's coming--and in the case of Rowling's delicious sixth book, you don't want to know. Just sit tight, despite the earth-shattering revelations that will have your head in your hands as you hope the words will rearrange themselves into a different story. But take one warning to heart: do not open Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince until you have first found a secluded spot, safe from curious eyes, where you can tuck in for a good long read. Because once you start, you won't stop until you reach the very last page.
A darker book than any in the series thus far with a level of sophistication belying its genre, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince moves the series into murkier waters and marks the arrival of Rowling onto the adult literary scene. While she has long been praised for her cleverness and wit, the strength of Book 6 lies in her subtle development of key characters, as well as her carefully nuanced depiction of a community at war. In Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, no one and nothing is safe, including preconceived notions of good and evil and of right and wrong. With each book in her increasingly remarkable series, fans have nervously watched J.K. Rowling raise the stakes; gone are the simple delights of butterbeer and enchanted candy, and days when the worst ailment could be cured by a bite of chocolate. A series that began as a colorful lark full of magic and discovery has become a dark and deadly war zone. But this should not come as a shock to loyal readers. Rowling readied fans with Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire and Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by killing off popular characters and engaging the young students in battle. Still, there is an unexpected bleakness from the start of Book 6 that casts a mean shadow over Quidditch games, silly flirtations, and mountains of homework. Ready or not, the tremendous ending of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince will leave stunned fans wondering what great and terrible events await in Book 7 if this sinister darkness is meant to light the way. --Daphne Durham
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Why We Love Harry
Favorite Moments from the Series
There are plenty of reasons to love Rowling's wildly popular series--no doubt you have several dozen of your own. Our list features favorite moments, characters, and artifacts from the first five books. Keep in mind that this list is by no means exhaustive (what we love about Harry could fill ten books!) and does not include any of the spectacular revelatory moments that would spoil the books for those (few) who have not read them. Enjoy.Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
* Harry's first trip to the zoo with the Dursleys, when a boa constrictor winks at him.
* When the Dursleys' house is suddenly besieged by letters for Harry from Hogwarts. Readers learn how much the Dursleys have been keeping from Harry. Rowling does a wonderful job in displaying the lengths to which Uncle Vernon will go to deny that magic exists.
* Harry's first visit to Diagon Alley with Hagrid. Full of curiosities and rich with magic and marvel, Harry's first trip includes a trip to Gringotts and Ollivanders, where Harry gets his wand (holly and phoenix feather) and discovers yet another connection to He-Who-Must-No-Be-Named. This moment is the reader's first full introduction to Rowling's world of witchcraft and wizards.
* Harry's experience with the Sorting Hat.Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
* The de-gnoming of the Weasleys' garden. Harry discovers that even wizards have chores--gnomes must be grabbed (ignoring angry protests "Gerroff me! Gerroff me!"), swung about (to make them too dizzy to come back), and tossed out of the garden--this delightful scene highlights Rowling's clever and witty genius.
* Harry's first experience with a Howler, sent to Ron by his mother.
* The Dueling Club battle between Harry and Malfoy. Gilderoy Lockhart starts the Dueling Club to help students practice spells on each other, but he is not prepared for the intensity of the animosity between Harry and Draco. Since they are still young, their minibattle is innocent enough, including tickling and dancing charms.Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
* Ron's attempt to use a telephone to call Harry at the Dursleys'.
* Harry's first encounter with a Dementor on the train (and just about any other encounter with Dementors). Harry's brush with the Dementors is terrifying and prepares Potter fans for a darker, scarier book.
* Harry, Ron, and Hermione's behavior in Professor Trelawney's Divination class. Some of the best moments in Rowling's books occur when she reminds us that the wizards-in-training at Hogwarts are, after all, just children. Clearly, even at a school of witchcraft and wizardry, classes can be boring and seem pointless to children.
* The Boggart lesson in Professor Lupin's classroom.
* Harry, Ron, and Hermione's knock-down confrontation with Snape.Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
* Hermione's disgust at the reception for the veela (Bulgarian National Team Mascots) at the Quidditch World Cup. Rowling's fourth book addresses issues about growing up--the dynamic between the boys and girls at Hogwarts starts to change. Nowhere is this more plain than the hilarious scene in which magical cheerleaders nearly convince Harry and Ron to jump from the stands to impress them.
* Viktor Krum's crush on Hermione--and Ron's objection to it.
* Malfoy's "Potter Stinks" badge.
* Hermione's creation of S.P.E.W., the intolerant bigotry of the Death Eaters, and the danger of the Triwizard Tournament. Add in the changing dynamics between girls and boys at Hogwarts, and suddenly Rowling's fourth book has a weight and seriousness not as present in early books in the series. Candy and tickle spells are left behind as the students tackle darker, more serious issues and take on larger responsibilities, including the knowledge of illegal curses.Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
* Harry's outburst to his friends at No. 12 Grimmauld Place. A combination of frustration over being kept in the dark and fear that he will be expelled fuels much of Harry's anger, and it all comes out at once, directly aimed at Ron and Hermione. Rowling perfectly portrays Harry's frustration at being too old to shirk responsibility, but too young to be accepted as part of the fight that he knows is coming.
* Harry's detention with Professor Umbridge. Rowling shows her darker side, leading readers to believe that Hogwarts is no longer a safe haven for young wizards. Dolores represents a bureaucratic tyrant capable of real evil, and Harry is forced to endure their private battle of wills alone.
* Harry and Cho's painfully awkward interactions. Rowling clearly remembers what it was like to be a teenager.
* Harry's Occlumency lessons with Snape.
* Dumbledore's confession to Harry.Magic, Mystery, and Mayhem: A Conversation with J.K. Rowling
"I am an extraordinarily lucky person, doing what I love best in the world. Im sure that I will always be a writer. It was wonderful enough just to be published. The greatest reward is the enthusiasm of the readers." --J.K. Rowling Find out more about Harry's creator in our exclusive interview with J.K. Rowling.
Did You Know?
The Little White Horse was J.K. Rowling's favorite book as a child. 
Jane Austen is Rowling's favorite author. 
Roddy Doyle is Rowling's favorite living writer. A Few Words from Mary GrandPré
"When I illustrate a cover or a book, I draw upon what the author tells me; that's how I see my responsibility as an illustrator. J.K. Rowling is very descriptive in her writing--she gives an illustrator a lot to work with. Each story is packed full of rich visual descriptions of the atmosphere, the mood, the setting, and all the different creatures and people. She makes it easy for me. The images just develop as I sketch and retrace until it feels right and matches her vision." Check out more Harry Potter art from illustrator Mary GrandPré.
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Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenixby J. K. Rowling, Mary GrandpreISBN 0439358078 (0-439-35807-8)
Softcover, Scholastic Paperbacks
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix'Book summary:As his fifth year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry approaches in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, 15-year-old Harry Potter is in full-blown adolescence, complete with regular outbursts of rage, a nearly debilitating crush, and the blooming of a powerful sense of rebellion. It's been yet another infuriating and boring summer with the despicable Dursleys, this time with minimal contact from our hero's non-Muggle friends from school. Harry is feeling especially edgy at the lack of news from the magic world, wondering when the freshly revived evil Lord Voldemort will strike. Returning to Hogwarts will be a relief& or will it?
Book five in JK Rowling's Harry Potter series follows the darkest year yet for our young wizard, who finds himself knocked down a peg or three after the events of last year. Over the summer, gossip (usually traced back to the magic world's newspaper, the Daily Prophet) has turned Harry's tragic and heroic encounter with Voldemort at the Triwizard Tournament into an excuse to ridicule and discount the teenager. Even Professor Dumbledore, headmaster of the school, has come under scrutiny from the Ministry of Magic, which refuses to officially acknowledge the terrifying truth: that Voldemort is back. Enter a particularly loathsome new character: the toad-like and simpering ("hem, hem") Dolores Umbridge, senior undersecretary to the minister of Magic, who takes over the vacant position of defence against dark arts teacher--and in no time manages to become the high inquisitor of Hogwarts. Life isn't getting any easier for Harry Potter. With an overwhelming course load as the fifth years prepare for their examinations, devastating changes in the Gryffindor Quidditch team line-up, vivid dreams about long hallways and closed doors, and increasing pain in his lightning-shaped scar, Harry's resilience is sorely tested.
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, more than any of the four previous novels in the series, is a coming-of-age story. Harry faces the thorny transition into adulthood, when adult heroes are revealed to be fallible, and matters that seemed black and white suddenly come out in shades of gray. Gone is the wide-eyed innocent, the whiz kid of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. Here we have an adolescent who's sometimes sullen, often confused (especially about girls), and always self-questioning. Confronting death again, as well as a startling prophecy, Harry ends his year at Hogwarts exhausted and pensive. Readers, on the other hand, will be energised as they enter yet again the long waiting period for the next title in the marvellous magical series. --Emilie Coulter [via]
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Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkabanby J. K. Rowling, Mary GrandpreISBN 0439136369 (0-439-13636-9)
Softcover, Scholastic Paperbacks
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban'Book summary:Harry Potter has to sneak back to Hogwarts, after accidentally inflating his horrible Aunt Petunia. But once there everyone is whispering about a prizoner who has escaped from the famous wizard prizon, Azkaban. His name is Sirius Black, and as a follower of Lord Voldemort he is determined to track Harry Potter down -- even if it means laying siege to the very walls of Hogwarts! [via]
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Historians of Ancient Rome: An Anthology of the Major Writingsby Ronald MellorISBN 041597108X (0-415-97108-X)
Softcover, Routledge
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Historiesby Hugh Bowden, George RawlinsonISBN 0460871706 (0-460-87170-6)
Softcover, Dent & Sons (Canada), Limited, J. M.
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History of the Peloponnesian Warby ThucydidesISBN 0460004557 (0-460-00455-7)
Hardcover, J M Dent & Sons Ltd
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History of the Peloponnesian Warby W. Robert Connor, CrawleyISBN 0460871536 (0-460-87153-6)
Softcover, Dent & Sons (Canada), Limited, J. M.
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› Find signed collectible books: 'History of the Peloponnesian War'Book summary:The Peloponnesian War (431-404 B.C.E.) was the greatest "disturbance" in Greek history to that time. The bitter rivalry between the two chief city-states, Athens and Sparta, and their respective allies ended with the ruin of Athens' naval hegemony and what the Greek historian Thucydides (ca. 460-400 B.C.E.) called a "convulsion" affecting all humankind. With the detachment of a clinician and the dramatic skill of a poet, Thucydides recreates the often savage events of the war and brings to life its chief protagonists: Pericles, Nicias, Cleon, Alcibiades, and others. The first of the "scientific" historians, Thucydides makes use of documentary material and relies on eyewitness accounts; even where direct documentary evidence is lacking, his keen understanding of human nature helps him to uncover the truth of what actually happened. The loftiness of its ideals, its painstaking research, and its beauty of expression have made the History of the Peloponnesian War a work that is in the author's own words, "a possession for all time." [via]
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Innovations of Antiquityby Ralph Hexter, Daniel Selden, Ralph J. HexterISBN 0415901294 (0-415-90129-4)
Softcover, Routledge
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John Skeltonby Greg WalkerISBN 0460877968 (0-460-87796-8)
Softcover, Everyman
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Latin Erotic Elegy: An Anthology and Readerby Paul Allen MillerISBN 0415243726 (0-415-24372-6)
Softcover, Routledge
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Latin for Reading: A Beginner's Textbook With Exercisesby Glenn M. KnudsvigISBN 0472080644 (0-472-08064-4)
Softcover, Univ of Michigan Pr
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Latin Verse Satire: An Anthology And Critical Readerby Paul Allen MillerISBN 0415317169 (0-415-31716-9)
Softcover, Routledge
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Leonardo's Bicycleby Paco Ignacio TaiboISBN 0446404918 (0-446-40491-8)
Softcover, Grand Central Pub
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Mary Poppins from A to Zby Pamela L. TraversISBN 0440405262 (0-440-40526-2)
Softcover, Random House Childrens Books
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More Latin for the Illiterati: A Guide to Everyday Medical, Legal, and Religious Latinby Jon R. StoneISBN 0415922119 (0-415-92211-9)
Softcover, Routledge
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Myths of the Greeks and Romansby Michael GrantISBN 0452011620 (0-452-01162-0)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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The Name of the Roseby Umberto EcoISBN 0446357200 (0-446-35720-0)
Softcover, Grand Central Pub
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The New Age Baby Name Bookby Sue BrowderISBN 0446606073 (0-446-60607-3)
Softcover, Grand Central Pub
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Oedipus Plays of Sophoclesby Paul RocheISBN 0451628470 (0-451-62847-0)
Softcover, New Amer Library
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Oedipus Plays of Sophocles: Oedipus the King, Oedipus at Colonus, Antigoneby Sophocles, Paul RocheISBN 0452011671 (0-452-01167-1)
Softcover, Plume
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Oedipus Plays of Sophocles: Oedipus the King, Oedipus at Colonus, Antigone'Book summary:Revising and updating his classic 1958 translation, Paul Roche captures the dramatic power and intensity, the subtleties of meaning, and the explosive emotions of Sophocles' great Theban trilogy. In vivid, poetic language, he presents the timeless story of a noble family moving toward catastrophe, dragged down from wealth and power by pride, cursed with incest, suicide, and murder. [via]
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The Poems of Andrew Marvellby Andrew Marvell, Martin Seymour-Smith, James ReevesISBN 0435150529 (0-435-15052-9)
Hardcover, Heinemann Educational
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The Princeby Niccolo MachiavelliISBN 0451527461 (0-451-52746-1)
Softcover, New Amer Library Classics
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Procopius and the Sixth Centuryby Averil CameronISBN 0415142946 (0-415-14294-6)
Softcover, Routledge
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Proto-Romance Phonologyby Robert Anderson HallISBN 0444001832 (0-444-00183-2)
Hardcover, Elsevier
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Readings in Late Antiquity: A Sourcebookby Michael MaasISBN 0415159881 (0-415-15988-1)
Softcover, Routledge
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The Republicby John Hall, Plato, Terence IrwinISBN 0460873822 (0-460-87382-2)
Softcover, Tuttle Pub
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The Republicby Plato, A.D. LindsayISBN 0460871528 (0-460-87152-8)
Hardcover, J.M. Dent
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The Republic of Platoby Plato, Allan David BloomISBN 0465069347 (0-465-06934-7)
Softcover, Basic Books
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The Romance Languagesby Martin Harris, Nigel VincentISBN 0415164176 (0-415-16417-6)
Hardcover, Routledge
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Routledge Atlas of Classical History: From 1700 Bc to Ad 565by Michael GrantISBN 0415119359 (0-415-11935-9)
Softcover, Routledge
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The Routledge Dictionary of Latin Quotations: The Illiterati's Guide to Latin Maxims, Mottoes, Proverbs and Sayingsby Jon StoneISBN 0415969093 (0-415-96909-3)
Softcover, Routledge
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Stargirlby Jerry SpinelliISBN 0440416779 (0-440-41677-9)
Softcover, Random House Childrens Books
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In time, incredulity gives way to out-and-out adoration as the student body finds itself helpless to resist Stargirl's wide-eyed charm, pure-spirited friendliness, and penchant for celebrating the achievements of others. In the ultimate high school symbol of acceptance, she is even recruited as a cheerleader. Popularity, of course, is a fragile and fleeting state, and bit by bit, Mica sours on their new idol. Why is Stargirl showing up at the funerals of strangers? Worse, why does she cheer for the opposing basketball teams? The growing hostility comes to a head when she is verbally flogged by resentful students on Leo's televised Hot Seat show in an episode that is too terrible to air. While the playful, chin-held-high Stargirl seems impervious to the shunning that ensues, Leo, who is in the throes of first love (and therefore scornfully deemed "Starboy"), is not made of such strong stuff: "I became angry. I resented having to choose. I refused to choose. I imagined my life without her and without them, and I didn't like it either way."
Jerry Spinelli, author of Newbery Medalist Maniac Magee, Newbery Honor Book Wringer, and many other excellent books for teens, elegantly and accurately captures the collective, not-always-pretty emotions of a high school microcosm in which individuality is pitted against conformity. Spinelli's Stargirl is a supernatural teen character--absolutely egoless, altruistic, in touch with life's primitive rhythms, meditative, untouched by popular culture, and supremely self-confident. It is the sensitive Leo whom readers will relate to as he grapples with who she is, who he is, who they are together as Stargirl and Starboy, and indeed, what it means to be a human being on a planet that is rich with wonders. (Ages 10 to 14) --Karin Snelson [via]
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Tacitusby Ronald MellorISBN 0415910021 (0-415-91002-1)
Softcover, Routledge
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Three Hands in the Fountainby Lindsey DavisISBN 0446607746 (0-446-60774-6)
Softcover, Grand Central Pub
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Time to Depart: A Marcus Didius Falco Mystery Novelby Lindsey DavisISBN 0446605913 (0-446-60591-3)
Softcover, Grand Central Publishing
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The Travels Of Marco Poloby Marco Polo, Milton Rugoff, Mittelmark, Howard (AFT)ISBN 0451529510 (0-451-52951-0)
Softcover, New Amer Library Classics
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· An invaluable index has been added to Aldo Ricci's of Benedetto's text, which includes all the identifications made in the Geographic text and also later editions by Marsden (1818), Pauthier (1865) and Yule (1871).
· The difficulty of following Polo on his many journeys has also been simplified by the process of distinguishing between those places on his main route to China and his return journey by sea to Persia and those places which he visited during his stay in China and those he never visited at all.
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Travels of Marco Poloby Milton RugoffISBN 0451517172 (0-451-51717-2)
Softcover, New Amer Library Classics
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· An invaluable index has been added to Aldo Ricci's of Benedetto's text, which includes all the identifications made in the Geographic text and also later editions by Marsden (1818), Pauthier (1865) and Yule (1871).
· The difficulty of following Polo on his many journeys has also been simplified by the process of distinguishing between those places on his main route to China and his return journey by sea to Persia and those places which he visited during his stay in China and those he never visited at all.
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The Vocabulary of Scienceby Lancelot Thomas Hogben, Maureen CartwrightISBN 0434340308 (0-434-34030-8)
Hardcover, Heinemann
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Winnie-The-Poohby A. A. MilneISBN 0416168604 (0-416-16860-4)
Hardcover, Methuen
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Winnie Ille Puby A. A. Milne, Ernest H. ShepardISBN 0416194893 (0-416-19489-3)
Softcover, Methuen & Company, Limited
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