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The Age of Reason: Being an Investigation of True and Fabulous Theologyby Thomas PaineISBN 0879752734 (0-87975-273-4)
Softcover, Prometheus Books
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Another Republicby Charles Simic, Mark StrandISBN 0880011912 (0-88001-191-2)
Softcover, Ecco Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Another Republic'Book summary:First published in 1976, this astonishing anthology from two U.S. Poet Laureates, Charles Simic and Mark Strand, compiles a selection of the finest translated literature of the time, showcasing the then-little-known writers who had a profound influence on the current generation of poets.
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AntaeusISBN 0880012021 (0-88001-202-1)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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Araratby Louise GluckISBN 088001248X (0-88001-248-X)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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The Avant-Garde Tradition in Literatureby Richard KostelanetxISBN 0879751746 (0-87975-174-6)
Softcover, Prometheus Books
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Balthus Notebookby Guy DavenportISBN 088001234X (0-88001-234-X)
Hardcover, Daedalus Books
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The Bishop and Other Storiesby Anton Pavlovich ChekhovISBN 0880010541 (0-88001-054-1)
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The Blue Estuariesby Louise BoganISBN 0880011920 (0-88001-192-0)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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Book 4by Aleister Crowley, Soror VirakamISBN 0879681144 (0-87968-114-4)
Hardcover, Gordon Press
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A Book for Free Spiritsby Friedrich NietzscheISBN 0879682027 (0-87968-202-7)
Hardcover, Gordon Press
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Book of Liesby Aleister CrowleyISBN 0879681152 (0-87968-115-2)
Hardcover, Krishna Pr
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The Catholic Classicsby Dinesh D'SouzaISBN 0879735457 (0-87973-545-7)
Softcover, Our Sunday Visitor
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The Catholic Classics IIby Dinesh D'SouzaISBN 087973423X (0-87973-423-X)
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Children of Albion Rovers: An Anthology of New Scottish Writingby Kevin WilliamsonISBN 0879518650 (0-87951-865-0)
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The Chorus Girl And Other Storiesby Anton Pavlovich ChekhovISBN 088001055X (0-88001-055-X)
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Christian Science: Easyread Large Editionby Mark TwainISBN 0879758252 (0-87975-825-2)
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Clouds Without Waterby Aleister CrowleyISBN 087968111X (0-87968-111-X)
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Collected Poems of Miloszby Czeslaw MiloszISBN 0880011742 (0-88001-174-2)
Softcover, HarperCollins Publishers
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The Collected Poems, 1931-1987by Czeslaw MiloszISBN 0880011734 (0-88001-173-4)
Hardcover, Ecco Press
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The Collected Stories of Elizabeth Bowenby Elizabeth BowenISBN 0880012242 (0-88001-224-2)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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Collected Stories of Wolfgang Hildesheimerby Joac NeugroschelISBN 0880011327 (0-88001-132-7)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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Confession of a Murdererby Joseph RothISBN 0879519894 (0-87951-989-4)
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The Cook's Wedding and Other Storiesby Anton Pavlovich ChekhovISBN 0880010592 (0-88001-059-2)
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Darkness Casts No Shadowby Arnost LustigISBN 0879534060 (0-87953-406-0)
Hardcover, Inscape Corp
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De Animaby R.D. HicksISBN 0879756101 (0-87975-610-1)
Softcover, Prometheus Books
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The Dice Manby Luke RhinehartISBN 0879518642 (0-87951-864-2)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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The Dog of the Southby Charles PortisISBN 0879519312 (0-87951-931-2)
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Hapless, rhetorically challenged Ray Midge would more than fulfill any novel's quota for comic creation. But Portis pairs him with another indelible nutter, Dr. Reo Symes. A font of dubious financial schemes, Symes attaches himself to Ray like a peevish, passive-aggressive Pancho Sanza, and his non-sequitur-studded riffs must be heard to be believed:
I always tried to help Leon and you see the thanks I got. I hired him to drive for me right after his rat died. He was with the Murrell Brothers Shows at that time, exhibiting a fifty-pound rat from the sewers of Paris, France. Of course it didn't really weigh fifty pounds and it wasn't your true rat and it wasn't from Paris, France, either. It was some kind of animal from South America. Anyway, the thing died and I hired Leon to drive for me. I was selling birthstone rings and vibrating jowl straps from door to door and he would let me out at one end of the block and wait on me at the other end.
The vibrating jowl straps are the kicker here, of course. But it's the overall futility of the enterprise that gives Symes his comic potency, and makes him Ray's natural companion in arms. Neither of these guys is going to accomplish anything: they're Beckett clowns in Sansabelt trousers, too enervated by the heat even to agonize. Still, you won't find a more delicious (or less reliable) narrator in contemporary fiction, and Charles Portis's genius for inventing all-American eccentrics is anything but futile. --James Marcus [via]More editions of The Dog of the South:
The Economic and Philosophic Manuscripts of 1844 Karl Marx and the Communist Manifestoby Karl Marx, Friedrich EngelsISBN 087975446X (0-87975-446-X)
Softcover, Prometheus Books
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Elizabethan Popular Cultureby Leonard AshleyISBN 0879724277 (0-87972-427-7)
Softcover, Univ of Wisconsin Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Elizabethan Popular Culture'Book summary:Leonard R. N. Ashley delights readers with a collection of facts and folklore of the people of Queen Elizabeth Is era. He describes sports and pastimes, religion and superstition, cooking, life in town and country, and the rising bourgeois class. In chapters titled as "Cakes and Ale," "The Playhouse and the Bearbaiting Pit," and "Hey nonny nonny," Ashley paints an enlightening portrait of a time made memorable by Shakespeare and his contemporaries. [via]
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An Enquiry Concerning Human Understandingby David HumeISBN 0879755008 (0-87975-500-8)
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In this classic work of early modern epistemology, Hume offers important insights about how we come to understand and have knowledge of our world and, in so doing, alter our relationship with it. [via]More editions of An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding:
An Essay Concerning Human Understandingby John LockeISBN 0879759178 (0-87975-917-8)
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Essential Blakeby Stanley KunitzISBN 0880011386 (0-88001-138-6)
Hardcover, HarperCollins Publishers
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The Essential Byronby Paul Muldoon, George Gordon ByronISBN 0880011815 (0-88001-181-5)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Essential Byron'Book summary:Byron's mature style is wonderfully discursive, ranging from Aristotle through hitting the sack to hitting the bottle sack, while relishing the rhyme on "Aristotle" and "bottle" along he way; he reminds us again and again that poetry can be serious without being solemn, that it might even be fun. [via]
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The Essential Rossettiby John Hollander, Dante Gabriel RossettiISBN 0880011963 (0-88001-196-3)
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The Essential Wyattby W.S. Merwin, Thomas WyattISBN 0880011807 (0-88001-180-7)
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The Fifth Queenby Ford Madox Ford, William H. GassISBN 0880011017 (0-88001-101-7)
Softcover, Norton & Company Limited, W. W.
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Fifth Queen'Book summary:[This is the Audiobook CD Library Edition in vinyl case.]
This volume contains all three books in the 'Fifth Queen Trilogy': The Fifth Queen, Privy Seal, and The Fifth Queen Crowned.
[Read by Ralph Cosham]
The Fifth Queen Trilogy is Ford Madox Ford's highly acclaimed portrait of Katharine Howard, the controversial fifth queen of Henry VIII.
Ford Madox Ford's masterful trilogy of historical fiction centers on Katharine Howard, a young girl of a proud, noble, and impoverished family who catches the jaded eye of Henry VIII and becomes his controversial fifth queen.
In book one, The Fifth Queen, Katharine arrives at the king's court to find its dimly lit corridors vibrating with corruption and fear as unscrupulous courtiers hungry for power maneuver for advantage. Clever, beautiful, and outspoken, Katharine soon becomes caught in a web of intrigue and romance as she fights for political and religious change.
In book two, Privy Seal, Katharine becomes locked in a vicious battle with Thomas Cromwell, the Lord Privy Seal, and continues her battle for change.
Finally, in book three, The Fifth Queen Crowned, Katharine once again becomes caught in a web of court intrigues. She believes strongly in a restoration of the Catholic faith, but this conviction has made her vicious enemies, for a return to the Church of Rome would mean reinstating the lands and riches taken from the church under Henry's reign. Here, Katharine's fatal combat with Thomas Cromwell reaches its stunning conclusion.
Ford saw the past as an integral part of the present experience and understanding. His sharply etched vision of the court of Henry VIII echoes aspects of Edwardian England as it explores the pervading influence of power, lies, fear, and anxiety on people's lives. [via]More editions of The Fifth Queen:
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Fundamental Principles of the Metaphysic of Moralsby Immanuel Kant, Thomas Kingsmill AbbottISBN 0879753773 (0-87975-377-3)
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In rejecting the results or consequences of action as the foundation of moral judgments, he denies that good or bad effects have any relevance in the moral evaluation of human behavior. Instead, we must rely upon the Good Will for guidance. What is this Will upon which so much emphasis is placed, and how does it act as the foundation for behavior that can be assessed as truly moral? In this groundbreaking work, Kant outlines an ethical perspective that has been a vital force in the Western world. [via]More editions of Fundamental Principles of the Metaphysic of Morals:
Greatest of Theseby Francis MacManusISBN 0879732016 (0-87973-201-6)
Hardcover, Our Sunday Visitor
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The Harrad Experimentby Robert H RimmerISBN 0879756233 (0-87975-623-3)
Softcover, Prometheus Books
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The Horse-Stealers and Other Storiesby Anton Pavlovich Chekhov, Constance Black GarnettISBN 0880010576 (0-88001-057-6)
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Human Wishesby Robert HassISBN 0880012129 (0-88001-212-9)
Softcover, Ecco Pr
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Humanist Manifestos One and Twoby P. KurtzISBN 0879750316 (0-87975-031-6)
Softcover, Prometheus Books
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It Was the Nightingaleby Ford Madox FordISBN 0880010347 (0-88001-034-7)
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The Knight in Rusty Armorby Robert FisherISBN 0879804211 (0-87980-421-1)
Softcover, Wilshire Book Co
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Land of Little Rainby Mary Hunter AustinISBN 0879681829 (0-87968-182-9)
Hardcover, Gordon Press
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A Letter Concerning Tolerationby John LockeISBN 0879755989 (0-87975-598-9)
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Manuscripts Don't Burn: Mikhail Bulgakov A Life in Letters and Diariesby J. A. CurtisISBN 0879514620 (0-87951-462-0)
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McGuffey's Second Eclectic Readerby William Holmes McGuffeyISBN 0879681411 (0-87968-141-1)
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No Enemyby Ford Madox FordISBN 0880010622 (0-88001-062-2)
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The Orchard Keeperby Cormac McCarthyISBN 0880010096 (0-88001-009-6)
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The Peculiar Memories of Thomas Penmanby Bruce RobinsonISBN 0879519142 (0-87951-914-2)
Hardcover, Penguin Group USA
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Pictures from Italyby Charles DickensISBN 0880011645 (0-88001-164-5)
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Poems of Goetheby Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe, Edgar Alfred BowringISBN 0879681519 (0-87968-151-9)
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Points in Time: Tales from Moroccoby Paul BowlesISBN 0880011173 (0-88001-117-3)
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Pope Joanby Lawrence DurrellISBN 0879517867 (0-87951-786-7)
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Praiseby Robert HassISBN 0880012420 (0-88001-242-0)
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Professor Mmaa's Lectureby Stefan ThemersonISBN 0879519665 (0-87951-966-5)
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Rat Man of Parisby Paul WestISBN 0879515023 (0-87951-502-3)
Softcover, Overlook Pr
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Relativityby Albert EinsteinISBN 0879759798 (0-87975-979-8)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Relativity'Book summary:Albert Einstein (1879-1955), pacifist and humanitarian, has been universally acclaimed the greatest theoretical physicist who ever lived. Adapting the old laws of physics to Einstein's space-time resulted in "relativistic" physics. He, more than anyone else, realized that every physical theory is largely an invention of the mind, a mathematical model used to "mimic" a certain domain of experimental facts. Einstein's work on relativity is indeed the greatest contribution to the philosophy of science.
It has long been thought that only a handful of scientists could comprehend Einstein's theory of relativity. But in this book the inventor himself explains both the special and the general theories in terms that the layman can understand. [via]More editions of Relativity:
Remote People: A Report from Ethiopia and British Africa, 1930-1931by Evelyn WaughISBN 0880012560 (0-88001-256-0)
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Report from the Besieged Cityby Zbigniew Herbert, John Carpenter, Bogdana CarpenterISBN 0880010940 (0-88001-094-0)
Softcover, HarperCollins Publishers
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Rights of Manby Thomas PaineISBN 087975379X (0-87975-379-X)
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The Schoolmaster And Other Storiesby Anton Pavlovich ChekhovISBN 0880010584 (0-88001-058-4)
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The Schoolmistress and Other Storiesby Anton Pavlovich Chekhov, Constance Black GarnettISBN 0880010568 (0-88001-056-8)
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The Second Treatise on Civil Governmentby John LockeISBN 0879753374 (0-87975-337-4)
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Endeavoring to reconstruct the nature and purpose of government, a social contract theory is proposed. The Second Treatise sets forth a detailed discussion of how civil society came to be and the nature of its inception. Locke's discussion of tacit consent, separation of powers, and the right of citizens to revolt against repressive governments, has made The Second Treatise one of the most influential essays in the history of political philosophy. [via]More editions of The Second Treatise on Civil Government:
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Selected Poemsby Michael HerbertISBN 0880010991 (0-88001-099-1)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Selected Poems'Book summary:Blessed is the nation that in the course of a century could give the world two poets of Czeslaw Milosz's and Zbigniew Herbert's scope. Doubly blessed is the English-reader, for in this volume he gets Zbigniew Herbert's work rendered by Czeslaw Milosz: like the poor, or better yet like nature herself, Polish genius takes care of its own.
This collection is bound for a much longer haul than any of us can anticipate. For Zbigniew Herbert's poetry adds to the biography of civilization the sensibility of a man not defeated by the century that has been most thorough, most effective in dehumanization of the species. Herbert's irony, his austere reserve and his compassion, the lucidity of his lyricism, the intensity of his sentiment toward classical antiquity, are not just trappings of a modern poet, but the necessary armor--in his case well-tempered and shining indeed--for man not to be crushed by the onslaught of reality. By offering to his readers neither aesthetic norethical discount, this poet, in fact, saves them frorn that poverty which every form of human eviI finds so congenial. As long as the species exists, this book will be timely.
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The Separate Notebooksby Czeslaw Milosz, Robert Hass, Robert Pinsky, Renata GorczynskiISBN 0880011165 (0-88001-116-5)
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Shakespeare's Dogby Leon RookeISBN 0880010932 (0-88001-093-2)
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The Shtetl : A Creative Anthology of Jewish Life in Eastern Europeby Joachim NeugroschelISBN 0879513802 (0-87951-380-2)
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Siam, Or, The Woman Who Shot a Manby Lily TuckISBN 0879517239 (0-87951-723-9)
Hardcover, Penguin Group USA
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Stop Kissby Diana SonISBN 0879517379 (0-87951-737-9)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Stop Kiss'Book summary:It doesn't do this play justice to say that much of the action takes place in a hospital room around the bed of a comatose woman. On the other hand, it may explain why critics have been so impressed. From unpromising material--standard urban settings, stilted exchanges, missed cues, private jokes, half-finished sentences--Diana Son has crafted a subtle, moving drama about vulnerability and risk. When Callie, a twentysomething New York traffic reporter, promises to take on a cat owned by Sara, "some friend of an old friend of someone," she arranges to leave quickly after Sara drops off the cat so that she doesn't get drawn into a dull evening with a stranger. Callie is an expert at avoiding conflict, which serves her well in the city. Sara, on the other hand, has willingly left her job at a Quaker school in St. Louis to teach third-graders in the Bronx. Although both are "straight" women, they circle each other warily, nursing an unspoken attraction. The playwright's choice to shuttle back and forth in time, between the hospital room and police station and the early days of Callie and Sara's friendship, lends a bittersweet quality to even their lightest exchanges, allowing us to wonder, along with the two women, whether the violent outcome of their single kiss makes it a bad idea. Stop Kiss revises Romeo and Juliet, with one thug and the mores of a nation standing in for the family feud. --Regina Marler [via]
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The Subjection of Womenby John Stuart MillISBN 0879753358 (0-87975-335-8)
Softcover, Prometheus Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Subjection of Women'Book summary:Since Old Testament days discrimination against minorities and other groups has been the rule in history rather than the exception. Chief among these repressive attitudes has been the inferior social and political status of women. Mill offers compelling arguments against the disenfranchisement of women, the infringement of their property rights, and the second-class status they experienced within marriage. One of England's most influential social philosophers, Mill sets the keen sights of his critical, analytic eye on the socio-political justifications for gender supremacy in nineteenth-century Britain and, in doing so, he strikes a powerful blow for women's rights, the reverberations of which are still being felt today. A remarkable work, "The Subjection of Women" uses reason and common-sense to take sexual discrimination to task. [via]
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The Swell Seasonby Josef SkvoreckyISBN 0880010908 (0-88001-090-8)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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The Tales of Chekhovby Anton Chekhov, Constance GarnettISBN 088001038X (0-88001-038-X)
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The Tent of Orange Mistby Paul WestISBN 0879517921 (0-87951-792-1)
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Three Poemsby John Ashbery, John AhsberyISBN 0880012277 (0-88001-227-7)
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Treatise on Rhetoricby Aristotle, Theodore Alois Buckley, Theordore BuckleyISBN 0879759763 (0-87975-976-3)
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Unattainable Earthby Czeslaw Milosz, Robert HassISBN 0880011025 (0-88001-102-5)
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Under the Wheatby Rick DeMarinisISBN 0880011491 (0-88001-149-1)
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The Unknown Chekhovby Avrahm Yarmolinsky, Anton Pavlovich ChekhovISBN 0880011424 (0-88001-142-4)
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Weymouth Sandsby John Cowper PowysISBN 0879517069 (0-87951-706-9)
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The Wife and Other Storiesby Anton Chekhov, Constance GarnettISBN 0880010525 (0-88001-052-5)
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The Witch and Other Storiesby Anton Chekhov, Constance GarnettISBN 0880010533 (0-88001-053-3)
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Without Stopping: An Autobiographyby Paul BowlesISBN 0880010614 (0-88001-061-4)
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The Women of Whitechapel and Jack the Ripperby Paul WestISBN 0879514787 (0-87951-478-7)
Softcover, Overlook Pr
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