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Adventures of Robin Hoodby Roger L. Green, Walter CraneISBN 0679436367 (0-679-43636-7)
Hardcover, Everymans Library
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The Aesop for Childrenby Milo WinterISBN 0590479776 (0-590-47977-6)
Softcover, Scholastic
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The Alchemistby Paulo Coelho, Alan R. ClarkeISBN 0613334582 (0-613-33458-2)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Alchemist'Book summary:Amazon.co.uk Review Like the one-time bestseller Jonathan Livingston Seagull, The Alchemist presents a simple fable, based on simple truths and places it in a highly unique situation. And though we may sense a bestselling formula, it is certainly not a new one: even the ancient tribal storytellers knew that this is the most successful method of entertaining an audience while slipping in a lesson or two. Brazilian storyteller Paulo Coehlo introduces Santiago, an Andalucian shepherd boy who one night dreams of a distant treasure in the Egyptian pyramids. And so he's off: leaving Spain to literally follow his dream. Along the way he meets many spiritual messengers, who come in unassuming forms such as a camel driver and a well-read Englishman. In one of the Englishman's books, Santiago first learns about the alchemists--men who believed that if a metal were heated for many years, it would free itself of all its individual properties, and what was left would be the "Soul of the World." Of course he does eventually meet an alchemist, and the ensuing student-teacher relationship clarifies much of the boy's misguided agenda, while also emboldening him to stay true to his dreams. "My heart is afraid that it will have to suffer," the boy confides to the alchemist one night as they look up at a moonless night. "Tell your heart that the fear of suffering is worse than the suffering itself," the alchemist replies. "And that no heart has ever suffered when it goes in search of its dreams, because every second of the search is a second's encounter with God and with eternity." [via]
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The Alphabet Versus the Goddess : The Conflict Between Word and Imageby Leonard ShlainISBN 0670878839 (0-670-87883-9)
Hardcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Alphabet Versus the Goddess : The Conflict Between Word and Image'Book summary:"Literacy has promoted the subjugation of women by men throughout all but the very recent history of the West," writes Leonard Shlain. "Misogyny and patriarchy rise and fall with the fortunes of the alphabetic written word."
That's a pretty audacious claim, one that The Alphabet Versus the Goddess provides extensive historical and cultural correlations to support. Shlain's thesis takes readers from the evolutionary steps that distinguish the human brain from that of the primates to the development of the Internet. The very act of learning written language, he argues, exercises the human brain's left hemisphere--the half that handles linear, abstract thought--and enforces its dominance over the right hemisphere, which thinks holistically and visually. If you accept the idea that linear abstraction is a masculine trait, and that holistic visualization is feminine, the rest of the theory falls into place. The flip side is that as visual orientation returns to prominence within society through film, television, and cyberspace, the status of women increases, soon to return to the equilibrium of the earliest human cultures. Shlain wisely presents this view of history as plausible rather than definite, but whether you agree with his wide-ranging speculations or not, he provides readers eager to "understand it all" with much to consider. --Ron Hogan [via]
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The Ancient Near East: An Anthology of Texts and Picturesby James Bennett PritchardISBN 0691002002 (0-691-00200-2)
Softcover, Princeton Univ Pr
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The Battle for Godby Karen ArmstrongISBN 0679435972 (0-679-43597-2)
Hardcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Battle for God'Book summary:About 40 years ago popular opinion assumed that religion would become a weaker force and people would certainly become less zealous as the world became more modern and morals more relaxed. But the opposite has proven true, according to theologian and author Karen Armstrong (A History of God), who documents how fundamentalism has taken root and grown in many of the world's major religions, such as Christianity, Islam, and Judaism. Even Buddhism, Sikhism, Hinduism, and Confucianism have developed fundamentalist factions. Reacting to a technologically driven world with liberal Western values, fundamentalists have not only increased in numbers, they have become more desperate, claims Armstrong, who points to the Oklahoma City bombing, violent anti-abortion crusades, and the assassination of President Yitzak Rabin as evidence of dangerous extremes.
Yet she also acknowledges the irony of how fundamentalism and Western materialism seem to urge each other on to greater excesses. To "prevent an escalation of the conflict, we must try and understand the pain and perception of the other side," she pleads. With her gift for clear, engaging writing and her integrity as a thorough researcher, Armstrong delivers a powerful discussion of a globally heated issue. Part history lesson, part wake-up call, and mostly a plea for healing, Armstrong's writing continues to offer a religious mirror and a cultural vision. --Gail Hudson [via]
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The Book of Jby Harold Bloom, David RosenbergISBN 0679736247 (0-679-73624-7)
Softcover, Knopf Publishing Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Book of J'Book summary:Scholars agree that the first strand in Genesis, Exodus, and Numbers was written by an author whom they call J, who lived in the tenth century before Christ.
In The Book of J, accompanying David Rosenberg's startling new translation, America's greatest literary critic, Harold Bloom, asserts that J was a writer of the stature of Homer, Shakespeare, and Tolstoy and puts forth the revolutionary idea that J was very likely a woman.
J was a genius with unmatched powers of irony and characterization, as shown in her unforgettable and very human portraits of Abram and Sarai, Rebecca, Jacob and Rachel, Joseph, Tamar, and Moses -- and, above all, God, or Yahweh. The Book of F reclaims the Bible's first and greatest author and presents us with the full grandeur of her creation. [via]More editions of The Book of J:
Bram Stoker's Draculaby Bram StokerISBN 0671009877 (0-671-00987-7)
Softcover, Monarch Notes
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C.P. Cavafy: Collected Poemsby Edmund Keeley, George Savidis, Philip SherrardISBN 0691015376 (0-691-01537-6)
Softcover, Princeton Univ Pr
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City of Godby Augustine, Thomas Merton, Marcus DodsISBN 0679783199 (0-679-78319-9)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'City of God'Book summary:Augustine's City of God, a monumental work of religious lore, philosophy, and history, was written as a kind of literary tombstone for Roman culture. After the sack of Rome, Augustine wrote this book to anatomize the corruption of Romans' pursuit of earthly pleasures: "grasping for praise, open-handed with their money; honest in the pursuit of wealth, they wanted to hoard glory." Augustine contrasts his condemnation of Rome with an exaltation of Christian culture. The glory that Rome failed to attain will only be realized by citizens of the City of God, the Heavenly Jerusalem foreseen in Revelation. Because City of God was written for men of classical learning--custodians of the culture Augustine sought to condemn--it is thick with Ciceronian circumlocutions, and makes many stark contrasts between "Your Virgil" and "Our Scriptures." Even if Augustine's prose strikes modern ears as a bit bombastic, and if his polarized Christian/pagan world is more binary than the one we live in today, his arguments against utopianism and his defense of the richness of Christian culture remain useful and strong. City of God is, as its final words proclaim itself to be, "a giant of a book." --Michael Joseph Gross [via]
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Classics of Horror: Dracula/Frankenstein/2 Books in 1by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Bram StokerISBN 0681411635 (0-681-41163-5)
Hardcover, Longmeadow Pr
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The Collected Poemsby Constantine Cavafy, Georgios P. Savvides, Philip Sherrard, Edmund KeeleyISBN 0691013209 (0-691-01320-9)
Hardcover, Princeton University Press
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The Complete Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimmby Jack D. Zipes, Johnny Gruelle, Jacob W. GrimmISBN 0553212516 (0-553-21251-6)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Complete Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm'Book summary:Enchanting, brimming with the wonder and magic of Once Upon A Time, the fairy tales of the Brothers Grimm are the special stories of childhood that stay with us throughout our lives. But most Americans know them only secondhand, in adaptations that greatly reduce the tales' power to touch our emotions and intrigue our imaginations. Now, in the most comprehensive translation to date, here are the classic fairy tales as the Bothers Grimm intended them to be--rich, stark, spiced with humor and violence, resonant with the rhythms of folklore and song. Volume II contains 142 unabridged tales, including such bedtime favorites as "Snow White and Rose Red" and "The Worn-Out Dancing Shoes," as well as 32 little-known tales that the Brothers Grimm omitted during the course of their many revisions. These wonderful tales of life, passion, and make-believe appeal not only to children--who unabashedly love them--but to readers of any age. [via]
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The Complete Plays of Aristophanesby AristophanesISBN 0553213431 (0-553-21343-1)
Softcover, Bantam Classic & Loveswept
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A Concise Dictionary of Classical Mythologyby Pierre Grimal, Stephen Kershaw, A.R. Maxwell-HyslopISBN 0631166963 (0-631-16696-3)
Hardcover, Blackwell Pub
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The Consolation of Philosophyby BoethiusISBN 0672602733 (0-672-60273-3)
Softcover, Prentice Hall
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The Cults of the Roman Empireby Antonia Nevill, Robert TurcanISBN 0631200460 (0-631-20046-0)
Hardcover, Blackwell Publishing Limited
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The Cults of the Roman Empireby Robert Turcan, Antonia NevillISBN 0631200479 (0-631-20047-9)
Softcover, Blackwell Pub
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Cupid and Psycheby M. Charlotte Craft, Kinuko CraftISBN 0688131638 (0-688-13163-8)
Hardcover, Harpercollins Childrens Books
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Daughters of the Earthby Carolyn NiethammerISBN 068482955X (0-684-82955-X)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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The Dhammapada: Sayings of Buddhaby Thomas F. ClearyISBN 0553373765 (0-553-37376-5)
Softcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Dhammapada: Sayings of Buddha'Book summary:Of all the buddhist writings, the dhamma-pada - -known for its accessibility--is perhaps the best primer of teachings on the dhamma, or moral path of life. it is also one of the oldest and most beloved classics, cherished by buddhists of all cultures for its vibrant and eloquent expression of basic precepts. buddha's beautiful, concise, and accessible aphorisms profoundly illustrate the serenity and unalterable dignity of the buddhist path of light, love, peace, and truth.thomas cleary provides an enlightening introduction that puts the work into historical, cultural, and religious perspective. in each section, he offers helpful and insightful commentary on the beliefs behind the wisdom of the buddha's words, translated from the ancient, original pali text. its 423 practical sayings are grouped under eclectic and useful headings such as vigilance, evil, happiness, anger, craving, and pleasure. in its unique and lovely two-color wisdom editions design, these timeless sayings of buddha will join the tao te ching as a classic gift book and keepsake [via]
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The Dhammapada : The Sayings of the Buddhaby Thomas Byrom, Ram DassISBN 0609608886 (0-609-60888-6)
Hardcover, Crown Publishing Group
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Draculaby Bram StokerISBN 0553212710 (0-553-21271-0)
Softcover, Bantam Classic & Loveswept
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Dracula'Book summary:The punctured throat, the coffin lid slowly opening, the unholy shriek as the stake pierces the heart--these are just a few of the chilling images Bram Stoker unleashed upon the world with his 1897 masterpiece, Dracula. Inspired by the folk legend of nosferatu, the undead, Stoker created a timeless tale of gothic horror and romance that has enthralled and terrified readers ever since.
This illustrated edition does full justice to the clark splendor of Stoker's novel of the count who feeds off the blood of the living. Stark and powerful relief engravings from renowned illustrator Barry Moser bring to life the story's most unforgettable moments and characters: the ship of death that brings Dracula to English shores as it pitches upon the sea; the final terrible siege at his Transylvanian lair; and the faces of clever, loving Mina Harker, mad, ravenous Renfield, wise Professor Van Helsing, and of course, Count Dracula himself.
Told in letters, diary entries, and news clippings, Dracula maintains an uncanny power over the reader, not only in the chilling charisma of its oftimitated character, but in the pace and fury of its storytelling. Stoker's novel has inspired countless movies and stories. But the original Dracula, like its hero, has the power to live forever. [via]
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- Dracula: ISBN 0688139213 (0-688-13921-3)
Hardcover, HarperCollins Canada, Limited - Dracula: ISBN 058252282X (0-582-52282-X)
Softcover, Addison-Wesley - Dracula: ISBN 0590460293 (0-590-46029-3)
Softcover, Scholastic Paperbacks - Dracula: ISBN 0679602291 (0-679-60229-1)
Hardcover, Random House Publishing Group - Dracula: ISBN 0553212710 (0-553-21271-0)
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Enter the Enchantedby K. A. ApplegateISBN 0590877542 (0-590-87754-2)
Softcover, Scholastic Paperbacks
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Everworldby K. A. ApplegateISBN 0613179099 (0-613-17909-9)
Hardcover, Bt Bound
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Faust, Part Iby Johann Wolfgang Von GoetheISBN 0553213482 (0-553-21348-2)
Softcover, Bantam Classic & Loveswept
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Faust, Part I'Book summary:Goethes masterpiece and perhaps the greatest work in German literature, Faust has made the legendary German alchemist one of the central myths of the Western world. Here indeed is a monumental Faust, an audacious man boldly wagering with the devil, Mephistopheles, that no magic, sensuality, experience, or knowledge can lead him to a moment he would wish to last forever. Here, in Faust, Part I, the tremendous versatility of Goethes genius creates some of the most beautiful passages in literature. Here too we experience Goethes characteristic humor, the excitement and eroticism of the witches Walpurgis Night, and the moving emotion of Gretchens tragic fate.
This authoritative edition, which offers Peter Salms wonderfully readable translation as well as the original German on facing pages, brings us Faust in a vital, rhythmic American idiom that carefully preserves the grandeur, integrity, and poetic immediacy of Goethes words. [via]More editions of Faust, Part I:
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Faust, Parts One and Twoby Johann Wolfgang Von GoetheISBN 0671478206 (0-671-47820-6)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Faust, Parts One and Two'Book summary:Goethe's masterpiece and perhaps the greatest work in German literature, "Faust" has made the legendary German alchemist one of the central myths of the Western world. Here indeed is a monumental Faust, an audacious man boldly wagering with the devil, Mephistopheles, that no magic, sensuality, experience or knowledge can lead him to a moment he would wish to last forever. Here, in "Faust," "Part 1," the tremendous versatility of Goethe's genius creates some of the most beautiful passages in literature. Here too we experience Goethe's characteristic humor, the excitement and eroticism of the witches' Walpurgis Night, and the moving emotion of Gretchen's tragic fate.
This newly revised edition, which offers Peter Salm's wonderfully readable translation as well as the original German on facing pages, brings us "Faust" in a vital, rhythmic American idiom that carefully preserves the grandeur, integrity, and poetic immediacy of Goethe's words. [via]
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Faust/Bilingualby Johann Wolfgang Von GoetheISBN 055321182X (0-553-21182-X)
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Favorite Medieval Talesby Mary Osborne, Troy HowellISBN 0590600427 (0-590-60042-7)
Hardcover, Scholastic
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Fire from Heavenby Mary RenaultISBN 0582101344 (0-582-10134-4)
Hardcover, Longmans
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Four Archetypesby C. G. JungISBN 0691017662 (0-691-01766-2)
Softcover, Princeton Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Four Archetypes'Book summary: Extracted from Volume 9, Part I. Includes "Psychological Aspects of the Mother Archetype," "Concerning Rebirth," "The Phenomenology of the Spirit in Fairytales," and "On the Psychology of the Trickster-Figure." [via]More editions of Four Archetypes:
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The God Delusionby Richard DawkinsISBN 0618680004 (0-618-68000-4)
Hardcover, Houghton Mifflin
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The God Delusion'Book summary:A preeminent scientist -- and the world's most prominent atheist -- asserts the irrationality of belief in God and the grievous harm religion has inflicted on society, from the Crusades to 9/11.[via]
With rigor and wit, Dawkins examines God in all his forms, from the sex-obsessed tyrant of the Old Testament to the more benign (but still illogical) Celestial Watchmaker favored by some Enlightenment thinkers. He eviscerates the major arguments for religion and demonstrates the supreme improbability of a supreme being. He shows how religion fuels war, foments bigotry, and abuses children, buttressing his points with historical and contemporary evidence. The God Delusion makes a compelling case that belief in God is not just wrong but potentially deadly. It also offers exhilarating insight into the advantages of atheism to the individual and society, not the least of which is a clearer, truer appreciation of the universe's wonders than any faith could ever muster.More editions of The God Delusion:
Greek Dramaby Moses HadasISBN 0553212214 (0-553-21221-4)
Softcover, Bantam Classic & Loveswept
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Haroun and the Sea of Storiesby Salman RushdieISBN 0571196934 (0-571-19693-4)
Softcover, Farrar Straus & Giroux
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Haroun and the Sea of Stories'Book summary:Immediately forget any preconceptions you may have about Salman Rushdie and the controversy that has swirled around his million-dollar head. You should instead know that he is one of the best contemporary writers of fables and parables, from any culture. Haroun and the Sea of Stories is a delightful tale about a storyteller who loses his skill and a struggle against mysterious forces attempting to block the seas of inspiration from which all stories are derived. Here's a representative passage about the sources and power of inspiration:
So Iff the water genie told Haroun about the Ocean of the Stream of Stories, and even though he was full of a sense of hopelessness and failure the magic of the Ocean began to have an effect on Haroun. He looked into the water and saw that it was made up of a thousand thousand thousand and one different currents, each one a different colour, weaving in and out of one another like a liquid tapestry of breathtaking complexity; and Iff explained that these were the Streams of Story, that each coloured strand represented and contained a single tale. Different parts of the Ocean contained different sorts of stories, and as all the stories that had ever been told and many that were still in the process of being invented could be found here, the Ocean of the Streams of Story was in fact the biggest library in the universe. And because the stories were held here in fluid form, they retained the ability to change, to become new versions of themselves, to join up with other stories and so become yet other stories; so that unlike a library of books, the Ocean of the Streams of Story was much more than a storeroom of yarns. It was not dead, but alive.
[via]"And if you are very, very careful, or very, very highly skilled, you can dip a cup into the Ocean," Iff told Haroun, "like so," and here he produced a little golden cup from another of his waistcoat pockets, "and you can fill it with water from a single, pure Stream of Story, like so," as he did precisely that.
The Hero With an African Face: Mythic Wisdom of Traditional Africaby Clyde W. FordISBN 0553378686 (0-553-37868-6)
Softcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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The Hollow Hillsby Mary StewartISBN 0606189947 (0-606-18994-7)
Hardcover, Demco Media
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Hollow Hills'Book summary:FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. First book in the Merlin series. The spellbinding, suspenseful story of how Merlin helped Arthur become King of all Britain. [via]
The Horse Goddessby Morgan LlywelynISBN 0671460552 (0-671-46055-2)
Softcover, Pocket Books
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The Iliadby Homer, William F. Wyatt, A.T. MurrayISBN 0674995791 (0-674-99579-1)
Hardcover, Harvard Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Iliad'Book summary:Here is a new Loeb Classical Library edition of Homer's stirring heroic account of the Trojan war and its passions. The eloquent and dramatic epic poem captures the terrible anger of Achilles, "the best of the Achaeans," over a grave insult to his personal honor and relates its tragic result--a chain of consequences that proves devastating for the Greek forces besieging Troy, for noble Trojans, and for Achilles himself. The poet gives us compelling characterizations of his protagonists as well as a remarkable study of the heroic code in antiquity.
The works attributed to Homer include the two oldest and greatest European epic poems, the Odyssey and the Iliad. These have been published in the Loeb Classical Library for three quarters of a century, the Greek text facing a faithful and literate prose translation by A. T. Murray. William F. Wyatt now brings the Loeb's Iliad up to date, with a rendering that retains Murray's admirable style but is written for today's readers.
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The Iliad/Books Xiii-Xxivby HomerISBN 0674991893 (0-674-99189-3)
Hardcover, Harvard Univ Pr
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Inside the Walls of Troyby Clemence McLarenISBN 0689873972 (0-689-87397-2)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Inside the Walls of Troy'Book summary:The women behind the Trojan War tell their stories. Helen recounts her story of the burden of being a famous beauty and her elopement with Paris. Wives, mothers and sisters watch the plains below where the heroes of Homer's tale battle in the war caused by Helen's beauty. McLaren views the Iliad in a very different way, showing how the women left inside the city deal with the death and destruction caused by this most famous and devastating war. Young Adult. [via]
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The Jaguar Smile: A Nicaraguan Journeyby Salman RushdieISBN 0670817570 (0-670-81757-0)
Hardcover, Penguin Group USA
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Jesus and the Lost Goddess: The Secret Teachings of the Original Christiansby Timothy Freke, Peter GandyISBN 0609607677 (0-609-60767-7)
Hardcover, Crown Publishing Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Jesus and the Lost Goddess: The Secret Teachings of the Original Christians'Book summary:Why Were the Teachings of the Original Christians Brutally Suppressed by the Roman Church?
" Because they portray Jesus and Mary Magdalene as mythic figures based on the Pagan Godman and Goddess
" Because they show that the gospel story is a spiritual allegory encapsulating a profound philosophy that leads to mythical enlightenment
" Because they have the power to turn the world inside out and transform life into an exploration of consciousness
Drawing on modern scholarship, the authors of the international bestseller The Jesus Mysteries decode the secret teachings of the original Christians for the first time in almost two millennia and theorize about who the original Christians really were and what they actually taught. In addition, the book explores the many myths of Jesus and the Goddess and unlocks the lost secret teachings of Christian mysticism, which promise happiness and immortality to those who attain the state of Gnosis, or enlightenment. This daring and controversial book recovers the ancient wisdom of the original Christians and demonstrates its relevance to us today.
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Land of Lossby Katherine A. ApplegateISBN 0590877518 (0-590-87751-8)
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The Last Battleby C. S. Lewis, Focus on the Family, Pauline BaynesISBN 0613946073 (0-613-94607-3)
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The Last Enchantmentby Mary StewartISBN 0606189955 (0-606-18995-5)
Hardcover, Demco Media
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Last Enchantment'Book summary:Arthur Pendragon is King! Unchallenged on the battlefield, he melds the country together in a time of promise. But sinister powers plot to destroy Camelot, and when the witch-queen Morgause -- Arthur's own half sister -- ensnares him in an incestuous liaison, a fatal web of love, betrayal, and bloody vengeance is woven.
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The Mask of Apolloby Mary RenaultISBN 0553242806 (0-553-24280-6)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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Memnoch the Devilby Anne RiceISBN 0679441018 (0-679-44101-8)
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Monarch Notes on Goethe's Faustby Paul MontgomeryISBN 0671005219 (0-671-00521-9)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Monarch Notes on Goethe's Faust'Book summary:This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1903 Excerpt: ... the proper company for his Cadaverousness. In a letter of 1780, Goethe playfully applies the name £rad)e to his friend Merck, who was also a gaunt man. 5671. iBJnrlcrlol', 'wooden cross'; in sarcastic allusion to the Lean Person's appearance. 5678. bctUCflt, 'excitedly'; adv. with entfctltett. 5681. llmfrfjiipytc = befcfjupte, 'scaly.' 5685-6. J)o6cn... fycrnitiictraticn. The dragons (without hands, hence the marvel) take the box, with Mephistopheles sitting on it, out of the chariot and bring it to (heron) where Faust is standing. 5691. ft!) fief lit, 'motley.' 56g6. jur GtnfomfeU. Cf. the words of the Poet in the Prelude, 11. 59 ff. 5706. ticrrnftjcu. Poetry is self-revelation, i.e., self-betrayal. Cf. the lines in the West-Ostlicher Divan, IX, 19: ®rft ficfi im fflefjetmnifs toteflcn, £mn ter)I(mtetn friif) unb fpatl SUcfjter ift umfonft Berf(6wieflen, Sidjten fel&ft ift fdjott Serratfj. 5712. (loltmcnt SBlitte; figurative for the red-golden liquid which rises in the pots and threatens to dissolve the jewels. 5717. ftJimeljen fid), 'are melting,' i.e.,' are on the point of melting,'--whence the need of seizing them quickly. 5718. ©emiinte SRoHcn, 'minted rolls,' i.e., coins. 5719. $u!aten... gepragt = OotbftiidCe tote getorfigte £ufatcn, 'pieces like genuine ducats.' But Schroer says tote geprtigt = hrie lieu ge« torogt. 573-©olb unb 2Bertfy; i.e., roerthtjolle? (roirfltd)e«) ©olb. 5735-6. The meaning is: What 's the use of truth for such as you, ever the ready victims of stupid illusion?--9ln alien 3tyfeltt patfctl, 'to lay hold of by every tag,' i.e., to lay hold of with all one's might. 5753-Oil' UltS all', 'all together,' 'every one of us.' Cf. Sltt OTe in 1. 8483+. 5761-2. Plutus as magician draws an... [via]
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Myth, Religion, and Mother Rightby Ralph ManheimISBN 0691017972 (0-691-01797-2)
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Myths and Modern Manby StanfordISBN 0671487809 (0-671-48780-9)
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The Names upon the Harp: Irish Myth and Legendby Marie Heaney, P.J. LynchISBN 0590680528 (0-590-68052-8)
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New Larousse Encyclopedia of Mythologyby Felix GuirandISBN 0600023516 (0-600-02351-6)
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The Odysseyby Homer, A.T. Murray, George E. DimockISBN 0674995619 (0-674-99561-9)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Odyssey'Book summary:Here is a new Loeb Classical Library edition of the resplendent epic tale of Odysseus's long journey home from the Trojan War and the legendary temptations, delays, and perils he faced at every turn. Homer's classic poem features Odysseus's encounters with the beautiful nymph Calypso; the queenly but wily Circe; the Lotus-eaters, who fed his men their memory-stealing drug; the man-eating, one-eyed Cyclops; the Laestrygonian giants; the souls of the dead in Hades; the beguiling Sirens; the treacherous Scylla and Charybdis. Here, too, is the hero's faithful wife, Penelope, weaving a shroud by day and unraveling it by night, in order to thwart the numerous suitors attempting to take Odysseus's place.
The works attributed to Homer include the two oldest and greatest European epic poems, the Odyssey and Iliad. These texts have long stood in the Loeb Classical Library with a faithful and literate prose translation by A. T. Murray. George Dimock now brings the Loeb's Odyssey up to date, with a rendering that retains Murray's admirable style but is worded for today's readers. The two-volume edition includes a new introduction, notes, and index.
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The Outlaws of Sherwoodby Robin McKinleyISBN 0688071783 (0-688-07178-3)
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There have been many tales and ballards about the man we know as Robin Hood, and the lady Marian, Little John, Will Scarlet and the rest. But Newbery medalist Robin McKinley brings her unique gifts of storytelling to the familiar legends, and creates an original and compelling novel.
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Over Nine Waves: A Book of Irish Legendsby Marie HeaneyISBN 057117518X (0-571-17518-X)
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Ovid Heroides and Amoresby OvidISBN 0674990455 (0-674-99045-5)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Ovid Heroides and Amores'Book summary:Ovid (Publius Ovidius Naso, 43 BCE17 CE), born at Sulmo, studied rhetoric and law at Rome. Later he did considerable public service there, and otherwise devoted himself to poetry and to society. Famous at first, he offended the emperor Augustus by his Ars Amatoria, and was banished because of this work and some other reason unknown to us, and dwelt in the cold and primitive town of Tomis on the Black Sea. He continued writing poetry, a kindly man, leading a temperate life. He died in exile.
Ovid's main surviving works are the Metamorphoses, a source of inspiration to artists and poets including Chaucer and Shakespeare; the Fasti, a poetic treatment of the Roman year of which Ovid finished only half; the Amores, love poems; the Ars Amatoria, not moral but clever and in parts beautiful; Heroides, fictitious love letters by legendary women to absent husbands; and the dismal works written in exile: the Tristia, appeals to persons including his wife and also the emperor; and similar Epistulae ex Ponto. Poetry came naturally to Ovid, who at his best is lively, graphic and lucid.
The Loeb Classical Library edition of Ovid is in six volumes.
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Persian Mythologyby John R. HinnellsISBN 0600030903 (0-600-03090-3)
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Plains Indian Mythologyby Alice Lee MarriottISBN 0606019324 (0-606-01932-4)
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Popol Vuh: The Mayan Book of the Dawn of Lifeby Dennis TedlockISBN 0671617710 (0-671-61771-0)
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Prolegomena to the Study of Greek Religionby Jane Ellen HarrisonISBN 0691015147 (0-691-01514-7)
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The Ramayana: A Shortened Modern Prose Version of the Indian Epic (Suggested by the Tamil Version of Kamban)by R.K. Narayan, KamparISBN 0670589500 (0-670-58950-0)
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Realm of the Reaperby K. A. ApplegateISBN 0590877607 (0-590-87760-7)
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Red Branchby Morgan LlywelynISBN 0688069460 (0-688-06946-0)
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Religion and the Decline of Magicby Keith ThomasISBN 0684145421 (0-684-14542-1)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Religion and the Decline of Magic'Book summary:Astrology, witchcraft, magical healing, divination, ancient prophecies, ghosts, and fairies were taken very seriously by people at all social and economic levels in sixteenth- and seventeenth-century England. Helplessness in the face of disease and human disaster helped to perpetuate this belief in magic and the supernatural. As Keith Thomas shows, England during these years resembled in many ways today's "underdeveloped areas." The English population was exceedingly liable to pain, sickness, and premature death; many were illiterate; epidemics such as the bubonic plague plowed through English towns, at times cutting the number of London's inhabitants by a sixth; fire was a constant threat; the food supply was precarious; and for most diseases there was no effective medical remedy.
In this fascinating and detailed book, Keith Thomas shows how magic, like the medieval Church, offered an explanation for misfortune and a means of redress in times of adversity. The supernatural thus had its own practical utility in daily life. Some forms of magic were challenged by the Protestant Reformation, but only with the increased search for scientific explanation of the universe did the English people begin to abandon their recourse to the supernatural.
Science and technology have made us less vulnerable to some of the hazards which confronted the people of the past. Yet Religion and the Decline of Magic concludes that "if magic is defined as the employment of ineffective techniques to allay anxiety when effective ones are not available, then we must recognize that no society will ever be free from it." [via]More editions of Religion and the Decline of Magic:
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The Return of the Shadowby J. R. R. Tolkien, Christopher TolkienISBN 061808357X (0-618-08357-X)
Softcover, Houghton Mifflin
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Return of the Shadow'Book summary:In this sixth volume of The History of Middle-earth the story reaches The Lord of the Rings. In The Return of the Shadow (an abandoned title for the first volume) Christopher Tolkien describes, with full citation of the earliest notes, outline plans, and narrative drafts, the intricate evolution of The Fellowship of the Ring and the gradual emergence of the conceptions that transformed what J.R.R. Tolkien for long believed would be a far shorter book, 'a sequel to The Hobbit'. The enlargement of Bilbo's 'magic ring' into the supremely potent and dangerous Ruling Ring of the Dark Lord is traced and the precise moment is seen when, in an astonishing and unforeseen leap in the earliest narrative, a Black Rider first rode into the Shire, his significance still unknown. The character of the hobbit called Trotter (afterwards Strider or Aragorn) is developed while his indentity remains an absolute puzzle, and the suspicion only very slowly becomes certainty that he must after all be a Man. The hobbits, Frodo's companions, undergo intricate permutations of name and personality, and other major figures appear in strange modes: a sinister Treebeard, in league with the Enemy, a ferocious and malevolent Farmer Maggot.[via]
The story in this book ends at the point where J.R.R. Tolkien halted in the story for a long time, as the Company of the Ring, still lacking Legolas and Gimli, stood before the tomb of Balin in the Mines of Moria. The Return of the Shadow is illustrated with reproductions of the first maps and notable pages from the earliest manuscripts.More editions of The Return of the Shadow:
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The Road to Middle-Earth: How J.R.R. Tolken Created a New Mythologyby T. A. ShippeyISBN 0618257608 (0-618-25760-8)
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Roman Mythologyby Stewart PerowneISBN 0600033473 (0-600-03347-3)
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The Satanic Versesby Salman RushdieISBN 0670825379 (0-670-82537-9)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Satanic Verses'Book summary:No book in modern times has matched the uproar sparked by Salman Rushdie's The Satanic Verses, which earned its author a death sentence. Furor aside, it is a marvelously erudite study of good and evil, a feast of language served up by a writer at the height of his powers, and a rollicking comic fable. The book begins with two Indians, Gibreel Farishta ("for fifteen years the biggest star in the history of the Indian movies") and Saladin Chamcha, a Bombay expatriate returning from his first visit to his homeland in 15 years, plummeting from the sky after the explosion of their jetliner, and proceeds through a series of metamorphoses, dreams and revelations. Rushdie's powers of invention are astonishing in this Whitbread Prize winner. [via]
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Search for Sennaby K. A. ApplegateISBN 0590877437 (0-590-87743-7)
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And on the day it began, everything happened so quickly. One moment, Senna was with him. The next, she was swallowed up by the earth. Her screams echoing from far, far away. David couldn't just let her go. Neither could the others. His friends -- and hers. So, they followed. And found themselves in a world they never could have imagined.
Now they have to find Senna and get home without losing their lives. Or their minds. Or both.... [via]
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The Song of Eve: Mythology and Symbols of the Goddessby Manuela Dunn MascettiISBN 0671688901 (0-671-68890-1)
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A String in the Harpby Nancy BondISBN 068950036X (0-689-50036-X)
Hardcover, Margaret K McElderry
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Sundiata: An Epic Of Old Maliby Djibril Tamsir Niane, G. D. PickettISBN 0582264758 (0-582-26475-8)
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Tales of Troy and Greeceby Andrew LangISBN 0571049842 (0-571-04984-2)
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The Treason of Isengardby J. R. R. Tolkien, Christopher TolkienISBN 0618083588 (0-618-08358-8)
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The War of the Ringby J. R. R. Tolkien, Christopher TolkienISBN 0618083596 (0-618-08359-6)
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The Western Landsby William S. BurroughsISBN 0670813524 (0-670-81352-4)
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The White Stagby Kate SeredyISBN 0670763756 (0-670-76375-6)
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The Wolf and the Ravenby Diana L. PaxsonISBN 0688108210 (0-688-10821-0)
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