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Antony and Cleopatraby William Shakespeare, A. R. BraunmullerISBN 0140714529 (0-14-071452-9)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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The Art and Architecture of Chinaby Alexander Coburn Soper, Laurence C. S. SickmanISBN 0140561102 (0-14-056110-2)
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The Art and Architecture of Japanby Robert Treat Paine, Alexander Coburn SoperISBN 0140561080 (0-14-056108-0)
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Attitudes:Selected Readings: Selected Readingsby Neil Warren, Marie JahodaISBN 0140805036 (0-14-080503-6)
Hardcover, Penguin
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The Authentic Gospel Of Jesusby Geza VermesISBN 014100360X (0-14-100360-X)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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The Battle of New Orleans: Andrew Jackson and America's First Military Victoryby Robert V. ReminiISBN 0141001798 (0-14-100179-8)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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Beat down to Your Soul : What Was the Beat Generation?by Ann ChartersISBN 0141001518 (0-14-100151-8)
Softcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Beat down to Your Soul : What Was the Beat Generation?'Book summary:In this wide-ranging anthology, Beat scholar Ann Charters brings together more than seventy-five essays, reviews, memoirs, poems, and sketches that evoke the credos and the controversies surrounding the Beat generation writers of the 1950s. Charters includes discussions of all the major Beat figures-Jack Kerouac, William Burroughs, Allen Ginsberg, Neal Cassady, Diane di Prima, Gary Snyder, and many more-from commentaries by the Beats themselves as well as by such writers as Henry Miller, William Carlos Williams, Mary McCarthy, Joyce Carol Oates, Tom Wolfe, Grace Paley, and Henry Louis Gates, Jr.. Charters also explores the humorous side of the Beat generation, its place in post-war American culture, and the contribution of the important women authors who also wrote Beat. [via]
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Bunny Moneyby Rosemary WellsISBN 014056750X (0-14-056750-X)
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Cassanova Was a Book Lover: And Other Naked Truths and Provocative Curiosities about the Writing, Selling and Reading of Booksby John Maxwell HamiltonISBN 0141002336 (0-14-100233-6)
Softcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
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The Cat Who Came for Christmasby Not AvailableISBN 0140997067 (0-14-099706-7)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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Charles Dickensby John LucasISBN 0140772529 (0-14-077252-9)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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Claes Oldenburgby Ellen H. JohnsonISBN 0140706240 (0-14-070624-0)
Hardcover, Penguin Books
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Coleridgeby Kathleen RaineISBN 014058501X (0-14-058501-X)
Softcover, Viking Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Coleridge'Book summary:In her introduction Kathleen Raine writes: "There is no major poet who has not also been a man of the highest intelligence, and in consequence, of wide knowledge beyond the frontiers of literature." This Penguin Poetry Library edition, Coleridge: Selected Poetry and Prose, offers 80 pages of poetry (nearly fifty poems) and 200 pages of prose (letters, notes, lectures, and other writings). [via]
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Compleat Anglerby Izaak WaltonISBN 0140590072 (0-14-059007-2)
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The Complete English Poems of John Donneby John Donne, A.J. SmithISBN 0140802363 (0-14-080236-3)
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The Complete Pelican Shakespeareby Alfred HarbageISBN 0140714499 (0-14-071449-9)
Hardcover, Penguin USA
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THE CLASSIC ONE-VOLUME SHAKESPEARE,
INCLUDING ALL THE PLAYS AND POEMS,
NOW COMPLETELY REVISED AND UPDATED
The distinguished Pelican Shakespeare series has sold five million copies. Now Penguin is proud to offer this fully revised new hardcover edition of The Complete Pelican Shakespeare.
Since the series debuted more than forty years ago, developments in scholarship have revolutionized our understanding of William Shakespeare, his time, and his works. With new editors who have incorporated the most up-to-date research and debate, this revised edition of The Complete Pelican Shakespeare will be the premier choice for students, professors, and general readers for decades to come.
The general editors of the series-world-renowned Shakespeareans Stephen Orgel of Stanford University and A. R. Braunmuller of UCLA - devoted seven years to preparing introductions and notes with a team of eminent scholars to the forty volumes of Shakespeare's plays and poems. Now, the new series is complete and available in one lavish and complete edition.
* Authoritative and meticulously researched texts
* Illuminating new introductions and notes by distinguished authors
* Essays on Shakespeare's life, the theatrical world of his time, and the selection of texts
* A handsome new design inside and out * Deluxe packaging, including a full-linen case, ribbon marker, Smyth-sewn binding, printed endpapers, acid-free paper, and illustrations throughout
* Photos and drawings reflecting Shakespeare's theatrical legacy
* Line numbers marking every tenth line and footnote references
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The Complete Pelican Shakespeareby William Shakespeare, Stephen OrgelISBN 0141000589 (0-14-100058-9)
Hardcover, Penguin Group USA
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THE CLASSIC ONE-VOLUME SHAKESPEARE,
INCLUDING ALL THE PLAYS AND POEMS,
NOW COMPLETELY REVISED AND UPDATED
The distinguished Pelican Shakespeare series has sold five million copies. Now Penguin is proud to offer this fully revised new hardcover edition of The Complete Pelican Shakespeare.
Since the series debuted more than forty years ago, developments in scholarship have revolutionized our understanding of William Shakespeare, his time, and his works. With new editors who have incorporated the most up-to-date research and debate, this revised edition of The Complete Pelican Shakespeare will be the premier choice for students, professors, and general readers for decades to come.
The general editors of the series-world-renowned Shakespeareans Stephen Orgel of Stanford University and A. R. Braunmuller of UCLA - devoted seven years to preparing introductions and notes with a team of eminent scholars to the forty volumes of Shakespeare's plays and poems. Now, the new series is complete and available in one lavish and complete edition.
* Authoritative and meticulously researched texts
* Illuminating new introductions and notes by distinguished authors
* Essays on Shakespeare's life, the theatrical world of his time, and the selection of texts
* A handsome new design inside and out * Deluxe packaging, including a full-linen case, ribbon marker, Smyth-sewn binding, printed endpapers, acid-free paper, and illustrations throughout
* Photos and drawings reflecting Shakespeare's theatrical legacy
* Line numbers marking every tenth line and footnote references
* Both glossorial and explanatory notes appearing conveniently at the foot of the pageMore editions of The Complete Pelican Shakespeare:
Complete Poems of Marianne Mooreby Marianne MooreISBN 0140586016 (0-14-058601-6)
Softcover, Penguin USA
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Con Men And Cutpurses: Scenes From The Hogarthian Underworldby Lucy MooreISBN 0141003464 (0-14-100346-4)
Softcover, Penguin USA
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Contemporary American Poetryby Hall, Donald, EdISBN 0140586180 (0-14-058618-0)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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Cornwallby Nikolaus Pevsner, Enid RadcliffeISBN 0140710019 (0-14-071001-9)
Hardcover, Penguin Uk
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Crime and Punishmentby Fyodor DostoevskyISBN 0140621806 (0-14-062180-6)
Hardcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Crime and Punishment'Book summary:Raskolnikov, a destitute and desperate former student, wanders through the slums of St Petersburg and commits a random murder without remorse or regret. He imagines himself to be a great man, a Napoleon: acting for a higher purpose beyond conventional moral law. But as he embarks on a dangerous game of cat and mouse with a suspicious police investigator, Raskolnikov is pursued by the growing voice of his conscience and finds the noose of his own guilt tightening around his neck. Only Sonya, a downtrodden prostitute, can offer the chance of redemption. [via]
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Daily Life on a Southern Plantation 1853by Paul EricksonISBN 0140566686 (0-14-056668-6)
Softcover, Puffin
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De Colores and Other Latin-American Folk Songs for Childrenby Jose-Luis Orozco, Elisa KlevenISBN 0140565485 (0-14-056548-5)
Softcover, Puffin
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Derbyshireby Nikolaus Pevsner, Elizabeth WilliamsonISBN 0140710086 (0-14-071008-6)
Hardcover, Penguin Uk
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Door Wide Open: A Beat Love Affair in Letters, 1957-1958by Jack Kerouac, Joyce JohnsonISBN 0141001879 (0-14-100187-9)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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Downfall: The End of the Imperial Japanese Empireby Richard B. FrankISBN 0141001461 (0-14-100146-1)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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Draculaby Bram StokerISBN 014062063X (0-14-062063-X)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Dracula'Book summary:When Jonathan Harker visits Transylvania to help Count Dracula with the purchase of a London house, he makes horrifying discoveries about his client and his castle. Soon afterwards, a number of disturbing incidents unfold in England: an unmanned ship is wrecked at Whitby; strange puncture marks appear on a young woman's neck; and the inmate of a lunatic asylum raves about the imminent arrival of his 'Master'. In the ensuing battle of wits between the sinister Count Dracula and a determined group of adversaries, Bram Stoker created a masterpiece of the horror genre. [via]
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Endless Pressure: A Study of West Indian Life-Styles in Bristolby Ken PryceISBN 0140803165 (0-14-080316-5)
Hardcover, Penguin
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Essexby Nikolaus PevsnerISBN 0140710116 (0-14-071011-6)
Hardcover, Penguin Uk
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Experiment, Design and Statistics in Psychologyby Colin RobsonISBN 0140802630 (0-14-080263-0)
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Feedback and Human Behaviour: The Effects of Knowledge of Results, Incentives and Reinforcement on Learning and Performanceby John AnnettISBN 0140801189 (0-14-080118-9)
Hardcover, Penguin
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Frankensteinby Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Maurice HindleISBN 0140772596 (0-14-077259-6)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Frankenstein'Book summary:This critical essay of Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein" is designed for A-level students and undergraduates. [via]
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Frankenstein : Or, the Modern Prometheusby Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyISBN 0140620303 (0-14-062030-3)
Softcover, Penguin Group (Canada)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Frankenstein : Or, the Modern Prometheus'Book summary:Frankenstein, loved by many decades of readers and praised by such eminent literary critics as Harold Bloom, seems hardly to need a recommendation. If you haven't read it recently, though, you may not remember the sweeping force of the prose, the grotesque, surreal imagery, and the multilayered doppelgänger themes of Mary Shelley's masterpiece. As fantasy writer Jane Yolen writes of this (the reviewer's favorite) edition, "The strong black and whites of the main text [illustrations] are dark and brooding, with unremitting shadows and stark contrasts. But the central conversation with the monster--who owes nothing to the overused movie image & but is rather the novel's charnel-house composite--is where [Barry] Moser's illustrations show their greatest power ... The viewer can all but smell the powerful stench of the monster's breath as its words spill out across the page. Strong book-making for one of the world's strongest and most remarkable books." Includes an illuminating afterword by Joyce Carol Oates. [via]
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A Friend of the Earthby T. C. BoyleISBN 0141002050 (0-14-100205-0)
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General System Theory: Foundations, Development, Applicationsby Ludwig Von BertalanffyISBN 0140600043 (0-14-060004-3)
Hardcover, Penguin
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Glasgowby Anne Riches, Elizabeth Williamson, Malcolm HiggsISBN 0140710698 (0-14-071069-8)
Hardcover, Penguin Uk
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Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolutionby Steven LevyISBN 0141000511 (0-14-100051-1)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution'Book summary:Steven Levy's classic book explains why the misuse of the word "hackers" to describe computer criminals does a terrible disservice to many important shapers of the digital revolution. Levy follows members of an MIT model railroad club--a group of brilliant budding electrical engineers and computer innovators--from the late 1950s to the mid-1980s. These eccentric characters used the term "hack" to describe a clever way of improving the electronic system that ran their massive railroad. And as they started designing clever ways to improve computer systems, "hack" moved over with them. These maverick characters were often fanatics who did not always restrict themselves to the letter of the law and who devoted themselves to what became known as "The Hacker Ethic." The book traces the history of hackers, from finagling access to clunky computer-card-punching machines to uncovering the inner secrets of what would become the Internet. This story of brilliant, eccentric, flawed, and often funny people devoted to their dream of a better world will appeal to a wide audience. [via]
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Hamletby William Shakespeare, Willard FarnhamISBN 0140714057 (0-14-071405-7)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Hamlet'Book summary:Undoubtedly the most famous of all of Shakespeare's plays, Hamlet remains one of the most enduring but also enigmatic pieces of western literature. The story of Hamlet, the young Prince of Denmark, his tortured relationship with his mother, and his quest to avenge his father's murder at the hand of his brother Claudius has fascinated writers and audiences ever since it was written around 1600.
For many years interest focused on both Hamlet's inability to avenge his father's death, claiming that "the native hue of resolution / Is sicklied o'er with the pale cast of thought", and, according to none other than Freud, his oedipal fixation with his mother. However, more recently critics have turned their attention to Hamlet's bold theatrical self-reflexivity (most famously reflected in the performance of "The Mousetrap"), its fascination with issues of theology and Renaissance humanism, and its dense, complex poetic language. What is so remarkable about the play is the way in which it tends to uncannily reflect the concerns of different epochs. As a result, Hamlet has been at different moments defined as a romantic rebel, an angst-ridden existentialist, a paralysed intellectual and an ambivalent New Man. Whatever subsequent generations make of Hamlet, they are unlikely to exhaust the possibilities of this most extraordinary play. --Jerry Brotton [via]
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Havana & the Best of CubaISBN 0141000295 (0-14-100029-5)
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Holy Madness: Romantics, Patriots and Revolutionaries, 1776 to 1871by Adam ZamoyskiISBN 0141002239 (0-14-100223-9)
Softcover, Penguin Group (Canada)
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How to Behave So Your Children Will Tooby Sal SevereISBN 0141001933 (0-14-100193-3)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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The Iliad: The Epic Story of Troyby Robert FaglesISBN 0140997083 (0-14-099708-3)
Softcover, Viking Pr
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In My Brother's Image: Twin Brothers Separated by Faith After the Holocaustby Eugene PoganyISBN 0141002247 (0-14-100224-7)
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In the Heart of the Seaby Nat PhilbrickISBN 0141001828 (0-14-100182-8)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'In the Heart of the Sea'Book summary:The appeal of Dava Sobel's Longitude was, in part, that it illuminated a little-known piece of history through a series of captivating incidents and engaging personalities. Nathaniel Philbrick's In the Heart of the Sea is certainly cast from the same mold, examining the 19th-century Pacific whaling industry through the arc of the sinking of the whaleship Essex by a boisterous sperm whale. The story that inspired Herman Melville's classic Moby-Dick has a lot going for it--derring-do, cannibalism, rescue--and Philbrick proves an amiable and well-informed narrator, providing both context and detail. We learn about the importance and mechanics of blubber production--a vital source of oil--and we get the nuts and bolts of harpooning and life aboard whalers. We are spared neither the nitty-gritty of open boats nor the sucking of human bones dry.
By sticking to the tried and tested Longitude formula, Philbrick has missed a slight trick or two. The epicenter of the whaling industry was Nantucket, a small island off Cape Cod; most of the whales were in the Pacific, necessitating a huge journey around the southernmost tip of South America. We never learn why no one ever tried to create an alternative whaling capital somewhere nearer. Similarly, Philbrick tells us that the story of the Essex was well known to Americans for decades, but he never explores how such legends fade from our consciousness. Philbrick would no doubt reply that such questions were beyond his remit, and you can't exactly accuse him of skimping on his research. By any standard, 50 pages of footnotes impress, though he wears his learning lightly. He doesn't get bogged down in turgid detail, and his narrative rattles along at a nice pace. When the storyline is as good as this, you can't really ask for more. --John Crace, Amazon.co.uk [via]
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Intonation:Selected Readings: Selected Readingsby Dwight Le Merton BolingerISBN 0140806636 (0-14-080663-6)
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Introducing Psychology: An Experimental Approachby Ann Taylor, Derek Stuart WrightISBN 0140801006 (0-14-080100-6)
Hardcover, Penguin
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Introducing Sociologyby Peter WorsleyISBN 0140801871 (0-14-080187-1)
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James Joyce: A Portrait of the Artist As a Young Manby John BladesISBN 0140771743 (0-14-077174-3)
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John Keats--the Complete Poemsby John Keats, John BarnardISBN 0140806687 (0-14-080668-7)
Hardcover, Penguin Education
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› Find signed collectible books: 'John Keats--the Complete Poems'Book summary:Here is the first reliable edition of Keats's complete poems designed expressly for general readers and students.
Upon its publication in 1978, Stillinger's The Poems of John Keats won exceptionally high praise: "The definitive Keats," proclaimed The New Republic--"An authoritative edition embodying the readings the poet himself most probably intended, prepared by the leading scholar in Keats textual studies."
Now this scholarship is at last available in a graceful, clear format designed to introduce students and general readers to the "real" Keats. In place of the textual apparatus that was essential to scholars, Stillinger here provides helpful explanatory notes. These notes give dates of composition, identify quotations and allusions, gloss names and words not included in the ordinary desk dictionary, and refer the reader to the best critical interpretations of the poems. The new introduction provides central facts about Keats's life and career, describes the themes of his best work, and speculates on the causes of his greatness.
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Laughter: A Scientific Investigationby Robert R. ProvineISBN 0141002255 (0-14-100225-5)
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Laureate's Block and Other Occasional Poemsby Tony HarrisonISBN 0140589236 (0-14-058923-6)
Softcover, Penguin Uk
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Learning To Fly: The Autobiographyby Victoria BeckhamISBN 0141003944 (0-14-100394-4)
Softcover, Penguin Global
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The Letters of Rachel Henningby Rachel Henning, David AdamsISBN 0140570233 (0-14-057023-3)
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Life Is So Goodby George Dawson, Richard GlaubmanISBN 0141001682 (0-14-100168-2)
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Logicby Wilfrid HodgesISBN 0141003146 (0-14-100314-6)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Logic'Book summary:If a man supports Arsenal one day and Spurs the next then he is fickle but not necessarily illogical. From this starting point, and assuming no previous knowledge of logic, Wilfrid Hodges takes the reader through the whole gamut of logical expressions in a simple and lively way. Readers who are more mathematically adventurous will find optional sections introducing rather more challenging material. [via]
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Lots of Dadsby Shelley Rotner, Sheila M. Kelly, Lynn ViehlISBN 0140565167 (0-14-056516-7)
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Macbethby William Shakespeare, Stephen OrgelISBN 0140714782 (0-14-071478-2)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Macbeth'Book summary:One of Shakespeare's greatest, but also bloodiest tragedies, was written around 1605/06. Many have seen the story of Macbeth's murder and usurpation of the legitimate Scottish King Duncan as having obvious connection to contemporary issues regarding King James I (James VI of Scotland), and the Gunpowder Plot of 1605. King James was particularly fascinated with witchcraft, so the appearance of the witches chanting "Fair is foul, and foul is fair" at the opening of the play seemed particularly topical, as was Macbeth's betrayal of Banquo, from whom James claimed direct descent.
However, the play is clearly far more than a piece of royal entertainment. It is also a fast-moving and dramatically satisfying piece of theatre. Macbeth's existential struggle between loyalty to his King and his "Vaulting ambition" is fascinating to watch, as his is struggle with Lady Macbeth, and her own terrifying refusal of her maternal role. The play shows an intensification of Shakespeare's interest in mothers and their effect upon ruling masculinity, and also contains some of the most memorable speeches in the entire canon, including Macbeth's reflections that ultimately life "is a tale / Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, / Signifying nothing". --Jerry Brotton [via]
Marcel Proust: A Lifeby Jean-Yves Tadie, Euan CameronISBN 0141002034 (0-14-100203-4)
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Memory Babe: A Critical Biography of Jack Kerouacby Gerald NicosiaISBN 0140580166 (0-14-058016-6)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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Neill & Summerhill:a Man and His Work: A Pictorial Studyby John WalmsleyISBN 0140801340 (0-14-080134-0)
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Painting and Sculpture in Europe 1880-1940by George Heard HamiltonISBN 0140561293 (0-14-056129-3)
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Peasants and Peasant Societies: Selected Readingsby Theodor ShaninISBN 0140801707 (0-14-080170-7)
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The Penguin Dictionary of American Folkloreby Alan Axelrod, Harry Oster, Walton H. RawlsISBN 0141002409 (0-14-100240-9)
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Resources for Learningby L.C. TaylorISBN 0140801766 (0-14-080176-6)
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Roman Artby Roger Ling, Donald Emrys Strong, J. M. C. ToynbeeISBN 0140561390 (0-14-056139-0)
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Rumi-The Glance Songs of Soul Meetingby Rumi, Coleman BarksISBN 014100231X (0-14-100231-X)
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The Sagas of the Icelandersby Robert Kellogg, Jane SmileyISBN 0141000031 (0-14-100003-1)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Sagas of the Icelanders'Book summary:A unique body of medieval literature, the Sagas rank with the world's greatest literary treasures--as epic as Homer, as deep in tragedy as Sophocles, as engagingly human as Shakespeare. Set around the turn of the last millennium, these stories depict with an astonishingly modern realism the lives and deeds of the Norse men and women who first settled Iceland and of their descendants, who ventured further west--to Greenland and, ultimately, the coast of North America itself.[via]The 10 Sagas and seven shorter tales in this volume include the celebrated "Vinland Sagas," which recount Leif Eiriksson's pioneering voyage to the New World and contain the oldest descriptions of the North American continent.
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The Scottish Nation: 1700-2000by T. M. DevineISBN 0141002344 (0-14-100234-4)
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Scottish Verseby John MacQueen, ScottISBN 0140585281 (0-14-058528-1)
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Selected Poemsby Robert Graves, Paul O'PreyISBN 0140585168 (0-14-058516-8)
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Shakespeare's History Plays: Richard II to Henry V, the Making of a Kingby C.W.R.D. MoseleyISBN 0140771468 (0-14-077146-8)
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Shelleyby Isabel QuiglyISBN 0140585044 (0-14-058504-4)
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Sociological Perspectives:Selected Readings: Selected Readingsby Jeremy Tunstall, Kenneth ThompsonISBN 0140806083 (0-14-080608-3)
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Soldier Boy : The True Story of Jim Martin the Youngest Anzacby Anthony HillISBN 0141003308 (0-14-100330-8)
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The Songlines/in Patagoniaby Bruce ChatwinISBN 014095130X (0-14-095130-X)
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Stopping at Every Lemonade Stand: How to Create a Culture That Cares for Kidsby James R. VollbrachtISBN 014100150X (0-14-100150-X)
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The Study of Twinsby Peter J. MittlerISBN 014080210X (0-14-080210-X)
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The Taming of the Shrewby William Shakespeare, Richard HosleyISBN 0140714251 (0-14-071425-1)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Taming of the Shrew'Book summary:One of the most controversial and problematic of all of Shakespeare's plays, The Taming of the Shrew is a typical Elizabethan domestic comedy written around 1592. Petruchio, a gentleman of Verona, arrives in Padua and announces to his friends that "I come to wive it wealthily in Padua; / If wealthily, then happily in Padua". He soon finds that a group of men keen to marry Bianca, the younger daughter of rich old Baptista, are frustrated by her elder, "shrewish" sister, Katherine. There is much subsequent hilarity as Bianca's suitors make a bet with Petruchio that he cannot "tame" and marry Katherine. Despite Katherine's protestations, Petruchio goes ahead with the match, using deliberately unorthodox behaviour to confuse Katherine (including a scene where he starves her), claiming that "this is the way to kill a wife with kindness". The play culminates with a scene of Katherine's apparently spontaneous subjection to her husband's will, where she places her hand beneath her husband's foot, and tells the other wives present that "thy husband is thy lord, thy life, thy keeper". The play's gratuitous scenes of women being abused and vilified in the name of "comedy" has made many directors and critics very uncomfortable with the play, and many feminist critics have condemned contemporary productions of the play as reproducing certain 16th-century stereotypes concerning women who speak out against male authority. --Jerry Brotton [via]
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Teachers and Teachingby Donald McIntyre, Arnold MorrisonISBN 0140800646 (0-14-080064-6)
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Time Out Book of London Walksby Andrew WhiteISBN 0141003537 (0-14-100353-7)
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Time Out Havanaby Time OutISBN 0141000619 (0-14-100061-9)
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Tony Harrisonby HarrisonISBN 0140587314 (0-14-058731-4)
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The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarkby William Shakespeare, G. B. HarrisonISBN 0140701028 (0-14-070102-8)
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The Tragical History of Hamlet Prince of Denmarkby William Shakespeare, A. R. BraunmullerISBN 0140714545 (0-14-071454-5)
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For many years interest focused on both Hamlet's inability to avenge his father's death, claiming that "the native hue of resolution / Is sicklied o'er with the pale cast of thought", and, according to none other than Freud, his oedipal fixation with his mother. However, more recently critics have turned their attention to Hamlet's bold theatrical self-reflexivity (most famously reflected in the performance of "The Mousetrap"), its fascination with issues of theology and Renaissance humanism, and its dense, complex poetic language. What is so remarkable about the play is the way in which it tends to uncannily reflect the concerns of different epochs. As a result, Hamlet has been at different moments defined as a romantic rebel, an angst-ridden existentialist, a paralysed intellectual and an ambivalent New Man. Whatever subsequent generations make of Hamlet, they are unlikely to exhaust the possibilities of this most extraordinary play. --Jerry Brotton [via]
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The True Adventure of Daniel Hallby Diane Stanley, Daniel Weston HallISBN 0140566740 (0-14-056674-0)
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The Truth About Dogs: An Inquiry into the Ancestry, Social Conventions, Mental Habits, and Moral Fiber of Canis Familiarisby Stephen BudianskyISBN 014100228X (0-14-100228-X)
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His insistence on the recent evolution of separate breeds, even those generally considered to have originated centuries ago like the Mexican hairless, is sure to be controversial. His interpretation of recent behavioral research may raise some hackles as well, and begins with an examination of pack behavior in wolves. While wild packs have only one dominant male and female, we often expect our dogs to behave submissively to an extended family of dominants--not only can that be difficult, but some of their natural "submissive" behavior can be extremely frustrating. Face-licking is an easy example of this poor conduct; Rover thinks he's showing submission, but Grandma's not thrilled with having an 80-pound shepherd jumping on her. In discussions of more general behaviors, Budiansky's examinations of the motivation levels present in different breeds seems to explain much about the success or failure of obedience training. While you may raise your eyebrows and frown through a few of his assertions, this fresh look at old assumptions makes a fascinating read for anyone who's ever loved a dog. --Jill Lightner [via]
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The Villa, the Lake, the Meeting: Wannsee and the Final Solutionby Mark RosemanISBN 0141003952 (0-14-100395-2)
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Roseman, the prize-winning author of The Past in Hiding, uses the anniversary of Wannsee not only to reconstruct the events of that evening and examine the differing backgrounds and motives of those who took part. He also provides an exhaustive investigation of the longer-term genesis of Nazi policy towards the Jews, from repression and denial of civil rights, to random acts of military pillage and execution, through to deportation and emigration. Evidence for and against the influence of Hitler is carefully sifted, and the timing of the onset of the "final solution" amidst the faltering German offensive against Russia and the entry of the USA into the war is meticulously reconstructed. The book does not offer any easy answers. Wannsee, Roseman concludes, did no more or less than transfer Jewish repatriation policy from the civilian authorities to the SS. But by then the Holocaust was already in full swing, and barbarism was the order of the day. For a clear and cogent account of the most terrible years in 20th-century history, this book is a must.--Miles Taylor [via]
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Welcome to My Planetby Shannon OlsonISBN 0141001771 (0-14-100177-1)
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Why Do Dogs Barkby Joan Holub, Anna DivitoISBN 0140567895 (0-14-056789-5)
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