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The Bacchae and Other Playsby Trans. John Davie Euripides, John Davie, Richard RutherfordISBN 0140447261 (0-14-044726-1)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Bacchae and Other Plays'Book summary:[via]The plays of Euripides have stimulated audiences since the fifth century BC. This volume, containing Phoenician Women, Bacchae, Iphigenia at Aulis, Orestes, and Rhesus
completes the new editions of Euripides in Penguin Classics.- Features a general introduction, individual prefaces to each play, chronology, notes, bibliography, and glossary
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Baudelaireby Charles Baudelaire, P.E. CharvetISBN 0140446060 (0-14-044606-0)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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Beginning Chessby Harry GolombekISBN 0140464123 (0-14-046412-3)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Beginning Chess'Book summary:'Beginning Chess' is a guide to learning chess by one of the acknowledged masters of the game. The books covers all stages of learning to play, from descriptions of the board, pieces and movers through how to open and defend. One of the great pleasures of 'Beginning Chess' is the obvious delight and infectious enthusiasm of the author, himself one of the world's chess experts. To learn chess from this book is to have Harry Golombeck at you elbow as your private coach, beguiling and thrilling you into the game. [via]
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Beowulfby Michael AlexanderISBN 0140449310 (0-14-044931-0)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Beowulf'Book summary:Beowulf stands at the head of English literature; a poem of historical interest and epic scope. Although the first manuscript of Beowulf dates from around the year 1,000, it is thought that the poem existed in its present form from the year 850. Beowulf's adventures themselves stand in front of the wide historical canvas of 5th and 6th century Scandinavia. Against this heroic background of feuding and feasting, Beowulf first kills the monster Grendel and her mother, and later defends his people against a dragon in a battle that leaves them both mortally wounded. [via]
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Beyond Good and Evilby Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche, R. J. HollingdaleISBN 014044923X (0-14-044923-X)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Beyond Good and Evil'Book summary:This work dramatically rejects the tradition of Western thought with its notions of truth and God, good and evil. Nietzsche demonstrates that the Christian world is steeped in a false piety and infected with a "slave morality." With wit and energy, he turns from this critique to a philosophy that celebrates the present and demands that the individual imposes their own "will to power" upon the world.[via]More editions of Beyond Good and Evil:
Chinese Foodby Kenneth H. C. LoISBN 014046171X (0-14-046171-X)
Softcover, Viking Pr
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City of Godby Augustine of Hippo, Henry Bettenson, G. R. EvansISBN 0140448942 (0-14-044894-2)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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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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Civilization of the Renaissance in Italyby Jacob Burckhardt, S.G.C. MiddlemoreISBN 014044534X (0-14-044534-X)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy'Book summary:For nineteenth-century Swiss historian Jacob Burckhardt, the Italian Renaissance was nothing less than the beginning of the modern world - a world in which flourishing individualism and the competition for fame radically transformed science, the arts, and politics. In this landmark work he depicts the Italian city-states of Florence, Venice and Rome as providing the seeds of a new form of society, and traces the rise of the creative individual, from Dante to Michelangelo. A fascinating description of an era of cultural transition, this nineteenth-century masterpiece was to become the most influential interpretation of the Italian Renaissance, and anticipated ideas such as Nietzsche's concept of the 'Ubermensch' in its portrayal of an age of genius. [via]
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The Classic of Mountains and Seasby Anne BirrellISBN 0140447199 (0-14-044719-9)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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Classical Literary Criticismby T.S. Dorsch, Penelope MurrayISBN 0140446516 (0-14-044651-6)
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The Cloud of Unknowingby A. C. SpearingISBN 0140447628 (0-14-044762-8)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Cloud of Unknowing'Book summary:In the fourteenth century there was a great flourishing of religious writings in English, both orthodox and heretical. Many of these works focused on Christ's Passion and humanity, whereas The Cloud of Unknowing describes an abstract, transcendent God beyond human knowledge and human language. Drawing upon radically different traditions, it is a rich work full of intriguing contradictions that speaks to us with liveliness and wit even today. The unknown author, thought to be a priest and Carthusian monk, is also believed to have written the other three works in this volume: The Mystical Theology of Saint Denis, The Book of Privy Counselling, and An Epistle on Prayer, which, together with The Cloud of Unknowing, are the four texts at the core of medieval mystical theology.[via]
This Penguin Classics edition includes full explanatory notes, suggestions for further reading, an appendix that reproduces the Middle English text of a section of The Mystical Theology of Saint Denis, and an introduction that places the texts within the context of medieval religious writing.More editions of The Cloud of Unknowing:
Coffeeby Claudia RodenISBN 0140464891 (0-14-046489-1)
Softcover, Viking Pr
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The Competitive Runner's Handbook: The Bestselling Guide to Running 5Ks Through Marathonsby Bob Glover, Shelly-Lynn Florence GloverISBN 0140469907 (0-14-046990-7)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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The Competitive Runner's Handbook: The Complete Training Program for All Distance Runningby Bob Glover, Pete SchuderISBN 0140465650 (0-14-046565-0)
Softcover, Penguin USA
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The Complete Essaysby Michel De Montaigne, M. A. ScreechISBN 0140446044 (0-14-044604-4)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Complete Essays'Book summary:In 1572, Montaigne retired to his estates in order to devote himself to leisure, reading and reflection. There he wrote his constantly expanding 'essays', inspired by the ideas he found in books from his library and his own experience. He discusses subjects as diverse as war-horses and cannibals, poetry and politics, sex and religion, love and friendship, ecstasy and experience. Above all, Montaigne studied himself to find his own inner nature and that of humanity. The Essays are among the most idiosyncratic and personal works in all literature. An insight into a wise Renaissance mind, they continue to engage, enlighten and entertain modern readers. [via]
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The Complete Urban Farmer: How to Grow Your Own Fruits and Vegetables in Townby David WickersISBN 0140462880 (0-14-046288-0)
Hardcover, Penguin Books
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The Contained Garden: The Complete Guide to Growing Outdoor Plants in Potsby David Stevens, Kenneth A. Beckett, David CarrISBN 0140469400 (0-14-046940-0)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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Contemporary Scenes for Student Actorsby Michael Schulman, Eva Mekler, Copyright Paperback Collection (Library of Congress)ISBN 0140481532 (0-14-048153-2)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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Count of Monte Cristoby Alexandre Dumas, Robin BussISBN 014044615X (0-14-044615-X)
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Crime and Punishmentby Fyodor Dostoyevsky, David McDuffISBN 0140449132 (0-14-044913-2)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Crime and Punishment'Book summary:Crime and Punishment (1866) is the story of a murder committed on principle, of a killer who wishes by his action to set himself outside and above society. A novel of great physical and psychological tension, pervaded by Dostoevsky's sinister evocation of St Petersburg, it also has moments of wild humour. Dostoevsky's own harrowing experiences mark the novel. He had himself undergone interrogation and trial, and was condemned to death, a sentence commuted at the last moment to penal servitude. In prison he was particularly impressed by one hardened murderer who seemed to have attained a spiritual equilibrium beyond good and evil: yet witnessing the misery of other convicts also engendered in Dostoevsky a belief in the Christian idea of salvation through suffering. [via]
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Critique of Pure Reasonby Kant, Max Muller, Marcus WeigeltISBN 0140447474 (0-14-044747-4)
Softcover, Penguin Classics
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A seminal text of modern philosophy, Immanuel Kant's Critique of Pure Reason (1781) made history by bringing together two opposing schools of thought: rationalism, which grounds all our knowledge in reason, and empiricism, which traces all our knowledge to experience. Published here in a lucid reworking of Max Müller's classic translation, the Critique is a profound investigation into the nature of human reason, establishing its truth, falsities, illusions, and reality.More editions of Critique of Pure Reason:
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The Crucibleby Arthur MillerISBN 0140481389 (0-14-048138-9)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Crucible'Book summary:Release Date: October 28, 1976. The place is Salem, Massachusetts, in 1692, an enclave of rigid piety huddled on the edge of a wilderness. Its inhabitants believe unquestioningly in their own sanctity. But in Arthur Miller's edgy masterpiece, that very belief will have poisonous consequences when a vengeful teenager accuses a rival of witchcraft-and then when those accusations multiply to consume the entire village. First produced in 1953, at a time when America was convulsed by a new epidemic of witchhunting, The Crucible brilliantly explores the threshold between individual guilt and mass hysteria, personal spite and collective evil. It is a play that is not only relentlessly suspenseful and vastly moving but that compels readers to fathom their hearts and consciences in ways that only the greatest theater ever can. "A drama of emotional power and impact" -New York Post [via]
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Cruising:Sail or Power: Sail or Powerby Peter HeatonISBN 0140461558 (0-14-046155-8)
Hardcover, Penguin
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Cyrano De Bergeracby Edmond Rostand, Carol ClarkISBN 014044968X (0-14-044968-X)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Cyrano De Bergerac'Book summary:The legendary romance about a quick-witted swashbuckler whose nose is as big as his heart[via]
Set during the reign of Louis XIII, Cyrano de Bergerac is a play about one of the most estimable characters in literature. Desperately in love with the beautiful Roxane but convinced she will never look past his titanic proboscis, Cyrano helps the tongue-tied Christian pen exquisite verse with which to woo her. Presented in an elegant new translation, this comic adventure continues to be popular for its dramatic power and, above all, its magnetic hero.
* Includes an introduction, chronology, explanatory notes, and historical note
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Death of a Salesmanby Arthur MillerISBN 0140481346 (0-14-048134-6)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Death of a Salesman'Book summary:Ever since it was first performed in 1949, death of a salesman has been recognized as a milestone of the american theater. In the person of willy loman, the aging, failing salesman who makes his living riding on a smile and a shoeshine, arthur miller redefined the tragic hero as a man whose dreams are at once insupportably vast and dangerously insubstantial. He has given us a figure whose name has become a symbol for a kind of majestic grandiosity-and a play that compresses epic extremems of humor and anguish, promise and loss, between the four walls of an american living room. "by common consent, this is one of the finest dramas in the whole range of the american theater." -brooks atkinson, the new york times "so simple, central, and terrible that the run of playwrights would neither care nor dare to attempt it." -time [via]
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Decameronby Giovanni Boccaccio, G.H. McWilliamISBN 0140449302 (0-14-044930-2)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Decameron'Book summary:In the early summer of the year 1348, as a terrible plague ravages the city, ten charming young Florentines take refuge in country villas to tell each other stories - a hundred stories of love, adventure and surprising twists of fortune which later inspired Chaucer, Keats and Shakespeare. While Dante is a stern moralist, Boccaccio has little time for chastity, pokes fun at crafty, hypocritical clerics and celebrates the power of passion to overcome obstacles and social divisions. Like the Divine Comedy, the Decameron is a towering monument of medieval pre-Renaissance literature, and incorporates certain important elements that are not at once apparent to today's readers. In a new introduction to this revised edition, which also includes additional explanatory notes, maps, bibliography and indexes, Professor McWilliam shows us Boccaccio for what he is - one of the world's greatest masters of vivid and exciting prose fiction. [via]
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Democracy in Americaby Alexis De Tocqueville, Isaac Kramnick, Gerald E. BevanISBN 0140447601 (0-14-044760-1)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Democracy in America'Book summary:[via]In 1831 Alexis de Tocqueville, a young French aristocrat and ambitious civil servant, made a nine-month journey throughout America. The result was Democracy in America, a monumental study of the life and institutions of the evolving nation. Tocqueville looked to the flourishing democratic system in America as a possible model for post-revolutionary France, believing that the egalitarian ideals it enshrined reflected the spirit of the age and even divine will. His insightful work has become one of the most influential political texts ever written on America and an indispensable authority on democracy.
This new edition is the only one that contains all Tocqueville's writings on America, including the rarely-translated Two Weeks in the Wilderness, an account of Tocqueville's travels in Michigan among the Iroquois, and Excursion to Lake Oneida.More editions of Democracy in America:
Dialogues and Lettersby Lucius Annaeus Seneca, C.D.N. CostaISBN 0140446796 (0-14-044679-6)
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Discourse on Method and Related Writingsby Rene Descartes, Desmond M. Clarke, Rene DecartesISBN 0140446990 (0-14-044699-0)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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"It is not enough to have a good mind; it is more important to use it well" René Descartes was a central figure in the scientific revolution of the seventeenth century. In his Discourse on Method he outlined the contrast between mathematics and experimental sciences, and the extent to which each one can achieve certainty. Drawing on his own work in geometry, optics, astronomy and physiology, Descartes developed the hypothetical method that characterizes modern science, and this soon came to replace the traditional techniques derived from Aristotle. Many of Descartes most radical ideassuch as the disparity between our perceptions and the realities that cause themhave been highly influential in the development of modern philosophy. This edition sets the Discourse on Method in the wider context of Descartes work, with the Rules for Guiding Ones Intelligence in Searching for the Truth (1628), extracts from The World (1633) and selected letters from 1636-9. A companion volume, Meditations and Other Metaphysical Writings, is also published in Penguin Classics.More editions of Discourse on Method and Related Writings:
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Ecclesiastical History of the English People With Bede's Letter to Egbert and Cuthberts Letter on the Death of Bedeby Bede, David Hugh FarmerISBN 014044565X (0-14-044565-X)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Ecclesiastical History of the English People With Bede's Letter to Egbert and Cuthberts Letter on the Death of Bede'Book summary:Written in AD 731, Bede's work opens with a background sketch of Roman Britain's geography and history. It goes on to tell of the kings and bishops, monks and nuns who helped to develop Anglo-Saxon government and religion during the crucial formative years of the English people. Leo Sherley-Price's translation brings us an accurate and readable version, in modern English, of a unique historical document. This edition now includes Bede's Letter to Egbert concerning pastoral care in early Anglo-Saxon England, at the heart of which lay Bede's denunciation of the false monasteries; and The Death of Bede, an admirable eye-witness account by Cuthbert, monk and later Abbot of Jarrow, both translated by D. H. Farmer. [via]
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Either/orby Soren Kierkegaard, Victor EremitaISBN 0140445773 (0-14-044577-3)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Either/or'Book summary:In Either/Or, using the voices of two characters - the aesthetic young man of part one, called simply 'A', and the ethical Judge Vilhelm of the second section - Kierkegaard reflects upon the search for a meaningful existence, contemplating subjects as diverse as Mozart, drama, boredom, and, in the famous Seducer's Diary, the cynical seduction and ultimate rejection of a young, beautiful woman. A masterpiece of duality, Either/Or is a brilliant exploration of the conflict between the aesthetic and the ethical - both meditating ironically and seductively upon Epicurean pleasures, and eloquently expounding the noble virtues of a morally upstanding life. [via]
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Emile: Or Treatise on Educationby Jean Jaques RousseauISBN 0140445633 (0-14-044563-3)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Emile: Or Treatise on Education'Book summary:Two hundred years before Jean Piaget did a twenty year longitudinal study of his children, Rousseau did this longitudinal study of an imaginary child. This novel is a story of how Rousseau would have raised such a child placed in his charge. As full-time governor of Emile, Rousseau begins his study, not with the intent of discovering how the boy would grow into manhood, but with the conscious intent of shaping and controlling Emile's maturation. [via]
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English Bread and Yeast Cookeryby Elizabeth DavidISBN 0140465391 (0-14-046539-1)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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English Cooking, Ancient and Modernby Elizabeth DavidISBN 0140461639 (0-14-046163-9)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'English Cooking, Ancient and Modern'Book summary:Book 1 in the English Cooking, Ancient and Modern series. Lots of culinary recipes and ideas in this classic cook book. [via]
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English Seafood Cookeryby SteinISBN 0140467378 (0-14-046737-8)
Softcover, Penguin Uk
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The Enneadsby Plotinus, Stephen Mackenna, John M. DillonISBN 014044520X (0-14-044520-X)
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The Fall of the Roman Republicby Plutarch, Robin Seager, Rex WarnerISBN 0140449345 (0-14-044934-5)
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The Golden Assby Michael Apuleius Grant, Robert GravesISBN 0140445242 (0-14-044524-2)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Golden Ass'Book summary:The Golden Ass is a classic book filled with adventure, suspense, and humor. The story follows the misadventures of Lucius, an innovative young nobleman who travels to the Greek town of Hypata, well known for its witches.He is changed into a donkey and is constantly frustrated in his attempt to procure the remedy to his assness. [via]
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Golden Book on Writingby David LambuthISBN 0140462635 (0-14-046263-5)
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Gorgiasby Plato, C.J. Emlyn-Jones, Chris Emlyn-JonesISBN 0140449043 (0-14-044904-3)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Gorgias'Book summary:Taking the form of a dialogue among Socrates, Gorgias, Polus, and Callicles, the Gorgias debates crucial questions about the nature of government. While the aspiring politician Callicles propounds the view that might is right, and the rhetorician Gorgias argues that oratory and the power to persuade represent "the greatest good," Socrates insists on the duty of politicians to consider the welfare of their citizens-a duty he believed had been dishonored in the Athens of his time. The dialogue offers fascinating insights into how classical Athens was governed and creates a theoretical framework that has been highly influential on subsequent political debate. A revised edition of Walter Hamilton's distinguished translation, with new editorial material Includes chronology, glossary, index, and suggestions for further reading [via]
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A Guide to Tuscanyby James BentleyISBN 0140466835 (0-14-046683-5)
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Homer in Englishby Homer, George Steiner, Aminadav DykmanISBN 0140446214 (0-14-044621-4)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Homer in English'Book summary:This text is one of the volumes in the "New Poets in Translation" series. It focuses on the epic poems of Homer, one of the most translated authors in literature. [via]
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How to Draw the Human Figure: An Anatomical Approachby Louise GordonISBN 0140464778 (0-14-046477-8)
Softcover, Penguin Group (Canada)
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How to Draw the Human Head: Techniques and Anatomyby Louise GordonISBN 014046560X (0-14-046560-X)
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The Iliadby Homer, Robert FaglesISBN 0140445927 (0-14-044592-7)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Iliad'Book summary:Newly updated by D. C. H. Rieu, son of E. V. Rieu One of the foremost achievements in Western literature, Homer's Iliad tells the story of the darkest episode of the Trojan War. At its center is Achilles, the greatest warrior-champion of the Greeks, and his conflict with his leader Agamemnon. Interwoven in the tragic sequence of events are powerfully moving descriptions of the ebb and flow of battle, the besieged city of Ilium, the feud between the gods, and the fate of mortals. @RageAgainstTheAchaean Pissed. I am so, so very pissed. First I have to go to this beach. Then I have to kill all these dudes. And NOW - now! This prick stole my biscuit. Who does that? Am I right? Can't resolve this problem on my own - calling Mom! From Twitterature: The World's Greatest Books in Twenty Tweets or Less [via]
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The Iliadby Peter Jones, Peter V. Jones, D. C. H. Rieu, E. V. Rieu, HomerISBN 0140447946 (0-14-044794-6)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Iliad'Book summary:Newly updated by D. C. H. Rieu, son of E. V. Rieu[via]One of the foremost achievements in Western literature, Homer's Iliad tells the story of the darkest episode of the Trojan War. At its center is Achilles, the greatest warrior-champion of the Greeks, and his conflict with his leader Agamemnon. Interwoven in the tragic sequence of events are powerfully moving descriptions of the ebb and flow of battle, the besieged city of Ilium, the feud between the gods, and the fate of mortals.
@RageAgainstTheAchaean Pissed. I am so, so very pissed.
First I have to go to this beach. Then I have to kill all these dudes. And NOW now! This prick stole my biscuit. Who does that? Am I right?
Cant resolve this problem on my own calling Mom!
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John Steinbeck's the Grapes of Wrathby Frank GalatiISBN 0140482326 (0-14-048232-6)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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The Last Days of Socratesby Plato, Hugh TredennickISBN 0140449280 (0-14-044928-0)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Last Days of Socrates'Book summary:Socrates spent a lifetime analyzing ethical issues, and the "Euthyphro" finds him outside the court-house, still debating the nature of piety with an arrogant acquaintance. "The Apology" is both a robust rebuttal to the charges of impiety and corrupting young minds and a definitive defence of the philosopher's life. Later, condemned and imprisoned in the "Crito", Socrates counters the arguments of friends urging him to escape. And finally, in the "Phaedo", Plato shows him calmly confident in the face of death, skilfully arguing the case for the immortality of the soul. Such works, as Harold Tarrant explains in his introduction to this revised edition, are no longer regarded by scholars as direct transcriptions of real events. [via]
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Lawsby Plato, Trevor J. SaundersISBN 0140449841 (0-14-044984-1)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Laws'Book summary:In The Laws, Plato describes in fascinating detail a comprehensive system of legislation in a small agricultural utopia he named Magnesia. His laws not only govern crime and punishment but also form a code of conduct for all aspects of life in his ideal statefrom education, sports, and religion to sexual behavior, marriage, and drinking parties. Plato sets out a plan for the day-to-day rule of Magnesia, administered by citizens and elected officials, with supreme power held by a Council. Although Platos views that citizens should act in complete obedience to the law have been read as totalitarian, The Laws nonetheless constitutes a highly impressive program for the reform of society and provides a crucial insight into the mind of one of classical Greeces foremost thinkers.[via]* Revised edition includes an appendix, index, a new preface, and updated further reading
* Trevor J. Saunders's translation combines accuracy with readability
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Letters of Abelard and Heloiseby Michael Clanchy, Betty Radice, Peter Abelard, HeloiseISBN 0140448993 (0-14-044899-3)
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The Life of Henry Brulardby Stendhal, John SturrockISBN 0140446117 (0-14-044611-7)
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Maxims and Reflectionsby Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe, Peter Hutchinson, Elisabeth StoppISBN 0140447202 (0-14-044720-2)
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Medea and Other Playsby Euripides, R. B. Rutherford, John N. DavieISBN 0140449299 (0-14-044929-9)
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Metamorphosesby Peter Forbes, David Raeburn, Denis FeeneyISBN 014044789X (0-14-044789-X)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Metamorphoses'Book summary:[via]Ovids sensuous and witty poem brings together a dazzling array of mythological tales, ingeniously linked by the idea of transformationoften as a result of love or lustwhere men and women find themselves magically changed into new and sometimes extraordinary beings. Beginning with the creation of the world and ending with the deification of Augustus, Ovid interweaves many of the best-known myths and legends of ancient Greece and Rome, including Daedalus and Icarus, Pyramus and Thisbe, Pygmalion, Perseus and Andromeda, and the fall of Troy. Erudite but light-hearted, dramatic and yet playful, the Metamorphoses has influenced writers and artists throughout the centuries from Shakespeare and Titian to Picasso and Ted Hughes.
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The Nature of Thingsby Lucretius, Richard Jenkyns, A. E. StallingsISBN 0140447962 (0-14-044796-2)
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The New Vegetable Grower's Handbookby Arthur John Simons, Brian George FurnerISBN 0140460500 (0-14-046050-0)
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Njal's Sagaby Robert CookISBN 0140447695 (0-14-044769-5)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Njal's Saga'Book summary:Written in the thirteenth century, Njal's Saga is a story that explores perennial human problems-from failed marriages to divided loyalties, from the law's inability to curb human passions to the terrible consequences when decent men and women are swept up in a tide of violence beyond their control. It is populated by memorable and complex characters like Gunnar of Hlidarendi, a powerful warrior with an aversion to killing, and the not-so-villainous Mord Valgardsson. Full of dreams, strange prophecies, violent power struggles, and fragile peace agreements, Njal's Saga tells the compelling story of a fifty-year blood feud that, despite its distance from us in time and place, is driven by passions familiar to us all. This Penguin Classics edition includes an introduction, chronology, index of characters, plot summary, explanatory notes, maps, and suggestions for further reading.[via]More editions of Njal's Saga:
On Governmentby Cicero, Michael GrantISBN 0140445951 (0-14-044595-1)
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On the Nature of the Universeby Lucretius, R.E. LathamISBN 0140446109 (0-14-044610-9)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'On the Nature of the Universe'Book summary:This is regarded as a seminal text of Epicurean science and philosophy. With a new introduction and commentary and a revised translation, this edition acknowledges advances in textual research and also provides more background information for the reader. Epicurians discarded both the idea of immortality and the superstitious worship of wilful gods for a life of serene contentment in the available pleasures of nature. Lucretius (c100-c55BC), in elucidating this belief, steers the reader through an extraordinary breadth of subject matter, ranging from the indestructibility of atoms and the discovery of fire to the folly of romantic love and the phenomena of clouds and rainstorms. [via]
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Organic Gardeningby Lawrence Donegan HillsISBN 0140462465 (0-14-046246-5)
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The Painter's Craft: An Introduction to Artist's Methods and Materialsby Ralph MayerISBN 0140463690 (0-14-046369-0)
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The Paris Mapguide: The Essential Guide to LA Vie Parisienneby Michael MiddleditchISBN 0140469621 (0-14-046962-1)
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The Penguin Book of Basic Gardeningby Alan Robertson GemmellISBN 0140461965 (0-14-046196-5)
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The Penguin Book of Pets: A Practical Guide to Animal-Keepingby Barbara Burn, Emil P. DolensekISBN 0140463186 (0-14-046318-6)
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The Penguin Book of Sewingby Julian RobinsonISBN 0140461868 (0-14-046186-8)
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The Penguin Guide to Ancient Egyptby William J. MurnaneISBN 0140463267 (0-14-046326-7)
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The Penguin Guide to Compact Discs and Cassettesby Robert Layton, Edward Greenfield, Ivan MarchISBN 0140467548 (0-14-046754-8)
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The Penguin Guide to Medieval Europeby Richard BarberISBN 0140466339 (0-14-046633-9)
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The Penguin London Mapguide: The Essential Guideby Michael MiddleditchISBN 0140469540 (0-14-046954-0)
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Penseesby Blaise Pascal, A.J. KrailsheimerISBN 0140446451 (0-14-044645-1)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Pensees'Book summary:"L'homme est un roseau pensant" : cette célèbre pensée ne constitue qu'un des quelque huit cents fragments que comptent les Pensées, qui composent l'un des textes fondateurs de la pensée moderne. Destinées à l'origine à convaincre les libertins de la nécessité de croire en Dieu, ces pensées, telles que nous les lisons, forment un texte qui dépasse largement la simple apologie de la religion chrétienne et qui s'adresse à un public très large, puisque son principal sujet, c'est l'Homme. En voulant apporter la preuve mathématique de l'existence de Dieu (c'est l'argument bien connu du "pari"), Pascal nous livre avant tout une exemplaire peinture de l'Homme, miné par sa misère, mais sauvé par sa grandeur. Maximes à méditer au hasard ou essai sur l'Homme à dévorer d'une traite, chacun trouvera dans ce texte une lecture qui lui correspond. --Karla Manuele [via]
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Personal Narrativeby Jason Wilson, Alexander Von HumboldtISBN 0140445536 (0-14-044553-6)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Personal Narrative'Book summary:One of the greatest nineteenth-century scientist-explorers, Alexander von Humboldt traversed the tropical Spanish Americas between 1799 and 1804. By the time of his death in 1859, he had won international fame for his scientific discoveries, his observations of Native American peoples and his detailed descriptions of the flora and fauna of the new continent'. The first to draw and speculate on Aztec art, to observe reverse polarity in magnetism and to discover why America is called America, his writings profoundly influenced the course of Victorian culture, causing Darwin to reflect: He alone gives any notion of the feelings which are raised in the mind on first entering the Tropics'. [via]
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Pip Bookby MossmanISBN 0140462554 (0-14-046255-4)
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Play With a Purpose for Under-Sevensby Elizabeth MattersonISBN 0140461159 (0-14-046115-9)
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Playsby Anton Pavlovich Chekhov, Peter Carson, Richard GilmanISBN 0140447334 (0-14-044733-4)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Plays'Book summary:Anton Chekhov wrote that "narrative is my legal wife and drama a flamboyant, rowdy, impudent, exhausting mistress." At a time when the Russian stage was dominated by farces, formulaic melodramas, and vaudevilles, Chekhov created plays that focused on characters grappling with moral questions. His works baffled his audiences, but his sensitive explorations of love, loss, and time as well as his portrayal of complex characters and ambiguities, revolutionized the theater with an exhilarating new form of drama.[via]
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Plays Unpleasant: Widowers' Houses/the Philanderer/Mrs Warren's Professionby Bernard Shaw, Dan H. LaurenceISBN 0140450211 (0-14-045021-1)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Plays Unpleasant: Widowers' Houses/the Philanderer/Mrs Warren's Profession'Book summary:"I had no taste for what is called popular art, no respect for popular morality, no belief in popular religion, no admiration for popular heroics"[via]With Plays Unpleasant, therefore, Shaw broke all the rules governing how a playwright should entertain his audience. In Widower's Houses, Harry Trench is engaged to brisk Blanche Sartorius. When he realizes that her father is a slum landlord, Harry questions whether he and Blanche have a future together. Charismatic Leonard Charteris is the philanderer who proposes marriage to Grace, while still involved with the beautiful Julia Craven. But Julia is not inclined to surrender him so easily. In Mrs Warren's Profession, Vivie discovers that her mother's immoral earnings have paid for her genteel upbringing. Will she be able to accept her mother for herself?
These plays, as David Edgar says, deal with "the conflict between youthful ideals and economics realities, the drawbacks of promiscuity and the perils of matrimony, the duties of women to others and themselves, the necessity for and the costs of revolt. What could be more eternal than that?"
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Praise of Folly and Letter to Maarten Van Dorpby Betty Radice, Desiderius Erasmus, Erasmus of RotterdamISBN 0140446087 (0-14-044608-7)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Praise of Folly and Letter to Maarten Van Dorp'Book summary:Erasmus of Rotterdam (c. 1466 1536) is one of the greatest figures of the Renaissance humanist movement, which abandoned medieval pieties in favour of a rich new vision of the individual's potential. Praise of Folly, written to amuse his friend Sir Thomas More, is Erasmus's best-known work. Its dazzling mixture of fantasy and satire is narrated by a personification of Folly, dressed as a jester, who celebrates youth, pleasure, drunkenness and sexual desire, and goes on to lambast human pretensions, foibles and frailties, to mock theologians and monks and to praise the folly' of simple Christian piety. Erasmus's wit, wordplay and wisdom made the book an instant success, but it also attracted what may have been sales-boosting criticism. The Letter to Maarten van Dorp, which is a defence of his ideas and methods, is also included. [via]
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The Rig Vedaby Wendy DonigerISBN 0140449892 (0-14-044989-2)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Rig Veda'Book summary:[via]The earliest of the four Hindu religious scriptures known as the Vedas, and the first extensive composition to survive in any Indo-European language, The Rig Veda (c. 1200900 bc) is a collection of more than 1,000 individual Sanskrit hymns. A work of intricate beauty, it provides unique insight into early Indian mythology and culture. Fraught with paradox, the hymns are meant to puzzle, to surprise, to trouble the mind, writes translator Wendy Doniger, who has selected 108 hymns for this volume. Chosen for their eloquence and wisdom, they focus on the enduring themes of creation, sacrifice, death, women, and the gods. Donigers The Rig Veda provides a fascinating introduction to a timeless masterpiece of Hindu ritual and spirituality.
- Wendy Doniger's translation conveys all the vitality and force of the original
- Includes an introduction, appendices, updated bibliography, detailed index, and comprehensive notes on each hymn
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Runner's Handbookby Bob Glover, Jack ShepardISBN 0140467130 (0-14-046713-0)
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The Runner's Handbook: A Complete Fitness Guide for Men and Women on the Runby Bob Glover, Jack ShepherdISBN 0140463259 (0-14-046325-9)
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The Runner's Handbook: The Best-Selling Classic Fitness Guide for Beginner and Intermediate Runnersby Bob Glover, Jack Shepherd, Shelly-Lynn Florence GloverISBN 0140469303 (0-14-046930-3)
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The Saga of the Volsungsby Jesse L. ByockISBN 0140447385 (0-14-044738-5)
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Sailingby Peter HeatonISBN 0140460497 (0-14-046049-7)
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The Satasaiby Bihari, Vihari LalaISBN 0140445765 (0-14-044576-5)
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Selected Poemsby Charles Baudelaire, Carol ClarkISBN 0140446249 (0-14-044624-9)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Selected Poems'Book summary:In both his life and his poetry, Charles Pierre Baudelaire pushed the accepted limits of his time. His dissolute bohemian life was as shocking to his nineteenth-century readers as his poetry. Writing in classical style but with brutal honesty, Baudelaire laid bare human suffering, aspirations, and perversions.[via]More editions of Selected Poems:
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Selected Short Storiesby Rabindranath Tagore, William RadiceISBN 0140449833 (0-14-044983-3)
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The Sixteen Satiresby Juvenal, Peter Green, W. V. ClausenISBN 0140447040 (0-14-044704-0)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Sixteen Satires'Book summary:Perhaps more than any other writer, Juvenal (c. AD 55-138) captures the splendour, the squalor and the sheer energy of everyday Roman life. In "The Sixteen Satires", he evokes a fascinating world of whores, fortune-tellers, boozy politicians, slick lawyers, shameless sycophants, ageing flirts and downtrodden teachers. A member of the traditional land-owning class that was rapidly seeing power slip into the hands of outsiders, Juvenal also creates savage portraits of decadent aristocrats - male and female - seeking excitement among the lower orders of actors and gladiators, and of the jumped-up sons of newly-rich former slaves. Constantly comparing the corruption of his own generation with its stern and upright forebears, Juvenal's powers of irony and invective make his work a stunningly satirical and bitter denunciation of the degeneracy of Roman society. [via]
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The Song of Rolandby Glyn S. Burgess, Glyn BurgessISBN 0140445323 (0-14-044532-3)
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The Treasure of the City of Ladiesby Christine De PizanISBN 0140449507 (0-14-044950-7)
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The Upanisadsby Valerie J. RoebuckISBN 0140447490 (0-14-044749-0)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Upanisads'Book summary:An "Upanisad" is a teaching session with a guru, and the thirteen texts of the "Principal Upanis.ads"which comprise this volumeform a series of philosophical discourses between teacher and student that question the inner meaning of the world. Composed beginning around the eighth century bce, the Upanisads have been central to the development of Hinduism, exploring its central doctrines: rebirth, karma, overcoming death, and achieving detachment, equilibrium, and spiritual bliss. Speaking to the reader in direct, unadorned prose or lucid verse, the Upanisads collected here embody humanitys perennial search for truth and knowledge. Valerie Roebucks powerful new translation blends accuracy with readability and retains the oral style of these stirring and profound philosophical explorations. [via]
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