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Age Like This 1920-1940: Collected Essaysby George OrwellISBN 0156186209 (0-15-618620-9)
Softcover, Harcourt
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Age Like This 1920-1940: Collected Essays'Book summary:Considering that much of his life was spent in poverty and ill health, it is something of a miracle that in only forty-six years George Orwell managed to publish ten books and two collections of essays. Here, in four fat volumes, is the best selection of his non-fiction available, a trove of letters, essays, reviews, and journalism that is breathtaking in its scope and eclectic passions. Orwell had something to say about just about everyone and everything. His letters to such luminaries as Julian Symons, Anthony Powell, Arthur Koestler, and Cyril Connolly are poignant and personal. His essays, covering everything from "English Cooking" to "Literature and Totalitarianism," are memorable, and his books reviews (Hitler's Mein Kampf, Mumford's Herman Melville, Miller's Black Spring, Goldsmith's The Vicar of Wakefield to name just a few) are among the most lucid and intelligent ever written. From 1943 to l945, he wrote a regular column for the Tribune, a left wing weekly, entitled "As I Please." His observations about life in Britain during the war embraced everything from anti-American sentiment to the history of domestic appliances. [via]
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The Age of Scandal: An Excursion Through a Minor Periodby T.H. WhiteISBN 0192819488 (0-19-281948-8)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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Anglo-Saxon Englandby F. M. StentonISBN 0192801392 (0-19-280139-2)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Anglo-Saxon England'Book summary:This classic history covers the period c. 550-1087 and traces the development of English society from the oldest Anglo-Saxon laws, the growth of royal power, and the extension of private lordship to the establishment of feudalism after the Norman Conquest. [via]
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The Arabs in Historyby Bernard LewisISBN 0192803107 (0-19-280310-7)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Arabs in History'Book summary:This account of the history of the Arabs, from pre-Islamic times to the present day, considers Arabic culture, society and politics, as well as the place of the Arabs in human history. In this new edition of an established work, Professor Lewis examines the key issues of Arab development - their identity, the national revival which cemented the creation of the Islamic state, and the social and economic pressures that destroyed the Arab kingdom and created the Islamic empire. Similarly, he analyzes the forces which contributed to that empire's eventual decline: political break-up, economic decay and extravagance, invasions and the impact of the West. For, Lewis argues, Western inventions have shattered the traditional economic structure, and demand a social, political and cultural readjustment that is still to be made. Bernard Lewis has also written "The Emergence of Modern Turkey" and "The Muslim Discovery of Europe". [via]
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Archaeology: A Very Short Introductionby Paul G. Bahn, Bill TidyISBN 0192853791 (0-19-285379-1)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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Aristotle: Nicomachean Ethics, Books Ii--ivby Aristotle, J. O. Urmson, J. L. Ackrill, W.D. Ross, David RossISBN 019283407X (0-19-283407-X)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Aristotle: Nicomachean Ethics, Books Ii--iv'Book summary:This revised translation of Aristotle's classic treatise contains all ten books of his vastly influential work of moral philosophy. Founded on the famous doctrine of the golden mean, which advocates taking the middle course between excess and deficiency, the book offers an illuminating discource on moral virtue, intellectual virtue, pleasure, friendship, happiness, and many other topics. [via]
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As I Please: 1943-1945by George Orwell, Ian AngusISBN 0156186225 (0-15-618622-5)
Softcover, SPCK Publishing
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Autobiographiesby Charles Darwin, Thomas Henry Huxley, Gavin DebeerISBN 0192554107 (0-19-255410-7)
Hardcover, Oxford University Press
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The Bhagavad Gitaby W. J. JohnsonISBN 0192835815 (0-19-283581-5)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Bhagavad Gita'Book summary:`I have heard the supreme mystery, yoga, from Krishna, from the lord of yoga himself.' Thus ends the Bhagavard Gita , the most famous episode from the great Sanskrit epic, the Mahabharata . In its eighteen short chapters Krishna's teaching leads the warrior Arjuna from perplexity to understanding and correct action, in the process raising and developing many key themes from the history of Indian relgions. The Bhagavad Gita considers social and religious duty, the nature of sacrifice, the nature of action, the means to liberation, and the relationship of human beings to God. It culminates in an awe-inspiring vision of Krishna as God omnipotent, disposer and destroyer of the universe. The poem has inspired a wide variety of interpretations, both within India and beyond, and it is the best known and most widely read Hindu religious text in the Western world. This new translation is ideal for the non-specialist as well as for students of Indian religions, providing a full cultural and historical context in its introduction and notes. This book is intended for university students from 1st year up, studying Indian religions and culture, comparative religion, theology. Translated with introduction and notes by: Johnson, W. J. (Lecturer in Religious Studies, University of Wales, College of Cardiff); [via]
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Bhagavad-Gitaby R.C. ZaehnerISBN 0195016661 (0-19-501666-1)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Bhagavad-Gita'Book summary:The most widely read and probably the most important of the Hindu Sacred Books for the understanding of religious mysticism. [via]
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The Birth of Tragedyby Friedrich Nietzsche, Douglas SmithISBN 0192832921 (0-19-283292-1)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Birth of Tragedy'Book summary:In The Birth of Tragedy Nietzsche expounds on the origins of Greek tragedy and its relevance to the German culture of its time. He declares it to be the expression of a culture which has achieved a delicate but powerful balance between Dionysian insight into the chaos and suffering which underlies all existence and the discipline and clarity of rational Apollonian form. In order to promote a return to these values, Nietzsche critiques complacent rationalism of late nineteenth-century German culture and makes an impassioned plea for the regenerative potential of the music of Wagner. A wide ranging discussion of the nature of art, science, and religion, The Birth of Tragedy's argument raises important questions about the problematic nature of cultural origins which are still valid today. [via]
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Book of Common Prayer and Administration of the Sacraments: According to the Use of the Church of EnglandISBN 0191306010 (0-19-130601-0)
Hardcover, Oxford Univ Pr
Find This BookBook summary:People interested in Anglican Church history and liturgical development will appreciate this historic edition of the Book of Common Prayer. Black imitation-leather binding, gilt blocking. [via]
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Burnsby James Kinsley, Robert BurnsISBN 0192811142 (0-19-281114-2)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Burns'Book summary:With a glossary. Edited by James Kinsley. [via]
The Collected Poems of Anne Stevenson 1955-1995by Anne StevensonISBN 0192832514 (0-19-283251-4)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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Compleat Anglerby Izaak Walton, Charles CottonISBN 0192815113 (0-19-281511-3)
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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of QuotationsISBN 0192813242 (0-19-281324-2)
Softcover, Oxford University Press
Find This BookBook summary:The new edition of The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Quotations, drawn from the third edition of the best-selling Oxford Dictionary of Quotations, is a collection of 5800 well-known quotations by 1100 authors. Ranging in time from the eighth century BC to the 1970s and in space from Russia to South Africa, it provides excellent browsing among a varied company of authors and includes a generous index to guide the reader to a particular quote or selection of quotes. [via]
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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Quotationsby Angela PartingtonISBN 0192800264 (0-19-280026-4)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Quotations'Book summary:In the new edition of this convenient reference, readers can locate (and verify) classic quotes and little-known gems--the words of the famous and the notorious, the witty and the wise--in a collection of more than 9,000 quotations, including 3,500 new entries, from over 1,900 authors. [via]
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Condition of the Working Class in Englandby David McLellan, Friedrich EngelsISBN 0192829556 (0-19-282955-6)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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Condition of the Working Class in Englandby Friedrich Engels, David McLellanISBN 0192836889 (0-19-283688-9)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Condition of the Working Class in England'Book summary:This, the first book written by Engels during his stay in Manchester from 1842 to 1844, is the best known and in many ways the most astute study of the working class in Victorian England. The fluency of his writing, the personal nature of his insights, and his talent for mordant satire all combiine to make Engels's account of the lives of the victims of early industrial change an undeniable classic. [via]
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The Crusades: A Very Short Introductionby Christopher TyermanISBN 0192806556 (0-19-280655-6)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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The Diary of Anais Nin: 1944-1947by Anais Nin, Gunther StuhlmannISBN 015626028X (0-15-626028-X)
Softcover, Harcourt on Demand
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Documentary: A History of the Non-Fiction Filmby Erik BarnouwISBN 0195018354 (0-19-501835-4)
Hardcover, Oxford University Press
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Egypt of the Pharaohs: An Introductionby Alan GardinerISBN 0195002679 (0-19-500267-9)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr on Demand
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Elizabeth and Essex: A Tragic Historyby Lytton StracheyISBN 0156283107 (0-15-628310-7)
Softcover, Harcourt
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Elizabeth and Essex: A Tragic History'Book summary:Strachey dramatizes one of the most famous and most baffling romances in history-between Elizabeth I, Queen of England, and Robert Devereux, the vital, handsome Earl of Essex.[via]More editions of Elizabeth and Essex: A Tragic History:
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The English Languageby Robert W. BurchfieldISBN 0192891618 (0-19-289161-8)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The English Language'Book summary:The English language, in its earliest period, was spoken by a few thousand people, most of whom were illiterate. Today, more than 300 million people speak and write English as their first language. In this book, Robert Burchfield takes us on a brief tour of our ever-changing language as he surveys its history and development and assesses its current state. An eloquent guide, Burchfield examines the complexities of English, as well as its amazing resilience and flexibility. From vocabulary, syntax, and pronunciation, to an analysis of the role of literature and the English Bible in shaping the language, Burchfield infuses all his discussions with his fascination with the mystery of language and his confidence that English "can be used at the present time as in the past, with majesty and power, free of all fault." [via]
An Essay on the Principle of Populationby Geoffrey Gilbert, Thomas MalthusISBN 0192837478 (0-19-283747-8)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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The Essays or Counsels Civil and Moralby Francis Bacon, Brian VickersISBN 0192838024 (0-19-283802-4)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Essays or Counsels Civil and Moral'Book summary:Published in 1625, Essays or Counsels, Civil and Moral provides dispassionate observation of human life and powerfully expressed moral judgments. Bacon focuses on the ethical, political, and historical influences on human behavior and records observations on such diverse topics as beauty, deformity, fortune, adversity, truth, marriage, and atheism. Based on the Oxford Authors series, this edition contains substantial annotation and notes on Bacon's rich vocabulary. [via]
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Film Formby Sergei EisensteinISBN 0156309203 (0-15-630920-3)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Film Form'Book summary:After D.W. Griffith, the most important figure in the history of the international cinema is Sergei Eisenstein. Both men died in 1948, but Eisenstein left a double legacy: not only was he one of the greatest filmmakers of all time, but he was also a magnificent film theorist, perhaps the most important one ever. This book of his essays, superbly translated and edited by Jay Leyda, reprints some of his most vital writings on the art of the cinema, including articles on the language and structure of the movies, the differences between theater and film, and the author's efforts to adapt Theodore Dreiser's An American Tragedy for the screen. In "The Cinematic Principle and the Ideogram," Eisenstein analyzes the written symbols of the Japanese language as a model for film editing. "Dickens, Griffith, and the Film Today," one of the author's most famous pieces, speaks of Griffith as a Dickensian director and then argues for a kind of filmmaking that transcends Griffith's literal style in order to touch its audience on an ideological and metaphorical level. This volume also includes the notorious "statement" on sound movies, which argues against the use of synchronous sound and in favor of jarring, contrapuntal audio that Eisenstein believed would add new dimensions to the talking picture. Idiosyncratic, engrossing, and brilliant, Eisenstein's essays will inspire you to reevaluate everything you thought you knew about the movies. [via]
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Free to Choose: A Personal Statementby Milton Friedman, Rose FriedmanISBN 0156334607 (0-15-633460-7)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Free to Choose: A Personal Statement'Book summary:The international bestseller on the extent to which personal freedom has been eroded by government regulations and agencies while personal prosperity has been undermined by government spending and economic controls. New Foreword by the Authors; Index.[via]More editions of Free to Choose: A Personal Statement:
Gaia: A New Look at Life on Earthby J.E. LovelockISBN 0192862189 (0-19-286218-9)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Gaia: A New Look at Life on Earth'Book summary:Author's preface; Introduction; Chapter 1 Recognising Gaia; Chapter 2 Anatomy; Chapter 3 Physiology; Chapter 4 Epigenesis; Chapter 5 Biochemistry and the cell; Chapter 6 Metabolism and planetary biochemistry; Chapter 7 Physiology and climate regulation; Chapter 8 The people plague; Conclusion; Glossary; Index [via]
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Globalization: A Very Short Introductionby Manfred B. StegerISBN 019280359X (0-19-280359-X)
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The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religionby James George Frazer, Robert FraserISBN 0192835416 (0-19-283541-6)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion'Book summary:Before Joseph Campbell became the world's most famous practitioner of comparative mythology, there was Sir James George Frazer. The Golden Bough was originally published in two volumes in 1890, but Frazer became so enamored of his topic that over the next few decades he expanded the work sixfold, then in 1922 cut it all down to a single thick edition suitable for mass distribution. The thesis on the origins of magic and religion that it elaborates "will be long and laborious," Frazer warns readers, "but may possess something of the charm of a voyage of discovery, in which we shall visit many strange lands, with strange foreign peoples, and still stranger customs." Chief among those customs--at least as the book is remembered in the popular imagination--is the sacrificial killing of god-kings to ensure bountiful harvests, which Frazer traces through several cultures, including in his elaborations the myths of Adonis, Osiris, and Balder.
While highly influential in its day, The Golden Bough has come under harsh critical scrutiny in subsequent decades, with many of its descriptions of regional folklore and legends deemed less than reliable. Furthermore, much of its tone is rooted in a philosophy of social Darwinism--sheer cultural imperialism, really--that finds its most explicit form in Frazer's rhetorical question: "If in the most backward state of human society now known to us we find magic thus conspicuously present and religion conspicuously absent, may we not reasonably conjecture that the civilised races of the world have also at some period of their history passed through a similar intellectual phase?" (The truly civilized races, he goes on to say later, though not particularly loudly, are the ones whose minds evolve beyond religious belief to embrace the rational structures of scientific thought.) Frazer was much too genteel to state plainly that "primitive" races believe in magic because they are too stupid and backwards to know any better; instead he remarks that "a savage hardly conceives the distinction commonly drawn by more advanced peoples between the natural and the supernatural." And he certainly was not about to make explicit the logical extension of his theories--"that Christian legend, dogma, and ritual" (to quote Robert Graves's summation of Frazer in The White Goddess) "are the refinement of a great body of primitive and barbarous beliefs." Whatever modern readers have come to think of the book, however, its historical significance and the eloquence with which Frazer attempts to develop what one might call a unifying theory of anthropology cannot be denied. --Ron Hogan [via]
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The Great Code: The Bible and Literatureby Northrop FryeISBN 0156027801 (0-15-602780-1)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Great Code: The Bible and Literature'Book summary:The subject of Northrop Frye's The Great Code is "a huge, sprawling, tactless book inscrutably in the middle of our cultural heritage": the Bible. And though literary critic Frye insists on approaching this monumental book only as a "unified structure of narrative and imagery," he acknowledges that the Bible is somehow "more" than a work of literature. The Great Code tries to track down that sense of "more." The Bible, according to Frye, is at the centre of our mythical universe, establishing "the imaginative framework within which Western Literature has operated down to the eighteenth century and is to a large extent still operating."
Arranged in two parts, the first setting forth critical principles under the headings of "language," "myth," "metaphor" and "typology," and the second focusing primarily on the application of those principles, The Great Code adopts the "double mirror" structure of the Bible's Old and New Testaments. The book grew out of a course Frye taught at the University of Toronto for half a century, and so, he insists, it addresses not the Biblical or even the literary scholar so much as the general reader, including those without much prior knowledge of the Bible or any particular religious faith. With its successor, Words with Power, The Great Code forms perhaps the most ambitious and most personal project of this great literary man's career. Though he was himself ordained in the United Church of Canada in his early 20s, Frye decided to leave the religious for the academic life; what he took with him was a fierce fascination with this sacred text and a deep sense of its literary and cultural importance. It is the one book that, Frye says, "all my critical work has revolved" around. --Russell Prather [via]
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The Historiesby Cornelius Tacitus, David Levene, W. H. FyfeISBN 0192839586 (0-19-283958-6)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Histories'Book summary:In The Histories Cornelius Tacitus, widely regarded as the greatest of all Roman historians, describes with cynical power the murderous `year of the Four Emperors'--AD 69--when in just a few months the whole of the Roman Empire was torn apart by civil war. W.H. Fyfe's classic translation has been substantially revised and supplied with extensive historical and literary notes. The Introduction examines the subtleties of Tacitus's writing and gives the necessary political and social background. [via]
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History: A Very Short Introductionby John H. ArnoldISBN 019285352X (0-19-285352-X)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'History: A Very Short Introduction'Book summary:There are many stories we can tell about the past, and we are not, perhaps, as free as we might imagine in our choice of which stories to tell, or where those stories end. John Arnold's addition to Oxford's popular Very Short Introductions series is a stimulating essay about how people study and understand history. The book begins by inviting us to think about various questions provoked by our investigation of history, and then explores the ways in which these questions have been answered in the past. Such key concepts as causation, interpretation, and periodization are introduced by way of concrete examples of how historians work, thus giving the reader a sense of the excitement implicit in discovering the past--and ourselves.
The aim throughout History: A Very Short Introduction is to discuss theories of history in a general, pithy, and accessible manner, rather than delve into specific periods. This is a book that will appeal to all students and general readers with an interest in history or historiography.
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Oxford's Very Short Introductions series offers concise and original introductions to a wide range of subjects--from Islam to Sociology, Politics to Classics, Literary Theory to History, and Archaeology to the Bible. Not simply a textbook of definitions, each volume in this series provides trenchant and provocative--yet always balanced and complete--discussions of the central issues in a given discipline or field. Every Very Short Introduction gives a readable evolution of the subject in question, demonstrating how the subject has developed and how it has influenced society. Eventually, the series will encompass every major academic discipline, offering all students an accessible and abundant reference library. Whatever the area of study that one deems important or appealing, whatever the topic that fascinates the general reader, the Very Short Introductions series has a handy and affordable guide that will likely prove indispensable. [via]More editions of History: A Very Short Introduction:
The Iliadby Homer, Robert FitzgeraldISBN 0192815946 (0-19-281594-6)
Softcover, Oxford University Press
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Iliad of Homerby Barbara Leonie PicardISBN 0192741470 (0-19-274147-0)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Iliad of Homer'Book summary:"Odysseus and his men put out to sea in twelve ships of fifty oars, their white sails unfurled and their blue-painted prows thrusting through the waves as the wind filled the sails: nigh on sixty men on board each ship. And the heart of every man was happy as he thought how at last, after ten weary years of battle, he would once again see Ithaca, which was his home."
Skillfully retold as clear, unencumbered narratives while retaining the dignity and excitment of Homer's original epic poems, The Iliad and The Odyssey were critically acclaimed as highly accessible editions for all ages when first published by Oxford in 1952. Now we are proud to reissue them in handsome paperback editions as part of the Oxford Myths and Legends series.
The Iliad describes the last years of the war between the Trojans and the Greeks with tales of heroes, battles, quarrels, and especially of Achilles--the greatest warrior among all the Greeks. The Odyssey continues the story after the fall of Troy, as Odysseus begins his exciting journey home. His voyage to Circe's enchanted island, down to the underworld, to the land of the Sirens, and finally home to patient Penelope remains one of the best adventure stories ever told.
All of the pride, daring, love, and revenge of these two enduring tales is captured in a way that spans ages and levels of familiarity with the works. Adults will find them the perfect complement to the originals for clarification or for pure reading pleasure. Younger children will love hearing the daring adventures read aloud, and young adults will appreciate a text that does not talk down to them, but is clear, understandable, and enjoyable. Joan Kiddell-Monroe's exquisite black and white illustrations blend a contemporary style with the classical and add to the timeless appeal of the stories.
Homer's great epics are brought to life in an immediate and engaging way for every member of the family and for all ages of students of classical literature in these two classic reissues. [via]More editions of Iliad of Homer:
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Late Night Thoughtsby Lewis ThomasISBN 0192860690 (0-19-286069-0)
Softcover, Oxford University Press
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Late Night Thoughts'Book summary:A vintage collection of sparkling essays by a writer who is surely in the tradition of T. H. Huxley, Faraday, and J. B. S. Haldane.' New Scientist . [via]
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Lectures on Russian Literatureby Vladimir Nabokov, Fredson Bowers, Simon KarlinskyISBN 0156027763 (0-15-602776-3)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Lectures on Russian Literature'Book summary:The authors observations on the great nineteenth-century Russian writers-Chekhov, Dostoevsky, Gogol, Gorky, Tolstoy, and Turgenev. This volume... never once fails to instruct and stimulate. This is a great Russian talking of great Russians (Anthony Burgess). Edited and with an Introduction by Fredson Bowers; illustrations.[via]More editions of Lectures on Russian Literature:
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Letters to Malcolm: Chiefly on Prayerby C. S. LewisISBN 015650880X (0-15-650880-X)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Letters to Malcolm: Chiefly on Prayer'Book summary:In the form of warm, relaxed letters to a close friend, Lewis meditates on many puzzling questions concerning the intimate dialogue between man and God. Lewis also considers practical and metaphysical aspects of private prayer, petitionary prayer, the Lords Prayer, and other forms of prayer.[via]
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Life in the Third Reichby Richard BesselISBN 0192802100 (0-19-280210-0)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Life in the 3rd Reich'Book summary:Few historical subjects are so emotion-laden as the Third Reich, and few have generated such general interest. The extermination of the Jews has, understandably, commanded considerable attention from historians and the general public, but this preoccupation with Nazi anti-Semitism has led people to overlook other aspects of life under the Third Reich.
This collection presents a broad view of life in Nazi Germany, describing the ways ordinary Germans perceived the policies and actions of the Third Reich, as well as how they lived their daily lives. Articles by noted historians provide fascinating insights into the character of the German people, describing such phenomena as the satisfaction German nationalists took in the orderliness of Hitler's takeover; the contradictory reactions of Germany's young people to the Nazi state; the powerful popular image of Hitler, created by the then new techniques of propaganda; and the way Germans today regard their experiences under Hitler. The articles presented here offer new perspectives on some of the most challenging questions of our time, and enrich our understanding of an awful chapter of German history. [via] 
Living by the Word: Selected Writings, 1973-1987by Alice WalkerISBN 0156528657 (0-15-652865-7)
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The Major Film Theories: An Introductionby Dudley Andrew, James Dudley AndrewISBN 0195019911 (0-19-501991-1)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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Old Possums Book of Practical Catsby T. S. Eliot, Edward GoreyISBN 015668568X (0-15-668568-X)
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On Violenceby Hannah ArendtISBN 0156695006 (0-15-669500-6)
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The Only Investment Guide You'll Ever Needby Andrew P. TobiasISBN 0156029634 (0-15-602963-4)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Only Investment Guide You'll Ever Need'Book summary:For more than twenty-five years, The Only Investment Guide You'll Ever Need has been America's favorite finance guide, winning the allegiance of more than a million readers across the country. Now this indispensable book has been fully revised and updated-covering all the new tax laws-and reorganized with a new user-friendly design. Concise, witty, and truly understandable, Andrew Tobias shows you how to use your money to your best advantage-no matter how much or how little you have.[via]
o How to spend smarter-and save $1,000 or more
o When to invest in stocks, and how
o The ins and outs of investing on the Internet
o Tax strategies, from tuition to retirement
o Whom-if anyone-you can trust to manage your money
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Origins of Totalitarianismby Hannah ArendtISBN 0156701537 (0-15-670153-7)
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The Origins of Totalitarianism begins with the rise of anti-Semitism in central and western Europe in the 1800s and continues with an examination of European colonial imperialism from 1884 to the outbreak of World War I. Arendt explores the institutions and operations of totalitarian movements, focusing on the two genuine forms of totalitarian government in our timeNazi Germany and Stalinist Russiawhich she adroitly recognizes were two sides of the same coin, rather than opposing philosophies of Right and Left. From this vantage point, she discusses the evolution of classes into masses, the role of propaganda in dealing with the nontotalitarian world, the use of terror, and the nature of isolation and loneliness as preconditions for total domination. [via]
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The Oxford Companion to Classical Literatureby Paul H. HarveyISBN 0192814907 (0-19-281490-7)
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The Oxford History of Christianityby John McMannersISBN 0192803360 (0-19-280336-0)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Oxford History of Christianity'Book summary:Spanning two thousand years of stirring religious, cultural and political events, this authoritative volume provides the most accessible history of Christianity ever published for the general reader.
The impact of Christianity on world civilization is almost incalculable, and in exploring this rich heritage, nineteen leading scholars range from the earliest origins to the present day to examine virtually every aspect of the faith. They discuss the apostle Peter and Roman Emperor Constantine, describe the role of Charlemagne in the expansion of the religion, and assess medieval scholasticism and the influence of Thomas Aquinas. The profound changes that occurred during both the Reformation and the Enlightenment are fully treated in chapters that offer revealing portraits of such key figures as Erasmus, Luther, Calvin, Wesley, and Rousseau. The book explores the faith as practiced in Britain and Europe, North and South America, Africa, India, and the Far East--offering a compelling continuous narrative filled with insight into the enormously diverse Christian world.
Comprehensive, vividly narrated, and exquisitely produced, this magnificent book captures the richness and vitality of Christian thought and culture throughout the ages. [via]More editions of The Oxford History of Christianity:
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The Oxford History of the French Revolutionby William DoyleISBN 0192852213 (0-19-285221-3)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Oxford History of the French Revolution'Book summary:Opening with the accession of Louis XVI, it traces the history of France through revolution, terror, and counter-terror, to the triumph of napoleon in 1802, and analyses the impact of events in France upon the rest of Europe, William Doyle shows how a movement which began with optimism and general enthusiasm soon became a tragedy, not oonly for the ruling orders, but for the millions of ordianry people all over Europe [via]
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The Oxford Illustrated History of Christianityby John McMannersISBN 0192854399 (0-19-285439-9)
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The Oxford Illustrated History of Irelandby R. F. FosterISBN 0192893238 (0-19-289323-8)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Oxford Illustrated History of Ireland'Book summary:Few countries have such a compelling and stirring history as Ireland. This sumptuously illustrated volume captures all of the color of the Emerald Isle, from the earliest prehistoric communities and the first Christian settlements, through centuries of turbulent change and creativity, to the present day. Written by an expert team of scholars--all of whom are Native to Ireland--this book offers the most authoritative account of Irish history yet published for the general reader.
Unlike most single-volume histories which tend toward oversimplification, this book emphasizes the paradoxes and ambiguities of Irish history, presenting a more realistic picture. It explores, for example, the reasons behind the intense regional variations in agriculture, prosperity, and political affiliation in so small a land, and show why Victorian norms prevail in certain areas of twentieth-century Irish life. It also examines more familiar themes, such as the shifting patterns of settlement and colonization, the recurrent religious strife, and the establishment of new political entities. And in a special section, it investigates the interaction between Irish history and literature, demonstrating how the importance of language to everyday Irish life has engendered a body of fiction that is virtually a history of Ireland itself.
With over two hundred photographs, a variety of helpful maps, and twenty-four beautiful color plates, The Oxford Illustrated History of Ireland brings to life the conflicts, settlements, and traditions that constitute Irish history. Wide-ranging and highly readable, this vivid view of Ireland will entertain and inform anyone interested in this fascinating and colorful island nation. [via]More editions of The Oxford Illustrated History of Ireland:
The Oxford Illustrated History of Medieval Englandby Nigel SaulISBN 0192893246 (0-19-289324-6)
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Painting and Experience in Fifteenth Century Italy: A Primer in the Social History of Pictorial Styleby Michael BaxandallISBN 019282144X (0-19-282144-X)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Painting and Experience in Fifteenth Century Italy: A Primer in the Social History of Pictorial Style'Book summary:Serving as both an introduction to fifteenth-century Italian painting and as a text on how to interpret social history from the style of pictures in a given historical period, this new edition to Baxandall's pre-eminent scholarly volume examines early Renaissance painting, and explains how the style of painting in any society reflects the visual skills and habits that evolve out of daily life. Renaissance painting, for example, mirrors the experience of such activities as preaching, dancing, and gauging barrels. The volume includes discussions of a wide variety of painters, including Filippo Lippi, Fra Angelico, Stefano di Giovanni, Sandro Botticelli, Masaccio, Luca Signorelli, Boccaccio, and countless others. Baxandall also defines and illustrates sixteen concepts used by a contemporary critic of painting, thereby assembling the basic equipment needed to explore fifteenth-century art.
This new second edition includes an appendix that lists the original Latin and Italian texts referred to throughout the book, providing the reader with all the relevant, authentic sources. It also contains an updated bibliography and a new reproduction of a recently restored painting which replaces the original. [via]More editions of Painting and Experience in Fifteenth Century Italy: A Primer in the Social History of Pictorial Style:
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A Pattern Language: Towns, Buildings, Constructionby Christopher Alexander, Murray Silverstein, Sara IshikawaISBN 0195019199 (0-19-501919-9)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Pattern Language: Towns, Buildings, Construction'Book summary:The second of three books published by the Center for Environmental Structure to provide a "working alternative to our present ideas about architecture, building, and planning," A Pattern Language offers a practical language for building and planning based on natural considerations. The reader is given an overview of some 250 patterns that are the units of this language, each consisting of a design problem, discussion, illustration, and solution. By understanding recurrent design problems in our environment, readers can identify extant patterns in their own design projects and use these patterns to create a language of their own. Extraordinarily thorough, coherent, and accessible, this book has become a bible for homebuilders, contractors, and developers who care about creating healthy, high-level design. [via]
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Pax Britannica: The Climax of an Empireby Jan MorrisISBN 0156028018 (0-15-602801-8)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Pax Britannica: The Climax of an Empire'Book summary:This centerpiece of the trilogy captures the British at the height of their vigor and self-satisfaction, imposing their traditions and tastes, their idealists and rascals, on diverse peoples of the world. Index. A Helen and Kurt Wolff Book[via]More editions of Pax Britannica: The Climax of an Empire:
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The Power Eliteby Charles Wright MillsISBN 0195006801 (0-19-500680-1)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Power Elite'Book summary:First published in 1956, The Power Elite stands as a contemporary classic of social science and social criticism. C. Wright Mills examines and critiques the organization of power in the United States, calling attention to three firmly interlocked prongs of power: the military, corporate, and political elite. The Power Elite can be read as a good account of what was taking place in America at the time it was written, but its underlying question of whether America is as democratic in practice as it is in theory continues to matter very much today.
What The Power Elite informed readers of in 1956 was how much the organization of power in America had changed during their lifetimes, and Alan Wolfe's astute afterword to this new edition brings us up to date, illustrating how much more has changed since then. Wolfe sorts out what is helpful in Mills' book and which of his predictions have not come to bear, laying out the radical changes in American capitalism, from intense global competition and the collapse of communism to rapid technological transformations and ever changing consumer tastes. The Power Elite has stimulated generations of readers to think about the kind of society they have and the kind of society they might want, and deserves to be read by every new generation. [via]More editions of The Power Elite:
The Prince of the Marshes: And Other Occupational Hazards of a Year in Iraqby Rory StewartISBN 0156032791 (0-15-603279-1)
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The Pursuit of the Millennium: Revolutionary Millenarians and Mystical Anarchists of the Middle Agesby Norman CohnISBN 0195004566 (0-19-500456-6)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Pursuit of the Millennium: Revolutionary Millenarians and Mystical Anarchists of the Middle Ages'Book summary:At the end of the first millennium A.D., itinerant preachers crisscrossed Europe warning that the end of the world was nigh. Hundreds of thousands of people took heed, joining religious cults and anti-governmental militias in preparation for the coming war between good and evil. (If this sounds familiar, it is proof only that history is cyclical.) During this heady time, Europe exploded in religious war, peasant revolts and sectarian strife, marked by the first large-scale massacres of Jews and gypsies, the first inklings of inquisitions and holy crusades. Norman Cohn, a masterful writer and interpreter, carefully explores this extraordinary period in European history in a book that bears rereading as our own millennium approaches its end. [via]
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The Renaissance: Studies in Art and Poetryby Adam Phillips, Walter PaterISBN 019281737X (0-19-281737-X)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Renaissance: Studies in Art and Poetry'Book summary:Oscar Wilde called this collection of essays the "holy writ of beauty." Published to great acclaim in 1837, it examines the work of Renaissance artists such as Winckelmann and the then neglected Botticelli, and includes a celebrated discussion of the Mona Lisa in a study of Da Vinci. The book strongly influenced art students and aesthetes of the day and is still valuable for the insights it offers and the beauty of the writing. [via]
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The Renaissance: Studies in Art and Poetryby Walter Pater, Adam PhillipsISBN 019283553X (0-19-283553-X)
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The Rise of Rome: Books One to Fiveby Livy, T. James LuceISBN 0192822969 (0-19-282296-9)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Rise of Rome: Books One to Five'Book summary:The first five books of Livy's history of early Rome recount the great stories and moments of Roman history. From Romulus and Remus, to the rape of Lucretia, to Horatius at the bridge, Livy's massive work immortalizes the events which both defined early Roman civilization and helped to shape our cultural heritage. This new annotated translation includes both maps and an index, making it the most complete and up-to-date edition available. [via]
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The Russian Revolutionby Sheila FitzpatrickISBN 0192802046 (0-19-280204-6)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Russian Revolution'Book summary:This book is concerned with the Russian Revolution in its widest sense - not only with the events of 1917 and what preceded them, but with the nature of the social transformation brought about by the Bolsheviks after they took power. Professor Fitzpatrick's analysis extends through the period of the Civil War and the New Economic Policy up to Stalin's `revolution from above' at the beginning of the 1930s. Her account confronts the key questions: what did the dictatorship of the proletariat really mean in practice? And was Lenin's revolution, in the hands of Stalin, accomplished - or betrayed? This new edition contains more information than the previous one on the Great Purges, and draws on much hitherto unavailable material from secret Soviet archives and unpublished memoirs. This book is intended for supplementary reading for courses on twentieth-century Russian history; students and readers interested in the Russian revolution. [via]
The Russian Revolution 1917-1932by Sheila FitzpatrickISBN 0192891480 (0-19-289148-0)
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Sacred and the Profane: The Nature of Religionby Mircea EliadeISBN 015679201X (0-15-679201-X)
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In The Sacred and the Profane, Mircea Eliade observes that while contemporary people believe their world is entirely profane, or secular, they still at times find themselves connected unconsciously to the memory of something sacred. It's this premise that both drives Eliade's exhaustive exploration of the sacredas it has manifested in space, time, nature and the cosmos, and life itselfand buttresses his expansive view of the human experience. [via]
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Social and Cultural Anthropology: A Very Short Introductionby John Monaghan, Peter JustISBN 0192853465 (0-19-285346-5)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Social and Cultural Anthropology: A Very Short Introduction'Book summary:"If you want to know what anthropology is, look at what anthropologists do," write the authors of Social and Cultural Anthropology: A Very Short Introduction. This engaging overview of the field combines an accessible account of some of the discipline's guiding principles and methodology with abundant examples and illustrations of anthropologists at work.
Peter Just and John Monaghan begin by discussing anthropology's most important contributions to modern thought: its investigation of culture as a distinctively human characteristic, its doctrine of cultural relativism, and its methodology of fieldwork and ethnography. Drawing on examples from their own fieldwork in Indonesia and Mesoamerica, they examine specific ways in which social and cultural anthropology have advanced our understanding of human society and culture. Including an assessment of anthropology's present position, and a look forward to its likely future, Social and Cultural Anthropology will make fascinating reading for anyone curious about this social science.
About the Series: Combining authority with wit, accessibility, and style, Very Short Introductions offer an introduction to some of life's most interesting topics. Written by experts for the newcomer, they demonstrate the finest contemporary thinking about the central problems and issues in hundreds of key topics, from philosophy to Freud, quantum theory to Islam. [via]More editions of Social and Cultural Anthropology: A Very Short Introduction:
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Thucydides: The History of the Peloponnesian Warby Richard LivingstoneISBN 0195002180 (0-19-500218-0)
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Timeless Way of Buildingby Christopher AlexanderISBN 0195024028 (0-19-502402-8)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Timeless Way of Building'Book summary:The theory of architecture implicit in our world today, Christopher Alexander believes, is bankrupt. More and more people are aware that something is deeply wrong. Yet the power of present-day ideas is so great that many feel uncomfortable, even afraid, to say openly that they dislike what is happening, because they are afraid to seem foolish, afraid perhaps that they will be laughed at.
Now, at last, there is a coherent theory which describes in modern terms an architecture as ancient as human society itself.
The Timeless Way of Building is the introductory volume in the Center for Environmental Structure series, Christopher Alexander presents in it a new theory of architecture, building, and planning which has at its core that age-old process by which the people of a society have always pulled the order of their world from their own being.
Alexander writes, "There is one timeless way of building. It is thousands of years old, and the same today as it has always been. The great traditional buildings of the past, the villages and tents and temples in which man feels at home, have always been made by people who were very close to the center of this way. And as you will see, this way will lead anyone who looks for it to buildings which are themselves as ancient in their form as the trees and hills, and as our faces are." [via]More editions of Timeless Way of Building:
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Tudor Englandby John GuyISBN 0192852132 (0-19-285213-2)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Tudor England'Book summary:John Guy here provides the most complete narrative history of Tudor England in more than 30 years. A compelling account of political and religious developments from the advent of the Tudors in the 1460s to the death of Elizabeth I in 1603, his authoritative study discusses the far-reaching changes in government and the Reformation of the Church under Henry VII, Edward VI, Mary, and Elizabeth, and is enriched with illuminating character studies of the monarchs and politicians of the era. Taking into account new debates on the progress of the English Reformation and the strengths and weaknesses of Tudor Government at a local and national level, the book includes contextual analyses of the Tudor English economy, society, and political culture. [via]
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Vita Nuovaby Dante Alighieri, Mark MusaISBN 0192839357 (0-19-283935-7)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Vita Nuova'Book summary:Vita Nuova (1292-94) is regarded as Dante's most profound creation. The thirty-one poems in this, the first of his major writings, are linked by a lyrical prose narrative celebrating and debating the subject of love. Composed upon Dante's meeting with Beatrice and the "Lord of Love," it is a love story set to the task of confirming the "new life" this meeting inspired. With a critical introduction and explanatory notes, this is a new translation of a supreme work which has been read variously as biography, religious allegory, and a meditation on poetry itself. [via]
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Waldenby Henry David Thoreau, Stephen FenderISBN 0192839217 (0-19-283921-7)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Walden'Book summary:Walden is Thoreau's classic autobiographical account of his experiment in solitary living, his refusal to play by the rules of hard work and the accumulation of wealth, and above all the freedom it gave him to adapt his living to the natural world around him. This new edition traces the sources of Thoreau's reading and thinking and considers the author in the context of his birthplace and sense of history--social, economic, and natural. An ecological appendix provides modern identifications of the myriad plants and animals to which he gave close attention as he became acclimated to his life in the woods by Walden Pond. [via]
Women and Madnessby Phyllis CheslerISBN 0156982951 (0-15-698295-1)
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