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After Shakespeare: An Anthologyby John J. GrossISBN 0192804723 (0-19-280472-3)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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American Notes and Pictures from Italyby Charles DickensISBN 0192545191 (0-19-254519-1)
Hardcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'American Notes and Pictures from Italy'Book summary:"American Notes" was the result of the author's five-month trip to America in 1842. Dickens's travelogue includes the glitter of Boston; a Broadway swarming with hogs; a gruesome penitentiary in Philadelphia; Cincinnati, Louisville, and St Louis; railways and steamboats. Its publication was greeted with dismay: what Dickens described as 'honest and true' was regarded in America as 'a compound of egotism, coxcombry and cockneyism', the product of 'the most coarse, vulgar, impudent and superficial' writer ever to visit the country.
"Pictures from Italy" is a colourful account of a tour made in 1844.
This collectable series is the most comprehensive illustrated Dickens available. Each volume includes up to seventy-six early engravings, many of which appeared in the first editons of these works. The text is derived from the Charles Dickens Edition, revised by the author in the 1860s. [via]
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Ancient Warfare: A Very Short Introductionby Harry SidebottomISBN 0192804707 (0-19-280470-7)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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Architecture: A Very Short Introductionby Andrew BallantyneISBN 0192801791 (0-19-280179-1)
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Armageddon Averted: The Soviet Collapse, 1970-2000by Stephen KotkinISBN 0192802453 (0-19-280245-3)
Hardcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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Art Theory: A Very Short Introductionby Cynthia A. FreelandISBN 0192804634 (0-19-280463-4)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Art Theory: A Very Short Introduction'Book summary:In today's art world many strange, even shocking, things qualify as art. In this Very Short Introduction Cynthia Freeland explains why innovation and controversy are valued in the arts, weaving together philosophy and art theory with many fascinating examples. She discusses blood, beauty, culture, money, museums, sex, and politics, clarifying contemporary and historical accounts of the nature, function, and interpretation of the arts. Freeland also propels us into the future by surveying cutting-edge web sites, alongside the latest research on the brain's role in perceiving art. This clear, provocative book engages with the big debates surrounding our responses to art and is an invaluable introduction to anyone interested in thinking about art. [via]
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The Artful Universe Expandedby John BarrowISBN 019280569X (0-19-280569-X)
Hardcover, Oxford University Press
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Artful Universe Expanded'Book summary:Our love of art, writes John Barrow, is the end product of millions of years of evolution. How we react to a beautiful painting or symphony draws upon instincts laid down long before humans existed. Now, in this enhanced edition of the highly popular The Artful Universe, Barrow further explores the close ties between our aesthetic appreciation and the basic nature of the Universe.
Barrow argues that the laws of the Universe have imprinted themselves upon our thoughts and actions in subtle and unexpected ways. Why do we like certain types of art or music? What games and puzzles do we find challenging? Why do so many myths and legends have common elements? In this eclectic and entertaining survey, Barrow answers these questions and more as he explains how the landscape of the Universe has influenced the development of philosophy and mythology, and how millions of years of evolutionary history have fashioned our attraction to certain patterns of sound and color. Barrow casts the story of human creativity and thought in a fascinating light, considering such diverse topics as our instinct for language, the origins and uses of color in nature, why we divide time into intervals as we do, the sources of our appreciation of landscape painting, and whether computer-generated fractal art is really art.
Drawing on a wide variety of examples, from the theological questions raised by St. Augustine and C.S. Lewis to the relationship between the pure math of Pythagoras and the music of the Beatles, The Artful Universe Expanded covers new ground and enters a wide-ranging debate about the meaning and significance of the links between art and science. [via]More editions of The Artful Universe Expanded:
Being Good: A Short Introduction To Ethicsby Simon BlackburnISBN 0192100521 (0-19-210052-1)
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But Is It Art?: An Introduction to Art Theoryby Cynthia A. FreelandISBN 0192100556 (0-19-210055-6)
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The Celts: A Very Short Introductionby Barry CunliffeISBN 0192804189 (0-19-280418-9)
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The Character of Mindby Colin McGinnISBN 0192191713 (0-19-219171-3)
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The Civil Wars: A Military History of England, Scotland, and Ireland 1638-1660by John Kenyon, Jane Ohlmeyer, John S. MorrillISBN 019280278X (0-19-280278-X)
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The Classic Fairy Talesby Iona Opie, Peter OpieISBN 0192115596 (0-19-211559-6)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Classic Fairy Tales'Book summary:Everyone has at one time been inspired or enchanted by fairy tales, with their evil witches, pure princesses, heroic princes, and happy endings. Yet over the years, most of these popular tales have undergone many transformations, as editors and storytellers have shortened and sentimentalized them, as well as slanted them to suit the demands of the time.
Now reissued, Iona and Peter Opie's magnificent The Classic Fairy Tales, presents twenty-four of the best-known fairy tales in their original written form. Drawing on years of expertise, the editors provide introductions to each fairy tale, tracing the development of each story and noting points of interest. We learn, for example, that in a 17th century version of "Sleeping Beauty", the prince actually raped the princess in her sleep. Goldilocks, it turns out, evolved from the little old woman of the original story into a young girl. Little Red Ridinghood was actually eaten by the wolf, and in an early version of the "Frog Prince," the princess had to sleep with the frog to free him from his spell.
With classic tales from the likes of Charles Perrault, the Brothers Grimm, and Hans Christian Andersen, and the works of such famous illustrators as Gustav Dore, Kate Greenaway, and George Cruikshank, The Classic Fairy Tales brings to life the charm and beauty of these timeless favorites. [via]More editions of The Classic Fairy Tales:
The Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatreby Phyllis HartnollISBN 0192811029 (0-19-281102-9)
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Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artistsby Ian ChilversISBN 0192800485 (0-19-280048-5)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists'Book summary:The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists, Second Edition is an authoritative and up-to-date guide to Western art from Ancient Greece to the present day. It offers over two thousand entries on painting, sculpture, and the graphic arts, covering not only artists and their work, but also patrons and dealers, collectors and writers, materials and techniques, and museums and galleries. For this new edition much new material has been added on twentieth-century art, including subjects such as Neo-Expressionism and the Turner Prize.
Written in clear, lively prose, this invaluable reference maintains a careful balance between fact and appraisal. In its pages, we encounter artists ranging from Polyclitus of Argos to Leonardo da Vinci, from Grandma Moses to Mary Cassatt, from Max Beckmann to Andy Warhol. Here also are periods and movements, including the Classical period, the Renaissance, the Ancients, Impressionism, the Ash-can School, and Cubism, as well as techniques and styles such as encaustic painting, encarnado, lithography, cabinet painting, and blot drawing.
For this abridgement, Ian Chilvers has retained all of the essential features of the original while adding new entries and eliminating the more peripheral articles. By presenting the information in a pithier format, he is able to focus more sharply on Western and Western-inspired art. The dictionary also provides a very helpful cross-referencing system for names, art media, styles, and terms. Art enthusiasts of every kind will find this entirely reliable and highly readable volume indispensable. [via]More editions of Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists:
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Literary Termsby Chris BaldickISBN 019280118X (0-19-280118-X)
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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of QuotationsISBN 019211588X (0-19-211588-X)
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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Quotationsby Angela PartingtonISBN 0192800701 (0-19-280070-1)
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Consciousness: A Very Short Introductionby Susan BlackmoreISBN 0192805851 (0-19-280585-1)
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Culture & Anarchyby Matthew Arnold, Jane GarnettISBN 0192805118 (0-19-280511-8)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Culture & Anarchy'Book summary:Matthew Arnold's famous series of essays, which were first published in book form under the title Culture and Anarchy in 1869, debate important questions about the nature of culture and society. Arnold seeks to find out what culture really is, what good it can do, and if it is really necessary. He contrasts culture, which he calls the study of perfection, with anarchy, the mood of unrest and uncertainty that pervaded mid-Victorian England.
This edition reproduces the original book version, revealing the immediate historical context and controversy of the piece. The introduction and notes broaden out the interpretative approach to Arnold's text, elaborating on the complexities of the religious context. The book also reinforces the continued importance of Arnold's ideas its influences in the face of the challenges of multi-culturalism and post-modernism.
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Dic New Shorter Oxford English on Historical PrinciplesISBN 0191958042 (0-19-195804-2)
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Dictionary of BiologyISBN 0192800329 (0-19-280032-9)
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A Dictionary of Biologyby Market House BooksISBN 0192801023 (0-19-280102-3)
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A Dictionary Of Celtic Mythologyby James MacKillopISBN 0192801201 (0-19-280120-1)
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A Dictionary of Ecologyby Michael AllabyISBN 0192800787 (0-19-280078-7)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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A Dictionary of English Place-Namesby A. D. MillsISBN 0192800744 (0-19-280074-4)
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Elements Of Murderby John EmsleyISBN 0192806009 (0-19-280600-9)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Elements of Murder'Book summary:What killed Charles II? Who thought he had discovered the perfect poison? Why did hatters go mad? This is an account of murderous chemical elements. Through stories of innocent blunders, poisoners of various hues - cold, cunning, desperate - and deaths that remain a mystery, it uncovers the dark side of the Periodic Table. [via]
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Eurekas and Euphorias : The Oxford Book of Scientific Anecdotesby Walter GratzerISBN 0192804030 (0-19-280403-0)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Eurekas and Euphorias : The Oxford Book of Scientific Anecdotes'Book summary:The march of science has been marked through the years by episodes of drama and comedy, of failure as well as triumph, by outrageous strokes of luck, deserved and undeserved, and sometimes by human tragedy. In Eurekas and Euphorias, Walter Gratzer captures the human face of discovery as he relates many intriguing tales of scientific adventures spanning over two thousand years.
Open this book at random and you may chance on the clumsy chemist named Sapper who broke a thermometer in a reaction vat and made the discovery that launched the modern dyestuff industry. Or the physicist who dissolved his gold Nobel Prize medal in acid to prevent it from falling into the hands of the Nazis. The book uncovers deep intellectual friendships, as well as ferocious animosities, and even acts of theft and malice, deceit, and a hoax or two. Indeed, we discover that scientists come in all shapes--the obsessive and the dilettantish, the genial, the envious, the preternaturally brilliant and the slow-witted who sometimes saw further in the end, the open-minded and the intolerant, recluses and arrivistes. We meet mathematicians and physicists in prison cells, and even in a madhouse, making important advances in their field. And we witness the careers, sometimes tragic, sometimes carefree, of the great women scientists, from Hypatia of Alexandria, to Sophie Germain and Sonia Kovalevskaya, to Marie Curie and her relentless battle with the French Academy.
Told with wit and relish, here then is a glorious parade to delight the reader, with stories to astonish, to instruct, and most especially, to entertain. [via]More editions of Eurekas and Euphorias : The Oxford Book of Scientific Anecdotes:
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The Fall of Rome: And the End of Civilizationby Bryan Ward-PerkinsISBN 0192807285 (0-19-280728-5)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Fall of Rome: And the End of Civilization'Book summary:Was the fall of Rome a great catastrophe that cast the West into darkness for centuries to come? Or, as scholars argue today, was there no crisis at all, but simply a peaceful blending of barbarians into Roman culture, an essentially positive transformation?
In The Fall of Rome, eminent historian Bryan Ward-Perkins argues that the "peaceful" theory of Rome's "transformation" is badly in error. Indeed, he sees the fall of Rome as a time of horror and dislocation that destroyed a great civilization, throwing the inhabitants of the West back to a standard of living typical of prehistoric times. Attacking contemporary theories with relish and making use of modern archaeological evidence, he looks at both the wider explanations for the disintegration of the Roman world and also the consequences for the lives of everyday Romans, who were caught in a world of marauding barbarians, and economic collapse. The book recaptures the drama and violence of the last days of the Roman world, and reminds us of the very real terrors of barbarian occupation. Equally important, Ward-Perkins contends that a key problem with the new way of looking at the end of the ancient world is that all difficulty and awkwardness is smoothed out into a steady and positive transformation of society. Nothing ever goes badly wrong in this vision of the past. The evidence shows otherwise.
Up-to-date and brilliantly written, combining a lively narrative with the latest research and thirty illustrations, this superb volume reclaims the drama, the violence, and the tragedy of the fall of Rome. [via]More editions of The Fall of Rome: And the End of Civilization:
Father & Son: A Study of Two Temperamentsby Edmund GosseISBN 0192554018 (0-19-255401-8)
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Flatlandby Edwin Abbott Abbott, Rosemary JannISBN 0192805983 (0-19-280598-3)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Flatland'Book summary:How would a creature limited to two dimensions be able to grasp the possibility of a third? Edwin A. Abbott's droll and delightful "romance of many dimensions" explores this conundrum in the experiences of his protagonist, A Square, whose linear world is invaded by an emissary Sphere bringing the gospel of the third dimension. Part geometry lesson, part social satire, this classic work of science fiction brilliantly succeeds in enlarging all readers' imaginations beyond the limits of their "respective dimensional prejudices."
This new edition begins with an introduction by Rosemary Jann that illuminates the social and intellectual context that produced the work and explains its relationship to the theological issues central to Abbott's career. It also provides the most extensive discussion to date of the class and gender issues raised by the text and of the debates over the limits of scientific and mathematical knowledge in which it participated.
Flatland's unique combination of astute social, philosophical, and mathematical observations with wit and humor can be read at many different levels, and will prove especially enjoyable to readers of Victorian literature and philosophy. [via]More editions of Flatland:
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Foreign Devils on the Silk Road: The Search for the Lost Cities and Treasures of Chinese Central Asiaby Peter HopkirkISBN 0192802119 (0-19-280211-9)
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Great Expectationsby Charles Dickens, Alan SillitoeISBN 0192100343 (0-19-210034-3)
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Great Expectationsby James Riordan, Victor G. AmbrusISBN 019274190X (0-19-274190-X)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Great Expectations'Book summary:"I called myself Pip, and came to be called Pip." So begins James Riordan's lively retelling of Great Expectations, Charles Dickens's classic novel about a boy taken from poor beginnings, educated as a gentleman, and his ultimate discovery of the identity of his mysterious benefactor. This compelling and easy-to-read version of Great Expectations is vividly brought to life with the illustrations of Victor G. Ambrus, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts in England and the artist for numerous other classics in this popular series, including Moby Dick, Gulliver's Travels, The Wizard of Oz, and many others. [via]
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The Historiesby Herodotus, Robin Waterfield, Carolyn DewaldISBN 0192126091 (0-19-212609-1)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Histories'Book summary:"The father of history," as Cicero called him, and a writer possessed of remarkable narrative gifts, enormous scope, and considerable charm, Herodotus has always been beloved by readers well-versed in the classics. Recently, the critical and popular acclaim for The English Patient, whose hero makes The Histories his constant companion, has attracted a new, and wider, audience.
Compelled by his desire to "prevent the traces of human events from being erased by time," Herotodus recounts the incidents leading up to the Persian Wars and the Greeks' stunning victory over the more powerful invading Persian forces. But Herotodus gives us much more than military history. By employing multiple points of view and incorporating the diverse stories he collected during his extensive travels, Herotodus provides the fullest portrait of the classical world of the 5th and 6th centuries. And because he writes in a style highly susceptible to digression, his book includes all manner of marvelous observations--from ants the size of dogs in India, to people who live in caves and chirp like bats in Libya, to flying snakes in Egypt. Most importantly, throughout The Histories Herotodus shows us the ruin that comes to those who overreach their natural boundaries, who fail to heed sensible warnings or act without understanding the web of reciprocity that connects all things.
This superbly readable new translation, along with an illuminating introduction, provides readers all they need to appreciate Herodotus' enduring appeal. [via]More editions of The Histories:
In Other Words: A Language Lover's Guide to the Most Intriguing Words around the Worldby C. J. MooreISBN 0192806246 (0-19-280624-6)
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An Introduction to Children's Literatureby Peter HuntISBN 0192192612 (0-19-219261-2)
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Jane Eyreby Charlotte Bronte, David MaloufISBN 0192100424 (0-19-210042-4)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Jane Eyre'Book summary:Jane Eyre (1847) has enjoyed huge popularity since first publication, and its success owes much to its exceptional emotional power. Jane Eyre, a penniless orphan, is engaged as governess at Thornfield Hall by the mysterious Mr Rochester. Her integrity and independence are tested to the limit as their love for each other grows, and the secrets of Mr Rochester's past are revealed.
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Jane Eyreby Margaret Smith, Charlotte BronteISBN 0192510177 (0-19-251017-7)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Jane Eyre'Book summary:"Jane Eyre," Charlotte Brontë's most beloved novel, describes the passionate love between the courageous orphan Jane Eyre and the brilliant, brooding, and domineering Rochester. The loneliness and cruelty of Jane Eyre's childhood strengthens her natural independence and spirit, which prove invaluable when she takes a position as a governess at Thornfield Hall. But after she falls in love with her sardonic employer, her discovery of his terrible secret forces her to make a heart-wrenching choice. Ever since its publication in 1847, "Jane Eyre" has enthralled every kind of reader, from the most critical and cultivated to the youngest and most unabashedly romantic. "Jane Eyre" lives as one of the great triumphs of storytelling and as a moving and unforgettable portrayal of a woman's quest for self-respect. "At the end we are steeped through and through with the genius, the vehemence, the indignation of Charlotte Brontë." -Virginia Woolf [via]
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Jonathan Swiftby Jonathan Swift, Angus Ross, David WoolleyISBN 0192541765 (0-19-254176-5)
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Karl Marx, His Life and Environmentby Isaiah BerlinISBN 0192191225 (0-19-219122-5)
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Kierkegaard: A Very Short Introductionby Patrick GardinerISBN 0192802569 (0-19-280256-9)
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Lark Rise to Candlefordby Flora ThompsonISBN 0192117599 (0-19-211759-9)
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Locke: A Very Short Introductionby John DunnISBN 0192803948 (0-19-280394-8)
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Madness: A Brief Historyby Roy PorterISBN 0192802674 (0-19-280267-4)
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Drawing upon eyewitness accounts of doctors, writers, artists, and the mad themselves, Roy Porter tells the story of our changing notions of insanity and of the treatments for mental illness that have been employed from antiquity to the present day. Beginning with 5,000-year-old skulls with tiny holes bored in them (to allow demons to escape), through conceptions of madness as an acute phase in the trial of souls, as an imbalance of "the humors," as the "divine fury" of creative genius, or as the malfunctioning of brain chemistry, Porter shows the many ways madness has been perceived and misperceived in every historical period. He takes us on a fascinating round of treatments, ranging from exorcism and therapeutic terror--including immersion in a tub of eels--to the first asylums, shock therapy, the birth of psychoanalysis, and the current use of psychotropic drugs.
Throughout, Madness: A Brief History offers a balanced view, showing both the humane attempts to help the insane as well as the ridiculous and often cruel misunderstanding that have bedeviled our efforts to heal the mind of its myriad afflictions.
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Master Humphrey's Clock and a Child's History of Englandby Charles DickensISBN 0192545205 (0-19-254520-5)
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Medieval Warfare: A Historyby Maurice KeenISBN 0192801279 (0-19-280127-9)
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New English Bible Standard With ApocryphaISBN 019180004X (0-19-180004-X)
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- The New English Bible:the Old Testament: The Old Testament: ISBN 0191800104 (0-19-180010-4)
Hardcover, Oxford U.P./Cambridge U.P. - The New English Bible:the Apocrypha: The Apocrypha: ISBN 0191800112 (0-19-180011-2)
Hardcover, Oxford U.P./Cambridge U.P. - The New English Bible:the New Testament: The New Testament: ISBN 0191800139 (0-19-180013-9)
Hardcover, Oxford U.P./Cambridge U.P. - New English Bible Standard With Apocrypha: ISBN 019180004X (0-19-180004-X)
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The Odysseyby Geraldine McCaughrean, Victor G. AmbrusISBN 0192741837 (0-19-274183-7)
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The Odysseyby Homer, Walter ShewringISBN 0192510193 (0-19-251019-3)
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The Odyssey of Homerby Barbara Leonie Picard, Joan Kiddell-MonroeISBN 0192741462 (0-19-274146-2)
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The Oxford Book of Essaysby John GrossISBN 0192141856 (0-19-214185-6)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Oxford Book of Essays'Book summary:When Montaigne developed the essay in the sixteenth century, he could not have imagined the power and longevity of his creation. "He did not set up for a philosopher, wit, orator, or moralist," wrote Hazlitt, "but he became all these by merely daring to tell us whatever passed through his mind." Ever since, writers have seized upon his example, and for over four hundred years we have encountered astonishing insights and breathtaking language by following what has passed through their minds, as recounted in the essay. And now some of the finest essays of all time have been gathered together by John Gross, former editor of The New York Times Book Review, in an outstanding new anthology.
Ranging from the early 1600s through the 1980s, this sweeping collection includes 140 essays by 120 of the finest writers in the history of the English language. John Gross has collected classics and rare gems, representative samples and personal favorites, intimate essays and learned, serious reflections and hysterically funny satire, by both British and American writers. Here is Eveleyn Waugh, providing tips on how to move in Well-Informed Circles ("Attribute all facts of common knowledge to personal information; for instance, do not say, 'What a wet week it has been,' but, 'They tell me at Greenwich they have registered the highest rainfall for six weeks'"); Ralph Waldo Emerson on conservatism and innovation; Ambrose Bierce on "the horror of the characteristic American custom of promiscuous, unsought, and unauthorized introductions"; Oscar Wilde on the critic as artist ("It is only about things that do not interest one that one can give a really unbiased opion, which is no doubt the reason why an unbiased opinion is always absolutely valueless"); Rose Macaulay on dinner parties; and James Baldwin, musing about what a remote Swiss village tells him about race in the wider world ("Joyce is right about history being a nightmare--but it may be the nightmare from which no one can awaken. People are trapped in history, and history is trapped in them.").
The authors Gross has gathered form a gallery of genius, all indispensable masters of rhetoric, from Samuel Butler to Samuel Johnson, from John Dryden to Ben Franklin, from Geoge Eliot to George Bernard Shaw, from E.B. White to Joan Didion. Including book reviews and travel sketches, history lessons and meditations, reflections on art and on potato chips, these essays sample four centuries of eloquence and insight in a collection that is at once immensely enlightening, edifying, and entertaining. [via]More editions of The Oxford Book of Essays:
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The Oxford Book of Military Anecdotesby Max HastingsISBN 0192803840 (0-19-280384-0)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Oxford Book of Military Anecdotes'Book summary:If anecdotes are marginal notes on the pages of history, these will delight any reader who has ever been moved or entertained by the condition of the soldier. Few fields of human endeavor have inspired so many memorable anecdotes as warfare, from the Bible and Livy through Gibbon and Froissart, to the imperial wars of the nineteenth century and the world conflicts of the twentieth.
This collection of is principally concerned with American and British conflicts, with, as the author says, "occasional forays among the ranks of foreign armies"--notably the Greeks, the Romans, and Napoleon's veterans. Hastings has sought stories that illustrate the military condition through the ages, both on the battlefield and in barracks: comic, eccentric, heroic, tragic. Here are Caesar at the Rubicon and the revolt of the Praetorian Guard; Alexander's horse and Prince Rupert's dog; the legendary Mother Ross enlisting in search of her lost husband in 1693; Evelyn Waugh as the least plausible of commandos; General George S. Patton's good luck charm "Charlie," a lump of lava rock carved into a Hawaiian warrior; and much more. Some of the stories will be familiar to students of military history while others are less well known, but all provide fascinating sidelights to history.
Great war stories by Max Hastings, a leading military historian and war correspondent
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The Oxford Companion to Foodby Alan DavidsonISBN 0192806815 (0-19-280681-5)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Oxford Companion to Food'Book summary:Alan Davidson's Oxford Companion to Food has been over 20 years in the assembling, but here it is; and it is superlatively worth the wait. In fact, superlatives fall silent. A huge and authoritative dictionary of 2,650 entries on just about every conceivable foodstuff, seasoning, cuisine, cooking method, historical survey, significant personage, and explication of myth, it is supplemented by some 40 longer articles on key items. Davidson himself (no relation to this reviewer) contributes approximately 80 percent of the 2,650 entries, thereby guaranteeing high levels of erudition, readability, and deadpan feline wit. Since this is a monument intended to last, nothing so frivolous as a recipe is included. A decision taken early in the development of the project to abjure issues whose significance is largely topical has also ensured an agreeable high-mindedness--nothing on those crucial but essentially dreary topics of BSE and GM foods, for example.
If a fault could be found, it would only be that it's often difficult to read to the end of an entry, as the abundant cross-referencing all too easily sends one off to another entry, thence bouncing off to another, and all too soon the original is forgotten. A random alphabet of seductions might include: Aardvark, Botulism, Cup Cake, David (Elizabeth), Enzymes, Fat-Tailed Sheep, Gender/Sex and Food, Hallucinogenic Mushrooms, Ice Cream Sundae, Jewish Dietary Laws, Kangaroos, Lobscouse, Microwave Cooking, Norway, Offal, Puffin, Queen of Puddings, Roti, Scurvy, Termite Heap Mushroom (or Taillevant), Umeboshi, Vegetarianism, Washing up (a very elegant little article), sadly no X, Yin-yang, and Zabaglione. As this might show, Alan Davidson's aim, borrowed from Dumas's great Grand Dictionnaire de Cuisine, that his work would appeal not only to persons of "serious character" but also those "of a much lighter disposition," is utterly fulfilled. --Robin Davidson, Amazon.co.uk [via]
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The Oxford Companion to the Theatreby Phyllis HartnollISBN 0192115464 (0-19-211546-4)
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Oxford Dictionary of Humorous Quotationsby Ned SherrinISBN 0192800450 (0-19-280045-0)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Oxford Dictionary of Humorous Quotations'Book summary:Some may search quotation compilations for wisdom or inspiration, but most crack these reference tomes looking for a laugh. Ned Sherrin has therefore done the world a favor by culling the witticisms and snide remarks from the vast quotation libraries, creating a volume completely dedicated to the funny remark. It's superbly browsable, but as the nearly 5,000 quotations are grouped by more than 100 themes, it's also a reference with practical applications. For a quip on consumerism, George Orwell comes through with, "Advertising is the rattling of a stick inside a swill bucket." Dean Martin opines about liquor: "You're not drunk if you can lie on the floor without holding on." Ronald Knox defines a baby as "a loud noise on one end and no sense of responsibility on the other," and for politics, Art Buchwald says of Richard Nixon, "I worship the quicksand he walks in." It's an irresistible dictionary. --Stephanie Gold [via]
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The Oxford Dictionary of Philosophyby Simon BlackburnISBN 0192116940 (0-19-211694-0)
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The Oxford Dictionary of QuotationsISBN 019211560X (0-19-211560-X)
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Oxford Dictionary of Quotations/Blue LeatherISBN 0191963720 (0-19-196372-0)
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The Oxford Dictionary Of Saintsby David Farmer, David Hugh FarmerISBN 0192800582 (0-19-280058-2)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Oxford Dictionary Of Saints'Book summary:More than 1,300 saints are profiled in this most readable, extensive, and enlightening of references. Curious about the saint you're named after? Attending a feast day for a saint you never heard of? Want an obscure saint to include in your historical novel? Or merely desirous of the kind of feet-up-by-the-fire perusal that only a well-written reference text can provide? David Farmer's compilation of saints includes all English saints; all saints of whom there is or was a notable cult; important saints from Ireland, Scotland, Wales, and the rest of Europe; and recently canonized saints. Arranged alphabetically, the dictionary starts with Abbo of Fleury, ends with Zosimus of Syracuse, and includes Pelagia of Antioch, Crispina of Tagora, Cunegund the empress, and a wide assortment of other martyrs, popes, spiritual seers, and those, such as Crispin of Viterbo, who were canonized simply for their humble lives and Christian faith. There's also a wonderful appendix of the principal patronages of saints--telling, for example, who's the patron saint of healthy dogs (Hubert) and mad dogs (Sithney), plus an index of the main iconographical emblems of saints, another of places, and a calendar of feast days. --Stephanie Gold [via]
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The Oxford Dictionary of World Religionsby John Westerdale BowkerISBN 0192139657 (0-19-213965-7)
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The Oxford Guide to Heraldry: Urbanization in the Third Worldby Thomas Woodcock, John Martin RobinsonISBN 0192802267 (0-19-280226-7)
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Oxford Handbook of Clinical Specialitiesby J.M. Longmore, T.J. Hodgetts, J.A.B. CollierISBN 0192625373 (0-19-262537-3)
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The Oxford History of the Roman Worldby John Boardman, Jasper Griffin, Oswyn MurrayISBN 0192802038 (0-19-280203-8)
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The Oxford History of Twentieth Centuryby Michael Howard, William Roger LouisISBN 0192803786 (0-19-280378-6)
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Oxford Illustrated Dickensby Charles DickensISBN 0192545221 (0-19-254522-1)
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Particle Physics: A Very Short Introductionby Frank CloseISBN 0192804340 (0-19-280434-0)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Particle Physics: A Very Short Introduction'Book summary:In Particle Physics: A Very Short Introduction, best-selling author Frank Close provides a compelling and lively introduction to the fundamental particles that make up the universe. The book begins with a guide to what matter is made up of and how it evolved, and goes on to describe the fascinating and cutting-edge techniques used to study it. The author discusses particles such as quarks, electrons, and the neutrino, and exotic matter and antimatter. He also investigates the forces of nature, accelerators and detectors, and the intriguing future of particle physics. This book is essential reading for general readers interested in popular science, students of physics, and scientists at all levels.
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Philosophy of Science: A Very Short Introductionby Samir OkashaISBN 0192802836 (0-19-280283-6)
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Plato Phaedrusby Plato, Robin WaterfieldISBN 0192802771 (0-19-280277-1)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Plato Phaedrus'Book summary:Phaedrus is widely recognized as one of Plato's most profound and beautiful works. It takes the form of a dialogue between Socrates and Phaedrus and its ostensible subject is love, especially homoerotic love. Socrates reveals it to be a kind of divine madness that can allow our souls to grow wings and soar to their greatest heights. Then the conversation changes direction and turns to a discussion of rhetoric, which must be based on truth passionately sought, thus allying it to philosophy. The dialogue closes by denigrating the value of the written word in any context, compared to the living teaching of a Socratic philosopher.
The shifts of topic and register have given rise to doubts about the unity of the dialogue, doubts which are addressed in the introduction to this volume. Full explanatory notes also elucidate issues throughout the dialogue that might puzzle a modern reader. [via]More editions of Plato Phaedrus:
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Political Philosophy: A Very Short Introductionby David MillerISBN 0192803956 (0-19-280395-6)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Political Philosophy: A Very Short Introduction'Book summary:This Very Short Introduction introduces readers to the key concepts of political philosophy: authority, democracy, freedom and its limits, justice, feminism, multiculturalism, and nationality. Accessibly written and assuming no previous knowledge of the subject, it encourages the reader to think clearly and critically about the leading political questions of our time.
Miller first investigates how political philosophy tackles basic ethical questions such as 'how should we live together in society?' He furthermore looks at political authority, discusses the reasons society needs politics in the first place, explores the limitations of politics, and asks if there are areas of life that shouldn't be governed by politics. Moreover, he explores the connections between political authority and justice, a constant theme in political philosophy, and the ways in which social justice can be used to regulate rather than destroy a market economy.
In his travels through this realm, Miller covers why nations are the natural units of government and wonders if the rise of multiculturalism and transnational co-operation will change all this, and asks in the end if we will ever see the formation of a world government.
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Postmodernism: A Very Short Introductionby Christopher ButlerISBN 0192802399 (0-19-280239-9)
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Prehistory: A Very Short Introductionby Chris GosdenISBN 0192803433 (0-19-280343-3)
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The Problems of Mathematicsby Ian StewartISBN 0192192019 (0-19-219201-9)
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The Prophet Armed--Trotsky, 1879-1921by Isaac DeutscherISBN 0192810642 (0-19-281064-2)
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The Prophet Outcast--Trotsky, 1929-1940by Isaac DeutscherISBN 0192810669 (0-19-281066-9)
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Quantum Theory: A Very Short Introductionby John PolkinghorneISBN 0192802526 (0-19-280252-6)
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Rousseau: A Very Short Introductionby Robert WoklerISBN 0192801988 (0-19-280198-8)
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Russian Literature: A Very Short Introductionby Catriona KellyISBN 0192801449 (0-19-280144-9)
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Selected Lettersby Jane Austen, Vivien JonesISBN 0192801848 (0-19-280184-8)
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Subtle Is the Lord: The Science And the Life of Albert Einsteinby Abraham PaisISBN 0192806726 (0-19-280672-6)
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Theogony and Works and Daysby Hesiod, M.L. WestISBN 019251038X (0-19-251038-X)
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Wayward Women: A Guide to Women Travellersby Jane RobinsonISBN 019280233X (0-19-280233-X)
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