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The Ancien Regimeby Alexis De TocquevilleISBN 0460014382 (0-460-01438-2)
Softcover, Tuttle Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Ancien Regime'Book summary:Alexis de Tocqueville was a French politician who was bitterly opposed to the seizure of power by Napoleon III in 1851 which put an end to his political career. The rest of his life was devoted to the study of French society and the ways in which it had been affrected by the revolution of 1789. Tocqueville's work showed that the revolution of 1789 was not so much a new start as a development of trends already present. It remains to this day both a brilliant investigation of its subject and a relevant comment on the problems of preserving the freedom of the individual within the modern state. [via]
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The Anglo-Saxon Chronicleby G.N. GarmonswayISBN 0460106244 (0-460-10624-4)
Hardcover, J M Dent & Sons Ltd
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The Anglo-Saxon Chroniclesby Anne Savage, Random House Value Publishing StaffISBN 0517140799 (0-517-14079-9)
Hardcover, Random House Value Publishing
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The Annalsby Cornelius Tacitus, Alfred J. Church, William Jackson BrodribbISBN 0486452360 (0-486-45236-0)
Softcover, Dover Pubns
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Annals'Book summary:"The first writer in the world, without a single exception," declared Thomas Jefferson of Tacitus. The ancient historian wrote this vital chronicle of Imperial Rome as he witnessed the great civilization's decline. It spans A.D. 14-68, painting incisive psychological portraits of the era's major figures, from Tiberius to Nero.[via]More editions of The Annals:
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The Annals of Tacitusby Cornelius Tacitus, A. J. Woodman, Ronald H. MartinISBN 0521552176 (0-521-55217-6)
Hardcover, Cambridge Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Annals of Tacitus'Book summary:The Annals of Tacitus, which chronicle the years AD 14-68, are arguably the greatest work of the greatest Roman historian. Book 3 of The Annals covers the years AD 20-22, a period including the trial of Calpurnius Piso for treason and the alleged murder of Germanicus. The editors are the first to compare a recently discovered record of this trial with Tacitus' narrative of the same events. Throughout the volume attention is paid to literary matters, and textual. linguistic and historical issues are treated fully. [via]
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Annals of Tacitus, Books 1-6by Cornelius Tacitus, Francis Richard David GoodyearISBN 0521085845 (0-521-08584-5)
Hardcover, University Press
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The Arabian Nightsby Rene BullISBN 0517619342 (0-517-61934-2)
Hardcover, Random House Value Pub
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Arabian Nightsby Husain Haddawy, Muhsin Mahdi, Mahdi MushinISBN 0679413383 (0-679-41338-3)
Hardcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Arabian Nights'Book summary:(Book Jacket Status: Jacketed)
These stories (and stories within stories, and stories within stories within stories), told by the Princess Shahrazad under the threat of death if she ceases to amuse, first reached the West around 1700. They fired in the European imagination an appetite for the mysterious and exotic which has never left it. Collected over centuries from India, Persia, and Arabia, and ranging from vivacious erotica, animal fables, and adventure fantasies to pointed Sufi tales, the stories of The Arabian Nights provided the daily entertainment of the medieval Islamic world at the height of its glory.
The present new translation by Husain Haddawy is of the Mahdi edition, the definitive Arabic edition of a fourteenth-century Syrian manuscript in the Bibliothèque Nationale in Paris, which is the oldest surviving version of the tales and is considered to be the most authentic. This early version is without the embellishments and additions that appear in later Indian and Egyptian manuscripts, on which all previous English translations were based. [via]More editions of Arabian Nights:
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The Arabian Nightsby Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin, Nora A. Smith, Maxfield ParrishISBN 0684195895 (0-684-19589-5)
Hardcover, Simon & Schuster
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Arabian Nights'Book summary:For nearly a century, Scribner has exemplified the very best in publishing by pairing classic texts with the illustrative giants of the time, such as N. C. Wyeth and Maxfield Parrish. With the same commitment to the high standards established by the series' founders, Atheneum Books for Young Readers is expanding the Scribner Illustrated Classics line over the next several years to include such modern-day classics as Jack London's The Call of the Wild and White Fang, J.M. Barrie's Peter Pan, and The Stories of O. Henry, to be illustrated by some of the finest artists of our generation, including Wendell Minor, Ed Young, and Trina Schart Hyman. [via]
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The Arabian Nights: Tales from a Thousand and One Nightsby Jack David Zipes, Richard Francis BurtonISBN 061321126X (0-613-21126-X)
Hardcover, Bt Bound
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Arabian Nights: Tales from a Thousand and One Nights'Book summary:Full of mischief and valor, ribaldry and romance, The Arabian Nights is a work that has enthralled readers for centuries. The text presented here is that of the 1932 Modern Library edition for which Bennett A. Cerf chose the "most famous and representative" of the stories from the multivolume translation of Richard F. Burton.
The origins of The Arabian Nights are obscure. About a thousand years ago a vast number of stories in Arabic from various countries began to be brought together; only much later was the collection called The Arabian Nights or the Thousand and One Nights. All the stories are told by Shahrazad (Scheherazade), who entertains her husband, King Shahryar, whose custom it was to execute his wives after a single night. Shahrazad begins a story each night but withholds the ending until the following night, thus postponing her execution.
This selection includes many of the stories that are universally known though seldom read in this authentic form:
"Alaeddin; or, the Wonderful Lamp, " "Sindbad the Seaman and Sindbad the Landsman, " and "Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves." These, and the tales that accompany them, make delightful reading, demonstrating, as the Modern Library noted in 1932, that Shahrazad's spell remains unbroken. [via]More editions of The Arabian Nights: Tales from a Thousand and One Nights:
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The Arabian Nights' Entertainments, Or, The Book of a Thousand Nights and a Nightby Bennett Alfred Cerf, Richard Francis BurtonISBN 0679602356 (0-679-60235-6)
Hardcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Arabian Nights' Entertainments, Or, The Book of a Thousand Nights and a Night'Book summary:Full of mischief and valor, ribaldry and romance, The Arabian Nights is a work that has enthralled readers for centuries. The text presented here is that of the 1932 Modern Library edition for which Bennett A. Cerf chose the "most famous and representative" of the stories from the multivolume translation of Richard F. Burton.
The origins of The Arabian Nights are obscure. About a thousand years ago a vast number of stories in Arabic from various countries began to be brought together; only much later was the collection called The Arabian Nights or the Thousand and One Nights. All the stories are told by Shahrazad (Scheherazade), who entertains her husband, King Shahryar, whose custom it was to execute his wives after a single night. Shahrazad begins a story each night but withholds the ending until the following night, thus postponing her execution.
This selection includes many of the stories that are universally known though seldom read in this authentic form:
"Alaeddin; or, the Wonderful Lamp," "Sindbad the Seaman and Sindbad the Landsman," and "Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves." These, and the tales that accompany them, make delightful reading, demonstrating, as the Modern Library noted in 1932, that Shahrazad's spell remains unbroken. [via]More editions of The Arabian Nights' Entertainments, Or, The Book of a Thousand Nights and a Night:
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The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin : And Selections from His Other Writingsby Benjamin Franklin, Stacy SchiffISBN 0679641033 (0-679-64103-3)
Hardcover, Random House Publishing Group
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Autobiography, and Other Writingsby Benjamin FranklinISBN 0553210750 (0-553-21075-0)
Softcover, Bantam Classic & Loveswept
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Autobiography, and Other Writings'Book summary:excellent condition, pages are yellow uniformally, spine intact. [via]
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Beowulf, a Hero's Tale Retoldby James RumfordISBN 061875637X (0-618-75637-X)
Hardcover, Houghton Mifflin
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Calvin: Institutes of the Christian Religionby John Calvin, Ford Lewis BattlesISBN 0664220282 (0-664-22028-2)
Hardcover, Westminster John Knox Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Calvin: Institutes of the Christian Religion'Book summary:This is the definitive English-language edition of one of the monumental works of the Christian church. All previous editions--in Latin, French, German, and English--have been collated; references and notes have been verified, corrected, and expanded; and new bibliographies have been added.The translation preserves the rugged strength and vividness of Calvin's writing, but also conforms to modern English and renders heavy theological terms in simple language. The result is a translation that achieves a high degree of accuracy and at the same time is eminently readable.
Long recognized for the quality of its translations, introductions, explanatory notes, and indexes, the Library of Christian Classics provides scholars and students with modern English translations of some of the most significant Christian theological texts in history. Through these works--each written prior to the end of the sixteenth century--contemporary readers are able to engage the ideas that have shaped Christian theology and the church through the centuries.
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Calvin's Institutes: A New Compendby Hugh T. KerrISBN 0664250807 (0-664-25080-7)
Softcover, Presbyterian Pub Corp
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Calvin's Institutes: A New Compend'Book summary:This new and concise abridgement of Ford Lewis Battle's Calvin: Institutes of the Christian Religion is an easy-to-read introductory overview that will better acquaint the reader with Calvin. Consisting of thoughtfully chosen selections, this condensed edition of the Institutes helps fulfill the contemporary demand of scholars, ministers, students, and other persons who desire authentic texts of a relgious and cultural tradition.
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Calvin's Institutesby Jean Calvin, Donald K. McKimISBN 0664222986 (0-664-22298-6)
Softcover, Presbyterian Pub Corp
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Calvin's Institutes'Book summary:This abridgement of Ford Lewis Battles' Calvin: Institutes of the Christian Religion will better acquaint readers with the seminal work in Reformed theology. In an easy-to-read, concise format, Donald McKim follows the main development of Calvin's thought, accentuating his contributions without lingering over matters whose importance has become outdated.
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Critique of Pure Reasonby KantISBN 0460019090 (0-460-01909-0)
Softcover, J M Dent & Sons Ltd
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Critique of Pure Reason'Book summary:One of the cornerstone books of Western philosophy, here is Kant's seminal treatise, where he seeks to define the nature of reason itself and builds his own unique system of philosophical thought with an approach known as transcendental idealism. He argues that human knowledge is limited by the capacity for perception.[via]More editions of Critique of Pure Reason:
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Softcover, Cambridge Univ Pr - Critique of Pure Reason: ISBN 0460871129 (0-460-87112-9)
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Critique of Pure Reasonby Allen W. Wood, Paul Guyer, KantISBN 0521354021 (0-521-35402-1)
Hardcover, Cambridge Univ Pr
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Critique of Pure Reasonby Vasilis Politis, Kant, J. MeiklejohnISBN 046087358X (0-460-87358-X)
Softcover, Everyman
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Critique of Pure Reason'Book summary:A long-awaited new translation of an epochal philosophical text by two distinguished scholars [via]
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Dante's Infernoby Dante Alighieri, Tom PhillipsISBN 0500013624 (0-500-01362-4)
Hardcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Dante's Inferno'Book summary:The complete, translated text of Dante's great masterpiece is accompanied by prints, which provide a visual commentary to the poet's journey through hell [via]
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Decameronby Giovanni BoccaccioISBN 0460008455 (0-460-00845-5)
Hardcover, J M Dent & Sons Ltd
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Decameron'Book summary:To escape the outbreak of the plague that ravished Europe in the 1340s, ten friends enclosed themselves in a castle outside Florence. To pass the time, they entertained one another with a series of stories: Ten stories over a period of ten days... [via]
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The Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of the United States: With Indexby Pauline Maier, United States, United States ConstitutionISBN 0553214829 (0-553-21482-9)
Softcover, Bantam Classic & Loveswept
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of the United States: With Index'Book summary:The Declaration of Independence was the promise of a representative government; the Constitution was the fulfillment of that promise.
On July 4, 1776, the Second Continental Congress issued a unanimous declaration: the thirteen North American colonies would be the thirteen United States of America, free and independent of Great Britain. Drafted by Thomas Jefferson, the Declaration set forth the terms of a new form of government with the following words: "We hold these Truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness."
Framed in 1787 and in effect since March 1789, the Constitution of the United States of America fulfilled the promise of the Declaration by establishing a republican form of government with separate executive, legislative, and judicial branches. The first ten amendments, known as the Bill of Rights, became part of the Constitution on December 15, 1791. Among the rights guaranteed by these amendments are freedom of speech, freedom of the press, freedom of religion, and the right to trial by jury. Written so that it could be adapted to endure for years to come, the Constitution has been amended only seventeen times since 1791 and has lasted longer than any other written form of government. [via]More editions of The Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of the United States: With Index:
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The Divine Comedyby Dante AlighieriISBN 0691018952 (0-691-01895-2)
Softcover, Princeton Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Divine Comedy'Book summary:This splendid verse translation by Allen Mandelbaum provides an entirely fresh experience of Dante's great poem of penance and hope. As Dante ascends the Mount of Purgatory toward the Earthly Paradise and his beloved Beatrice, through "that second kingdom in which the human soul is cleansed of sin, " all the passion and suffering, poetry and philosophy are rendered with the immediacy of a poet of our own age. With extensive notes and commentary prepared especially for this edition.
"The English Dante of choice."--Hugh Kenner.
"Exactly what we have waited for these years, a Dante with clarity, eloquence, terror, and profoundly moving depths."--Robert Fagles, Princeton University.
"Tough and supple, tender and violent . . . vigorous, vernacular . . . Mandelbaum's Dante will stand high among modern translations."-- "The Christian Science Monitor" [via]
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The Divine Comedy of Dante Alighieriby Dante AlighieriISBN 0520027124 (0-520-02712-4)
Hardcover, Univ of California Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Divine Comedy of Dante Alighieri'Book summary:"As poetry, Mr. Zappulla's English Dante is successful--. The power of Dante's descriptive poetry should be apparent, and that is perhaps the highest compliment one can pay a translator."--Washington Times
In this new rendition of a timeless classic, Italian scholar Elio Zappulla captures the majesty and enduring power of the Inferno, the first of the three canticles of Dante's The Divine Comedy, unarguably one of the masterpieces of world literature. Rendering Dante's terza rima into lyrical blank verse, Zappulla's translation makes accessible to the modern reader the journey of the famed Florentine poet Dante through the nine circles of hell. With Virgil at his side, the great poet descends through horrific landscapes of the damned--dark forests, boiling muck, and burning plains filled with unspeakable punishment, lamentation, and terror--depicted with gruesome detail unmatched in all literature. Richly annotated, this translation takes even the first-time reader on a truth-seeking journey whose imaginative and psychological discoveries make clear why this work persists at the heart of Western culture.
"If Dante's Inferno is a cautionary tale of the history of human depravity, it is also an amazingly complex narrative, treating timeless ethical themes, medieval philosophy and religion, tendentious political issues and deeply personal events."--San Diego Union-Tribune
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Egil's Sagaby John Lucas, Snorri Sturluson, Christine FellISBN 0460112511 (0-460-11251-1)
Softcover, Dent
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Egil's Sagaby Christine Fell, John LucasISBN 0460872656 (0-460-87265-6)
Softcover, Tuttle Pub
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Eusebius: Ecclesiastical Historyby OultonISBN 0674992938 (0-674-99293-8)
Hardcover, Harvard Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Eusebius: Ecclesiastical History'Book summary:Eusebius of Caesarea, ca. 260340 CE, born in Palestine, was a student of the presbyter Pamphilus whom he loyally supported during Diocletian's persecution. He was himself imprisoned in Egypt, but became Bishop of Caesarea about 314. At the Council of Nicaea in 325 he sat by the emperor, led a party of moderates, and made the first draft of the famous creed.
Of Eusebius's many learned publications we have Martyrs of Palestine and Life of Constantine; several apologetic and polemic works; parts of his commentaries on the Psalms and Isaiah; and the Chronographia, known chiefly in Armenian and Syriac versions of the original Greek. But Eusebius's chief fame rests on the History of the Christian Church in ten books published in 324325, the most important ecclesiastical history of ancient times, a great treasury of knowledge about the early Church.
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Favorite Tales from the Arabian Nights' Entertainmentsby Richard F. BurtonISBN 0486419177 (0-486-41917-7)
Softcover, Dover Pubns
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Favorite Tales from the Arabian Nights' Entertainments'Book summary:Six enchanting tales, told by an Arabian princess to delay her execution, teem with giants, magnificent palaces, and beautiful princesses. Includes "Sindbad the Seaman and Sindbad the Landsman;" "Aladdin, or the Wonderful Lamp;" "Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves;" "The Fisherman and the Jinni;" "Judar and His Brethren;" and "Khalifah the Fisherman of Baghdad."[via]More editions of Favorite Tales from the Arabian Nights' Entertainments:
First Voyage to America: From the Log of the "Santa Maria"by Christopher ColumbusISBN 0486268446 (0-486-26844-6)
Softcover, Dover Pubns
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The Golden Legendby Jacobus, Jacobus Devoragine, William Granger RyanISBN 0691008949 (0-691-00894-9)
Hardcover, Princeton Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Golden Legend'Book summary:Depicting the lives of the saints in an array of both factual and fictional stories--some preposterous, some profound, and some shocking--The Golden Legend was perhaps the most widely read book, after the Bible, during the late Middle Ages. It was compiled around 1260 by Jacobus de Voragine, a scholarly friar and eventual archbishop of Genoa, whose purpose was to captivate, encourage, and edify the faithful, while preserving a vast store of information pertaining to the legends and traditions of the church. In his new translation, the first in English of the complete text, William Granger Ryan captures the immediacy of this rich, image-filled work, and offers an important guide for readers interested in medieval art and literature and, more generally, in popular religious culture.
These stories have the effect of bringing the saints to life as real people, in the context of late thirteenth-century living, but in them the saints do things that ordinary people can only wonder at. There is St. Juliana, who, fed up with the propositions of a dull-witted demon, gives him a sound thrashing and tosses him in the sewer; St. Hilary, who challenges the authority of a corrupt pope and foresees the prelate's death; and St. James the Dismembered, who, with the chopping off of each body part by the Roman executioner, joyfully proclaims yet another reason for loving God.
In the course of reading these stories, which are arranged according to the order of saints' feast days throughout the liturgical year, we happen upon many fascinating cultural and historical topics, such as the Christianization of Roman holidays, the symbolism behind the monk's tonsure, Nero's "pregnancy, " and the reason whychaste but hot-blooded women can grow beards. At the same time these stories draw abundantly on Holy Scripture to shed light on the mysteries of the Christian faith. The chapters devoted to Christ and to the Blessed Virgin are particularly moving examples of the mingling of doctrine and narrative to give life to dogma. [via]
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The Golden Legend: Readings on the Saintsby Jacobus Devoragine, William Granger RyanISBN 0691001537 (0-691-00153-7)
Softcover, Princeton Univ Pr
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The Golden Legend: Sold Only As Individual Volumes (See Prod Id. 2594710 & 2594701)by Jacobus Devoragine, William Granger RyanISBN 0691001626 (0-691-00162-6)
Softcover, Princeton Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Golden Legend: Sold Only As Individual Volumes (See Prod Id. 2594710 & 2594701)'Book summary:Depicting the lives of the saints in an array of both factual and fictional stories--some preposterous, some profound, and some shocking--The Golden Legend was perhaps the most widely read book, after the Bible, during the late Middle Ages. It was compiled around 1260 by Jacobus de Voragine, a scholarly friar and eventual archbishop of Genoa, whose purpose was to captivate, encourage, and edify the faithful, while preserving a vast store of information pertaining to the legends and traditions of the church. In his new translation, the first in English of the complete text, William Granger Ryan captures the immediacy of this rich, image-filled work, and offers an important guide for readers interested in medieval art and literature and, more generally, in popular religious culture.
These stories have the effect of bringing the saints to life as real people, in the context of late thirteenth-century living, but in them the saints do things that ordinary people can only wonder at. There is St. Juliana, who, fed up with the propositions of a dull-witted demon, gives him a sound thrashing and tosses him in the sewer; St. Hilary, who challenges the authority of a corrupt pope and foresees the prelate's death; and St. James the Dismembered, who, with the chopping off of each body part by the Roman executioner, joyfully proclaims yet another reason for loving God.
In the course of reading these stories, which are arranged according to the order of saints' feast days throughout the liturgical year, we happen upon many fascinating cultural and historical topics, such as the Christianization of Roman holidays, the symbolism behind the monk's tonsure, Nero's "pregnancy," and the reason why chaste but hot-blooded women can grow beards. At the same time these stories draw abundantly on Holy Scripture to shed light on the mysteries of the Christian faith. The chapters devoted to Christ and to the Blessed Virgin are particularly moving examples of the mingling of doctrine and narrative to give life to dogma.
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Great Speechesby Abraham LincolnISBN 0486268721 (0-486-26872-1)
Softcover, Dover Pubns
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Hellby Steve Ellis, Alighieri DanteISBN 0701161272 (0-7011-6127-2)
Hardcover, Trafalgar Square
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History of the Kings of Britainby Geoffrey of MonmouthISBN 052547014X (0-525-47014-X)
Softcover, Penguin USA
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How the Other Half Lives: Studies among the Tenements of New Yorkby Jacob A. RiisISBN 0486220125 (0-486-22012-5)
Softcover, Dover Pubns
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› Find signed collectible books: 'How the Other Half Lives: Studies Among the Tenements of New York'Book summary:Scoiology, American Studies, American History, US History, Urban Studies [via]
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Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girlby Harriet A. JacobsISBN 0486419312 (0-486-41931-2)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl'Book summary:This autobiographical account by a former slave is one of the few extant narratives written by a woman. Written and published in 1861, it delivers a powerful portrayal of the brutality of slave life. Jacobs speaks frankly of her master's abuse and her eventual escape, in a tale of dauntless spirit and faith.[via]More editions of Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl:
- Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl: ISBN 0674002784 (0-674-00278-4)
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Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl Written by Herselfby John Jacobs, Jean Fagan Yellin, John S. JacobsISBN 0674002717 (0-674-00271-7)
Softcover, Harvard Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl Written by Herself'Book summary:THIS EDITION HAS BEEN REPLACED BY A NEWER EDITION.
This enlarged edition of the most significant and celebrated slave narrative now completes the Jacobs family saga, surely one of the most memorable in all of American history. John Jacobs's short slave narrative, A True Tale of Slavery, published in London in 1861, adds a brother's perspective to Harriet Jacobs's own autobiography. It is an exciting addition to this now classic work, as John Jacobs presents additional historical information about family life so well described already by his sister. Importantly, it presents the people, places, and events Harriet Jacobs wrote about from the different perspective of a male narrator. Once more, Jean Yellin, who discovered this long-lost document, supplies annotation and authentication. She has also brought her Introduction up to date.
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Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, Written by Herself: Written by Herselfby L.Maria Child, Harriet A. Jacobs, Jean Fagan Yellin, Lydia Maria Francis ChildISBN 0674447468 (0-674-44746-8)
Softcover, Harvard Univ Pr
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The Infernoby Dante Alighieri, Henry Wadsworth LongfellowISBN 0486442888 (0-486-44288-8)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Inferno'Book summary:In this superb translation with an introduction and commentary by Allen Mandelbaum, all of Dante's vivid images--the earthly, sublime, intellectual, demonic, ecstatic--are rendered with marvelous clarity to read like the words of a poet born in our own age. [via]
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The Journals of Lewis and Clarkby Frank Bergon, William Clark, Meriwether LewisISBN 0670826111 (0-670-82611-1)
Hardcover, Viking
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The journals of Lewis and Clark have been called a national treasure. The Corps of Discovery helped to open the Louisiana Purchase to hundreds of thousands of pioneering settlers.
We're proud to bring this recreation of those handwritten texts to a new generation of readers, learners, and historians.
In 1803, President Thomas Jefferson commissioned the Corps of Discovery as a scientific and military expedition to explore the newly acquired Louisiana Purchase. The expedition's goal was stated by Jefferson in a letter dated June 20, 1803, to Lewis: "to explore the Missouri River and such principal stream of it as by its course and communication with the waters of the Pacific Ocean, whether the Columbia, Oregon, Colorado or any other river that may offer the most direct and practicable water communication across this continent for the purpose of commerce".[6] In addition, the expedition was to learn more about the Northwest's natural resources, inhabitants and possibilities for settlement;[7] as well as evaluating the potential interference of British and French Canadian hunters and trappers who were already well established in the area.
Jefferson selected U.S. Army Captain Meriwether Lewishis aide and personal friendto lead the Corps of Discovery. Lewis selected William Clark as his partner. Because of bureaucratic delays in the U.S. Army, Clark officially only held the rank of Second Lieutenant at the time, but Lewis concealed this from the men and shared the leadership of the expedition, always referring to Clark as "Captain".
They began their historic journey on May 14, 1804. They soon met up with Lewis in Saint Charles, Missouri, and the corps followed the Missouri River westward. Soon they passed La Charrette, the last caucasian settlement on the Missouri River. The expedition followed the Missouri through what is now Kansas City, Missouri, and Omaha, Nebraska. On August 20, 1804, the Corps of Discovery suffered its only death when Sergeant Charles Floyd died, apparently from acute appendicitis. He was buried at Floyd's Bluff, in what is now Sioux City, Iowa. During the final week of August, Lewis and Clark had reached the edge of the Great Plains, a place abounding with elk, deer, bison, and beavers.
The expedition continued to follow the Missouri to its headwaters and over the Continental Divide at Lemhi Pass via horses. In canoes, they descended the mountains by the Clearwater River, the Snake River, and the Columbia River, past Celilo Falls and past what is now Portland, Oregon. At this point,[clarification needed] Lewis spotted Mount Hood, a mountain known to be very close to the ocean. On a big pine, Clark carved
Clark had written in his journal, "Ocean in view! O! The Joy!". One journal entry is captioned "Cape Disappointment at the Entrance of the Columbia River into the Great South Sea or Pacific Ocean". By that time the expedition faced its second bitter winter during the trip, so the group decided to vote on whether to camp on the north or south side of the Columbia River. The party agreed to camp on the south side of the river (modern Astoria, Oregon), building Fort Clatsop as their winter quarters. While wintering at the fort, the men prepared for the trip home by boiling salt from the ocean, hunting elk and other wildlife, and interacting with the native tribes.
The explorers began their journey home on March 23, 1806. Lewis and Clark used four dugout canoes they bought from the Native Americans, plus one that they stole in "retaliation" for a previous theft.
Lewis and Clark separated until they reached the confluence of the Yellowstone and Missouri Rivers on August 11. Clark's team had floated down the rivers in bull boats. Once reunited, the Corps was able to return home quickly via the Missouri River. They reached St. Louis on September 23, 1806. [via]More editions of The Journals of Lewis and Clark:
Lais of Marie De France.by Robert W. Hanning, Joan M. Ferrante, MarieISBN 0525143408 (0-525-14340-8)
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Lucretius: De Rerum Naturaby Titus Lucretius CarusISBN 0674992008 (0-674-99200-8)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Lucretius: De Rerum Natura'Book summary:Lucretius (Titus Lucretius Carus) lived ca. 99ca. 55 BCE, but the details of his career are unknown. He is the author of the great didactic poem in hexameters, De Rerum Natura (On the Nature of Things). In six books compounded of solid reasoning, brilliant imagination, and noble poetry, he expounds the scientific theories of the Greek philosopher Epicurus, with the aim of dispelling fear of the gods and fear of death and so enabling man to attain peace of mind and happiness.
In Book 1 he establishes the general principles of the atomic system, refutes the views of rival physicists, and proves the infinity of the universe and of its two ultimate constituents, matter and void. In Book 2 he explains atomic movement, the variety of atomic shapes, and argues that the atoms lack colour, sensation, and other secondary qualities. In Book 3 he expounds the nature and composition of mind and spirit, proves their mortality, and argues that there is nothing to fear in death. Book 4 explains the nature of sensation and thought, and ends with an impressive account of sexual love. Book 5 describes the nature and formation of our world, astronomical phenomena, the beginnings of life on earth, and the development of civilization. In Book 6 the poet explains various atmospheric and terrestrial phenomena, including thunder, lightning, earthquakes, volcanoes, the magnet, and plagues.
The work is distinguished by the fervour and poetry of the author.
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Lucy Hutchinson's Translation of Lucretius: De Rerun Naturaby Hugh De Quehen, Titus Lucretius Carus, Lucy Apsley HutchinsonISBN 047210778X (0-472-10778-X)
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Monarch Notes on Plato's the Republic and Selected Dialoguesby Leo RauchISBN 0671005057 (0-671-00505-7)
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On the Nature of Thingsby Lucretius, William Ellery LeonardISBN 048643446X (0-486-43446-X)
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Platon's Republicby PlatonISBN 071484408X (0-7148-4408-X)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Platon's Republic'Book summary:A collection of unique portraits by British born, New York based, fashion photographer Platon, which includes over 120 photographs constituting a unique and dynamic cross-section through the cult of fame and power. Platon's subjects are all leaders in their field and include Al Pacino, Bill Clinton, Vivienne Westwood, Leonard Cohen and David Beckham. A collection of unique portraits by British born, New York based, fashion photographer Platon. Over 120 photographs have been selected from an enormous range of powerful images taken over the last decade and together they constitute a unique and dynamic cross-section through the cult of fame and power. Platon's Republic is a window into today's media-led culture that bombards, and sometimes overwhelms, us with images of world-wide importance juxtaposed with frivolity. Platon's Republic replicates the same intense and sometimes surreal experience with portraits of Al Pacino, Bill Clinton, Vivienne Westwood, Leonard Cohen as well as more documentary photographs of Jesse Jackson and Bianca Jagger demonstrating against the death penalty and football supporters. Granted extraordinary access to some of the west's most powerful people, Platon's subjects are all leaders in their field. Whether they are from the TV industry, politicians, actors, fashion designers, writers or musicians, they all wield enormous influence within their arena. Platons' portraits are graphic and intimate, but the unusual angles and revealing expressions are his hallmark. [via]
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Plutarch: Lives of Noble Grecians and Romansby A. H. Clough, John DrydenISBN 0679600086 (0-679-60008-6)
Hardcover, Modern Library
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The present translation, originally published in 1683 in conjunction with a life of Plutarch by John Dryden, was revised in 1864 by the poet and scholar Arthur Hugh Clough, whose notes and preface are also included in this edition.
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The Republicby Plato, Benjamin JowettISBN 0486411214 (0-486-41121-4)
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The Republicby John Hall, Plato, Terence IrwinISBN 0460873822 (0-460-87382-2)
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The Republic of Platoby Plato, Allan David BloomISBN 0465069347 (0-465-06934-7)
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The Second Treatise of Government and a Letter Concerning Tolerationby John LockeISBN 0486424642 (0-486-42464-2)
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Sources of the Western Tradition: From Ancient Times to the Enlightenmentby Theodore H. Von Laue, Marvin Perry, Pedenm Joseph R., Joseph R. PedenISBN 0618162275 (0-618-16227-5)
Softcover, Houghton Mifflin College Div
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Sources of the Western Tradition: From the Renaissance to the Present - Brief Editionby PerryISBN 0618539034 (0-618-53903-4)
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Sources of the Western Tradition, Volume 1 : From Ancient Times to the Enlightenmentby Marvin Perry, Joseph R. Peden, Theodore H. Von LaueISBN 0618473866 (0-618-47386-6)
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The Spirit of Lawsby Anne M. Cohler, C. De MontisquieuISBN 0521369746 (0-521-36974-6)
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The Spirit of Laws: A Compendium of the First English Editionby Charles Louis De Secondat MontesquieuISBN 0520034554 (0-520-03455-4)
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Suetoniusby J. C. Rolfe, Keith R. BradleyISBN 0674995651 (0-674-99565-1)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Suetonius'Book summary:Suetonius (C. Suetonius Tranquillus, born ca. 70 CE), son of a military tribune, was at first an advocate and a teacher of rhetoric, but later became the emperor Hadrian's private secretary, 119121. He dedicated to C. Septicius Clarus, prefect of the praetorian guard, his Lives of the Caesars. After the dismissal of both men for some breach of court etiquette, Suetonius apparently retired and probably continued his writing. His other works, many known by title, are now lost except for part of the Lives of Illustrious Men (of letters).
Friend of Pliny the Younger, Suetonius was a studious and careful collector of facts, so that the extant lives of the emperors (including Julius Caesar the dictator) to Domitian are invaluable. His plan in Lives of the Caesars is: the emperor's family and early years; public and private life; death. We find many anecdotes, much gossip of the imperial court, and various details of character and personal appearance. Suetonius's account of Nero's death is justly famous.
The Loeb Classical Library edition of Suetonius is in two volumes. Both volumes were revised throughout in 1997-98, and a new Introduction added.
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Tales from the Arabian NightsISBN 0721417590 (0-7214-1759-0)
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Find This BookBook summary:The fables and legends of "Aladdin" and "Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves", taken from the "Arabian Nights". In these two tales filled with mystery, intrigue and excitement, Aladdin and Ali Baba each make magical discoveries. [via]
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Tales from the Arabian Nights Selected from the Book of a Thousand Nights and a Nightby Richard BurtonISBN 0671808036 (0-671-80803-6)
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Tales from the Arabian Nights: Selected from the Book of the Thousand Nights and a Nightby David Shumaker, Richard Francis BurtonISBN 0517261847 (0-517-26184-7)
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Theories of Modern Art: A Source Book by Artistsby Herschel B. ChippISBN 0520052560 (0-520-05256-0)
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The Thousand Nights and One Nightby E. Powys Mathers, MardrusISBN 0710208693 (0-7102-0869-3)
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The White House Transcriptsby Richard M. Nixon, United StatesISBN 0670763241 (0-670-76324-1)
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The World's Great ClassicsISBN 0717200019 (0-7172-0001-9)
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Find This BookBook summary:Odyssey, The: The World's Great Classics, by Homer; tr. by S.H. Butcher and Andrew Lang [via]
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Tacitus Bk. IV : Annalsby R. H. Martin, Cornelius Tacitus, A. J. Woodman, P. E. Easterling, Philip HardieISBN 0521315433 (0-521-31543-3)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Tacitus Bk. IV : Annals'Book summary:The fourth book of Tacitus' Annals has been described as "the best that Tacitus ever wrote." It covers the years AD 23-28, starting when Tacitus noted a significant deterioration in the principate of the emperor Tiberius, and the increasingly malign influence of his "evil genius" Sejanus. R.H. Martin and A.J. Woodman present an improved text of Annals IV, explain in detail the difficulties and unusual features of Tacitus' Latin, and discuss the dramatic, structural and literary qualities of the narrative. They also discuss the political, moral and stylistic dimensions of the Roman historiographical tradition. Though intended primarily as a textbook for undergraduates and high school students, this edition will interest scholars of Latin literature and Roman history as well. [via]
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