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Aristotle: Nicomachean Ethics, Books Ii--ivby AristotleISBN 185326461X (1-85326-461-X)
Softcover, Lb May & Assoc Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Aristotle: Nicomachean Ethics, Books Ii--iv'Book summary:Aristotle (384-322BC) is the philosopher who has most influence on the development of western culture, writing on a wide variety of subjects including the natural sciences as well as the more strictly philosophical topics of logic, metaphysics and ethics. To the poet Dante, he was simply 'the master of those who know'. The Ethics contains his views on what makes a good human life. While the work continues to stimulate and challenge modern philosophers, the general course of the argument is easily accessible to the non-specialist. Both as a key influence in the history of ideas and as a work containing unique insights into the human condition, this is a book that simply demands to be read. [via]
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The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklinby Benjamin FranklinISBN 1853265640 (1-85326-564-0)
Softcover, Wordsworth Edition
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The Autobiography of Charles Darwinby Charles DarwinISBN 1840465034 (1-84046-503-4)
Hardcover, Totem Books
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The Autobiography of John Stuart Millby John Stuart Mill, A.O.J. CockshutISBN 1853310263 (1-85331-026-3)
Hardcover, Ryburn Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Autobiography of John Stuart Mill'Book summary:John Stuart Mill (20 May 1806 - 8 May 1873), English philosopher, political theorist, political economist, civil servant and Member of Parliament, was an influential Classical liberal thinker of the 19th century whose works on liberty justified freedom of the individual in opposition to unlimited state control. He wrote the book Utilitarianism , a philosophical defense of utilitarianism in ethics. [via]
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Bacchaeby Euripides, Kenneth McLeish, Frederic RaphaieISBN 1854594117 (1-85459-411-7)
Softcover, Theatre Communications Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Bacchae'Book summary:Euripides' classic drama about the often mortifying consequences of the unbridled--and frequently hysterical--celebration of the feast of Dionysus, the God of wine.[via]More editions of Bacchae:
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Beetpm's Book of Household Management (1861)by Isabelle BeetonISBN 187096215X (1-870962-15-X)
Hardcover, Equinox Publishing Limited
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Beetpm's Book of Household Management (1861)'Book summary:First published in 1861. Facsimile of the very rare first impression of the first edition with its splendid colour plates. This was Isabella Beeton's collection of the recipes that appeared in her husband's The English Woman's Domestic Magazine which ran for the three years (1859-61). It was to become the best-known cookery book in the English language, and covers not only cookery but also the management and duties of servants, legal affairs, medical matters and more. All recipes were edited, rewritten and personally tested by Isabella Beeton. [via]
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Beloved Bride: The Letters of Stonewall Jackson to His Wifeby William PotterISBN 1929241631 (1-929241-63-1)
Softcover, The Vision Forum Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Beloved Bride: The Letters of Stonewall Jackson to His Wife'Book summary:He called her "my beloved esposa" because Anna was his dearest love on this earth. Ironically, while the great military exploits of General Stonewall Jackson are studied in military schools the world over and his iron will and stern self-discipline have become legendary, little is said about his remarkable marriage. The real Thomas J. Jackson was a humble Christian and loving husband and father. The tender and instructive letters he wrote to his wife Anna are a model of godly leadership and covenantal faithfulness. From their courtship to their final days together, trace the true story of this remarkable couple through the letters of General Jackson to his bride. Even in the midst of the most arduous military campaigns, Stonewall took the time to send home extensive letters of love and devotion. Through all of this, General Jackson proves himself to be a model example for Christian husbands of the twenty-first century -- especially through his dedication to living for God's glory and trusting in His providential care.
This special edition book features a foreword by Stephen Lang, the actor who portrays "Stonewall" Jackson in the film, Gods and Generals. [via]
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Ben Franklin America's Original Entrepreneur: Americas Original Enterpreneur Franklin's Autobiography Adapted for Modern Timesby Blaine McCormickISBN 1932531688 (1-932531-68-8)
Hardcover, Entrepreneur Pr
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Beyond Good And Evilby Friedrich NietzscheISBN 1599869934 (1-59986-993-4)
Softcover, Filiquarian Pub Llc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Beyond Good And Evil'Book summary:He's one of the most debated writers of the 19th century: Nietzsche and his works have been by turns vilified, lauded, and subjected to numerous contradictory interpretations, and yet he remains a figure of profound import, and his works a necessary component of a well-rounded education. This 1885 book serves as both vital introduction to and valuable summation of Nietzsche's philosophy as a whole. Here, broken down into bite-size segments are the great thinker's outlook on philosophical bias, religion, morality, virtue, nationalism, free-spiritedness, scholarship, gender relations, and other weighty topics. German psychologist and philosopher FRIEDRICH WILHELM NIETZSCHE (1844-1900) was appointed special professor of classical philology at the University of Basel at the precocious age of 24, but soon found himself dissatisfied with academic life and created an alternative intellectual society for himself among friends including composer Richard Wagner, historian Jakob Burckhardt, and theologian Franz Overbeck. Among his philosophical works are Thus Spoke Zarathustra, Beyond Good and Evil, and Ecce Homo. ______________________________________ ALSO FROM COSIMO Nietzsche's The Use and Abuse of History, Thus Spake Zarathustra, and The Anti-Christ [via]
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The Bondage of the Willby Martin LutherISBN 1932307079 (1-932307-07-9)
Softcover, Emerald House Group Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Bondage of the Will'Book summary:This edition of the Bondage of the Will was translated by Henry Cole in 1823. "Free will was no academic question to Luther; the whole Gospel of the grace of God, he held, was bound up with it, and stood or fell according to the way one decided it . . . . It is not the part of a true theologian, Luther holds, to be unconcerned, or to pretend to be unconcerned, when the Gospel is in danger . . . . The doctrine of the Bondage of the Will in particular was the corner-stone of the Gospel and the foundation of faith'' (40-41, emphasis added). ''In particular, the denial of free will was to Luther the foundation of the Biblical doctrine of grace, and a hearty endorsement of that denial was the first step for anyone who would understand the Gospel and come to faith in God. The man who has not yet practically and experimentally learned the bondage of his will in sin has not yet comprehended any part of the Gospel" "Justification by faith only is a truth that needs interpretation. The principle of sola fide [by faith alone] is not rightly understood till it is seen as anchored in the broader principle of sola gratia [by grace alone]; . . . for to rely on ones self for faith is not different in principle from relying on ones self for works" The Bible teaches that faith itself is and has to be, a gift of God, by grace, and not of self (Ephesians 2:8). It is safe to deduce that for Luther, any evangelist who advocates free will has not only ''not yet comprehended any part of the Gospel,'' but also that he has not yet preached the Gospel at all; his is a counterfeit gospel.Luther was ordered to recant his teachings on threat of excommunication. Luther thundered, ''Unless I am convinced by Scriptures and plain reason [for Luther, this meant logic], my conscience is captive to the Word of God. I cannot and I will not recant anything. Here I stand, I can do no other!" [From a review in The Trinity Review] Martin Luther (1483-1546) shattered the structure of the Medieval Church by demanding that the authority for doctrine and practice be the Scriptures rather than popes or councils, and ignited the famous Protestant Reformation. The Roman Catholic hierarchy could not refute his logic, so they attempted to have him killed. But he was protected by Frederic. It has been said that more books have been written about Luther than about any other person except Jesus Christ. 164 pages, hard cover [via]
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The Brothers Karamazov: Library Editionby Fyodor DostoevskyISBN 1857150708 (1-85715-070-8)
Hardcover, Everyman's Library Ltd
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Canterbury Talesby Geoffrey ChaucerISBN 184022536X (1-84022-536-X)
Softcover, Lb May & Assoc Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Canterbury Tales'Book summary:[via]Two-part adaptation of Geoffrey Chaucers tales by Tony award winner adaptor Mike Poulton. All the famous characters are here as well as many less well-known but equally full of life. Each of the stories has its own styleheroic verse for the Knights Tale, vernacular rhymes for the Millers Tale etc.echoing the many narrative voices employed by Chaucer himself.
Capitalby Karl MarxISBN 187776776X (1-877767-76-X)
Hardcover, Univ Pub House
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Catullus: The Poemsby Kenneth QuinnISBN 1853994979 (1-85399-497-9)
Softcover, Bristol Classical Pr
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Chapman's Homer the Iliad the Odysseyby HomerISBN 1840221178 (1-84022-117-8)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Chapman's Homer the Iliad the Odyssey'Book summary:Hector bidding farewell to his wife and baby son, Odysseus bound to the mast listening to the Sirens, Penelope at the loom, Achilles dragging Hector's body round the walls of Troy - scenes from Homer have been reportrayed in every generation. The questions about mortality and identity that Homer's heroes ask, the bonds of love, respect and fellowship that motivate them, have gripped audiences for three millennia. Chapman's Iliad and Odyssey are great English epic poems, but they are also two of the liveliest and readable translations of Homer. Chapman's freshness makes the everyday world of nature and the craftsman as vivid as the battlefield and Mount Olympus. His poetry is driven by the excitement of the Renaissance discovery of classical civilisation as at once vital and distant, and is enriched by the perspectives of humanist thought. [via]
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Commentary on the Book of Jonahby Deborah Everhart, of Auxerre HaimoISBN 1879288362 (1-879288-36-2)
Softcover, Western Michigan Univ Medieval
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Common Sense and the Rights of Man: & The Rights of Manby Thomas Paine, Tony BennISBN 1842121073 (1-84212-107-3)
Softcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc
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The Conquest of Jerusalem and the Third Crusade: Sources in Translationby William, P. W. EdburyISBN 1859282911 (1-85928-291-1)
Hardcover, Ashgate Pub Co
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De LA Democratie En Ameriqueby Alexis De TocquevilleISBN 2070323544 (2-07-032354-4)
Softcover, Schoenhofs Foreign Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'De LA Democratie En Amerique'Book summary:Théoricien du libéralisme, Tocqueville montre dans De la démocratie en Amérique comment la démocratie s'est accompagnée des progrès de l'individualisme. Cependant, les droits individuels une fois proclamés et reconnus, ce goût pour la liberté s'est corrompu en passion pour l'égalité, favorisant la diffusion d'un esprit majoritaire et conformiste.
En effet, à force de réclamer les mêmes droits pour tous, les individus se contentent de revendiquer une égalisation de leur condition sociale et de leur mode de vie. Or, la majorité ne se reconnaissant que dans ce qui lui ressemble, l'obsession égalitariste finit par nuire à la créativité, toute volonté de différenciation étant par avance condamnée ; elle finit aussi par menacer les institutions politiques elles-mêmes. Uniquement soucieux de défendre leurs acquis sociaux et matériels, les individus se désintéressent de la chose publique et se replient sur leur vie privée, au profit d'une administration toute puissante dont la douce tyrannie menace à terme leurs libertés.
Cette analyse de la pensée unique et du conformisme démocratique fait de Tocqueville un auteur résolument moderne, dont l'oeuvre a eu une influence considérable et mérite plus que jamais qu'on la découvre. --Paul Klein [via]
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The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empireby Edward GibbonISBN 1853264997 (1-85326-499-7)
Softcover, Lb May & Assoc Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire'Book summary:Gibbon's Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, published between 1776 and 1788, is the undisputed masterpiece of English historical writing which can only perish with the language itself. Its length alone is a measure of its monumental quality: seventy-one chapters, of which twenty-eight appear in full in this edition. With style, learning and wit, Gibbon takes the reader through the history of Europe from the second century AD to the fall of Constantinople in 1453 - an enthralling account by 'the greatest of the historians of the Enlightenment'. This edition includes Gibbon's footnotes and quotations, here translated for the first time, together with brief explanatory comments, a precis of the chapters not included, 16 maps, a glossary, and a list of emperors. [via]
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The Dialogues of Platoby Benjamin JowettISBN 1855065142 (1-85506-514-2)
Hardcover, Continuum Intl Pub Group
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Dictionary of Phrase and Fableby E. C. BrewerISBN 1853263001 (1-85326-300-1)
Softcover, Wordsworth Edition
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Don Quixoteby Miguel de Cervantes SaavedraISBN 1853267953 (1-85326-795-3)
Softcover, Wordsworth Editions, Limited
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Don Quixote'Book summary:GREAT BOOK [via]
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Softcover, Varsitybooks.Com - Don Quixote: ISBN 1857150031 (1-85715-003-1)
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Dress In Anglo-saxon Englandby Gale R Owen-CrockerISBN 1843830817 (1-84383-081-7)
Hardcover, Boydell & Brewer Inc
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El ingenioso hidalgo don Quijote de la Mancha/The ingenious nobleman Don Quijote de la Manchaby Miguel De Cervantes Saavedra, Salvador Jim-Enez-Fajardo, James A. ParrISBN 1889818119 (1-889818-11-9)
Hardcover, Pegasus Press
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An Elizabethan Inheritance: The Hardwick Hall Textilesby Santina M. LeveyISBN 1905400217 (1-905400-21-7)
Hardcover, Anova Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'An Elizabethan Inheritance: The Hardwick Hall Textiles'Book summary:[via]Hardwick Hall in Derbyshire houses a world-famous collection of 16th and 17th century textile furnishings. The collection ranges from carpets and tapestries to bed sets and cushion covers, many of them decorated with superb embroidery. In this lavishly illustrated and authoritative introduction to the collection, Santina M. Levey places the textiles in their day-to-day context. During the 16th and 17th centuries textiles were of prime importance. They were the major means of providing color, pattern, warmth, and comfort within a house, and their high cost made them the vehicle for an often ostentatious display of wealth.More editions of An Elizabethan Inheritance: The Hardwick Hall Textiles:
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Essaisby De MontaigneISBN 2035881978 (2-03-588197-8)
Softcover, Distribooks Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Essais'Book summary:"Lecteur, je suis moi-même la matière de mon livre" : c'est ce surprenant aveu de subjectivité qui ouvre l'un des textes les plus modernes de la littérature française, quoique l'un des plus anciens. À la mort de son ami La Boétie, Montaigne décide en effet de prendre la plume pour perpétuer leurs discussions si fécondes. Sur ce mode autobiographique, tous les sujets seront abordés, de l'amitié à l'éducation, de la philosophie à la lecture, de la religion à la mort des hommes. En s'observant lui-même, Montaigne fait ainsi le tour de l'homme, proposant une réflexion essentielle sur sa place dans le monde et sur le champ d'action de la pensée humaine.
Au siècle de Rabelais, des poètes de la Pléiade et de l'humanisme européen, l'oeuvre de Montaigne reste une météorite inclassable, entre écriture personnelle et monument philosophique. Oeuvre d'un homme engagé dans son temps, les Essais allaient fonder toute une tradition d'écriture à la française, de Pascal à Malraux, de Rousseau à Camus. --Karla Manuele [via]
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Euclids Elementsby Euclid, Dana DensmoreISBN 1888009195 (1-888009-19-5)
Softcover, Green Lion Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Euclids Elements'Book summary:Green Lion Press has prepared a new one-volume edition of T.L. Heath's translation of the thirteen books of Euclid's "Elements" In keeping with Green Lion's design commitment, diagrams have been placed on every spread for convenient reference while working through the proofs; running heads on every page indicate both Euclid's book number and proposition numbers for that page; and adequate space for notes is allowed between propositions and around diagrams. The all-new index has built into it a glossary of Euclid's Green terms. [via]
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Everymanby Simon TrusslerISBN 1854593862 (1-85459-386-2)
Softcover, Theatre Communications Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Everyman'Book summary:The classic 16th century morality play, recently revived by the Royal Shakespeare Company.[via]More editions of Everyman:
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FaustISBN 1840221151 (1-84022-115-1)
Softcover, Lb May & Assoc Inc
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Faust I and IIby Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Robert D. MacDonaldISBN 1870259114 (1-870259-11-4)
Softcover, Oberon Books, Limited
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Faust I and II'Book summary:Perhaps some apology ought to be given to English scholars, that is, those who do not know German, (to those, at least, who do not know what sort of a thing Faust is in the original,) for offering another translation to the public, of a poem which has been already translated, not only in a literal prose form, but also, twenty or thirty times, in metre, and sometimes with great spirit, beauty, and power.
The author of the present version, then, has no knowledge that a rendering of this wonderful poem into the exact and ever-changing metre of the original has, until now, been so much as attempted. To name only one defect, the very best versions which he has seen neglect to follow the exquisite artist in the evidently planned and orderly intermixing of male and female rhymes, i.e. rhymes which fall on the last syllable and those which fall on the last but one. Now, every careful student of the versification of Faust must feel and see that Goethe did not intersperse the one kind of rhyme with the other, at random, as those translators do; who, also, give the female rhyme (on which the vivacity of dialogue and description often so much depends,) in so small a proportion.
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Female Monastic Life in Early Tudor England: With an Edition of Richard Fox's Translation of the Benedictine Rule for Women, 1517by Benedict, Barry CollettISBN 1840146095 (1-84014-609-5)
Hardcover, Ashgate Pub Ltd
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Freedom of the Will: A Careful and Strict Inquiry into the Modern Prevailing Notions of That Freedom of Willby Jonathan EdwardsISBN 1846856191 (1-84685-619-1)
Softcover, Diggory Pr
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The Glorious Qu'Ranby Marmaduke William PickthallISBN 1879402513 (1-879402-51-3)
Softcover, Tahrike Tarsile Quran
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Glorious Qu'Ran'Book summary:The first English translation of the Qur'an by an Englishman who is a Muslim, the aim of The Glorious Qur'an is to present to English readers what Muslims the world over hold to be the meaning of the words of the Qur'an. Concisely and in worthy language, with a view to the requirements of English Muslims, the Book is rendered almost literally and every effort has been made to choose befitting language. Fully indexed, the original Arabic accompanies the English translation and commentaries.[via]More editions of The Glorious Qu'Ran:
The Glorious Qur'anby Marmaduke William PickthallISBN 1879402165 (1-879402-16-5)
Softcover, Tahrike Tarsile Quran, Incorporated
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The Gothic History of Jordanesby Charles Christopher Mierow, JordanesISBN 1889758779 (1-889758-77-9)
Softcover, Arx Pub
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Gulag Archipelago 1918-1956ISBN 186046632X (1-86046-632-X)
Softcover, Harvill Pr
Find This BookBook summary:[This is the MP3CD audiobook format of VOLUME 2 in vinyl case.]
**Time Magazine's Best Nonfiction Book of the 20th Century**
In this masterpiece, Solzhenitsyn has orchestrated thousands of incidents and individual histories into one narrative of unflagging power and momentum. Written in a tone that encompasses Olympian wrath, bitter calm, savage irony, and sheer comedy, it combines history, autobiography, documentary, and political analysis as it examines in its totality the Soviet apparatus of repression from its inception following the October Revolution of 1917.
This second volume in Solzhenitsyn's narrative chronicles the appalling inhumanity of the Soviets' ''destructive-labor camps'' and the fate of prisoners in them--felling timber, building canals and railroads, and mining gold without equipment or adequate food and clothing, and subject always to the caprices of the camp authorities. Most tragic of all is the life of the women prisoners and the luckless children they bear.
Once again, this chronicle of appalling inhumanity is made endurable by the vitality and emotional range of the writing. In one truly remarkable chapter, a parody of an anthropological treatise, Solzhenitsyn achieves new heights of sardonic wit. In the final section the music changes, and he provides a magnificent coda on the possibilities of redemption and purification through suffering. [via]More editions of Gulag Archipelago 1918-1956:
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Gulliver's Travelsby Jonathan SwiftISBN 1853260274 (1-85326-027-4)
Softcover, Lb May & Assoc Inc
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Homer: Iliad I-XIIby Malcom M. WillcockISBN 185399507X (1-85399-507-X)
Softcover, Intl Pub Marketing Inc
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Homer: Iliad Xiii-Xxivby Malcom M. WillcockISBN 1853995959 (1-85399-595-9)
Softcover, Bristol Classical Pr
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Imitation of Christby Thomas A. KempisISBN 1599869799 (1-59986-979-9)
Softcover, Filiquarian Pub Llc
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The Imitation of Christ: The Inspirational Teachings of Thomas A' Kempisby Watkins, Vrej Nerses NersessianISBN 1842931253 (1-84293-125-3)
Hardcover, Watkins Pub Ltd
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Imitation of Christ: The Inspirational Teachings of Thomas A' Kempis'Book summary:[via]The saintly Thomas à Kempis classic guide to the spiritual and religious life. Written in the 1400s, and originally addressed to monks, this much-loved and revered book is second only to the Bible for devout Christians. Transcending all sectarian divisions, it emphasizes the importance of prayer, devotion, and the inward journey.More editions of The Imitation of Christ: The Inspirational Teachings of Thomas A' Kempis:
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The Infernoby Dante Alighieri, Henry Francis Cary, Claire HonessISBN 1853267872 (1-85326-787-2)
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Interpretation of the Meaning of the Glorious Qur'anby Syed Vickar AhamedISBN 1879402963 (1-879402-96-3)
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Jeanne D'Arcby Regine PernoudISBN 2020059754 (2-02-005975-4)
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Dans un ouvrage didactique, enrichi de nombreuses illustrations et de biographies annexes, les auteurs nous font redécouvrir de manière très vivante l'histoire exceptionnelle de cette jeune femme devenue l'héroïne la plus populaire de France. --Gaëtane Guillo [via]
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Leechcraft: Early English Charms, Plant Lore and Healingby Stephen PollingtonISBN 1898281238 (1-898281-23-8)
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The Letters And Lessons Of Teddy Roosevelt For His Sonsby Douglas W. PhillipsISBN 1929241321 (1-929241-32-1)
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Lettres Persanesby MontesquieuISBN 203588148X (2-03-588148-X)
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Leviathanby Thomas HobbesISBN 1843710269 (1-84371-026-9)
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Life of Samuel Johnson L.L.dby James BoswellISBN 185326797X (1-85326-797-X)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Life of Samuel Johnson L.L.d'Book summary:James Boswell is for some the ideal scribe, for others a sycophantic toady. Edmund Wilson, for example, memorably labeled him "a vain and pushing diarist." Boswell can even be seen as someone unconsciously intent on undermining his idol in sonorous, balanced sentences. Early on in his massive Life, he puts all manner of ideas into our heads with his boobish attempts to clear the youthful Johnson of potential impropriety: "His juvenile attachments to the fair sex were, however, very transient; and it is certain that he formed no criminal connection whatsoever." And while it's often tempting to ignore Boswell's more personal intrusions and delight solely in the melancholic master's words and deeds, there are suchdelightful admissions as, "I was at this time so occupied, shall I call it? or so dissipated, by the amusements of London that our next meeting was not till Saturday, June 25..."
Samuel Johnson was born in 1709 and died in 1784--a long life, though one marred by depression and fear of death. On April 20, 1764, for example, he declared, "I would consent to have a limb amputated to recover my spirits." Many of the quotes Boswell includes are a sort of greatest hits: Johnson's definitions of oats and lexicographer, his love for his cat Hodge, as well as thousands of bon, and mal, mots. ("Patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel"; "Sir, a woman's preaching is like a dog's walking on his hinder legs. It is not done well; but you are surprized to find it done at all.") But there are also many unfamiliar pleasures--Boswell's accounts of Johnson's literary industry, including the Dictionary, The Rambler, and Lives of the Poets; Johnson's singular loathing for Scotland and France; and the surprising hints of revelry. Awakened at 3 AM by friends, he greets them with, "What, is it you, you dogs! I'll have a frisk with you." This at age 42. Johnson's final years were marked by pain and loneliness but certainly no loss of wit. [via]
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Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romansby Plutarch, Judith Mossman, Thomas NorthISBN 1853267945 (1-85326-794-5)
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Love and Marriage in Late Medieval Londonby Shannon McSheffreyISBN 1879288532 (1-879288-53-2)
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Meditationsby Marcus AureliusISBN 1853264865 (1-85326-486-5)
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The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius: Spiritual Teachings And Reflectionsby Watkins, Alan JacobsISBN 1842931202 (1-84293-120-2)
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The Metamorphosesby OvidISBN 1853267902 (1-85326-790-2)
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Moby-Dickby Herman MelvilleISBN 1853260088 (1-85326-008-8)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Moby-Dick'Book summary:With an Introduction and Notes by David Herd. Lecturer in English and American Literature at the University of Kent at Canterbury Moby-Dick is the story of Captain Ahab's quest to avenge the whale that 'reaped' his leg. The quest is an obsession and the novel is a diabolical study of how a man becomes a fanatic. But it is also a hymn to democracy. Bent as the crew is on Ahab s appalling crusade, it is equally the image of a co-operative community at work: all hands dependent on all hands, each individual responsible for the security of each. Among the crew is Ishmael, the novel's narrator, ordinary sailor, and extraordinary reader. Digressive, allusive, vulgar, transcendent, the story Ishmael tells is above all an education: in the practice of whaling, in the art of writing. [via]
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Moby-Dick, Or, The White Whaleby Herman MelvilleISBN 1857150406 (1-85715-040-6)
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My Hand Will Write What My Heart Dictates: The Unsettled Lives of Women in Nineteenth-Century New Zealand As Revealed to Sisters, Family and Friendsby Charlotte MacDonald, Frances Porter, Tui MacDonaldISBN 1869401298 (1-86940-129-8)
Softcover, Auckland Univ Pr
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Njal's SagaISBN 1853267856 (1-85326-785-6)
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Find This BookBook summary:Njal's Saga is the finest of the Icelandic sagas, and one of the world's greatest prose works. Written c.1280, about events a couple of centuries earlier, it is divided into three parts: the first recounts the touching friendship between noble Gunnar and the statesman Njal, together with the fatal enmity between their wives. The second part works out the central tragedy of the saga, while the third describes the retribution wrought by Flosi and Kari. The saga is remarkable not only for the details of everyday life - the farming, the feasting and the charcoal-burning - but also for the social structure of the society in which that life took place - the Althing or Parliament, the lawmaking and the lawgiving. The grandeur of the narrative and the beauty and distinction of the characters mark Njal's Saga as an essential text for all who love adventure and great literature. [via]
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Pantagruel Gargantuaby Francois RabelaisISBN 1840221070 (1-84022-107-0)
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The Pastons: A Family In The Wars Of The Rosesby Richard BarberISBN 1843831112 (1-84383-111-2)
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The Physiology of Taste: Or, Meditations on Transcendental Gastronomyby Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin, M. F. K. Fisher, Wayne Thiebaud, Andrew HoyemISBN 1887178090 (1-887178-09-0)
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Poemsby CatullusISBN 1853267783 (1-85326-778-3)
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Poems Of Love And Hateby Josephine Balmer, CatullusISBN 1852246456 (1-85224-645-6)
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The Protestant Ethic And the Spirit of Capitalismby Gilbert Geis, Max WeberISBN 1933220368 (1-933220-36-8)
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Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalismby Max WeberISBN 1891487434 (1-891487-43-4)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism'Book summary:A new translation of Max Webers classic The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism--one of the most enduring and influential books in sociology--is now available from Roxbury.
Translator Stephen Kalberg is an internationally acclaimed Weberian scholar. In this Third Roxbury Edition, Kalberg offers a precise and nuanced rendering of The Protestant Ethic that captures Webers style as well as the unusual subtlety of his descriptions and causal arguments. Kalbergs standardization of Webers terminology facilitates understanding of the various twists and turns in his complex lines of reasoning. Webers original italicization, highlighting major themes, has been restored. A glossary of major terms and numerous clarifying endnotes have been added; foreign terms have been translated; bracketed insertions in the text identify obscure names. In short, the Protestant Ethic thesis is presented in a clear and highly readable manner.
There are three compelling reasons for students to read this classic:
It explores the continuing debate regarding the origins and legacy of modern capitalism in the West.
It helps the reader better understand economic development today around the world, especially in Russia, Eastern Europe, Asia, and South America.
It plumbs the deep cultural forces that affect contemporary work life and the workplace in the United States and Europe.In his introduction, Kalberg offers a sketch of Webers life and his major concerns, examines the intellectual context at the time The Protestant Ethic was written, and summarizes major aspects of Webers complex analysis. Kalberg also discusses this classical study in the context of Webers other writings. Finally, Kalberg investigates the contribution of The Protestant Ethic for understanding the role played by cultural forces in modern economic development.
The new translation includes Webers 1906 essay "The Protestant Sects and the Spirit of Capitalism." Written after his extensive travels in the United States in 1904, Weber comments here on the diverse ways in which the legacies of early American Protestantism remain influential. Also contained in this edition are Webers masterful prefatory remarks to his Collected Essays in the Sociology of Religion, in which he defines the uniqueness of Western societies and asks what "ideas and interests" combined to call forth modern Western rationalism.
For students, The Protestant Ethic is a starting point toward understanding the multiple dimensions of social change. The continuing debates about the main elements of modern life, economic cultures and business ethics, our "common sense" economic determinism and "rational choices," the future of modern capitalism, the relationship between cultural forces and social structures, and the tension between science and religion are very much part of the Weberian project. Small wonder, then, that The Protestant Ethic continues to be one of the most frequently assigned readings in sociology.
Translator Stephen Kalberg is the author of Max Webers Comparative-Historical Sociology (1994), Max Webers Sociology of Civilizations, and numerous articles on Weber. He is the editor of Max Weber: The Confrontation with Modernity (2003l). He teaches at Boston University, where he is Associate Professor of Sociology. He is also co-chair of the German Study Group at Harvard University's Center for European Studies. [via]
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Seven Pillars of Wisdomby T. E. Lawrence, Angus CalderISBN 1853264695 (1-85326-469-5)
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Shoes And Pattensby Francis Grew, Margrethe De Neegaard, Susan MitfordISBN 1843832380 (1-84383-238-0)
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The Social Contractby Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Derek Matravers, H. J. TozerISBN 1853267813 (1-85326-781-3)
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Sophoclesby Richard C. Jebb, P. E. Easterling, Peter WilsonISBN 1853996459 (1-85399-645-9)
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Story of the Peninsular Warby Charles William VaneISBN 1902835166 (1-902835-16-6)
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Symposium & Death of Socratesby PlatoISBN 1853264792 (1-85326-479-2)
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Tales from the Rifle Brigade : Adventures in the Rifle Brigade and Random Shots from a Riflemanby John Kincaid, Christopher SummervilleISBN 184415288X (1-84415-288-X)
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The Theory of the Leisure Classby Thorstein VeblenISBN 1905432038 (1-905432-03-8)
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Tom Jonesby Henry FieldingISBN 1853260215 (1-85326-021-5)
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Uncle Tom's Cabinby Harriet Beecher StoweISBN 1598186655 (1-59818-665-5)
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Uncle Tom's Cabin is the most popular, influential and controversial book written by an American. Stowe s rich, panoramic novel passionately dramatises why the whole of America is implicated in and responsible for the sin of slavery, and resoundingly concludes that only 'repentance, justice and mercy' will prevent the onset of 'the wrath of Almighty God!'. [via] -
Vanity Fairby William Makepeace ThackeryISBN 1853260193 (1-85326-019-3)
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Meet the charming and cunning Becky Sharp, insinuating upward through the social ranks with the fervor of Napoleon plowing through Europe, and the subtlety of a butterfly.
More so than any other picaresque character, Becky Sharp's name has become synonymous with a gold-digging, amoral, opportunistic social charmer who is also shrewd and strong-a portrait of a complex woman of her time.
She is the anti-heroine you love to hate, and yet at the same time cannot help but secretly admire her methods. [via]
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The Voyage of the Beagleby Charles DarwinISBN 1853264768 (1-85326-476-8)
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War and Peaceby Leo TolstoyISBN 1853260622 (1-85326-062-2)
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The War in the Peninsula: Some Letters of a Lancashire Officerby Robert Knowles, Lees KnowlesISBN 1862272352 (1-86227-235-2)
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The Well at the World's Endby William MorrisISBN 1598182986 (1-59818-298-6)
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La Poetiqueby Aristotle, Roselyne Dupont-Roc, Jean LallotISBN 2020054345 (2-02-005434-5)
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Les Voyages De Gulliverby Jonathan SwiftISBN 1846374952 (1-84637-495-2)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Les Voyages De Gulliver'Book summary:Gulliver est une figure légendaire. Le mot "Lilliputiens" est devenu un nom commun. Classique parmi les classiques, ce livre est un roman de genre : un héros embarqué sur un navire qui fait naufrage échoue sur une île... Dès lors, tout est possible, surtout les choses les plus extraordinaires. C'est une fabuleuse occasion pour un écrivain de déployer tous les trésors de son imagination, et Jonathan Swift n'en manque pas. Dans la première partie, son héros se retrouve prisonnier d'un peuple minuscule. Après avoir vécu moult péripéties, il rentre chez lui, mais le démon de l'aventure le pousse à repartir. Comme les naufrages étaient nombreux à l'époque (on est à l'aube du XVIIIe siècle), le voilà derechef poussé par les flots vers un autre pays surprenant. Mais, cette fois, c'est lui qui est nain parmi des géants. Ces deux histoires fabuleuses, qui ont fait le tour du monde dans bien des versions et adaptations, sont à découvrir absolument dans le texte intégral, plein de saveur, même si les archaïsmes abondent et peuvent déconcerter le jeune lecteur : tournures de langage, évocation des moeurs de l'époque, mots inusités aujourd'hui réclament un petit effort de lecture. Qui sera largement récompensé par le plaisir de suivre ces passionnantes aventures. --Pascale Wester [via]
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