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Ann the Word: The Story of Ann Lee, Female Messiah, Mother of the Shakers, the Woman Clothed With the Sunby Richard FrancisISBN 0142002437 (0-14-200243-7)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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Anna Kareninaby Leo TolstoyISBN 0140440410 (0-14-044041-0)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Anna Karenina'Book summary:A magnificent drama of vengeance, infidelity, and retribution, "Anna Karenina" is the moving story of people whose emotions conflict with the dominant social mores of their time. Tolstoy's masterful novel is one of the greatest works of world literature...it is a novel of social realism that perfectly bares the Russian soul, set against the fascinating panorama of life in nineteenth-century Russia.
With a full-cast and stirring music, this compelling story of one woman's fate is brought to life in this powerful BBC production. [via]More editions of Anna Karenina:
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Anna Kareninaby Richard Pevear, Leo Tolstoy, Larissa VolokhonskyISBN 0142000272 (0-14-200027-2)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Anna Karenina'Book summary:"Anna Karenina" tells of the doomed love affair between the sensuous and rebellious Anna and the dashing officer, Count Vronsky. Tragedy unfolds as Anna rejects her passionless marriage and must endure the hypocrisies of society. Set against a vast and richly textured canvas of nineteenth-century Russia, the novel's seven major characters create a dynamic imbalance, playing out the contrasts of city and country life and all the variations on love and family happiness. While previous versions have softened the robust, and sometimes shocking, quality of Tolstoy's writing, Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky have produced a translation true to his powerful voice. This award-winning team's authoritative edition also includes an illuminating introduction and explanatory notes. Beautiful, vigorous, and eminently readable, this "Anna Karenina" will be the definitive text for generations to come.
"Pevear and Volokhonsky are at once scrupulous translators and vivid stylists of English, and their superb rendering allows us, as perhaps never before, to grasp the palpability of Tolstoy's 'characters, acts, situations.'" (James Wood, "The New Yorker") [via]More editions of Anna Karenina:
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Anna Karenina: Oprah #5by Leo TolstoyISBN 0143035002 (0-14-303500-2)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Anna Karenina: Oprah #5'Book summary:[via]The must-have Pevear and Volokhonsky translation of one of the greatest Russian novels ever written, soon to be a film adapted by Tom Stoppard and starring Kiera Knightley, Jude Law, Aaron Johnson, and Emily Watson
Described by William Faulkner as the best novel ever written and by Fyodor Dostoevsky as flawless, Anna Karenina tells of the doomed love affair between the sensuous and rebellious Anna and the dashing officer, Count Vronsky. Tragedy unfolds as Anna rejects her passionless marriage and must endure the hypocrisies of society. Set against a vast and richly textured canvas of nineteenth-century Russia, the novel's seven major characters create a dynamic imbalance, playing out the contrasts of city and country life and all the variations on love and family happiness.
While previous versions have softened the robust, and sometimes shocking, quality of Tolstoy's writing, Pevear and Volokhonsky have produced a translation true to his powerful voice. This authoritative edition, which received the PEN Translation Prize and was an Oprah Book Club" selection, also includes an illuminating introduction and explanatory notes. Beautiful, vigorous, and eminently readable, this Anna Karenina will be the definitive text for fans of the film and generations to come.More editions of Anna Karenina: Oprah #5:
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Arab and Jew: Wounded Spirits in a Promised Landby David K. ShiplerISBN 0142002291 (0-14-200229-1)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Arab and Jew: Wounded Spirits in a Promised Land'Book summary:The Jew, according to the Arab stereotype, is a brutal, violent coward; the Arab, to the prejudiced Jew, is a primitive creature of animal vengeance and cruel desires. In this monumental work, David Shipler delves into the origins of the prejudices that have been intensified by war, terrorism, and nationalism.[via]Focusing on the diverse cultures that exist side by side in Israel and Israeli-controlled territories, Shipler examines the process of indoctrination that begins in schools; he discusses the far-ranging effects of socioeconomic differences, historical conflicts between Islam and Judaism, attitudes about the Holocaust, and much more. And he writes of the people: the Arab woman in love with a Jew, the retired Israeli military officer, the Palestinian guerilla, the handsome actor whose father is Arab and whose mother is Jewish.
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Armageddon Summerby Jane Yolen, Bruce CovilleISBN 0152022686 (0-15-202268-6)
Softcover, Harcourt Childrens Books
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The Blessing of a Skinned Knee: Using Jewish Teaching to Raise Self-Reliant Childrenby Wendy MogelISBN 0142196002 (0-14-219600-2)
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The Book Nobody Read: Chasing the Revolutions of Nicolaus Copernicusby Owen GingerichISBN 0143034766 (0-14-303476-6)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Book Nobody Read: Chasing the Revolutions of Nicolaus Copernicus'Book summary:Part biography of a book, part scientific exploration, part bibliographic detective story, The Book Nobody Read recolors the history of cosmology and offers a new appreciation of the enduring power of an extraordinary book and its ideas. Prodded by Arthur Koestlers claim that when it was first published nobody read Copernicuss De revolutionibusin which Copernicus first suggested that the sun, not the earth, was the center of the universerenowned astro-historian Owen Gingerich embarked on a three-decade-long quest to see in person all 600 extant copies of the first and second editions of De revolutionibus, including those owned and annotated by Galileo and Kepler. Tracing the ownership of individual copies through the hands of saints, heretics, scalawags, and bibliomaniacs, Gingerich proves conclusivelyfour and a half centuries after its publicationthat De revolutionibus was as inspirational as it was revolutionary. [via]
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The Book of Dede Korkutby Geoffrey L. LewisISBN 0140442987 (0-14-044298-7)
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The Borgiasby Marion JohnsonISBN 0141390751 (0-14-139075-1)
Softcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
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Born Againby Kelly A. KerneyISBN 0156031450 (0-15-603145-0)
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Brilliance of the Moon: Battle for Marnyamaby Lian HearnISBN 0142405949 (0-14-240594-9)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Brilliance of the Moon: Battle for Marnyama'Book summary:When Kaede arrives at Shirakawa, she learns her sisters have been taken to Lord Fujiwaras houseand soon she too becomes a prisoner there. And neither Takeo nor Kaede know that Takeos old teacher, Muto Kenji, has grievances and schemes of his own. As Takeo and Kaede face disaster at the hands of their enemies, the forces of nature are also conspiring. Are Takeos skills of magic and his desire for revenge enough to outwit two armies? And will he and Kaede ever find a peaceful way to live their lives together? [via]
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The Clown of Godby Tomie De PaolaISBN 0156181924 (0-15-618192-4)
Softcover, Voyager Books
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The Club Dumasby Arturo Pérez-Reverte, Sonia SotoISBN 0151001820 (0-15-100182-0)
Hardcover, Harcourt
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Club Dumas'Book summary:Fallen angels, satanic manuals, and a passion for the works of Raphael Sabatini and Alexandre Dumas among others--this is the stuff of Spanish author Arturo Pérez-Reverte's engrossing novel The Club Dumas. Set in a world of antiquarian booksellers where dealers would gladly betray their own mothers to get their hands on a rare volume, The Club Dumas is a thinking person's thriller: in addition to a riveting plot, the book is full of intriguing details that range from the working habits of Alexandre Dumas to how one might go about forging a 17th-century text. Woven through these meditations is enough murder, sex, and the occult to keep both the hero, Lucas Corso, and the reader hopping.
As in his previous novel, The Flanders Panel, set in the world of art restoration, Mr. Pérez-Reverte has written a literary thriller to tease both the intellect and adrenaline gland. Lucas Corso makes a complex, ultimately sympathetic hero, and there's plenty to delight in the intricate twists and turns the story takes before the mystery of The Club Dumas is finally solved. [via]
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The Club Dumasby Sonia Soto, Arturo PTrez-ReverteISBN 015603283X (0-15-603283-X)
Softcover, Harcourt
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Club Dumas'Book summary:Fallen angels, satanic manuals, and a passion for the works of Raphael Sabatini and Alexandre Dumas among others--this is the stuff of Spanish author Arturo Pérez-Reverte's engrossing novel The Club Dumas. Set in a world of antiquarian booksellers where dealers would gladly betray their own mothers to get their hands on a rare volume, The Club Dumas is a thinking person's thriller: in addition to a riveting plot, the book is full of intriguing details that range from the working habits of Alexandre Dumas to how one might go about forging a 17th-century text. Woven through these meditations is enough murder, sex, and the occult to keep both the hero, Lucas Corso, and the reader hopping.
As in his previous novel, The Flanders Panel, set in the world of art restoration, Mr. Pérez-Reverte has written a literary thriller to tease both the intellect and adrenaline gland. Lucas Corso makes a complex, ultimately sympathetic hero, and there's plenty to delight in the intricate twists and turns the story takes before the mystery of The Club Dumas is finally solved. [via]
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Confessions of a Closet Catholicby Sarah LittmanISBN 0142405973 (0-14-240597-3)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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The Crimson Petal and the Whiteby Michel FaberISBN 0156028778 (0-15-602877-8)
Softcover, Harcourt
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Crimson Petal and the White'Book summary:Although it's billed as "the first great 19th-century novel of the 21st century," The Crimson Petal and the White is anything but Victorian. The story of a well-read London prostitute named Sugar, who spends her free hours composing a violent, pornographic screed against men, Michel Faber's dazzling second novel dares to go where George Eliot's The Mill on the Floss and the works of Charles Dickens could not. We learn about the positions and orifices that Sugar and her clients favor, about her lingering skin condition, and about the suspect ingredients of her prophylactic douches. Still, Sugar believes she can make a better life for herself. When she is taken up by a wealthy man, the perfumer William Rackham, her wings are clipped, and she must balance financial security against the obvious servitude of her position. The physical risks and hardships of Sugar's life (and the even harder "honest" life she would have led as a factory worker) contrast--yet not entirely--with the medical mistreatment of her benefactor's wife, Agnes, and beautifully underscore Faber's emphasis on class and sexual politics. In theme and treatment, this is a novel that Virginia Woolf might have written, had she been born 70 years later. The language, however, is Faber's own--brisk and elastic--and, after an awkward opening, the plethora of detail he offers (costume, food, manners, cheap stage performances, the London streets) slides effortlessly into his forward-moving sentences. When Agnes goes mad, for instance, "she sings on and on, while the house is discreetly dusted all around her and, in the concealed and subterranean kitchen, a naked duck, limp and faintly steaming, spreads its pimpled legs on a draining board." Despite its 800-plus pages, The Crimson Petal and the White turns out to be a quick read, since it is truly impossible to put down. --Regina Marler [via]
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Critique of Pure Reasonby Kant, Max Muller, Marcus WeigeltISBN 0140447474 (0-14-044747-4)
Softcover, Penguin Classics
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A seminal text of modern philosophy, Immanuel Kant's Critique of Pure Reason (1781) made history by bringing together two opposing schools of thought: rationalism, which grounds all our knowledge in reason, and empiricism, which traces all our knowledge to experience. Published here in a lucid reworking of Max Müller's classic translation, the Critique is a profound investigation into the nature of human reason, establishing its truth, falsities, illusions, and reality.More editions of Critique of Pure Reason:
Dark Tower and Other Storiesby C. S. LewisISBN 0156027704 (0-15-602770-4)
Softcover, Harvest Books
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David V. Godby Mary E. PearsonISBN 0152020586 (0-15-202058-6)
Hardcover, Harcourt Children's Books
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The Devil's Arithmeticby Jane YolenISBN 0142401099 (0-14-240109-9)
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The Devil's Arithmetic, 3.99 Promoby Jane YolenISBN 0142404373 (0-14-240437-3)
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Discourse on Method and the Meditationsby Rene Descartes, F. E. SutcliffeISBN 0140442065 (0-14-044206-5)
Softcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Discourse on Method and the Meditations'Book summary:Is knowledge possible? If so, what can we know and how do we come to know it? What degree of certainty does our knowledge enjoy? In these two powerful works, Descartes, the seventeenth-century philosopher considered to be the father of modern philosophy, outlines his philosophical method and then counters the sceptics of his time by insisting that certain knowledge can be had. He goes on to address the nature and extent of human knowledge, the distinction between mind and body, the existence of God, and the existence of external objects. [via]
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Do You Hear What I Hear?: An Unreligious Writer Investigates Religious Callingby Minna ProctorISBN 0143036572 (0-14-303657-2)
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East of Eden: An Easy Guide to Car Maintenance And Repairby John SteinbeckISBN 0142000655 (0-14-200065-5)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'East of Eden: An Easy Guide to Car Maintenance And Repair'Book summary:when the book club ended a year ago, i said i would bring it back when i found the book that was moving...and this is a great one. I read it for myself for the first time and then i had some friends read it. And we think it might be the best novel we've ever read!" -oprah winfrey in his journal, john steinbeck called east of eden "the first book," and indeed it has the primordial power and simplicity of myth. Set in the rich farmland of california's salinas valley, this sprawling and often brutal novel follows the intertwined destinies of two families-the trasks and the hamiltons-whose generations helplessly reenact the fall of adam and eve and the poisonous rivalry of cain and abel. Adam trask came to california from the east to farm and raise his family on the new, rich land. But the birth of his twins, cal and aron, brings his wife to the brink of madness, and adam is left alone to raise his boys to manhood. One boy thrives, nurtured by the love of all those around him: the other grows up in loneliness, enveloped by a mysterious darkness. First published in 1952, east of eden is the work in which steinbeck created his most mesmerizing characters and explored his most enduring themes: the mystery of identity, the inexplicability of love, and the murderous consequences of love's absence. A masterpiece of steinbeck's later years, east of eden is a powerful and vastly ambitious novel that is at once a family saga and a modern retelling of the book of genesis [via]
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The Enneadsby Plotinus, Stephen Mackenna, John M. DillonISBN 014044520X (0-14-044520-X)
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Equusby Peter ShafferISBN 0140481850 (0-14-048185-0)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Equus'Book summary:In "equus," which took critics and public alike by storm and has gone on to become a modern classic, peter shaffer depicts the story of a deranged youth who blinds six horses with a spike. Through a psychiatrist's analysis of the events, shaffer creates a chilling portrait of how materialism and convenience have killed our capacity for worship and passion and, consequently, our capacity for pain. Rarely has a playwrite created an atmosphere and situation that so harshly pinpoint the spiritual and mental decay of modern man [via]
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The Essential Dalai Lama: His Important Teachingsby Rajiv MehrotraISBN 0143037803 (0-14-303780-3)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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Fastiby Ovid, A. J. Boyle, Roger D. WoodardISBN 0140446907 (0-14-044690-7)
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Faustby Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe, A. S. Byatt, David ConstantineISBN 0140449019 (0-14-044901-9)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Faust'Book summary:Goethe's Faust reworks the late-medieval myth of Dr Faust, a brilliant scholar so disillusioned he resolves to make a contract or wager with the devil, Mephistopheles. The devil will do all he asks on Earth and seek to grant him a moment in life so glorious that he will wish it to last for ever. But if Faust does bid the moment stay, he falls to Mephisto and must serve him after death. In this first part of Goethe's great work the embittered thinker and Mephistopheles enter into their agreement, and soon Faust is living a life beyond his study and - in rejuvenated form - winning the love of the charming and beautiful Gretchen. But in this compelling tragedy of arrogance, unfulfilled desire and self-delusion, Faust, served by the devil, heads inexorably towards destruction. [via]
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The Fencing Masterby Arturo Pérez-Reverte, Margaret Jull CostaISBN 0151001812 (0-15-100181-2)
Hardcover, Harcourt
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Fencing Master'Book summary:In The Club Dumas, Arturo Pérez-Reverte explored the labyrinthine world of antiquarian book dealers, spicing his tale of mystery and murder with characters straight out of Paradise Lost and The Three Musketeers. Next came The Flanders Panel, a brilliant puzzle comprised of art, chess, and untimely death whose resolution lies in a painting by a Flemish master. In The Seville Communion, Pérez-Reverte turned his sights on the tangled politics of the Roman Catholic Church as an appropriate backdrop--for murder. In his fourth novel translated into English, the Spanish writer changes centuries (if not his focus on homicide), returning to the mid-1800s to follow the exploits of Don Jaime Astarloa, the eponymous fencing master.
The year is 1866 and revolution is brewing in Spain. The corrupt Bourbon queen, Isabella II, is slowly losing her grip on power as equally corrupt exiled politicians vie to be her successor in a new republic. Against this background of political upheaval, Don Jaime goes about his business, teaching a dying art to a dwindling number of students. This is a man who resists changing times; to a friend he explains, "I have spent my whole life trying to preserve a certain idea of myself, and that is all. You have to cling to a set of values that do not depreciate with time. Everything else is the fashion of the moment, fleeting, mutable. In a word, nonsense." But then Adela de Otero--a woman with a mysterious past and an amazing talent for swordplay--comes into his life, and Don Jaime's world is turned upside down. As always, Pérez-Reverte offers literary excellence, a thumping good mystery, and fascinating insight into an arcane practice, in this case, fencing. Though the 19th-century politics in the book may resonate more with a Spanish audience than with English readers, the moral at the heart of The Fencing Master is universal: "to be honest, or at least honorable--anything, indeed, that has its roots in the word honor." In this, Don Jaime and Arturo Pérez-Reverte both succeed. --Alix Wilber [via]
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The Fire of Loveby Clifton Wolters, Richard RolleISBN 0140442561 (0-14-044256-1)
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Four Quartetsby T. S. EliotISBN 0156332256 (0-15-633225-6)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Four Quartets'Book summary:Published in the fiery days of World War II, Four Quartets stands as a testament to the power of poetry amid the chaos of the time. Let the words speak for themselves: "The dove descending breaks the air/With flame of incandescent terror/Of which the tongues declare/The only discharge from sin and error/The only hope, or the despair/Lies in the choice of pyre or pyre--/To be redeemed from fire by fire./Who then devised this torment?/Love/Love is the unfamiliar Name/Behind the hands that wave/The intolerable shirt of flame/Which human power cannot remove./We only live, only suspire/Consumed by either fire or fire." [via]
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Gilded Chamber: A Novel of Queen Estherby Rebecca KohnISBN 0143035339 (0-14-303533-9)
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The Golden Legendby Jacobus, Jacobus Devoragine, Christopher Stace, Richard HamerISBN 0140446486 (0-14-044648-6)
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The Guideby R.K. Narayan, Michael GorraISBN 0143039644 (0-14-303964-4)
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The History of the Franksby Lewis ThorpeISBN 0140442952 (0-14-044295-2)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The History of the Franks'Book summary:Written following the collapse of Rome's secular control over western Europe, the History of Gregory (c. AD 539 594) is a fascinating exploration of the events that shaped sixth-century France. This volume contains all ten books from the work, the last seven of which provide an in-depth description of Gregory's own era, in which he played an important role as Bishop of Tours. With skill and eloquence, Gregory brings the age vividly to life, as he relates the exploits of missionaries, martyrs, kings and queens including the quarrelling sons of Lothar I, and the ruthless Queen Fredegund, third wife of Chilperic. Portraying an age of staggering cruelty and rapid change, this is a powerful depiction of the turbulent progression of faith at a time of political and social chaos. [via]
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Holy Madness: Romantics, Patriots and Revolutionaries, 1776 to 1871by Adam ZamoyskiISBN 0141002239 (0-14-100223-9)
Softcover, Penguin Group (Canada)
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Idyllsby Theocritus, Robert WellsISBN 0140445234 (0-14-044523-4)
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Impossible Saintsby Michele RobertsISBN 0156006596 (0-15-600659-6)
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In Light of Indiaby Octavio Paz, Eliot WeinbergerISBN 0156005786 (0-15-600578-6)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'In Light of India'Book summary:Anyone who knows India, or simply dreams of her, will find Octavio Paz's fascinating new book In Light of India spellbinding. Paz was Mexico's Ambassador to India from 1962 until 1968; during his six years in that ancient and multicultural country, he befriended poets, politicians, and ordinary Indians, and soaked up quite a bit of India's history and tragedy in the process. The eleven essays collected here are framed by an introduction and a farewell, and divided among three sections entitled "Religions, Castes, Languages," "A Project of Nationhood," and "The Full and the Empty." In each, Paz weaves the strands of religion, art, culture, and politics as he takes the reader on a tour of India's past and present.
Paz writes with great authority on a variety of subjects, from architecture and poetry to the history of Hindu-Muslim relations on the subcontinent. But some things are beyond the comprehension of an outsider. Though he makes a heroic attempt to explain the intricacies of the caste system, the tragedy of the untouchables remains problematic. This book conveys an India at once seductive and perilous, one that will hold your interest and inspire your wanderlust until the very last page. [via]
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In the Land of Israelby Amos OzISBN 015144644X (0-15-144644-X)
Hardcover, Harcourt
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In the Name of Identity: Violence and the Need to Belongby Amin MaaloufISBN 0142002577 (0-14-200257-7)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'In the Name of Identity: Violence and the Need to Belong'Book summary:In the Name of Identity is as close to summer reading as philosophy gets. It is a personal, sometimes even intimate, account of identity-in-the-world, not a treatise on the thorny metaphysics of identity. A novelist by trade, Amin Maalouf is a fluid writer, and he is aided by Barbara Bray's award-winning translation. His aim is to illuminate the roots of violence and hatred, which he sees in tribalistic forms of identity. He argues that our convictions and notions of identity--whether cultural, religious, national, or ethnic--are socially habituated and frequently dangerous. We'd give them up, he argues, if we thought more closely about them.
Though the book has been heralded as radical and surprising, Maalouf essentially espouses an Enlightenment sensibility, a faith in the brotherhood of man. He is a believer in progress, arguing that "the wind of globalisation, while it could lead us to disaster, could also lead us to success." In fact, he envisions a globalized world in which our local identities are subordinated to a broader "allegiance to the human community itself." Maalouf wants us to retain our distinctiveness, but he wants it subsumed under the nave of common understanding. --Eric de Place [via]
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The Innocents Abroadby Mark Twain, Tom Quirk, Guy CardwellISBN 0142437085 (0-14-243708-5)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Innocents Abroad'Book summary:Based on a series of letters Mark Twain wrote from Europe to newspapers in San Francisco and New York as a roving correspondent, The Innocents Abroad (1869) is a burlesque of the sentimental travel books popular in the mid-nineteenth century. Twain's fresh and humorous perspective on hallowed European landmarks lacked reverence for the past-the ancient statues of saints on the Cathedral of Notre Dame are "battered and broken-nosed old fellows" and tour guides "interrupt every dream, every pleasant train of thought, with their tiresome cackling." Equally irreverent about American manners (including his own) as he is about European attitudes, Twain ultimately concludes that, for better or worse, "human nature is very much the same all over the world."[via]More editions of The Innocents Abroad:
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The Interesting Narrative and Other Writingsby Olaudah Equiano, Vincent CarrettaISBN 0142437166 (0-14-243716-6)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Interesting Narrative and Other Writings'Book summary:[via]Completely revised and edited with an introduction and notes by Vincent Carretta
An exciting and often terrifying adventure story, as well as an important precursor to such famous nineteenth-century slave narratives as Frederick Douglass's autobiographies, Olaudah Equiano's The Interesting Narrative recounts his kidnapping in Africa at the age of ten, his service as the slave of an officer in the British Navy, his ten years of labor on slave ships until he was able to purchase his freedom in 1766, and his life afterward as a leading and respected figure in the antislavery movement in England. A spirited autobiography, a tale of spiritual quest and fulfillment, and a sophisticated treatise on religion, politics, and economics, The Interesting Narrative is a work of enduring literary and historical value.
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Jesus in Historyby Howard Clark KeeISBN 0155473824 (0-15-547382-4)
Softcover, Harcourt College Pub
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Jesus in History: An Approach to the Study of the Gospelsby Howard Clark KeeISBN 0155011251 (0-15-501125-1)
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John Paul the Great: Remembering a Spiritual Fatherby Peggy NoonanISBN 0143037943 (0-14-303794-3)
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Kalkiby Gore VidalISBN 0141180374 (0-14-118037-4)
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Kristin Lavransdatterby Sigrid Undset, Tiina NunnallyISBN 0141182350 (0-14-118235-0)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Kristin Lavransdatter'Book summary:In Kristin Lavransdatter (1920-1922), Sigrid Undset interweaves political, social, and religious history with the daily aspects of family life to create a colorful, richly detailed tapestry of Norway during the fourteenth-century. The trilogy, however, is more than a journey into the past. Undset's own lifeher familiarity with Norse sagas and folklore and with a wide range of medieval literature, her experiences as a daughter, wife, and mother, and her deep religious faithprofoundly influenced her writing. Her grasp of the connections between past and present and of human nature itself, combined with the extraordinary quality of her writing, sets her works far above the genre of "historical novels." This new translation by Tina Nunnallythe first English version since Charles Archer's translation in the 1920scaptures Undset's strengths as a stylist. Nunnally, an award-winning translator, retains the natural dialog and lyrical flow of the original Norwegian, with its echoes of Old Norse legends, while deftly avoiding the stilted language and false archaisms of Archer's translation. In addition, she restores key passages left out of that edition.[via]Undset's ability to present a meticulously accurate historical portrait without sacrificing the poetry and narrative drive of masterful storytelling was particularly significant in her homeland. Granted independence in 1905 after five hundred years of foreign domination, Norway was eager to reclaim its national history and culture. Kristin Lavransdatter became a touchstone for Undset's contemporaries, and continues to be widely read by Norwegians today. In the more than 75 years since it was first published, it has also become a favorite throughout the world.
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Ladder of Perfectionby Walter Hilton, Leo Sherley-PriceISBN 0140445110 (0-14-044511-0)
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The Laws of Manuby Manu, Wendy DonigerISBN 0140445404 (0-14-044540-4)
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Le Tartuffeby Richard Wilbur, MoliereISBN 0151002819 (0-15-100281-9)
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Les Miserablesby Norman Denny, Victor HugoISBN 0140444300 (0-14-044430-0)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Les Miserables'Book summary:[via]He was no longer Jean Valjean, but No. 24601
Victor Hugos tale of injustice, heroism and love follows the fortunes of Jean Valjean, an escaped convict determined to put his criminal past behind him. But his attempts to become a respected member of the community are constantly put under threat: by his own conscience, when, owing to a case of mistaken identity, another man is arrested in his place; and by the relentless investigations of the dogged policeman Javert. It is not simply for himself that Valjean must stay free, however, for he has sworn to protect the baby daughter of Fantine, driven to prostitution by poverty. A compelling and compassionate view of the victims of early nineteenth-century French society, Les Misérables is a novel on an epic scale, moving inexorably from the eve of the battle of Waterloo to the July Revolution of 1830.
Norman Dennys introduction to his lively English translation discusses Hugos political and artistic aims in writing Les Misérables.
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Letter to a Priestby Simone WeilISBN 0142002674 (0-14-200267-4)
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Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoeby Daniel Defoe, John J. RichettiISBN 0141439823 (0-14-143982-3)
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The Magickal Life: A Wiccan Priestess Share Her Secretsby Vivianne CrowleyISBN 014219624X (0-14-219624-X)
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Many Ways To Nirvana: Reflections And Advice On Right Livingby Bstan-Dzin-Rgya-Mtsho, Renuka SinghISBN 0142196371 (0-14-219637-1)
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Mayflower: A Story of Courage, Community, and Warby Nathaniel PhilbrickISBN 0143111973 (0-14-311197-3)
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Moby Dickby Herman Melville, Nathaniel PhilbrickISBN 0142000086 (0-14-200008-6)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Moby Dick'Book summary:Avec Moby Dick, Melville a donné naissance à un livre-culte et inscrit dans la mémoire des hommes un nouveau mythe : celui de la baleine blanche. Fort de son expérience de marin, qui a nourri ses romans précédents et lui a assuré le succès, l'écrivain américain, alors en pleine maturité, raconte la folle quête du capitaine Achab et sa dernière rencontre avec le grand cachalot. Véritable encyclopédie de la mer, nouvelle Bible aux accents prophétiques, parabole chargée de thèmes universels, Moby Dick n'en reste pas moins construit avec une savante maîtrise, maintenant un suspense lent, qui s'accélère peu à peu jusqu'à l'apocalypse finale. L'écriture de Melville, infiniment libre et audacieuse, tour à tour balancée, puis hachée au rythme des houles, des vents et des passions humaines, est d'une richesse exceptionnelle. Il faut remonter à Shakespeare pour trouver l'exemple d'une langue aussi inventive, d'une poésie aussi grandiose. --Scarbo [via]
Nature and Selected Essaysby Ralph Waldo Emerson, Larzer ZiffISBN 014243762X (0-14-243762-X)
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The New Penguin Handbook of Living Religionsby John R. HinnellsISBN 0140514805 (0-14-051480-5)
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On Beautyby Zadie SmithISBN 0143037749 (0-14-303774-9)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'On Beauty'Book summary:Winner of the 2006 Orange Prize for fiction and from the celebrated author of White Teeth comes another bestselling masterwork Having hit bestseller lists from the New York Times to the San Francisco Chronicle , this wise, hilarious novel reminds us why Zadie Smith has rocketed to literary stardom. On Beauty is the story of an interracial family living in the university town of Wellington, Massachusetts, whose misadventures in the culture wars-on both sides of the Atlantic-serve to skewer everything from family life to political correctness to the combustive collision between the personal and the political. Full of dead-on wit and relentlessly funny, this tour de force confirms Zadie Smith's reputation as a major literary talent. Named one of the Ten Best Books of the Year by the New York Times Book Review, Entertainment Weekly, Time , and Publishers Weekly A New York Times, Wall Street Journal, USA Today, San Francisco Chronicle, Los Angeles Times, Boston Globe, Denver Post , and Publishers Weekly bestseller A Los Angeles Times, Boston Globe, Chicago Tribune, San Francisco Chronicle, Atlantic Monthly, Newsday, Christian Science Monitor , and Minneapolis Star Tribune Best Book of the Year Short-listed for the Man Booker Prize BACKCOVER: Praise for On Beauty : "A thoroughly original tale . . . wonderfully engaging, wonderfully observed . . . That rare thing: a novel that is as affecting as it is entertaining, as provocative as it is humane." -Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times "A thing of beauty. Oh happy day when a writer as gifted as Zadie Smith fulfills her early promise with a novel as accomplished, substantive and penetrating as On Beauty ." - Los Angeles Times "Smith's specialty is her ability to render the new world, in its vibrant multiculturalism, with a kind of dancing, daring joy. . . . Her plots and people sing with life. . . . One of the best of the year, a splendid treat. [via]
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On Suicideby Emile Durkheim, Alexander Riley, Robin Buss, Richard SennettISBN 0140449671 (0-14-044967-1)
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Émile Durkheim, one of the fathers of modern sociology, was the first to suggest that suicide might be as much a response to society as an act of individual despair. When he looked at social, religious, or racial groups that had high incidences of suicide, he discovered that abnormally high or low levels of social integration increase the likelihood of suicide. More than a century after its initial publication, Durkheim?s groundbreaking work continues to fascinate and challenge those seeking to understand one of the least understandable of human acts.More editions of On Suicide:
The Path of Prayer: Reflections on Prayer and True Stories of How It Affects Our Livesby Sophy BurnhamISBN 0142196266 (0-14-219626-6)
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Philosophy of Religion: A Global Approachby Phillips, Robert C. SolomonISBN 0155017535 (0-15-501753-5)
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Philosophy of Religion; Selected Readings.by Rowe, William L., CompISBN 0155705806 (0-15-570580-6)
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Plato: The Symposiumby Christopher GillISBN 0140446168 (0-14-044616-8)
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Praise of Folly and Letter to Maarten Van Dorpby Betty Radice, Desiderius Erasmus, Erasmus of RotterdamISBN 0140446087 (0-14-044608-7)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Praise of Folly and Letter to Maarten Van Dorp'Book summary:Erasmus of Rotterdam (c. 1466 1536) is one of the greatest figures of the Renaissance humanist movement, which abandoned medieval pieties in favour of a rich new vision of the individual's potential. Praise of Folly, written to amuse his friend Sir Thomas More, is Erasmus's best-known work. Its dazzling mixture of fantasy and satire is narrated by a personification of Folly, dressed as a jester, who celebrates youth, pleasure, drunkenness and sexual desire, and goes on to lambast human pretensions, foibles and frailties, to mock theologians and monks and to praise the folly' of simple Christian piety. Erasmus's wit, wordplay and wisdom made the book an instant success, but it also attracted what may have been sales-boosting criticism. The Letter to Maarten van Dorp, which is a defence of his ideas and methods, is also included. [via]
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Praise of Folly: And, Letter to Martin Dorp, 1515by Desiderius ErasmusISBN 0140442405 (0-14-044240-5)
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The Psychology of Consciousnessby Robert Evans OrnsteinISBN 0155730827 (0-15-573082-7)
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Religion and American Cultureby George M. MarsdenISBN 0155055321 (0-15-505532-1)
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Selected Essays: 1917-1932by T. S. EliotISBN 0151803870 (0-15-180387-0)
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Shadowmancerby G. P. TaylorISBN 0142403415 (0-14-240341-5)
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Shah of Shahsby Ryszard KapuscinskiISBN 015181483X (0-15-181483-X)
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Sociology of Religion: Selected Readingsby Roland RobertsonISBN 0140801243 (0-14-080124-3)
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The Songlines/in Patagoniaby Bruce ChatwinISBN 014095130X (0-14-095130-X)
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Sweetness in the Bellyby Camilla GibbISBN 0143038729 (0-14-303872-9)
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Symposiumby Plato, Christopher GillISBN 0140449272 (0-14-044927-2)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Symposium'Book summary:[via]The perfect books for the true book lover, Penguin's Great Ideas series features twelve more groundbreaking works by some of history's most prodigious thinkers. Each volume is beautifully packaged with a unique type-driven design that highlights the bookmaker's art. Offering great literature in great packages at great prices, this series is ideal for those readers who want to explore and savor the Great Ideas that have shaped our world.
Plato's retelling of the discourses between Socrates and his friends on such subjects as love and desire, truth and illusion, spiritual transcendence and the qualities of a good ruler, profoundly affected the ways in which we view human relationships, society and leadershipand shaped the whole tradition of Western philosophy.
Ta Hsueh and Chung Yung: (the Highest Order of Cultivation and on the Practice of the Mean)by Andrew Plaks, Andrew H. Plaks, Xinzhong YaoISBN 0140447849 (0-14-044784-9)
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The Teachings of Jesusby Not AvailableISBN 0146000889 (0-14-600088-9)
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A Thief in the Night: The Mysterious Death of Pope John Paul Iby John CornwellISBN 0141001836 (0-14-100183-6)
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Thirty Days: On Retreat With the Exercises of St. Ignatiusby Paul MarianiISBN 0142196150 (0-14-219615-0)
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Unsettled: An Anthropology of the Jewsby Melvin KonnerISBN 0142196320 (0-14-219632-0)
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Utopiaby Paul Turner, Thomas MoreISBN 0140441654 (0-14-044165-4)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Utopia'Book summary:Sir Thomas More's entertaining description of Utopia, an island supporting a perfectly organized and happy people, was a best-seller when it first appeared in Latin in 1516. This work of a Catholic martyr has later been seen as the source of Ana-baptism, Mormonism, and even communism. Utopia revolutionized Plato's classical blueprint of the perfect republic, mainly by its realism. Locating his island in the (then) New World, More endowed it with a language and poetry, and detailed the length of the working day and even the divorce laws. Such precision gives a disturbing and exciting impact to Utopia, which still remains a book of the future. [via]
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Who's Who in the Age of Jesusby Geza VermesISBN 0141017031 (0-14-101703-1)
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Witchcraft and Sorcery: Selected Readingsby Max MarwickISBN 0140801553 (0-14-080155-3)
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Witness to Freedom : The Letters of Thomas Merton in Times of Crisesby Thomas Merton, William H. ShannonISBN 0156002744 (0-15-600274-4)
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World of Wondersby Robertson Davies, Wayne JohnstonISBN 0143039148 (0-14-303914-8)
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