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Arden Shakespeare Complete Works: Complete Seriesby Richard ProudfootISBN 0174436157 (0-17-443615-7)
Hardcover, Thomson Learning
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Arden Shakespeare Complete Works: Complete Series'Book summary:The Complete Arden Shakespeare, published for the first time in 1998, is now available in an updated hardback edition. The Complete Arden Shakespeare contains the texts of all Shakespeare's plays, edited by leading Shakespeare scholars for the renowned Arden Shakespeare series. The updated edition includes eight newly revised playtexts as published in the Arden Third Series since 1998.A general introduction by the three General Editors of the ongoing Arden Shakespeare series gives the reader an overall view of how and why Shakespeare has become such an influential cultural icon, and how perceptions of his work have changed in the intervening four centuries. The introduction summarises the known facts about the dramatist's life, his reading and use of sources, and the nature of theatrical performance during his lifetime.Brief introductions to each play, written specially for this volume by the Arden General Editors, discuss the date and contemporary context of the play, its position within Shakespeare's 'uvre, and its subsequent performance history. An extensive glossary explains vocabulary which may be unfamiliar to modern readers.A The sound, reliable, critical edition of Shakespeare's workA Updated and revised to include all of the editions currently available in the Arden Third SeriesA Includes The Two Noble Kinsmen, the Poems and the SonnetsA General introduction by the Arden General EditorsA Brief contextual introductions to each playA Glossary with about 400 entries [via]
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Biography of the English Languageby C.M. MillwardISBN 0155016458 (0-15-501645-8)
Hardcover, Heinle
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Common Sense: Library Editionby Thomas PaineISBN 0143036254 (0-14-303625-4)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Common Sense: Library Edition'Book summary:[via]Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselvesand each other. They have inspired debate, dissent, war and revolution. They have enlightened, outraged, provoked and comforted. They have enriched livesand destroyed them.
Now, Penguin brings you the works of the great thinkers, pioneers, radicals and visionaries whose ideas shook civilization, and helped make us who we are. Penguin's Great Ideas series features twelve groundbreaking works by some of history's most prodigious thinkers, and each volume is beautifully packaged with a unique type-drive 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 the world.
Published anonymously in 1776, six months before the Declaration of Independence, Thomas Paines Common Sense was a radical and impassioned call for America to free itself from British rule and set up an independent republican government. Savagely attacking hereditary kingship and aristocratic institutions, Paine urged a new beginning for his adopted country in which personal freedom and social equality would be upheld and economic and cultural progress encouraged. His pamphlet was the first to speak directly to a mass audienceit went through fifty-six editions within a year of publicationand its assertive and often caustic style both embodied the democratic spirit he advocated, and converted thousands of citizens to the cause of American independence.
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The Complete Signet Classic Shakespeareby William Shakespeare, Sylvan BarnetISBN 0155126105 (0-15-512610-5)
Hardcover, Harcourt School
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Complete Letters: Pliny the Youngerby Pliny, P.G. WalshISBN 0192806580 (0-19-280658-0)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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The Complete Worksby William Shakespeare, William J. CraigISBN 0192541013 (0-19-254101-3)
Hardcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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Complete Works of Shakespeareby CraigISBN 0192541021 (0-19-254102-1)
Hardcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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The Complete Works/Red Leather Editionby William ShakespeareISBN 0191900451 (0-19-190045-1)
Hardcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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The Confessionsby Garry Wills, St AugustineISBN 0143039512 (0-14-303951-2)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Confessions'Book summary:[via]Garry Wills is an exceptionally gifted translator and one of our best writers on religion today. His bestselling translations of individual chapters of Saint Augustines Confessions have received widespread and glowing reviews. Now for the first time, Willss translation of the entire work is being published as a Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition. Removed by time and place but not by spiritual relevance, Augustines Confessions continues to influence contemporary religion, language, and thought. Reading with fresh, keen eyes, Wills brings his superb gifts of analysis and insight to this ambitious translation of the entire book.
- A Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition with French flaps and luxurious packaging
- Features a new introduction by the author
- Only four of the thirteen chapters of Garry Wills's translation of Confessions have appeared previously
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Confessions of a Sinnerby St AugustineISBN 0146002032 (0-14-600203-2)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Confessions of a Sinner'Book summary:Book 1.His infancy and boyhood up to age 14. He speaks of his inability to remember the sins he almost certainly committed during this time. Children serve as insight into what man would be if it weren't for being socialized into waiting one's turn. Book 2.Augustine finds himself amongst bad companions, which leads him to commit theft and succumb to lust. Augustine comes from a good family and has never wanted for food. In this chapter, he explores the question of why he and his friends stole pears when he had many better pears of his own. He explains the feelings he experienced as he ate the pears and threw the rest away to the pigs. Augustine argues that he most likely would not have stolen anything had he not been in the company of others who could share in his sin. Some insight into group mentality is given. Book 3.His studies at Carthage, his conversion to Manichaeism and continued indulgences in lust between 16 and 19. The work outlines Augustine's sinful youth and his conversion to Christianity. It is widely seen as the first Western autobiography and was an influential model for Christian writers throughout the following 1000 years of the Middle Ages. It is not a complete autobiography, nonetheless, provide an unbroken record of his development of thought and is the most complete record of any single person from the 4th and 5th centuries. In the work St. Augustine writes about how much he regrets having led a sinful and immoral life. He discusses his regrets for following the Manichaean religion and believing in astrology. He writes about Nebridius's role in helping to persuade him that astrology was not only incorrect but evil, and St. Ambrose's role in his conversion to Christianity. He shows intense sorrow for his sexual sins, and writes on the importance of sexual morality. The books were written as prayers to God, thus the title, based on the Psalms of David. [via]
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The Congress of Vienna: A Study in Allied Unity, 1812-1822by Harold George NicolsonISBN 015622061X (0-15-622061-X)
Softcover, Harcourt on Demand
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Crafting Proseby Elizabeth Giddens, Don Richard CoxISBN 0155156306 (0-15-515630-6)
Softcover, Cengage Learning
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Democracy Matters: Winning the Fight Against Imperialismby Cornel WestISBN 0143035835 (0-14-303583-5)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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Descartes' Error: Emotion, Reason, And the Human Brainby Antonio DamasioISBN 014303622X (0-14-303622-X)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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A Dictionary of Modern English Usageby Henry Watson FowlerISBN 0192813897 (0-19-281389-7)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Dictionary of Modern English Usage'Book summary:A guide to precise phrases, grammar, and pronunciation can be key; it can even be admired. But beloved? Yet from its first appearance in 1926, Fowler's was just that. Henry Watson Fowler initially aimed his Dictionary of Modern English Usage, as he wrote to his publishers in 1911, at "the half-educated Englishman of literary proclivities who wants to know Can I say so-&-so?" He was of course obsessed with, in Swift's phrase, "proper words in their proper places." But having been a schoolmaster, Fowler knew that liberal doses of style, wit, and caprice would keep his manual off the shelf and in writers' hands. He also felt that description must accompany prescription, and that advocating pedantic "superstitions" and "fetishes" would be to no one's advantage. Adepts will have their favorite inconsequential entries--from burgle to brood, truffle to turgid. Would that we could quote them all, but we can't resist a couple. Here Fowler lays into dedicated:
He is that rara avis a dedicated boxer. The sporting correspondent who wrote this evidently does not see why the literary critics should have a monopoly of this favourite word of theirs, though he does not seem to think that it will be greatly needed in his branch of the business.
Needless to say, later on rara avis is also smacked upside the head! And practically fares no better: "It is unfortunate that practically should have escaped from its true meaning into something like its opposite," Fowler begins. But our linguistic hero also knew full well when to put a crimp on comedy. Some phrases and proper uses, it's clear, would always be worth fighting for, and the guide thus ranges from brief definitions to involved articles. Archaisms, for instance, he considered safe only in the hands of the experienced, and meaningless words, especially those used by the young, "are perhaps more suitable for the psychologist than for the philologist." Well, youth might respond, "Whatever!"--though only after examining the keen differences between that phrase and what ever. (One can only imagine what Fowler would have made of our late-20th-century abuses of like.) This is where Robert Burchfield's 1996 third edition comes in. Yes, Fowler lost the fight for one r in guerrilla and didn't fare too well when it came to quashing such vogue words as smear and seminal. But he knew--and makes us ever aware--that language is a living, breathing (and occasionally suffocating) thing, and we hope that he would have welcomed any and all revisions. Fowlerphiles will want to keep their first (if they're very lucky) or second editions at hand, but should look to Burchfield for new entries on such phrases as gay, iron curtain, and inchoate--not to mention girl. --Kerry Fried [via]More editions of A Dictionary of Modern English Usage:
The Divine Comedyby Dante Alighieri, John D. SinclairISBN 0192810960 (0-19-281096-0)
Hardcover, Oxford University Press
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English Composition and Grammar: Comkplete Courseby John E. WarrinerISBN 0153117362 (0-15-311736-2)
Hardcover, Harcourt School
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English Grammar & Composition: 3rd Course Grade 9by WarnerISBN 0153117338 (0-15-311733-8)
Hardcover, Harcourt School
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English Grammar & Composition: Grade 12by John E. WarrinerISBN 0153118059 (0-15-311805-9)
Hardcover, Harcourt School
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English Grammar and Composition: First Course Grade 7by John E. WarrinerISBN 0153118806 (0-15-311880-6)
Hardcover, Harcourt College Pub
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Hardcover, Harcourt School - English Grammar and Composition: Second Course Grade 8: ISBN 0153119012 (0-15-311901-2)
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English Grammar and Composition: Complete Courseby John E. WarrinerISBN 0153120002 (0-15-312000-2)
Hardcover, Harcourt College Pub
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English Grammar and Composition: Complete Course Grade 12by John E. WarrinerISBN 0153118857 (0-15-311885-7)
Hardcover, Harcourt College Pub
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English Workshop Review Courseby WarrenerISBN 0153153520 (0-15-315352-0)
Softcover, Harcourt School
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Free Culture: The Nature And Future Of Creativityby Lawrence LessigISBN 0143034650 (0-14-303465-0)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Free Culture: The Nature And Future Of Creativity'Book summary:[via]Lawrence Lessig, the most important thinker on intellectual property in the Internet era (The New Yorker), masterfully argues that never before in human history has the power to control creative progress been so concentrated in the hands of the powerful few, the so-called Big Media. Never before have the cultural powers- that-be been able to exert such control over what we can and cant do with the culture around us. Our society defends free markets and free speech; why then does it permit such top-down control? To lose our long tradition of free culture, Lawrence Lessig shows us, is to lose our freedom to create, our freedom to build, and, ultimately, our freedom to imagine.
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A Glossary of Literary Termsby M. H. AbramsISBN 015505452X (0-15-505452-X)
Softcover, Cengage Learning
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Glossary of Literary Terms'Book summary:First published in 1957, A Glossary of Literary Terms contains succinct essays on the terms used in discussing literature, literary history, and literary criticism. This text is an indispensable reference for students. [via]
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The Harcourt Brace Guide to Peer Tutoringby Toni-Lee CaposselaISBN 0155081594 (0-15-508159-4)
Softcover, Cengage Learning
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The Harcourt Brace Guide to Writing in the Disciplinesby Robert Jones, Patrick BizzaroISBN 0155019910 (0-15-501991-0)
Softcover, Cengage Learning
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Iliad of Homerby Barbara Leonie PicardISBN 0192741470 (0-19-274147-0)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Iliad of Homer'Book summary:"Odysseus and his men put out to sea in twelve ships of fifty oars, their white sails unfurled and their blue-painted prows thrusting through the waves as the wind filled the sails: nigh on sixty men on board each ship. And the heart of every man was happy as he thought how at last, after ten weary years of battle, he would once again see Ithaca, which was his home."
Skillfully retold as clear, unencumbered narratives while retaining the dignity and excitment of Homer's original epic poems, The Iliad and The Odyssey were critically acclaimed as highly accessible editions for all ages when first published by Oxford in 1952. Now we are proud to reissue them in handsome paperback editions as part of the Oxford Myths and Legends series.
The Iliad describes the last years of the war between the Trojans and the Greeks with tales of heroes, battles, quarrels, and especially of Achilles--the greatest warrior among all the Greeks. The Odyssey continues the story after the fall of Troy, as Odysseus begins his exciting journey home. His voyage to Circe's enchanted island, down to the underworld, to the land of the Sirens, and finally home to patient Penelope remains one of the best adventure stories ever told.
All of the pride, daring, love, and revenge of these two enduring tales is captured in a way that spans ages and levels of familiarity with the works. Adults will find them the perfect complement to the originals for clarification or for pure reading pleasure. Younger children will love hearing the daring adventures read aloud, and young adults will appreciate a text that does not talk down to them, but is clear, understandable, and enjoyable. Joan Kiddell-Monroe's exquisite black and white illustrations blend a contemporary style with the classical and add to the timeless appeal of the stories.
Homer's great epics are brought to life in an immediate and engaging way for every member of the family and for all ages of students of classical literature in these two classic reissues. [via]More editions of Iliad of Homer:
The Informed Argumentby Robert K. MillerISBN 0155031856 (0-15-503185-6)
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The Informed Argument: A Multidisciplinary Reader and Guideby Robert Keith MillerISBN 0155414569 (0-15-541456-9)
Softcover, Cengage Learning
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The Informed Argument: A Multidisciplinary Reader and Guideby Miller, Robert Keith MillerISBN 0155038095 (0-15-503809-5)
Softcover, Thomson Learning
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Julius Caesarby David DaniellISBN 0174435479 (0-17-443547-9)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Julius Caesar'Book summary:One of Shakespeare's most political plays, Julius Caesar continued Shakespeare's interest in Roman history, first developed in Titus Andronicus. Drawing on Plutarch, the great historian of Rome, Shakespeare dramatises one of the most crucial moments in Roman history--the assassination of Julius Caesar. Loved by the Roman crowd but increasingly feared by the Senators, Caesar increasingly shows signs of his desire to abolish the Republic and crown himself emperor. A conspiracy is hatched, led by Cassius and Brutus, who murder Caesar on the steps of the Capitol. Mourning over his dead friend's body, Mark Antony gives one of the famous rhetorical speeches in literature, asking "Friends, Romans, Countrymen" to lament Caesar's death, privately vowing to "let slip the dogs of war" against those who have shed Caesar's blood. Antony joins forces with Caesar's son Octavius to defeat Cassius and Brutus in battle, and establish an uneasy alliance whose collapse is dramatised in Shakespeare's later play Antony and Cleopatra. Written at the end of Queen Elizabeth's reign, Julius Caesar has been seen by many as a radically pro-Republican play which sailed close to the political wind of the time. --Jerry Brotton [via]
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The Jungleby Upton Beall SinclairISBN 014303958X (0-14-303958-X)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Jungle'Book summary:Upton Sinclair's dramatic and deeply moving story exposed the brutal conditions in the Chicago stockyards at the turn of the nineteenth century and brought into sharp moral focus the apalling odds against which immigrants and other working people struggled for their share of the American dream. Denounced by the conservative press as an un-American libel on the meatpacking industry, the book was championed by more progressive thinkers, including then president Theodore Roosevelt, and was a major catalyst to the passing of the Pure Food and Meat Inspection act, which has tremendous impact to this day. [via]
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King Henry Vby William Shakespeare, T. W. CraikISBN 0174434804 (0-17-443480-4)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'King Henry V'Book summary:The editor takes a broad look at the different meanings which have been attributed to "King Henry V", through a discussion of its various critical and theatrical interpretations. Craik discusses the choices made in presenting an edited text, and enables readers to think about what their own decisions might be. Source material is accessibly presented with the text in the notes. Illustrations record production history on stage and screen, and the text also includes maps, a genealogical table and a doubling chart. [via]
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Language in Thought and Actionby Alan R. Hayakawa, Samuel Ichiy-E HayakawaISBN 0155501208 (0-15-550120-8)
Softcover, Heinle
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Language in Thought and Action'Book summary:In an era when communication has become increasingly diverse and complex, this classic work on semanticsnow fully revised and updateddistills the relationship between language and those who use it.
Renowned professor and former U.S. Senator S. I. Hayakawa discusses the role of language in human life, the many functions of language, and how languagesometimes without our knowingshapes our thinking in this engaging and highly respected book. Provocative and erudite, it examines the relationship between language and racial and religious prejudice; the nature and dangers of advertising from a linguistic point of view; and, in an additional chapter called The Empty Eye, the content, form, and hidden message of television, from situation comedies to news coverage to political advertising. [via]
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Language in Thought and Actionby Samuel Ichiy-E HayakawaISBN 0155501186 (0-15-550118-6)
Hardcover, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich
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Making Sense: Philosophy Behind the Headlinesby Julian BagginiISBN 0192805061 (0-19-280506-1)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Making Sense: Philosophy Behind the Headlines'Book summary:There are numerous good introductory books on philosophy but Julian Baggini's Making Sense: Philosophy Behind the Headlines is of immediate practical benefit because it takes important, emotive headline news stories as its subject matter. Baggini identifies the relevant and significant philosophical themes behind the headlines and shows how the press frequently neglect critical philosophical questions and distinctions in their presentation of serious news items.
The book begins by clarifying exactly what is meant by "philosophy" before explaining how it relates to the real-world concerns of the news media. Of the 10 chapters several analyse arguments around issues of immediate and pressing importance such as those used to justify war or those used to promote or attack the introduction of GMO foods. Other topics include the Clinton/Lewinsky affair, the status of science and the trustworthiness of scientists, abortion, euthanasia and the nature of the self as well as the process of valuation concerning the relative worth of public projects such as the Tate Modern and the Millennium Dome. In a chapter discussing the Waco siege and the Branch Davidians, religious believers are challenged to distinguish between dangerously irrational cults and any kind of religious faith. Throughout the book philosophical concepts such as "rights", "freedom", and "equality" are examined and techniques of philosophical analysis are brought to bear only in so far as they shed light upon the topics under discussion.
Baggini has an enviably clear, accessible and jargon-free style but what's most valuable about Making Sense is that it urges us not only to habitually examine the arguments found in the major news stories, but also to pay special attention to our own argumentative strategies in order to uncover our own unexamined prejudices. --Larry Brown [via]
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The Meaning of Meaning: A Study of the Influence of Language upon Thought and of the Science of Symbolismby I.A. Richards, C.K. OgdenISBN 0156584468 (0-15-658446-8)
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Murder in the Cathedralby T. S. EliotISBN 0156632772 (0-15-663277-2)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Murder in the Cathedral'Book summary:T. S. Eliot's verse dramatization of the murder of Thomas Becket at Canterbury, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature
The Archbishop Thomas Becket speaks fatal words before he is martyred in T. S. Eliot's best-known drama, based on the murder of the Archbishop of Canterbury in 1170. Praised for its poetically masterful handling of issues of faith, politics, and the common good, T. S. Eliot's play bolstered his reputation as the most significant poet of his time. [via]
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Nineteen Eighty-Fourby George Orwell, Peter DavisonISBN 0151660344 (0-15-166034-4)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Nineteen Eighty-Four'Book summary:"Outside, even through the shut window pane, the world looked cold. Down in the street little eddies of wind were whirling dust and torn paper into spirals, and though the sun was shining and the sky a harsh blue, there seemed to be no color in anything except the posters that were plastered everywhere."
The year is 1984; the scene is London, largest population center of Airstrip One.
Airstrip One is part of the vast political entity Oceania, which is eternally at war with one of two other vast entities, Eurasia and Eastasia. At any moment, depending upon current alignments, all existing records show either that Oceania has always been at war with Eurasia and allied with Eastasia, or that it has always been at war with Eastasia and allied with Eurasia. Winston Smith knows this, because his work at the Ministry of Truth involves the constant "correction" of such records. "'Who controls the past,' ran the Party slogan, 'controls the future: who controls the present controls the past.'"
In a grim city and a terrifying country, where Big Brother is always Watching You and the Thought Police can practically read your mind, Winston is a man in grave danger for the simple reason that his memory still functions. He knows the Party's official image of the world is a fluid fiction. He knows the Party controls the people by feeding them lies and narrowing their imaginations through a process of bewilderment and brutalization that alienates each individual from his fellows and deprives him of every liberating human pursuit from reasoned inquiry to sexual passion. Drawn into a forbidden love affair, Winston finds the courage to join a secret revolutionary organization called The Brotherhood, dedicated to the destruction of the Party. Together with his beloved Julia, he hazards his life in a deadly match against the powers that be.
Newspeak, doublethink, thoughtcrime--in 1984, George Orwell created a whole vocabulary of words concerning totalitarian control that have since passed into our common vocabulary. More importantly, he has portrayed a chillingly credible dystopia. In our deeply anxious world, the seeds of unthinking conformity are everywhere in evidence; and Big Brother is always looking for his chance. --Daniel Hintzsche [via]
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The Odysseyby Geraldine McCaughrean, Victor G. AmbrusISBN 0192741837 (0-19-274183-7)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Odyssey'Book summary:The story of Odysseus is told in this first installment of a four-volume series using lively, modern language to bring ancient myths to life for contemporary young readers. [via]
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The Odysseyby Homer, Robert Fagles, Bernard MacGregor Walker KnoxISBN 0143039954 (0-14-303995-4)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Odyssey'Book summary:Robert Fagles's translation is a jaw-droppingly beautiful rendering of Homer's Odyssey, the most accessible and enthralling epic of classical Greece. Fagles captures the rapid and direct language of the original Greek, while telling the story of Odysseus in lyrics that ring with a clear, energetic voice. The story itself has never seemed more dynamic, the action more compelling, nor the descriptions so brilliant in detail. It is often said that every age demands its own translation of the classics. Fagles's work is a triumph because he has not merely provided a contemporary version of Homer's classic poem, but has located the right language for the timeless character of this great tale. Fagles brings the Odyssey so near, one wonders if the Hollywood adaption can be far behind. This is a terrific book. [via]
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The Odyssey of Homerby Barbara Leonie Picard, Joan Kiddell-MonroeISBN 0192741462 (0-19-274146-2)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Odyssey of Homer'Book summary:A collection of Homer's famous stories from "The Odyssey", retold for children. [via]
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Oedipus Cycleby Dudley FittsISBN 0156838389 (0-15-683838-9)
Softcover, Harcourt
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The Oedipus Cycle: An English Version Oedipus Rex/Oedipus at Colonus/Antigoneby SophoclesISBN 015602764X (0-15-602764-X)
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Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four: Text, Sources, Criticismby Irving HoweISBN 0155658115 (0-15-565811-5)
Softcover, Cengage Learning
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four: Text, Sources, Criticism'Book summary:Among the seminal texts of the 20th century, Nineteen Eighty-Four is a rare work that grows more haunting as its futuristic purgatory becomes more real. Published in 1949, the book offers political satirist George Orwell's nightmare vision of a totalitarian, bureaucratic world and one poor stiff's attempt to find individuality. The brilliance of the novel is Orwell's prescience of modern life--the ubiquity of television, the distortion of the language--and his ability to construct such a thorough version of hell. Required reading for students since it was published, it ranks among the most terrifying novels ever written. [via]
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The Picture of Dorian Grayby Oscar Wilde, Joseph BristowISBN 0192807293 (0-19-280729-3)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Picture of Dorian Gray'Book summary:A lush, cautionary tale of a life of vileness and deception or a loving portrait of the aesthetic impulse run rampant? Why not both? After Basil Hallward paints a beautiful, young man's portrait, his subject's frivolous wish that the picture change and he remain the same comes true. Dorian Gray's picture grows aged and corrupt while he continues to appear fresh and innocent. After he kills a young woman, "as surely as if I had cut her little throat with a knife," Dorian Gray is surprised to find no difference in his vision or surroundings. "The roses are not less lovely for all that. The birds sing just as happily in my garden."
As Hallward tries to make sense of his creation, his epigram-happy friend Lord Henry Wotton encourages Dorian in his sensual quest with any number of Wildean paradoxes, including the delightful "When we are happy we are always good, but when we are good we are not always happy." But despite its many languorous pleasures, The Picture of Dorian Gray is an imperfect work. Compared to the two (voyeuristic) older men, Dorian is a bore, and his search for ever new sensations far less fun than the novel's drawing-room discussions. Even more oddly, the moral message of the novel contradicts many of Wilde's supposed aims, not least "no artist has ethical sympathies. An ethical sympathy in an artist is an unpardonable mannerism of style." Nonetheless, the glamour boy gets his just deserts. And Wilde, defending Dorian Gray, had it both ways: "All excess, as well as all renunciation, brings its own punishment." [via]
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Plato Phaedrusby Plato, Robin WaterfieldISBN 0192802771 (0-19-280277-1)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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Pride and Prejudiceby Jane Austen, Vivien JonesISBN 0143036238 (0-14-303623-8)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Pride And Prejudice'Book summary:"It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife."
Next to the exhortation at the beginning of Moby-Dick, "Call me Ishmael," the first sentence of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice must be among the most quoted in literature. And certainly what Melville did for whaling Austen does for marriage--tracing the intricacies (not to mention the economics) of 19th-century British mating rituals with a sure hand and an unblinking eye. As usual, Austen trains her sights on a country village and a few families--in this case, the Bennets, the Philips, and the Lucases. Into their midst comes Mr. Bingley, a single man of good fortune, and his friend, Mr. Darcy, who is even richer. Mrs. Bennet, who married above her station, sees their arrival as an opportunity to marry off at least one of her five daughters. Bingley is complaisant and easily charmed by the eldest Bennet girl, Jane; Darcy, however, is harder to please. Put off by Mrs. Bennet's vulgarity and the untoward behavior of the three younger daughters, he is unable to see the true worth of the older girls, Jane and Elizabeth. His excessive pride offends Lizzy, who is more than willing to believe the worst that other people have to say of him; when George Wickham, a soldier stationed in the village, does indeed have a discreditable tale to tell, his words fall on fertile ground.
Having set up the central misunderstanding of the novel, Austen then brings in her cast of fascinating secondary characters: Mr. Collins, the sycophantic clergyman who aspires to Lizzy's hand but settles for her best friend, Charlotte, instead; Lady Catherine de Bourgh, Mr. Darcy's insufferably snobbish aunt; and the Gardiners, Jane and Elizabeth's low-born but noble-hearted aunt and uncle. Some of Austen's best comedy comes from mixing and matching these representatives of different classes and economic strata, demonstrating the hypocrisy at the heart of so many social interactions. And though the novel is rife with romantic misunderstandings, rejected proposals, disastrous elopements, and a requisite happy ending for those who deserve one, Austen never gets so carried away with the romance that she loses sight of the hard economic realities of 19th-century matrimonial maneuvering. Good marriages for penniless girls such as the Bennets are hard to come by, and even Lizzy, who comes to sincerely value Mr. Darcy, remarks when asked when she first began to love him: "It has been coming on so gradually, that I hardly know when it began. But I believe I must date it from my first seeing his beautiful grounds at Pemberley." She may be joking, but there's more than a little truth to her sentiment, as well. Jane Austen considered Elizabeth Bennet "as delightful a creature as ever appeared in print". Readers of Pride and Prejudice would be hard-pressed to disagree. --Alix Wilber [via]
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The Princeby Niccolo Machiavelli, George Anthony BullISBN 0143036335 (0-14-303633-5)
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This fluent new translation is accompanied by an introduction that considers the true purpose of The Prince and dispels some of the myths associated with it. It has the most comprehensive explanatory and critical notes found in any currently available English translation and the most comprehensive bibliography in any edition of the work. It also contains a helpful Glossary of Proper Names, an Index and a map. [via] 
Readings for Writers With Infotracby Anthony C. Winkler, Jo Ray McCuenISBN 0155012673 (0-15-501267-3)
Softcover, Harcourt College Pub
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Rhetoric Made Plainby Anthony C. Winkler, Jo Ray McCuen, Allan M. WinklerISBN 0155014838 (0-15-501483-8)
Softcover, Cengage Learning
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Rhetorical Terms and Concepts: A Contemporary Clossaryby George Y. TrailISBN 0155072366 (0-15-507236-6)
Softcover, Cengage Learning
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Romeo and Julietby William ShakespeareISBN 0174434715 (0-17-443471-5)
Softcover, Thomson Learning
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The Scarlet Letterby Nathaniel HawthorneISBN 0151795681 (0-15-179568-1)
Hardcover, Daedalus Books
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Shakespeareby William Shakespeare, G. B. HarrisonISBN 0155805304 (0-15-580530-4)
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Short Essays: Models for Compositionby Gerald Henry LevinISBN 0155809121 (0-15-580912-1)
Hardcover, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich
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Symposiumby Plato, Christopher Gill, Desmond LeeISBN 0143037536 (0-14-303753-6)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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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.
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Terrors of the Table: The Curious History of Nutritionby Walter GratzerISBN 0192806610 (0-19-280661-0)
Hardcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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The Tragedy of Julius Caesarby William Shakespeare, David DaniellISBN 0174434901 (0-17-443490-1)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Tragedy of Julius Caesar'Book summary:One of Shakespeare's most political plays, Julius Caesar continued Shakespeare's interest in Roman history, first developed in Titus Andronicus. Drawing on Plutarch, the great historian of Rome, Shakespeare dramatises one of the most crucial moments in Roman history--the assassination of Julius Caesar. Loved by the Roman crowd but increasingly feared by the Senators, Caesar increasingly shows signs of his desire to abolish the Republic and crown himself emperor. A conspiracy is hatched, led by Cassius and Brutus, who murder Caesar on the steps of the Capitol. Mourning over his dead friend's body, Mark Antony gives one of the famous rhetorical speeches in literature, asking "Friends, Romans, Countrymen" to lament Caesar's death, privately vowing to "let slip the dogs of war" against those who have shed Caesar's blood. Antony joins forces with Caesar's son Octavius to defeat Cassius and Brutus in battle, and establish an uneasy alliance whose collapse is dramatised in Shakespeare's later play Antony and Cleopatra. Written at the end of Queen Elizabeth's reign, Julius Caesar has been seen by many as a radically pro-Republican play which sailed close to the political wind of the time. --Jerry Brotton [via]
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The Tragedy of Julius Caesar: With Related Readingsby Dom Saliani, Chris Ferguson, Tim ScottISBN 0176066152 (0-17-606615-2)
Softcover, South-Western Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Tragedy of Julius Caesar: With Related Readings'Book summary:In this striking tragedy of political conflict, Shakespeare turns to the ancient Roman world and to the famous assassination of Julius Caesar by his republican opponents. The play is one of tumultuous rivalry, of prophetic warnings--"Beware the ides of March"--and of moving public oratory "Friends, Romans, countrymen!" Ironies abound and most of all for Brutus, whose fate it is to learn that his idealistic motives for joining the conspiracy against a would-be dictator are not enough to sustain the movement once Caesar is dead. [via]
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Twenty Questions for the Writer: A Rhetoric With Readingsby Jacqueline Berke, Randal WoodlandISBN 0155008579 (0-15-500857-9)
Softcover, Heinle
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A Vindication of the Rights of Womanby Mary WollstonecraftISBN 0143037501 (0-14-303750-1)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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Mary Wollstonecraft's passionate declaration of female independence shattered the stereotype of docile, decorative womanhood, anticipated a new era of equality and established her as the founder of modern feminism.
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The Voyages of Odysseusby Homer, D. C. H. Rieu, E. V. RieuISBN 0146001516 (0-14-600151-6)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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Warriner's English Grammar and Composition: Course 5-Liberty Editionby WarrinersISBN 0153118040 (0-15-311804-0)
Hardcover, Harcourt School
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Why I Writeby George OrwellISBN 0143036351 (0-14-303635-1)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Why I Write'Book summary:[via]Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselvesand each other. They have inspired debate, dissent, war and revolution. They have enlightened, outraged, provoked and comforted. They have enriched livesand destroyed them.
Now, Penguin brings you the works of the great thinkers, pioneers, radicals and visionaries whose ideas shook civilization, and helped make us who we are. Penguin's Great Ideas series features twelve groundbreaking works by some of history's most prodigious thinkers, and each volume is beautifully packaged with a unique type-drive 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 the world.
Whether puncturing the lies of politicians, wittily dissecting the English character or telling unpalatable truths about war, Orwell's timeless, uncompromising essays are more relevant, entertaining and essential than ever in today's era of spin.
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Working the Web: A Student's Guideby Clark, Carol Clark PowellISBN 015504060X (0-15-504060-X)
Softcover, Harcourt College Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Working the Web: A Student's Guide'Book summary:One of the most valuable skills a student can learn is researching using the Web. The second edition of Working the Web: A Student's Research Guide helps students become savvy about this powerful research tool. Whether they are learning for the first time about the resources available online, trying to get the most valuable information from a search engine, documenting Internet sources in a research paper, or building their own Web site, this popular guide will help them each step of the way. [via]
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Working the Web: A Student's Research Guideby Carol L. Clark, Carol Clark PowellISBN 015507475X (0-15-507475-X)
Softcover, Cengage Learning
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Working the Web: A Student's Research Guide'Book summary:One of the most valuable skills a student can learn is researching using the Web. The second edition of Working the Web: A Student's Research Guide helps students become savvy about this powerful research tool. Whether they are learning for the first time about the resources available online, trying to get the most valuable information from a search engine, documenting Internet sources in a research paper, or building their own Web site, this popular guide will help them each step of the way. [via]
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Writing About Diversity: An Argument Reader and Guideby Irene L. ClarkISBN 0155009494 (0-15-500949-4)
Softcover, Harcourt College Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Writing About Diversity: An Argument Reader and Guide'Book summary:Writing about Diversity: An Argument Reader and Guide has the dual purpose of linking instruction in argumentation and critical thinking with readings concerned with timely and controversial topic of multiculturalism. An important premise of this book continues to be that students write more effective argumentative essays when the topic is linked, at leasr initially, with their own experience. This text emphasizes that writing about any issue originates with the self and that it is difficult for students to formulate an opinion and develop a convincing these about a topic unless they first explore their own prespective on it. Although, Writing About Diversity also stress the importance of expanding student understanding by reading material from a variety of information sources -- magazines, journals, books, and material obtained overthe Internet. An entire chapter is devoted to helping students develop effective strategies for reading and evaluating outside sources. With the skills they develop in writing essays about difficult subjects, the students will write more thoughtful, effective essays. [via]
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