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Alexander the Greatby Robin Lane FoxISBN 071390500X (0-7139-0500-X)
Hardcover, Allen Lane
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Alexander the Great'Book summary:Robin Lane Fox's accessible and erudite life of Alexander the Great searches through the mass of conflicting evidence and legend to focus on the living actuality of the man and his experience--'It is tempting', he concludes, 'to see in Alexander the romantic's complex nature for the first time in Greek history.' Beautifully written perceptive and fluent, it is a superb example of historical scholarship and psychological insight. [via]
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Alice's Adventures in Wonderlandby Lewis CarrollISBN 0721409679 (0-7214-0967-9)
Hardcover, Ladybird Books Ltd
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland'Book summary:Source of legend and lyric, reference and conjecture, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland is for most children pure pleasure in prose. While adults try to decipher Lewis Carroll's putative use of complex mathematical codes in the text, or debate his alleged use of opium, young readers simply dive with Alice through the rabbit hole, pursuing "The dream-child moving through a land / Of wonders wild and new." There they encounter the White Rabbit, the Queen of Hearts, the Mock Turtle, and the Mad Hatter, among a multitude of other characters--extinct, fantastical, and commonplace creatures. Alice journeys through this Wonderland, trying to fathom the meaning of her strange experiences. But they turn out to be "curiouser and curiouser," seemingly without moral or sense.
For more than 130 years, children have reveled in the delightfully non-moralistic, non-educational virtues of this classic. In fact, at every turn, Alice's new companions scoff at her traditional education. The Mock Turtle, for example, remarks that he took the "regular course" in school: Reeling, Writhing, and branches of Arithmetic-Ambition, Distraction, Uglification, and Derision. Carroll believed John Tenniel's illustrations were as important as his text. Naturally, Carroll's instincts were good; the masterful drawings are inextricably tied to the well-loved story. (All ages) --Emilie Coulter [via]
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All Colour Book of Roman Mythologyby Peter CroftISBN 0706402758 (0-7064-0275-8)
Hardcover, Octopus Books
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Avenues to Antiquity: Readings from Scientific Americanby Brian M. FaganISBN 0716705419 (0-7167-0541-9)
Hardcover, W. H. Freeman
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The Awakeningby Kate ChopinISBN 0704347334 (0-7043-4733-4)
Softcover, Women's Press, Limited, The
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Blind Justiceby Bruce AlexanderISBN 0708936067 (0-7089-3606-7)
Hardcover, Ulverscroft Large Print Books
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Book of My Motherby Albert Cohen, Bella Cohen, David CowardISBN 0720610249 (0-7206-1024-9)
Hardcover, Peter Owen Ltd
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Bread and Circuses: Historical Sociology and Political Pluralismby Paul VeyneISBN 0713990031 (0-7139-9003-1)
Hardcover, Penguin Group USA
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Captain Nemos Libraryby EnquistISBN 0704370190 (0-7043-7019-0)
Hardcover, Quartet
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A Certain Smile: A Novelby Francoise SaganISBN 0719512042 (0-7195-1204-2)
Hardcover, J. Murray
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The Charioteer: A Novelby Mary RenaultISBN 0713905379 (0-7139-0537-9)
Hardcover, Allen Lane
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ChessISBN 0721406106 (0-7214-0610-6)
Hardcover, Ladybird Books Ltd
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The Coming of Romeby John WacherISBN 0710003129 (0-7100-0312-9)
Hardcover, Routledge & Kegan Paul
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Cutting Timberby Thomas Bernhard, Ewald OsersISBN 0704326558 (0-7043-2655-8)
Hardcover, Texas Bookman
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Death of Virgilby Hermann BrochISBN 0710087632 (0-7100-8763-2)
Hardcover, Routledge & Kegan Paul
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The Discourses of Niccolo Machiavelliby Niccolo Machiavelli, Leslie J. Walker, Cecil H. CloughISBN 071008076X (0-7100-8076-X)
Hardcover, Routledge and Paul
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English Heritage Book of Hadrian's Wallby Stephen JohnsonISBN 0713459581 (0-7134-5958-1)
Softcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc
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English Heritage Book of Roman Britainby Martin MillettISBN 0713477938 (0-7134-7793-8)
Softcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc
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Everyday Life in Roman and Anglo-Saxon Timesby OuennellISBN 0713416750 (0-7134-1675-0)
Hardcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc
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The Garden of the Finzi-Continisby Giorgio BassaniISBN 0704310813 (0-7043-1081-3)
Hardcover, Quartet Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Garden of the Finzi-Continis'Book summary:Giorgio Bassani's masterwork has Vittorio de Sica's 1971 film adaptation to thank for its dual success and obscurity. Not enough people know that this tale of a middle-class Jewish youth's obsession with the far more aristocratic Micol Finzi-Contini stems from a novel, not a novelization. Bassani's doom- and tomb-ridden examination of one-sided love is far more complex--about individuals' inability to contend with personal and political annihilation. Events call for heroism, yet it seems "downright absurd that now, all of a sudden, exceptional behavior was demanded of us." The narrator writes in retrospect, 13 years after World War II's end, and reveals the Finzi-Continis' 1943 deportation to Germany right from the start: "Who could say if they found any sort of burial at all?"
As Fascist racial laws go from strength to strength, the family, which had long isolated itself from the other inhabitants of Ferrara, opens its walled grounds and tennis court to other young Jews and even returns to the local temple. Unfortunately, the situation encourages the narrator's dream that Micol will return his love, and she is forced into cruel honesty. "She looked into my eyes, and her gaze entered me, straight, sure, hard: with the limpid inexorability of a sword."
The author has re-created a tragic era in which even nobility could not outrun events, let alone admit they needed to. (For a nonfiction account of the fates of five Italian Jewish families under fascism, see Alexander Stille's Benevolence and Betrayal.) Bassani's elision of historical and personal agony is furthermore superbly translated by William Weaver. All is foretold in the novel's Manzonian epigraph, "The heart, to be sure, always has something to say about what is to come, to him who heeds it. But what does the heart know? Only a little of what has already happened." [via]
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Gender and the Interpretation of Classical Mythby Lillian E. DohertyISBN 0715630423 (0-7156-3042-3)
Softcover, Duckbacks
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Greek and Roman Slaveryby Thomas WiedemannISBN 0709903898 (0-7099-0389-8)
Softcover, Croom Helm
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Green Henryby Gottfried Keller, A. M. HoltISBN 0714502650 (0-7145-0265-0)
Softcover, Riverrun Pr
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Hadrian's Wallby David John Breeze, Brian DobsonISBN 0713905239 (0-7139-0523-9)
Hardcover, Allen Lane
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Hadrian's Wallby James L. Forde-JohnstonISBN 0718116526 (0-7181-1652-6)
Hardcover, Joseph
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Hadrian's Wallby Stephen JohnsonISBN 0713488409 (0-7134-8840-9)
Softcover, B T Batsford Ltd
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A Handbook of Roman Art: A Survey of the Visual Arts of the Roman Worldby Martin HenigISBN 0714823015 (0-7148-2301-5)
Softcover, Phaidon Inc Ltd
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His Natural Lifeby Marcus Clarke, Michael Roe, Elizabeth Webby, Lurline StuartISBN 0702231762 (0-7022-3176-2)
Hardcover, Univ of Queensland Pr
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The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empireby Edward Gibbon, David WomersleyISBN 0713991240 (0-7139-9124-0)
Hardcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
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Imperial Roman Armyby Yann Le BohecISBN 0713471662 (0-7134-7166-2)
Hardcover, Anova Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Imperial Roman Army'Book summary:The Emperor Augustus believed that the Roman army occupied a crucial lace at the heart of the empire and it was he who made it a fully professional force. This book looks at the structure and development of the army between the Republic and the Late Empire, examining why the army has always been accorded such a prominent position in the history of the Roman Empire, and whether that view is justified.
The book is divided into three sections. The author first examines the major divisions of army organization - the legions, the auxiliary units, the fleet - and how the men were recruited. Secondly he looks at what the army did - the training, tactics and strategy. Finally he considers the historical role of the army - how it fitted into Roman society, of which it was only part, and what influence it had economically and politically.
In exploring these themes, the author gives equal weight to epigraphic, documentary and archaeology evidence. With tables summarizing detailed information, Yann Le Bohec provides a synthesis of current knowledge of the Roman army from the first to the third century AD, putting it in its context as part of the state structure of the Roman Empire. [via]More editions of Imperial Roman Army:
Johnnoby David MaloufISBN 0702230154 (0-7022-3015-4)
Hardcover, University of Queensland Press
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Journey to the Centre of the Earthby Jules VerneISBN 0721405967 (0-7214-0596-7)
Hardcover, Ladybird Books Ltd
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Journey to the Centre of the Earth'Book summary:BOTOX, laser-peels, antiwrinkle creamsan estimated 90 million Americans over the age of 45 are looking for the fountain of youth wherever they can find it. Ann Hodgman offers 1,003 youthful approaches to turn back the hands of time, including:
It's never too late to start using sunscreen. And, if it is too late for that, it's really never too late to get a peel.
Never admit you don't know how to use your iPod.
Keep the news that you take Lipitor to yourself.
"I refuse to admit that I am more than 52, even if that makes my children illegitimate." Lady Nancy Astor [via]
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The Lakeby Yasunari KawabataISBN 0720620007 (0-7206-2000-7)
Hardcover, Owen
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The Last Templarby Raymond KhouryISBN 0715634410 (0-7156-3441-0)
Softcover, Duckworth
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Last Templar'Book summary:Trade edition paperback, new [via]
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Les Fleurs Du Malby Richard Howard, Charles BaudelaireISBN 0710804598 (0-7108-0459-8)
Hardcover, Harvester Press
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Les Onze Mille Vergesby Guillaume Apollinaire, Nina Rootes, Richard N. CoeISBN 0720611008 (0-7206-1100-8)
Softcover, Dufour Editions
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Life in Roman Britainby Anthony R. BirleyISBN 0713436433 (0-7134-3643-3)
Softcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc
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Little Womenby Louisa May AlcottISBN 070641313X (0-7064-1313-X)
Hardcover, Octopus Books Limited
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Little Women'Book summary:Part of the ANDRE DEUTSCH CLASSICS series, a classic story of four young women who struggle to overcome the trials of keeping up appearences whilst battling poverty and awaiting news of the fate of their father who is fighting the Civil War. Includes an introduction by Trevor McDonald. [via]
Lord of Silverby Alan FiskISBN 0738834165 (0-7388-3416-5)
Softcover, Xlibris Corp
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Mauriceby E. M. ForsterISBN 0713156007 (0-7131-5600-7)
Hardcover, Edward Arnold
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Maurice'Book summary:A new edition of this novel, which although written in 1914, was not published until after the author's death in 1970 because of its homosexual content. It tells the story of a young man at Cambridge, who falls in love with another man who betrays him by turning to women. But then he meets someone else and finds happiness with him. [via]
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The Mayor of Casterbridgeby Thomas HardyISBN 070898021X (0-7089-8021-X)
Hardcover, Ulverscroft Large Print Books
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Memories of My Melancholy Whoresby Edith Grossman, Gabriel García MárquezISBN 0739325604 (0-7393-2560-4)
Hardcover, Random House Large Print
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Memories of My Melancholy Whores'Book summary:"The year I turned ninety, I wanted to give myself the gift of a night of wild love with an adolescent virgin." So begins Memories of My Melancholy Whores, and it becomes even more unlikely as the novel unfolds. This slim volume contains the story of the sad life of an unnamed, only slightly talented Colombian journalist and teacher, never married, never in love, living in the crumbling family manse. He calls Rosa Cabarcas, madame of the city's most successful brothel, to seek her assistance. Rosa tells him his wish is impossible--and then calls right back to say that she has found the perfect girl.
The protagonist says of himself: "I have never gone to bed with a woman I didn't pay ... by the time I was fifty there were 514 women with whom I had been at least once ... My public life, on the other hand, was lacking in interest: both parents dead, a bachelor without a future, a mediocre journalist ... and a favorite of caricaturists because of my exemplary ugliness."
The girl is 14 and works all day in a factory attaching buttons in order to provide for her family. Rosa gives her a combination of bromide and valerian to drink to calm her nerves, and when the prospective lover arrives, she is sound asleep. Now the story really begins. The nonagenarian is not a sex-starved adventurer; he is a tender voyeur. Throughout his 90th year, he continues to meet the girl and watch her sleep. He says, "This was something new for me. I was ignorant of the arts of seduction and had always chosen my brides for a night at random, more for their price than their charms, and we had made love without love, half-dressed most of the time and always in the dark, so we could imagine ourselves as better than we were ... That night I discovered the improbably pleasure of contemplating the body of a sleeping woman without the urgencies of desire or the obstacles of modesty."
Márquez's style never falters throughout this recounting of his life and his exploration of love, found at an unexpected time and place. The erstwhile lover is still capable of being surprised--and fulfilled. After an absence of ten years, it is a treat to have another parable from the master. --Valerie Ryan [via]
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Monsieurby Jean-Philippe Toussaint, John LambertISBN 0714529117 (0-7145-2911-7)
Hardcover, Marion Boyars
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The Murder of Roger Ackroydby Agatha ChristieISBN 0735105855 (0-7351-0585-5)
Hardcover, Replica Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Murder of Roger Ackroyd'Book summary:In the quiet village of King's Abbot a widow's suicide has stirred suspicion - and dreadful gossip. There are rumours she murdered her first husband, rumours that she was blackmailed, and rumours that her secret lover was Roger Ackroyd. When Ackroyd is found murdered it is unlucky for the killer that Hercule Poirot is close by. Setting up the traditional rules of mystery only to shatter them, this ingeniously tricky masterpiece startied fans, polarised critics, and stunned the Detection Club, the highly esteemed literary organisation, of which Christie herself was a member. One of the most famous detective novels ever written, and certainly one of the most controversial, The Murder of Roger Ackroyd was championed by Dorothy L Sayers who said, "Christie fooled you (all)...It's the readers business to suspect everyone." And you will. [via]
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Nero: The End of a Dynastyby Miriam Griffin, NeroISBN 0713444649 (0-7134-4464-9)
Hardcover, B.T. Batsford
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Niccolo Risingby Dorothy DunnettISBN 0718127064 (0-7181-2706-4)
Hardcover, M. Joseph
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Niccolo Rising'Book summary:Set against a 15th-century background, this story begins the saga of Nicholas Vanderpoele, the dyer's apprentice from Flanders who plays dangerous games for the highest stakes with the greatest powers in Europe during the time of the War of the Roses and the Fall of Constantinople. [via]
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Nicopolis Ad Istrum: A Roman to Early Byzantine City The Pottery and Glassby A. G. Poulter, R. K. Falkner, J. D. ShepherdISBN 0718501683 (0-7185-0168-3)
Hardcover, Continuum Intl Pub Group
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Night Lettersby Robert Dessaix, Igor MiazmovISBN 0732908515 (0-7329-0851-5)
Hardcover, Macmillan
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The Odysseyby Homer, Martin HammondISBN 0715629581 (0-7156-2958-1)
Softcover, Intl Pub Marketing Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Odyssey'Book summary:This is the story of the return of Odysseus from Troy. Championed by Athene and hounded by the wrathful sea-god Poseidon, Odysseus encounters the ferocious Cyclops, escaping Scylla and Charybdis to reclaim his threatened home on Ithaca. The pack includes an introduction in book form. [via]
Old Mastersby Thomas Bernhard, Ewald OsersISBN 0704327104 (0-7043-2710-4)
Hardcover, Texas Bookman
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Oliver Twist ; Great Expectations ; A Tale of Two Citiesby Charles DickensISBN 0706416716 (0-7064-1671-6)
Hardcover, Octopus Books
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Orlando: A Biographyby Virginia WoolfISBN 070120995X (0-7012-0995-X)
Hardcover, Hogarth Press
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Oscar and Lucindaby Peter CareyISBN 0702221163 (0-7022-2116-3)
Hardcover, University of Queensland Press
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Oscar and Lucinda'Book summary:Oscar Hopkins is a high-strung preacher's kid with hydrophobia and noisy knees. Lucinda Leplastrier is a frizzy-haired heiress who impulsively buys a glass factory with the inheritance forced on her by a well-intentioned adviser. In the early parts of this lushly written book, author Peter Carey renders the seminal turning points in his protagonists' childhoods as exquisite 19th-century set pieces. Young Oscar, denied the heavenly fruit of a Christmas pudding by his cruelly stern father, forever renounces his father's religion in favor of the Anglican Church. "Dear God," Oscar prays, "if it be Thy will that Thy people eat pudding, smite him!" Lucinda's childhood trauma involves a beautiful doll bought by her struggling mother with savings from the jam jar; in a misguided attempt to tame the doll's unruly curls, young Lucinda mutilates her treasure beyond repair. Neither of these coming-of-age stories quite explains how the grownup Oscar and Lucinda each develop a guilty passion for gambling. Oscar plays the horses while at school, and Lucinda, now an orphaned heiress, finds comfort in a game of cards with an odd collection of acquaintances. When the two finally meet, on board a ship bound for New South Wales, they are bound by their affinity for risk, their loneliness, and their awkwardly blossoming (but unexpressed) mutual affection. Their final high-stakes folly--transporting a crystal palace of a church across (literally) godforsaken terrain--strains plausibility, and events turn ghastly as Oscar plays out his bid for Lucinda's heart. Yet even the unconvincing plot turns are made up for by Carey's rich prose and the tale's unpredictable outcome. Although love proves to be the ultimate gamble for Oscar and Lucinda, the story never strays too far from the terrible possibility that even the most thunderstruck lovers can remain isolated in parallel lives. [via]
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The Radetzky Marchby Joseph RothISBN 0713904690 (0-7139-0469-0)
Hardcover, Allen Lane
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Radetzky March'Book summary:Joseph Roth's 1932 novel, The Radetzky March, starts with an accident that creates a dynasty. When an infantry lieutenant steps in front of a bullet intended for the young Franz Joseph, the Austro-Hungarian emperor rewards him with wealth, promotion, and a knighthood. Almost overnight, Joseph Trotta is "severed" from his ancestors, and his family is transformed from unremarkable soldiers and peasants living in the outer reaches of the empire to barons and high-ranking officials living near the imperial palace. As long as Franz Joseph is the Kaiser, their status is secure. But when Trotta happens upon a schoolbook account of the event that exaggerates his heroism, he is shaken:
He had been driven from the paradise of simple faith in Emperor and Virtue, Truth, and Justice, and, now fettered in silence and endurance, he may have realized that the stability of the world, the power of laws, and the glory of majesties were all based on deviousness.
As World War I approaches and the monarchy's limitations become apparent, Trotta's son and grandson become even further removed from this paradise. They continue to follow the codes of honor and duty, though such behavioral guides become pointless, even burdensome, in a world shorn of simple faith in an emperor. Trotta's grandson Carl Joseph finds his military career overwhelmed by bad horsemanship, alcohol dependency, frivolous roulette and baccarat debts, and misguided love affairs--the kinds of flaws, he thinks, that are inevitable without the self-assurance and practical knowledge that he would have gained had he earned (rather than inherited) his position. Not long ago, he thinks wistfully, his family lived as peasants "in dwarfed huts, making their wives fertile by night and their fields by day." It is here that the Trottas' demise is at its most poignant, as the focus of the narrative shifts from the loss of status to the far more devastating loss of purpose.In both style and temperament, Roth's novel stands between the 19th and 20th centuries, and the three Trottas could be seen as part of a progression that stretches back to Tolstoy's Prince Andrei and looks ahead to the Mathieu of Sartre's Les Chemins de la Liberté trilogy. Although The Radetzky March illustrates why the monarchy was doomed, and isn't blind to the new nations and ideologies on the horizon, Roth is more interested in his characters' psychology than their politics. And their central difficulty--the bewildering meaninglessness that follows the dissolution of an ideal--has been a fundamental 20th-century dilemma. The Trottas are, in Roth's stunning phrase, "homesick for the Kaiser." One need only substitute "the Chairman" or "Marxism" or "God" to understand the novel's lasting resonance. --John Ponyicsanyi [via]
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Readings on My Antoniaby Willa Cather, Christopher SmithISBN 0737701803 (0-7377-0180-3)
Softcover, Greenhaven Pr
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Reads like a Novelby Daniel PennacISBN 0704370735 (0-7043-7073-5)
Softcover, Quartet Books
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Roman Craftsby David Brown, Donald StrongISBN 0715607812 (0-7156-0781-2)
Hardcover, Duckworth
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The Roman Villa: An Historical Introductionby John PercivalISBN 0713432381 (0-7134-3238-1)
Hardcover, Batsford
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The Roman Worldby John WacherISBN 0710208952 (0-7102-0895-2)
Hardcover, Routledge & K. Paul
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Rome against Caratacus: The Roman Campaigns in Britain, AD 48-58by Graham WebsterISBN 0713472545 (0-7134-7254-5)
Softcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc
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The Shipping News : A Novelby E. Annie ProulxISBN 0743225406 (0-7432-2540-6)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Shipping News : A Novel'Book summary:In this touching and atmospheric novel set among the fishermen of Newfoundland, Proulx tells the story of Quoyle. From all outward appearances, Quoyle has gone through his first 36 years on earth as a big schlump of a loser. He's not attractive, he's not brilliant or witty or talented, and he's not the kind of person who typically assumes the central position in a novel. But Proulx creates a simple and compelling tale of Quoyle's psychological and spiritual growth. Along the way, we get to look in on the maritime beauty of what is probably a disappearing way of life. [via]
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A Sister to Scheherazadeby Assia Djebar, Dorothy S. BlairISBN 0704326701 (0-7043-2670-1)
Hardcover, Interlink Pub Group Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Sister to Scheherazade'Book summary:Isma and Hajila are both wives of the same man, but they are not rivals.
Isma - older, vibrant, passionate, emancipated - is in stark contrast to the passive, cloistered Hajila. In alternating chapters, Isma tells her own story in the first person, and then Hajila's in the second person. She details how she escaped from the traditional restraints imposed upon the women of her country - and how, in making her escape, she condemns Hajila to those very restraints. When Hajila catches a glimpse of an unveiled woman, she realized that she, too, wants a life beyond the veil, and it is Isma who offers her the key to her own freedom. [via]
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The Sound of One Hand Clappingby Richard FlanaganISBN 0732908965 (0-7329-0896-5)
Hardcover, Macmillan
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Sound of One Hand Clapping'Book summary:'Flanagan's enthralling and powerful novel centres on a Slovenian couple, Bojan and Maria Buloh, and their daughter Sonja. The story begins in 1954, when Sonja is three, and ends in 1990, when she is in her late thirties ...The novel begins with Maria Buloh ...leaving the wooden hut in the Tasmanian highlands which is now her home. A blizzard is blowing, and behind Maria three-year-old Sonja cries for her to come back -- but she does not ...To understand why Maria leaves her child is to understand a little the impact of Nazi occupation on those who were scarred for the rest of their lives by what they had seen ...The novel lives by its moments of defining truth' Helen Dunmore, The Times 'Like Carol Shield's The Stone Diaries, The Sound of One Hand Clapping achieves the difficult task of making clear and real the lives of those who normally stay hidden in history. From its wonderfully atmospheric opening to its touching conclusion, this is a heartbreaking story, beautifully told' Literary Review 'Richly imagined ...told in a voice rarely heard in Australia: almost violently masculine, shot through with heartbreaking delicacy of feeling' Robert Dessaix 'Flanagan imbues this most Australian of stories with a middle European sensibility found in the reserve of characters in Milan Kundera's writings . ..[he] tells an immortal story of faith and hope, its loss and rebirth ...The Sound of One Hand Clapping is destined to be a classic' Sydney Herald Sun [via]
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Stories Of Eva Lunaby Isabel Allende, Margaret Sayers PedenISBN 0743217187 (0-7432-1718-7)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Stories Of Eva Luna'Book summary:Isabel Allende is one of the world's most beloved authors. In 1988, she introduced the world to Eva Luna in a novel of the same name that recounted the adventurous life of a young Latin American woman whose powers as a storyteller bring her friendship and love. Retruning to this tale, Allende presents The Stories of Eva Luna, a treasure trove of brilliantly crafted stories.
Lying in bed with her European lover, refugee and journalist Rolf Carle, Eva answers hes request for a story "you have never told anyone before" with these twenty-three samples of her vibrant artistry. Interweaving the real and the magical, she explores love, vengeance, compassion, and the strenghts of women, creating a world that is at once poingnantly familiar and intriguingly new.
Rendered in the sumptuously imagined, uniquely magical style of one of the world's most stunning writers, The Stories of Eva Luna is the conerstone of Allende's work. It is not to be missed by anyone -- whether a devotee of Ms. Allende's oeuvre or a new acquaintance to her work. [via]
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The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hydeby Robert Louis StevensonISBN 0721408842 (0-7214-0884-2)
Hardcover, Ladybird Books Ltd
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A Tale of Two Citiesby Charles DickensISBN 0721407102 (0-7214-0710-2)
Hardcover, Ladybird Books Ltd
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Tale of Two Cities'Book summary:This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. [via]
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Talking With Catholic Friends And Familyby James G. McCarthyISBN 0736916695 (0-7369-1669-5)
Softcover, Harvest House Pub
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Technology in the Ancient Worldby Henry HodgesISBN 0713901101 (0-7139-0110-1)
Hardcover, Allen Lane
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That Awful Mess on Via Merulanaby Carlo Emilio Gadda, William WeaverISBN 0704334828 (0-7043-3482-8)
Softcover, Texas Bookman
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Theophilus Northby Thornton WilderISBN 0713907487 (0-7139-0748-7)
Hardcover, Allen Lane
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The Third Princessby Philip BoastISBN 0727863223 (0-7278-6322-3)
Hardcover, Severn House Pub Ltd
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The Three Musketeers: Being the First of the D'artagnan Romances; and Twenty Years After, a Sequelby Alexandre DumasISBN 0721406335 (0-7214-0633-5)
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To the Lighthouseby Virginia WoolfISBN 0701209968 (0-7012-0996-8)
Hardcover, Hogarth Press
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› Find signed collectible books: 'To the Lighthouse'Book summary:Woolf's best known novel records the daily life of a large English family and their guests on holiday in the Hebrides. The surface action is minimal, but Woolf uses the stream of consciousness technique, a progression of internal impressions and thoughts, to capture the characters' moment - by - moment reactions to the passing of time. The underlying tensions between the nurturing Mrs. Ramsay and the coldly rational Mr. Ramsay speak volumes about the conflicts of female and male relationships. But perhaps Woolf's most dazzling accomplishment in To the Lighthouse is her depiction of the painter Lily Briscoe's triumphant creative moment as she struggles to complete a painting and ultimately experiences the transcendence of art. [via]
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Tough Guys Don't Danceby Norman MailerISBN 0718124545 (0-7181-2454-5)
Hardcover, M. Joseph
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True History of the Kelly Gangby Peter CareyISBN 0702231886 (0-7022-3188-6)
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Villa to Village: The Transformation of the Roman Countryside in Italy, C.400-1000by Richard Hodges, Riccardo FrancovichISBN 0715631926 (0-7156-3192-6)
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The Voices of Marrakeshby Elias Canetti, J. A. UnderwoodISBN 0714525804 (0-7145-2580-4)
Softcover, Marion Boyars
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Voices of Marrakesh'Book summary:[via]Winner of the 1981 Nobel Prize for Literature, Elias Canetti uncovers the secret life hidden beneath Marrakeshs bewildering array of voices, gestures and faces. In a series of sharply etched scenes, he portrays the languages and cultures of the people who fill its bazaars, cafes, and streets. The book presents vivid images of daily life: the storytellers in the Djema el Fna, the armies of beggars ready to set upon the unwary, and the rituals of Moroccan family life. This is Marrakesh -described by one of Europes major literary intellects in an account lauded as "cosmopolitan in the tradition of Goethe" by the New York Times. "A unique travel book," according to John Bayley of the London Review of Books.
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The War of the Worlds/the Invisible Manby H. G. WellsISBN 0706430182 (0-7064-3018-2)
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Warriors of Rome: An Illustrated Military History of the Roman Legionsby Michael SimkinsISBN 0713721979 (0-7137-2197-9)
Softcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc
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Wavesby Virginia WoolfISBN 0701209984 (0-7012-0998-4)
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A World Full of Gods: The Triumph of Christianityby Keith HopkinsISBN 0743200101 (0-7432-0010-1)
Hardcover, Simon & Schuster
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The World's Great ClassicsISBN 0717200019 (0-7172-0001-9)
Hardcover, Xs Books
Find This BookBook summary:Odyssey, The: The World's Great Classics, by Homer; tr. by S.H. Butcher and Andrew Lang [via]
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Zazie in the Metroby Raymond Queneau, Barbara WrightISBN 0714539236 (0-7145-3923-6)
Softcover, Calder Publications Limited
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Retreat from Loveby Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette, Margaret CroslandISBN 0720612276 (0-7206-1227-6)
Softcover, Owen Limited, Peter
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