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Ahab's Wife Or, the Star-Gazerby Sena Jeter NaslundISBN 0688171877 (0-688-17187-7)
Hardcover, HarperCollins Publishers
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Ahab's Wife : Or, the Star-Gazer: A Novel'Book summary:It has been said that one can see further only by standing on the shoulders of giants. Ahab's Wife, Sena Naslund's epic work of historical fiction, honours that aphorism, using Herman Melville's Moby-Dick as looking glass into early 19th-century America. Through the eye of an outsider, a woman, she suggests that New England life was broader and richer than Melville's manly world of men, ships and whales. This ambitious novel pays tribute to Melville, creating heroines from his lesser characters, and to America's literary heritage in general. Una, named for the heroine of Edmund Spenser's Faerie Queene, flees to the New England coast from Kentucky to escape her puritanical father and to pursue a more exalted life. She gets whaling out of her system early: going to sea at 16 disguised as a boy, Una has her ship sunk by her own monstrous whale, and survives a harrowing shipwreck:
I was so horrified by the whale's deliberate charge that I could not move. Then my own name flew up from below like a spear: "Una!" Giles' voice broke my trance, and I scrambled down the rigging. No sooner did my foot touch the deck than there was such a lurch that I fell to my face. I heard and felt the boards break below the waterline, the copper sheathing nothing but decorative foil. The whole ship shuddered. A death throe.
The ship dies, but Una returns to land to pursue the life of the mind. The novel's opening line--"Captain Ahab was neither my first husband nor my last"--also diminishes Melville's hero in the broader scheme of things. Naslund exposes the reader to the unsung, real-life heroes of Melville's world, including Margaret Fuller and her Boston salon, and Nantucket astronomer Maria Mitchell. There is a chance meeting with a veiled Nathaniel Hawthorne in the woods, and throughout the novel the story brims with references to the giants of literature: Shakespeare, Goethe, Coleridge, Keats, and Wordsworth. Although her novel runs long at nearly 700 pages, Naslund has created an imaginative, entertaining, and very impressive work. --Ted Leventhal [via]More editions of Ahab's Wife Or, the Star-Gazer:
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The Ancient Mariners: Seafarers and Sea Fighters of the Mediterranean in Ancient Timesby Lionel CassonISBN 0691014779 (0-691-01477-9)
Softcover, Princeton Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Ancient Mariners: Seafarers and Sea Fighters of the Mediterranean in Ancient Times'Book summary:Written by the renowned authority on ancient ships and seafaring Lionel Casson, The Ancient Mariners has long served the needs of all who are interested in the sea, from the casual reader to the professional historian. This completely revised edition takes into account the fresh information that has appeared since the book was first published in 1959, especially that from archaeology's newest branch, marine archaeology. Casson does what no other author has done: he has put in a single volume the story of all that the ancients accomplished on the sea from the earliest times to the end of the Roman Empire. He explains how they perfected trading vessels from mere rowboats into huge freighters that could carry over a thousand tons, how they transformed warships from simple oared transports into complex rowing machines holding hundreds of marines and even heavy artillery, and how their maritime commerce progressed from short cautious voyages to a network that reached from Spain to India.
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Anguilla to Dominica: Including Anguilla, St. Martin, St. Barts, Saba, Statia, St. Kitts, Nevis, Antigua, Barbuda, Montserrat, Redonda, Guadeloupe, and Dominicaby Donald StreetISBN 0595173578 (0-595-17357-8)
Softcover, Iuniverse Inc
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Bartleby the Scrivenerby Herman MelvilleISBN 0684819104 (0-684-81910-4)
Hardcover, Simon & Schuster
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Bartleby the Scrivener'Book summary:A lush edition of this short classic novel gains new perspective with the inclusion of black-and-white photographs depicting nineteenth-century Wall Street and the prison called the Tombs, where the story takes place. 15,000 first printing. [via]
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Before the Wind: The Memoir of an American Sea Captain, 1808-1833by Susan Fels, Charles TyngISBN 0670886327 (0-670-88632-7)
Hardcover, Penguin USA
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Billy Buddby Herman MelvilleISBN 0671731440 (0-671-73144-0)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Billy Budd'Book summary:If Melville had never written "Moby Dick," his place in literature would have been assured by his short fiction. "Billy Budd, Sailor" is his last work and his masterpiece -- a brilliant study of the tragic clash between social authority and individual freedom, human justice and abstract good. In "Bartleby the Scivener," a Wall Street law clerk takes passive resistance to a comic -- and tragic -- extreme. Completing the beautiful collection are: "Benito Cerino, " "The Encantatas, " "The Plaza, " and finally, Melville s chilling science fiction parable, "The Bell Tower." [via]
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Billy Budd, Sailorby Herman MelvilleISBN 0553212745 (0-553-21274-5)
Softcover, Bantam Classic & Loveswept
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Billy Budd, Sailor and Other Stories'Book summary:Billy Budd, Sailor has been called the best short novel ever written. In his brilliantly condensed narrative prose, Herman Melville fashions a legal parable in which reason and intellect prove incapable of preserving innocence in the face of evil. For all those who feel themselves threatened by a hostile and inflexible environment, there is special significance in this haunting story of a handsome sailor who becomes a victim of man's intransigence.
Since its posthumous publication in 1924, Billy Budd has become one of the acknowledged masterpieces of American literature. [via]
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Blood Orangeby Sam LlewellynISBN 0671646613 (0-671-64661-3)
Softcover, Pocket Books
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Captain Bloodby Rafael SabatiniISBN 0486436543 (0-486-43654-3)
Softcover, Dover Pubns
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Captain Blood'Book summary:Abounding with adventure, color, romance, and strong social commentary on the evils of slavery and the dangers of intolerance, this classic adventure is a story about how oppression drives men to desperate actions, how fate plays a hand in everyone's life, and how love is ultimately the greatest power of all. [via]
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Captain James Cook: A Biographyby Richard HoughISBN 0735100233 (0-7351-0023-3)
Hardcover, Replica Books
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Challenge 2000: The Race to Win the America's Cupby Paul C. Larsen, Russell CouttsISBN 0737000597 (0-7370-0059-7)
Hardcover, Grand Central Pub
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Chapman's Homer: The Odysseyby Homer, Allardyce Nicoll, George ChapmanISBN 0691048916 (0-691-04891-6)
Softcover, Princeton Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Chapman's Homer: The Odyssey'Book summary:George Chapman's translations of Homer are among the most famous in the English language. Keats immortalized the work of the Renaissance dramatist and poet in the sonnet "On First Looking into Chapman's Homer." Swinburne praised the translations for their "romantic and sometimes barbaric grandeur," their "freshness, strength, and inextinguishable fire." The great critic George Saintsbury (1845-1933) wrote: "For more than two centuries they were the resort of all who, unable to read Greek, wished to know what Greek was. Chapman is far nearer Homer than any modern translator in any modern language." This volume presents the original text of Chapman's translation of the Odyssey (1614-15), making only a small number of modifications to punctuation and wording where they might confuse the modern reader. The editor, Allardyce Nicoll, provides an introduction, textual notes, a glossary, and a commentary. Garry Wills's preface to the Odyssey explores how Chapman's less strained meter lets him achieve more delicate poetic effects as compared to the Iliad. Wills also examines Chapman's "fine touch" in translating "the warm and human sense of comedy" in the Odyssey.
[via]Oft of one wide expanse had I been told
That deep-browed Homer ruled as his demesne;
Yet did I never breathe its pure serene
Till I heard Chapman speak out loud and bold.
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China Voyage: Across the Pacific by Bamboo Raftby Tim SeverinISBN 0788155970 (0-7881-5597-0)
Hardcover, Diane Pub Co
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The Cruise of the Snarkby Jack LondonISBN 0486412482 (0-486-41248-2)
Softcover, Dover Pubns
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The Cruise of the Snark: A Pacific Voyageby Jack LondonISBN 0710301391 (0-7103-0139-1)
Hardcover, Kegan Paul International, Limited
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Dead Reckoningby Sam LlewellynISBN 0671646591 (0-671-64659-1)
Softcover, Pocket Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Dead Reckoning'Book summary:Charlie Agutter is the popular designer of revolutionary ocean-going yachts. But when his brother is killed sailing one of his gleaming boats, everyone suspects the design is at fault - but Charlie knows better and sniffs sabotage. With so much money hanging on the forthcoming Captain's Cup race, it looks like someone has it in for Charlie. He must act fast to win back his good name and livelihood - not to mention the race [via]
Dk Complete Sailing Manualby Steve Sleight, Truman MorrisISBN 0789446065 (0-7894-4606-5)
Hardcover, Dk Pub
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Enduranceby Alfred LansingISBN 078670621X (0-7867-0621-X)
Softcover, Carroll & Graf Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Endurance'Book summary:In the summer of 1914, Sir Ernest Shackleton set off aboard the Endurance bound for the South Atlantic. The goal of his expedition was to cross the Antarctic overland, but more than a year later, and still half a continent away from the intended base, the Endurance was trapped in ice and eventually was crushed. For five months Shackleton and his crew survived on drifting ice packs in one of the most savage regions of the world before they were finally able to set sail again in one of the ship's lifeboats. Alfred Lansing's Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage is a white-knuckle account of this astounding odyssey.
Through the diaries of team members and interviews with survivors, Lansing reconstructs the months of terror and hardship the Endurance crew suffered. In October of 1915, there "were no helicopters, no Weasels, no Sno-Cats, no suitable planes. Thus their plight was naked and terrifying in its simplicity. If they were to get out--they had to get themselves out." How Shackleton did indeed get them out without the loss of a single life is at the heart of Lansing's magnificent true-life adventure tale. [via]
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Endurance : Shackleton's Incredible Voyageby Alfred LansingISBN 0786708425 (0-7867-0842-5)
Softcover, Basic Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Endurance : Shackleton's Incredible Voyage'Book summary:In the summer of 1914, Sir Ernest Shackleton set off aboard the Endurance bound for the South Atlantic. The goal of his expedition was to cross the Antarctic overland, but more than a year later, and still half a continent away from the intended base, the Endurance was trapped in ice and eventually was crushed. For five months Shackleton and his crew survived on drifting ice packs in one of the most savage regions of the world before they were finally able to set sail again in one of the ship's lifeboats. Alfred Lansing's Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage is a white-knuckle account of this astounding odyssey.
Through the diaries of team members and interviews with survivors, Lansing reconstructs the months of terror and hardship the Endurance crew suffered. In October of 1915, there "were no helicopters, no Weasels, no Sno-Cats, no suitable planes. Thus their plight was naked and terrifying in its simplicity. If they were to get out--they had to get themselves out." How Shackleton did indeed get them out without the loss of a single life is at the heart of Lansing's magnificent true-life adventure tale. [via]
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The English Channelby Nigel CalderISBN 0670800228 (0-670-80022-8)
Hardcover, Penguin USA
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Erskine Childersby Jim RingISBN 0719556813 (0-7195-5681-3)
Hardcover, John Murray Pubs Ltd
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Feeding Your Baby: Breast, Bottle and Baby Foodsby Carolyn T. ChubetISBN 0681404531 (0-681-40453-1)
Softcover, Longmeadow Pr
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The First Voyage of the Joshuaby Bernard MoitessierISBN 0688000231 (0-688-00023-1)
Hardcover, Morrow
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Flying Colorsby Cecil Scott ForesterISBN 0523421079 (0-523-42107-9)
Softcover, St Martins Pr
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Green Flashby L. M. LawsonISBN 0743474406 (0-7434-7440-6)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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Happy Isles of Oceaniaby Paul TherouxISBN 061865898X (0-618-65898-X)
Softcover, Houghton Mifflin
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Herman Melville's Billy Buddby MelvilleISBN 067100686X (0-671-00686-X)
Softcover, Monarch Notes
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High Performance Sailingby Frank BethwaiteISBN 0713667044 (0-7136-6704-4)
Softcover, Adlard Coles Nautical
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History of American Sailing Shipsby Howard Irving ChapelleISBN 0517023326 (0-517-02332-6)
Hardcover, Random House Value Pub
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The History of the American Sailing Navyby Howard Irving ChapelleISBN 0517004879 (0-517-00487-9)
Hardcover, Random House Value Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The History of the American Sailing Navy'Book summary:200 black and white illustrations. A complete history of the sailing men-of-war of the United States Navy. The sailing ship era of the navy was a highly picturesque and significant one. It was also during this period that the great and enduring traditions of the navy were established. Over 200 illustrations. The History of American Sailing Navy is one of the most fascinating nautical books ever written, providing the true story of naval ships and the men who built and sailed them. A classic in its field, this volume is a must for all sailing ship enthusiasts. No collection of nautical books and Americana will be complete without it. This book is in excellent condition, not a library copy. Dust cover shows wear, inside book is clean and not marked. [via]
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Homer, Odyssey Books Vi-VIIIby A.F. GarvieISBN 0521338409 (0-521-33840-9)
Softcover, Cambridge Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Homer, Odyssey Books Vi-VIII'Book summary:This is the first self-contained edition of Books VI-VIII of the Odyssey--the account of Odysseus' time among the Phaeacians, and a popular introduction to Homer. While not neglecting matters of language and formulaic composition, the Commentary aims to provide guidance on questions of literary and narrative technique and poetic artistry. The Introduction deals with the problem of Homeric composition in general, and with the place of the Phaeacian books in the poem as a whole. There are also brief sections on Homeric meter and the text. [via]
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Hornblower During the Crisisby Cecil Scott ForesterISBN 0523421109 (0-523-42110-9)
Softcover, St Martins Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Hornblower During the Crisis'Book summary:This last-written adventure of Horatio Hornblower finds him still a captain; the Napoleonic Wars rage on. Though the tale was incomplete at Forester's death, it offers a full measure of action at sea. [via]
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The Hungry Oceanby Linda GreenlawISBN 0786885416 (0-7868-8541-6)
Softcover, Hyperion Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Hungry Ocean'Book summary:The term fisherwoman does not exactly roll trippingly off the tongue, and Linda Greenlaw, the world's only female swordfish boat captain, isn't flattered when people insist on calling her one. "I am a woman. I am a fisherman... I am not a fisherwoman, fisherlady, or fishergirl. If anything else, I am a thirty-seven-year-old tomboy. It's a word I have never outgrown." Greenlaw also happens to be one of the most successful fishermen in the Grand Banks commercial fleet, though until the publication of Sebastian Junger's The Perfect Storm, "nobody cared." Greenlaw's boat, the Hannah Boden, was the sister ship to the doomed Andrea Gail, which disappeared in the mother of all storms in 1991 and became the focus of Junger's book. The Hungry Ocean, Greenlaw's account of a monthlong swordfishing trip over 1,000 nautical miles out to sea, tells the story of what happens when things go right--proving, in the process, that every successful voyage is a study in narrowly averted disaster.
There is the weather, the constant danger of mechanical failure, the perils of controlling five sleep-, women-, and booze-deprived young fishermen in close quarters, not to mention the threat of a bad fishing run: "If we don't catch fish, we don't get paid, period. In short, there is no labor union." Greenlaw's straightforward, uncluttered prose underscores the qualities that make her a good captain, regardless of gender: fairness, physical and mental endurance, obsessive attention to detail. But, ultimately, Greenlaw proves that the love of fishing--in all of its grueling, isolating, suspenseful glory--is a matter of the heart and blood, not the mind. "I knew that the ocean had stories to tell me, all I needed to do was listen." --Svenja Soldovieri [via]
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Iliad and Odyssey Gift Setby HomerISBN 0670779644 (0-670-77964-4)
Hardcover, Viking Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Iliad and Odyssey Gift Set'Book summary:This is a boxed gift edition of Fagles's two widely acclaimed translations of Homer.
The Iliad is typically described as one of the greatest war stories of all time, but to call it a war story does not begin to describe the emotional sweep of its action and characters: Achilles, Helen, Hector, and other heroes of Greek myth and history in the 10th and final year of the Greek siege of Troy. The Odyssey is, quite simply, the story of Odysseus, who wants to go home. But Poseidon, god of oceans, doesn't want him to make it back across the wine-dark sea to his wife, Penelope, son, Telemachus, and their high-roofed home at Ithaca. The story is told in easy-going, beautiful poetry; the characters speak naturally, the action happens briskly. Even the gods come across as real people, despite the divine powers they exercise constantly. Both works have been hailed by scholars and the public for the powerful language that brings clashing, pulsing life to these ancient masterpieces. [via]
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In the Teeth of the Northeasteby Marlin BreeISBN 0517564491 (0-517-56449-1)
Hardcover, Crown Publishing Group
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The Kraken Wakesby John WyndhamISBN 0718102126 (0-7181-0212-6)
Hardcover, M. Joseph
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Kraken Wakes'Book summary:It started with fireballs raining down from the sky and crashing into the oceans' deeps. Then ships began sinking mysteriously and later 'sea tanks' emerged from the deeps to claim people. For journalists Mike and Phyllis Watson, what at first appears to be a curiosity becomes a global calamity. Helpless, they watch as humanity struggles to survive now that water - one of the compounds upon which life depends - is turned against them. Finally, sea levels begin their inexorable rise. "The Kraken Wakes" is a brilliant novel of how humankind responds to the threat of its own extinction and, ultimately, asks what we are prepared to do in order to survive. [via]
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The Last Time Around Cape Horn: The Historic 1949 Voyage Of The Windjammer Pamirby William F. Stark, Peter StarkISBN 0786714611 (0-7867-1461-1)
Softcover, Carroll & Graf Pub
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Lord Jimby Joseph ConradISBN 0486406504 (0-486-40650-4)
Softcover, Dover Pubns
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Lord Jim'Book summary:This immortal novel of the sea tells the story of a British sailor haunted by a single youthful act of cowardly betrayal. To the white men in Bombay, Calcutta, and Rangoon, Jim is a man of mystery. To the primitive natives deep in the Malayan jungle, he is a god gifted with supernatural powers. To the beautiful half-caste girl who flees to his hut for protection, he is a lord to be feared and loved.Lord Jim-Conrad's classic portrait of a man's guilt, his search for forgiveness, and his final, tragic redemption-is a work of enduring value and one of the world's great masterpieces. [via]
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Softcover, Bantam Classic & Loveswept - Lord Jim: ISBN 080490054X (0-8049-0054-X)
Softcover, Airmont Pub Co - Lord Jim: ISBN 0679405445 (0-679-40544-5)
Hardcover, Random House Inc - Lord Jim: ISBN 0486406504 (0-486-40650-4)
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The Making of a Sailor/or Sea Life Aboard a Yankee Square-Riggerby Frederick P. HarlowISBN 0486256138 (0-486-25613-8)
Softcover, Dover Pubns
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Message in a Bottleby Nicholas SparksISBN 0786214236 (0-7862-1423-6)
Softcover, Thorndike Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Message in a Bottle'Book summary:If you thought The Notebook was a tearjerker, get out the hankies, pull up a chair, and get ready to have your heart monkey-wrenched by Nicholas Sparks' second star- crossed love story, Message in a Bottle. When Theresa Osborne takes a much-needed summer holiday at Cape Cod, she finds a lot more than a break from the hustle and bustle. On an early-morning jog along Cape Cod Bay, she comes across a corked bottle with a scrolled-up message inside that reads: "My Dearest Catherine, I miss you, my darling, as I always do, but today is especially hard because the ocean has been singing to me, and the song is that of our life together..." It bobbles around in the same vein for several more paragraphs and ends with "...am alone on the pier and I do not care what others think as I bow my head and cry and cry and cry. Garret."
Garret may eat quiche, but no bother--before you can say "Look! I found two more letters!" Theresa is hot on his trail and determined to find this mysterious yet sensitive message-in-a-bottle man. She finds him at a sleepy North Carolina port, working on his beloved sailboat, The Happenstance. From there, a romance buds and blossoms into a colourful bouquet of emotional baggage. Theresa has problems with her past--or, more accurately, her past is a problem. She is so scarred from her "I'm a super churchgoing guy now that I've run out on my wife" ex-husband that she hasn't tried to date since her divorce some three or four years before. And who is Catherine? And what's Garret's bag, anyway? When Theresa finds out, she plunges to the depths of her soul and uncorks a whopper of a secret about herself, bringing Garret to terms with who he really is.
Message in a Bottle has the earmarks of sentimental tongue-wagging at its finest and should please romantics and cynics alike--it's sure to bring romantics to their knees, while cynics will be slapping theirs in laughter. [via]
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The Navigatorby Morris WestISBN 0671809865 (0-671-80986-5)
Softcover, Pocket Books
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The Odysseyby Homer, George Herbert PalmerISBN 0486406547 (0-486-40654-7)
Softcover, Dover Pubns
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Odyssey'Book summary:Enduring Literature Illuminated by Practical Scholarship The epic tale of Odysseus' extraordinary ten-year voyage home after the Trojan War.
This Enriched Classic Edition includes:
" A concise introduction that gives readers important background information
" A timeline of significant events that provides the book's historical context
" An outline of key themes and plot points to help readers form their own interpretations
" Detailed explanatory notes
" Critical analysis and modern perspectives on the work
" Discussion questions to promote lively classroom and book group interaction
" A list of recommended related books and films to broaden the reader's experience
Enriched Classics offer readers affordable editions of great works of literature enhanced by helpful notes and insightful commentary. The scholarship provided in Enriched Classics enables readers to appreciate, understand, and enjoy the world's finest books to their full potential.
Series edited by Cynthia Brantley Johnson [via]
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- The Odyssey: ISBN 0671015486 (0-671-01548-6)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster - The Odyssey: ISBN 0715629581 (0-7156-2958-1)
Softcover, Intl Pub Marketing Inc - The Odyssey: ISBN 0801882672 (0-8018-8267-2)
Softcover, Johns Hopkins Univ Pr - The Odyssey: ISBN 061800372X (0-618-00372-X)
Hardcover, McDougal Littell/Houghton Mifflin - The Odyssey: ISBN 0670821624 (0-670-82162-4)
Hardcover, Viking Pr - The Odyssey: ISBN 0671005022 (0-671-00502-2)
Hardcover, Pearson Education, Limited - The Odyssey: ISBN 0674995619 (0-674-99561-9)
Hardcover, Harvard Univ Pr - The Odyssey: ISBN 0679410473 (0-679-41047-3)
Hardcover, Random House Inc - The Odyssey: ISBN 0671745824 (0-671-74582-4)
Softcover, Pocket Books - The Odyssey: ISBN 0679728139 (0-679-72813-9)
Softcover, Random House Inc - The Odyssey: ISBN 0472112317 (0-472-11231-7)
Hardcover, Univ of Michigan Pr - The Odyssey: ISBN 0517390531 (0-517-39053-1)
Hardcover, Random House Value Pub - The Odyssey: ISBN 0613371925 (0-613-37192-5)
Hardcover, Bt Bound - The Odyssey: ISBN 0671638076 (0-671-63807-6)
Hardcover, Pocket Books - The Odyssey: ISBN 0713904550 (0-7139-0455-0)
Hardcover, Allen Lane - The Odyssey: ISBN 0486406547 (0-486-40654-7)
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- The Odyssey: ISBN 0671015486 (0-671-01548-6)
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The Odysseyby Richard P. Martin, HomerISBN 0801868548 (0-8018-6854-8)
Hardcover, Johns Hopkins Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Odyssey'Book summary:"Tell us, Goddess, daughter of Zeus, start in your own place:
when all the rest at Troy had fled from that steep doom
and gone back home, away from war and the salt sea,
only this man longed for his wife and a way home."
Homer's Odyssey, at once an exciting epic of strife and subterfuge and a deeply felt tale of love and devotion, stands at the very beginning of the Western literary tradition. From ancient Greece to the present day its influence on later literature has been unsurpassed, and for centuries translators have approached the meter, tone, and pace of Homer's poetry with a variety of strategies. Chapman and Pope paid keen attention to color, drama, and vivacity of style, rendering the Greek verse loosely and inventively. In the twentieth century, translators such as Lattimore kept rigorously close to the sense of each word in the original; others, including Fitzgerald and Fagles, have departed further from the language of the original, employing their own inventive modern style.
Poet and translator Edward McCrorie now opens new territory in this striking rendition, which captures the spare, powerful tone of Homer's epic while engaging contemporary readers with its brisk pace, idiomatic language, and lively characterization. McCrorie closely reproduces the Greek metrical patterns and employs a diction and syntax that reflects the plain, at times stark, quality of Homer's lines, rather than later English poetic styles. Avoiding both the stiffness of word-for-word literalism and the exaggeration and distortion of free adaptation, this translation dramatically evokes the ancient sound and sense of the poem. McCrorie's is truly an Odyssey for the twenty-first century.
To accompany this innovative translation, noted classical scholar Richard Martin has written an accessible and wide-ranging introduction explaining the historical and literary context of the Odyssey, its theological and cultural underpinnings, Homer's poetic strategies and narrative techniques, and his cast of characters. In addition, Martin provides detailed notesfar more extensive than those in other editionsaddressing key themes and concepts; the histories of persons, gods, events, and myths; literary motifs and devices; and plot development. Also included is a pronunciation glossary and character index.
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The Odyssey of Homerby Allen MandelbaumISBN 0520070216 (0-520-07021-6)
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Homer's masterpiece tells the story of Odysseus, the ideal Greek hero, as he travels home to Ithaca after the Trojan Wara journey of ten years and countless thrilling adventures. Rich in Greek folklore and myth, featuring gods and goddesses, monsters and sorceresses, The Odyssey has enchanted listeners around the world for thousands of years.
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