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Approaching Ottoman History : An Introduction to the Sourcesby Suraiya FaroqhiISBN 0521666481 (0-521-66648-1)
Softcover, Cambridge University Press
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Approaching Ottoman History : An Introduction to the Sources'Book summary:In a state-of-the art introduction to Ottoman history, Suraiya Faroqhi explores the documentary sources and explains how to interpret them to students in the field and in related disciplines. By considering both archival and narrative sources, she demonstrates why they were prepared, encouraging her readers to adopt a critical approach to their findings. While the book is essentially a guide to a complex discipline for initiates into the field, the experienced Ottomanist will find much that is original and provocative in its sophisticated interpretation. [via]
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The Art of Warby John Minford, SunziISBN 0670031569 (0-670-03156-9)
Hardcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Art of War'Book summary:For more than two thousand years, The Art of War has stood as a cornerstone of Chinese culture-a lucid epigrammatic text that reveals as much about human psychology, politics, and economics as it does about battlefield strategy. The influence of Sun-tzu's text has grown tremendously in the West in recent years, with military leaders, politicians, and corporate executives alike finding valuable insight in these ancient words. In his crisp, accessible new translation, scholar John Minford brings this seminal work to life for modern readers.
Minford opens with a lively, learned introduction in which he explores the life and times of Sun-tzu, looks at The Art of War in the context of the turbulent Warring States period, and discusses how best to read and understand the work today. There follows Minford's translation of the core text itself in two different formats-first, the unadorned thirteen chapters of the original work and then the same text reprinted with extensive running commentary by classical Chinese scholars as well as Minford himself. The result is an opportunity for Western readers to experience Sun-tzu's work in all its intensity as it applies to many aspects of our lives. [via]More editions of The Art of War:
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A Book Of Middle Englishby J.A. Burrow, Thorlac Turville-PetreISBN 0631167269 (0-631-16726-9)
Softcover, Blackwell Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Book Of Middle English'Book summary:This book is an introduction to the wide range of literature written in England between 1100 and 1400. The first part describes the language of the time to enable the reader to achieve a full understanding of the literature printed in the second part.
The authors set out the essential characteristics of the language as written in different parts of the country, giving guidance on pronunciation, metre and vocabulary, and provide a lucid account of the forms of the language and their evolution over three centuries. Part one also includes a description of the way a manuscript text is edited and of how decisions relating to punctuation and scribal errors can materially affect meaning and interpretation.
The texts are, where possible, printed here complete: the 1137 entry for the Peterborough Chronicle, Sir Orfeo, Patience, St Erkenwald, John Trevisa's Dialogue between a Lord and a Clerk and the York Play of the Crucifixion. The book also includes substantial and self-contained extracts from The Owl and the Nightingale, from Lazamon's Brut, The Cloud of Unknowing, William Langland's Piers Plowman, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight and John Gower's Confessio Amantis.
The texts have been freshly edited from manuscript sources. Each one is prefaced by an introductory headnote and accompanied by explanatory notes set at the foot of the page. The book concludes with a substantial glossary. It has been designed overall to make reading the literature of medieval England an enjoyable experience. [via]
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The Book of the Samurai, the Warrior Class of Japanby Stephen R. TurnbullISBN 0668054158 (0-668-05415-8)
Hardcover, Arco
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California Thrillerby Max ByrdISBN 0553261797 (0-553-26179-7)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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Capetian France, 987-1328by Elizabeth M. Hallam, Judith EverardISBN 0582404282 (0-582-40428-2)
Softcover, Longman Pub Group
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Civilisation: A Personal Viewby Kenneth Clark, British Broadcasting CorporationISBN 0563085444 (0-563-08544-4)
Hardcover, British Broadcasting Corporation
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Companion to Roman Britainby Malcolm ToddISBN 0631218238 (0-631-21823-8)
Hardcover, Blackwell Pub
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The Consolation of Philosophyby BoethiusISBN 0672602733 (0-672-60273-3)
Softcover, Prentice Hall
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Crusader Castlesby Hugh KennedyISBN 0521799139 (0-521-79913-9)
Softcover, Cambridge Univ Pr
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The Door in the Wallby Marguerite De AngeliISBN 0590409689 (0-590-40968-9)
Softcover, Scholastic Paperbacks
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Eleanor of Aquitaine: A Biographyby Marion MeadeISBN 0584103476 (0-584-10347-6)
Hardcover, F. Muller
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Eleanor of Aquitaine and the Four Kingsby Amy KellyISBN 0674242505 (0-674-24250-5)
Hardcover, Harvard Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Eleanor of Aquitaine and the Four Kings'Book summary:Was there ever a ruler, man or woman, quite as fascinating as Eleanor of Aquitaine? The ruler of France's largest kingdom from the age of 15, Eleanor (1122- 1204) was renowned for beauty, intelligence, and the thoughtful application of power. Her marriage to her second husband, Henry Plantagenet of Normandy, brought her to the English throne; the birth of their sons John Lackland and Richard I Lionheart forever changed the face of medieval European history. Always at the center of her world, Eleanor remains a fascinating figure even today, and Amy Kelly captures the whirlwind of her life in this entrancing biography. [via]
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Eleanor of Aquitaine and the Four Kingsby Amy Ruth KellyISBN 0674242548 (0-674-24254-8)
Softcover, Harvard Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Eleanor of Aquitaine and the Four Kings'Book summary:Was there ever a ruler, man or woman, quite as fascinating as Eleanor of Aquitaine? The ruler of France's largest kingdom from the age of 15, Eleanor (1122- 1204) was renowned for beauty, intelligence, and the thoughtful application of power. Her marriage to her second husband, Henry Plantagenet of Normandy, brought her to the English throne; the birth of their sons John Lackland and Richard I Lionheart forever changed the face of medieval European history. Always at the center of her world, Eleanor remains a fascinating figure even today, and Amy Kelly captures the whirlwind of her life in this entrancing biography. [via]
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Elinor Fettiplace's Receipt Book: Elizabethan Country House Cookingby Hilary Spurling, Elinor FettiplaceISBN 0670815926 (0-670-81592-6)
Hardcover, Penguin USA
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Enterprise Service Bus : Theory in Practiceby David A. ChappellISBN 0596006756 (0-596-00675-6)
Softcover, O'Reilly Media, Incorporated
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The Essential Haikuby Robert HassISBN 0613339983 (0-613-33998-3)
Hardcover, Bt Bound
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Essential Haiku'Book summary:An exquisite collection of the finest works of three distinct masters of the haiku tradition: Matsuo Basho (the ascetic and seeker), Yosa Buson (the artist), and Kobayashi Issa (the humanist).
The editor, Robert Hass, United States poet laureate, is the author of several books of poetry including Human Wishes as well as a book of criticism Twentieth Century Pleasures, for which he received The National Book Critics Circle Award. The book is one of the larger series of poetry collections, Essential Poets Series published by Ecco Press. [via]
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The Fatal Crownby Ellen JonesISBN 0671724649 (0-671-72464-9)
Hardcover, Simon & Schuster
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Faust, Part Iby Johann Wolfgang Von GoetheISBN 0553213482 (0-553-21348-2)
Softcover, Bantam Classic & Loveswept
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Faust, Part I'Book summary:Goethes masterpiece and perhaps the greatest work in German literature, Faust has made the legendary German alchemist one of the central myths of the Western world. Here indeed is a monumental Faust, an audacious man boldly wagering with the devil, Mephistopheles, that no magic, sensuality, experience, or knowledge can lead him to a moment he would wish to last forever. Here, in Faust, Part I, the tremendous versatility of Goethes genius creates some of the most beautiful passages in literature. Here too we experience Goethes characteristic humor, the excitement and eroticism of the witches Walpurgis Night, and the moving emotion of Gretchens tragic fate.
This authoritative edition, which offers Peter Salms wonderfully readable translation as well as the original German on facing pages, brings us Faust in a vital, rhythmic American idiom that carefully preserves the grandeur, integrity, and poetic immediacy of Goethes words. [via]More editions of Faust, Part I:
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Faust, Parts One and Twoby Johann Wolfgang Von GoetheISBN 0671478206 (0-671-47820-6)
Softcover, Pocket Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Faust, Parts One and Two'Book summary:Goethe's masterpiece and perhaps the greatest work in German literature, "Faust" has made the legendary German alchemist one of the central myths of the Western world. Here indeed is a monumental Faust, an audacious man boldly wagering with the devil, Mephistopheles, that no magic, sensuality, experience or knowledge can lead him to a moment he would wish to last forever. Here, in "Faust," "Part 1," the tremendous versatility of Goethe's genius creates some of the most beautiful passages in literature. Here too we experience Goethe's characteristic humor, the excitement and eroticism of the witches' Walpurgis Night, and the moving emotion of Gretchen's tragic fate.
This newly revised edition, which offers Peter Salm's wonderfully readable translation as well as the original German on facing pages, brings us "Faust" in a vital, rhythmic American idiom that carefully preserves the grandeur, integrity, and poetic immediacy of Goethe's words. [via]
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Faust/Bilingualby Johann Wolfgang Von GoetheISBN 055321182X (0-553-21182-X)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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A Feast of History: Passover through the Ages as a Key to Jewish Experienceby Chaim Raphael, David HarrisISBN 0671211757 (0-671-21175-7)
Hardcover, Simon and Schuster
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Florence in the Time of the Mediciby M. ChamberainISBN 0582204895 (0-582-20489-5)
Softcover, Addison-Wesley Longman Ltd
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The Formation of a Persecuting Society: Power and Deviance in Western Europe, 950-1250by R.I. MooreISBN 0631171452 (0-631-17145-2)
Softcover, Blackwell Pub
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The Hagakure: Yamamoto Tsunetomoby D. E. TarverISBN 0595253628 (0-595-25362-8)
Softcover, Iuniverse Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Hagakure: Yamamoto Tsunetomo'Book summary:Warrior ethics have been studied in famous books and popular movies such as Shogun and The Last Samurai with Tom Cruise. The Hagakure was originally written in the early 1700s over a seven year period. Dictated by Yamamoto Tsunetomo to an assistant, the book was never meant to be published, but after Tsunetomo's death the assistant published it to honor his master. Inside this ancient text are all the deep and mysterious ways of the Samurai. Page after page of topics unfold, ranging from the best way to face death to not looking foolish in a rainstorm. The Hagakure is chock full of Zen-like wisdom and maxims, and presents a revealing look at history's greatest warrior society, Japan in the age of the Samurai. Many use The Hagakure today as a guidebook on ethics, while others are awestruck by this glimpse at the Samurai's way of thinking. [via]
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Henry V: The Scourge of Godby Desmond SewardISBN 0670811742 (0-670-81174-2)
Hardcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Henry V: The Scourge of God'Book summary:A biography that'll present a radical reassessment of henry v as a brutal warmonger. In the course of the hunderd years war, henry v was the english figure most responsible for the mutual antipathy that existed between french and anglo-saxon. His pursuit of 'dampnum', the art of attacking an opponent by making total war on civilians as well as soldiers, created tremendous distrust and enmity between the french and english, which survives unto this day. He wa a man of many contradictions, a perverse mix of rigorous orthodoxy - exemplified by his fanatical and intolerant religion - and of neurotic insecurity, stemming in part from the dubious nature of his claim to the engligh throne. Henry v owed his popularity to victories against the french which gratified the emerging english nationalism. A tremendously ardent military strategist who experimented with ballistics and built a navy with new carved planking, at the time of his early death at the age of 36 he ruled a third of france. NOT UK/OM [via]
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Here Comes the Reign, Sir Guillaume!: Another Collection of Warped, Wicked And Wild Stories About Medieval History And Life in (And Around) the Scaby Scott FarrellISBN 0595346863 (0-595-34686-3)
Softcover, Iuniverse Inc
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History of Private Life: From Pagan Rome to Byzantiumby Philippe Aries, Georges Duby, Paul VeyneISBN 0674399757 (0-674-39975-7)
Hardcover, Harvard Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'History of Private Life: From Pagan Rome to Byzantium'Book summary:First of the widely celebrated and sumptuously illustrated series, this book reveals in intimate detail what life was really like in the ancient world. Behind the vast panorama of the pagan Roman empire, the reader discovers the intimate daily lives of citizens and slavesfrom concepts of manhood and sexuality to marriage and the family, the roles of women, chastity and contraception, techniques of childbirth, homosexuality, religion, the meaning of virtue, and the separation of private and public spaces.
The emergence of Christianity in the West and the triumph of Christian morality with its emphasis on abstinence, celibacy, and austerity is startlingly contrasted with the profane and undisciplined private life of the Byzantine Empire. Using illuminating motifs, the authors weave a rich, colorful fabric ornamented with the results of new research and the broad interpretations that only masters of the subject can provide.
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A History of Private Life: III Passions of the Renaissanceby Roger Chartier, Arthurf GoldhammerISBN 067440002X (0-674-40002-X)
Softcover, Harvard Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A History of Private Life: III Passions of the Renaissance'Book summary:Readers interested in history, and in the development of the modern sensibility, will relish this large-scale yet intimately detailed examination of the blossoming of the ordinary and extraordinary people of the Renaissance and the Enlightenment. This third in the popular five-volume series celebrates the emergence of individualism and the manifestations of a burgeoning self-consciousness over three centuries. [via]
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A History of Private Life: Revelations of the Medieval Worldby Georges Duby, Arthur GoldhammerISBN 0674400011 (0-674-40001-1)
Softcover, Harvard Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A History of Private Life: Revelations of the Medieval World'Book summary:All the mystery, earthiness and romance of the Middle Ages are captured in this panorama of everyday life. The evolving concepts of intimacy are explored--from the semi-obscure eleventh century through the first stirrings of the Renaissance world in the fifteenth century. Color and black-and-white illustrations. [via]
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A History of the Arab Peoplesby Albert HouraniISBN 0674010175 (0-674-01017-5)
Hardcover, Belknap Pr
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A History of Toysby Antonia FraserISBN 0600343871 (0-600-34387-1)
Hardcover, Spring Books
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In Search of the Dark Agesby Michael WoodISBN 0563534311 (0-563-53431-1)
Softcover, Bbc Pubns
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› Find signed collectible books: 'In Search of the Dark Ages'Book summary:Accompanying the TV series of the same name, this is Michael Wood's account of what happened in Europe, and especially Britain, during the dark ages: Saxons, Vikings, Boudicea, Offa and Arthur are all covered. [via]
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Infernoby Dante AlighieriISBN 0553213393 (0-553-21339-3)
Softcover, Bantam Classic & Loveswept
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Inferno'Book summary:In this superb translation with an introduction and commentary by Allen Mandelbaum, all of Dante's vivid images--the earthly, sublime, intellectual, demonic, ecstatic--are rendered with marvelous clarity to read like the words of a poet born in our own age. [via]
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Julius Caesarby William Shakespeare, Paul Werstine, Barbara A. MowatISBN 0671722719 (0-671-72271-9)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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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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King Richard II: The Life and Death of King Richard the Second the First Folio of 1623 and a Parallel Modern Editionby William ShakespeareISBN 0553213032 (0-553-21303-2)
Softcover, Bantam Classic & Loveswept
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› Find signed collectible books: 'King Richard II: The Life and Death of King Richard the Second the First Folio of 1623 and a Parallel Modern Edition'Book summary:One of Shakespeare's finest history plays, Richard II deals with one of the most sensitive and politically explosive issues of its day--the rights and wrongs of deposing a legitimately appointed king. Forerunner to the two parts of Henry IV, the play deals with the abdication of King Richard II in 1399, the subsequent succession of Bolingbroke, the future King Henry IV, and Richard's death in the spring of 1400. But the play has been celebrated above and beyond its stature as historical drama. Richard II begins with a portrait of Richard as a pompous, arrogant and self-regarding sovereign, with little sense of his people or his political responsibilities. As he consistently miscalculates in his attempts to destroy Bolingbroke, and watches his own power wane, he becomes a far more appealing, Hamlet-like figure, more interested in "talk of graves, of worms and epitaphs", and "sad stories of the death of kings". Richard's speeches become increasingly lyrical and poetic as his supporters desert him, until he finally takes on the stature of the pilloried Christ in the climax of the play, the deposition scene, one of the most politically risky scenes in all of Shakespeare. The play remains most famous for John of Gaunt's "This royal throne of kings, this sceptred isle" speech, but historians believe that the play was also performed in the streets of London in 1601 in support of the Earl of Essex's attempt to depose Elizabeth I. Whilst the plot failed, it showed the power of the theatre of the time, and the politically controversial nature of Shakespeare's play. --Jerry Brotton [via]
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The Koranby John Medows RodwellISBN 0553587528 (0-553-58752-8)
Softcover, Bantam Classic & Loveswept
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Koran'Book summary:The Qur'an, a masterpiece of immense religious and literary value, is presented in a convenient, affordable edition for a new generation of readers. The earliest known work in Arabic prose, the Qur'an is divided into 114 "suras", or chapters, containing the religious, social, civil, commercial, military, and legal codes of Islam. [via]
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The Koran: With a Parallel Arabic Textby N. J. DawoodISBN 0670800880 (0-670-80088-0)
Hardcover, Viking
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Koran: With a Parallel Arabic Text'Book summary:[via]The Koran, as N. J. Dawood states, is 'not only one of the most influential books of prophetic literature but also a literary masterpiece in its own right'. Universally accepted by Muslims to be the infallible Word of God as revealed to Mohammed by the Angel Gabriel nearly fourteen hundred years ago, the Koran still provides the rules of conduct fundamental to the Arab way of life. N. J. Dawood's masterly translation, first published in the mid-1950s and now completely revised in the light of a life-long study of the language and style of the Koran, presents the English reader with a clear, fluent and authoritative rendering, while fully reflecting the characteristic flavour and rhythm of the original. The present edition follows the original sequence of the Koranic suras, and is provided with a comprehensive index.
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Lais of Marie De France.by Robert W. Hanning, Joan M. Ferrante, MarieISBN 0525143408 (0-525-14340-8)
Hardcover, Dutton
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The Making of Shinkokinshuby Robert N. HueyISBN 0674008537 (0-674-00853-7)
Hardcover, Harvard Univ Pr
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Measure for Measureby William Shakespeare, Brian GibbonsISBN 0521670780 (0-521-67078-0)
Softcover, Cambridge Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Measure for Measure'Book summary:A dark and difficult play, Measure for Measure has been a popular play since the latter half of the 20th century for its prescient dramatisation of the issues of sexual and political hypocrisy, and the ways in which the state interferes in the private lives of its citizens. Set in Duke Vincentio's Vienna, where poverty, disease and prostitution are rife, Claudio and his fiancée Juliet are arrested for having sex before marriage, and Claudio is sentenced to death. Angelo, the Duke's deputy, who stands in for the Duke whilst he ostensibly goes off on a pilgrimage, enthusiastically endorses the sentence. In fact the Duke remains behind the scenes, watching Angelo as he falls for Claudio's sister Isabella, who comes to beg for her brother's life. Angelo is a wonderful creation, loathsome yet fascinating as he struggles with the double standards of his enforcement of draconian laws whilst lusting after the sister of the man he is prepared to execute, debating "The tempter or the tempted, who sins most?".
No one is spared Shakespeare's withering look at the mores of early 17th-century life, not even the pimps and madams who try to get by in the midst of the Duke's bizarre and coercive disguises and performances. The deeply ambiguous ending of Measure for Measure confirms it as one of Shakespeare's most ambivalent and arguably despairing plays. --Jerry Brotton [via]
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Medieval Householdsby David HerlihyISBN 067456376X (0-674-56376-X)
Softcover, Harvard Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Medieval Households'Book summary:Traces the history of family life during the Middle Ages and examines medieval marriages, childhood, motherhood, and fatherhood. [via]
The Medieval Machineby Jean GimpelISBN 0575021357 (0-575-02135-7)
Hardcover, Gollancz
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Medieval Prostitutionby Jacques Rossiaud, Lydia G. CochraneISBN 0631199926 (0-631-19992-6)
Softcover, Blackwell Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Medieval Prostitution'Book summary:In 15th-century France, public prostitution was condoned by all sectors of society. Clerics and municipal officials not only tolerated prostitution, but were often its principal beneficiaries, owning and frequenting brothels quite openly. The explanation of this remarkable state of affairs is one topic covered in this book, which reconstructs a part of medieval society that has previously received relatively little attention. Drawing upon research in medieval archives, the author shows that most 15th-century Frenchwomen could expect a life of constant subjugation to male desire. Rape was common and considered a minor crime. He then considers whether public prostitution might paradoxically have been seen by the secular and religious authorities as a means of social control, and of preserving marital stability: the virtue of wives and daughters was best protected by the existence of public brothels, where sexual urges could be satisfied without adultery and rape. The book describes the social background of the prostitutes, brothel-keepers, pimps and their clientele, showing that for many of those involved in it prostitution was an acceptable occupation. [via]
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Monarch Notes on Goethe's Faustby Paul MontgomeryISBN 0671005219 (0-671-00521-9)
Hardcover, Pearson Education, Limited
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Monarch Notes on Goethe's Faust'Book summary:This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1903 Excerpt: ... the proper company for his Cadaverousness. In a letter of 1780, Goethe playfully applies the name £rad)e to his friend Merck, who was also a gaunt man. 5671. iBJnrlcrlol', 'wooden cross'; in sarcastic allusion to the Lean Person's appearance. 5678. bctUCflt, 'excitedly'; adv. with entfctltett. 5681. llmfrfjiipytc = befcfjupte, 'scaly.' 5685-6. J)o6cn... fycrnitiictraticn. The dragons (without hands, hence the marvel) take the box, with Mephistopheles sitting on it, out of the chariot and bring it to (heron) where Faust is standing. 5691. ft!) fief lit, 'motley.' 56g6. jur GtnfomfeU. Cf. the words of the Poet in the Prelude, 11. 59 ff. 5706. ticrrnftjcu. Poetry is self-revelation, i.e., self-betrayal. Cf. the lines in the West-Ostlicher Divan, IX, 19: ®rft ficfi im fflefjetmnifs toteflcn, £mn ter)I(mtetn friif) unb fpatl SUcfjter ift umfonft Berf(6wieflen, Sidjten fel&ft ift fdjott Serratfj. 5712. (loltmcnt SBlitte; figurative for the red-golden liquid which rises in the pots and threatens to dissolve the jewels. 5717. ftJimeljen fid), 'are melting,' i.e.,' are on the point of melting,'--whence the need of seizing them quickly. 5718. ©emiinte SRoHcn, 'minted rolls,' i.e., coins. 5719. $u!aten... gepragt = OotbftiidCe tote getorfigte £ufatcn, 'pieces like genuine ducats.' But Schroer says tote geprtigt = hrie lieu ge« torogt. 573-©olb unb 2Bertfy; i.e., roerthtjolle? (roirfltd)e«) ©olb. 5735-6. The meaning is: What 's the use of truth for such as you, ever the ready victims of stupid illusion?--9ln alien 3tyfeltt patfctl, 'to lay hold of by every tag,' i.e., to lay hold of with all one's might. 5753-Oil' UltS all', 'all together,' 'every one of us.' Cf. Sltt OTe in 1. 8483+. 5761-2. Plutus as magician draws an... [via]
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Once and Future Kingby T.H. WhiteISBN 0606011951 (0-606-01195-1)
Hardcover, Demco Media
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The Ottomansby Andrew WheatcroftISBN 0670844128 (0-670-84412-8)
Hardcover, Penguin USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Ottomans'Book summary:The author teases out those qualities which were uniquely Ottoman - not Turkish, not Middle Eastern or even a shadowy echo of the West, they were born warriors from the steppes of Central Asia who became a singular urban culture. Their legacy still lives on in the Middle East and parts of Europe and the author recovers their long-forgotten and half-understood culture and analyzes their success. [via]
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The Pope, His Banker, and Veniceby Felix GilbertISBN 0674689755 (0-674-68975-5)
Hardcover, Harvard Univ Pr
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Rhinegoldby Stephen GrundyISBN 0553569457 (0-553-56945-7)
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Richard IIby William Shakespeare, Paul WerstineISBN 0671722832 (0-671-72283-2)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Richard II'Book summary:Each edition includes: [via]" Freshly edited text based on the best early printed version of the play
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Romeo and Julietby William Shakespeare, James N. LoehlinISBN 0521667690 (0-521-66769-0)
Softcover, Cambridge Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Romeo and Juliet'Book summary:This is undoubtedly the greatest love story ever written, spawning a host of imitators on stage and screen, including Leonard Bernstein's smash musical West Side Story, Franco Zeffirelli's Romeo and Juliet filmed in 1968, and Baz Luhrmann's postmodern film version Romeo + Juliet. The tragic feud between "Two households, both alike in dignity/In fair Verona", the Montagues and Capulets, which ultimately kills the two young "star-crossed lovers" and their "death-marked love" creates issues which have fascinated subsequent generations. The play deals with issues of intergenerational and familial conflict, as well as the power of language and the compelling relationship between sex and death, all of which makes it an incredibly modern play. It is also an early example of Shakespeare fusing poetry with dramatic action, as he moves from Romeo's lyrical account of Juliet--"she doth teach the torches to burn bright!" to the bustle and action of a 16th-century household (the play contains more scenes of ordinary working people than any of Shakespeare's other works). It also represents an experimental attempt to fuse comedy with tragedy. Up to the third act, the play proceeds along the lines of a classic romantic comedy. The turning point comes with the death of one of Shakespeare's finest early dramatic creations--Romeo's sexually ambivalent friend Mercutio, whose "plague o' both your houses" begins the play's descent into tragedy, "For never was a story of more woe/Than this of Juliet and her Romeo". --Jerry Brotton [via]
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Romeo and Julietby Barbara A. Mowat, Paul Werstine, William ShakespeareISBN 0671042882 (0-671-04288-2)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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Romeo Y Julieta Julio Cesarby William ShakespeareISBN 0606161031 (0-606-16103-1)
Hardcover, Demco Media
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Scottish Clans and Tartansby Ian GrimbleISBN 0600319350 (0-600-31935-0)
Softcover, Hamlyn
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Skippyjon Jones in the Dog Houseby Judith Byron Schachner, James J. WilhelmISBN 0525472975 (0-525-47297-5)
Hardcover, Dutton Childrens Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Skippyjon Jones in the Dog House'Book summary:The Siamese kitty boy with the gigantico imagination has returned for another loco adventure. In his room for a time-out, Skippyjon Jones lets his imagination take him to a shack where his Chihuahua friends are yipping and yapping and hiding out from the Bad Bobble-ito, who has taken over their doghouse. How El Skippito chills the Chihuahuas and banishes the Bobble-ito will make more amigos for this endearing and irresistible rascal who made his first appearance in Skippyjon Jones.[via]
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Song of Rolandby Roland De ChansonISBN 0672604760 (0-672-60476-0)
Softcover, Bobbs-Merrill Co
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The Tale Of Genjiby Royall Tyler, Murasaki ShikibuISBN 0670030201 (0-670-03020-1)
Hardcover, Viking Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Tale Of Genji'Book summary:In the tradition of Robert Fagles's translation of the Iliad and the Odyssey, Viking presents a stunning translation of Lady Murasaki's exquisite portrait of courtly life in medieval Japan. Written in the eleventh century, The Tale of Genji is widely celebrated as the world's first novel, but as Donald Keene has observed, it is also "one of its greatest." Genji the Shining Prince, the son of an emperor, is a passionate character whose tempestuous nature, family circumstances, love affairs, alliances, and shifting political fortunes form the core of this magnificent epic. Throughout, The Tale of Genji offers a lively and well-rounded glimpse of golden age Japan with a cast of characters as richly conceived and nuanced as those of Proust. Royall Tyler's superb translation, detailed and poetic, is scrupulously true to the Japanese original but appeals immediately to the modern reader as well. Tyler includes detailed notes, glossaries, character lists, and chronologies to help the reader navigate the multigenerational narrative and its references. Magnificently packaged in a two-volume set with a slipcase, this is a literary event comparable to Seamus Heaney's bestselling translation of Beowulf. It will spark interest in this masterpiece of world literature and serve as the standard edition for many years to come.
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The Techniques of Sprang: Plaiting on Stretched Threadsby Peter CollingwoodISBN 0571101445 (0-571-10144-5)
Hardcover, Faber
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This Realmby SmithISBN 0669244589 (0-669-24458-9)
Softcover, D C Heath & Co
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This Realm of England: 1399-1688by SmithISBN 0669134228 (0-669-13422-8)
Softcover, Houghton Mifflin College Div
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This Realm of England, 1399 to 1688by Lacey Baldwin Smith, Baldwin Lacey SmithISBN 0618001026 (0-618-00102-6)
Softcover, Houghton Mifflin College Div
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The Tragedy of Julius Caesarby William Shakespeare, David M. BevingtonISBN 0553212966 (0-553-21296-6)
Softcover, Bantam Classic & Loveswept
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The Tragedy of Richard the Secondby William Shakespeare, Louis B. Wright, Virginia A. LamarISBN 0671531425 (0-671-53142-5)
Softcover, Pocket Books
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The Tragedy of Romeo and Julietby William ShakespeareISBN 0671722859 (0-671-72285-9)
Softcover, Pocket Classics
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The Vision of Piers Plowmanby William Langland, Terence TillerISBN 0563179279 (0-563-17927-9)
Softcover, British Broadcasting Corp
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Vision of Piers Plowman'Book summary:One man's dream of a better society...PIERS PLOWMAN stands at the centre of medieval English literature along with Chaucer's CANTERBURY TALES, which in many ways it complements. A weary wanderer falls asleep and dreams of a tower and a deep dungeon, and in between the whold of humanity pursuing its business and pleasure...but his dream becomes a profound vision of redemption, in which the corruptions and injustices that occur daily are laid open with passionate truthfulness in poetry that combines vigorous realism and probing argument with moments of epic sublimity and lyrical beauty. Edited by AVC Schmidt of Balliol College, Oxford, this is the B-Text. 'A marvel of comprehension' Derek Pearsall [via]
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The Wiz Bizby Rick CookISBN 0671878468 (0-671-87846-8)
Softcover, Pocket Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Wiz Biz'Book summary:It all began when the wizards of the White League were under attack by their opponents of the Black League and one of their most powerful members cast a spell to bring forth a mighty wizard to aid their cause. What the spell delivered was master hacker Walter "Wiz" Zumwalt. The wizard who east the spell was dead and nobody -- not the elves, not the dwarves, not even the dragons -- could figure out what the shanghaied computer nerd was good for.
But spells are a lot like computer programs, and, in spite of the Wiz's unprepossessing appearance, he was going to defeat the all-powerful Black League, win the love of a beautiful red-haired witch, and prove that when it comes to spells and sorcery, nobody but nobody can beat a Silicon Valley computer geek! [via]
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LA Chanson De Rolandby F. WhiteheadISBN 0631003908 (0-631-00390-8)
Softcover, Blackwell Pub
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