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American Godsby Neil GaimanISBN 0060558121 (0-06-055812-1)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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› Find signed collectible books: 'American Gods'Book summary:American Gods is Neil Gaiman's best and most ambitious novel yet, a scary, strange, and hallucinogenic road-trip story wrapped around a deep examination of the American spirit. Gaiman tackles everything from the onslaught of the information age to the meaning of death, but he doesn't sacrifice the razor-sharp plotting and narrative style he's been delivering since his Sandman days.
Shadow gets out of prison early when his wife is killed in a car crash. At a loss, he takes up with a mysterious character called Wednesday, who is much more than he appears. In fact, Wednesday is an old god, once known as Odin the All-father, who is roaming America rounding up his forgotten fellows in preparation for an epic battle against the upstart deities of the Internet, credit cards, television, and all that is wired. Shadow agrees to help Wednesday, and they whirl through a psycho-spiritual storm that becomes all too real in its manifestations. For instance, Shadow's dead wife Laura keeps showing up, and not just as a ghost--the difficulty of their continuing relationship is by turns grim and darkly funny, just like the rest of the book.
Armed only with some coin tricks and a sense of purpose, Shadow travels through, around, and underneath the visible surface of things, digging up all the powerful myths Americans brought with them in their journeys to this land as well as the ones that were already here. Shadow's road story is the heart of the novel, and it's here that Gaiman offers up the details that make this such a cinematic book--the distinctly American foods and diversions, the bizarre roadside attractions, the decrepit gods reduced to shell games and prostitution. "This is a bad land for Gods," says Shadow.
More than a tourist in America, but not a native, Neil Gaiman offers an outside-in and inside-out perspective on the soul and spirituality of the country--our obsessions with money and power, our jumbled religious heritage and its societal outcomes, and the millennial decisions we face about what's real and what's not. --Therese Littleton [via]
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Autumn Quailby Naguib Mahfouz, Roger AllenISBN 977424107X (977-424-107-X)
Softcover, Amer Univ in Cairo Pr
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Black Sheep and Kissing Cousins: How Our Family Stories Shape Usby Elizabeth StoneISBN 0140119779 (0-14-011977-9)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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The Crying of Lot 49by Thomas PynchonISBN 0060931671 (0-06-093167-1)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Crying of Lot 49'Book summary:The highly original satire about Oedipa Maas, a woman who finds herself enmeshed in a worldwide conspiracy, meets some extremely interesting characters, and attains a not inconsiderable amount of self knowledge.
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Cuentos De Eva Lunaby Isabel AllendeISBN 9500705869 (950-07-0586-9)
Softcover, Aims Intl Books Corp
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Early Irish Myths and Sagasby Jeffrey GantzISBN 0140443975 (0-14-044397-5)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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El Hobbit / the Hobbitby J. R. R. TolkienISBN 9505470630 (950-547-063-0)
Softcover, Distal S R L
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› Find signed collectible books: 'El Hobbit / the Hobbit'Book summary:Smaug parecia profundamente dormido cuando Bilbo espio una vez mas desde la entrada. Pero fingia estar dormido! ¡Estaba vigilando la entrada del tunel!... Sacado de su comodo agujero-hobbit por Gandalf y una banda de enanos, Bilbo se encuentra de pronto en medio de una conspiracion que pretende apoderarse del tesoro de Smaug el Magnifico, un enorme y muy peligroso dragon...Todos los que aman esos libros para ninos que pueden ser leidos y releidos por adultos han de tomar buena cuenta de que una nueva estrella ha aparecido en esa constelacion. [via]
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El Senor De Los Anillosby J. R. R. TolkienISBN 9505470657 (950-547-065-7)
Softcover, Planeta Pub Corp
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› Find signed collectible books: 'El Senor De Los Anillos'Book summary:Buy with confidence.A+ Customer Service! Order this today or browse our incredible selection of jewelry, books and more. [via]
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Softcover, Planeta Pub Corp - El Senor De Los Anillos: ISBN 9706906517 (970-690-651-7)
Softcover, Libros Sin Fronteras Inventory - El Senor De Los Anillos: ISBN 9706906533 (970-690-653-3)
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Eragonby Christopher Paolini, Silvia Komet, Enrique De HerizISBN 8496284441 (84-96284-44-1)
Softcover, Roca Editorial
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Eragon'Book summary:Eragon es el primer titulo de la trilogia de El Legado, que tiene como protagonistas a este valiente joven y a su indomable dragona Saphira. En el reino legendario de Alagaesia la guerra se esta gestando. Los Jinetes protectores de la paz del Imperio y los unicos capaces de controlar a los inteligentes dragones, se han extinguido o han pasado a formar parte de las tropas del malvado rey Galbatorix. Los elfos hace tiempo que se han exiliado a un lugar oculto y los vardenos, un grupo disidente, se ocultan en ciudades protegidas. Cuando Eragon, un joven de 15 anos que vive en una pequena aldea, se encuentra con una piedra preciosa en medio del bosque a donde ha ido a cazar, poco se espera que ese suceso vaya a cambiar su vida y el destino de Alagaesia. Lo unico que desea es venderla para asi asegurar la subsistencia de su familia durante el duro invierno. Sin embargo, una noche la gema se rompe y lo que sale de ella lo llevara a un viaje que lo convertira en heroe. Podra Eragon tomar la responsabilidad de los legendarios jinetes de dragones? La esperanza del Imperio descansa en sus manos... / Fifteen-year-old Eragon believes that he is merely a poor farm boy until his destiny as a Dragon Rider is revealed. Gifted with only an ancient sword, a loyal dragon, and sage advice from an old storyteller, Eragon is soon swept into a dangerous tapestry of magic, glory, and power. Now his choices could save or destroy the Empire. [via]
Fahrenheit 451by Ray BradburyISBN 8484501965 (84-8450-196-5)
Softcover, Aims Intl Books Corp
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Fahrenheit 451'Book summary:FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. A totalitarian regime has ordered all books to be destroyed, but one of the book burners suddenly realizes their merit. [via]
Fairy Talesby H.C. Andersen, Svend Otto S.ISBN 8756230184 (87-562-3018-4)
Hardcover, Carlsen
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Gesta Hungarorum: The Deeds of the Hungariansby Simon of Keza, Laszlo Veszpremy, Frank SchaerISBN 9639116319 (963-9116-31-9)
Hardcover, Central European Univ Pr
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Herodotus: The Historiesby John Marincola, HerodutusISBN 0140446389 (0-14-044638-9)
Softcover, Penguin USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Herodotus: The Histories'Book summary:During the fifth century BC, a small and quarrelsome band of Greek city-states united to repel a mighty Persian army. While the story of this heroic drama forms the main theme of Herodotus' narrative, the author's curiosity fleshes out the text with digressions, folk tales and stories. [via]
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Historiaeby Karl HudeISBN 0198145268 (0-19-814526-8)
Hardcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Historiae'Book summary:Herodotus of Halicarnassus was an Ionian traveler and storyteller who lived in the 5th century BC 484 BC-ca. 425 BC . He is almost exclusively known for writing The Histories, a collection of 'inquiries' about the places and peoples he encountered during his wide-ranging travels around the Mediterranean littoral and into Mesopotamia. [via]
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The Historiesby Herodotus, Aubrey De Selincourt, John MarincolaISBN 0140449086 (0-14-044908-6)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Histories'Book summary:"The father of history," as Cicero called him, and a writer possessed of remarkable narrative gifts, enormous scope, and considerable charm, Herodotus has always been beloved by readers well-versed in the classics. Compelled by his desire to "prevent the traces of human events from being erased by time," Herotodus recounts the incidents preceding and following the Persian Wars. He gives us much more than military history, though, providing the fullest portrait of the classical world of the 5th and 6th centuries. This readable new translation is supplemented with expansive notes to help the reader appreciate the book in depth. [via]
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The History: Herodotusby Herodotus, David GreneISBN 0226327728 (0-226-32772-8)
Softcover, Univ of Chicago Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The History: Herodotus'Book summary:Herodotus of Halicarnassus was born about 484 B.C. and died some 60 years later. He traveled over much of the known ancient world, making trips to places such as southern Italy, lower Egypt, and the Caucasus. His great History, the first major prose work in world literature, is an account of his world at the time of the Persian Wars. The book, here ably translated by University of Chicago scholar David Grene, earned Herodotus the epithet "The Father of History" in ancient times. He distinguishes between the things seen with his own eyes and those of which he had only heard. But he was often too credulous of things told to him by his peers along the way, for which reason his younger contemporary Thucydides called him "The Father of Lies." Renowned in his own time for his humanity and wide-ranging curiosity, Herodotus shows an insatiable appetite for both useful information and a good yarn, and The History is a starting point for any student of the past. [via]
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The Iliadby Homer, Robert FaglesISBN 0140445927 (0-14-044592-7)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Iliad'Book summary:Newly updated by D. C. H. Rieu, son of E. V. Rieu One of the foremost achievements in Western literature, Homer's Iliad tells the story of the darkest episode of the Trojan War. At its center is Achilles, the greatest warrior-champion of the Greeks, and his conflict with his leader Agamemnon. Interwoven in the tragic sequence of events are powerfully moving descriptions of the ebb and flow of battle, the besieged city of Ilium, the feud between the gods, and the fate of mortals. @RageAgainstTheAchaean Pissed. I am so, so very pissed. First I have to go to this beach. Then I have to kill all these dudes. And NOW - now! This prick stole my biscuit. Who does that? Am I right? Can't resolve this problem on my own - calling Mom! From Twitterature: The World's Greatest Books in Twenty Tweets or Less [via]
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Irelandby Frank DelaneyISBN 0060563494 (0-06-056349-4)
Softcover, Avon Books
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The Metamorphosesby Ovid, A.D. Melville, E.J. KenneyISBN 019283472X (0-19-283472-X)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Metamorphoses'Book summary:The first English translation of one of the supreme masterpieces of Latin literature, "Golding's Metamorphoses" (1567) decisively influenced Shakespeare, Spenser and the character of English Renaissance writing. Ovid's deliciously witty and poignant epic starts with the creation of the world and brings together a series of ingeniously linked myths and legends in which men and women are transformed, often by love - into flowers, trees, stones and stars. This robustly vernacular version adds a Christian moral framework, clarifies obscurities and gives an English flavour to the rustic settings, thus making readily available to later writers a treasure-trove of comic, eerie and erotic tales. [via]
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- The Metamorphoses: ISBN 0140440585 (0-14-044058-5)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA - The Metamorphoses: ISBN 0192816918 (0-19-281691-8)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr - The Metamorphoses: ISBN 0192510339 (0-19-251033-9)
Hardcover, Oxford Univ Pr - The Metamorphoses: ISBN 019283472X (0-19-283472-X)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
- The Metamorphoses: ISBN 0140440585 (0-14-044058-5)
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Metamorphosesby Peter Forbes, David Raeburn, Denis FeeneyISBN 014044789X (0-14-044789-X)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Metamorphoses'Book summary:[via]Ovids sensuous and witty poem brings together a dazzling array of mythological tales, ingeniously linked by the idea of transformationoften as a result of love or lustwhere men and women find themselves magically changed into new and sometimes extraordinary beings. Beginning with the creation of the world and ending with the deification of Augustus, Ovid interweaves many of the best-known myths and legends of ancient Greece and Rome, including Daedalus and Icarus, Pyramus and Thisbe, Pygmalion, Perseus and Andromeda, and the fall of Troy. Erudite but light-hearted, dramatic and yet playful, the Metamorphoses has influenced writers and artists throughout the centuries from Shakespeare and Titian to Picasso and Ted Hughes.
- Includes introduction, a preface to each book, explanatory notes, and an index of people, gods, and places
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The Metamorphoses of Ovidby Allen MandelbaumISBN 0156001268 (0-15-600126-8)
Softcover, Harcourt
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Metamorphoses of Ovid'Book summary:Publius Ovidius Naso, whom we know as Ovid, was already established as a writer when The Metamorphoses was published in A.D. 8, when he was 52 years old. It had taken him a decade to compose his great poem, during which time he published little, but the Roman world was still abuzz with excitement over his richly erotic Art of Love. So, unfortunately, was the court of Augustus Caesar, and the emperor banished the poet to what is now Romania. Augustus may have taken exception to the poet's turn to the impolite realm of the body--or he may have objected to a rumored affair between Ovid and the emperor's nymphomaniacal daughter Julia, who figures so prominently in Robert Graves's Claudius novels. The poet who had declared Rome to be his only home could have found no worse punishment than exile, but no amount of pleading could sway Augustus, and Ovid died on the shores of the Black Sea a decade later. Full of veiled political and historical references, The Metamorphoses lived on to become a permanent fixture in the canon of European literature. In Allen Mandelbaum's hands, it lives on for a new generation. [via]
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The Metamorphoses of Ovid: A New Verse Translationby Ovid, Allen MandelbaumISBN 0151705291 (0-15-170529-1)
Hardcover, Harcourt
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Metamorphoses of Ovid: A New Verse Translation'Book summary:Publius Ovidius Naso, whom we know as Ovid, was already established as a writer when The Metamorphoses was published in A.D. 8, when he was 52 years old. It had taken him a decade to compose his great poem, during which time he published little, but the Roman world was still abuzz with excitement over his richly erotic Art of Love. So, unfortunately, was the court of Augustus Caesar, and the emperor banished the poet to what is now Romania. Augustus may have taken exception to the poet's turn to the impolite realm of the body--or he may have objected to a rumored affair between Ovid and the emperor's nymphomaniacal daughter Julia, who figures so prominently in Robert Graves's Claudius novels. The poet who had declared Rome to be his only home could have found no worse punishment than exile, but no amount of pleading could sway Augustus, and Ovid died on the shores of the Black Sea a decade later. Full of veiled political and historical references, The Metamorphoses lived on to become a permanent fixture in the canon of European literature. In Allen Mandelbaum's hands, it lives on for a new generation. [via]
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Mouse Talesby Arnold LobelISBN 0064440133 (0-06-444013-3)
Softcover, Harpercollins Childrens Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Mouse Tales'Book summary:Seven mouse boys lie awake one night . . .
. . . And they ask their Papa to tell them a story. Papa does better than that -- he tells them seven stories, one for each boy.
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The Odysseyby Homer, Joanne Mattern, Sheila BlackISBN 0061064130 (0-06-106413-0)
Softcover, HarperCollins Canada, Limited
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Odyssey'Book summary:Robert Fagles's translation is a jaw-droppingly beautiful rendering of Homer's Odyssey, the most accessible and enthralling epic of classical Greece. Fagles captures the rapid and direct language of the original Greek, while telling the story of Odysseus in lyrics that ring with a clear, energetic voice. The story itself has never seemed more dynamic, the action more compelling, nor the descriptions so brilliant in detail. It is often said that every age demands its own translation of the classics. Fagles's work is a triumph because he has not merely provided a contemporary version of Homer's classic poem, but has located the right language for the timeless character of this great tale. Fagles brings the Odyssey so near, one wonders if the Hollywood adaption can be far behind. This is a terrific book. [via]
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- The Odyssey: ISBN 0140268863 (0-14-026886-3)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA - The Odyssey: ISBN 0140383093 (0-14-038309-3)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA - The Odyssey: ISBN 0140449116 (0-14-044911-6)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA - The Odyssey: ISBN 0143039954 (0-14-303995-4)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA - The Odyssey: ISBN 0192833758 (0-19-283375-8)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr - The Odyssey: ISBN 0140440011 (0-14-044001-1)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA - The Odyssey: ISBN 0140445560 (0-14-044556-0)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA - The Odyssey: ISBN 0192510193 (0-19-251019-3)
Hardcover, Oxford University Press - Odyssey: ISBN 0061064130 (0-06-106413-0)
Softcover, HarperCollins Canada, Limited
- The Odyssey: ISBN 0140268863 (0-14-026886-3)
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The Odysseyby Geraldine McCaughrean, Victor G. AmbrusISBN 0192741837 (0-19-274183-7)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Odyssey'Book summary:The story of Odysseus is told in this first installment of a four-volume series using lively, modern language to bring ancient myths to life for contemporary young readers. [via]
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The Odyssey of Homerby Barbara Leonie Picard, Joan Kiddell-MonroeISBN 0192741462 (0-19-274146-2)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Odyssey of Homer'Book summary:A collection of Homer's famous stories from "The Odyssey", retold for children. [via]
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The Odyssey of Homerby Bernard Knox, T. E. LawrenceISBN 0195068181 (0-19-506818-1)
Hardcover, Oxford Univ Pr on Demand
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Odyssey of Homer'Book summary:Colonel T.E. Lawrence was one of the most flamboyant figures of his era, known throughout the Western world as Lawrence of Arabia. Glory-seeking yet self-effacing, this soldier, archaeologist, spy, and scholar was a war hero whom Winston Churchill called "one of the greatest men of our time." Less well known were his abilities as historian and author, which won him the admiration of such writers as Ezra Pound, W.H. Auden, and Robert Graves.
While stationed on a desolate R.A.F. outpost on the fringes of the Karachi desert in India, Lawrence began his acclaimed translation of The Odyssey. He devoted himself to the project for four years, and during that time he came to feel that he was uniquely suited to the task. "I have hunted wild boars and watched wild lions," he wrote. "Built boats and killed many men. So I have odd knowledges that qualify me to understand The Odyssey, and odd experiences that interpret it to me." Relying on an innate sense of language and truly gifted abilities at translation, Lawrence transformed Homer's Odyssey into mellifluous prose. The result was an overnight bestseller. The New York Herald Tribune hailed it "perhaps the most interesting translation of the world's most interesting book," and The New York Times called it "ruggedly and roughly masculine" and added that it "gives a vividness to the story beyond any other text familiar to us."
Lawrence breathes new life into the adventures of Odysseus, smoothing the reader's path through a fantastic array of monsters, temptresses, gods, and goddesses. For a generation of readers accustomed to verse translations of Homer, this bold and vivid prose version is well worth rediscovery. [via]More editions of The Odyssey of Homer:
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The Odyssey of Homerby Homer, Richmond LattimoreISBN 0060931957 (0-06-093195-7)
Softcover, Perennial
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Odyssey of Homer'Book summary:The most eloquent translation of Homer's Odyssey into modern English.
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The Odyssey of Homerby Richmond LattimoreISBN 0060904798 (0-06-090479-8)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Odyssey of Homer'Book summary:The standard translation into modern English of Homer's Odyssey. "The best translation there is of a great, perhaps the greatest, poet."New York Times Book Review [via]
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The Odyssey World Classicby HomerISBN 0192815423 (0-19-281542-3)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Odyssey World Classic'Book summary:The first English prose translation of Homer's The Odyssey to appear in over thirty years, Shewring's translation comes as close to the spirit of the original Greek as our language will allow. [via]
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Old Peter's Russian Talesby Arthur Ransome, Faith JaquesISBN 0224029592 (0-224-02959-2)
Hardcover, Random House of Canada Ltd
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Old Peter's Russian Tales'Book summary:THE STOLEN TURNIPS, THE MAGIC TABLECLOTH, THE SNEEZING GOAT AND THE WOODEN WHISTLE; LITTLE MASTER MISERY; A CHAPTER OF FISH; THE GOLDEN FISH; WHO LIVED IN THE SKULL?; ALENOUSHKA AND HER BROTHER; THE FIRE BIRD, THE HORSE OF POWER AND THE PRINCESS VASILISSA; THE HUNTER AND HIS WIFE; THE THREE MEN OF POWER - EVENING, MIDNIGHT AND SUNRISE; SALT; THE CHRISTENING IN THE VILLAGE. ***FIRST PUBLISHED 1916 & WENDE IS CHECKING IF THAT MEANS IT GOES OUT OF COPYRIGHT IN THE U.S. IN 1991 & THAT WE COULD STOP PAYING ROYALTIES ON THEIR SALES THEN(JS-31/7/90) [via]
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- Old Peter's Russian Tales: ISBN 0140350977 (0-14-035097-7)
Softcover, Viking Childrens Books - Old Peter's Russian Tales: ISBN 014030696X (0-14-030696-X)
Hardcover, Puffin Books - Old Peter's Russian Tales: ISBN 0172212014 (0-17-221201-4)
Hardcover, Nelson - Old Peter's Russian Tales: ISBN 0224029592 (0-224-02959-2)
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- Old Peter's Russian Tales: ISBN 0140350977 (0-14-035097-7)
Oliver Twistby Charles DickensISBN 9706437320 (970-643-732-0)
Softcover, Selector S.A. De C.V.
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Outlaws of the Marsh: An Abridged Version = [Shui Hu Zhuan]by Sidney Shapiro, Guanzhong Luo, Nai-an ShihISBN 9620710673 (962-07-1067-3)
Hardcover, Commercial Press
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Ovid Metamorphosesby Naso Publius OvidiusISBN 0253200016 (0-253-20001-6)
Softcover, Indiana Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Ovid Metamorphoses'Book summary:"The Metamorphoses of Ovid offers to the modern world such a key to the literary and religious culture of the ancients that it becomes an important event when at last a good poet comes up with a translation into English verse." -John Crowe Ransom"... a charming and expert English version, which is right in tone for the Metamorphoses."Â -Francis Fergusson"This new Ovid, fresh and faithful, is right for our time and should help to restore a great reputation." -Mark Van DorenThe first and still the best modern verse translation of the Metamorphoses, Humphries' version of Ovid's masterpiece captures its wit, merriment, and sophistication.Everyone will enjoy this first modern translation by an American poet of Ovid's great work, the major treasury of classical mythology, which has perennially stimulated the minds of men. In this lively rendering there are no stock props of the pastoral and no literary landscaping, but real food on the table and sometimes real blood on the ground.Not only is Ovid's Metamorphoses a collection of all the myths of the time of the Roman poet as he knew them, but the book presents at the same time a series of love poems-about the loves of men, women, and the gods. There are also poems of hate, to give the proper shading to the narrative. And pervading all is the writer's love for this earth, its people, its phenomena.Using ten-beat, unrhymed lines in his translation, Rolfe Humphries shows a definite kinship for Ovid's swift and colloquial language and Humphries' whole poetic manner is in tune with the wit and sophistication of the Roman poet. [via]
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Ovid: Metamorphosesby Publius Ovidius NasoISBN 0253337550 (0-253-33755-0)
Hardcover, Indiana Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Ovid: Metamorphoses'Book summary:The first English translation of one of the supreme masterpieces of Latin literature, "Golding's Metamorphoses" (1567) decisively influenced Shakespeare, Spenser and the character of English Renaissance writing. Ovid's deliciously witty and poignant epic starts with the creation of the world and brings together a series of ingeniously linked myths and legends in which men and women are transformed, often by love - into flowers, trees, stones and stars. This robustly vernacular version adds a Christian moral framework, clarifies obscurities and gives an English flavour to the rustic settings, thus making readily available to later writers a treasure-trove of comic, eerie and erotic tales. [via]
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Peace Tales: World Folktales to Talk Aboutby Margaret Read MacDonaldISBN 0208023283 (0-208-02328-3)
Hardcover, Shoe String Press, Incorporated
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Peace Tales: World Folktales to Talk About'Book summary:A collection of folktales from cultures around the world, reflecting different aspects of war and peace. [via]
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The Persian Warsby Herodotus, George RawlinsonISBN 0075536404 (0-07-553640-4)
Softcover, McGraw-Hill College
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Persian Wars'Book summary:Translated by George Rawlinson, Introduction by Francis R.B. Godolphin [via]
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Reading Magic: Why Reading Aloud to Our Children Will Change Their Lives Foreverby Mem Fox, Judy HoracekISBN 0156010763 (0-15-601076-3)
Softcover, Harcourt
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All parents want and expect their children to learn to read, but few realize they can get their kids on the road to reading long before they start school simply by reading aloud to them every day. With passion and humor, acclaimed author and internationally respected literacy expert Mem Fox tells readers how she herself became aware of the astonishing effects that reading aloud and bonding through books have on very young children.
She speaks of when, where, and why to read aloud and demonstrates how to read aloud to best effect and how to get the most out of a read-aloud session. She walks readers through the three secrets of reading which together make reading possible. She gives guidance on defining, choosing, and finding good books and closes with tips on dealing effectively with the challenges that sometimes arise when children are learning to read.
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Scary Storiesby SchwartzISBN 0061070165 (0-06-107016-5)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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Scary Stories to Tell in the Darkby Alvin Schwartz, Stephen GammellISBN 0064401707 (0-06-440170-7)
Softcover, Harpercollins Childrens Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark'Book summary:This spooky addition to Alvin Schwartz's popular books on American folklore is filled with tales of eerie horror and dark revenge that will make you jump with fright.
There is a story here for everyone -- skeletons with torn and tangled flesh who roam the earth; a ghost who takes revenge on her murderer; and a haunted house where every night a bloody head falls down the chimney.
Stephen Gammell's splendidly creepy drawings perfectly capture the mood of more than two dozen scary stories -- and even scary songs -- all just right for reading alone or for telling aloud in the dark.
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Seven Viking Romancesby Hermann PalssonISBN 0140444742 (0-14-044474-2)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Seven Viking Romances'Book summary:Combining traditional myth, oral history and re-worked European legend to depict an ancient realm of heroism and wonder, the seven tales collected here are among the most fantastical of all the Norse romances. Powerfully inspired works of Icelandic imagination, they relate intriguing, often comical tales of famous kings, difficult gods and women of great beauty, goodness or cunning. The tales plunder a wide range of earlier literature from Homer to the French romances as in the tale of the wandering hero Arrow-Odd, which combines several older legends, or Egil and Asmund, where the story of Odysseus and the Cyclops is skilfully adapted into a traditional Norse legend. These are among the most outrageous, delightful and exhilarating tales in all Icelandic literature. [via]
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Silmarillionby J. R. R. TolkienISBN 9505470649 (950-547-064-9)
Hardcover, Planeta Pub Corp
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Song of Rolandby Dorothy L. SayersISBN 0140440755 (0-14-044075-5)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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The Song of Rolandby Glyn S. Burgess, Glyn BurgessISBN 0140445323 (0-14-044532-3)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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The Song of Rolandby Patricia TerryISBN 0024198358 (0-02-419835-8)
Softcover, Macmillan Coll Div
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Stardustby Neil GaimanISBN 8484313212 (84-8431-321-2)
Softcover, Norma Editorial Sa
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Stardust'Book summary:El joven Tristan Thorn está dispuesto a hacer cualquier cosa para conquistar el frío corazón de su amada Victoría, incluso a prometerle que le conseguirá la estrella que ambos ven caer una noche. Para cumplir su palabra, Tristán deberá cruzar el muro que separa su pueblo del País de las Hadas, un vasto territorio donde nada se parece a lo que él ha conocido, donde ni siquiera las estrellas tienen forma de estrella y donde los duendes y los espectros campan a sus anchas. En ese mágico lugar, el joven no sólo hará cambiar su futuro, sino que también descubrirá cosas de su pasado que no podía imaginar. Con la ayuda de un unicornio, un barco pirata que surca el cielo, un árbol muy sabio y una florecita de cristal... ¿conseguirá Tristan el amor de su dama? / Gaiman, author of a Neverwhere and the graphic novel series ""The Sandman,"" has created an original and well-written fairy tale. Young Tristran Thorn has grown up in the isolated village of Wall, on the edge of the realm of Faerie. When Tristran and the lovely Victoria see a falling star during the special market fair, Victoria impulsively offers him his heart's desire if he will retrieve the star for her. Tristran crosses the border into Faerie and encounters witches, unicorns, and other strange creatures. Library Journal Movie features: Sienna Miller, Rupert Everett, Robert De Niro, Michelle Pfeiffer and Peter O'Toole. [via]
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The Story Girlby L.M. MontgomeryISBN 0075492040 (0-07-549204-0)
Softcover, McGraw-Hill Ryerson Ltd
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The Storytellerby Mario Vargas Llosa, Helen LaneISBN 0140143491 (0-14-014349-1)
Softcover, Penguin Group (Canada)
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Storytelling in Organizations: Facts, Fictions, and Fantasiesby Yiannis GabrielISBN 0198297068 (0-19-829706-8)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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Talesby R. P. Keigwin, H.C. Andersen, Gustav HjortlundISBN 8770100918 (87-7010-091-8)
Hardcover, Flensted
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Transformations of Myth Through Timeby Joseph CampbellISBN 0060964634 (0-06-096463-4)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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Vivir Para Contarla / Living to Tell the Taleby G. Garcia MarquezISBN 9875660299 (987-566-029-9)
Softcover, Random House Mondadori
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Vivir Para Contarla / Living to Tell the Tale'Book summary:Pocos libros han despertado tanta expectación en todo el mundo como la autobiografía de Gabriel García Márquez, autor de Cien años de soledad y ganador del Premio Nobel de Literatura. En sus memorias, García Márquez nos habla de su infancia y primera juventud en Colombia, ofreciéndonos una crónica de los años que modelaron su imaginación y que, andando el tiempo, cristalizarían en algunos de los relatos y novelas más importantes del siglo XX. En sus páginas el lector se encontrará con episodios como el conmovedor retrato de sus abuelos, con quienes se crió en su aldea natal de Aracataca, o la descripción del asesinato de un candidato presidencial en Bogotá, del que fue testigo ocular. García Márquez da cuenta de las gentes, los lugares y los sucesos que le sirvieron de acicate como periodista y como narrador. Desbordante de humor y sabiduría, el autor se adentra por igual en los misterios de la escritura y de la vida, brindándonos un relato apasionante de la búsqueda de sus orígenes que despierta ecos de los mejores momentos de la prosa de su ficción. Además de un escrito de extraordinario mérito literario, Vivir para contarla constituye una guía indispensable para entender el resto de su obra. [via]
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The Voyages of Odysseusby Homer, D. C. H. Rieu, E. V. RieuISBN 0146001516 (0-14-600151-6)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Voyages of Odysseus'Book summary:One of 60 low-priced classic texts published to celebrate Penguin's 60th anniversary. All the titles are extracts from "Penguin Classics" titles. [via]
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The War of the Birds and the Beasts and Other Russian Talesby Arthur RansomeISBN 0224022156 (0-224-02215-6)
Hardcover, Random House Childrens Books
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The Zahir: A Novel Of Obsessionby Paulo CoehloISBN 9685957894 (968-5957-89-4)
Softcover, Random House Mondadori
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Alicia En El Pais De Las Maravillas/a Traves Del Espejo/ LA Caza Del Snarkby Lewis CarrollISBN 8489693838 (84-89693-83-8)
Hardcover, Optima Editorial
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Cenizas de Angela /Angela's Ashesby Frank McCourtISBN 9700513572 (970-05-1357-2)
Softcover, Grijalbo Mondadori
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Cuentos De Eva Luna/ Eva Luna Storiesby Isabel AllendeISBN 8497592522 (84-9759-252-2)
Softcover, Random House Mondadori
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El Hombre Que Fue Jueves / the Man Who Was Thursdayby Gilbert K. ChestertonISBN 8489163987 (84-89163-98-7)
Softcover, Jorge a Mestas Ediciones
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› Find signed collectible books: 'El Hombre Que Fue Jueves / the Man Who Was Thursday'Book summary:En el hombre que fue jueves se han reunido dos grandes escritores, Gilbert Keith Chesterton, uno de los novelistas ingleses mas originales, y el mexicano Alfonso Reyes, quien hizo la traduccion y el prologo de esta divertidisima historia de aventuras, enredo, intriga y suspenso. A lo largo de mas 200 paginas, perseguidor y perseguido cobran una significacion inesperada, hasta convertirse en principios eternos del universo. [via]
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El Senor De Los Anillos Ii: Las Dos Torresby J. R. R. TolkienISBN 9684461135 (968-446-113-5)
Softcover, Hermes Editorial
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Vivir Para Contarla / Live to Tellby Gabriel Garcia MarquezISBN 9500722984 (950-07-2298-4)
Softcover, Random House Mondadori
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LA Divina Commedia: Infernoby Alighieri DanteISBN 8817152323 (88-17-15232-3)
Softcover, Distribooks Inc
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Fiabe Italianeby Italo CalvinoISBN 8806323830 (88-06-32383-0)
Hardcover, Einaudi
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Fiabe Italiane: Raccolte Dalla Tradizione Popolare Durante Gli Ultimi Cento Anni E Trascritte in Lingua Dai Vari Dialettiby Italo CalvinoISBN 8804351225 (88-04-35122-5)
Hardcover, A. Mondadori
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Se Una Notte D'Inverno UN Viaggiatoreby Italo CalvinoISBN 8804482001 (88-04-48200-1)
Softcover, Mondadori
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O Hobbit/ The Hobbitby J. R. R. Tolkien, Moises Rodriguez BarciaISBN 8483024950 (84-8302-495-0)
Softcover, Grupo Anaya Comercial
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P. Ovidi Nasonis Metamorphosesby R.J. TarrantISBN 0198146663 (0-19-814666-3)
Hardcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'P. Ovidi Nasonis Metamorphoses'Book summary:For this edition of the Metamorphoses R. J. Tarrant has freshly collated the oldest fragments and manuscripts and has drawn more fully than previous editors on the twelfth-century manuscripts, the earliest extant witnesses to many potentially original readings. He has also given more scope to conjecture than other recent editors, and has been readier than his predecessors to identify certain verses as interpolated. This edition will be indispensable for future study of Ovid's greatest work. [via]
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Benim Adm Krmzby Orhan PamukISBN 9754707111 (975-470-711-1)
Hardcover, Iletisim
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2006 Nobel Edebiyat Ödüllü Orhan Pamuk 100'ü askin ülkede 46 dilde okunuyor.
Orhan Pamuk'un "en renkli ve en iyimser romanim", dedigi "Benim Adim Kirmizi", 1591 yilinda istanbul'da karli dokuz kis gününde geçiyor. iki küçük oglu birbirleriyle sürekli çatisan güzel Seküre, dört yildir savastan dönmeyen kocasinin yerine kendine yeni bir koca, sevgili aramaya baslayinca, o sirada babasinin tek tek eve çagirdigi saray nakkaslarini saklandigi yerden seyreder. Eve gelen usta nakkaslar, babasinin denetimi altinda Osmanli Padisahi'nin gizlice yaptirttigi bir kitap için Frenk etkisi tasiyan tehlikeli resimler yapmaktadirlar. Aralarindan biri öldürülünce, Seküre'ye asik, teyzesinin oglu Kara devreye girer. istanbul'da bir vaizin etrafinda toplanmis, tekkelere karsi bir çevrenin baskilari, pahalilik ve korku hüküm sürerken, geceleri bir kahvede toplanan nakkaslar ve hattatlar sivri dilli bir meddahin anlattigi hikayelerle eglenirler. Herkesin kendi sesiyle konustugu, ölülerin, esyalarin dillendigi, ölüm, sanat, ask, evlilik ve mutluluk üzerine bu kitap, ayni zamanda eski resim sanatinin unutulmus güzelliklerine bir agit.
"Genç Türk Romancisi Orhan Pamuk, Avrupa'ya roman nasil yazilir, gösteriyor."
- Frankfurter Allegemeine, Almanya
"Orhan Pamuk'u herkes okumali."
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