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Acting Is Believing With Infotracby Larry D. Clark, Kenneth L. Stilson, Charles McGawISBN 0155059823 (0-15-505982-3)
Hardcover, Cengage Learning
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Acting Is Believing, a Basic Methodby Larry Clark, Charles McGawISBN 0155015842 (0-15-501584-2)
Hardcover, Thomson Learning
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Arden Shakespeare Complete Works: Complete Seriesby Richard ProudfootISBN 0174436157 (0-17-443615-7)
Hardcover, Thomson Learning
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Arden Shakespeare Complete Works: Complete Series'Book summary:The Complete Arden Shakespeare, published for the first time in 1998, is now available in an updated hardback edition. The Complete Arden Shakespeare contains the texts of all Shakespeare's plays, edited by leading Shakespeare scholars for the renowned Arden Shakespeare series. The updated edition includes eight newly revised playtexts as published in the Arden Third Series since 1998.A general introduction by the three General Editors of the ongoing Arden Shakespeare series gives the reader an overall view of how and why Shakespeare has become such an influential cultural icon, and how perceptions of his work have changed in the intervening four centuries. The introduction summarises the known facts about the dramatist's life, his reading and use of sources, and the nature of theatrical performance during his lifetime.Brief introductions to each play, written specially for this volume by the Arden General Editors, discuss the date and contemporary context of the play, its position within Shakespeare's 'uvre, and its subsequent performance history. An extensive glossary explains vocabulary which may be unfamiliar to modern readers.A The sound, reliable, critical edition of Shakespeare's workA Updated and revised to include all of the editions currently available in the Arden Third SeriesA Includes The Two Noble Kinsmen, the Poems and the SonnetsA General introduction by the Arden General EditorsA Brief contextual introductions to each playA Glossary with about 400 entries [via]
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Arts and Ideasby William FlemingISBN 0155011049 (0-15-501104-9)
Softcover, Cengage Learning
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Arts and Ideas'Book summary:Intended for courses in Western Humanities, this best-selling text chronologically explores the major styles as they appear in painting, sculpture, architecture, literature, music, and philosophy from antiquity to present. Using lively anecdotes, Fleming shows how the styles are linked together by common purposes, themes, and ideas. [via]
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Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Eraby James M. McPhersonISBN 0195038630 (0-19-503863-0)
Hardcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era'Book summary:Published in 1988 to universal acclaim, this single-volume treatment of the Civil War quickly became recognized as the new standard in its field. James M. McPherson, who won the Pulitzer Prize for this book, impressively combines a brisk writing style with an admirable thoroughness. He covers the military aspects of the war in all of the necessary detail, and also provides a helpful framework describing the complex economic, political, and social forces behind the conflict. Perhaps more than any other book, this one belongs on the bookshelf of every Civil War buff. [via]
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Beowulfby Michael AlexanderISBN 0140449310 (0-14-044931-0)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Beowulf'Book summary:Beowulf stands at the head of English literature; a poem of historical interest and epic scope. Although the first manuscript of Beowulf dates from around the year 1000 CE, it is thought that the poem existed in its present form from the year 850. Beowulf's adventures themselves stand in front of the wide historical canvas of 5th and 6th century Scandinavia. Against this heroic background of feuding and feasting, Beowulf first kills the monster Grendel and her mother, and later defends his people against a dragon in a battle that leaves them both mortally wounded.[via]
@Eazy-B Uh oh. Grendels mom showed up. She is really pissed. Wait. Monsters have feelings?
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British Literature 1780-1830by Anne K. Mellor, Richard E. MatlakISBN 0155002600 (0-15-500260-0)
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Calculusby Grossman, Richard B. LaneISBN 0155057596 (0-15-505759-6)
Hardcover, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich
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Classical Dynamics of Particles and Systemsby Stephen T. Thornton, Jerry B. MarionISBN 015507640X (0-15-507640-X)
Hardcover, Harcourt College Pub
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Classical Dynamics of Particles and Systems/Students Solution Manualby Stephen T. Thornton, Jerry B. MarionISBN 0155076426 (0-15-507642-6)
Softcover, Harcourt College Pub
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Classics of Modern Political Theory: Machiavelli to Millby Steven M. CahnISBN 0195101731 (0-19-510173-1)
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Classics of Philosophyby Louis P. PojmanISBN 0195148932 (0-19-514893-2)
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The Complete Signet Classic Shakespeareby William Shakespeare, Sylvan BarnetISBN 0155126105 (0-15-512610-5)
Hardcover, Harcourt School
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The Complete Pelican Shakespeareby Alfred HarbageISBN 0140714499 (0-14-071449-9)
Hardcover, Penguin USA
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THE CLASSIC ONE-VOLUME SHAKESPEARE,
INCLUDING ALL THE PLAYS AND POEMS,
NOW COMPLETELY REVISED AND UPDATED
The distinguished Pelican Shakespeare series has sold five million copies. Now Penguin is proud to offer this fully revised new hardcover edition of The Complete Pelican Shakespeare.
Since the series debuted more than forty years ago, developments in scholarship have revolutionized our understanding of William Shakespeare, his time, and his works. With new editors who have incorporated the most up-to-date research and debate, this revised edition of The Complete Pelican Shakespeare will be the premier choice for students, professors, and general readers for decades to come.
The general editors of the series-world-renowned Shakespeareans Stephen Orgel of Stanford University and A. R. Braunmuller of UCLA - devoted seven years to preparing introductions and notes with a team of eminent scholars to the forty volumes of Shakespeare's plays and poems. Now, the new series is complete and available in one lavish and complete edition.
* Authoritative and meticulously researched texts
* Illuminating new introductions and notes by distinguished authors
* Essays on Shakespeare's life, the theatrical world of his time, and the selection of texts
* A handsome new design inside and out * Deluxe packaging, including a full-linen case, ribbon marker, Smyth-sewn binding, printed endpapers, acid-free paper, and illustrations throughout
* Photos and drawings reflecting Shakespeare's theatrical legacy
* Line numbers marking every tenth line and footnote references
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The Complete Pelican Shakespeareby William Shakespeare, Stephen OrgelISBN 0141000589 (0-14-100058-9)
Hardcover, Penguin Group USA
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THE CLASSIC ONE-VOLUME SHAKESPEARE,
INCLUDING ALL THE PLAYS AND POEMS,
NOW COMPLETELY REVISED AND UPDATED
The distinguished Pelican Shakespeare series has sold five million copies. Now Penguin is proud to offer this fully revised new hardcover edition of The Complete Pelican Shakespeare.
Since the series debuted more than forty years ago, developments in scholarship have revolutionized our understanding of William Shakespeare, his time, and his works. With new editors who have incorporated the most up-to-date research and debate, this revised edition of The Complete Pelican Shakespeare will be the premier choice for students, professors, and general readers for decades to come.
The general editors of the series-world-renowned Shakespeareans Stephen Orgel of Stanford University and A. R. Braunmuller of UCLA - devoted seven years to preparing introductions and notes with a team of eminent scholars to the forty volumes of Shakespeare's plays and poems. Now, the new series is complete and available in one lavish and complete edition.
* Authoritative and meticulously researched texts
* Illuminating new introductions and notes by distinguished authors
* Essays on Shakespeare's life, the theatrical world of his time, and the selection of texts
* A handsome new design inside and out * Deluxe packaging, including a full-linen case, ribbon marker, Smyth-sewn binding, printed endpapers, acid-free paper, and illustrations throughout
* Photos and drawings reflecting Shakespeare's theatrical legacy
* Line numbers marking every tenth line and footnote references
* Both glossorial and explanatory notes appearing conveniently at the foot of the pageMore editions of The Complete Pelican Shakespeare:
The Complete Worksby William Shakespeare, William J. CraigISBN 0192541013 (0-19-254101-3)
Hardcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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Complete Works of Shakespeareby CraigISBN 0192541021 (0-19-254102-1)
Hardcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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The Complete Works/Red Leather Editionby William ShakespeareISBN 0191900451 (0-19-190045-1)
Hardcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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Conducting Technique for Beginners and Professionalsby Brock McElheranISBN 0193858304 (0-19-385830-4)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Conducting Technique for Beginners and Professionals'Book summary:Conducting Technique has been accepted as a standard text for both choral and orchestral conducting courses taught at universities, colleges, and conservatories throughout the English-speaking world. For this revised edition the author has made a number of corrections and additions, including a new preface. [via]
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The Confessionsby Garry Wills, St AugustineISBN 0143039512 (0-14-303951-2)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Confessions'Book summary:[via]Garry Wills is an exceptionally gifted translator and one of our best writers on religion today. His bestselling translations of individual chapters of Saint Augustines Confessions have received widespread and glowing reviews. Now for the first time, Willss translation of the entire work is being published as a Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition. Removed by time and place but not by spiritual relevance, Augustines Confessions continues to influence contemporary religion, language, and thought. Reading with fresh, keen eyes, Wills brings his superb gifts of analysis and insight to this ambitious translation of the entire book.
- A Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition with French flaps and luxurious packaging
- Features a new introduction by the author
- Only four of the thirteen chapters of Garry Wills's translation of Confessions have appeared previously
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The Confessionsby Henry Chadwick, St AugustineISBN 0192817795 (0-19-281779-5)
Hardcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Confessions'Book summary:In his own day the dominant personality of the Western Church, Augustine of Hippo today stands as perhaps the greatest thinker of Christian antiquity, and his Confessions is one of the great works of Western literature. In this intensely personal narrative, Augustine relates his rare ascent from a humble Algerian farm to the edge of the corridors of power at the imperial court in Milan, his struggle against the domination of his sexual nature, his renunciation of secular ambition and marriage, and the recovery of the faith his mother Monica had taught him during his childhood.
Now, Henry Chadwick, an eminent scholar of early Christianity, has given us the first new English translation in thirty years of this classic spiritual journey. Chadwick renders the details of Augustine's conversion in clear, modern English. We witness the future saint's fascination with astrology and with the Manichees, and then follow him through scepticism and disillusion with pagan myths until he finally reaches Christian faith. There are brilliant philosophical musings about Platonism and the nature of God, and touching portraits of Augustine's beloved mother, of St. Ambrose of Milan, and of other early Christians like Victorinus, who gave up a distinguished career as a rhetorician to adopt the orthodox faith. Augustine's concerns are often strikingly contemporary, yet his work contains many references and allusions that are easily understood only with background information about the ancient social and intellectual setting. To make The Confessions accessible to contemporary readers, Chadwick provides the most complete and informative notes of any recent translation, and includes an introduction to establish the context.
The religious and philosophical value of The Confessions is unquestionable--now modern readers will have easier access to St. Augustine's deeply personal meditations. Chadwick's lucid translation and helpful introduction clear the way for a new experience of this classic. [via]More editions of The Confessions:
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Confessionsby Saint Augustine, Henry ChadwickISBN 0192833723 (0-19-283372-3)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Confessions'Book summary:In his own day the dominant personality of the Western Church, Augustine of Hippo today stands as perhaps the greatest thinker of Christian antiquity, and his Confessions is one of the great works of Western literature. In this intensely personal narrative, Augustine relates his rare ascent from a humble Algerian farm to the edge of the corridors of power at the imperial court in Milan, his struggle against the domination of his sexual nature, his renunciation of secular ambition and marriage, and the recovery of the faith his mother Monica had taught him during his childhood. Now, Henry Chadwick, an eminent scholar of early Christianity, has given us the first new English translation in thirty years of this classic spiritual journey. Chadwick renders the details of Augustine's conversion in clear, modern English. We witness the future saint's fascination with astrology and with the Manichees, and then follow him through scepticism and disillusion with pagan myths until he finally reaches Christian faith. There are brilliant philosophical musings about Platonism and the nature of God, and touching portraits of Augustine's beloved mother, of St. Ambrose of Milan, and of other early Christians like Victorinus, who gave up a distinguished career as a rhetorician to adopt the orthodox faith. Augustine's concerns are often strikingly contemporary, yet his work contains many references and allusions that are easily understood only with background information about the ancient social and intellectual setting. To make The Confessions accessible to contemporary readers, Chadwick provides the most complete and informative notes of any recent translation, and includes an introduction to establish the context. The religious and philosophical value of The Confessions is unquestionable--now modern readers will have easier access to St. Augustine's deeply personal meditations. Chadwick's lucid translation and helpful introduction clear the way for a new experience of this cla [via]
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The Confessionsby St Augustine, Henry ChadwickISBN 0192817744 (0-19-281774-4)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Confessions'Book summary:In his own day the dominant personality of the Western Church, Augustine of Hippo today stands as perhaps the greatest thinker of Christian antiquity, and his Confessions is one of the great works of Western literature. In this intensely personal narrative, Augustine relates his rare ascent from a humble Algerian farm to the edge of the corridors of power at the imperial court in Milan, his struggle against the domination of his sexual nature, his renunciation of secular ambition and marriage, and the recovery of the faith his mother Monica had taught him during his childhood.
Now, Henry Chadwick, an eminent scholar of early Christianity, has given us the first new English translation in thirty years of this classic spiritual journey. Chadwick renders the details of Augustine's conversion in clear, modern English. We witness the future saint's fascination with astrology and with the Manichees, and then follow him through scepticism and disillusion with pagan myths until he finally reaches Christian faith. There are brilliant philosophical musings about Platonism and the nature of God, and touching portraits of Augustine's beloved mother, of St. Ambrose of Milan, and of other early Christians like Victorinus, who gave up a distinguished career as a rhetorician to adopt the orthodox faith. Augustine's concerns are often strikingly contemporary, yet his work contains many references and allusions that are easily understood only with background information about the ancient social and intellectual setting. To make The Confessions accessible to contemporary readers, Chadwick provides the most complete and informative notes of any recent translation, and includes an introduction to establish the context.
The religious and philosophical value of The Confessions is unquestionable--now modern readers will have easier access to St. Augustine's deeply personal meditations. Chadwick's lucid translation and helpful introduction clear the way for a new experience of this classic. [via]More editions of The Confessions:
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Confessions of a Sinnerby St AugustineISBN 0146002032 (0-14-600203-2)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Confessions of a Sinner'Book summary:Book 1.His infancy and boyhood up to age 14. He speaks of his inability to remember the sins he almost certainly committed during this time. Children serve as insight into what man would be if it weren't for being socialized into waiting one's turn. Book 2.Augustine finds himself amongst bad companions, which leads him to commit theft and succumb to lust. Augustine comes from a good family and has never wanted for food. In this chapter, he explores the question of why he and his friends stole pears when he had many better pears of his own. He explains the feelings he experienced as he ate the pears and threw the rest away to the pigs. Augustine argues that he most likely would not have stolen anything had he not been in the company of others who could share in his sin. Some insight into group mentality is given. Book 3.His studies at Carthage, his conversion to Manichaeism and continued indulgences in lust between 16 and 19. The work outlines Augustine's sinful youth and his conversion to Christianity. It is widely seen as the first Western autobiography and was an influential model for Christian writers throughout the following 1000 years of the Middle Ages. It is not a complete autobiography, nonetheless, provide an unbroken record of his development of thought and is the most complete record of any single person from the 4th and 5th centuries. In the work St. Augustine writes about how much he regrets having led a sinful and immoral life. He discusses his regrets for following the Manichaean religion and believing in astrology. He writes about Nebridius's role in helping to persuade him that astrology was not only incorrect but evil, and St. Ambrose's role in his conversion to Christianity. He shows intense sorrow for his sexual sins, and writes on the importance of sexual morality. The books were written as prayers to God, thus the title, based on the Psalms of David. [via]
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Conflict and Cooperation: Evolving Theories of International Relationsby Marc A. GenestISBN 0155015001 (0-15-501500-1)
Softcover, Thomson Learning
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Discovery of Poetryby Frances MayesISBN 0155001620 (0-15-500162-0)
Softcover, Heinle
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Discovery of Poetry'Book summary:The Discovery of Poetry introduces the art and craft of poetry. From an early tribal orison on the rising sun to a recent freeway lyric just out of the word processor, poems always reveal the writer's concerns, feelings, and values. Starting with words and images, this book hopes to help the student understand the importance of word choice and image-making, building a foundation as he or she learns about rhythm, voice, and structure. Questions and writing prompts help facilitate class discussion and a deeper thinking about poetry. The last chapter, "A Poet's Handbook," breaks down the creative process of the poet from creating images to revision. The Discovery of Poetry will help facilitate a deeper appreciation and understanding of poetry. [via]
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Discovery of Poetry: A Field Guide to Reading and Writing Poemsby Frances MayesISBN 0156007622 (0-15-600762-2)
Softcover, Harvest Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Discovery of Poetry: A Field Guide to Reading and Writing Poems'Book summary:The bestselling author of Under the Tuscan Sun brings poetry[via]
out of the classroom and into the homes of everyday readers.
Before she fell in love with Tuscany, Frances Mayes fell in love with verse. After publishing five books of poetry and teaching creative writing for more than twenty-five years, Mayes is no stranger to the subject. In The Discovery of Poetry, an accessible "field guide" to reading and writing poetry, she shares her passion with readers. Beginning with basic terminology and techniques, from texture and sound to rhyme and repetition, Mayes shows how focusing on one aspect of a poem can help you to better understand, appreciate, and enjoy the reading and writing experience. In addition to many creative and helpful composition ideas, following each lyrical and lively discussion is a thoughtful selection of poems. With its wonderful anthology from Shakespeare to Jamaica Kinkaid, The Discovery of Poetry is an insightful, invaluable guide to what Mayes calls "the natural pleasures of language-a happiness we were born to have."More editions of Discovery of Poetry: A Field Guide to Reading and Writing Poems:
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Documents of the Christian Churchby Henry Bettenson, Chris MaunderISBN 0192880713 (0-19-288071-3)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Documents of the Christian Church'Book summary:This selection of writings from the most important moments in the history of Christianity has become established as a classic reference work, providing insights into 2000 years of Christian theological and political debate.
While retaining the original material selected by Henry Bettenson, Chris Maunder has added a substantial section of more recent writings. These illustrate the Second Vatican Council; the theologies of liberation; Church and State from 'Thatcher's Britain' to Communist Eastern Europe; Black, feminist, and ecological theology; ecumenism; and inter-faith dialogue. The emphasis on moral debate in the contemporary churches is reflected in selections discussing questions about homosexuality, divorce, AIDS, and in-vitro fertilization, amongst other issues.
This further expanded fourth edition brings the anthology up-to-date with a new section looking at issues facing the twenty-first century churches. This includes extracts exploring the churches' responses to questions of social justice, international politics, trade and debt, environmental change, and technological development. New material also covers the global growth of Christianity, the progress of Christian unity, and mission in multi-faith and postmodern societies. [via]More editions of Documents of the Christian Church:
Fictionsby C. Wade Jennings, Joseph F. TrimmerISBN 0155273256 (0-15-527325-6)
Softcover, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich
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Fictionsby Joseph F. Trimmer, C. Wade JenningsISBN 0155273264 (0-15-527326-4)
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Frankensteinby Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Maurice HindleISBN 0141439475 (0-14-143947-5)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Frankenstein'Book summary:I saw the pale student of unhallowed arts kneeling beside the thing he had put together. I saw the hideous phantasm of a man stretched out, and then, on the working of some powerful engine, show signs of life and stir with an uneasy, half-vital motion.' a summer evening's ghost stories, lonely insomnia in a moonlit alpine's room, and a runaway imagination -- fired by philosophical discussions with lord byron and percy bysshe shelley about science, galvanism, and the origins of life -- conspired to produce for mary shelley this haunting night specter. By morning, it had become the germ of her romantic masterpiece, "frankenstein." written in 1816 when she was only 19, mary shelley's novel of 'the modern prometheus' chillingly dramatized the dangerous potential of life begotten upon a laboratory table. A frightening creation myth for our own time, "frankenstein" remains one of the greatest horror stories ever written and is an undisputed classic of its kind [via]
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Softcover, Penguin Group USA - Frankenstein: ISBN 0192815326 (0-19-281532-6)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr - Frankenstein: ISBN 019251010X (0-19-251010-X)
Hardcover, Oxford University Press - Frankenstein: ISBN 0192553259 (0-19-255325-9)
Hardcover, Oxford U.P. - Frankenstein: ISBN 0192811169 (0-19-281116-9)
Hardcover, Oxford University Press - Frankenstein: ISBN 0195149017 (0-19-514901-7)
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Frankenstein, Or, The Modern Prometheusby Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Marilyn ButlerISBN 0192833669 (0-19-283366-9)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Frankenstein, Or, The Modern Prometheus'Book summary:Frankenstein, loved by many decades of readers and praised by such eminent literary critics as Harold Bloom, seems hardly to need a recommendation. If you haven't read it recently, though, you may not remember the sweeping force of the prose, the grotesque, surreal imagery, and the multilayered doppelgänger themes of Mary Shelley's masterpiece. As fantasy writer Jane Yolen writes of this (the reviewer's favorite) edition, "The strong black and whites of the main text [illustrations] are dark and brooding, with unremitting shadows and stark contrasts. But the central conversation with the monster--who owes nothing to the overused movie image & but is rather the novel's charnel-house composite--is where [Barry] Moser's illustrations show their greatest power ... The viewer can all but smell the powerful stench of the monster's breath as its words spill out across the page. Strong book-making for one of the world's strongest and most remarkable books." Includes an illuminating afterword by Joyce Carol Oates. [via]
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A Glossary of Literary Termsby M. H. AbramsISBN 015505452X (0-15-505452-X)
Softcover, Cengage Learning
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Glossary of Literary Terms'Book summary:First published in 1957, A Glossary of Literary Terms contains succinct essays on the terms used in discussing literature, literary history, and literary criticism. This text is an indispensable reference for students. [via]
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Her Share of the Blessings : Women's Religions among Pagans, Jews, and Christians in the Greco-Roman Worldby Ross S. KraemerISBN 0195066863 (0-19-506686-3)
Hardcover, Oxford University Press
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Her Share of the Blessings: Women's Religions Among Pagans, Jews, and Christians in the Greco-Roman Worldby Ross Shepard KraemerISBN 0195086708 (0-19-508670-8)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr on Demand
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A History of the Ancient Worldby Chester G. StarrISBN 0195066294 (0-19-506629-4)
Hardcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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A History of the Ancient Worldby Starr, Chester G., Jr.ISBN 0195066286 (0-19-506628-6)
Hardcover, Oxford University Press
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A History of the Ancient World'Book summary:In a long and distinguished career, Chester Starr has written on topics ranging from early man, to the early Athenian democracy, to the role of sea power in the classical world. And one of his finest works--the product of his broad interests and expertise--has been A History of the Ancient World, long a standard work on the distant past. Now this landmark book is available in a new edition, offering a informative account of early history from the rise of the first cities to the fall of the Roman Empire.
This richly illustrated new edition deftly explores the broad expanse of early human history. Though Greece and Rome occupy center stage, Starr also surveys the cities and empires of Mesopotamia, India from the early Indus civilization to the Gupta state, and China from the Hsia dynasty to the Han empire. In this new edition, he has incorporated the latest research into his lucid and informative narrative, reworking virtually every chapter to bring the work completely up-to-date. He has revised his discussions of early humankind to account for the most recent findings; he presents a new view of the Jewish revolt against Rome led by Bar Kochba; and he has thoroughly updated the bibliographies. In addition, his account of the end of the Roman Empire has been rewritten in light of the most recent thinking by classical historians. Numerous maps and illustrations, carefully composed and selected, highlight the text. And throughout, Starr clearly expresses the complexities of ancient history in lively, engaging prose, making the finest scholarship accessible to the nonspecialist.
When A History of the Ancient World appeared in earlier editions, The Philadelphia Inquirer hailed it as "an excellent one-volume history" and "fascinating reading." And The Classical Journal wrote, "In scope, accuracy, and soundness of judgment this is one of the best general ancient histories." This completely updated Fourth Edition will continue to provide one of the most distinguished and comprehensive one-volume introductions to the ancient past available today. [via]More editions of A History of the Ancient World:
The Hutterites in North Americaby John Andrew HostetlerISBN 0155029150 (0-15-502915-0)
Softcover, Cengage Learning
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The Illustrated Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era Leatherby James M. McPhersonISBN 0195159012 (0-19-515901-2)
Hardcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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Winner of the 1988 Pulitzer Prize for History and a New York Times Bestseller, Battle Cry of Freedom is universally recognized as the definitive account of the Civil War. It was hailed in The New York Times as "historical writing of the highest order." The Washington Post called it "the finest single volume on the war and its background." And The Los Angeles Times wrote that "of the 50,000 books written on the Civil War, it is the finest compression of that national paroxysm ever fitted between two covers."
Now available in a splendid new edition is The Illustrated Battle Cry of Freedom. Boasting some seven hundred pictures, including a hundred and fifty color images and twenty-four full-color maps, here is the ultimate gift book for everyone interested in American history. McPherson has selected all the illustrations, including rare contemporary photographs, period cartoons, etchings, woodcuts, and paintings, carefully choosing those that best illuminate the narrative. More important, he has written extensive captions (some 35,000 words in all, virtually a book in themselves), many of which offer genuinely new information and interpretations that significantly enhance the text. The text itself, streamlined by McPherson, remains a fast-paced narrative that brilliantly captures two decades of contentious American history, from the Mexican War to Lee's surrender at Appomattox. The reader will find a truly masterful chronicle of the war itself--the battles, the strategic maneuvering on both sides, the politics, and the personalities--as well as McPherson's thoughtful commentary on such matters as the slavery expansion issue in the 1850s, the origins of the Republican Party, the causes of secession, internal dissent and anti-war opposition in the North and the South, and the reasons for the Union's victory.
A must-have purchase for the legions of Civil War buffs, The Illustrated Battle Cry of Freedom is both a spectacularly beautiful volume and the definitive account of the most important conflict in our nation's history. [via]More editions of The Illustrated Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era Leather:
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Introduction to Languageby Victoria Fromkin, Robert Rodman, Nina HyamsISBN 015508481X (0-15-508481-X)
Softcover, Heinle
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Introduction to Philosophy: Classical and Contemporary Readingsby John Perry, Michael BratmanISBN 0195112040 (0-19-511204-0)
Softcover, Oxford University Press
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This third edition adds selections by Plato, Nelson Pike, J.L. Mackie, Elizabeth Anderson, David Lewis, Hilary Putnam, Frank Jackson, John Perry, Peter Strawson, Rosalind Hursthouse, G.A. Cohen, Samuel Scheffler, Debra Satz, and Kwame Anthony Appiah as well as Kavka's Toxin Puzzle and Quinn's Puzzle of the Self-Torturer. [via]More editions of Introduction to Philosophy: Classical and Contemporary Readings:
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Introduction to Philosophy: Classical and Contemporary Readingsby Michael Bratman, John PerryISBN 0195036972 (0-19-503697-2)
Hardcover, Oxford University Press
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Language: Its Structure and Useby Edward FineganISBN 0155001221 (0-15-500122-1)
Softcover, Cengage Learning
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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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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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Modern Digital and Analog Communication Systemsby B.P. LathiISBN 0195105001 (0-19-510500-1)
Hardcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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Organic Chemistryby G. Marc LoudonISBN 0195119991 (0-19-511999-1)
Hardcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Organic Chemistry'Book summary:With a reputation for outstanding scientific quality, Organic Chemistry by G. Marc Loudon is a textbook that students will actually want to read. This much-anticipated fourth edition continues its predecessors' popular and unique mechanistic approach within a functional group framework. Enhanced biological and biochemical material makes it ideal for chemistry majors as well as pre-medical and pre-pharmacy students taking a full-year, sophomore- level course. Loudon's excellent use of language and reader-friendly style transform organic chemistry into a logical, understandable, and exciting subject for students.
In use at undergraduate and graduate schools of all levels, this authoritative yet accessible volume is packed with effective analogies that enliven and clarify rigorous discussions of important concepts. For example, Loudon uses a flute player jumping between musical octaves to explain transitions between quantum levels. An engaging detective with combined characteristics from Sherlock Holmes and James Bond depicts resonance structures. Thanks to humorous characters like Flick Flaskflinger and Professor Havno Scentz, problem-solving becomes simultaneously challenging and entertaining. Varying from the routine to the complex, Loudon's problems are renowned for their originality, their range of difficulty levels, and their ability to teach students to understand and predict organic reactivity rather than just memorize facts. In addition, Loudon blends biological, environmental, and industrial applications of organic chemistry into the body of the text--rather than separating them as "special topics"--giving students an integrated sense of the subject in its real-life context.
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· Uses a high-resolution 300 MHz spectra run specifically for this text in an easy-to-read format that makes splitting patterns very clear.
· Includes new sections on transition-metal organometallic chemistry, reactions of pyridoxal phosphate, combinatorial synthesis, and drug design.
· Emphasizes both Bronsted and Lewis acid-base chemistry and their associated curved-arrow notations.
· Provides more than 1,500 excellent in-text problems that challenge students to think and analyze rather than just memorize.
· Presents "boxed asides" with interesting historical vignettes and analogies that enrich the text.
· Utilizes extensive cross-references between important concepts, thus saving students trips to the index.
· Supplemented by a CD-ROM--"Dynamic Organic Chemistry"--containing original animations (Mac and Windows compatible).
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The Oxford Book of American Short Storiesby Joyce Carol OatesISBN 0195092627 (0-19-509262-7)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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Perrine's Literature: Structure, Sound, and Senseby Thomas R. ArpISBN 0155038222 (0-15-503822-2)
Hardcover, Thomson Learning
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Pride & Prejudiceby UnkISBN 0194227103 (0-19-422710-3)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Pride & Prejudice'Book summary:"It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife."
Next to the exhortation at the beginning of Moby-Dick, "Call me Ishmael," the first sentence of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice must be among the most quoted in literature. And certainly what Melville did for whaling Austen does for marriage--tracing the intricacies (not to mention the economics) of 19th-century British mating rituals with a sure hand and an unblinking eye. As usual, Austen trains her sights on a country village and a few families--in this case, the Bennets, the Philips, and the Lucases. Into their midst comes Mr. Bingley, a single man of good fortune, and his friend, Mr. Darcy, who is even richer. Mrs. Bennet, who married above her station, sees their arrival as an opportunity to marry off at least one of her five daughters. Bingley is complaisant and easily charmed by the eldest Bennet girl, Jane; Darcy, however, is harder to please. Put off by Mrs. Bennet's vulgarity and the untoward behavior of the three younger daughters, he is unable to see the true worth of the older girls, Jane and Elizabeth. His excessive pride offends Lizzy, who is more than willing to believe the worst that other people have to say of him; when George Wickham, a soldier stationed in the village, does indeed have a discreditable tale to tell, his words fall on fertile ground.
Having set up the central misunderstanding of the novel, Austen then brings in her cast of fascinating secondary characters: Mr. Collins, the sycophantic clergyman who aspires to Lizzy's hand but settles for her best friend, Charlotte, instead; Lady Catherine de Bourgh, Mr. Darcy's insufferably snobbish aunt; and the Gardiners, Jane and Elizabeth's low-born but noble-hearted aunt and uncle. Some of Austen's best comedy comes from mixing and matching these representatives of different classes and economic strata, demonstrating the hypocrisy at the heart of so many social interactions. And though the novel is rife with romantic misunderstandings, rejected proposals, disastrous elopements, and a requisite happy ending for those who deserve one, Austen never gets so carried away with the romance that she loses sight of the hard economic realities of 19th-century matrimonial maneuvering. Good marriages for penniless girls such as the Bennets are hard to come by, and even Lizzy, who comes to sincerely value Mr. Darcy, remarks when asked when she first began to love him: "It has been coming on so gradually, that I hardly know when it began. But I believe I must date it from my first seeing his beautiful grounds at Pemberley." She may be joking, but there's more than a little truth to her sentiment, as well. Jane Austen considered Elizabeth Bennet "as delightful a creature as ever appeared in print". Readers of Pride and Prejudice would be hard-pressed to disagree. --Alix Wilber [via]
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Pride and Prejudiceby Jane Austen, Vivien Jones, Tony TannerISBN 0141439513 (0-14-143951-3)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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Next to the exhortation at the beginning of Moby-Dick, "Call me Ishmael," the first sentence of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice must be among the most quoted in literature. And certainly what Melville did for whaling Austen does for marriage--tracing the intricacies (not to mention the economics) of 19th-century British mating rituals with a sure hand and an unblinking eye. As usual, Austen trains her sights on a country village and a few families--in this case, the Bennets, the Philips, and the Lucases. Into their midst comes Mr. Bingley, a single man of good fortune, and his friend, Mr. Darcy, who is even richer. Mrs. Bennet, who married above her station, sees their arrival as an opportunity to marry off at least one of her five daughters. Bingley is complaisant and easily charmed by the eldest Bennet girl, Jane; Darcy, however, is harder to please. Put off by Mrs. Bennet's vulgarity and the untoward behavior of the three younger daughters, he is unable to see the true worth of the older girls, Jane and Elizabeth. His excessive pride offends Lizzy, who is more than willing to believe the worst that other people have to say of him; when George Wickham, a soldier stationed in the village, does indeed have a discreditable tale to tell, his words fall on fertile ground.
Having set up the central misunderstanding of the novel, Austen then brings in her cast of fascinating secondary characters: Mr. Collins, the sycophantic clergyman who aspires to Lizzy's hand but settles for her best friend, Charlotte, instead; Lady Catherine de Bourgh, Mr. Darcy's insufferably snobbish aunt; and the Gardiners, Jane and Elizabeth's low-born but noble-hearted aunt and uncle. Some of Austen's best comedy comes from mixing and matching these representatives of different classes and economic strata, demonstrating the hypocrisy at the heart of so many social interactions. And though the novel is rife with romantic misunderstandings, rejected proposals, disastrous elopements, and a requisite happy ending for those who deserve one, Austen never gets so carried away with the romance that she loses sight of the hard economic realities of 19th-century matrimonial maneuvering. Good marriages for penniless girls such as the Bennets are hard to come by, and even Lizzy, who comes to sincerely value Mr. Darcy, remarks when asked when she first began to love him: "It has been coming on so gradually, that I hardly know when it began. But I believe I must date it from my first seeing his beautiful grounds at Pemberley." She may be joking, but there's more than a little truth to her sentiment, as well. Jane Austen considered Elizabeth Bennet "as delightful a creature as ever appeared in print". Readers of Pride and Prejudice would be hard-pressed to disagree. --Alix Wilber [via]
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Rhinehart Handbookby Bonnie CarterISBN 0155002686 (0-15-500268-6)
Softcover, Harcourt College Pub
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The Rinehart Handbook for Writersby Bonnie CarterISBN 0155019848 (0-15-501984-8)
Softcover, Cengage Learning
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Rinehart Handbook for Writers Third Edition/Writing in the Disciplines/American Heritage Dictionaryby Craig Skates, Bonnie CarterISBN 0155010344 (0-15-501034-4)
Hardcover, Cengage Learning
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Shakespeareby William Shakespeare, G. B. HarrisonISBN 0155805304 (0-15-580530-4)
Hardcover, Harcourt College Pub
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Social Condition of Humanity: An Introduction to Sociologyby Irving M. ZeitlinISBN 0195033507 (0-19-503350-7)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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The Study of Human Nature: A Readerby Leslie Forster StevensonISBN 0195127153 (0-19-512715-3)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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The Study of Human Nature: Readingsby StevensonISBN 0195028279 (0-19-502827-9)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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Twenty Years at Hull-House : With Autobiographical Notesby Jane Addams, Ruth Sidel, Norah HamiltonISBN 0141180994 (0-14-118099-4)
Softcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Twenty Years at Hull-House : With Autobiographical Notes'Book summary:While on a trip to East London in 1883, Jane Addams witnessed a distressing scene late one night: masses of poor people were bidding on rotten vegetables that were unsalable anywhere else.
Their pale faces were dominated by that most unlovely of human expressions, the cunning and shrewdness of the bargain-hunter who starves if he cannot make a successful trade, and yet the final impression was not of ragged, tawdry clothing nor of pinched and sallow faces, but of myriads of hands, empty, pathetic, nerveless, and workworn, showing white in the uncertain light of the street, and clutching forward for food which was already unfit to eat.
This scene haunted Addams for the next two years as she traveled through Europe, and she hoped to find a way to ease such suffering. Five years later, she visited Toynbee Hall, a London settlement house, and resolved to replicate the experiment in the U.S. On September 18, 1889, Jane Addams and her friend Ellen Starr moved into the second floor of a rundown mansion in Chicago's West Side. From the outset, they imagined Hull-House as a "center for a higher civic and social life" in the industrial districts of the city. Addams, Starr, and several like-minded individuals lived and worked among the poor, establishing (among other things) art classes, discussion groups, cooperatives, a kindergarten, a coffee house, a lending library, and a gymnasium. In a time when many well-to-do Americans were beginning to feel threatened by immigrants, Hull-House embraced them, showed them the true meaning of democracy, and served as a center for philanthropic efforts throughout Chicago.
Hull-House also provided an outlet for the energies of the first generation of female college graduates, who were educated for work yet prevented from doing it. In some respects, however, Addams's impressive work, often hailed by historians as "revolutionary," was nothing of the sort. She embraced the sexual stereotypes of her day, and, though she was clearly an independent woman, soothed public fears by acting primarily in the traditional roles of nurturer and caregiver. Hull-House was a rousing success, and it inspired others to follow in Addams's footsteps.
Though Twenty Years at Hull-House is meant to be an autobiography, it is Hull-House itself that stands in the spotlight. Addams devotes the first third of the book to her upbringing and influences, but the remainder focuses on the organization she built--and the benefits accruing to those who work with the poor as well as to the poor themselves. At times Addams's prose is difficult to follow, but her ideals and her actions are truly inspiring. A classic work of history--and a model for today's would-be philanthropists. --Sunny Delaney [via]
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Understanding Human Communicationby Ronald B. Adler, George RodmanISBN 0155007815 (0-15-500781-5)
Softcover, Harcourt College Pub
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The Vikingsby Julian D. RichardsISBN 0192806076 (0-19-280607-6)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Vikings'Book summary:The Viking reputation is one of bloodthirsty seafaring warriors, repeatedly plundering the British Isles and the North Atlantic throughout the early Middle Ages. Yet Vikings were also traders, settlers, and farmers, with a complex artistic and linguistic culture, whose expansion overseas led them to cross the Atlantic for the first time in European history. Highlighting the latest archaeological evidence, Julian Richards reveals the whole Viking world: their history, their culture, and their legacy of overseas expansion for trade, colonization, and plunder. Viking identity is explored through what we have learned about their towns, art, shipbuilding, and religious rituals. Here the Viking story is brought up to the present, from the tales of adventure found in medieval Icelandic sagas, to their exploitation as a symbol of nationalism in the nineteenth century by Wagner, and later by Hitler and the Nazi party. The author also highlights their impact and influence on the history and people of Northern Europe. Vikings, a fascinating new look at a people and culture that have been reinvented throughout history, will take readers closer to discovering who they really were. [via]
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Writing Poetryby Barbara DrakeISBN 015500154X (0-15-500154-X)
Softcover, Heinle
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Yanomamoby Napoleon A. ChagnonISBN 0155053272 (0-15-505327-2)
Softcover, Wadsworth Pub Co
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Yanomamo'Book summary:Based on the author's extensive fieldwork, this classic ethnography, now in its fifth edition, focuses on the Yanomamo. These truly remarkable South American people are one of the few primitive sovereign tribal societies left on earth. This new edition includes events and changes that have occurred since 1992, including a recent trip by the author to the Brazilian Yanomamo in 1995. [via]
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