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The Aeneidby Virgil, James H. MantinbandISBN 0804469520 (0-8044-6952-0)
Softcover, Continuum Intl Pub Group
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Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Alice Through the Looking Glassby Lewis CarrollISBN 0804816522 (0-8048-1652-2)
Softcover, Tuttle Pub
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Aquamarine Blue 5: Personal Stories of College Students With Autismby Dawn Prince-HughesISBN 0804010544 (0-8040-1054-4)
Softcover, Ohio Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Aquamarine Blue 5: Personal Stories of College Students With Autism'Book summary:The first book to be written by autistic college students who have been diagnosed with Asperger's Syndrome, or High Functioning Autism, Aquamarine Blue 5 demonstrates their unique way of looking at and solving problems and the challenges they face. These readable essays detail the struggles of a highly sensitive group and show that there are gifts specific to autistic students that enrich the university system, scholarship, and the world as a whole. Containing the stories of a dozen autistic students, the book deals with everything from learning to eat in dormitory dining halls to making friends to exploring sexuality. [via]
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Beowulfby Harold BloomISBN 0791040828 (0-7910-4082-8)
Softcover, Facts on File
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The Catcher in the Ryeby J. D. SalingerISBN 0792715160 (0-7927-1516-0)
Softcover, Chivers North Amer
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Celestial Navigationby Anne TylerISBN 0804108889 (0-8041-0888-9)
Softcover, Ballantine Books
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The Changelingby Thomas Middleton, William RowleyISBN 0803252811 (0-8032-5281-1)
Softcover, Univ of Nebraska Pr
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Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyreby Harold BloomISBN 0791040925 (0-7910-4092-5)
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A Christmas Carolby Charles Dickens, Shona McKellar, Andrew Wheatcroft, Andrew SachsISBN 078946246X (0-7894-6246-X)
Softcover, Dk Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Christmas Carol'Book summary:A Christmas Carol is an essential part of Christmas for families everywhere. Since the book's publication in 1843, the story of miserly Scrooge's change of heart after the visit of three spirits has been encountered by children in innumerable books, plays, movies, and cartoons based on Dicken's ghost story. This edition introduces children to the powerful words of the original text in an abridgment based on the one Dickens made for his pubic readings. Andrew Wheatcroft's illustrations bring the classic scenes to life. Photography, paintings, and hundreds of facts explore Dicken's London, the wealth and the poverty, and Christmas customs and ideals then and now. Dickens's marvelous words and their fascinating context are brought together to inspire a new generation with Dickens's message -- that we can and we should change ourselves and our world for the better. [via]
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City Life: Urban Expectations in a New Worldby Witold RybczynskiISBN 0788155172 (0-7881-5517-2)
Hardcover, Diane Pub Co
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Classical Mythologyby Robert Lenardon, Mark P. O. MorfordISBN 0801311381 (0-8013-1138-1)
Softcover, Addison-Wesley
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Classical Mythology'Book summary:The fourth edition of this text features a survey of classical Greek and Roman mythology for readers with little or no background in classical literature. It has been revised to introduce Greek and Roman myths of creation, Greek sagas and local legends and also discusses the use of myth in literature, art, music and film. It includes illustrations showing how artists have interpreted myths in ancient and modern times. No previous knowledge of classical mythology is assumed, making this an suitable for the interested general reader. [via]
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Classical Mythologyby Mark P. O. Morford, Robert J. LenardonISBN 0801314887 (0-8013-1488-7)
Hardcover, Longman Publishing Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Classical Mythology'Book summary:Classical Mythology, Fifth Edition, will appeal to anyone interested in ancient Greek and Roman mythology. This best-selling book is the most comprehensive introduction to classical mythology available. It features a dynamic combination of poetic narratives and enlightening commentary; extensive translations of original mythological sources, including the complete Homeric Hymns and other works by Homer, Hesiod, Ovid, and a variety of Greek and Roman writers; and insightful and accessible discussion of classical myths in their historical and cultural settings, as well as their survival in literature, art, music, and film. The revised Fifth Edition includes enhanced clarity and readability through careful use of abundant heads and streamlined writing; expanded discussion of archaeological evidence supporting events described in myths; a new interior design and a substantially expanded black-and-white and color art program, chosen to provide a comprehensive view of the interaction between word and image; and a quick-reference glossary/index to help readers identify names, places, and events. [via]
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Cogewea, the Half Bloodby Mourning Dove, Lucullus Virgil McWhorter, Sho-Pow-TanISBN 0803281102 (0-8032-8110-2)
Softcover, Univ of Nebraska Pr
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A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionaryby Herbert D. Meritt, J. R. Clark HallISBN 0802065481 (0-8020-6548-1)
Softcover, Univ of Toronto Pr
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Davis's Laboratory and Diagnostic Test Handbookby Marie S. Jaffe, Barbara F. McVanISBN 0803600887 (0-8036-0088-7)
Softcover, F A Davis Co
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Don Delilloby Harold BloomISBN 079107031X (0-7910-7031-X)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Don Delillo'Book summary:Harold Bloom suggests Don DeLillo's work holds a proleptic sense of the triumph of terror. This text offers critical views on numerous DeLillo novels, including The Names, Mao II, Libra, White Noise, and Underworld. This edition of Bloom's Major Novelists will help any student delve into the work of this contemporary writer.
This series is edited by Harold Bloom, Sterling Professor of the Humanities, Yale University; Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Professor of English, New York University Graduate School; preeminent literary critic of our time. Titles include detailed plot summaries of the novel, extracts from scholarly critical essays on the novels, a complete bibliography of the writer's novels, and more. [via]
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Don Delillo's White Noiseby Harold Bloom, Jesse ZubaISBN 0791070441 (0-7910-7044-1)
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Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hydeby Robert Louis Stevenson, Ron Tiner, John GrantISBN 0794502385 (0-7945-0238-5)
Softcover, Edc Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde'Book summary:March 1996 2st printing trade paperback as shown. Kids chapter book Never completely opened. Book in Mint condition. [via]
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Draculaby Bram Stoker, Mike Stocks, Barry Jones, Anthony MarksISBN 0794500897 (0-7945-0089-7)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Dracula'Book summary:After discovering the double identity of the wealthy Transylvanian nobleman, Count Dracula, a small group of people vow to rid the world of the evil vampire. Illustrated notes throughout the text explain the historical background of the story. [via]
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The Ecclesiastical History of Eusebius Pamphilusby EusebiusISBN 0801033063 (0-8010-3306-3)
Softcover, Baker Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Ecclesiastical History of Eusebius Pamphilus'Book summary:Eusebius' Ecclesiastical History is one of the classics of early Christianity and of equal stature with the works of Flavius Josephus. Eusebius chronicles the events of the first three centuries of the Christian church in such a way as to record a vast number of vital facts about early Christianity that can be learned from no other ancient source. When Eusebius wrote his Ecclesiastical History, his vital concern was to record facts before they disappeared, and before eye-witnesses were killed and libraries were burned and destroyed in persecutions by Rome. He faithfully transcribed the most important existing documents of his day so that future generations would have a collection of factual data to interpret. Thus Eusebius (c. A.D. 260-340) richly deserves the title "father of Church history."
"More readable." This is the only full edition of "Eusebius' Ecclesiastical History" that has been retypeset in modern, easy-to-read type. Archaic words have been modernized and the punctuation has been updated according to contemporary standards.
"Easier to use." The Loeb numbering system (now the standard way to cite "Eusebius' Ecclesiastical History)" has been added to make it easier to locate passages referred to in other reference works. Also, all citations and cross-references have been updated from Roman numerals to the modern form of citation.
"More complete." The complete text of all ten books of Eusebius is included. Also included is "Historical View of the Council of Nicea" as well as translations of related documents. [via]
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Emma Bovaryby Harold BloomISBN 0791009351 (0-7910-0935-1)
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Endgameby Samuel BeckettISBN 0802150241 (0-8021-5024-1)
Softcover, Grove Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Endgame'Book summary:[via]Samuel Beckett was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature n 1969; his literary output of plays, novels, stories and poetry has earned him an uncontested place as one of the greatest writers of our time. "Endgame, " originally written in French and translated into English by Beckett himself, is considered by many critics to be his greatest single work. A pinnacle of Beckett's characteristic raw minimalism, it is a pure and devastating distillation of the human essence in the face of approaching death.More editions of Endgame:
English Romantic Poetryby Harold BloomISBN 0791076806 (0-7910-7680-6)
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Exodusby James Philip HyattISBN 0802818447 (0-8028-1844-7)
Softcover, Eerdmans Pub Co
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Fool on the Hillby Matt RuffISBN 0802135358 (0-8021-3535-8)
Softcover, Grove Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Fool on the Hill'Book summary:It is a literary event when a genuinely new fictional voice comes along. When that voice achieves its newness not through a certain formal facility but through the freshness of its vision, there is truly something to celebrate. Matt Ruff was only twenty-two when Fool on the Hill was first published, but with his novel he gave us a story that won over readers of every persuasion. Not your usual first effort, Fool on the Hill is a full-blown epic of life and death, good and evil, magic and love.[via]
Think of the imaginative daring of Mark Helprins Winters Tale. The zany popism of Tom Robbinss Another Roadside Attraction. The gnomish fantasies of J.R. Tolkien. Think of these and you begin to get some idea of one of the most remarkable first novels to come along in years.
In the world of Fool on the Hill dogs and cats can talk, a subculture of sprites lives in the shadows and underfoot (if youre the sensitive type, or drunk enough, you might see them cavorting across the lawn), and the Bohemians, a group of Harley- and horseback-riding students dedicated to all things unconventional, hold all-night revels for the glory of their cause.
Then there is Stephen Titus George, the novels youthful hero, who somehow finds himself the main player in a story that began well over a century ago. George is a mild-mannered flier of kites, a sometimes writer of bestselling fiction, and would-be knight looking for a maiden. George will find his girl and the century-old story will provide the proverbial dragon whose slaying will sanctify their love. But it will not be a sword that fells the foe but the transforming power of the imagination.More editions of Fool on the Hill:
The Forgotten Fatherby Thomas Allan SmailISBN 080281879X (0-8028-1879-X)
Hardcover, Eerdmans
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Gospel According to John: An Introduction And Commentaryby Randolph V. TasherISBN 0802814034 (0-8028-1403-4)
Softcover, Eerdmans Pub Co
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Gospel According to John: An Introduction And Commentary'Book summary:Randolph Tasker's work on the Gospel of John is a contribution to the Tyndale New Testament Commentaries, a popular study aid designed to help the general Bible reader understand clearly what the text actually says and what it means without going into scholarly technicalities. [via]
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The Gospel According to Mark: An Introduction and Commentaryby R. Alan ColeISBN 0802804810 (0-8028-0481-0)
Softcover, Eerdmans Pub Co
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The Gospel in a Pluralist Societyby Lesslie NewbiginISBN 0802804268 (0-8028-0426-8)
Softcover, Eerdmans Pub Co
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The Gospel of Johnby Barnabas LindarsISBN 0802818641 (0-8028-1864-1)
Softcover, Eerdmans Pub Co
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Governing Academiaby Ronald G. EhrenbergISBN 0801472822 (0-8014-7282-2)
Softcover, Cornell Univ Pr
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Grettir's Sagaby Denton Fox, Herman PalssonISBN 0802061656 (0-8020-6165-6)
Softcover, Univ of Toronto Pr
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Historical Criticism of the Bible: Methodology or Ideology? Reflections of a Bultmannian Turned Evangelicalby Eta Linnemann, Robert W. YarbroughISBN 0801056624 (0-8010-5662-4)
Softcover, Baker Pub Group
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Homeric Hymnsby Apostolos N. AthanassakisISBN 0801879833 (0-8018-7983-3)
Softcover, Johns Hopkins Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Homeric Hymns'Book summary:A rich source for students of Greek mythology and literature, the Homeric hymns are also fine poetry. Attributed by the ancients to Homer, these prooimia, or preludes, were actually composed over centuries and used by poets to prepare for the singing or recitation of longer portions of the Homeric epics. In his acclaimed translations of the hymns, Apostolos Athanassakis preserves the essential simplicity of the original Greek, offering a straightforward, line-by-line translation that makes no attempts to masquerade or modernize. For this long-awaited new edition, Athanassakis enhances his classic work with a comprehensive index, careful and selective changes in the translations themselves, and numerous additions to the notes which will enrich the reader's experience of these ancient and influential poems.
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Homeric Hymnsby HomerusISBN 0801817927 (0-8018-1792-7)
Softcover, Johns Hopkins Univ Pr
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The Homeric Hymnsby N. Athanssakis ApostolasISBN 0801817919 (0-8018-1791-9)
Hardcover, Johns Hopkins Univ Pr
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Homo Sacer: Sovereign Power and Bare Lifeby Giorgio AgambenISBN 0804732183 (0-8047-3218-3)
Softcover, Stanford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Homo Sacer: Sovereign Power and Bare Life'Book summary:The work of Giorgio Agamben, one of Italys most important and original philosophers, has been based on an uncommon erudition in classical traditions of philosophy and rhetoric, the grammarians of late antiquity, Christian theology, and modern philosophy. Recently, Agamben has begun to direct his thinking to the constitution of the social and to some concrete, ethico-political conclusions concerning the state of society today, and the place of the individual within it.[via]
In Homo Sacer, Agamben aims to connect the problem of pure possibility, potentiality, and power with the problem of political and social ethics in a context where the latter has lost its previous religious, metaphysical, and cultural grounding. Taking his cue from Foucaults fragmentary analysis of biopolitics, Agamben probes with great breadth, intensity, and acuteness the covert or implicit presence of an idea of biopolitics in the history of traditional political theory. He argues that from the earliest treatises of political theory, notably in Aristotles notion of man as a political animal, and throughout the history of Western thinking about sovereignty (whether of the king or the state), a notion of sovereignty as power over life is implicit.
The reason it remains merely implicit has to do, according to Agamben, with the way the sacred, or the idea of sacrality, becomes indissociable from the idea of sovereignty. Drawing upon Carl Schmitts idea of the sovereigns status as the exception to the rules he safeguards, and on anthropological research that reveals the close interlinking of the sacred and the taboo, Agamben defines the sacred person as one who can be killed and yet not sacrificeda paradox he sees as operative in the status of the modern individual living in a system that exerts control over the collective naked life of all individuals.More editions of Homo Sacer: Sovereign Power and Bare Life:
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Imitation of Christby Thomas A. KempisISBN 0802440053 (0-8024-4005-3)
Softcover, Moody Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Imitation of Christ'Book summary:The Thomas à Kempis fan club includes St. Ignatius, Thomas Merton, Thomas More, and even Agatha Christie's Miss Marple. (She reads a chapter of The Imitation of Christ every night before sleep.) Imitation has exerted immense influence on Christian worship, ethics, and church structure, because it gives specific yet broad-minded guidance about the central task of Christian life--learning to live like Jesus. Better to read this book a little here and there, now and then, than to try gobbling it cover to cover. Imitation is no triumph of orderly thinking, but it's a great monument and incentive to deep living. --Michael Joseph Gross [via]
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Softcover, Walker Large Print - The Imitation of Christ: ISBN 0802440045 (0-8024-4004-5)
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J.D. Salinger's Catcher in the Ryeby Harold BloomISBN 0791056643 (0-7910-5664-3)
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James Joyce's a Portrait of the Artist As a Young Manby James JoyceISBN 0791045668 (0-7910-4566-8)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'James Joyce's a Portrait of the Artist As a Young Man'Book summary:James Joyce envisioned A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man as an autobiographical look at the epiphanies of his life. This text compiles some of the most noteworthy critical examinations of the novel. Subjects covered include language as structure in the novel, the motif of hands, Joyce as a symbolist, and more.
This series is edited by Harold Bloom, Sterling Professor of the Humanities, Yale University; Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Professor of English, New York University Graduate School. These texts are the ideal aid for all students of literature, presenting concise, easy-to-understand biographical, critical, and bibliographical information on a specific literary work. Also provided are multiple sources for book reports and term papers with a wealth of information on literary works, authors, and major characters. [via]
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James Joyce's Portrait of the Artist As a Young Manby Harold BloomISBN 0791045706 (0-7910-4570-6)
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Jane Eyreby Charlotte Bronte, Anna Claybourne, Bob HarveyISBN 0794506585 (0-7945-0658-5)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Jane Eyre'Book summary:"Jane Eyre," Charlotte Brontë's most beloved novel, describes the passionate love between the courageous orphan Jane Eyre and the brilliant, brooding, and domineering Rochester. The loneliness and cruelty of Jane Eyre's childhood strengthens her natural independence and spirit, which prove invaluable when she takes a position as a governess at Thornfield Hall. But after she falls in love with her sardonic employer, her discovery of his terrible secret forces her to make a heart-wrenching choice. Ever since its publication in 1847, "Jane Eyre" has enthralled every kind of reader, from the most critical and cultivated to the youngest and most unabashedly romantic. "Jane Eyre" lives as one of the great triumphs of storytelling and as a moving and unforgettable portrayal of a woman's quest for self-respect. "At the end we are steeped through and through with the genius, the vehemence, the indignation of Charlotte Brontë." -Virginia Woolf [via]
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The Left Hand of Darknessby Ursula K. Le GuinISBN 0802713025 (0-8027-1302-5)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Left Hand of Darkness'Book summary:Genly Ai is an emissary from the human galaxy to Winter, a lost, stray world. His mission is to bring the planet back into the fold of an evolving galactic civilization, but to do so he must bridge the gulf between his own culture and prejudices and those that he encounters. On a planet where people are of no gender--or both--this is a broad gulf indeed. The inventiveness and delicacy with which Le Guin portrays her alien world are not only unusual and inspiring, they are fundamental to almost all decent science fiction that has been written since. In fact, reading Le Guin again may cause the eye to narrow somewhat disapprovingly at the younger generation: what new ground are they breaking that is not already explored here with greater skill and acumen? It cannot be said, however, that this is a rollicking good story. Le Guin takes a lot of time to explore her characters, the world of her creation, and the philosophical themes that arise.
If there were a canon of classic science fiction, The Left Hand of Darkness would be included without debate. Certainly, no science fiction bookshelf may be said to be complete without it. But the real question: is it fun to read? It is science fiction of an earlier time, a time that has not worn particularly well in the genre. The Left Hand of Darkness was a groundbreaking book in 1969, a time when, like the rest of the arts, science fiction was awakening to new dimensions in both society and literature. But the first excursions out of the pulp tradition are sometimes difficult to reread with much enjoyment. Rereading The Left Hand of Darkness, decades after its publication, one feels that those who chose it for the Hugo and Nebula awards were right to do so, for it truly does stand out as one of the great books of that era. It is immensely rich in timeless wisdom and insight.
The Left Hand of Darkness is science fiction for the thinking reader, and should be read attentively in order to properly savor the depth of insight and the subtleties of plot and character. It is one of those pleasures that requires a little investment at the beginning, but pays back tenfold with the joy of raw imagination that resonates through the subsequent 30 years of science fiction storytelling. Not only is the bookshelf incomplete without owning it, so is the reader without having read it. --L. Blunt Jackson [via]
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The Little Alice Editionsby Lewis CarrollISBN 0803705891 (0-8037-0589-1)
Hardcover, Penguin Group USA
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Lolitaby Harold BloomISBN 0791009610 (0-7910-0961-0)
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The Lord of the Ringsby J. R. R. TolkienISBN 0791056651 (0-7910-5665-1)
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The title, J.R.R. Tolkiens The Lord of the Rings, part of Chelsea House Publishers Modern Critical Interpretations series, presents the most important 20th-century criticism on J.R.R. Tolkiens The Lord of the Rings through extracts of critical essays by well-known literary critics. This collection of criticism also features a short biography on J.R.R. Tolkien, a chronology of the authors life, and an introductory essay written by Harold Bloom, Sterling Professor of the Humanities, Yale University. [via]
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Margaret Atwood's the Handmaid's Taleby Harold BloomISBN 0791075699 (0-7910-7569-9)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Margaret Atwood's the Handmaid's Tale'Book summary:Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale, part of Chelsea House Publishers' Bloom's Guides collection, presents concise critical excerpts from The Handmaid's Tale to provide a scholarly overview of the work. This comprehensive study guide also features "The Story Behind the Story," which details the conditions under which The Handmaid's Tale was written. This title also includes a short biography on Margaret Atwood and a descriptive list of characters. [via]
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Margaret Atwood's the Handmaid's Taleby Margaret Eleanor AtwoodISBN 079105926X (0-7910-5926-X)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Margaret Atwood's the Handmaid's Tale'Book summary:Atwood's best-known novel depicts one woman's struggle to survive in a futuristic society in which women have become property.
The title, Margaret Atwoods The Handmaid's Tale, part of Chelsea House Publishers Modern Critical Interpretations series, presents the most important 20th-century criticism on Margaret Atwoods The Handmaid's Tale through extracts of critical essays by well-known literary critics. This collection of criticism also features a short biography on Margaret Atwood, a chronology of the authors life, and an introductory essay written by Harold Bloom, Sterling Professor of the Humanities, Yale University. [via]
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The Media and Modernity: A Social Theory of the Mediaby John B. ThompsonISBN 0804726795 (0-8047-2679-5)
Softcover, Stanford Univ Pr
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Mediation in the Campus Community: Designing and Managing Effective Programsby William C. WartersISBN 078794789X (0-7879-4789-X)
Softcover, Jossey-Bass Inc Pub
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Medical Surgical Nursing: Assessment and Management of Clinical Problemsby Idolia Cox Collier, Sharon M. LewisISBN 0801660394 (0-8016-6039-4)
Hardcover, Elsevier Science Health Science div
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Medical-Surgical Nursing: Concepts and Clinical Practiceby Barbara C. Long, Nancy Fugate Woods, Wilma J. PhippsISBN 0801639328 (0-8016-3932-8)
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The Metamorphoses of Ovidby David R. Slavitt, OvidISBN 0801847982 (0-8018-4798-2)
Softcover, Johns Hopkins Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Metamorphoses of Ovid'Book summary:First published in 8 A.D. when he was 52, Ovid's epic poem contains profoundly entertaining tales of Adonis, Midas, Apollo, Icarus, and many others. (Poetry) [via]
Murphyby Samuel BeckettISBN 0802150373 (0-8021-5037-3)
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The Odysseyby Homer, Richard P. Martin, Edward McCrorieISBN 0801882672 (0-8018-8267-2)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Odyssey'Book summary:"Tell us, Goddess, daughter of Zeus, start in your own place: when all the rest at Troy had fled from that steep doom and gone back home, away from war and the salt sea, only this man longed for his wife and a way home." Homer's Odyssey , at once an exciting epic of strife and subterfuge and a deeply felt tale of love and devotion, stands at the very beginning of the Western literary tradition. From ancient Greece to the present day its influence on later literature has been unsurpassed, and for centuries translators have approached the meter, tone, and pace of Homer's poetry with a variety of strategies. Chapman and Pope paid keen attention to color, drama, and vivacity of style, rendering the Greek verse loosely and inventively. In the twentieth century, translators such as Lattimore kept rigorously close to the sense of each word in the original; others, including Fitzgerald and Fagles, have departed further from the language of the original, employing their own inventive modern style. Poet and translator Edward McCrorie now opens new territory in this striking rendition, which captures the spare, powerful tone of Homer's epic while engaging contemporary readers with its brisk pace, idiomatic language, and lively characterization. McCrorie closely reproduces the Greek metrical patterns and employs a diction and syntax that reflects the plain, at times stark, quality of Homer's lines, rather than later English poetic styles. Avoiding both the stiffness of word-for-word literalism and the exaggeration and distortion of free adaptation, this translation dramatically evokes the ancient sound and sense of the poem. McCrorie's is truly an Odyssey for the twenty-first century. To accompany this innovative translation, noted classical scholar Richard Martin has written an accessible and wide-ranging introduction explaining the historical and literary context of the Odyssey , its theological and cultural underpinnings, Homer's poetic strategies and narrative techniq [via]
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The Odysseyby Richard P. Martin, HomerISBN 0801868548 (0-8018-6854-8)
Hardcover, Johns Hopkins Univ Pr
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when all the rest at Troy had fled from that steep doom
and gone back home, away from war and the salt sea,
only this man longed for his wife and a way home."
Homer's Odyssey, at once an exciting epic of strife and subterfuge and a deeply felt tale of love and devotion, stands at the very beginning of the Western literary tradition. From ancient Greece to the present day its influence on later literature has been unsurpassed, and for centuries translators have approached the meter, tone, and pace of Homer's poetry with a variety of strategies. Chapman and Pope paid keen attention to color, drama, and vivacity of style, rendering the Greek verse loosely and inventively. In the twentieth century, translators such as Lattimore kept rigorously close to the sense of each word in the original; others, including Fitzgerald and Fagles, have departed further from the language of the original, employing their own inventive modern style.
Poet and translator Edward McCrorie now opens new territory in this striking rendition, which captures the spare, powerful tone of Homer's epic while engaging contemporary readers with its brisk pace, idiomatic language, and lively characterization. McCrorie closely reproduces the Greek metrical patterns and employs a diction and syntax that reflects the plain, at times stark, quality of Homer's lines, rather than later English poetic styles. Avoiding both the stiffness of word-for-word literalism and the exaggeration and distortion of free adaptation, this translation dramatically evokes the ancient sound and sense of the poem. McCrorie's is truly an Odyssey for the twenty-first century.
To accompany this innovative translation, noted classical scholar Richard Martin has written an accessible and wide-ranging introduction explaining the historical and literary context of the Odyssey, its theological and cultural underpinnings, Homer's poetic strategies and narrative techniques, and his cast of characters. In addition, Martin provides detailed notesfar more extensive than those in other editionsaddressing key themes and concepts; the histories of persons, gods, events, and myths; literary motifs and devices; and plot development. Also included is a pronunciation glossary and character index.
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Othelloby William Shakespeare, Wim ColemanISBN 078916082X (0-7891-6082-X)
Softcover, Perfection Learning
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Ovid's Metamorphosesby Arthur GoldingISBN 0801870607 (0-8018-7060-7)
Softcover, Johns Hopkins Univ Pr
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Ovid's Metamorphosis Englished, Mythologized, and Represented in Figuresby Ovid, George SandysISBN 0803207182 (0-8032-0718-2)
Hardcover, University of Nebraska Press
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Persuasion: Theory and Researchby Daniel J. O'KeefeISBN 0803933681 (0-8039-3368-1)
Hardcover, Sage Pubns
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Romeo and Julietby William Shakespeare, Janie B. Yates-GlandorfISBN 0789160870 (0-7891-6087-0)
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Romeo And Juliet: Internet Referencedby William Shakespeare, Jana Costa, Anna ClaybourneISBN 0794512402 (0-7945-1240-2)
Hardcover, Edc Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Romeo And Juliet: Internet Referenced'Book summary:Product Details Reading level: Ages 7 and up Hardcover: 64 pages Publisher: Usborne Pub Ltd; New edition (June 2006) Language: English ISBN-10: 0794512402 ISBN-13: 978-0794512408 Product Dimensions: 7.8 x 5.5 x 0.4 inches Shipping Weight: 7.8 ounces [via]
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Sexing the Cherryby Jeanette WintersonISBN 0802135781 (0-8021-3578-1)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Sexing the Cherry'Book summary:In a fantastic world that is and is not seventeenth-century England, a baby is found floating in the Thames. The child, Jordan, is rescued by Dog Woman and grows up to travel the world like Gulliver, though he finds that the worlds most curious oddities come from his own mind. Winterson leads the reader from discussions on the nature of time to Jordans fascination with journeys concealed within other journeys, all with a dizzying speed that shoots the reader from epiphany to shimmering epiphany.[via]More editions of Sexing the Cherry:
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Should God Get Tenure?: Essays on Religion and Higher Educationby David W. GillISBN 0802843077 (0-8028-4307-7)
Softcover, Eerdmans Pub Co
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The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hydeby Robert Louis Stevenson, Barry MoserISBN 0803292406 (0-8032-9240-6)
Softcover, Univ of Nebraska Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde'Book summary:The young Robert Louis Stevenson suffered from repeated nightmares of living a double life, in which by day he worked as a respectable doctor and by night he roamed the back alleys of old-town Edinburgh. In three days of furious writing, he produced a story about his dream existence. His wife found it too gruesome, so he promptly burned the manuscript. In another three days, he wrote it again. The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde was published as a "shilling shocker" in 1886, and became an instant classic. In the first six months, 40,000 copies were sold. Queen Victoria read it. Sermons and editorials were written about it. When Stevenson and his family visited America a year later, they were mobbed by reporters at the dock in New York City. Compulsively readable from its opening pages, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is still one of the best tales ever written about the divided self.
This University of Nebraska Press edition is a small, exquisitely produced paperback. The book design, based on the original first edition of 1886, includes wide margins, decorative capitals on the title page and first page of each chapter, and a clean, readable font that is 19th-century in style. Joyce Carol Oates contributes a foreword in which she calls Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde a "mythopoetic figure" like Frankenstein, Dracula, and Alice in Wonderland, and compares Stevenson's creation to doubled selves in the works of Plato, Poe, Wilde, and Dickens.
This edition also features 12 full-page wood engravings by renowned illustrator Barry Moser. Moser is a skillful reader and interpreter as well as artist, and his afterword to the book, in which he explains the process by which he chose a self-portrait motif for the suite of engravings, is fascinating. For the image of Edward Hyde, he writes, "I went so far as to have my dentist fit me out with a carefully sculpted prosthetic of evil-looking teeth. But in the final moments I had to abandon the idea as being inappropriate. It was more important to stay in keeping with the text and, like Stevenson, not show Hyde's face." (Also recommended: the edition of Frankenstein illustrated by Barry Moser) --Fiona Webster [via]
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Summary of Christian Doctrineby Louis BerkhofISBN 0802815138 (0-8028-1513-8)
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This Side of Paradiseby F. Scott FitzgeraldISBN 0804114803 (0-8041-1480-3)
Softcover, Random House Publishing Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'This Side of Paradise'Book summary:First published in 1920, This Side of Paradise marks the beginning of the career of one of the greatest writers of the first half of the twentieth century. In this remarkable achievement, F. Scott Fitzgerald displays his unparalleled wit and keen social insight in his portrayal of college life through the struggles and doubts of Amory Blaine, a self-proclaimed genius with a love of knowledge and a penchant for the romantic. As Amory journeys into adulthood and leaves the aristocratic egotism of his youth behind, he becomes painfully aware of his lost innocence and the new sense of responsibility and regret that has taken its place.
Clever and wonderfully written, This Side of Paradise is a fascinating novel about the changes of the Jazz Age and their effects on the individual. It is a complex portrait of a versatile mind in a restless generation that reveals rich ideas crucial to an understanding of the 1920s and timeless truths about the human need for--and fear of--change.
"A very enlivening book indeed, a book really brilliant and glamorous, making as agreeable reading as could be asked . . . There are clever things, keen and searching things, amusingly young and mistaken things, beautiful things and pretty things . . . and truly inspired and elevated things, an astonishing abundance of each, in THIS SIDE OF PARADISE. You could call it the youthful Byronism that is normal in a man of the author's type, working out through a well-furnished intellect of unusual critical force."
--The Evening Post, 1920
"An astonishing and refreshing book . . . Mr. Fitzgerald has recorded with a good deal of felicity and a disarming frankness the adventures and developments of a curious and fortunate American youth. . . . [It is] delightful and encouraging to find a novel which gives us in the accurate terms of intellectual honesty a reflection of American undergraduate life. At last the revelation has come. We have the constant young American occupation--the 'petting party'--frankly and humorously in our literature."
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A Thousand Acresby Jane SmileyISBN 0804115761 (0-8041-1576-1)
Softcover, Random House Publishing Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Thousand Acres'Book summary:Aging Larry Cook announces his intention to turn over his 1,000-acre farm--one of the largest in Zebulon County, Iowa--to his three daughters, Caroline, Ginny and Rose. A man of harsh sensibilities, he carves Caroline out of the deal because she has the nerve to be less than enthusiastic about her father's generosity. While Larry Cook deteriorates into a pathetic drunk, his daughters are left to cope with the often grim realities of life on a family farm--from battering husbands to cutthroat lenders. In this winner of the 1991 National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction, Smiley captures the essence of such a life with stark, painful detail. [via]
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Tis Pity She's a Whoreby John FordISBN 0803252617 (0-8032-5261-7)
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To the Lighthouseby Susan DickISBN 0802055249 (0-8020-5524-9)
Hardcover, Univ of Toronto Pr
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Treasure Islandby Robert Louis Stevenson, Henry Brook, Ian McNeeISBN 0794512305 (0-7945-1230-5)
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Treasure Islandby Angela Wilkes, Sam Taplin, Peter DennisISBN 0794504116 (0-7945-0411-6)
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Uncle Vanyaby David Mamet, Anton Pavlovich Chekhov, Vlada ChernomordikISBN 0802131514 (0-8021-3151-4)
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Universal Human Rights in Theory and Practiceby Jack DonnellyISBN 0801487765 (0-8014-8776-5)
Softcover, Cornell Univ Pr
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"Every once in a while a book appears that treats the leading issues of a subject in such a clear and challenging manner that it becomes central to understanding that subject. Universal Human Rights in Theory and Practice is just such a book. . . . Donnelly's interpretations are clear and argued with zest."-American Political Science Review
"This wide-ranging book looks at all aspects of human rights, drawing upon political theory, sociology, and international relations as well as international law. . . . [Jack Donnelly] deals successfully with two of the principal challenges to the notion of the universality of human rights: the argument that some non-Western societies are not subject to Western norms, and the claim that economic development may require the sacrifice of some human rights."-Foreign Affairs
In a thoroughly revised edition of Universal Human Rights in Theory and Practice (more than half of the material is new), Jack Donnelly elaborates a theory of human rights, addresses arguments of cultural relativism, and explores the efficacy of bilateral and multilateral international action. Entirely new chapters address prominent post-Cold War issues including humanitarian intervention, democracy and human rights, "Asian values," group rights, and discrimination against sexual minorities. [via]
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William ShakespeareISBN 0791076555 (0-7910-7655-5)
Hardcover, Facts on File
Find This BookBook summary:In creating workds such as Hamlet and Macbeth, Shakespeare became the quintessential dramatist of the Western canon. This comprehensive volume places critical focus on Shakespeare's major comedies, histories, romances, and tragedies.
This title, William Shakespeare, part of Chelsea House Publishers Modern Critical Views series, examines the major works of William Shakespeare through full-length critical essays by expert literary critics. In addition, this title features a short biography on William Shakespeare, a chronology of the authors life, and an introductory essay written by Harold Bloom, Sterling Professor of the Humanities, Yale University. [via]
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Women's Life in Greece and Romeby Mary R. Lefkowitz, Maureen B. FantISBN 080182866X (0-8018-2866-X)
Softcover, Johns Hopkins University Press
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Women's Life in Greece and Rome'Book summary:This highly acclaimed collection provides a rare look into the private lives and legal status of Greek and Roman women of all social classes -- wet nurses, prostitutes, poets, gladiators, musicians, intellectuals, priestesses, and housewives. The third edition offers new texts in nearly every section, vividly describing women's sentiments and circumstances through readings on love, bereavement, and friendship, but also on property rights, breast cancer, female circumcision, and women's roles in ancient religions, including Christianity and witchcraft.
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Women's Life in Greece and Rome: A Source Book in Translationby Mary Lefkowitz, Maureen B. FantISBN 0801883105 (0-8018-8310-5)
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