 | A season's harvest: Fiction
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 | Asian Asian American Literary Studies (Introducing Ethnic Studies)
Publication Date: May 9, 2006| ISBN-10: 0748620125 | ISBN-13: 978-0748620128This volume presents global perspectives on Asian American literature by accomplished scholars from Germany, Japan, Singapore, Spain, and the US. It covers a diverse range of interdisciplinary topics in contemporary Asian American Studies across a wide spectrum of ethnic groups: Burmese, Chinese, Filipino, Indian, Japanese, Korean, Malaysian, Pakistani, Sri Lankan, and Vietnamese. Section I probes themes such as the vital role that war plays in the production of Asian American literary works, and the agency of th...
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 | The complete sagas of Icelanders, including 49 tales
Publication Date: 1997The Complete Sagas of Icelanders, from Leifur Eiriksson Publishing, is the first English translation of the entire corpus of the Sagas of Icelanders together with the forty-nine tales connected with them.Thirty translators were carefully selected for the project, including leading international scholars and university teachers from seven countries who have studied and written on Nordic medieval literature and culture. All the translators are native English speakers and writers.Careful editorial planning and coordination ensured that translators followed the same transla...
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 | Dust on the Sea (Bluejacket Books)
Publication Date: September 1, 2004| Series: Bluejacket Books In 1972, following the huge success of Run Silent, Run Deep, Edward L. Beach's second novel of submarine warfare was published to great acclaim. Like its predecessor, Dust on the Sea was lauded for its authentic portrayal of what it meant to be a submariner during the desperate years of World War II. Tense, dramatic and rich in technical and tactical detail, the book draws on Beach's experience as a submariner in the US Navy to describe the commander and crew of the fictitious USS Eel as they battle overwhelming odds to destroy Ja...
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 | Lucan: De bello civili Book II (Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics)
Publication Date: June 26, 1992| ISBN-10: 0521422418 | ISBN-13: 978-0521422413This edition offers the first full-scale commentary on the neglected second book of Lucan's epic poem on the civil war between Caesar and Pompey: De bello civili. It pays particular attention to Lucan's inheritance from Virgil's Augustan epic and response to its challenge. The introduction gives a general account of Lucan's life and work, a discussion of his narrative, a survey of language, style and meter, and a brief history of the text. The commentary offers assistance with grammar and translation and aims t...
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 | The Triple Goddess: An Exploration of the Archetypal Feminine (Hermetic Research Series)
Publication Date: June 1989| Series: Hermetic Research Series (Book 1) This book explores the inner structure of the Triple Goddess andshows how, by relating to this archetype, one can overcome and redeemthe inner tendency toward dualism. Adam McLean provides originalinsights into the nature of the Triple Goddess and outlines a number ofways to work with her mythology and symbolism. A unique overview of thevarious Goddesses of antiquity this volume stands as a valuableresource for anyone interested in the nature of the Feminine. ...
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| The Epic of Gilgamesh
Publication Date: October 1993| ISBN-10: 0865162514 | ISBN-13: 978-0865162518The longing stretch toward the infinite...the reluctant embrace of the temporal. This is the eternal lot of mankind. This is The Epic of Gilgamesh. Our revised 2nd edition of mankind's first epic features a lucid historical and cultural introduction by Dr. Biggs, a new interpretive essay on the themes of Gilgamesh by James G. Keenan and their echoes in other literature, and ancient world and original illustrations.Though The Epic of Gilgamesh exists in several editions, this version has been undertaken with a ...
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| Goin to shichion no shigaku (Nihongo de ikiru) (Japanese Edition)
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 | The Italian Renaissance (World History Series)
Publication Date: November 1995| Series: World History Series Examines the history, achievements, and legacy of the Renaissance in Italy, with an emphasis on Florence and Rome. ...
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 | Fifty Letters of Pliny
Publication Date: September 15, 1969| ISBN-10: 0199120102 | ISBN-13: 978-0199120109| Edition: 2 This selection of Pliny's letters is designed to be used with A Level classes. The commentary helps students who have no special knowledge of the social and political history of the Roman empire. The selection provides a wide illustration of the private, public, and literary life of the capital of the Roman empire in the early second century A.D. Includes vocabulary and notes. ...
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 | Unveiling Eve: Reading Gender in Medieval Hebrew Literature (Jewish Culture and Contexts)
Publication Date: March 31, 2003| Series: Jewish Culture and Contexts Selected by Choice magazine as an Outstanding Academic TitleUnveiling Eve is the first feminist inquiry into the Hebrew poetry and prose forms cultivated in Muslim and Christian Spain, Italy, and Provence in the eleventh through fourteenth centuries. In the Jewish Middle Ages, writing was an exclusively male competence, and textual institutions such as the study of scripture, mysticism, philosophy, and liturgy were men's sanctuaries from which women were banished. These domains of male expertise—alongside belles let...
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 | Sweet Revenge
Release Date: April 28, 2009In this contemporary classic of harrowing suspense and forbidden romance by #1 New York Times bestselling author Nora Roberts, a young woman trapped in the limelight plots a daring act of revenge—which may have fatal consequences. At twenty-five, Princess Adrianne lives a life most people would envy. Beautiful and elegant, she spends her days dabbling in charities and her nights floating from one glamorous gala to the next. But her pampered-rich-girl pose is a ruse, a carefully calculated effort to hide a dangerous truth. For ten years Adrianne...
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 | The Midnight Choir
Release Date: April 1, 2007"An absorbing, beautifully written tale."-The Times (London)A sophisticated crime story of contemporary Ireland, The Midnight Choir teems with moral dilemmas as Dublin emerges as a city of ambiguity: a newly scrubbed face hiding a criminal culture of terrible variety. Small-time criminals have become millionaire businessmen, the poor are still struggling to survive, and the police face a world where the old rules no longer apply. "Believe me, you want The Midnight Choir with you on holiday," says The Sunday Business Post. "This is the kind of book you pass on to so...
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 | Scary Fairies (Hologram cover)
Publication Date: September 1, 1997| Age Level: 5 and up Naughty fairies nip at legs, pull hair, and misbehave at every opportunity in this beautifully illustrated picture book featuring five fairy holograms and a poetic text just spooky enough to give youngsters a little chill. Full color. ...
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 | Little Slam Dunker (Chunky Shape Books - Little All Stars)
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 | TJ and The Sports Fanatic (Orca Young Readers)
Release Date: March 1, 2006| Grade Level: 3 and up...
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 | Extreme Waterskiing Moves (Behind the Moves)
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 | Formula 1 Racing (Fast Tracks)
Publication Date: January 1999| Age Level: 9 and up | Grade Level: 4 and up...
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 | Pat-a-Cake (Nursery Time)
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 | An Introduction to Children's Literature (C Opus T Opus N)
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