 | Aristophanes: Myth, Ritual and Comedy
Publication Date: October 29, 1993| ISBN-10: 0521440122 | ISBN-13: 978-0521440127This book examines the plays of the Greek comic writer Aristophanes and attempts to reconstruct the responses of the original audiences by using anthropological techniques to compare the plays with those Greek myths and rituals that share similar story patterns or subject matter.It is the first book to apply this type of analysis systematically to all the comedies, and also differs from earlier studies in that it does not impose a single interpretative structure on the plays.All Greek is translated. ...
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 | The Complete Plays of Jean Racine: Volume 4: Athaliah
Publication Date: April 4, 2013| Series: Complete Plays of Jean Racine (Book 4) As Voltaire famously opined, Athaliah, Racine's last play, is "perhaps the greatest masterwork of the human spirit." Its formidable antagonists, Athaliah, queen of Judah, and Jehoiada, high priest of the temple of Jerusalem, are engaged in a deadly struggle for dominion: she, fiercely determined to maintain her throne and exterminate the detested race of David; he, no less fiercely determined to overthrow this heathen queen and enthrone the orphan Joash, the scion of the house of David, whom Athaliah beli...
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 | REED in Review: Essays in Celebration of the First Twenty-Five Years (Studies in Early English Drama)
Publication Date: August 26, 2006| ISBN-10: 0802038271 | ISBN-13: 978-0802038272| Edition: 1 In 2002, the Records of Early English Drama (REED) project marked its twenty-fifth anniversary with a special series of sessions at the International Medieval Congress at Leeds University. The REED sessions were designed to allow critical reflection on the past, present, and future of the project as it entered the twenty-first century. Thirteen essays amplifying the content of selected conference papers, and a fourteenth submitted at the editors' invitation, make up REED in Review.Contributors to...
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 | Irish classical poetry (Irish life and culture)
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 | The Age of Eternal Brilliance: Three Lyric Poets of the Yung-ming Era (483-493) (Sinica Leidensia)
Publication Date: October 2003| ISBN-10: 9004120599 | ISBN-13: 978-9004120594| Edition: annotated edition This volume presents the nearly complete oeuvre of ShenYueh, Hsieh T'iao, and Wang Jung, i.e. the full original texts, Professor Richard Mather's full annotated translations, and brief biographies of these three classical poets, who all had such a profound impact on succeeding centuries. The reader will here find first-hand reactions and ruminations by highly sensitive and articulate participants in the tumultuous events and intellectual currents of an age that was definitely more th...
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 | The Longman Anthology of World Literature, Volume A: The Ancient World (2nd Edition)
Publication Date: June 27, 2008| ISBN-10: 0205625959 | ISBN-13: 978-0205625956| Edition: 2The Longman Anthology of World Literature, Volume A offers a fresh and highly teachable presentation of the varieties of world literature from the ancient world. ...
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 | Working Man (Kimani Romance)
Publication Date: July 1, 2007| Series: Kimani Romance Funny and feisty true-crime writer Dakota Phillips has almost everything she wants. She's still looking for the perfect man: very tall, very educated and very cultured—all wrapped up in rich chocolate brown. So far, her insecurities about her generous curves and her independent streak have kept her searching. Nick is a self-made mogul who works hard, plays hard and loves life's finer things. He's not perfect, but he makes Dakota feel beautiful, desirable—and maybe a little too vulnerable. Dakota can't surrender to a take-ch...
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 | Illegal Action (Vintage Crime/Black Lizard)
Release Date: June 2, 2009| Series: Vintage Crime/Black Lizard The fiercely intelligent, ambitious MI5 officer Liz Carlyle returns in a spy novel of arresting psychological complexity and unflagging suspense.In the most recent installment in the Liz Carlyle series, Liz has been transferred to counter-espionage—the hub of MI5 operations during the Cold War. Her mission: protect Nikita Brunovsky, an increasingly vocal opponent of Vladimir Putin, who has been targeted for assassination and is seeking refuge in the UK. The Foreign Office is adamant about forestalling a crime that could bec...
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 | The Barking Ghost (Goosebumps Series)
Publication Date: September 1, 2003| Age Level: 8 and up...
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 | My Cousin, the Alien (Alien Agent)
Publication Date: September 1, 2009| Age Level: 8 and up | Grade Level: 3 and up...
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 | Hayashi: Fables from the Garden (Kolowalu Books)
Publication Date: July 1, 1998| Age Level: 4 and up | Grade Level: P and up...
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 | The Tale of a Dragon
Publication Date: October 2003| Age Level: 6 and up | Grade Level: 1 and up Tale Of A DragonThis is a hardbound picture book that is classically illustrated into thirteen short stories which is intended to interest people at all age groups.The parents or grandparents will get as much enjoyment out of this book as the targeted audience, 4 to 11. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title....
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 | Hammerin' Hank: The Life of Hank Greenberg
Release Date: April 18, 2006| Age Level: 6 and up | Grade Level: 1 and up Meet one of America’s earliest Jewish-American heroes.The 1930s were a time when “outsiders” were not welcome in Major League Baseball. Henry Benjamin Greenberg began as one of those outsiders, but went on to become one of baseball’s greatest right-handed batters.Hammerin’ Hank dominated baseball from 1933 to 1948 and was eventually inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame. But Hank Greenberg was more than an amazing athlete. While Jews had been playing baseball since the 1800s, Hammer...
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 | Papa, Please Get the Moon for Me (Classic Board Book)
Release Date: October 1, 1999| Age Level: 2 and up...
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 | Fancy Nancy: Poet Extraordinaire!
Release Date: March 2, 2010| Age Level: 4 and up | Grade Level: P and up...
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| Krista's Magic Hat
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 | Ancient Roman Sports and Pastimes (Ancient Communities, Roman Life)
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 | Anne Frank: a photographic story of a life
Publication Date: August 23, 2004| Age Level: 8 and up Tells the incredible story of this courageous young writer.In this groundbreaking new series, DK brings together fresh voices and DK design values to give readers the most information-packed, visually exciting biographies on the market today. Full-color photographs of people, places, and artifacts, definitions of key words, and sidebars on related subjects add dimension and relevance to stories of famous lives that students will love to read. ...
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| EL ARCE DE NOE-SPANISH EDITION (Please Read to Me)
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 | Local Religion in Sixteenth-Century Spain
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