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Offers a modern translation of the Roman philosopher's journal.

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An incisive introduction to the life and times of the Roman philosopher and emperor, the fundamental principles and concepts of Stoicism, the recurring themes and structure of The Meditations, and the work's impact preface a new translation of the...

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An inside account of the foreign policy battles in the Clinton Administration. The author was the chief architect of the Dayton peace accords that ended the war in Bosnia. Holbrooke provides an account of the uses and misuses of American power and...

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A beloved Iranian novel of the twentieth century.

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Sweeping historical narrative examines the personalities, events, and political maneuvers which shaped Japan's destiny during the years of World War II.

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A landmark anthology of the masterpieces of Greek drama, featuring all-new, highly accessible translations of some of the world's most beloved plays, including Agamemnon, Prometheus Bound, Bacchae, Electra, Medea, Antigone, and Oedipus the King Fe...

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In this definitive, one-volume history, the Golden State's greatest historian distills his incomparable knowledge into a single, comprehensive book that tells the epic story of America's most complex, dynamic, ever-changing state.

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Translated by Sir Richard Burton, this is a work of philosophy, psychology, sociology, Hindu dogma and sexology.

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St. Augustine's view of history and humanity reflect his dedication to Christian thought and theology.

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Features an introduction by Penelope Hobhouse. The Series editior is Michael Pollan.

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Thirty years after its publication, "The Death and Life of Great American Cities" was described by "The New York Times" as "perhaps the most influential single work in the history of town planning....[It] can also be seen ...

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Edited by Richard McKeon, this book contains an introduction by CD Reeve.

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A compelling study of the hidden life of America's suburbs presents the journal of eighteen-year old Richard Elwood, an unhappy, overweight teen who looks back at his childhood in a succession of wealthy suburbs and roams the neighborhood at night...

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Called the greatest of short story writer, Anton Chekhov changed the genre itself with his spare, impressionistic depictions of Russian life and the human condition. Now, thirty of his best tales from the major periods of his creative life are ava...

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Collects three of the French mathematician's classic works interpreting the philosophy of science and mathematics.

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This edition contains the definitive, restored edition of Lovecraft's masterpiece of terror, At the Mountains of Madness, published in paperback for the first time ever, as well as his definitive essay "Supernatural Horror in Literature,"...

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This clear and comprehensive anthology, culled from the vast corpus of Christian mystical literature by the renowned theologian and historian Bernard McGinn, presents nearly one hundred selections, from the writings of Origen of Alexandria in the ...

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The product of a young Theodore Roosevelt's sojourn on a farm in the Dakota Badlands in 1884, two jubilant accounts of bear hunting in the American wilderness are introduced by historian Stephen E. Ambrose.

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A BRACING ACCOUNT OF A WAR THAT IS EITHER MISUNDERSTOOD, FORGOTTEN, OR WILLFULLY IGNORED For Americans, it was a discrete conflict lasting from 1950 to 1953. But for the Asian world the Korean War was a generations-long struggle that still haunts ...

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Twenty years ago, the Berlin Wall fell. In one of modern history's most miraculous occurrences, communism imploded-and not with a bang, but with a whimper. Now two of the foremost scholars of East European and Soviet affairs, Stephen Kotkin and Ja...

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In a critically acclaimed travelogue first published in 1934, the author recounts her adventures traveling alone through the Middle East in 1927 and her odyssey through remote areas of Persia, including a visit to the hidden castle of local outlaw...

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A facsimile of the 1910 Paris edition, including the original Andre Castaigne water colour illustrations.

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Translated from Latin to lyrical English, here are selections from the notorious Roman poet's collection of didactic mock-elegies dealing with the art of seduction and romantic intrigue. This edition includes original notes by the translator, as w...

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This definitive collection of fifteen Father Brown stories includes such classics as The Blue Cross, The Secret Garden, and The Paradise of Thieves.

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The daughter of a migrant worker finds her life in the deprived and ugly transient world shaped by her father, lover, husband, and son.

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The photographer and author recalls his experiences during World War II.

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Featuring the social history of the Greek and Roman world, this work is translated by Dryden. It is edited with a foreword by Arthur Hugh Clough and an introduction by James Atlas.

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Originally published by Chatto & Windus in 1935, reissued by Vintage in 1996, and now in the VINTAGE CLASSICS series, an account of the death and burial of Addie Bundren, told by members of her family, as they transport the coffin to Jefferson, Mi...

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Celebrates the lives and times of the great Renaissance artists of Italy, written by sixteenth-century artist and historian Giorgio Vasari.

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Ernest Pontifex, son of a bullying clergyman, leads a life of disarray. Ernest struggles with orthodoxy, lives in the slums, is thrown into prison, and marries the vulgar Ellen. Saved by the discovery that Ellen is already married, Ernest receives...

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