Medieval and Renaissance General by Seamus Heaney  
Powells.com Staff Pick "I resignedly picked it up at last on the tail end of a history binge, telling myself, 'Okay, I'm finally going to slog through it. Just get it over with.' And I discovered all my trepidation had been for naught. This isn't an 'accessible for a... (read more) List Price $13.95 Your Price $7.50 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies 
Spanish Medieval and Renaissance by Miguel de Cervantes and Edith Grossman Publisher Comments Edith Grossman's definitive English translation of the Spanish masterpiece. Widely regarded as one of the funniest and most tragic books ever written, Don Quixote chronicles the adventures of the self-created knight-errant Don Quixote of La Mancha and... (read more) Your Price $6.98 (Sale - Trade Paper) check for used copies
by Robert B Strassler Publisher Comments From the editor of the widely praised The Landmark Thucydides, a new Landmark Edition of The Histories by Herodotus, the greatest classical work of history ever written. Herodotus was a Greek historian living in Ionia during the fifth century BCE. He... (read more) Your Price $45.00 (New - Hardcover) check for used and sale copies
by Frederic M Wheelock Publisher Comments When Professor Frederic M. Wheelock's Latin first appeared in 1956, the reviews extolled its thoroughness, organization, and conciseness; at least on reviewer predicted that the book "might well become the standard text" for introducing students to... (read more) Your Price $9.50 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
Italian Medieval and Renaissance by Dante Alighieri Publisher Comments The second volume of Oxford's new Divine Comedy presents the Italian text of the Purgatorio and, on facing pages, a new prose translation. Continuing the story of the poet's journey through the medieval Other World under the guidance of the Roman poet... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your Price $8.98 (Sale - Trade Paper) check for used copies
by Herodotus Publisher Comments Translated by Aubrey de Sélincourt with an introduction and Notes by John M. Marincola.... (read more) List Price $10.00 Your Price $5.50 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
French Medieval and Renaissance by Rabelais/cohen Synopsis This text parodies everyone from eminent classical authors and schoolmen to Rabelais's own acquaintances. But the brilliance of the book lies not merely in these learned references, but in the story into which they are woven.... (read more) Your Price $2.50 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
by Husain Haddawy Publisher Comments Now as sumptuously packaged as it is critically acclaimed—a new deluxe trade paperback edition of the beloved stories. Readers Husain Haddawy's rapturously received translation of The Arabian Nights will also want to own Sindbad, a collection of... (read more) Your Price $15.95 (New - Trade Paper) check for used and sale copies
by Mary Beard Publisher Comments We are all classicists--we come into touch with the classics on a daily basis: in our culture, politics, medicine, architecture, language, and literature. What are the true roots of these influences, however, and how do our interpretations of these... (read more) List Price $9.95 Your Price $5.50 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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Friday May 16, 2008
by Tacitus And Grant Synopsis "The Annals of Imperial Rome" recount the major historical events from the years shortly before the death of Augustus to the death of Nero in AD 68. Michael Grant's introduction discusses the life and works of Tacitus and the historical context of the... (read more) Your Price $6.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
by Sam Hamill Synopsis Written by court princesses, exiled officials, Zen priests, and recluses, the 150 poems translated here represent the rich diversity of Japan's poetic tradition. Varying in tone from the sensuous and erotic to the profoundly spiritual, each poem captures... (read more) List Price $9.95 Your Price $4.98 (Sale - Trade Paper) check for used copies
British Medieval and Renaissance by J. R. R. Tolkien Publisher Comments Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Pearl, and Sir Orfeo are masterpieces of a remote and exotic age — the age of chivalry and wizards, knights and holy quests. Yet it is only in the unique artistry and imagination of J.R.R. Tolken that the... (read more) List Price $6.99 Your Price $4.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
by Xenophon Book News Annotation Xenophon's famous work tells of Greek mercenaries hightailing it home in 401 BC after their Persian client Cyrus and their own top commanders were killed. It is widely read by students of Greek literature and history, but Ambler (humanities, U. of... (read more) List Price $21.50 Your Price $16.95 (New - Trade Paper) check for used and sale copies
by Hsueh Chin Tsao Publisher Comments For more than a century and a half, Dream of the Red Chamber has been recognized in China as the greatest of its novels, a Chinese Romeo-and-Juliet love story and a portrait of one of the world's great civilizations. Chi-chen Wang's translation is... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your Price $3.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
by Wu Ch'Eng-En Publisher Comments Probably the most popular book in the history of the Far east, this classic combination of picaresque novel and folk epic mixes satire, allegory, and history into a rollicking tale. It is the story of the roguish monkey and his encounters with major and... (read more) Your Price $4.50 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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