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Classics

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    The Landmark Xenophon's Hellenika

    Robert B. (edt) Strassler
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    The Alexiad

    Anna Komnene
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Medieval and Renaissance General
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The Odyssey (Barnes & Noble Classics Series) (Barnes & Noble Classics)
The Odyssey (Barnes & Noble Classics Series) (Barnes & Noble Classics)
by Homer And Squillace
Publisher Comments
The Odyssey, by Homer, is part of the Barnes & Noble Classics series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras... (read more)

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    Euripides: Ten Plays

    Euripides And Roche
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Italian Medieval and Renaissance
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The Divine Comedy
The Divine Comedy
by Dante Alighieri
Publisher Comments
(Book Jacket Status: Jacketed) The Divine Comedy begins in a shadowed forest on Good Friday in the year 1300. It proceeds on a journey that, in its intense recreation of the depths and the heights of human experience, has become the key with which... (read more)

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Chaucer
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Canterbury Tales
Canterbury Tales
by Geoffrey Chaucer
Publisher Comments
Chaucer's epic poem is a cornerstone of English literature. For over 600 years these tales have inspired and enthralled readers. Beautifully illustrated and rendered into modern English this book is one to treasure.... (read more)

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General
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The Complete Playes of Aristophanes
The Complete Playes of Aristophanes
by Aristophanes And Hadas
Publisher Comments
A poet who hated an age of decadence, armed conflict, and departure from tradition, Aristophanes' comic genius influenced the political and social order of his own fifth-century Athens. But as Moses Hadas writes in his introduction to this volume, 'His... (read more)

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Latin
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Asconius: Commentaries on Speeches of Cicero (Clarendon Ancient History)
Asconius: Commentaries on Speeches of Cicero (Clarendon Ancient History)
by Asconius
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Asconius lived about a century after Cicero and wrote commentaries on Cicero's speeches to help his sons understand them. Five of these have survived. They are not only interesting in their own right but also provide a mine of information about the... (read more)

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Greek
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The War That Killed Achilles: The True Story of Homer's Iliad and the Trojan War
The War That Killed Achilles: The True Story of Homer's Iliad and the Trojan War
by Caroline Alexander
Publisher Comments
A groundbreaking reading of the Iliad that restores Homer's vision of the tragedy of war, by the bestselling author of The Bounty Few warriors, in life or literature, have challenged their commanding officer and the rationale of the war they fought as... (read more)

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Japanese
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Love Poems from the Japanese (Shambhala Library)
Love Poems from the Japanese (Shambhala Library)
by Kenneth Rexroth
Publisher Comments
Drawn from classical, medieval, and modern sources, the poems in this collection are some of the greatest love poems from the Japanese tradition. Selections range in tone from the spiritual longing of an isolated monk to the erotic ecstasy of a court... (read more)

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Greek and Roman
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Rise of the Roman Empire (79 Edition)
Rise of the Roman Empire (79 Edition)
by Obye Polybius
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In writing his account of the relentless growth of the Roman Empire, the Greek statesman Polybius set out to help his fellow-countrymen understand how their world came to be dominated by Rome. This text presents a translation of his work.... (read more)

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Sale Books
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The Big Gold Book of Latin Verbs: 555 Fully Conjugated Verbs
The Big Gold Book of Latin Verbs: 555 Fully Conjugated Verbs
by Gavin Betts
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Providing more entries, a cleaner layout, and a complete explanation of verb usage and formation. "The Big Gold Book of Latin Verbs" includes numerous examples from classical texts of all 555 verbs and a full index of 2,700 verbs cross-referenced to... (read more)

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Used Books
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Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Pearl, and Sir Orfeo
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Pearl, and Sir Orfeo
by J. R. R. Tolkien
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Three epic poems from 14th century England speak of life during the age of chivalry. Translated from medieval English.... (read more)

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Bestsellers

Tuesday, November 10, 2009
The Odyssey (Barnes & Noble Classics Series) (Barnes & Noble Classics)
  1. The Odyssey (Barnes & Noble Classics Series) (Barnes & Noble Classics)
    by Homer And Squillace
  2. The Odyssey
    by Homer and Robert Fitzgerald
  3. Canterbury Tales
    by Geoffrey Chaucer
  4. The Divine Comedy
    by Dante Alighieri
  5. The War That Killed Achilles: The True Story of Homer's Iliad and the Trojan War
    by Caroline Alexander
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