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Beowulf: A New Verse Translation
by Seamus Heaney
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Don Quixote
by Miguel de Cervantes and Edith Grossman
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Meditations (Great Ideas)
by Marcus Aurelius
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by Marcus Aurelius and Gregory Hays
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One Hundred Poems from the Chinese (New Directions Book)
by Kenneth Rexroth
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Poetic Edda the Mythological Poems
by Henry Adams Bellows
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The Journey Through Wales and the Description of Wales (Penguin Classics)
by Gerald Of Wales
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Originally written as two separate works in the 12th century, the Penguin Classics edition of The Journey through Wales and The Description of Wales offers a fascinating glimpse into the daily life and culture of medieval Wales. A dynamic and well-known... (read more)

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by Robert B. Strassler
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Meditations (64 Edition)
by Marcus Aurelius
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The Life of Lazarillo de Tormes
by Anonymous
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