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Just Living: Poems and Prose by the Japanese Monk Tonna (Translations from the Asian Classics)
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Just Living: Poems and Prose by the Japanese Monk Tonna (Translations from the Asian Classics)
by Tonna

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One of the best scholar-translators in the field presents a selection of writings by Tonna (1289--1372), an outstanding medieval Buddhist poet-monk, very little of whose work has been translated until now. Tonna was regarded as the leading Nijo? poet of...
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Collected Ancient Greek Novels
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Collected Ancient Greek Novels
by B P Reardon

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Prose fiction, although not always associated with classical antiquity, did in fact flourish in the early Roman Empire, not only in realistic Latin novels but also and indeed principally in the Greek ideal romance of love and adventure to which they are...
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Rumi Datebook
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Rumi Datebook
by Rumi

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Passionate and witty, earthy and mystical, the soul-stirring poetry of 13th century Sufi poet Rumi transports us, especially when translated by Coleman Barks and accompanied by the work of artist Matt Manley....
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Beowulf (Signet Classics)
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Beowulf (Signet Classics)
by Burton Raffel

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The epic poem Beowulf is the earliest extant poem in a modern European languagea reflecting a feudal, newly Christian world of heroes and monsters, blood and victory, life and death. Its beauty, power, and artistry have kept it alive for more than...
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The Cambridge Companion to the Greek and Roman Novel (Cambridge Companions to Literature)
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The Cambridge Companion to the Greek and Roman Novel (Cambridge Companions to Literature)
by Tim (edt) Whitmarsh

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The Greek and Roman novels of Petronius, Apuleius, Longus, Heliodorus and others have been cherished for millennia, but never more so than now. The Cambridge Companion to the Greek and Roman Novel contains nineteen original essays by an international...
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Imaga Figurata Editions #4: Held's Translation of Alciato's Emblematum Liber (1566): Facsimile Edition Using Glasgow University Library SM 45
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Imaga Figurata Editions #4: Held's Translation of Alciato's Emblematum Liber (1566): Facsimile Edition Using Glasgow University Library SM 45
by Jeremias Held

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This is the second German translation of the emblems of Andrea Alciato, who is rightfully known as pater et princeps of the emblem. Held's version of 1566-67, presented here, has never before been offered in its entirety in a modern reprint. It is a...
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Ammianus Marcellinus: The Allusive Historian (Cambridge Classical Studies)
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Ammianus Marcellinus: The Allusive Historian (Cambridge Classical Studies)
by Gavin Kelly

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Ammianus Marcellinus is usually regarded as our most important source for the history of the second half of the fourth century AD, while his literary qualities are neglected. This book demonstrates what a subtle and manipulative writer Ammianus is...
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The Cambridge Companion to the Greek and Roman Novel (Cambridge Companions to Literature)
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The Cambridge Companion to the Greek and Roman Novel (Cambridge Companions to Literature)
by Tim (edt) Whitmarsh

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The Greek and Roman novels of Petronius, Apuleius, Longus, Heliodorus and others have been cherished for millennia, but never more so than now. The Cambridge Companion to the Greek and Roman Novel contains nineteen original essays by an international...
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Oxford Latin Mini Dictionary 2ND Edition
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Oxford Latin Mini Dictionary 2ND Edition
by James Morwood

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Now available in paperback, this outstanding dictionary has been updated and revised to meet the needs both of students of Latin language and literature as well as of those with an interest in the classical world. Offering 50,000 entries and over 120,000...
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Thich Nhat Hahn
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Thich Nhat Hahn
by Adam Guan

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The words of Vietnamese Buddhist monk, poet, and activist Thich Nhat Hanh remind us how to find and make peace, with reflection -- inspiring art by Adam Guan....
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Loeb Classical Library #505: The Learned Banqueters: Volume IV: Books 8-10
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Loeb Classical Library #505: The Learned Banqueters: Volume IV: Books 8-10
by Athenaeus

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In The Learned Banqueters, Athenaeus describes a series of dinner parties at which the guests quote extensively from Greek literature. The work (which dates to the very end of the second century CE) is amusing reading and of extraordinary value as a...
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Cicero: Catilinarians (Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics)
by Cicero

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Commentary for students on the four speeches delivered by Cicero during the crisis of 63 BC....
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Women and the Comic Plot in Menander
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Women and the Comic Plot in Menander
by Ariana Traill

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Taking a fresh look at mistaken identity in the work of an author who helped to introduce the device to comedy, Professor Traill shows how the outrageous mistakes many male characters in Menander make about women are grounded in their own emotional needs....
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