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Romeo and Juliet (Sparknotes No Fear Shakespeare)
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Romeo and Juliet (Sparknotes No Fear Shakespeare)
by William Shakespeare

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No Fear Shakespeare gives you the complete text of Romeo and Juliet on the left-hand page, side-by-side with an easy-to-understand translation on the right.   Each No Fear Shakespeare contains The complete text of the original play A line...
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Life of Olaudah Equiano (Dover Thrift Editions)
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Life of Olaudah Equiano (Dover Thrift Editions)
by Olaudah Equaino

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Compelling work traces the formidable journey of an Igbo prince from captivity to freedom and literacy and recounts his enslavement in the New World, service in the Seven Years War, voyages to the Arctic, 6 months among the Miskito Indians in Central...
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Macbeth (Sparknotes No Fear Shakespeare)
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Macbeth (Sparknotes No Fear Shakespeare)
by William Shakespeare

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No Fear Shakespeare gives you the complete text of Macbeth on the left-hand page, side-by-side with an easy-to-understand translation on the right.   Each No Fear Shakespeare contains The complete text of the original playA line-by-line translation...
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The Polysyllabic Spree
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The Polysyllabic Spree
by Nick Hornby

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Name one other book critic that consistently makes you laugh out loud without denigrating the work of his subject. Right, you can't. (If you can, please, let me know.) Hornby's monthly "What I've Been Reading" columns for the Believer magazine (collected...
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Very Short Introductions #4: Literary Theory: A Very Short Introduction
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Very Short Introductions #4: Literary Theory: A Very Short Introduction
by Jonathan Culler

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What is literary theory? Is there a relationship between literature and culture? In fact, what is literature, and does it matter? These questions and more are addressed in Literary Theory: A Very Short Introduction, a book which steers a clear path...
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Figuring the Word: Essays on Books, Writing and Visual Poetics
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Figuring the Word: Essays on Books, Writing and Visual Poetics
by Johanna Drucker

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Johanna Drucker is among the foremost authorities on the history of alphabets, writing, artists' books, and visual poetry. This book is a compendium of Drucker's thought -- yet rather than anthologize from her numerous published books, Figuring the Word...
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Strange Things the Malevolent North in C
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Strange Things the Malevolent North in C
by Margaret Atwood

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This is Margaret Atwood's exploration of stories and storytelling, myths and their reinventions, fiction and fact, the weirdness of nature, and the strangeness of the Canadian North....
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The Best of Oscar Wilde: Selected Plays and Writings
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The Best of Oscar Wilde: Selected Plays and Writings
by Oscar Wilde

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Including "The Importance of Being Earnest, An Ideal Husband, A Woman of No Importance, Lady Windermere's Fan, and "Salome, this collection showcases Wilde's brilliance and timeless wit....
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The Souls of Black Folk (Dover Thrift Editions)
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The Souls of Black Folk (Dover Thrift Editions)
by W E B Du Bois

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In this founding work in the literature of black protest, Du Bois eloquently affirms that it is beneath the dignity of a human being to beg for those rights that belong inherently to all mankind. He also charges that the strategy of accommodation to...
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The Prince (Bantam Classics)
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The Prince (Bantam Classics)
by Machiavelli And Donno

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Here is the world's most famous master plan for seizing and holding power.  Astonishing in its candor The Prince even today remains a disturbingly realistic and prophetic work on what it takes to be a prince . . . a king . . . a president. ...
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One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Cliffs Notes) - Study Notes - Study Notes
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One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Cliffs Notes) - Study Notes - Study Notes
by Bruce Walker

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The original CliffsNotes study guides offer expert commentary on major themes, plots, characters, literary devices, and historical background. The latest generation of titles in this series also feature glossaries and visual elements that complement the...
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Woman in the Nineteenth Century (Dover Thrift Editions)
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Woman in the Nineteenth Century (Dover Thrift Editions)
by Margaret Fuller

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In this influential book, the prototypical feminist writer of her day addressed a range of issues, from the Woman Question to prostitution and slavery, marriage and employment reform, and the European revolutionary movements of the 1840s. A thought...
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Introducing Semiotics (Introducing...)
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Introducing Semiotics (Introducing...)
by Paul Cobley

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For anybody who wishes to know why signs are crucial to human existence and how we can begin to understand systems of signification, this book is the place to start....
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Stranger (Cliffs Notes) - Study Notes - Study Notes
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Stranger (Cliffs Notes) - Study Notes - Study Notes
by Gary Carey

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The meaninglessness and randomness of life was a constant theme in Camus's writing. This story is absurd, yet touches a chord within the reader that surely will resonate for years to come. A man is condemned to beheading because he was indifferent at his...
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Leaves of Grass: The Original 1855 Edition (Thrift Edition)
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Leaves of Grass: The Original 1855 Edition (Thrift Edition)
by Walt Whitman

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"The most extraordinary piece of wit and wisdom that America has yet contributed." — Ralph Waldo Emerson. Inspired by transcendentalism, Whitman's immortal collection includes some of the greatest poems of modern times, including his masterpiece...
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Stolen Words: The Classic Book on Plagiarism
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Stolen Words: The Classic Book on Plagiarism
by Thomas Mallon

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"The definitive book on the subject" of plagiarism (The New York Times) is updated with a new afterword about the Internet. What is plagiarism, and why is it such a big deal? Since when is originality considered an indispensable attribute of authorship...
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Snobbery: The American Version
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Snobbery: The American Version
by Joseph Epstein

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'A national bestseller, Snobbery examines the discriminating qualities in all of us. With dishy detail, Joseph Epstein skewers all manner of elitism in contemporary America. He offers his arch observations of the new footholds of snobbery: food, fashion,...
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Othello Notes - Study Notes
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Othello Notes - Study Notes
by Gary Carey

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Cliffs Test Preparation Guides help students prepare for and improve their performance on standardized tests ACT Preparation Guide CBEST Preparation Guide CLAST Preparation Guide ELM Review GMAT Preparation Guide GRE Preparation Guide LSAT Preparation...
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Madame Bovary's Ovaries: A Darwinian Look at Literature
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Madame Bovary's Ovaries: A Darwinian Look at Literature
by David P Barash

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What can elephant seals tell us about Homer’s Iliad? How do gorillas illuminate the works of Shakespeare? What do bloodsucking bats have to do with John Steinbeck? Madame Bovary's Ovaries A Darwinian Look at Literature According to evolutionary...
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Sentimental Journey and Other Writings (03 Edition)
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Sentimental Journey and Other Writings (03 Edition)
by Laurence Sterne

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"I have laid a plan for something new, quite out of the beaten track." The result, A Sentimental Journey is as far from the conventional travel book as Tristram Shandy is from other novels. This volume includes the journal Sterne wrote for Eliza Draper...
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