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Cambridge Latin Course Unit 1 Student's Text North American Edition by Cambridge School Classics Project Publisher Comments The Fourth Edition Cambridge Latin Course is an introductory program organized into four well-integrated units. Cambridge's proven approach includes a stimulating continuous story line, interwoven grammatical development and cultural information... (read more) List Price $25.50 Your price: $11.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Dante's Inferno by Marcus Sanders and Sandow Birk and Dante Alighieri Publisher Comments A faithful yet totally original contemporary spin on a classic, Dante's Inferno as interpreted by acclaimed artist Sandow Birk and writer Marcus Sanders is a journey through a Hell that bears an eerie semblance to our own world. Birk, hailed by the Los... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $13.00 Used - Trade Paper
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The Collected Songs of Cold Mountain by Han Shan Publisher Comments A Zen-Taoist poetry classic, in a handsome Chinese-English format This definitive translation of Han Shans poetry appears in a bilingual Chinese-English format. Included are extensive notes, a preface by renowned translator Red Pine, a findings list, and... (read more) List Price $17.00 Your price: $11.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Gilgamesh: A New English Version by Stephen Mitchell Publisher Comments Finally available in paperback comes a brilliant new rendering of the oldest epic in the world by esteemed translator and bestselling author Mitchell.... (read more) List Price $15.99 Your price: $10.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Reading Medieval Latin by Keith Sidwell Publisher Comments An anthology of chronologically and thematically arranged medieval Latin texts aimed at students with one year or more of Latin.... (read more) List Price $52.50 Your price: $19.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Divine Comedy, Volume 1: Hell (The Inferno) by Dante Publisher Comments This story begins in a shadowed forest on Good Friday in the year of our Lord 1300. It proceeds on a journey that, in its intense re-creation of the depths and the heights of human experience, has become the key with which Western civilization has sought... (read more) List Price $14.00 Your price: $6.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Pearl, and Sir Orfeo by J. R. R. Tolkien Publisher Comments Three epic poems from 14th century England speak of life during the age of chivalry. Translated from medieval English.... (read more) List Price $7.99 Your price: $2.50 Used - Mass Market
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Women Poets of Japan by Kenneth Rexroth Publisher Comments In this collection (originally published by The Seabury Press in 1977 as The Burning Heart, Kenneth Rexroth and Ikuko Atsumi have assembled representative works of seventy-seven poets. Staring with the Classical Period (645-1604 A.D.), characterized by... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your price: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Penguin Classics #158: Makers of Rome: Nine Lives by Plutarch Publisher Comments An intriguing insight into the founders of the Roman republic.... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $3.50 Used - Trade Paper
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The Divine Comedy: Volume 3: Paradise (Penguin Classics) by Dante Publisher Comments Dante (1265-1321) is the greatest of Italian poets and his DIVINE COMEDY is the finest of all Christian allegories. To the consternation of his more academic admirers, who believed Latin to be the only proper language for dignified verse, Dante wrote his... (read more) List Price $14.00 Your price: $4.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Arrian: Alexander the Great: Selections from Arrian (Translations from Greek & Roman Authors) by Arrian Publisher Comments This translation follows Alexander??'s story as told by his biographer Arrian.... (read more) List Price $18.95 Your price: $6.50 Used - Trade Paper
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The Shambhala Anthology of Chinese Poetry by J P Seaton Publisher Comments In traditional Chinese culture, poetic artistry held a place that was unrivaled by any other single talent, and was a source of prestige and even of political power. In this rich collection, J. P. Seaton introduces the reader to the main styles of... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your price: $10.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Egil's Saga by Sturluson Publisher Comments Egil's Saga tells the story of the long and brutal life of tenth-century warrior-poet and farmer Egil Skallagrimsson: a psychologically ambiguous character who was at once the composer of intricately beautiful poetry and a physical grotesque capable of... (read more) List Price $14.00 Your price: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes and Edith Grossman Staff Pick Edith Grossman's translation of Don Quixote has quickly become a favorite, lauded by academics and common readers alike. Don't fail to check this out, the world's first modern novel.... (read more) List Price $16.99 Your price: $8.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Unfortunate Traveller and Other Works (Penguin English Library) by Thomas Nashe Publisher Comments 'Pamphleteer, poet, story-teller, satirist, scholar, moralist and jester . . .' Thomas Nashe, a contemporary of Shakespeare, was writing in the 1590s, the zenith of the English Renaissance. Rebellious in spirit, conservative in philosophy, Nashe's... (read more) List Price $17.00 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Chronicles by Froissart Publisher Comments Includes bibliographical references and index.... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Erotic Poems (Penguin Classics) by Ovid Publisher Comments Collection of poems dealing with the whole spectrum of sexual desire, written by the 1st century poet.... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Le Morte D'arthur (94 Edition) by Sir Thomas Malory Publisher Comments The legends of King Arthur and his knights of the Round Table have inspired some of the greatest works of literature--from Cervantes's Don Quixote to Tennyson's Idylls of the King. Although many versions exist, Malory's stands as the classic rendition... (read more) List Price $17.95 Your price: $10.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Essential Latin: The Language and Life of Ancient Rome by George Sharpley Publisher Comments Written with humor and illustrated with cartoons, this modern, user-friendly text places grammar lessons in historical context, and offers a series of fascinating glimpses of the cultura and history of ancient Rome. Each chapter consists of... (read more) Your price: $22.00 Used - Trade Paper
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The Twelve Caesars (Penguin Classics) by Suetonius Publisher Comments Translated by Robert Graves and Revised with an Introduction by Michael Grant.... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $7.50 Used - Trade Paper
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