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Cambridge Latin Course Unit 1 Student's Text North American Edition
Cambridge Latin Course Unit 1 Student's Text North American Edition
by Cambridge School Classics Project
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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)

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Dante's Inferno
Dante's Inferno
by Marcus Sanders and Sandow Birk and Dante Alighieri
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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)

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The Collected Songs of Cold Mountain
The Collected Songs of Cold Mountain
by Han Shan
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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)

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Gilgamesh: A New English Version
Gilgamesh: A New English Version
by Stephen Mitchell
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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)

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Reading Medieval Latin
Reading Medieval Latin
by Keith Sidwell
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An anthology of chronologically and thematically arranged medieval Latin texts aimed at students with one year or more of Latin.... (read more)

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The Divine Comedy, Volume 1: Hell (The Inferno)
The Divine Comedy, Volume 1: Hell (The Inferno)
by Dante
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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)

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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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Women Poets of Japan
Women Poets of Japan
by Kenneth Rexroth
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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)

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Penguin Classics #158: Makers of Rome: Nine Lives
Penguin Classics #158: Makers of Rome: Nine Lives
by Plutarch
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An intriguing insight into the founders of the Roman republic.... (read more)

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The Divine Comedy: Volume 3: Paradise (Penguin Classics)
The Divine Comedy: Volume 3: Paradise (Penguin Classics)
by Dante
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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)

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Arrian: Alexander the Great: Selections from Arrian (Translations from Greek & Roman Authors)
Arrian: Alexander the Great: Selections from Arrian (Translations from Greek & Roman Authors)
by Arrian
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This translation follows Alexander??'s story as told by his biographer Arrian.... (read more)

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The Shambhala Anthology of Chinese Poetry
The Shambhala Anthology of Chinese Poetry
by J P Seaton
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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)

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Egil's Saga
Egil's Saga
by Sturluson
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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)

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Don Quixote
Don Quixote
by Miguel de Cervantes and Edith Grossman
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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)

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The Unfortunate Traveller and Other Works (Penguin English Library)
The Unfortunate Traveller and Other Works (Penguin English Library)
by Thomas Nashe
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'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)

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Chronicles
Chronicles
by Froissart
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Includes bibliographical references and index.... (read more)

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The Erotic Poems (Penguin Classics)
The Erotic Poems (Penguin Classics)
by Ovid
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Collection of poems dealing with the whole spectrum of sexual desire, written by the 1st century poet.... (read more)

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Le Morte D'arthur (94 Edition)
Le Morte D'arthur (94 Edition)
by Sir Thomas Malory
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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)

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Essential Latin: The Language and Life of Ancient Rome
Essential Latin: The Language and Life of Ancient Rome
by George Sharpley
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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)

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The Twelve Caesars (Penguin Classics)
The Twelve Caesars (Penguin Classics)
by Suetonius
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Translated by Robert Graves and Revised with an Introduction by Michael Grant.... (read more)

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