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Report copyright infringementby H. G. Dakyns (Translator), Xenophon (Author)This collection chronicles the fiction and non fiction classics by the greatest writers the world has ever known. The inclusion of both popular as well as overlooked pieces is pivotal to providing a broad and representative collection of classic works. Number of Pages: 190 Dimensions: 0.4 x 10 x 7.99 IN Publication Date: January 10, 2011

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Report copyright infringementby Edward Robinson (Author)A Harmony of the Four Gospels in Greek: According to the Text Hahn (1845) is a book written by Edward Robinson. This book brings together the four Gospels of the New Testament - Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John - in their original Greek language. The text is arranged in a harmonious manner, so that each event or story is presented in a clear and chronological order. The book is based on the 1845 edition of the Greek text by August Hahn, a G...

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Report copyright infringementby Henry Barclay Swete (Editor)The Psalms in Greek: According to the Septuagint (1889) is a book by Henry Barclay Swete, which provides a complete Greek translation of the Book of Psalms. The translation is based on the Septuagint, a Greek version of the Hebrew Bible that was widely used in the early Christian church. The book includes all 150 psalms, each with a title and introduction in Greek. Swete's translation is highly regarded for its accuracy and clarity, ...

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Report copyright infringementby Edward Delavan Perry (Author)The Sanskrit Primer by Edward Delavan Perry is a comprehensive guide to learning the Sanskrit language. The book is designed for beginners who have no prior knowledge of the language and covers all the essential aspects of Sanskrit grammar, vocabulary, and syntax. The book starts with an introduction to the Devanagari script and the Sanskrit alphabet, followed by a detailed explanation of the various parts of speech, including nouns...

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Report copyright infringementby Karel Sabina (Author)Lyrika je sb��rka b��sn�� od ��esk��ho spisovatele Karla Sabiny, kter�� byla poprv�� publikov��na v roce 1920. B��sn�� v t��to sb��rce jsou ps��ny v tradi��n��ch b��snick��ch form��ch, jako jsou sonety, rondeau a balady. Sabina se v t��chto b��sn��ch ��asto v��nuje t��mat��m jako l��ska, p��roda a smrt. Jeho poezie je charakterizov��na siln��m emocio...

The Selected Works of Edward W. Said, 1966 - 2006

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Report copyright infringementby Edward W. Said (Author), Moustafa Bayoumi (Editor), Andrew Rubin (Editor)The renowned literary and cultural critic Edward Said was one of our era's most provocative and important thinkers. This comprehensive collection of his work draws from across his entire four-decade career, including his posthumously published books, making it a definitive one-volume source. "Said is a brilliant and unique amalgam of scholar, aesthete, and political activist...[He] challen...

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Report copyright infringementby Edwidge Danticat (Author)A collection of exceptional new essays by one of the most significant contemporary writers on the world stage Tracing a loose arc from Edwidge Danticat's childhood to the COVID-19 pandemic and recent events in Haiti, the essays gathered in We're Alone include personal narrative, reportage, and tributes to mentors and heroes such as Toni Morrison, Paule Marshall, Gabriel García Márquez, and James Baldwin that explore several abiding them...

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Report copyright infringementby Jane Austen (Author), Vivien Jones (Editor)In one of her personal letters, Jane Austen wrote "Little Matters they are to be sure, but highly important." In fact, letter-writing was something of an addiction for young women of Jane Austen's time and in her social position, and Austen's letters have a freedom and familiarity that only intimate writing can convey. Wiser than her critics, who were disappointed that her correspondence dwelt on gossip and the minutia...

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Report copyright infringementby Samuel Johnson (Author), Donald Greene (Editor)Samuel Johnson's literary reputation rests on such a varied output that he defies easy description: poet, critic, lexicographer, travel writer, essayist, editor, and, thanks to his good friend Boswell, the subject of one of the most famous English biographies. This volume celebrates Johnson's astonishing talent by selecting widely across the full range of his work. It includes "London" and "The Vanity of Human Wish...

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Report copyright infringementby Rudolf Steiner (Author)Being deeply interested in Dr. Steiner's work and teachings, and desirous of sharing with my English-speaking friends the many invaluable glimpses of Truth which are to be found therein, I decided upon the translation of the present volume. It is due to the kind co-operation of several friends who prefer to be anonymous that this task has been accomplished, and I wish to express my hearty thanks for the literary assistance rendered by the...

The Shelley Papers: Memoir of Percy Bysshe Shelley

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Report copyright infringementby Thomas Medwin (Author)This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important ...

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Report copyright infringementby Arthur Ransome (Author)Excerpt from Oscar Wilde: A Critical Study I wish to thank Mr. Robert Ross, Wilde's literary executor, Who has helped me in every possible way, allowed me to read many of the letters that Wilde addressed to him, and given much time out of a very busy life to the verification, from documents in his possession, of the biographical facts included in my book. I wish to thank Mr. Walter Ledger for much interesting information, and for the sigh...

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Report copyright infringementby Sara Rauch (Author)Sara Rauch is in a long-term, committed relationship with another woman when she begins a low-residency MFA in fiction. Though it goes against the promises she's made, she finds herself pulled into an intense affair with a married man, a well-known writer in the program. More than an essay about bisexual infidelity and the resulting heartbreaks, XO unfolds Rauch's story like a map of psychic terrain, allowing the author to explore her longsta...

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Report copyright infringementby Katharine Coldiron (Author)Longlisted for the PEN/Diamonstein-Spielvogel Award for the Art of the Essay Katharine Coldiron sees her life through a film projector. She watches The Sound of Music and observes that time is peculiarly preserved in a narrative film; she watches Singin' in the Rain and finds truth and falsehood layered in it like dental veneers; she watches Apocalypse Now and thinks about her father, and a certain Pulitzer-winning photograph of an Am...

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Report copyright infringementby Adam Patric Miller (Author)Adam Patric Miller's debut essay collection, A Greater Monster, winner of the Autumn House Nonfiction Prize, follows his insightful views of life, including being an educator and a father, as he paints a portrait of the man he has grown to become. Miller also recounts how the loss of his father affects how he navigates the world. Author BiographyAdam Patric Miller is the author of A Greater Monster, a collection of essays selected by ...

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Report copyright infringementby Kayleen M. Hazlehurst (Author)Moon's pale sash across the gulf.Light dispersing. Inlets making.Capes, cast off from islanded floors.K. M. Hazlehurst, 'A Distant Muting' Number of Pages: 152 Dimensions: 0.38 x 8 x 5.25 IN Publication Date: January 16, 2023

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Report copyright infringementby Wallace Shawn (Author), Wallace Shawn (Narrated by)In a gloomy hotel room, after reading compulsively about murders, Shawn tries to sleep but is troubled by meandering thoughts and memories that follow one another in an apparently random chain. Ultimately a point of view begins to emerge. In a world dominated by privileged killers, how should we live? What world do we want? Having recently passed the age of seventy, before which he found it difficult to piece t...

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Report copyright infringementby Greg Sarris (Author)Now available in paperback! In the tradition of Calvino's Italian Folktales, Greg Sarris, author of the award-winning novel Grand Avenue, turns his attention to his ancestral homeland of Sonoma Mountain in Northern California. In sixteen interconnected original stories, the twin crows Question Woman and Answer Woman take us through a world unlike yet oddly reminiscent of our own: one which blooms bright with poppies, lupines, and clover; one...

Buckman Journal Trance: Anthology of Portland Artists and Writers

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Report copyright infringementby Emmi Greer (Editor), Ellen Robinette (Director)Buckman Journal: Trance will absolutely blow your mind, blow your socks off, blow your hair out. View trance through the eyes of over 20 artists and writers, allow yourself to be pulled into the hypnotic gaze. Number of Pages: 138 Dimensions: 0.38 x 9 x 6 IN Publication Date: July 01, 2025

Japanese Folktales for Language Learners: Bilingual Legends and Fables in Japanese and English (Free Online Audio Recording)

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Report copyright infringementby Eriko Sato (Author), Anna Sato (Author), Anna Sato (Illustrator)Learn about Japanese culture while improving your language skills! Japanese Folktales for Language Learners presents 22 traditional stories in parallel Japanese and English versions on facing pages, with detailed notes and exercises aimed at beginning to intermediate learners. This book can be used as a language reader and will be of great interest to anyone wishing to learn more about Japanese cul...

St. Basil the Great to Students on Greek Literature: With Notes and Vocabulary (1901)

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Report copyright infringementby Edward Raymond Maloney (Author)This Is A New Release Of The Original 1901 Edition. Number of Pages: 88 Dimensions: 0.18 x 9.02 x 5.98 IN Publication Date: August 07, 2014

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Report copyright infringementby Joseph Palmeri (Author), Edward Elgin Milligan (Author)""French For Reading Knowledge: A Direct Approach"" by Joseph Palmeri is a comprehensive guide for English-speaking students who want to learn French for the purpose of reading academic texts. The book is designed to help students develop the necessary skills to read French literature, philosophy, history, and other academic materials. The book provides a direct approach to learning French, focusing on the ...

Spanish Short Stories for Beginners: An Easy Way to Learn Latin American Spanish by Improving Your Reading Comprehension, Listening Skills and Growing

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Report copyright infringementby Just Fluency (Author)The ANTI-Boring way to start communicating in Spanish in the next 30 days without memorizing words from a boring dictionary...How do tons of people already learn several languages and have fun doing so?While you're probably hustling your way through boring dictionaries or old-school language learning books (and still no hablas español), There are tons of people who already speak several languages and have fun while learning them.So what are...

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Report copyright infringementby E. A. Wallis Budge (Author)""A List of Hieroglyphic Names of Egyptian Kings"" is a book written by E. A. Wallis Budge, an Egyptologist and scholar of ancient Egyptian language and culture. The book is a comprehensive guide to the hieroglyphic names of the pharaohs and rulers of ancient Egypt, from the earliest dynasties to the end of the Ptolemaic period. The book is organized chronologically, with each chapter covering a different period of Egyptian history. W...

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Report copyright infringementby Dante Alighieri (Author), Joseph Luzzi (Translator)Part love story, part instruction manual, part spiritual journey, Dante's "little book," the Vita Nuova, has had a profound and far-reaching influence on global culture and is considered by many to be the perfect expression of the medieval ideal of courtly love, as well as an essential precursor to Dante's sublime poetic apotheosis, the Divine Comedy.Now Joseph Luzzi, celebrated author of books about Italian li...

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Report copyright infringementby Susan Orlean (Author)NATIONAL BESTSELLER "Magnificent." --The New York Times * "Beguiling, observant, and howlingly funny." --San Francisco Chronicle * "Spectacular." --Star Tribune (Minneapolis) * "Full of astonishments." --The Boston Globe Susan Orlean--the beloved New Yorker staff writer hailed as "a national treasure" by The Washington Post and the author of the New York Times bestseller The Library Book--gathers a lifetime of musings, meditations, and in-d...

Crossing North: Tribulations of a Cuban Doctor

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Report copyright infringementby Betty Viamontes (Author)2023 ILBA - Best Novel - Adventure or Drama - English, Bronze Medal A gripping novel inspired by a true story of courage, sacrifice, and the relentless pursuit of freedom.Joel is a Cuban doctor working on an international medical mission-one that promises humanitarian service but hides a darker reality. His passport has been taken. His movements are monitored. Most of his salary is seized by the government.He is trapped.Determined to rec...

The Invisible Dragon: Essays on Beauty and Other Matters: 30th Anniversary Edition

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Report copyright infringementby Dave Hickey (Author), Gary Kornblau (Editor)An expanded edition of Hickey's controversial and exquisitely written apologia for beauty--championed by artists, reviled by art critics, and as powerful as ever 30 years on"If this book of shocking intelligence and moral hope is read widely and above all well, word for word, it will help the world." --Peter Schjeldahl The 30th anniversary cloth edition brings back into print Dragon's four essays on beauty and comming...

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Report copyright infringementby Alfred Remy (Author)Alfred Remy's 'Spanish Composition' is a comprehensive guide to the principles of Spanish composition, covering everything from vocabulary and syntax to style and rhetoric. Practical exercises and engaging examples help students of Spanish at all levels to improve their written communication skills and gain mastery over this beautiful language.This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge...

Xenophon: The Persian Expedition: Anabasis

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Report copyright infringementby J. Antrich (Editor), Stephen Usher (Editor), Stephen Usher (Volume Editor)This book offers some 800-850 lines of the 'Anabasis' in Greek with English summaries of the intervening passages to give an idea of the whole of Xenophon's exciting adventure. Notes at the foot of each page assist with content and language, and a consolidated vocabulary which assumes only basic grammatical knowledge. The book was specifically designed to offer a number of reasonably self...

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Report copyright infringementby Dante Alighieri (Author), Henry Fanshawe Tozer (Author)Explore the depths of Dante's Inferno, Purgatorio, and Paradiso, in this classic epic poem, beautifully rendered in English by the renowned scholar and translator Henry Fanshawe Tozer.This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nati...

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Report copyright infringementby Plato (Author), Robin Waterfield (Author)Phaedrus is widely recognized as one of Plato's most profound and beautiful works. It takes the form of a dialogue between Socrates and Phaedrus and its ostensible subject is love, especially homoerotic love. Socrates reveals it to be a kind of divine madness that can allow our souls to grow wings and soar to their greatest heights. Then the conversation changes direction and turns to a discussion of rhetoric, which must...