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  • A Patristic Greek Lexicon

    • ASIN: 019864213X
    • ISBN: 019864213X
    • Manufacturer: Oxford University Press

    This dictionary is one of the most comprehensive works ever compiled on the theological and ecclesiastical vocabulary of the Greek Christian authors, including material from Clement of Rome to Theodore of Studium. While intended to be used in conjunction with Liddell Scott-Jones Greek-English Lexicon, it contains a very large number of words used b... [Read More]

  • Percy Jackson and the Olympians 5 Book Paperback Boxed Set (new covers w/poster) (Percy Jackson & the Olympians)

    • ASIN: 1484707230
    • ISBN: 1484707230
    • Brand: Disney-Hyperion
    • Manufacturer: Disney-Hyperion

    All five books in the blockbuster Percy Jackson and the Olympians series, in paperback, have been collected in a boxed set fit for demigods. Now with glorious new cover art and packaged with a special poster, this value-priced set includes the best-selling The Lightning Thief, The Sea of Monsters, The Titan's Curse, The Battle of the Labyrinth, and... [Read More]

  • The Greek Plays: Sixteen Plays by Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides (Modern Library Classics)

    • ASIN: 0812983092
    • ISBN: 0812983092
    • Manufacturer: Modern Library

    A landmark anthology of the masterpieces of Greek drama, featuring all-new, highly accessible translations of some of the world’s most beloved plays, including Agamemnon, Prometheus Bound, Bacchae, Electra, Medea, Antigone, and Oedipus the KingFeaturing translations by Emily Wilson, Frank Nisetich, Sarah Ruden, Rachel Kitzinger, Mary Lefkowitz, ... [Read More]

  • Retrieving the Ancients: An Introduction to Greek Philosophy

    • ASIN: 1405108622
    • ISBN: 9781405108621
    • Brand: Wiley-Blackwell
    • Manufacturer: Wiley-Blackwell

    Retrieving the Ancients tells the story of the first philosophers in the West. A clear and engaging introduction to ancient Greek philosophy. Tells the story of the first philosophers in the West, from Thales to Aristotle. Has a strong sense of narrative drive. Treats the history of ancient Greek philosophy dialectically, as a conversation i... [Read More]

  • The Food and Wine of Greece: More Than 300 Classic and Modern Dishes from the Mainland and Islands

    • ASIN: 0312087837
    • ISBN: 0312087837
    • Manufacturer: St. Martin's Griffin

    “An irresistible cookbook filled with tantalizing recipes, delightful stories, and gastronomic joy. I loved it.”―Paula Wolfert, author of Mediterranean Cooking, The Cooking of South-West France, and Paula Wolfert’s World of Food. The cuisine of Greece is rich with traditional and regional culinary dishes that go far beyond the standard fare... [Read More]

  • Classical Tragedy - Greek and Roman: Eight Plays in Authoritative Modern Translations

    • UPC: 073999141016
    • ASIN: 1557830460
    • ISBN: 1557830460
    • Brand: Applause Books
    • Manufacturer: Applause

    A collection of eight plays along with accompanying critical essays. Includes: “The Oresteia” – Aeschylus; “Prometheus Bound” – Aeschylus; “Oedipus the King” – Sophocles; “Antigone” – Sophocles; “Medea” – Euripides; “The Bakkhai” – Euripides; “Oedipus” – Seneca; “Medea” – Seneca.

  • Modern Greek Writing: An Anthology in English Translation

    • ASIN: 0720610869
    • ISBN: 0720610869
    • Brand: imusti
    • Manufacturer: Peter Owen Publishers

    A dazzling and broad-based collection of Greek literature from Independence in 1821 to the present day. Providing the first representative selection of the best Greek verse and prose from Greece’s independence in 1821 to the end of the 20th century, this compilation features more than 50 authors in a selection from previously published transla... [Read More]

  • The Essential Writings of Ralph Waldo Emerson (Modern Library Classics)

    • ASIN: 0679783229
    • ISBN: 0679783229
    • Brand: Modern Library
    • Manufacturer: Modern Library

    Introduction by Mary Oliver Commentary by Henry James, Robert Frost, Matthew Arnold, Oliver Wendell Holmes, and Henry David Thoreau   The definitive collection of Emerson’s major speeches, essays, and poetry, The Essential Writings of Ralph Waldo Emerson chronicles the life’s work of a true “American Scholar.” As one of the architects of t... [Read More]

  • The Greek Plays

    • ASIN: 1559362405
    • ISBN: 1559362405
    • Manufacturer: Theatre Communications Group

    From The Persians"Defeat is impossibleDefeat is unthinkableWe have always been the favorites of fate.Fortune has cupped usIn her golden palms.It has only been a matterOf choosing our desire. Which fruitTo pick from the nodding tree."This chilling passage is from Ellen McLaughlin’s new adaptation of The Persians by Aeschylus, the earliest survivin... [Read More]

  • The Girl of His Dreams & Playing by the Greek's Rules: A 2-in-1 Collection (Harlequin Bestselling Author Collection)

    • ASIN: 0373011776
    • ISBN: 0373011776
    • Manufacturer: Harlequin Bestselling Author Collection

    A DATE WITH DESTINYThe moment she turns twenty-five, Kayla Bedford is going to grab her trust-fund money and take off for Paris. She’ll drink wine, read at quaint cafés and meet a handsome prince who’ll sweep her off her feet. It’s been her dream since she was twelve. And now she’s so close to realizing it, she’s counting down the days.B... [Read More]

  • Five Great Greek Tragedies (Dover Thrift Editions)

    • UPC: 800759436200
    • ASIN: 0486436209
    • ISBN: 0486436209
    • Brand: Sophocles (EDT)/ Euripides (EDT)/ Aeschylus (EDT)
    • Manufacturer: Dover Publications

    This remarkably low-priced anthology brings together five of the greatest, most studied, and most performed Greek tragedies, each in an outstanding translation:• Oedipus Rex and Electra by Sophocles (translated by George Young), in which the much-admired playwright explores the individual's search for truth and self-knowledge• Medea and Bacchae... [Read More]

  • Select epistles or letters out of M. Tullius Cicero; and the best Roman, Greek, and French authors both ancient and modern. Adapted to the humour of the present age. By Mr. Tho. Brown.

    • ASIN: 1171191030
    • ISBN: 1171191030
    • Manufacturer: Gale ECCO, Print Editions

    The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works in the largest ar... [Read More]

  • Select Epistles Or Letters Out Of M. Tullius Cicero: And The Best Roman, Greek, And French Authors Both Ancient And Modern (1702)

    • ASIN: 1166324575
    • ISBN: 1166324575
    • Manufacturer: Kessinger Publishing, LLC

    This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in afforda... [Read More]

  • Sappho in Early Modern England: Female Same-Sex Literary Erotics, 1550-1714 (The Chicago Series on Sexuality, History, and Society)

    • ASIN: 0226020096
    • ISBN: 0226020096
    • Manufacturer: University of Chicago Press

    In Sappho in Early Modern England, Harriette Andreadis examines public and private expressions of female same-sex sexuality in sixteenth- and seventeenth-century England. Before the language of modern sexual identities developed, a variety of discourses in both literary and extraliterary texts began to form a lexicon of female intimacy. Looking at ... [Read More]

  • Classical Gods and Heroes

    • ASIN: 0688052797
    • ISBN: 0688052797
    • Manufacturer: Harper Perennial

    All the wonder, terror and delight of Greek mythology springs forth from the pages of this unique and much-needed anthology. Rhonda Hendricks has not only selected from the works of the ancient authors the best -- and often earliest -- versions of these tales; she has also arranged them so as to give a cumulative view of classical mythology beginni... [Read More]

  • Futures: Poetry of the Greek Crisis

    • ASIN: 1908058242
    • ISBN: 1908058242
    • Brand: imusti
    • Manufacturer: Penned in the Margins

    Futures features some of the most daring new voices in Greek poetry, together with international poets with Greek connections. These bold, impassioned and critically aware texts stake new poetic and political ground: they articulate what it means to live in a time when capitalism is buckling under its own weight and new ways of living and thinking ... [Read More]

  • Greek Tycoon, Waitress Wife

    • ASIN: 0373127642
    • ISBN: 0373127642
    • Manufacturer: Harlequin Presents

    Carrie Richards has stepped into the glittering life of Greek billionaire Alexeis Nicolaides. Luxurious hotels, designer clothes and rare jewels are all hers…and what they share in the bedroom is explosive. But the consequences of one night lead to a shocking end to Carrie's fairy tale. She discovers Alexeis is not her Prince Charming—he's a ma... [Read More]

  • A catalogue of excellent books in Greek, Latin, French, Italian, Spanish English, & by the best ancient and modern authors in all faculties; being the ... Right Honourable Sir John Trenchard (1695)

    • UPC: 884685428683
    • ASIN: 1171352239
    • ISBN: 1171352239
    • Manufacturer: EEBO Editions, ProQuest

    EARLY LITERATURE. Imagine holding history in your hands. Now you can. Digitally preserved and previously accessible only through libraries as Early English Books Online, this rare material is now available in single print editions. Thousands of books written between 1475 and 1700 can be delivered to your doorstep in individual volumes of high qual... [Read More]

  • American Gods: Author's Preferred Text

    • UPC: 201562080237
    • ASIN: 0062080237
    • ISBN: 0062080237
    • Brand: Brand: William Morrow Paperbacks
    • Manufacturer: William Morrow Paperbacks

    It has been a decade since #1 New York Times bestselling author Neil Gaiman (Sandman, Anansi Boys, The Graveyard Book) rocked the literary world with American Gods—his breathtaking tale of the war on Earth between old gods and new. For those who have yet to experience Gaiman’s bestselling tour de force—a novel USA Today called “a powerful, ... [Read More]

  • Salvage the Bones: A Novel

    • ASIN: 1608196267
    • ISBN: 1608196267
    • Brand: Jesmyn Ward
    • Manufacturer: Bloomsbury USA

    Winner of the National Book AwardJesmyn Ward, two-time National Book Award winner and author of Sing, Unburied, Sing, delivers a gritty but tender novel about family and poverty in the days leading up to Hurricane Katrina.A hurricane is building over the Gulf of Mexico, threatening the coastal town of Bois Sauvage, Mississippi, and Esch's father is... [Read More]

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