Literary Collections - Ancient, Classical & Medieval

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AESOP'S FABLES; TRANS. BY LAURA GIBBS

• AUTHOR: AESOP
• PUBLISHER: OXFORD UNIV PRESS
• PUBLICATION YEAR: 2002
• CONTENT LEVEL: GEN-AC
• $8.95 PAPER
  
• ISBN: 192840509
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  ANCIENT GREEK LITERATURE
  
• AUTHOR: WHITMARSH, TIM
• PUBLISHER: POLITY PRESS
• PUBLICATION YEAR: 2004
• CONTENT LEVEL: GEN-AC
• $25.95 PAPER
  
• ISBN: 745627927
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  ANNE OF FRANCE: LESSONS FOR MY DAUGHTER; TRANS. BY SHARON L. JANSEN
  
• AUTHOR: ANNE, OF FRANCE, 1461-1522
• PUBLISHER: D S BREWER
• PUBLICATION YEAR: 2004
• CONTENT LEVEL: ADV-AC
• $70.00 CLOTH
  
• ISBN: 1843840162
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  ANTIGONE; TRANS. BY REGINALD GIBBONS
  
• AUTHOR: SOPHOCLES
• PUBLISHER: OXFORD UNIV PRESS
• PUBLICATION YEAR: 2003
• CONTENT LEVEL: GEN-AC
• $25.00 CLOTH
  
• ISBN: 195143736
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  APPROACHES TO TEACHING VERGIL'S AENEID
  
• EDITOR: WILLIAM S. ANDERSON
• PUBLISHER: MODERN LANGUAGE ASSN
• PUBLICATION YEAR: 2002
• CONTENT LEVEL: PROF
• $19.75 PAPER
  
• ISBN: 873527720
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  ARDEN SHAKESPEARE COMPLETE WORKS
  
• EDITOR: RICHARD PROUDFOOT
• PUBLISHER: THOMSON LEARNING
• PUBLICATION YEAR: 2001
• CONTENT LEVEL:
• $29.99 PAPER
  
• ISBN: 1903436613
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  ARDEN SHAKESPEARE COMPLETE WORKS
  
• EDITOR: RICHARD PROUDFOOT
• PUBLISHER: ARDEN SHAKESPEARE
• PUBLICATION YEAR: 1998
• CONTENT LEVEL:
• $39.99 CLOTH
  
• ISBN: 1904271030
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  ARDEN SHAKESPEARE COMPLETE WORKS
  
• AUTHOR: SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM, 1564-1616
• EDITOR: RICHARD PROUDFOOT
• PUBLISHER: THOMSON LEARNING
• PUBLICATION YEAR: 2000
• CONTENT LEVEL: GEN-AC
• $104.99 CLOTH
  
• ISBN: 1903436397
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  BEFORE THE MUSES: AN ANTHOLOGY OF AKKADIAN LITERATURE
  
• EDITOR: BENJAMIN R. FOSTER
• PUBLISHER: CDL PRESS
• PUBLICATION YEAR: 2005
• CONTENT LEVEL: GEN-AC
• $50.00 PAPER
  
• ISBN: 1883053765
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  BIRTH OF KUMARA; TRANS. BY DAVID SMITH
  
• AUTHOR: KALIDASA
• PUBLISHER: NEW YORK UNIV PRESS
• PUBLICATION YEAR: 2005
• CONTENT LEVEL: ADV-AC
• $22.00 CLOTH
  
• ISBN: 814740081
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  CLASSICAL LITERATURE: A CONCISE HISTORY
  
• AUTHOR: RUTHERFORD, RICHARD
• PUBLISHER: BLACKWELL
• PUBLICATION YEAR: 2005
• CONTENT LEVEL: GEN-AC
• $29.95 PAPER
  
• ISBN: 631231331
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  COMPLETE ELEGIES OF SEXTUS PROPERTIUS; TRANS. BY VINCENT KATZ
  
• AUTHOR: PROPERTIUS, SEXTUS
• PUBLISHER: PRINCETON UNIV PRESS
• PUBLICATION YEAR: 2004
• CONTENT LEVEL: GEN-AC
• $19.95 PAPER
  
• ISBN: 691115826
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  COMPLETE POETRY AND SELECTED PROSE OF JOHN DONNE
  
• AUTHOR: DONNE, JOHN, 1572-1631
• EDITOR: CHARLES M. COFFIN
• PUBLISHER: MODERN LIBRARY
• PUBLICATION YEAR: 2001
• CONTENT LEVEL: GEN-AC
• $14.95 PAPER
  
• ISBN: 375757341
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  DANTE AND RENAISSANCE FLORENCE
  
• AUTHOR: GILSON, SIMON A
• PUBLISHER: CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS
• PUBLICATION YEAR: 2005
• CONTENT LEVEL: ADV-AC
• $90.00 CLOTH
  
• ISBN: 521841658
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  DEMOCRACY IN AMERICA
  
• AUTHOR: DE TOCQUEVILLE, ALEXIS
• PUBLISHER: SIGNET CLASSIC
• PUBLICATION YEAR: 2001
• CONTENT LEVEL:
• $7.95 PAPER
  
• ISBN: 451528123
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  FABLE OF THE BEES AND OTHER WRITINGS
  
• AUTHOR: MANDEVILLE, BERNARD, 1670-1733
• EDITOR: E.J. HUNDERT
• PUBLISHER: GAZELLE BOOK SERVICE
• PUBLICATION YEAR: 1997
• CONTENT LEVEL: ADV-AC
• $10.95 PAPER
  
• ISBN: 872203743
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  GLOBE ILLUSTRATED SHAKESPEARE: THE COMPLETE WORKS,ANNOTATED
  
• AUTHOR: SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM
• PUBLISHER: GRAMERCY
• PUBLICATION YEAR: 2001
• CONTENT LEVEL:
• $59.99 CLOTH
  
• ISBN: 517205963
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  GUIDE TO ANCIENT GREEK DRAMA
  
• AUTHOR: STOREY, IAN CHRISTOPHER, 1946-
• PUBLISHER: BLACKWELL
• PUBLICATION YEAR: 2005
• CONTENT LEVEL: GEN-AC
• $34.95 PAPER
  
• ISBN: 1405102152
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  HEAVENLY EXPLOITS: BUDDHIST BIOGRAPHIES FROM THE DIVYAVADANA; V. 1; TRANS. BY JOEL TATELMAN
  
• PUBLISHER: NEW YORK UNIV PRESS
• PUBLICATION YEAR: 2005
• CONTENT LEVEL: ADV-AC
• $22.00 CLOTH
  
• ISBN: 814782884
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  HECUBA/THE TROJAN WOMEN/ADROMACHE
  
• AUTHOR: EURIPIDES
• EDITOR: JAMES MORWOOD
• PUBLISHER: OXFORD UNIV PRESS
• PUBLICATION YEAR: 2001
• CONTENT LEVEL: GEN-AC
• $9.95 PAPER
  
• ISBN: 019283987X
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  HISTORY OF THE LIBRARY IN WESTERN CIVILIZATION: FROM MINOS TO CLEOPATRA; V. I
  
• AUTHOR: STAIKOS, KONSTANTINOS
• PUBLISHER: OAK KNOLL
• PUBLICATION YEAR: 2004
• CONTENT LEVEL: GEN-AC
• $75.00 CLOTH
  
• ISBN: 1584561149
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  HOMER
  
• AUTHOR: POWELL, BARRY B
• PUBLISHER: BLACKWELL
• PUBLICATION YEAR: 2004
• CONTENT LEVEL: GEN-AC
• $26.95 PAPER
  
• ISBN: 631233865
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  HOMERIC HYMNS
  
• AUTHOR: SHELMERDINE, SUSAN C
• PUBLISHER: FOCUS
• PUBLICATION YEAR: 2000
• CONTENT LEVEL:
• $9.95 PAPER
  
• ISBN: 1585100196
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  LE PETIT PRINCE AVEC DES AQUARELLES DE L'AUTEUR
  
• AUTHOR: SAINT-EXPURY, ANTOINE D
• PUBLISHER: HARCOURT
• PUBLICATION YEAR: 2001
• CONTENT LEVEL:
• $10.00 PAPER
  
• ISBN: 156013983
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  LIVING ART OF GREEK TRAGEDY
  
• AUTHOR: MCDONALD, MARIANNE
• PUBLISHER: INDIANA UNIV PRESS
• PUBLICATION YEAR: 2003
• CONTENT LEVEL: ADV-AC
• $15.95 PAPER
  
• ISBN: 253215978
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  LOVE LYRICS; TRANS. BY GREG BAILEY
  
• PUBLISHER: NEW YORK UNIV PRESS
• PUBLICATION YEAR: 2005
• CONTENT LEVEL: ADV-AC
• $22.00 CLOTH
  
• ISBN: 814799388
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  LUCIAN: SELECTED DIALOGUES
  
• AUTHOR: LUCIAN, OF SAMOSATA
• EDITOR: DESMOND COSTA
• PUBLISHER: OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS
• PUBLICATION YEAR: 2005
• CONTENT LEVEL: GEN-AC
• $95.00 CLOTH
  
• ISBN: 199258678
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  LUCRETIUS
  
• AUTHOR: GODWIN, JOHN
• PUBLISHER: BRISTOL CLASSICAL
• PUBLICATION YEAR: 2004
• CONTENT LEVEL: GEN-AC
• $20.00 PAPER
  
• ISBN: 1853996718
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  MANICHAEAN TEXTS FROM THE ROMAN EMPIRE
  
• EDITOR: IAIN GARDNER...ET AL
• PUBLISHER: CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS
• PUBLICATION YEAR: 2004
• CONTENT LEVEL: ADV-AC
• $34.99 PAPER
  
• ISBN: 521568226
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  MEDIEVAL CRAFT OF MEMORY: AN ANTHOLOGY OF TEXTS AND PICTURES
  
• EDITOR: MARY CARRUTHERS
• PUBLISHER: UNIV OF PENNSYLVANIA PR
• PUBLICATION YEAR: 2004
• CONTENT LEVEL:
• $19.95 PAPER
  
• ISBN: 812218817
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  METAMORPHOSES
  
• AUTHOR: OVID, NASONIS P
• EDITOR: R.J. TARRANT
• PUBLISHER: CLARENDON OXFORD
• PUBLICATION YEAR: 2004
• CONTENT LEVEL: ADV-AC
• $45.00 CLOTH
  
• ISBN: 198146663
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  MORE LIGHTS THAN ONE: ON THE FICTION OF FRED CHAPPELL
  
• EDITOR: PATRICK BIZZARO
• PUBLISHER: LOUISIANA STATE UNIV PR
• PUBLICATION YEAR: 2004
• CONTENT LEVEL: ADV-AC
• $46.95 CLOTH
  
• ISBN: 807129399
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  MUCH ADO ABOUT RELIGION
  
• AUTHOR: JAYANTA BHATTAM FL. 850-910
• EDITOR: CSABA DEZSO
• PUBLISHER: NEW YORK UNIV PRESS
• PUBLICATION YEAR: 2005
• CONTENT LEVEL: ADV-AC
• $22.00 CLOTH
  
• ISBN: 814719791
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  NEW POSIDIPPUS: A HELLENISTIC POETRY BOOK
  
• AUTHOR: POSIDIPPUS, OF PELLA, B. CA. 310 B.C
• EDITOR: KATHRYN GUTZWILLER
• PUBLISHER: OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS
• PUBLICATION YEAR: 2005
• CONTENT LEVEL: ADV-AC
• $99.00 CLOTH
  
• ISBN: 199267812
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  NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS
  
• AUTHOR: MOORE CLEMENT C
• PUBLISHER: RUNNING PRESS BOOK
• PUBLICATION YEAR: 1998
• CONTENT LEVEL:
• $4.95 CLOTH
  
• ISBN: 762403527
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  OEDIPUS CYCLE: AN ENGLISH VERSION : OEDIPUS REX/OEDIPUS AT COLONUS/ANTIGONE; TRANS. BY DUDLEY FITTS
  
• AUTHOR: SOPHOCLES
• PUBLISHER: HARCOURT TRADE
• PUBLICATION YEAR: 2002
• CONTENT LEVEL:
• $12.00 PAPER
  
• ISBN: 015602764X
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  OXFORD COMPANION TO CLASSICAL LITERATURE
  
• EDITOR: M.C. HOWATSON
• PUBLISHER: OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS
• PUBLICATION YEAR: 2006
• CONTENT LEVEL: GEN-AC
• $29.95 PAPER
  
• ISBN: 019860081X
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  POSTCOLONIAL APPROACHES TO THE EUROPEAN MIDDLE AGES: TRANSLATING CULTURES
  
• EDITOR: ANANYA JAHANARA KABIR
• PUBLISHER: CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS
• PUBLICATION YEAR: 2005
• CONTENT LEVEL: ADV-AC
• $90.00 CLOTH
  
• ISBN: 521827310
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  RAMAYANA: A MODERN RETELLING OF THE GREAT INDIAN EPIC
  
• AUTHOR: MENON, RAMESH
• PUBLISHER: NORTH POINT FSG
• PUBLICATION YEAR: 2004
• CONTENT LEVEL:
• $18.00 PAPER
  
• ISBN: 865476950
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  RAMAYANA; BOOK ONE: BOYHOOD; TRANS. BY ROBERT P. GOLDMAN
  
• AUTHOR: VALMIKI
• PUBLISHER: NEW YORK UNIV PRESS
• PUBLICATION YEAR: 2005
• CONTENT LEVEL: GEN-AC
• $22.00 CLOTH
  
• ISBN: 814731635
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  REVOLUTIONS IN ROMANTIC LITERATURE: AN ANTHOLOGY OF PRINT CULTURE, 1780-1832
  
• EDITOR: PAUL KEEN
• PUBLISHER: BROADVIEW PRESS
• PUBLICATION YEAR: 2004
• CONTENT LEVEL: GEN-AC
• $32.95 PAPER
  
• ISBN: 155111352X
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  SCARLET GANG OF ASAKUSA; TRANS. BY ALISA FREEDMAN
  
• AUTHOR: KAWABATA, YASUNARI, 1899-1972
• PUBLISHER: UNIV OF CALIFORNIA PRESS
• PUBLICATION YEAR: 2005
• CONTENT LEVEL: GEN-AC
• $50.00 CLOTH
  
• ISBN: 520241819
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  SHAKESPEARE: FOR ALL TIME
  
• AUTHOR: WELLS, STANLEY W., 1930-
• PUBLISHER: OXFORD UNIV PRESS
• PUBLICATION YEAR: 2003
• CONTENT LEVEL: GEN-AC
• $40.00 CLOTH
  
• ISBN: 195160932
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  SOPHRON'S MIMES: TEXT, TRANSLATION, AND COMMENTARY
  
• AUTHOR: SOPHRON, CA. 470-400 B.C
• EDITOR: J.H HORDERN
• PUBLISHER: OXFORD UNIV PRESS
• PUBLICATION YEAR: 2004
• CONTENT LEVEL: ADV-AC
• $125.00 CLOTH
  
• ISBN: 199266131
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  STUDENT COMPANION TO JOHN STEINBECK
  
• AUTHOR: BURKHEAD, CYNTHIA
• PUBLISHER: GREENWOOD
• PUBLICATION YEAR: 2002
• CONTENT LEVEL: GEN-AC
• $41.95 CLOTH
  
• ISBN: 313314578
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  STUDENT'S CATULLUS
  
• AUTHOR: CATULLUS, GAIUS VALERIUS
• EDITOR: DANIEL H. GARRISON
• PUBLISHER: UNIV OF OKLAHOMA PRESS
• PUBLICATION YEAR: 2004
• CONTENT LEVEL: GEN-AC
• $19.95 PAPER
  
• ISBN: 806136359
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  THESMOPHORIAZUSAE
  
• AUTHOR: ARISTOPHANES
• EDITOR: COLIN AUSTIN...ET AL
• PUBLISHER: OXFORD UNIV PRESS
• PUBLICATION YEAR: 2004
• CONTENT LEVEL: ADV-AC
• $195.00 CLOTH
  
• ISBN: 199265275
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  VOLUNTEERING AS LEISURE/LEISURE AS VOLUNTEERING: AN INTERNATIONAL ASSESSMENT
  
• EDITOR: ROBERT A. STEBBINS
• PUBLISHER: CABI PUBLISHING
• PUBLICATION YEAR: 2004
• CONTENT LEVEL: ADV-AC
• $90.00 CLOTH
  
• ISBN: 851997503
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  WHAT TEN YOUNG MEN DID; TRANS. BY ISABELLE ONIANS
  
• AUTHOR: DANDIN, 7TH CENT
• PUBLISHER: NEW YORK UNIV PRESS
• PUBLICATION YEAR: 2005
• CONTENT LEVEL: ADV-AC
• $22.00 CLOTH
  
• ISBN: 814762069
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  WOMEN POETS IN ANCIENT GREECE AND ROME
  
• EDITOR: ELLEN GREENE
• PUBLISHER: UNIV OF OKLAHOMA PRESS
• PUBLICATION YEAR: 2005
• CONTENT LEVEL: ADV-AC
• $16.95 PAPER
  
• ISBN: 806136642
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