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The Allegory of the Cave


Plato
    It addresses what is visible and invisible, seen and observed versus intuited and imagined, and what is public versus private and just versus unjust. It also concerns the meaning and importance of education, the state of the soul, the conflict between truth and beauty, animal urges versus higher aspirations, knowledge versus ignorance, and on and on...

Genesis


Anonymous
    It tells how God created the world as very good, but that it was distroyed in the flood as a result of man's disobedience. The new world after the flood was also spoiled by human sin (ch. 11). The call of Abraham, through whom all the nations would be blessed, gives hope that God's purpose will eventually be realized through Abraham's descendants (ch. 49).

Ten Plays


Euripides
    The first playwright of democracy, Euripides wrote with enduring insight and biting satire about social and political problems of Athenian life.  In contrast to his contemporaries, he brought an exciting--and, to the Greeks, a stunning--realism to the "pure and noble form" of tragedy.  For the first time in history, heroes and heroines on the stage were not idealized:  as Sophocles himself said, Euripides shows people not as they ought to be, but as they actually are.

Aeneid Book VI


Virgil
    In Stepping Stones, a book of interviews conducted by Dennis O'Driscoll, Heaney acknowledged the significance of the poem to his writing, noting that "there's one Virgilian journey that has indeed been a constant presence, and that is Aeneas's venture into the underworld. The motifs in Book VI have been in my head for years--the golden bough, Charon's barge, the quest to meet the shade of the father."In this new translation, Heaney employs the same deft handling of the original combined with the immediacy of language and sophisticated poetic voice as was on show in his translation of Beowulf, a reimagining which, in the words of James Wood, "created something imperishable and great that is stainless--stainless, because its force as poetry makes it untouchable by the claw of literalism: it lives singly, as an English language poem."

Aeneid: Books I-VI


Virgil
    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 to protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone

Medea


Seneca
    With stage performance specifically in mind, Ahl renders Seneca's dramatic force in a modern idiom and style that move easily between formality and colloquialism as the text demands, and he strives to reproduce the richness of the original Latin, to retain the poetic form, images, wordplays, enigmas, paradoxes, and dark humor of Seneca's tragedies.In this powerful and imaginative translation of Medea, Frederick Ahl retains the compelling effects of the monologues, as well as the special feeling and pacing of Seneca's choruses.

Odyssey I–XII


Homer
    A substantial introduction covers many of the questions that lie behind the poem, including a thorough summary of Homeric grammar; the text is elucidated with full annotations, indexes and bibliography.

Homeric Hymns


Homer
    They recount the key episodes in the lives of the gods, and dramatise the moments when they first appear before mortals. Together they offer the most vivid picture we have of the Greek view of the relationship between the divine and human worlds.

Iphigenia in Aulis


Euripides
    Mr. Rudall's new translation retains Euripides' poetic beauty while fashioning a playable dialogue.

The Oresteia: Agamemnon, The Libation Bearers, The Eumenides


Aeschylus
    Alternate cover edition can be found here, here, here, hereIn the Oresteia—the only trilogy in Greek drama which survives from antiquity—Aeschylus took as his subject the bloody chain of murder and revenge within the royal family of Argos.Moving from darkness to light, from rage to self-governance, from primitive ritual to civilized institution, their spirit of struggle and regeneration becomes an everlasting song of celebration.

The Arabian Nights: Tales of 1001 Nights, Volume 2 of 3


Anonymous
    Published here in three volumes, this magnificent new edition brings these tales to life for modern readers in the first complete English translation since Richard Burton’s of the 1880s. Every night for three years the vengeful King Shahriyar sleeps with a different virgin, and the next morning puts her to death. To end this brutal pattern, the vizier's daughter, Shahrazad, begins to tell the king enchanting tales of mystical lands peopled with princes and hunchbacks, of the Angel of Death and magical spirits, and of jinnis trapped in rings and in lamps—a sequence of stories that will last 1,001 nights, and that will save her own life.

The Oedipus Cycle: Oedipus Rex, Oedipus at Colonus, Antigone


Sophocles
    English versions of Sophocles’ three great tragedies based on the myth of Oedipus, translated for a modern audience by two gifted poets.

This Won't Take But a Minute, Honey


Steve Almond
    This innovative, self-published book comprises 30 short short stories, and 30 brief essays on the psychology and practice of writing.

The Arabian Nights: Tales of 1001 Nights; Volume 3 of 3


Anonymous
    To end this brutal pattern and to save her own life, the vizier's daughter, Shahrazad, begins to tell the king tales of adventure, love, riches and wonder - tales of mystical lands peopled with princes and hunchbacks, the Angel of Death and magical spirits, tales of the voyages of Sindbad, of Ali Baba's outwitting a band of forty thieves and of jinnis trapped in rings and in lamps. The sequence of stories will last 1,001 nights.

The Compass (One Year Adventure Novel)


Daniel Schwabauer
    

The Funeral Oration of Pericles


Thucydides
    

The Chrysalids /The Day Of The Triffids


John Wyndham
    

Antigone; Oedipus the King; Electra


Sophocles
    The vivid translations, which combine elegance and modernity, are remarkable for their lucidity and accuracy, and are equally suitable for reading for pleasure, study, or theatrical performance. The selection of Antigone, Oedipus the King, and Electra not only offers the reader the most influential and famous of Sophocles' works, it also presents in one volume the two plays dominated by a female heroic figure, and the experience of the two great dynasties featured in Greek tragedy--the houses of Oedipus and Agamemnon.

The Animals' Lawsuit Against Humanity: An Illustrated 10th Century Iraqi Ecological Fable


إخوان الصفا
    During the ensuing trial, where both humans and animals testify before the King, both sides argue their points ingeniously, deftly illustrating the validity of both sides of the ecology debate. The ancient antecedents of this tale are thought to have originated in India, with the first written version penned in Arabic sometime before the 10th century in what is now Iraq. Much later, this version of the story was translated into Hebrew in 14th century France and was popular in European Jewish communities into the late 19th and early 20th centuries. This exquisite English translation, illustrated with 12 original color illumination plates, is useful in introducing young and old alike to environmental and animal rights issues.

Success For Teens: Real Teens Talk About Using The Slight Edge


John Fleming
    Start pursuing your dreams now! Success for Teens will show you that success is not about smarts, looks, or luck. It's about becoming the best possible person you can be and making the most of your talents and opportunities. By understanding and applying the slight edge philosophy, you'll learn the time-tested principles for excelling in all areas of your life: Time Management, Goal-Setting, Self-esteem, dream-building, self-motivation, habits and purpose.

The Long Rain


Ray Bradbury
    This story was originally published in 1950 as "Death-by-Rain" in the magazine Planet Stories, and then in the collection The Illustrated Man. The story tells of four men who have crashed on a planet where it is always raining. As they try to reach the safety of the Sun Domes, they end up being driven insane by the endless rains.The story was republished in several collections and was incorporated into a film also titled The Illustrated Man.-- Wikipedia

Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)


Alejandro G. Iñárritu
    Written by. Alejandro G. Iñárritu. Nicolás Giacobone. Alexander Dinelaris, Jr. Armando Bo.

Mudrarakshasa of Visakhadatta


Viśākhadatta
    (Reprinted)

How to Avoid Falling in Love with a Jerk


John Van Epp
    This book presents the authors trademarked Relationship Attachment Model (RAM), which breaks down the five dynamic bonding forces that influence a relationship. Van Epp helps to simply and succinctly identify--and break-- destructive dating patterns. Most important, he shows how to recognize "The Right One" when he or she comes along.

Han Fei Tzu: Basic Writings


Han Fei
    A representative of the Fa-chia, or Legalist, school of philosophy, he produced the final and most readable exposition of its theories. Ironically, Han Fei Tzu's advice was heeded not by the king of Han but by the king of Ch'in, who, soon after ascending the throne in 246 B.C., conquered all of China and, as First Emperor of the Ch'in, established the Ch'in dynasty. Han Fei Tzu, sent as an envoy to Ch'in in 234 B.C., was at first welcomed by the king but later, on a royal minister's urging, was cast into prison, where he committed suicide. Han Fei Tzu's handbook for the ruler, which includes a few chapters for the guidance of his ministers, deals with the problem of preserving and strengthening the state. There are sections on the way of the ruler, on standards, on the use of power and of punishment and favor. Dangers to be avoided by the ruler are specified, as are precautions to be taken. Witty, trenchant, sophisticated, and cynical, the Han Fei Tzu has been read in every age. It retains its interest today when, perhaps more than ever before, men are concerned with the nature and use of power.

Art Through the Ages: A Concise History


Helen Gardner
    The story of art unfolds in its full historical, social, religious, economic, and cultural context, deepening students' understanding of art, architecture, painting, and sculpture. This Concise version features color photographs, a stunning design, and the most current research and scholarship. What's more, the ancillary package that accompanies GARDNER'S ART THROUGH THE AGES: A CONCISE HISTORY features a wealth of tools to enhance your students' experience in the course. With each new copy of the book, students receive a copy of the ArtStudy CD-ROM-an interactive electronic study aid that fully integrates with the text and includes hundreds of high-quality digital images, plus maps, quizzes, and more.

The Blinkards And The Anglo Fanti


Kobina Sekyi
    

Incarnations of Burned Children


David Foster Wallace
    Exceedingly short fiction from the author of Infinite Jest.

The Traffic in Women: Notes on the “Political Economy” of Sex


Gayle S. Rubin
    She asserts that these writers fail to adequately explain women's subjugation; therefore, Rubin offers a reinterpretation of their ideas. Rubin addresses Marxist thought by identifying women's role within a capitalist society. She argues that the reproduction of labor power depends upon women's housework to transform commodities into sustenance for the worker. A capitalistic system cannot generate surplus without women, yet society does not grant women access to the resulting capital.

Roman History, Volume IX: Books 71-80


Cassius Dio
    150- 235 CE, was born at Nicaea in Bithynia in Asia Minor. On the death of his father (Roman governor of Cilicia) he went in 180 to Rome, entered the Senate, and under the emperor Commodus was an advocate. He held high offices, becoming a close friend of several emperors. He was made governor of Pergamum and Smyrna; consul in 220; proconsul of Africa; governor of Dalmatia and then of Pannonia; and consul again in 229.Of the eighty books of Dio's great work "Roman History," covering the era from the legendary landing of Aeneas in Italy to the reign of Alexander Severus (222-235 CE), we possess Books 36-60 (36 and 55-60 have gaps), which cover the years 68 BCE-47 CE. The missing portions are partly supplied, for the earlier gaps by Zonaras, who relies closely on Dio, and for some later gaps (Book 35 onwards) by John Xiphilinus (of the eleventh century). There are also many excerpts. The facilities for research afforded by Dio's official duties and his own industry make him a very vital source for Roman history of the last years of the republic and the first four emperors.The Loeb Classical Library edition of Dio Cassius is in nine volumes.

The World Book Encyclopedia


Cecil W. Davies
    The result is a colorful, well-cross-referenced and easy-to-use encyclopedia which varies its approach so that the "mouse" article is written for a young audience, while articles for more advanced topics, such as "cell," are written for advanced readers. Longer articles are structured according to World Book's fivefold plan (complete story, visual aids, related articles, outline, questions) and proceed from simpler to more sophisticated concepts and reading levels. Volume 22 includes a section titled A Student Guide to Better Writing, Speaking, and Research Skills, which is designed to help students with reports." New to the 2002 edition is a volume examining various stages, results, and controversies of the 2000 U.S. census, tracing its history from the population tally of 1790 to the detailed population study of 2000, looking at census figures for the individual states and for the ten largest cities, and putting the data in context. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

First They Came for the Jews


Martin Niemöller
    

poems new and collected


wistawa szymborska
    

Roman History, Volume VIII: Books 61-70


Cassius Dio
    150- 235 CE, was born at Nicaea in Bithynia in Asia Minor. On the death of his father (Roman governor of Cilicia) he went in 180 to Rome, entered the Senate, and under the emperor Commodus was an advocate. He held high offices, becoming a close friend of several emperors. He was made governor of Pergamum and Smyrna; consul in 220; proconsul of Africa; governor of Dalmatia and then of Pannonia; and consul again in 229.Of the eighty books of Dio's great work "Roman History," covering the era from the legendary landing of Aeneas in Italy to the reign of Alexander Severus (222-235 CE), we possess Books 36-60 (36 and 55-60 have gaps), which cover the years 68 BCE-47 CE. The missing portions are partly supplied, for the earlier gaps by Zonaras, who relies closely on Dio, and for some later gaps (Book 35 onwards) by John Xiphilinus (of the eleventh century). There are also many excerpts. The facilities for research afforded by Dio's official duties and his own industry make him a very vital source for Roman history of the last years of the republic and the first four emperors.The Loeb Classical Library edition of Dio Cassius is in nine volumes.

Mother to Son


Langston Hughes
    

Roman History, Volume V: Books 46-50


Cassius Dio
    150- 235 CE, was born at Nicaea in Bithynia in Asia Minor. On the death of his father (Roman governor of Cilicia) he went in 180 to Rome, entered the Senate, and under the emperor Commodus was an advocate. He held high offices, becoming a close friend of several emperors. He was made governor of Pergamum and Smyrna; consul in 220; proconsul of Africa; governor of Dalmatia and then of Pannonia; and consul again in 229.Of the eighty books of Dio's great work Roman History, covering the era from the legendary landing of Aeneas in Italy to the reign of Alexander Severus (222-235 CE), we possess Books 36-60 (36 and 55-60 have gaps), which cover the years 68 BCE-47 CE. The missing portions are partly supplied, for the earlier gaps by Zonaras, who relies closely on Dio, and for some later gaps (Book 35 onwards) by John Xiphilinus (of the eleventh century). There are also many excerpts. The facilities for research afforded by Dio's official duties and his own industry make him a very vital source for Roman history of the last years of the republic and the first four emperors.The Loeb Classical Library edition of Dio Cassius is in nine volumes.

Free Jim's Mine


Tananarive Due
    Originally published in Long Hidden: Speculative Fiction from the Margins of History and reprinted in Ghost Summer: Stories.

Exploring america part 1: Columbus through reconstruction


Ray Notgrass
    Hardcover.

The Politics of Morality: The Church, the State, and Reproductive Rights in Postsocialist Poland


Joanna Mishtal
    After this initial wave of enthusiasm, however, political forces that had lain concealed during the state socialist era began to emerge and establish a new religious-nationalist orthodoxy. While Solidarity garnered most of the credit for democratization in Poland, it had worked quietly with the Catholic Church, to which a large majority of Poles at least nominally adhered. As the church emerged as a political force in the Polish Sejm and Senate, it precipitated a rapid erosion of women’s reproductive rights, especially the right to abortion, which had been relatively well established under the former regime.The Politics of Morality is an anthropological study of this expansion of power by the religious right and its effects on individual rights and social mores. It explores the contradictions of postsocialist democratization in Poland: an emerging democracy on one hand, and a declining tolerance for reproductive rights, women’s rights, and political and religious pluralism on the other. Yet, as this thoroughly researched study shows, women resist these strictures by pursuing abortion illegally, defying religious prohibitions on contraception, and organizing into advocacy groups. As struggles around reproductive rights continue in Poland, these resistances and unofficial practices reveal the sharp limits of religious form of governance.

Trojan Women / Iphigenia Among the Taurians / Ion


Euripides
    485-406 BCE) has been prized in every age for the pathos, terror, surprising plot twists, and intellectual probing of his dramatic creations. Here, in the third volume of a new edition that is receiving much praise, is the text and translation of three of his plays.Trojan Women, a play about the causes and consequences of war, develops the theme of the tragic unpredictability of life. Iphigenia among the Taurians and Ion exhibit tragic themes and situations (the murder of close relatives). Each ends happily with a joyful reunion.As in the first three volumes of this edition, David Kovacs gives us a freshly edited Greek text and an admired new translation that, in the words of Greece and Rome, is "close to the Greek and reads fluently and well;" his introduction to each play and explanatory notes offer readers judicious guidance.

School Culture By Design


Phil Boyte
    In his new book, School Culture By Design, Phil Boyte shares what he has learned from countless principals, teachers, superintendents and activities directors across North America. Building school culture isn't easy, but it IS possible! Interested in purchasing in bulk at a discounted rate? Visit our website today: www.learningforliving.com

Tonnerre Mes Chiens!: A Glossary Of Louisiana French Figures Of Speech


Amanda LaFleur
    

Roman History, Volume VII: Books 56-60


Cassius Dio
    150- 235 CE, was born at Nicaea in Bithynia in Asia Minor. On the death of his father (Roman governor of Cilicia) he went in 180 to Rome, entered the Senate, and under the emperor Commodus was an advocate. He held high offices, becoming a close friend of several emperors. He was made governor of Pergamum and Smyrna; consul in 220; proconsul of Africa; governor of Dalmatia and then of Pannonia; and consul again in 229.Of the eighty books of Dio's great work "Roman History," covering the era from the legendary landing of Aeneas in Italy to the reign of Alexander Severus (222-235 CE), we possess Books 36-60 (36 and 55-60 have gaps), which cover the years 68 BCE-47 CE. The missing portions are partly supplied, for the earlier gaps by Zonaras, who relies closely on Dio, and for some later gaps (Book 35 onwards) by John Xiphilinus (of the eleventh century). There are also many excerpts. The facilities for research afforded by Dio's official duties and his own industry make him a very vital source for Roman history of the last years of the republic and the first four emperors.The Loeb Classical Library edition of Dio Cassius is in nine volumes.

Life Sucks.


Aaron Posner
    What could possibly go wrong? Incurably lustful and lonely, hapless and hopeful, these seven souls collide and stumble their way towards a new understanding that LIFE SUCKS! Or does it?

There Is No Frigate Like A Book


Emily Dickinson
    

The Boy Knight, Volume 1


G.A. Henty
    

The Constitution of the Lacedaemonians


Xenophon
    Each page of Greek text is faced with an idiomatic English translation, and the author provides a collation of the text of excerpts made by the Byzantine scholar Joannes Stobaeus, and a new translation of Plutarch's "Life of Lycurgus", which serves as a helpful commentary to Xenophon's work.

Intermediate Logic: Mastering Propositional Arguments--Student Text


James Nance
    It's the tool for learning how to use other tools. It's the bones that give a clenched fist its structure (and knuckles). With that in mind, we have painstakingly designed Intermediate Logic for everyday students, teachers, and parents who've never used truth tables or formal proofs of validity to work with syllogisms, but who know just how important and applicable learning logic is. In Intermediate Logic, you'll get the benefit of James B. Nance's twenty years of teaching experience to help you master propositional arguments:- How to interpret and analyze logical operators and truth tables by reviewing and applying the concepts of validity, contradiction, consistency, and equivalence,- How to internalize the nine basic rules of inference to derive an argument's conclusions from its premises,How to easily determine consistency, self-contradiction, tautology, equivalence, and validity by using truth trees,- How to apply all these skills to real-life thinkers and writers wherever you encounter them,- An all-new optional unit on understanding digital logic, the "language" which modern gadgets (from digital alarm clock displays to computer processors) use to function. Anybody can learn Intermediate Logic. Brand new, clean, easy-to-read layout, lots of margin notes for key points and further study, a step-by-step modern method, and exercises for every lesson (plus review questions and review exercises for every unit) all make Intermediate Logic the perfect choice for establishing a concrete and applicable knowledge of propositional arguments.Make sure and check out the DVD course which accompanies this textbook!

Reverse Flâneur: On Being Blind, Glamorous, and Alone in Public


M Sabine Rear
    Specifically, spending time alone in public art spaces, engaging with contemporary art, and being visible in public as a blind woman, while visiting Vienna.

The Mirror


Sylvia Plath
    

The Fact of Blackness


Frantz Fanon
    Born in Martinique, Fanon studied medicine in Paris and became a psychiatrist in Algeria during its wars of liberation from France. 'The Fact of Blackness' is Fanon's celebrated essay describing the consciousness of the 'black' subject in a world of 'white' power.

The Coffin Is Too Big For The Hole And Other Plays


Pao Kun Kuo
    

Island of the Blue Dolphins


Roland John
    

Fix It! Grammar: The Nose Tree [Student Book 1]


Pamela White
    Fix It! Grammar: The Nose Tree [Student Book 1]

Principles of Instrumental Analysis


F. James Holler
    

Peach Blossom Spring


Tao Yuanming
    Written during a time of political instability and national disunity, the poem describes how a fisherman haphazardly sailed into a river in a forest made up entirely of blossoming peach trees, where even the ground was covered by peach petals.

Luther the Leader


Virgil Robinson
    He was a pioneer among the Christians I his age and remains a leader of Christians in our age. Luther stands out among the men in history as one who would not compromise his conscience. His unbending desire to live for Christ and truth brought him into conflict with the princes and leaders of the world. The stories of his consistent witness will inspire your children to be faithful to God at any cost.

Teenage Dick


Mike Lew
    Bullied for his cerebral palsy (and his sometimes disturbing tendency to speak with a Shakespearean affect), Richard plots his revenge…as well as his glorious path to the senior class presidency. But as he falls deeper into a pattern of manipulation and greed, Richard is faced with an unexpected choice: Is it better to be feared or loved? TEENAGE DICK is a hilarious and sharp-witted adaptation about perception, disability, and the treacherous road to ascendancy.

Big Brother, Little Sister


Witi Ihimaera
    Soon we realized the relationship is a result of necessity grown out of family structure.

Seneca Review, Fall 2014: We Might As Well Call It The Lyric Essay


seneca review
    "Or, we might as well call it the lyric essay because 'nonfiction' is far too limiting. Or, we might as well call it the lyric essay because 'creative nonfiction' -- let's face it -- is desperate..."

Kaffir Boy: And Related Readings (Literature Connections) (Literature connections)


Mark Mathabane
    

Me and Miss Mandible


Donald Barthelme
    

He Freed Britain's Slaves


Charles Ludwig
    

Amy and the Orphans


Lindsey Ferrentino
    

Native Gardens


NOT A BOOK
    In this brilliant new comedy, cultures and gardens clash, turning well-intentioned neighbors into feuding enemies. Pablo, a rising attorney, and doctoral candidate Tania, his very pregnant wife, have just purchased a home next to Frank and Virginia, a well-established D.C. couple with a prize-worthy English garden. But an impending barbecue for Pablo’s colleagues and a delicate disagreement over a long-standing fence line soon spirals into an all-out border dispute, exposing both couples’ notions of race, taste, class and privilege.

Concerning the Bodyguard


Donald Barthelme
    

Time capsule found on the dead planet


Margaret Atwood
    

Shadow Of Heaven: The Life Of Lester Pearson


John English
    The life of Lester Pearson 1949 - 1972.

Every Tongue Shall Confess


Z.Z. Packer
    

The Last Speaker of the Language


Carol Anshaw
    

Embattled Selves: An Investigation Into The Nature Of Identity Through Oral Histories Of Holocaust Survivors


Kenneth Jacobson
    Their very origins having become an inexorable threat to their existence, these people were forced to come to grips - consciously or unconsciously, in word or deed - with their Jewishness. Embattled Selves presents the life stories of fifteen men and women who discovered, concealed, embraced, or rejected their Jewishness as a result of Nazi persecution. Theirs are atypical stories, the stories of people whose physical and spiritual survival came to depend on the mutability of the self. In these pages we meet those who shed their Jewishness to become lost in the crowd; those who, never having considered themselves Jews, had Jewishness thrust upon them; those who defiantly proclaimed their Jewishness despite the consequences; and those who went beyond concealment to join the forces of genocide. Told against the backdrop of the horrors of World War II, these narratives combine the tantalizing suspense of adventure stories with the vivid detail of the best of oral history. Throughout, however, the focus is on identity. The words these survivors speak as they recreate the historical and mental universe in which they lived, as they tell of the choices they made and the paths they took, dramatically highlight questions that concern all of us. In today's world of ethnic reawakening and shifting political boundaries, these stories have a particular urgency.

The Norton Anthology of English Literature


M.H. Abrams
    

Five Great Greek Tragedies


Sophocles
    Five of the greatest Greek tragedies, each in an outstanding translation, include Oedipus Rex and Electra by Sophocles (translated by George Young); Medea and Bacchae by Euripides (translated by Henry Hart Milman); and Prometheus Bound by Aeschylus (translated by George Thomson), a monumental work that examines relations between humans and the gods.