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Presents the first extended collection of new William Morris essays in several decades.

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One of our leading thinkersforges a new language for feminism, weaving together stories of visionary women past and present, and their paths of defiance. A decade on from its first publication, Jacqueline Rose'sWomen in Dark Timesis as urgent and compelling as ever.

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"Although I have been married three times, I have never been a bride.

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Said to have inspired Greene's The Quiet American, A Dragon Apparent chronicles the charm and grandeur of the ancient native civilizations that survived until the devastation of the Vietnam War.

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Concerned with the "American Dream", the author of the text discusses the ideals and aspirations with businessmen enamoured of success, farm kids dreaming of the city, city boys determined to get out, the Boston Brahmin and KKK members.

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The founders of the critical race movement have collaborated to edit this collection of important writings on the subject. Included in the essays are "Whiteness as Property" by Cheryl Harris, "Race Consciousness" by Garry Peller and "Race, Reform and Retrenchment" by Kimberle Crenshaw.

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Reprint. Originally published: Death and sensuality. New York: Walker, 1962.

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A gripping set of essays about the forces that shape girls and the adults they become. A wise and brilliant guide to transforming the self and our society.

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An extraordinary literary work from the 12th century, a meditation on nature and mortality.

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From one of our leading biographers and critics comes an insightful look at the intoxicating nature of beautiful literature.

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A superb achievement, one that successfully brings together in accessible form the work of two major writers of Renaissance France. This is now the default version of Montaigne in English. --Timothy Hampton, Professor of French and Comparative Literature, University of California, Berkeley

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The paperback edition of lauded poet Mary Ruefle's latest collection of exciting and vivacious prose poems, essays, and more in-between.

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The Prince embodies a series of vital issues, including power and morality, history and human nature, language and meaning, gender and government. It is these issues which the essays in this volume debate and explore from a variety of perspectives, from the original responses through to feminist and deconstructive approaches. -- .

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"[Lombardo] has brought his laconic wit and love of the ribald. . . to his version of the Odyssey. His carefully honed syntax gives the narrative energy and a whirlwind pace. The lines, rhythmic and clipped, have the tautness and force of Odysseus' bow." Chris Hedges, The New York Times Book Review

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English translation of one of Plato's great dialogues in which Socrates discusses death and the soul before his impending execution. Introductory essay, notes and glossary.

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The revised edition of Grube's classic translation follows and furthers Grube's noted success in combining fidelity to Plato's text with natural readability, while reflecting the fruits of new scholarship and insights into Plato's thought since publication of the first edition in 1974.

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John Birmingham is a master of good writing and funny lines. He has written a thousand stories, some true, some not so much. These are the best ones and they're so good, and so funny, there has been no barrel-scraping involved. Really, this book could have been much longer.

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A translation that offers an introduction presenting both basic information and a sense of scholarly opinion.

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