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EHIN KRISTIINA; LEHTPERE ILMAR TRANSLATION
In A Single Breath
Cross-Cultural Communications Merrick: . Softcover. Brand new book. Poetry. Translated from the Estonian by Ilmar Lehtpere. This small collection is Kristiina Ehin's first bilingual Estonian-English edition published in the United States. "Hers is a generous honest imagination: visceral shamanistic and wise. Kristiina Ehin is avisionary poet with a discerning and distinctive voice a voice resonant with genuine passionclose to the primordial world of spirts and myths but also rooted in history and in contemporarylife. There is a refreshing lightness and originality to her poems which are nonetheless poignant.She is able to express strong emotions without being sentimental. Her work has truly haunted me;it has entered the deepest layer of my being with its rare combination of directness and subtlenuances ancient traditions and modernity."�Sujata Bhatt Cross-Cultural Communications, Merrick: paperback
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Jacques David choix traduction et commentaires de
Anthologie de la Poésie russe 1740-1900
Paris: Stock 1946. Broché. Bon état. in-12. 309 pp. Stock unknown
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EHIN KRISTIINA; LEHTPERE ILMAR TRANSLATION
In A Single Breath
Cross-Cultural Communications Merrick: 2013. Hardcover no dustjacket as issued. Brand new book. Poetry. Translated from the Estonian into English by Ilmar Lehtpere. This small collection is Kristiina Ehin's first bilingual Estonian-English edition published in the United States. "Hers is a generous honest imagination: visceral shamanistic and wise. Kristiina Ehin is avisionary poet with a discerning and distinctive voice a voice resonant with genuine passionclose to the primordial world of spirts and myths but also rooted in history and in contemporarylife. There is a refreshing lightness and originality to her poems which are nonetheless poignant.She is able to express strong emotions without being sentimental. Her work has truly haunted me;it has entered the deepest layer of my being with its rare combination of directness and subtlenuances ancient traditions and modernity."�Sujata Bhatt Cross-Cultural Communications, Merrick: 2013 hardcover
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ADDOLORATO ANNELISA; BENNETT MARIA TRANSLATION; WOLAK BILL TRANSLATION
My Voice Seeks You: The Selected Poems Of Annelisa Addolorato
Cross-Cultural Communications Merrick: . Hardcover no dustjacket as issued. Brand new book. Poetry. Translated into English from the Italian by Maria Bennett and Bill Wolak. "Annelisa Addolorato is a child of her era or perhaps of the epochal break in which we are living. People en masse dive into cities to suffer the tyranny of products; she the poet Annelisa Addolorato moves traveling from one language to another language however.Meanwhile as many try to climb on a ladder of minimal language that could interpret primary needs she flies in the other face of this situation to elaborate her own writing discipline and style."�Guido Oldani ISBN: 0893049913. Cross-Cultural Communications, Merrick: hardcover
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MENDELSSOHN MOSES; ALTMANN ALEXANDER INTRODUCTION; ARKUSH ALLAN TRANSLATION
Jerusalem: Or On Religious Power And Judaism
University Press of New England: . Softcover. Brand new book. A classic text of enduring significance Moses Mendelssohn's Jerusalem 1783 stands as a powerful plea for the separation of church and state and also as the first attempt to present Judaism as a religion eminently compatible with the ideas of the Enlightenment. Allan Arkush's new translation drawing upon the great strides made by Mendelssohn research in recent decades does full justice to contemporary insights into the subject while authentically reflecting a distinguished eighteenth-century text. Alexander Altmann's learned introduction opens up the complex structure and background of Mendelssohn's ideas. His detailed commentary keyed to the text provides references to literary sources and interpretations of the philosopher's intent. University Press of New England: paperback
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LEON PORTILLA MIGUEL; DAVIS JACK EMORY TRANSLATION
Aztec Thought And Culture: A Study Of The Ancient Nahuatl Mind
University of Oklahoma Press Norman: . Softcover. Brand new book. For at least two millennia before the advent of the Spaniards in 1519 there was a flourishing civilization in central Mexico. During that long span of time a cultural evolution took place which saw a high development of the arts and literature the formulation of complex religious doctrines systems of education and diverse political and social organization. The rich documentation concerning these people commonly called Aztecs includes in addition to a few codices written before the Conquest thousands of folios in the Nahuatl or Aztec language written by natives after the Conquest. Adapting the Latin alphabet which they had been taught by the missionary friars to their native tongue they recorded poems chronicles and traditions. The fundamental concepts of ancient Mexico presented and examined in this book have been taken from more than ninety original Aztec documents. They concern the origin of the universe and of life conjectures on the mystery of God the possibility of comprehending things beyond the realm of experience life after death and the meaning of education history and art. The philosophy of the Nahuatl wise men which probably stemmed from the ancient doctrines and traditions of the Teotihuacans and Toltecs quite often reveals profound intuition and in some instances is remarkably "modern." This English edition is not a direct translation of the original Spanish but an adaptation and rewriting of the text for the English-speaking reader. University of Oklahoma Press, Norman: paperback
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LEON PORTILLA. MIGUEL; MIXCO MAURICIO J TRANSLATION
Bernardino De Sahagun: First Anthropologist
University of Oklahoma Press Norman: . Softcover. Brand new book. He was sent from Spain on a religious crusade to Mexico to "detect the sickness of idolatry" but Bernardino de Sahag�n c. 1499-1590 instead became the first anthropologist of the New World. The Franciscan monk developed a deep appreciation for Aztec culture and the Nahuatl language. In this biography Miguel Leon-Portilla presents the life story of a fascinating man who came to Mexico intent on changing the traditions and cultures he encountered but instead ended up working to preserve them even at the cost of persecution. Sahag�n was responsible for documenting numerous ancient texts and other native testimonies. He persevered in his efforts to study the native Aztecs until he had developed his own research methodology becoming a pioneer of anthropology. Sahag�n formed a school of Nahua scribes and labored with them for more than sixty years to transcribe the pre-conquest language and culture of the Nahuas. His rich legacy our most comprehensive account of the Aztecs is contained in his Primeros Memoriales 1561 and Historia General de las Cosas de Nueva Espa�a 1577. Near the end of his life at age 91 Sahag�n became so protective of the Aztecs that when he died his former Indian students and many others felt deeply affected. Translated into English by Mauricio J. Mixco Leon-Portilla's absorbing account presents Sahag�n as a complex individual-a man of his times yet a pioneer in many ways. University of Oklahoma Press, Norman: paperback
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LOPEZ AUSTIN ALFREDO; LOPEZ LUJAN LEONARDO; ORTIZ DE MONTELLANO BERNARD R TRANSLATION
Mexico's Indigenous Past
University of Oklahoma Press Norman: . Softcover. Brand new book. This handsomely illustrated book offers a panoramic view of ancient Mexico beginning more than thirty thousand years ago and ending with European occupation in the sixteenth century. Drawing on archaeological and ethnohistorical sources the book is one of the first to offer a unified vision of Mexico's precolonial past. Typical histories of Mexico focus on the prosperity and accomplishments of Mesoamerica located in the southern half of Mexico due to the wealth of records about the glorious past of this region. Mesoamerica was only one of three cultural superareas of ancient Mexico however all interlinked by complex economic and social relationships. Tracing the large social transformations that took place from the earliest hunter-gatherer times to the Postclassic states the authors describe the ties between the three superareas of ancient Mexico which stretched from present-day Costa Rica to what is now the southwestern United States. According to the authors these superareas-Mesoamerica Aridamerica and Oasisamerica-cannot be viewed as independent entities. Instead they must be considered as a whole to understand the complex reality of Mexico's past and possible visions of Mexico's future. University of Oklahoma Press, Norman: paperback
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NOWOTNY KARL ANTON; EVERETT GEORGE A TRANSLATION; SISSON EDWARD B TRANSLATION
Tlacuilolli: Style And Contents Of The Mexican Pictorial Manuscripts With A Catalog Of The Borgia Group
University of Oklahoma Press Norman: . Hardcover as issued without dustjacket. Brand new book. Appearing for the first time in English Karl Anton Nowotny's Tlacuilolli is a classic work of Mesoamerican scholarship. A concise analysis of the pre-Columbian Borgia Group of manuscripts it is the only synthetic interpretation of divinatory and ritual codices from Mexico. Originally published in German and unavailable to any but the most determined scholars Tlacuilolli has nevertheless formed the foundation for subsequent scholarly works on the codices. Its importance extends beyond the study of Mexican codices: Nowotny's sophisticated reading of these manuscripts informs our understanding of Mesoamerican culture. Of particular importance are Nowotny's corrections of errors in fact and interpretation in the Spanish edition of Eduard Seler's commentary on the Borgia Group. George A. Everett and Edward B. Sisson have translated Nowotny's masterwork into English while maintaining the flavor of the original German edition. To the core text they have added an extensive bibliography and constructed a framework of annotation that relates the principles in Tlacuilolli to current research. This edition includes a selection of eleven stunning full-color images chosen from the original catalog. University of Oklahoma Press, Norman: hardcover
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VARESE STEFANO; RIBEIRO DARCY FOREWORD; RASCON SUSAN GIERSBACH TRANSLATION
Salt Of The Mountain: Campa Ashaninka History And Resistance In The Peruvian Jungle
University of Oklahoma Press Norman: . Softcover. Brand new book. For four centuries the indigenous Campa Ashaninkas of the Peruvian Amazon have fought for their identity and independence in the face of Spanish colonialism and Peruvian national expansionism. Stefano Varese originally wrote about the Campa Ashaninkas in the mid-1960s after three seasons of field research among them and three years of archival research titling his book La Sal de Los Cerros after the conquered Mountain of Salt that had been the center of Camp Ashaninka trade and power for millennia. Updated with a new preface and introduction by the author Salt of the Mountain makes Varese's classic work of anthropology available in English for the first time. This book has special significance as an early example of engaged anthropology. Varese conducted his research with an explicit commitment to letting the Campa Ashaninkas speak for themselves using their myths and cosmological interpretations as source material and with this in mind attempting new readings of both colonial Spanish and modern Peruvian documents relating to the tribe. He chronicles the relentless success of European geographic annexation and the continuing failure of European cultural assimilation. Living among the Camp Ashaninka Varese found that their worldview rejects the modern notion that assimilation is inevitable and he developed a deep respect for the Campa Ashaninkas's fiercely independent spirit. For this reason he calls his work an "approximation" of their world rather than a description or history of them. "Salt of the Mountain is clear and direct proof of what Stefano Varese can do. As a scholarly study it is the historical re-creation of the drama of the Ashaninka in their confrontation with civilization. As ethnological fieldwork it is the result of his effort and joy in living the life of the Ashaninka in order to give us their vision of the world of themselves and of us their Others and decimators."-Darcy Ribeiro from the Foreword University of Oklahoma Press, Norman: paperback
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Institute for the Translation of Hebrew
Modern Hebrew Literature: Israel at 60 - Retrospective and Renewal
TOBY PR LLC 2009. 1. Taschenbuch. 216cm x 141cm x 22cm. TOBY PR LLC unknown
Referencia librero : BN7458 ISBN : 1592642640 9781592642649
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Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche Padmakara Translation Group Translator
Enlightened Courage: An Explanation of the Seven-Point Mind Training
Snow Lion 2006-06-20. Paperback. Used:Good. Snow Lion paperback
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ARISTOPHANES; EWANS MICHAEL TRANSLATION
Acharnians Knights And Peace
University of Oklahoma Press Norman: . Softcover. Brand new book. Most readers nowadays encounter the plays of Aristophanes in the classroom not the theater. Yet the "father of comedy" wrote his plays for the stage not as literary texts. Many English translations of the plays were written decades ago and in their outdated language they fail to capture the dramatic liveliness of the original comedies. Here Michael Ewans offers new and lively translations of three of Aristophanes' earliest surviving plays: Acharnians Knights and Peace. While remaining faithful to the original Greek Ewans's translations are accessible to a modern audience�and actable on stage. The first two plays in this volume Acharnians and Knights satirize the Athenians for their madness in continuing the Peloponnesian War. The third play Peace celebrates the end to all the warmongering. This edition contains all that a reader needs to understand these plays within a broader context. In his comprehensive introduction Ewans discusses historical political and social aspects of Aristophanic comedy the conventions of Greek theater and the challenges of translating ancient Greek into modern English. In his theatrical commentaries Ewans draws on his own experience of directing the plays in a replica of the original theater. In scene-by-scene analysis he provides insight into the major issues each play raises in performance. The volume concludes with two glossaries�one of proper names and the other of Greek terms�as well as a bibliography that includes the most recent scholarship on Aristophanic comedy. With its accessible format and design this book serves as a fitting companion to Ewans's recently published edition of Aristophanes' Lysistrata The Women's Festival and Frogs. University of Oklahoma Press, Norman: paperback
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MENDELSSOHN MOSES; GOTTLIEB MICHAH EDITOR; BOWMAN CURTIS TRANSLATION; SACKS ELIAS TRANSLATION; ARKUSH ALLAN TRANSLATION
Moses Mendelssohn: Writings On Judaism Christianity And The Bible
Brandeis University Press Waltham: 2011. Softcover. Brand new book. German Jewish philosopher Moses Mendelssohn 1729-1786 is best known in the English-speaking world for his Jerusalem 1783 the first attempt to present Judaism as a religion compatible with the ideas of the Enlightenment. While incorporating much of Jerusalem Michah Gottlieb's volume seeks to expand knowledge of Mendelssohn's thought by presenting translations of many of his other seminal writings from the German or Hebrew originals. These writings include essays commentaries unpublished reflections and personal letters. Part One includes selections from the three major controversies of Mendelssohn's life all of which involved polemical encounters with Christian thinkers. Part Two presents selections from Mendelssohn's writings on the Bible. Part Three offers texts that illuminate Mendelssohn's thoughts on a diverse range of religious topics including God's existence the immortality of the soul and miracles. Designed for class adoption the volume contains annotations and an introduction by the editor. Brandeis University Press, Waltham: 2011 paperback
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Henry R. Chazel traduction introduction et notes
Les poètes mineurs italiens des XIIIe et XIVe siècles
Paris: La renaissance du livre sd. Broché. Etat satisfaisant. in-12. 1 des 1500 exemplaires numérotés sur papier spécial des papeteries du Marais. 235 pp. Collection de Littérature Ancienne Française & Etrangère. Couverture tachée. Mors légèrement fendus. Petit manque sur la coiffe inférieure. La renaissance du livre unknown
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BASSMANN LUTZ; STUMP JORDAN TRANSLATION
We Monks And Soldiers
University of Nebraska Press Lincoln: 2012. Softcover. Brand new book. From one of the most original French writers of our day comes a mysterious prismatic and at times profoundly sad reflection on humanity in its darker moments�one of which may very well be our own. In a collection of fictions that blur distinctions between dreaming and waking reality Lutz Bassmann sets off a series of echoes�the "entrevoutes" that conduct us from one world to another in a journey as viscerally powerful as it is intellectually heady. While humanity seems to be fading around them the members of a shadowy organization are doing their inadequate best to assist those experiencing their last moments. From a soldier-monk exorcising what seem to be spirits but are they from an abandoned house to a spy executing a mission whose meaning eludes him to characters exploring cells wandering through ruins confronting political dissent and persecution encountering�perhaps�the spirits once exorcised these stories conduct us through a world at once ambiguous and sharply observed. This remarkable work in Jordan Stump's superb translation offers readers a thrilling entry into Bassmann's numinous world. University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln: 2012 paperback
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STROUMSA GUY G.; EMANUEL SUSAN TRANSLATION
The End Of Sacrifice: Religious Transformations In Late Antiquity
University of Chicago Press Chicago and London: 2012. Softcover. Brand new book. The religious transformations that marked late antiquity represent an enigma that has challenged some of the West's greatest thinkers. But according to Guy Stroumsa the oppositions between paganism and Christianity that characterize prevailing theories have endured for too long. Instead of describing this epochal change as an evolution within the Greco-Roman world from polytheism to monotheism he argues that the cause for this shift can be found not so much around the Mediterranean as in the Near East. The End of Sacrifice points to the role of Judaism particularly its inventions of new religious life following the destruction of the Second Temple in 70 CE. The end of animal sacrifice gave rise to new forms of worship with a concern for personal salvation scriptural study rituals like praying and fasting and the rise of religious communities and monasticism. It is what Christianity learned from Judaism about texts death and above all sacrifice that allowed it to supersede Greco-Roman religions and Stroumsa argues transform religion itself. A concise and original approach to a much-studied moment in religious history The End of Sacrifice will be heralded by all scholars of late antiquity. University of Chicago Press, Chicago and London: 2012 paperback
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LAMBIN ERIC; FAGAN TERESA LAVENDER TRANSLATION
An Ecology Of Happiness
University of Chicago Press Chicago and London: 2012. Hardcover with dustjacket. Brand new book. We know that our gas-guzzling cars are warming the planet the pesticides and fertilizers from farms are turning rivers toxic and the earth has run out of space for the mountains of unrecycled waste our daily consumption has left in its wake. We've heard copious accounts of our impact�as humans as a society�on the natural world. But this is not a one-sided relationship. Lost in these dire and scolding accounts has been the impact on us and our well-being. You sense it while walking on a sandy beach or in a wild woody forest or when you catch sight of wildlife or even while gardening in your backyard. Could it be that the natural environment is an essential part of our happiness Yes says Eric Lambin emphatically in An Ecology of Happiness. Using a very different strategy in addressing environmental concerns he asks us to consider that there may be no better reason to value and protect the health of the planet than for our own personal well-being. In this clever and wide-ranging work Lambin draws on new scientific evidence in the fields of geography political ecology environmental psychology urban studies and disease ecology among others to answer such questions as: To what extent do we need nature for our well-being How does environmental degradation affect our happiness What can be done to protect the environment and increase our well-being at the same time Drawing on case studies from Asia Africa Europe and North America Lambin makes a persuasive case for the strong link between healthy ecosystems and happy humans. Unique in its scope and evenhanded synthesis of research from many fields An Ecology of Happiness offers a compelling human-centered argument that is impossible to overlook when we marvel at murmurations of starlings or seek out the most brilliant fall foliage: nature makes our steps a little lighter and our eyes a little brighter. What better reason to protect an ecosystem or save a species than for our own pleasure University of Chicago Press, Chicago and London: 2012 hardcover
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LEA HENRY CHARLES WITH ADDITIONAL ORIGINAL DOCUMENTS IN TRANSLATION BY HOWLAND ARTHUR C.; PETERS EDWARD EDITOR & INTRODUCTION
The Duel And The Oath
University of Pennsylvania Press Philadelphia: 1974. Softcover. Very good condition. A treatise on medieval history and law. The idea that legal rules and institutions operate uniformly through a society regardless of status wealth power or honor is a peculiarly modern one. The infinite gradation of status in the early European world meant that in law courts as well as in courtyards each individual carried a legal identity with him and this identity reflected in the law court what th individual and society already knew that status determined both the extent of control over individuals and the character of that control. ISBN: 0812210808. University of Pennsylvania Press, Philadelphia: 1974 paperback
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MAZZA SENZIO; CIPOLLA GAETANO INTRODUCTION & TRANSLATION INTO ENGLISH
Pizzini D'amuri / Love Notes
Legas Mineola: 2012. Softcover. Brand new book. This is a bilingual edition Sicilian and English. Senzio Mazza ws born in Linguaglossa Sicily in 1934. His poetry has won many prizes including the "Ciclope" the "Marineo" the "Vannanto-Saitta" and the "Citta di Giarre" in 2010. He has published eight collections of poems in Sicilian but this is his first volume with an English translation. Mr. Mazza has a degree in jurisprudence and has lived in Scandicci Florence since 1962. ISBN: 1881901858. Legas, Mineola: 2012 paperback
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Shantideva Padmakara Translation Group
The Way of the Bodhisattva
Shambhala Publications Incorporated . softcover. New. pp. xviii 222 Revised Edition Shambhala Publications, Incorporated paperback
Referencia librero : 61243704 ISBN : 1590303881 9781590303887
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SZYK ARTHUR; SHERWIN BYRON L TRANSLATION & COMMENTARY; UNGAR IRVIN TRANSLATION & COMMENTARY
The Szyk Haggadah
Abrams Books New York: 2011. Softcover. Brand new book. Arthur Szyk pronounced "Shick" created his magnificent Haggadah in Lodz on the eve of the Nazi occupation of his native Poland. There is no Haggadah like it before or since filled with sumptuous paintings of Jewish heroes and stunning calligraphy. This edition the first since 1940 to be reproduced from Szyk's original art boasts a newly commissioned and extremely practical English text by Rabbi Byron L. Sherwin ideal for use at any family Seder and a special commentary section by Rabbi Sherwin and Irvin Ungar gives insight into both the rituals of the Seder and Szyk's rich illustrations.This Szyk Haggadah will transform the Seder bringing the story of the Exodus from Egypt into a more contemporary light. Abrams Books, New York: 2011 paperback
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ORLINSKY HARRY M. EDITOR IN CHIEF OF TRANSLATION
Tanakh: A New Translation Of The Holy Scriptures According To The Traditional Hebrew Text
Jewish Publication Society Philadelphia: 1985. Softcover. Good condition but there are some creases and slight wear on the cover. An entirely original translation of the Jewish Bible into contemporary English based on the Masoretic - the traditional Hebrew - text. It is the culmination of three decades of collaboration by academic scholars and rabbis representing the three largest branches of organized Judaism in the United States. "Unrivaled as a precise and elegant rendering of the Hebrew text . . . invaluable for both casual Bible readers and serious Bible students." - Biblical Archaeology Review ISBN: 0827603665. Jewish Publication Society, Philadelphia: 1985 paperback
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KIELLAND ALEXANDER LANGE; FAUSKE CHRISTOPHER TRANSLATION
Skipper Worse
Cross-Cultural Communications Merrick: 2008. Softcover. Brand new book. A penetrating portrait of emotions and passions ins a small coastal townwhere love and marriage struggle with pride and ambition. ISBN: 0893041114. Cross-Cultural Communications, Merrick: 2008 paperback
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KENJI MIYAZAWA; STRONG SARAH M. TRANSLATION & GUIDE; BARNARD BRYN ILLUSTRATIONS
Night Of The Milky Way Railway
M.E. Sharpe Inc. Armonk & London: 1991. Hardcover with dustjacket. Good condition but the dustjacket is slightly worn. Riding a magical night train on a celestial railway through the universe two young friends encounter a host of unusual characters: a celestial corps of army engineers a comical paleontologist digging away at the banks of the Milky Way electrical squirrels and shipwrecked children amid lighthouses for double stars. As we follow their journey we begin to realize this is more than a child's tale. Miyazawa Kenji 1896-1933 one of Japan's most beloved poets and writers has superimposed the Buddhist universe on the night sky and created an irresistable and sublime glimpse of a hereafter that is limited only by the reader's imagination. Translated into English from the Japanese by Sarah M. Stong. ISBN: 0873328205. M.E. Sharpe, Inc., Armonk & London: 1991 hardcover
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WOLFE RICHARD J. INTRODUCTION & TRANSLATION
Der Vollkommne Papierfarber: The Accomplished Paper Colorer
Oak Knoll Press New Castle: 2008. Hardcover no dustjacket as issued. Brand new book. Cloth bound with a cover-paper reproduction of an early German decorated paper. A facsimile reproduction and translation into English of the earliest extant German treatise on paper marbling and decoration together with an introductory discussion of the earliest specialized literature in Germany on the marbling and decoration of paper by Richard J. Wolfe.This new work is a facsimile reproduction and translation of an important early German manual on decorated and marbled paper. Following an introduction by Richard Wolfe the book displays the facsimile on the left page and a parallel translation on the opposing page. All available information points to Venice as the entrepot and to Augsburg Germany as the first recognizable production center for the art of marbling paper. The art of marbling was anonymously transferred from the Middle East to Europe shortly before the beginning of the seventeenth century. Germany remained the center for this and other methods of paper decoration in the following centuries with factory-level industrial manufacturing initiated and carried on from the early nineteenth century. However since these crafts were conducted in the secretive ways of the medieval guilds during the earlier period of their European life little detailed information on their methods found its way into print until much later. It was not until the beginning of the nineteenth century that a serious and authoritative literature on marbling and paper decoration began to develop in Germany and in other locations. In the historical introduction to the facsimile reproduction and his translation of this work Richard J. Wolfe summarizes the professional literature on marbling and paper coloring that began to appear in Germany at the beginning of the nineteenth century. Der Vollkommne Papierf�rber published around 1823 is the earliest work of its kind that has survived. Wolfe shares his experience with a seemingly unique copy of this rare and seminal treatise that he initially encountered in Leipzig in 1987. He also discusses its relationship to other early pertinent literature that was published in Germany around the same time particularly the works on bookbinding and paper coloring produced by Christian Freidrich Gottlob Thon. The story has a somewhat surprising ending. Richard J. Wolfe's lengthy career as a rare books and manuscripts librarian has been distinguished by an extensive amount of bibliographical research and writing especially on the history of marbled and decorated paper. He is also the author of Marbled Paper Its History Techniques and Patterns published in 1990. Oak Knoll Press, New Castle: 2008 hardcover
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TEMPIO DOMENICO; SUMMERFIELD GIOVANNA INTRODUCTION & TRANSLATION; TEMPIO ANTONIO DOMENICO FOREWORD
Poems And Fables
Legas Mineola:. Softcover. Brand new book. Today the name of Domenico Tempio is not well known even to specialists in Italian literature in spite of the fact that he was one of the two the other being Giovanni Meli most importan poetsof the eighteenth century in Sicily and continues to enjoy wide popularity among the people of Catania today. This volume is a first attempt to present Tempio's poetics and philosophy to an international audience. The goal of this publication is above all to focus on Tempio as an important Sicilian reformeer of the eighteenth-century literary order and as a witness of the culture and human nature of his times. ISBN: 1881901868. Legas, Mineola: paperback
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CALI SANTO; MANACORDA GIULIANO INTRODUZIONE IN ITALIANO; HIRSCHMAN JACK ENGLISH TRANSLATION & INTRODUCTION
Yossiph Shyryn
Coop. Editrice Antigruppo Siciliano / Cross-Cultural Communications. Hardcover no dustjacket. Brand new book. A bilingual Sicilian/Italian-English modern epic by Sicily's foremost poet of the 20th century and translated into English by the spokesman for the Sicilian Antigruppo Nat Scammacca. ISBN: 0893045632. Coop. Editrice Antigruppo Siciliano / Cross-Cultural Communications hardcover
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MIANO LEONORA; BLACK TAMSIN TRANSLATION; SVOBODA TERESE FOREWORD
Dark Heart Of The Night
University of Nebraska Press Lincoln: 2011. Softcover. Brand new book. What is Africa's own "heart of darkness" It is what confronts Ayan when after three years abroad she returns to the Central African village of her birth. Now an "outsider" with foreign ways distrusted by her fellow villagers she must face alone the customs and superstitions that bind this clan of men and women. When invading militia organize a horrific ceremony that they claim will help reunite Africa Ayan is forced to confront the monstrosity of the act that follows as well as the responsibility that all the villagers must bear for silently accepting evil done in their name. Through Ayan's unwilling witness Lonora Miano probes the themes of submission and responsibility and questions the role of Africans in the suffering of their fellows. Also exploring African identity Dark Heart of the Night is a profoundly disturbing novel in its evocation of the darkest side of people driven by their instinct to survive. University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln: 2011 paperback
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ERNAUX ANNIE; KAPLANSKY JONATHAN TRANSLATION; EVENSON BRIAN FOREWORD
Things Seen
University of Nebraska Press Lincoln: 2011. Hardcover with dustjacket. Brand new book. Annie Ernaux's work" wrote Richard Bernstein in the New York Times "represents a severely pared-down Proustianism a testament to the persistent haunting and melancholy quality of memory." In the New York Times Book Review Kathryn Harrison concurred: "Keen language and unwavering focus allow her to penetrate deep to reveal pulses of love desire remorse." In this "journal" Ernaux turns her penetrating focus on those points in life where the everyday and the extraordinary intersect where "things seen" reflect a private life meeting the larger world. From the war crimes tribunal in Bosnia to social issues such as poverty and AIDS; from the state of Iraq to the world's contrasting reactions to Princess Diana's death and the starkly brutal political murders that occurred at the same time; from a tear-gas attack on the subway to minute interactions with a clerk in a store: Ernaux's thought-provoking observations map the world's fleeting and lasting impressions on the shape of inner life. University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln: 2011 hardcover
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ERNAUX ANNIE; KAPLANSKY JONATHAN TRANSLATION; EVENSON BRIAN FOREWORD
Things Seen
University of Nebraska Press Lincoln: 2011. Softcover. Brand new book. Annie Ernaux's work" wrote Richard Bernstein in the New York Times "represents a severely pared-down Proustianism a testament to the persistent haunting and melancholy quality of memory." In the New York Times Book Review Kathryn Harrison concurred: "Keen language and unwavering focus allow her to penetrate deep to reveal pulses of love desire remorse." In this "journal" Ernaux turns her penetrating focus on those points in life where the everyday and the extraordinary intersect where "things seen" reflect a private life meeting the larger world. From the war crimes tribunal in Bosnia to social issues such as poverty and AIDS; from the state of Iraq to the world's contrasting reactions to Princess Diana's death and the starkly brutal political murders that occurred at the same time; from a tear-gas attack on the subway to minute interactions with a clerk in a store: Ernaux's thought-provoking observations map the world's fleeting and lasting impressions on the shape of inner life. University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln: 2011 paperback
Referencia librero : 71435X1
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ASCH SHOLEM; SUPER ARTHUR SAUL TRANSLATION
The Prophet
G. P. Putnam's Sons New York: 1955. Hardcover no dustjacket. Good condition. G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York: 1955 hardcover
Referencia librero : 67190X1
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PLATO; JOWETT BENJAMIN TRANSLATION; LOOMIS LOUISE ROPES EDITOR & INTRODUCTION
Five Great Dialogues: Apology Crito Phaedo Symposium Republic
Walter J. Black New York: 1942. Hardcover no dustjacket. Fair condition. Contains Apology Crito Phaedo Symposium and Republic. Walter J. Black, New York: 1942 hardcover
Referencia librero : 54985X2
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KUNITZ STANLEY POEMS D'ALESSANDRO NICOLO DRAWINGS; SCAMMACCA NAT TRANSLATION & PREFACE
Poems / Drawings
Coop. Editrice Antigruppo Siciliano /Cross-Cultural Communications Merrick: 1993. Softcover. Brand New Book. A meeting of a great American poet Stanley Kunitz and a great Sicilian artist Nicolo D'Alessandro bridged by a Siculo-American poet/translator - Nat Scammacca. ISBN: 0893045837. Coop. Editrice Antigruppo Siciliano /Cross-Cultural Communications, Merrick: 1993 paperback
Referencia librero : 9756X3 ISBN : 0893045837 9780893045838
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KOSTEWICZ DANUTA; CARPENTER BOGDANA FOREWORD; ZAKRZEWSKI CHRISTOPHER TRANSLATION
The Anatomy Of A Moment
Cross-Cultural Communications Merrick: 2007. Hardcover no dustjacket as issued. Brand new book. Like Szymborska Kostewicz prefers to concentrate on what the Krakow poet has ironically called 'the unimportant.' . . . Hers is a poetry that knows how to transform the beauty of the world into the beauty of the poetic word 'the passing moment' into an Absolute. . . . It is a rescue operation in which what is transitory and perishable gains permanence and durability arrested in words and images like a bee in amber. Translated into English from the Polish by Christopher Zakrzewski. "The poetic art of Danuta Kostewicz is the acme of verbal clarity. . . . It's a very important landmark in the modern Polish poetry landscape." - Stefan Melkowski University of Nicolaus Copernicus Poland ISBN: 0893041327. Cross-Cultural Communications, Merrick: 2007 hardcover
Referencia librero : 41824X2 ISBN : 0893041327 9780893041328
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PLUTARCH; NORTH THOMAS TRANSLATION; BAUGHAM ROLAND TEXT PREPARED BY: LUDWIG EMIL INTRODUCTION
The Lives Of The Noble Grecians And Romans Compared Together By That Grave Learned Philosopher And Historiographer Plutarke Of Chaeronea Two Volume Set
The Heritage Press New York: 1941. Hardcover no dustjacket. Very good condition considering its age. The slipcase has one short seam split at the top. Plutarch's famous parallel lives of great figures in Greek and Roman history. The Heritage Press, New York: 1941 hardcover
Referencia librero : 29726X1
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HOMER; ROBERT FAGLES TRANSLATION; BERNARD KNOX INTRODUCTION & NOTES
The Iliad
Penguin Books New York: 1990. Hardcover with dustjacket. Very good condition. Slight tear to front dustjacket at top. ISBN: 0670835102. Penguin Books, New York: 1990 hardcover
Referencia librero : 65166X1 ISBN : 0670835102 9780670835102
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JELINEK ELFRIEDE; CHALMERS MARTIN TRANSLATION
Greed
Seven Stories Press New York: 2007. Hardcover with dustjacket. Good condition. Taped tear to the dustjacket on back. The story of Kurt Janisch an ambitious but frustrated country policeman and the lonely women he seduces. It is a thriller set amid the mountains and small towns of southern Austria where the investigation of a dead girl's body in a lake leads to the discovery of more than a single crime. In her signature style Jelinek chronicles the exploitive nature of relations between men and women and the cruelties of everyday life. ISBN: 1583227571. Seven Stories Press, New York: 2007 hardcover
Referencia librero : 65163X1 ISBN : 1583227571 9781583227572
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AUDEGUY STEPHANE; CULLEN JOHN TRANSLATION
The Only Son
Harcourt Inc. Orlando: 2008. Hardcover with dustjacket. Brand new book. Jean-Jacques Rousseau mentions his older brother Francois only twice in his classic Confessions In the The Only Son Stephane Audeguy resurrects Rousseau's forgotten brother in a picaresque tale that brings to life the secret world of eighteenth-century Paris. Instructed at an early age in the philosophy of libertinage by a decadent marquis and later apprenticed to a clockmaker Francois is ultimately disowned by his family and flees to Paris's underworld. There he finds work in a brothel that caters to politicians and clergy and begins his personal study of the varieties of sexual desire - to its most arcane proclivities. Audeguy uses the libertine's progress to explore the interface between the individual and society much in the tradition of Jean-Jacques but with a very different emphasis. Bold erotic and historically fascinating The Only Son is in many ways the anti-Confessions - Francois' own decidedly different portrait of human nature. "Beautiful sensuous cerebral this novel is the work of a major talent." - The Seattle Times ISBN: 0151013292. Harcourt, Inc., Orlando: 2008 hardcover
Referencia librero : 55662X2 ISBN : 0151013292 9780151013296
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BEGAG AZOUZ; HARGREAVES ALEC INTRODUCTION & TRANSLATION FROM THE FRENCH
Ethnicity And Equality: France In The Balance
University of Nebraska Press Lincoln and London: 2007. Softcover. Brand new book. In the fall of 2005 the streets of France were rocked by civil disturbances on a scale unseen for decades. Only months earlier Azouz Begag France's first minister for equal opportunities and first-ever cabinet minister of North African immigrant origin wrote an essay laying bare the festering social and ethnic injustices that as can now be seen in hindsight led to the riots. This essay published here for the first time brilliantly documents the socioeconomic inequalities ethnic discrimination and political neglect that have bred a volatile generation of minority ethnic youths deeply distrustful of a society they believe has failed them. Blending autobiography with sociological and political analysis Begag shows how social peace in France depends on transforming these disaffected youths into galvanized citizens. His insights into the malaise of France's urban ghettos offer lessons for developed countries throughout the world�and hope for the similar challenges they face. Azouz Begag widely acclaimed as both a novelist and as a researcher at the Centre national de la recherche scientifique CNRS prior to his appointment as minister for equal opportunities in 2005 is the author of more than twenty books including his autobiographical novel Shantytown Kid available in a Bison Books edition. Alec G. Hargreaves is Ada Belle Winthrop-King Professor of French and the director of the Winthrop-King Institute for Contemporary French and Francophone Studies at Florida State University. "The political and ideological challenges of reconciling republicanism with the demands of diversity are well illustrated by Azouz Begag's fine study Ethnicity and Equality: France in the Balance."�Richard Wolin The Nation "Ethnicity and Equality is a powerful book which should be read by all those that are interested in issues of race racism and multiracialism to understand its constraints and bottlenecks to a fully integrated society."�Mwelwa C. Musambachime International Journal of World Peace "Azouz Begag offers a compelling analysis of the unrest in the urban banlieues of the past thirty years and calls for changes in the failed 'French model of integration.' Alec Hargreaves's seamless translation and incisive introduction frame Begag's groundbreaking study and blueprint for ethnic harmony."�Christopher P. Pinet editor in chief of the French Review "A witty humorous and at the same time profound and moving analysis of the current situation in crisis-ridden areas of French cities which not only presents facts but also proposes sound and reasonable solutions."�Professor Dina Sherzer Department of French and Italian University of Texas at Austin "This book should be required reading for anyone interested in the challenges posed by living in an increasingly globalized world in which the accompanying cultural religious social and political transformations force us to rethink our own identity."�Dominic Thomas author of Black France: Colonialism Immigration and Transnationalism University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln and London: 2007 paperback
Referencia librero : 65242X1
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SLEIGH DAN; BRINK ANDRE TRANSLATION
Islands
Harcourt Inc. Boston: 2004. Softcover. Good condition. Uncorrected Proof. This novel of epic proportions from South Africa set between 1650 and 1710 covers the first fifty years of the Dutch colony at the Cape of Good Hope. ISBN: 015101115X. Harcourt, Inc., Boston: 2004 paperback
Referencia librero : 24482X1 ISBN : 015101115X 9780151011155
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ALEXANDER MICHAEL TRANSLATION
Beowulf: A Verse Translation
Penguin Books Baltimore: 1973. Softcover. Reading copy. Composed in the eighth century C.E. Beowulf was written by a Christian poet addressing a Christian audience but the author depicts the life and outlook of a pagan age. Includes an introduction note on the translation notes appendices and a glossary of proper names. Translated into contemporary English by Michael Alexander. ISBN: 0140442685. Penguin Books, Baltimore: 1973 paperback
Referencia librero : 64494X1 ISBN : 0140442685 9780140442687
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FREUD SIGMUND; RIVIERE JOAN TRANSLATION
A General Introduction To Psychoanalysis
Garden City Publishing Co. New York: 1943. Hardcover no dustjacket. Good condition considering its age. Garden City Publishing Co., New York: 1943 hardcover
Referencia librero : 26944X1
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DOSTOEVSKY FYODOR; GARNETT CONSTANCE TRANSLATION
Crime And Punishment
The Modern Library New York: 1945. Hardcover with plastic dustjacket. Fair condition. A desperate young man plans the perfect crime - the murder of a despicable pawnbroker an old woman no one loves and no one will mourn. Takes the reader on a journey into the darkest recesses of the criminal and depraved mind and exposes the soul of a man possessed by both good and evil . . . a man who cannot escape his own conscience. The Modern Library, New York: 1945 hardcover
Referencia librero : 64768X1
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HERODOTUS; RAWLINSON GEORGE TRANSLATION; GODOLPHIN FRANCIS R. B. INTRODUCTION
Herodotus: The Persian Wars
The Modern Library New York: 1942. Hardcover with dustjacket. Good condition. Wear and tear to dustjacket. Herodotus "The father of history" needs no introduction. His work is at once the greatest source for our knowledge of the ancient world the first of histories in time and stil the first in vivadcity charm and all the superlative qualities of the story teller's art a book of travel a book of folk-lore a reference book a text book the bible of all readers of ancient history and a story book for young and old; in short it is one of the wonder-books of our civilizatio and deserves a place in every library and home. Translated into English from the Greek by George Rawlinson. The Modern Library, New York: 1942 hardcover
Referencia librero : 43424X2
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DOSTOYEVSKY FYODOR; GARNETT CONSTANCE TRANSLATION
The Possessed
New American Library NY: 1936. Hardcover no dustjacket. Good condition considering its age. Regarded the world over as the most shattering vision of nihilism in action to come out of Russia. Despite their different interpretations of radical politics the young men Stavrogin and Verhovensky combine fanaticism treachery and self-contradiction to incite an entire town to pillage arson and slaughter. In this story of misfits who believe in nothing and wish only to destroy Dostoyevsky is everywhere concerned with the passion man demonstrates for the lie in order to create a chaos that mirrors his tortured soul. New American Library, NY: 1936 hardcover
Referencia librero : 63404X1
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DAGLARCA FAZIL HUSNU; HALMAN TALAT SAIT TRANSLATION
Fazil Husnu Daglarca: Secme Siirler Selected Poems
University of Pittsburgh Press Pittsburgh: 1969. Hardcover with dustjacket. Good condition. University of Pittsburgh Press, Pittsburgh: 1969 hardcover
Referencia librero : 63597X1
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WITTE STEPHEN S. & GALLAGHER MARSHA V. EDITORS. WILSON JOHN FOREWORD; SCHACH PAUL INTRODUCTION & TRANSLATION OF FOREWORD
The North American Journals Of Prince Maximilian Of Wied - Volume I: May 1832 - April 1833
University of Oklahoma Press Norman: 2008. Hardcover with dustjacket. Brand new book. The most complete record of this major expedition ever to appear in English. Made famous through the paintings of Swiss artist Karl Bodmer the North American expedition of German naturalist Prince Maximilian of Wied in 1832-34 was the first scientific exploration of the Missouri River's upper reaches since the epic journey of Lewis and Clark almost thirty years earlier. Maximilian's journal has never been presented fully in English�until now. This collector's-quality oversized volume the first of a three-volume set draws on the Maximilian-Bodmer Collection at Joslyn Art Museum in Omaha Nebraska. The North American Journals offer an incomparable view of the upper Missouri and its Native peoples at a pivotal moment in the history of the American West. This meticulous account newly translated with extensive modern annotation faithfully reproduces Maximilian's 110 drawings and watercolors as well as his own notes asides and appendices. Volume I which covers May 1832 to April 1833 documents Maximilian's voyage to North America and his first encounters with Indians upon reaching the West. This is an essential resource for nineteenth-century western American history and a work of lasting value. Prince Alexander Philip Maximilian 1782-1867 was an explorer naturalist and ethnologist from the city of Neuwied Germany who first won acclaim for his expedition to Brazil in 1815-17. Stephen S. Witte is Editorial Coordinator for the Maximilian Journals Project of the Margre H. Durham Center for Western Studies Joslyn Art Museum. Marsha V. Gallagher Curatorial Advisor for the Durham Center has curated numerous exhibitions of western American art and is coauthor of Karl Bodmer's Eastern Views. William J. Orr a foreign service officer with the U.S. State Department has translated and edited numerous foreign-language documents pertaining to U.S. history. Paul Schach was Charles J. Mach University Professor in the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures University of Nebraska Lincoln. Dieter Karch Professor of Modern Languages at the University of Nebraska Lincoln specializes in the history and dialects of the German language. John Wilson is Director of Curatorial Affairs Joslyn Art Museum. Translated into English from the German by William J. Orr and Dieter Karch. University of Oklahoma Press, Norman: 2008 hardcover
Referencia librero : 63937X1
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PROUST MARCEL; DE MARIA LUCIANO INTRODUCTION; RABONI GIOVANNI TRANSLATION
La Parte Di Guermantes
Arnoldo MONDADORI Milano:1989. Softcover. Good condition. Italian Text. ISBN: 8804308354. Arnoldo MONDADORI, Milano:1989 paperback
Referencia librero : 21466X1 ISBN : 8804308354 9788804308355
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IVAN MORRIS TRANSLATION
As I Crossed A Bridge Of Dreams: Recollections Of A Woman In Eleventh-century Japan
Oxford University Press London: 1971. Hardcover with dustjacket. Good condition. Covers are bowed. ISBN: 0192125532. Oxford University Press, London: 1971 hardcover
Referencia librero : 62536X1 ISBN : 0192125532 9780192125538
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