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  • The Legendary Sources of Flaubert's Saint Julien

    by Benjamin Bart, Robert Cook ...
    Series series University of Toronto Romance Series
    The sources for La Légende de Saint Julien l’Hospitalier, one of Flaubert’s finest literary works, have long been the subject of numerous conflicting theories. The implications of the controversy are broad and important, not only for Flaubert’s work but also for our understanding of how writers generally use traditional material. Superficial resemblances have led critics to conclude that Flaubert ... Read more

    $22.29 USD

  • The History of Farting

    by Benjamin Bart ...
    This is a collection of papers from the Bart Collection on the history of farting. The collection was started by Benjamin Bart on discovering several papers in his grandmother Emily's cedar chest, and are available with the help of the Australian Literature Council. The book encompasses all aspects of the history of farting, from the place of farts in culture through the ages to an A-Z of classic ... Read more

    $0.99 USD

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  • The Children of Odin: The Book of Northern Myths

    Gods, Giants, and Heroes: Unveiling the Legends of the Northern Myths

    by Padraic Colum ...
    In "The Children of Odin: The Book of Northern Myths," Padraic Colum masterfully retells the ancient Norse myths with a vibrant narrative flair that captures the essence of this rich cultural heritage. The book is structured episodically, weaving tales of gods, giants, and heroes with poetic elegance, drawing readers into a world steeped in adventure and moral complexity. Colum's use of lyrical ... Read more

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  • Still Foolin' 'Em

    Where I've Been, Where I'm Going, and Where the Hell Are My Keys?

    by Billy Crystal ...
    The New York Times BestsellerAudiobook Nominated 2014 Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album“Still Foolin' ‘Em … moves from one funny, strange and heartfelt moment to the next as smoothly as the best of the nine Academy Awards shows Crystal hosted.” —Los Angeles TimesHilarious and heartfelt observations on aging from one of America's favorite comedians as he turns 65, and a look back at a ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

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  • The Decameron

    by Giovanni Boccaccio, G. H. McWilliam ...
    Translated by G. H. McWilliam ...
    In the summer of 1348, as the Black Death ravages their city, ten young Florentines take refuge in the countryside...Taken from the Greek, meaning 'ten-day event', Boccaccio's Decameron sees his characters amuse themselves by each telling a story a day, for the ten days of their confinement - a hundred stories of love and adventure, life and death, and surprising twists of fate. Less preoccupied ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

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  • Heads in Beds

    A Reckless Memoir of Hotels, Hustles, and So-Called Hospitality

    by Jacob Tomsky ...
    **In the tradition of Kitchen Confidential and Waiter Rant, a rollicking, eye-opening, fantastically indiscreet memoir of a life spent (and misspent) in the hotel industry.“Highly amusing."—New York Times**Jacob Tomsky never intended to go into the hotel business. As a new college graduate, armed only with a philosophy degree and a singular lack of career direction, he became a valet parker for a ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

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  • The Consolation of Philosophy

    by Anicius Boethius ...
    Boethius was an eminent public figure under the Gothic emperor Theodoric, and an exceptional Greek scholar. When he became involved in a conspiracy and was imprisoned in Pavia, it was to the Greek philosophers that he turned. THE CONSOLATION was written in the period leading up to his brutal execution. It is a dialogue of alternating prose and verse between the ailing prisoner and his 'nurse' ... Read more

    $11.59 USD

  • The Nibelungenlied: The Lay of the Nibelungs

    The Lay of the Nibelungs

    Series series Oxford World's Classics
    'In ancient tales many marvels are told us ... now you may hear such marvels told!' The greatest of the heroic epics to emerge from medieval Germany, the Nibelungenlied is a revenge saga of sweeping dimensions. It tells of the dragon-slayer Sivrit, and the mysterious kingdom of the Nibelungs with its priceless treasure-hoard guarded by dwarves and giants, of Pr�nhilt the Amazonian queen, fortune ... Read more

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  • The Homeric Hymn to Demeter

    by Homer ...
    Translated by Hugh G. Evelyn-White ...
    A cornerstone of ancient Greek religious poetry, The Homeric Hymn to Demeter offers a profound exploration of divine power, maternal devotion, and the mysteries of life and death.Composed in the 7th century BC, this foundational text centers on the goddess Demeter and her daughter Persephone, whose abduction by Hades catalyzes the seasonal cycle and the origin of the Eleusinian Mysteries-one of ... Read more

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  • The Purgatorio

    by Dante Alighieri ...
    Translated by John Ciardi ...
    In The Purgatorio, Dante describes his journey to the renunciation of sin, accepting his suffering in preparation for his coming into the presence of God. This brilliant translation of Dante?s canticle crystallizes the great poet?s immortal conception of the aspiring soul. ... Read more

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  • Uncle John's Canoramic Bathroom Reader

    by Bathroom Readers' Institute ...
    Series series Uncle John's Bathroom Reader
    The twenty-seventh Bathroom Reader in the beloved, bizarre trivia series with more than fifteen million copies in print!At a whopping 544 pages, Uncle John's Canoramic Bathroom Reader is overflowing with everything that Bathroom Readers' Institute fans have come to expect from this bestselling trivia series: fascinating history, silly science, obscure origins . . . plus fads, blunders, wordplay, ... Read more

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  • Looking Into Providences

    Designs and Trials in Paradise Lost

    by Raymond Waddington ...
    What is the role of providence in Paradise Lost? In Looking into Providences, Raymond B. Waddington provides the first examination of this engaging subject. He explores the variety of implicit organizational structures or ‘designs’ that govern Paradise Lost, and looks in-depth at the ‘trials,’ or testing situations, which require interpretation, choice, and action from its characters.Waddington ... Read more

    $61.19 USD