Penguin Classics
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Women in Power: Classical Myths and Stories, from the Amazons to Cleopatra
$20.00 Add to cartClassical stories about women who wield power, from the Amazons to Dido to Cleopatra
There is no other anthology that brings together similar stories of ancient women in power. These
A Penguin Classic- Author: McCarter, Stephanie A.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: September 10 2024
- ISBN10: 0143136364
- Language: English
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On Being Different: What It Means to Be a Homosexual
$15.00 Read moreThe groundbreaking work on being homosexual in America–available again only from Penguin Classics and with a new foreword by Dan Savage
Originally published in 1971, Merle Miller’s On Being Different- Series: Penguin Classics
- Author: Miller, Merle
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: September 25 2012
- ISBN10: 0143106961
- Language: English
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Selected Poems of Lord George Gordon Byron
$19.00 Read moreThe selected poems of a legendary romantic.
Described as ‘Mad, bad and dangerous to know’ by one of his lovers, Lady Caroline Lamb, Lord Byron was the quintessential Romantic. Flamboyant, charismatic- Series: Penguin Classics
- Author: Byron, Lord George Gordon
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 864
- Publish Date: April 25 2006
- ISBN10: 0140424504
- Language: English
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Essays
$16.00 Read moreSelections from one of the greatest essayists of the Graeco-Roman world
Plutarch used an encyclopedic knowledge of the Roman Empire to produce a compelling and individual voice. In this superb selecti- Series: Penguin Classics
- Author: Plutarch
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: April 06 1993
- ISBN10: 0140445641
- Language: English
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Maldoror and Poems
$20.00 Read moreOne of the earliest and most astonishing examples of surrealist writing
Insolent and defiant, the Chants de Maldoror, by the self-styled Comte de Lautr?amont (1846-70), depicts a sinister and sadistic- Series: Penguin Classics
- Author: Lautr?amont
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: November 01 1988
- ISBN10: 0140443428
- Language: English
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Jason and the Argonauts
$16.00 Add to cartThe first new Penguin Classics translation of the Argonautica since the 1950s
Now in a riveting new verse translation, Jason and the Argonauts (also known as the Argonautica) is the only surviving ful- Series: Penguin Classics
- Author: Apollonius of Rhodes
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: October 28 2014
- ISBN10: 0143106864
- Language: English
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The History of the Kings of Britain
$19.00 Add to cartCompleted in 1136, The History of the Kings of Britain traces the story of the realm from its supposed foundation by Brutus to the coming of the Saxons some two thousand years later. Vividly portrayin… [more below]
- Series: Penguin Classics
- Author: Geoffrey of Monmouth
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: January 27 1977
- ISBN10: 0140441700
- Language: English
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Don Juan
$21.00 Add to cartByron’s exuberant masterpiece tells of the adventures of Don Juan, beginning with his illicit love affair at the age of sixteen in his native Spain and his subsequent exile to Italy. Following a drama… [more below]
- Series: Penguin Classics
- Author: Byron, Lord George Gordon
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 759
- Publish Date: March 29 2005
- ISBN10: 0140424520
- Language: English
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The Annals of Imperial Rome
$19.00 Add to cartHis last work, regarded by many as the greatest work of contemporary scholarship, Tacitus’ The Annals of Imperial Rome recount with depth and insight the history of the Roman Empire during the first c… [more below]
- Series: Penguin Classics
- Author: Tacite
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 464
- Publish Date: June 30 1956
- ISBN10: 0140440607
- Language: English
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South: The Endurance Expedition
$22.00 Add to cartAs war clouds darkened over Europe in 1914, a party led by Shackleton set out to make the first crossing of the entire Antarctic continent via the Pole. But their initial optimism was short-lived as i… [more below]
- Series: Penguin Classics
- Author: Shackleton, Ernest
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: January 27 2004
- ISBN10: 0142437794
- Language: English
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The Interesting Narrative and Other Writings
$15.00 Add to cartCompletely revised and edited with an introduction and notes by Vincent Carretta
An exciting and often terrifying adventure story, as well as an important precursor to such famous nineteenth-century s- Series: Penguin Classics
- Author: Equiano, Olaudah
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: May 27 2003
- ISBN10: 0142437166
- Language: English
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King Lear: The 1608 Quarto and 1623 Folio Texts
$11.00 Read moreThe acclaimed Pelican Shakespeare series edited by A. R. Braunmuller and Stephen Orgel
The legendary Pelican Shakespeare series features authoritative and meticulously researched texts paired with sc- Series: Pelican Shakespeare (Paperback)
- Author: Shakespeare, William
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: February 01 2000
- ISBN10: 0140714901
- Language: English
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The Book of Chuang Tzu
$19.00 Add to cartA masterpiece of ancient Chinese philosophy, second in influence only to the Tao Te Ching
One of the founders of Taoism, Chuang Tzu was firmly opposed to Confucian values of order, control, and hiera- Series: Penguin Classics
- Author: Palmer, Martin
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: December 01 2007
- ISBN10: 014045537X
- Language: English
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The Jewish War: Revised Edition
$18.00 Add to cartJosephus’ account of a war marked by treachery and atrocity is a superbly detailed and evocative record of the Jewish rebellion against Rome between AD 66 and 70. Originally a rebel leader, Josephus c… [more below]
- Series: Penguin Classics
- Author: Josephus, Flavius
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 512
- Publish Date: February 07 1984
- ISBN10: 0140444203
- Language: English
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William Wordsworth: Selected Poems
$17.00 Add to cartOne of the major poets of Romanticism, Wordsworth epitomized the spirit of his age with his celebration of the natural world and the spontanous expression of feeling. This volume contains a rich selec… [more below]
- Series: Penguin Classics
- Author: Wordsworth, William
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 314
- Publish Date: March 29 2005
- ISBN10: 0140424423
- Language: English
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The Letters of Abelard and Heloise
$18.00 Add to cartThrough the letters between Abelard and Heloise, we follow the path of their 12th-century romance, from its reckless and ecstatic beginnings when Heloise became Abelard’s pupil, through the suffering … [more below]
- Series: Penguin Classics
- Author: Abelard, Peter
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: April 27 2004
- ISBN10: 0140448993
- Language: English
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Discourse on Method and Related Writings
$12.00 Read more“It is not enough to have a good mind; it is more important to use it well”
Ren? Descartes was a central figure in the scientific revolution of the seventeenth century. In his Discourse on Method he o- Series: Penguin Classics
- Author: Descartes, Ren?
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: March 01 2000
- ISBN10: 0140446990
- Language: English
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Buddhist Scriptures
$20.00 Add to cartWhile Buddhism has no central text such as the Bible or the Koran, there is a powerful body of scripture from across Asia that encompasses the dharma, or the teachings of Buddha. This rich anthology b… [more below]
- Series: Penguin Classics
- Author: Anonymous
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 608
- Publish Date: August 31 2004
- ISBN10: 014044758X
- Language: English
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The Complete Poems
$23.00 Add to cartRossetti is unique among Victorian poets for the sheer range of her subject matter and the variety of her verse form. This collection brings together fantasy poems, such as Goblin Market, and terrifyi… [more below]
- Series: Penguin Classics
- Author: Rossetti, Christina
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 1312
- Publish Date: November 01 2001
- ISBN10: 0140423664
- Language: English
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The History of the Church: From Christ to Constantine
$20.00 Add to cartEusebius’s account is the only surviving historical record of the Church during its crucial first 300 years. Bishop Eusebius, a learned scholar who lived most of his life in Caesarea in Palestine, bro… [more below]
- Series: Penguin Classics
- Author: Eusebius
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 480
- Publish Date: April 03 1990
- ISBN10: 0140445358
- Language: English
