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The Book of Magic: From Antiquity to the Enlightenment
$18.00 Add to cartA rich, wondrous anthology of the Western magical tradition, from the Old Testament to Doctor Faustus and Paradise Lost, now in a Penguin Classics black spine edition
“. . . as when iron is drawn to- Author: Copenhaver, Brian
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 704
- Publish Date: March 07 2017
- ISBN10: 0141393149
- 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 Add to cart“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 Divine Comedy: Volume 1: Hell
$17.00 Read moreThe first volume of Dante’s Divine Comedy
Guided by the poet Virgil, Dante plunges to the very depths of Hell and embarks on his arduous journey towards God. Together they descend through the nine cir- Series: Divine Comedy
- Author: Alighieri, Dante
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: June 30 1950
- ISBN10: 140440062
- 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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Vishnu Purana
$28.95 Add to cartLORD VISHNU AND THE CREATION The Vishnu Purana is part of a series of eighteen sacred Hindu texts known collectively as the Puranas. It occupies a prominent position among the ancient Vaishnava Purana… [more below]
- Author: Debroy, Bibek
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 608
- Publish Date: June 06 2022
- ISBN10: 0143456865
- Language: English
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The Journals of Lewis and Clark
$20.00 Add to cartIn 1803, when the United States purchased Louisiana from France, the great expanse of this new American territory was a blank–not only on the map but in our knowledge. President Thomas Jefferson keen… [more below]
- Series: Lewis & Clark Expedition
- Author: Lewis, Meriwether
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 560
- Publish Date: December 31 2002
- ISBN10: 0142437360
- 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
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Cyrano de Bergerac
$13.00 Add to cartPoet and soldier, brawler and charmer, Cyrano de Bergerac is desperately in love with Roxane, the most beautiful woman in Paris. But there is one very large problem – he has a nose of stupendous size … [more below]
- Series: Penguin Classics
- Author: Rostand, Edmond
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: December 01 2006
- ISBN10: 014044968X
- Language: English
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Twelve Years a Slave
$18.00 Add to cartBorn a free man in New York State in 1808, Solomon Northup was kidnapped in Washington, D.C., in 1841. He spent the next twelve years as a slave on a Louisiana cotton plantation. During this time he w… [more below]
- Series: Penguin Classics
- Author: Northup, Solomon
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: July 31 2012
- ISBN10: 0143106708
- Language: English
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The Complete Poems
$25.00 Read moreOne of the great English Romantic poets, William Blake was also an artist, mystic, and visionary. His work ranges from the deceptively simple and lyrical Songs of Innocence and their counterpoint Expe… [more below]
- Author: Blake, William
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 1072
- Publish Date: March 30 1978
- ISBN10: 0140422153
- Language: English
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The Desert Fathers: Sayings of the Early Christian Monks
$18.00 Add to cartThe Desert Fathers were the first Christian monks, living in solitude in the deserts of Egypt, Palestine, and Syria. In contrast to the formalized and official theology of the “founding fathers” of th… [more below]
- Series: Penguin Classics
- Author: Various
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: July 29 2003
- ISBN10: 0140447318
- Language: English
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Complete Poems
$17.00 Read more“Teems with sharp observation, profound moral insight, high satiric wit, and all manner of aesthetic delight.” -The New York Times Book Review
A Penguin Classic This definitive edition brings together- Series: Classic, 20th-Century, Penguin
- Author: Moore, Marianne
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: November 01 1994
- ISBN10: 0140188517
- Language: English
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Ecce Homo: How One Becomes What One Is–Revised Edition
$15.00 Add to cartIn late 1888, only weeks before his final collapse into madness, Nietzsche (1844-1900) set out to compose his autobiography, and Ecce Homo remains one of the most intriguing yet bizarre examples of th… [more below]
- Series: Penguin Classics
- Author: Nietzsche, Friedrich
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: December 01 1992
- ISBN10: 0140445153
- Language: English
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Narrative of Sojourner Truth: A Bondswoman of Olden Time, with a History of Her Labors and Correspondence Drawn from Her “Book of Life”; Also, a Mem
$12.00 Add to cartTruth’s landmark slave narrative chronicles her experiences as a slave in upstate New York and her transformation into an extraordinary abolitionist, feminist, orator, and preacher. Based on the compl… [more below]
- Series: Penguin Classics
- Author: Truth, Sojourner
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: November 01 1998
- ISBN10: 0140436782
- Language: English
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The Complete Poetry
$22.00 Add to cartA wonderful edition of Herbert’s poetry, edited by his acclaimed biographer John Drury and including elegant new translations of his Latin verse
George Herbert wrote, but never published, some of the- Author: Herbert, George
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 768
- Publish Date: August 18 2015
- ISBN10: 0141392045
- Language: English
