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  • Stories from the Faerie Queene

    by Mary Jane McLeod Bethune ...
    A cornerstone of English Renaissance literature, Edmund Spenser's The Faerie Queene weaves together allegory, chivalry, and myth in a sprawling poetic epic. Yet its original sixteenth-century language can be daunting for readers. In this volume, Mary Macleod offers a faithful retelling that preserves the grandeur of Spenser's vision while presenting it in clear, accessible prose.Her narrative ... Read more

    $1.99 USD

  • Licensing Loyalty

    Printers, Patrons, and the State in Early Modern France

    by Jane McLeod ...
    Series series Penn State Series in the History of the Book
    In Licensing Loyalty, historian Jane McLeod explores the evolution of the idea that the royal government of eighteenth-century France had much to fear from the rise of print culture. She argues that early modern French printers helped foster this view as they struggled to negotiate a place in the expanding bureaucratic apparatus of the French state. Printers in the provinces and in Paris ... Read more

    $64.79 USD

  • Women and Work in Eighteenth-Century France

    by Jacob Melish, Judith DeGroat, Cynthia Truant, Nancy Locklin, Rafe Blaufarb, Jane McLeod, James Collins, Bonnie Smith ...
    In the eighteenth century, French women were active in a wide range of employments-from printmaking to running whole-sale businesses-although social and legal structures frequently limited their capacity to work independently. The contributors to Women and Work in Eighteenth-Century France reveal how women at all levels of society negotiated these structures with determination and ingenuity in ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

  • What Determines Harm from Addictive Substances and Behaviours?

    Edited by Lucy Gell, Jane McLeod, Sarah Forberger, John Holmes, Anne Lingford-Hughes, Petra S. Meier, Gerhard Bühringer ...
    Series series Governance of Addictive Substances and Behaviours Series
    The multifaceted nature of harmful substance use and gambling requires interdisciplinary analysis to assess the underlying causes. What Determines Harm from Addictive Substances and Behaviours? draws together evidence from twelve disciplines including anthropology, genetics, neurobiology, and public policy. Using a developmental approach, the book presents evidence on the factors that influence ... Read more

    $43.19 USD

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    by Sophocles ...
    Translated by F. Storr ...
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  • Liberty or Death

    The French Revolution

    by Peter McPhee ...
    A strinking account of the impact of the French Revolution in Paris, across the French countryside, and around the globeThe French Revolution has fascinated, perplexed, and inspired for more than two centuries. It was a seismic event that radically transformed France and launched shock waves across the world. In this provocative new history, Peter McPhee draws on a lifetime's study of eighteenth ... Read more

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  • Counter-Democracy

    Politics in an Age of Distrust

    by Pierre Rosanvallon, Arthur Goldhammer ...
    Series Book 7 - The Seeley Lectures
    Democracy is established as a generally uncontested ideal, while regimes inspired by this form of government fall under constant criticism. Hence, the steady erosion of confidence in representatives that has become one of the major political issues of our time. Amidst these challenges, the paradox remains that while citizens are less likely to make the trip to the ballot box, the world is far from ... Read more

    $31.99 USD

  • The Adventures of Odysseus and The Tales of Troy

    by Padraic Colum ...
    Series series Classics To Go
    Also known as "The Children's Homer," this is Irish writer Padraic Colum's retelling of the events of Homer's Iliad and Odyssey for young people. Colum's rich, evocative prose narrates the travails of Odysseus, King of Ithaca: his experiences fighting the Trojan War, and his ten years' journey home to his faithful wife Penelope and his son Telemachus. (Summary by Elizabeth Klett ) ... Read more

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  • The Epic Poems Anthology

    by Homer, Virgil, Marcel Proust, John Milton ...
    Translated by Samuel Butler ...
    A magnificent collection of the world's greatest epic poems, celebrating heroism, destiny, adventure, and the enduring power of storytelling. This extraordinary anthology brings together some of the most influential epic works ever written, including masterpieces by Homer, Virgil, John Milton, and other literary giants. Spanning ancient civilizations, mythological worlds, legendary battles, and ... Read more

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  • A History of Masculinity

    From Patriarchy to Gender Justice

    by Ivan Jablonka ...
    Translated by Nathan Bracher ...
    **'Exhilarating . . . a work of scholarship, but also inspiration. . . Go and read Jablonka and change the world' Christina Patterson, Sunday Times'An unexpected bestseller in France. . . it has sparked conversations' ChallengesA highly acclaimed, bestselling work from one of France's preeminent historians**What does it mean to be a good man? To be a good father, or a good partner? A good brother, ... Read more

    $14.59 USD

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  • The Iliad and The Odyssey

    by Homer ...
    The Iliad: Join Achilles at the Gates of Troy as he slays Hector to Avenge the death of Patroclus. Here is a story of love and war, hope and despair, and honor and glory. The recent major motion picture Helen of Troy staring Brad Pitt proves that this epic is as relevant today as it was twenty five hundred years ago when it was first written. So journey back to the Trojan War with Homer and relive ... Read more

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  • Along a River

    The First French-Canadian Women

    by Jan Noel ...
    French-Canadian explorers, traders, and soldiers feature prominently in this country's storytelling, but little has been written about their female counterparts. In Along a River, award-winning historian Jan Noel shines a light on the lives of remarkable French-Canadian women — immigrant brides, nuns, tradeswomen, farmers, governors' wives, and even smugglers — during the period between the ... Read more

    $43.19 USD