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  • Daily Life Depicted in the Cantigas de Santa Maria

    by John E. Keller, Annette Grant Cash ...
    Series series Studies in Romance Languages
    The hundreds of illuminated miniatures found in the Cantigas de Santa Maria, sponsored by King Alfonso X (1252–84), reveal many vistas of daily life in thirteenth century Spain.No other source provides such an encyclopedic view of all classes of medieval European society, from kings and popes to the lowest peasants. Men and women are seen farming, hunting, on pilgrimage, watching bullfights, in ... Read more

    $23.79 USD

  • Aesop's Fables

    With a Life of Aesop

    by John E. Keller, L. Clark Keating ...
    Series series Studies in Romance Languages
    In 1489 Johan Hurus printed the first collection of fables in Spain, Lavida del Ysopetconsusfabulas hystoriadas. Illustrated with nearly 200 woodcuts, this work quickly became the most-read book in Spain, beloved of both children and adults. Reprinted many times in the next three centuries and carried to the New World, it brought to Spanish letters a cornucopia of Aesopic fables, oriental ... Read more

    $31.49 USD

  • The Age of A.I.: The Threat of Machines

    by John E. Keller ...
    In a world increasingly dependent on artificial intelligence, “The Age of A.I.: The Threat of Machines” offers an in-depth and critical analysis of how machines are transforming society. This book explores the ethical, moral, and social implications of AI, unraveling the challenges and opportunities it presents for the future of humanity.Through a series of meticulously researched chapters, the ... Read more

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  • Pious Brief Narrative in Medieval Castilian and Galician Verse

    From Berceo to Alfonso X

    by John E. Keller ...
    Series Book 21 - Studies in Romance Languages
    "Brief narratives," or medieval precursors to the modern short story, are compositions couched in the form of a tale of reasonable short length. They began with writings in Latin and, eventually, made their way into the vernacular languages of Europe. They include the fable, the apologue, the exemplum, the saint's life, the miracle, the biography, the adventure tale, the romance, the jest, and the ... Read more

    $26.99 USD

  • Iconography in Medieval Spanish Literature

    by John E. Keller, Richard P. Kinkade ...
    The masterpieces of medieval Spanish literature have come to be known and loved by Hispanists, and more recently by others throughout the world. But the brilliant illuminations with which the original manuscripts were illustrated have remained almost totally unknown on the shelves of the great European libraries. To redress this woeful neglect, two noted scholars here present a generous selection ... Read more

    $26.99 USD

  • The Literary Mind of Medieval and Renaissance Spain

    by Otis H. Green ...
    Series Book 1 - Studies in Romance Languages
    The twelve essays in this fiorilegio of the work of Otis H. Green afford a representative view of the thought and scholarship of one of the world's foremost Hispanists. In each of them is developed some important facet of the intellectual milieu of the Middle Ages and Renaissance, reflecting Otis Green's life-long and wide-ranging quest for evidence that would broaden our understanding of those ... Read more

    $31.49 USD

  • The Book of Count Lucanor and Patronio

    A Translation of Don Juan Manuel's El Conde Lucanor

    by Juan Manuel ...
    Translated by John E. Keller, L. Clark Keating ...
    Series Book 16 - Studies in Romance Languages
    Don Juan Manuel, nephew of King Alfonso X, The Wise, knew well the appeal of exempla (moralized tales), which he believed should entertain if they were to provide ways and means for solving life's problems. His fourteenth-century book, known as El Conde lucanor, is considered by many to be the purest Spanish prose before the immortal Don Quixote of Cervantes written two centuries later. He found ... Read more

    $31.49 USD

  • Amadis of Gaul, Books I and II

    by Garci R. de Montalvo ...
    Translated by Edwin Place, Herbert Behm ...
    Series series Studies in Romance Languages
    In the long history of European prose fiction, few works have been more influential and more popular than the romance of chivalry Amadis of Gaul. Although its original author is unknown, it was probably written during the early fourteenth century. The first great bestseller of the age of printing, Amadis of Gaul was translated into dozens of languages and spawned sequels and imitators over the ... Read more

    $62.99 USD

  • British Murder Mysteries: 350+ Detective Novels & True Crime Stories in One Volume

    350+ Victorian and Golden Age Detective Tales, Thrillers, and True Crimes

    by Arthur Conan Doyle, Edgar Wallace, Wilkie Collins, R. Austin Freeman, Agatha Christie, H. C. McNeile, G. K. Chesterton, Arthur Morrison, Ernest Bramah, Victor L. Whitechurch, Thomas W. Hanshew, E. W. Hornung, J. S. Fletcher, Rober Barr, Frank Froest, C. N. Williamson, A. M. Williamson, Isabel Ostander ...
    British Murder Mysteries gathers more than 350 detective tales, novels, and true-crime narratives into a capacious survey of British crime writing's formative decades. Ranging from clue-driven puzzles and locked-room enigmas to legal investigation, urban suspense, adventure, and reportage, the volume charts the genre's movement between sensationalism and rational deduction. Its memorable ... Read more

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  • The Usual British Suspects: 350+ Quintessential British Murder Mysteries & Detective Novels

    Hercule Poirot Cases, Sherlock Holmes Series, Father Brown (Including True Crime Stories)

    by Arthur Conan Doyle, Edgar Wallace, Wilkie Collins, R. Austin Freeman, Agatha Christie, H. C. McNeile, G. K. Chesterton, Arthur Morrison, Ernest Bramah, Victor L. Whitechurch, Thomas W. Hanshew, E. W. Hornung, J. S. Fletcher, Rober Barr, Frank Froest, C. N. Williamson, A. M. Williamson, Isabel Ostander ...
    The Usual British Suspects: 350+ Quintessential British Murder Mysteries & Detective Novels is a formidable anthology that elegantly encapsulates the diversity and intricate craftsmanship of British detective literature. Spanning a variety of literary styles—from the tightly constructed puzzles of classic whodunits to the psychological intricacies in detective narratives—this collection explores ... Read more

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  • The Book of Legends

    Amazing, Scary and Entertaining Stories for Kids of all Ages

    by John Keller ...
    "The Book of Legends" follows a young boy named Spencer who is watching his two younger siblings, as they are all alone in the house. Not willing to go to bed, just yet the two young siblings ask Spencer to tell them stories, but he tells them legends, instead, taking them on an adventure with each one.An exciting new author, John King Keller, shares four amazing, scary and entertaining legends in ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • The Road Home

    by John Keller ...
    Dave and his buddies are on their way home from the war. They look forward to civilian life, but have reservations. How will they be treated? Will they be accepted? Upon landing, they are greeted by protesters who are very antagonistic to them because they are soldiers. Each goes his own way with experiences both good and bad. Their reintegration back into civilian life proves to be anything but ... Read more

    $4.99 USD