The Complete Fables

The Complete Fables

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This definitive and fully annotated modern edition of the Fables is the first translation ever to make available the complete corpus of 358 fables attributed to Aesop, displaying his humor, insight, and savage wit, as well as affording fascinating glimpses of everyday life in ancient Greece. Earlier English versions have been both sanitized and highly selective. Aesop was probably a prisoner of war, sold into slavery in the early sixth century B.C., who represented his masters in court and relied on animal stories to put across his key points. These tales are brought together with other Aesop-inspired satirical tales, probably originating in Libya and Egypt. - Category: Books Reading - Misc. - Used - Item: 461116420 - The Complete Fables


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How to Draw the Human Figure  An Anatomical Approach

How to Draw the Human Figure An Anatomical Approach


Matches anatomical information with surface forms and shows how anatomical knowledge can be used for selective emphasis as well as for realism in art, using drawings by masters and the author to clarify points made in the text - Category: Books Reading - Used Item: 461116422 - How to Draw the Human Figure An Anatomical Approach

Henry V

Henry V


Henry V, the climax of Shakespeare's sequence of English history plays, is an inspiring, often comic celebration of a young warrior-king. But it is also a study of the costly exhilarations of war, and of the penalties as well as the glories of human greatness. - Category: Books Reading - Used Item: 461116426 - Henry V

The Sonnets

The Sonnets


Probably, more nonsense has been talked and written, more intellectual and emotional energy expended in vain, on the sonnets of Shakespeare than on any other literary work in the world. It so happens that we know almost nothing about the historical circumstances under which Shakespeare wrote these sonnets: we don't know to whom they are addressed or exactly when they were written, and, unless entirely new evidence should turn up, which is unlikely, we never shall. - Category: Books Reading - Used Item: 461116429 - The Sonnets

Blue Ridge

Blue Ridge


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The Passion

The Passion


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They were young, popular, the perfect couple -- an all-American boy and a beautiful cheerleader. But the youthful passion that led them to Lookout Point that terrible evening would prove fatal. For Richie Walters the end came swiftly, as death descended upon him in a savage orgy of horrific violence. Elaine Murray would live long enough to learn just how lucky her boyfriend had been ... Two brutal slayings have rocked a stunned city. But the murders are merely the nightmare's beginning, flinging open a terrifying Pandora's box of sordid secrets and dark revelations more deadly than the bloodlust that lives in the rock-hard heart of a killer. - Category: Books Reading - New Item: 460681807 - Heartstone - more info

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Year's Best Fantasy 5


A companion volume to Year's Best SF, this fifth anthology of outstanding fantasy tales features contributions by such acclaimed fantasy authors as Kage Baker, Peter S. Beagle, Neil Gaiman, Patricia A. McKillip, Tim S. Powers, and Gene Wolfe, in a collection of the best short fantasy fiction of the year. Original. - Category: Books Reading - New Item: 460681938 - Year's Best Fantasy 5

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A boy and his people, colonists on the planet Harmony, try to save their way of life. - Books Reading - New - 461570893 - SWEETWATER PB - description

Air Is All Around You

Air Is All Around You


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Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark

Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark


Whether read in a quiet room with no one else around, or shared aloud on a moonless night, this book of scary stories will keep readers on the edge of their seats. '(Includes) traditional ghost tales, contemporary folklore, and chilling stories with surprise endings. . . . Superb illustrations'.--The Horn Book. - Books Reading - New - 461571206 - Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark in store

Finding Buck McHenry

Finding Buck McHenry


In a squeeze play, Jason is moved to his Little League's not-yet formed expansion team of rejected players. Jason has found a sponsor and a couple of good key players, and the school custodian, Mack Henry, has agreed to be their coach. Soon Jason wonders if the baseball-wise Mr. Henry could be the former great pitcher Buck McHenry. - Books Reading - New - 461571209 - Finding Buck McHenry in store

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Where Are the Night Animals?


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