The Penguin Book of Victorian Verse

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The Government Inspector and Other Russian Plays

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The Earliest English Poems

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Classical Literary Criticism

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This anthology brings together core classical texts for understanding literature. The selections from Plato illustrate the poetic philosopher's surprising exclusion of poets from his ideal republic...

German Idealist Philosophy

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The great quest for systematic knowledge in the decades around the year 1800 gave rise to one of the most spirited eras in the history of philosophical exploration, exemplified by the school of Ger...

The Desert Fathers

By Benedicta Ward

The 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...

Early Greek Philosophy

By Jonathan Barnes

The works collected in this volume form the true foundation of Western philosophy—the base upon which Plato and Aristotle and their successors would eventually build. Yet the importance of the Pre-...

The Roots of Ayurveda

By Dominik Wujastyk

Ayurveda, the ancient art of healing, has been practiced in India for more than two thousand years and survives today as a living medical tradition whose principles are at the heart of many "altern...

Russian Short Stories from Pushkin to Buida

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From the reign of the Tsars in the early nineteenth century to the collapse of the Soviet Union and beyond, the short story has long occupied a central place in Russian culture. Included here are p...

Soul Looks Back in Wonder

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"The selections are uniformly uplifting, with affirming messages about the heritage, strength and dreams of African Americans."—Publishers WeeklyIn this compelling collection of words and pictures,...