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100 Favorite English and Irish Poems by Clarence C. Strowbridge (Editor)
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This compact anthology contains many of the best works of 59 poets writing in English--from the complex rhyme schemes of Elizabethan poet Edmund Spenser and lovely sonnets of the preeminent English poet and playwright William Shakespeare to William Blake's visionary works and John Keats' profound insig ...Show more
Best Critical Writing by Oscar Wilde; Mark Twain; Edgar Allan Poe; John Grafton (Editor); Nora Rawn (Editor)
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Category: Reference | Series: Dover Thrift Editions Ser.
A carefully curated library of the world's greatest literature, Dover Thrift Editions are the most affordable choice for today's readers. The series offers a vast selection of complete and unabridged titles, each a classic work of fiction, nonfiction, poetry or drama. Book jacket.
Statesman and Sophist - Two Dialogues by Plató
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Category: Classics | Series: Dover Thrift Editions Ser.
These two dialogues by the greatest of the ancient Greek philosophers explore a vital concern of a democratic society: how to define the special abilities and qualities that make a genuine statesman. They further examine the distinction between an authentic statesman and the sophist, an individual who p ...Show more
The Ego and the Id by Sigmund Freud
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All human behaviors and traits, according to this 1923 study, derive from the complicated interactions of three elements of the psyche: the id, the ego, and the superego. The root of Sigmund Freud's approach to psychiatric treatment resides in bringing the id, the hidden source of human passion, to the ...Show more
The Future of an Illusion by Sigmund Freud; W. D. Robson-Scott (Translator)
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Category: Philosophy and Religion | Series: Dover Thrift Editions: Psychology Ser.
In The Future of an Illusion, Freud's psychoanalysis of religion is the culmination of a lifelong thought pattern. Freud examines human nature and the role of religion in society, proclaiming that human instincts are destructive to civilization and must be restrained to maintain an orderly society. Reli ...Show more
The Story of Philosophy by Will Durant
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Pulitzer Prize-winning author Will Durant chronicles the lives and ideas of several key philosophical thinkers throughout history in this informative and eminently readable text. Beginning with Socrates and Plato and concluding with Friedrich Nietzsche, with twelve other prominent philosophers in betwee ...Show more
The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway
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Recognized as one of the finest work of Hemingway, the novel revolve around a love story between the protagonist Jake Barnesand the promiscuous divorcée Lady Brett Ashley. The book displays and embodies the new sexual freedom that became typical of the 1920s.The book is set in the backdrop of Paris and ...Show more
There Once Was a Limerick Anthology: Lewis Carroll, Edward Lear, Mark Twain, Carolyn Wells, Woodrow Wilson and Others by Michael Croland (Editor)
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Humor buffs and poetry lovers will laugh out loud with this captivating collection of more than 350 limericks. A limerick is a five-line rhyming poem with a bouncy rhythm, and common varieties include geographical and bawdy limericks as well as tongue twisters and creative misspellings. Limerick legends ...Show more
Under Green Leaves by Richard Henry Stoddard
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Category: Poetry & Drama | Series: Dover Thrift Editions Ser.
This treasury of verse rejoices in the pleasures of the countryside and the beauty of the outdoors. Originally published in the mid-19th century, Under Green Leaves offers a wealth of poetry inspired by nature, from lyrics by English dramatists such as William Shakespeare, Ben Jonson, and Beaumont and F ...Show more
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