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xi, 124 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm.
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Written by court princesses, exiled officials, Zen priests, and recluses, the one hundred and fifty poems translated here represent the rich diversity of Japan's poetic tradition. Varying in tone from the sensuous and erotic to the profoundly spiritual, each poem captures a sense of the poignant beauty and longing known only in the fleeting experience of the moment.
The translator has selected these five-line tanka - one of the great traditional...
45) The Qurʼan
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xxvi, 530 pages ; 22 cm
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English
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Presents the rules of conduct that remain fundamental to Muslims - the key Islamic values of prayer, fasting, pilgrimage and absolute faith in God, with spiritual guidance on matters of kinship, marriage and family, crime and punishment, rituals, food, warfare and charity.
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Library of America volume 70
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637 pages ; 21 cm.
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Contains Emerson's published poetry, plus selections of his unpublished poetry from journals and notebooks, and some of his translations of poetry from other languages, notably Dante's La vita nuova.
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In this collection, the fantastical and the visceral merge in tales filled with opposites: the boredom and brutality of war; modern urban life and rural traditions; tender desire and sudden violence. Mandanipour delivers fierce social critique in stories steeped in the beauty of an ancient land and culture.
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This collection presents fifty of the most essential poems by one of history's greatest poets in dynamic new translations, the result of an unprecedented collaboration among a team of poets, translators, and the world's leading Neruda scholars. A definitive selection that draws from the entire breadth of Neruda's various styles, themes, and periods, The Essential Neruda breathes new life and understanding into the work of one of Latin America's --...
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In The Divine Comedy, Dante imagines himself as a lost pilgrim who is taken on a guided journey through the three realms of the dead: Hell, Purgatory, and Paradise. On his travels, he is given the challenge of exploring the darkest recesses of the human soul in an effort to understand the root of evil, sin, and, ultimately, forgiveness.
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175 pages : chiefly illustrations ; 19 cm.
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English
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"The room of spirit and time. Cell has fused with android #17, becoming practically invicible-- but not for long! Training in the Room of Spirit and Time, where a year passes for every day outside, Vegeta and Trunks have gone beyond the Super Saiyan, reaching a level of power even greater than second-stage Cell! Now Cell is the one who is outmatched-- but Vegeta agrees to help Cell fuse with Android #18, the last element he needs to become 'perfect',...
60) The Odyssey
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A new translation of Homer's work of "one-eyed man-eating giants; irresistibly seductive sirens; shipwrecks and narrow escapes; princesses and monsters; ghosts sipping blood at the Underworld's portal, desperate for a chance to speak to the living; and the final destruction of all of Odysseus's enemies in the banquet hall"--Dust jacket flap.
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