My Favourite Reference/Non-Fiction/Anthology Books and DVDs
Explore my top picks for favorite reference, non-fiction, and anthology books and DVDs. Discover must-read fiction, essential reference guides, and curated anthologies for every enthusiast.
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Complete Works of William Shakespeare
by William Shakespeare
Includes the complete text of Shakespeare's plays, poems, and sonnets
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Europe
by Norman Davies
Here is a masterpiece of historical narrative that stretches from the Ice Age to the Atomic Age, as it tells the story of Europe, East …
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Bartlett's Familiar Quotations
by John Bartlett
First published in 1855, BARTLETT'S FAMILIAR QUOTATIONS has been completely updated and revised for the seventeenth edition by Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer Justin Kaplan. This 17th …
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The Rise of the West
by William H. McNeill
The Rise of the West, winner of the National Book Award for history in 1964, is famous for its ambitious scope and intellectual rigor. In …
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The Complete Poems of Emily Jane Bront
by Emily Brontë
The renowned Hatfield edition of Bronte's poetry is a body of work that continues to resonate today. It includes Emily's verse from Poems by Currer, …
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Wheelock's Latin, 6e
by Frederic M. Wheelock
LaFleur offers a revised and newly illustrated edition of the classic introductory Latin course that, since its debut half a century ago, has proven the …
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Caesar: Politician and Statesman
by Matthias Gelzer
The political career of one of the great statesmen of Antiquity--indeed of all times--is here captured in a full, authoritative, and lively biography that has …
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Caesar
by Christian Meier
As politician and diplomat, writer and lover, but above all as a military genius, Julius Caesar is one of the perennially fascinating figures in history—Boswell …
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The Quest For Arthur's Britain
The legend of Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table dominates the mythology of Britain, but could this story prove more fact than fiction? …
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Bulfinch's Mythology
by Thomas Bulfinch
For almost a century and a half, Bulfinch's Mythology has been the text by which the great tales of the gods and goddesses, Greek and …
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The Language Instinct
by Steven Pinker
In this classic study, the world's leading expert on language and the mind lucidly explains everything you always wanted to know about languages: how it …
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The Major Works
by William Wordsworth
William Wordsworth, the Major Works presents a selection of Wordsworth's essays and a collection of his major poems. The study includes recommended additional reading and …
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The Savage Wars of Peace
by Max Boot
An account of the undeclared wars in American history, including those fought in Somalia, Haiti, Bosnia, and Kosovo, argues their role in American international affairs …
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Gods, Graves and Scholars
by C.W. Ceram
C.W. Ceram visualized archeology as a wonderful combination of high adventure, romance, history and scholarship, and this book, a chronicle of man's search for his …
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Will in the World
by Stephen Greenblatt
A portrait of Elizabethan England and how it contributed to the making of William Shakespeare discusses how he moved to London lacking money, connections, and …
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The Face of the Tiger
by Mark Steyn
The world since September 11th - War and peace; quagmires and root causes; Afghanistan and Iraq; Europe and America, new realities and indestructible myths.
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Sex, Art, and American Culture
by Camille Paglia
A collection of twenty of Paglia's out-spoken essays on contemporary issues in America's ongoing cultural debate such as Anita Hill, Robert Mapplethorpe, the beauty myth, …
