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Long recognized as a classic account of the early Spanish efforts to convert the Indians of Peru, Fa... more

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Some consider this to be the best book on magic available. The system of magic found here originated... more

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The selections contained in these volumes from the papers and letters of Leibniz are intended to ser... more

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In his Foreword to this edition, Jean Charlot says: "An unusual feature of Orozco’s letters is the g... more

This remarkable first novel depicts life in the small Mexican town of Ixtepec during the grim days o... more

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unique style make the book an important representative of one of the golden ages of the intellect. L.R. Lind, past chairman...... more

Enter the world of Geronimo Stilton, where another laugh is always right around the corner. Each boo... more

The wavelength theory of light and color had been firmly established by the time the great German po... more

Sviatoslav Richter (1915-1997) is widely recognized as one of the greatest pianists of the twentieth... more

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Groundbreaking essays that introduce Guattari s theories of schizo-analysis, in an expanded editio... more

Contemplate a hedgehog’s bristles, a crab’s bad mood, a pea who believes it was meant to be a butter... more

A CLASSIC WORK OF ANTHROPOLOGY--OVER SEVENTY THOUSAND COPIES SOLD With a new introduction by Pulitze... more

Early on a May morning in the depth of South Africa s winter, a woman s naked body, washed in bleach... more

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Victoria has just recently moved from Zurich back to her hometown of Bucharest when the bank where s... more

In literatures worldwide, animal fables have been analyzed for their revealingly anthropomorphic vie... more

Much has been written on the 1917-1920 revolution in Ukraine, on the national movement, the Makhnovi... more

An epic drama from an acclaimed internationally bestselling author--a powerful story of love, betray... more

in vivid and engaging translations by Adam L. Kern, this anthology offers an illuminating introduction to this widely...... more

While the knights of King Arthur s Round Table are toasting the new year, a colossal stranger clad i... more

edition includes Paul L. Maier s clear and precise translation, historical commentary on each book in The Church History, and...... more

edition includes Paul L. Maier s clear and precise translation, historical commentary on each book in The Church History, and...... more

edition includes Paul L. Maier s clear and precise translation, historical commentary on each book in The Church History, and...... more

This work is a study of the Maha Mangala Sutta, an important discourse of the Buddha on the thirty-e... more

Jonathan David Fine (1958-2015) was Senior Researcher at the International Institute for Counter Ter... more

Set in Salé, Morocco--the hometown Abdellah Taïa fled but to which he returns again and again in his... more

What is silence? Where can it be found? Why is it now more important than ever? In 1993, Norwegian e... more

The Mo-ho chih-kuan (Great cessation-and-contemplation) by T’ien-t’ai Chih-i (538-597) is among the ... more

When Kjersti A. Skomsvold was seventeen years old and about to start engineering studies at college,... more

Reminiscent of The Stand and The Passage. Great stuff. --Stephen King Nico Storm and his father, Wil... more

The Letters of Chan Master Dahui Pujue offers a complete annotated translation, the first into Engli... more

Sixty years old and still kickin it, Astro Boy proudly wears the championship belt of all ages robo... more

Liberation in Canada, 1774-1776. Teresa L. Meadows is Associate Professor of French and Visual and Performing Arts at University...... more

Told in Bild en’s signature lyrical prose, this story slowly unfurls the horrors of a national trage... more

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poets of twentieth-century Spain. Poet and translator Carolyn L. Tipton teaches at the University of California, Berkeley....... more

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