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Series
Lexile measure
1220L
Language
English
Description
A stunning 3-in-1 deluxe edition of one of the great works of Western literature. An epic masterpiece and a foundational work of the Western canon, The Divine Comedy describes Dante's descent into Hell with Virgil as his guide; his ascent of Mount Purgatory and reunion with his dead love, Beatrice; and, finally, his arrival in Heaven. Examining questions of faith, desire, and enlightenment and furnished with semiautobiographical details, Dante's poem...
3) King Lear
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Presents the original text of Shakespeare's play side by side with a modern version, discusses the author and the theater of his time, and provides quizzes and other study activities.
Author
Publisher
Beavers Pond Press
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
xiii, 358 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
"The Long Winter is one of the most memorable novels in Laura Ingalls Wilder's Little House series. It beautifully details the dramatic events of The Hard Winter of 1880-81, a harrowing time with months of never-ending blizzards leading to railroad blockades that all but cut off fledgling communities. But what really happened that winter? Lively and rewarding, The Beautiful Snow is a new look at The Hard Winter. Pulling from nearly three thousand...
Author
Series
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Prince and the Purple Rain Era Studio Sessions pulls back the paisley curtain to reveal the untold story of Prince's rise from cult favorite to the biggest rock star on the planet. His journey is meticulously documented through detailed accounts of his time secluded behind the doors of the recording studio as well as his days on tour. With unprecedented access to the musicians, singers, and studio engineers who knew Prince best, including members...
Author
Publisher
Dey St
Pub. Date
[2017]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
358 pages ; 19 cm
Language
English
Description
When the Nobel Prize for Literature was awarded to Bob Dylan in 2016, a debate raged. Some celebrated, while many others questioned the choice. How could the world's most prestigious book prize be awarded to a famously cantankerous singer-songwriter who wouldn't even deign to attend the medal ceremony? In 'Why Bob Dylan matters', Harvard Professor Richard F. Thomas answers this question with magisterial erudition. A world expert on Classical poetry,...
Author
Publisher
Chronicle Books LLC
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
255 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
Published to coincide with the 150th anniversary of Beatrix Potter's birth, this magnificent collection celebrates the artist behind The Tale of Peter Rabbit and numerous other beloved children's books. Brimming with famous images and rarely seen gems -- ranging from character sketches and notebook pages to watercolor landscapes and natural history illustrations -- this monograph explores Potter's artistic process and reveals the places that inspired...
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"New York Times opinion writer and best-selling author Lindy West was once the in-house movie critic for Seattle's alternative newsweekly The Stranger, where she covered film with brutal honesty and giddy irreverence. In Shit, Actually, Lindy returns to those roots, reexamining beloved and iconic movies from the past 40 years with an eye toward the big questions of our time: Is Twilight the horniest movie in history? Why do the zebras in The Lion...
Author
Publisher
Voyageur Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
240 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
Dylan: Disc by Disc features each of Bob Dylan's studio LPs--thirty-six releases in all. Rock 'n' roll musicians, songwriters, and critics sound off about each release, bringing from the shadows not only Dylan's extraordinary musical accomplishments but the factors in his life that influenced his musical expressions. From The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan to Blonde on Blonde, from Blood on the Tracks to Shadows in the Night, Dylan: Disc by Disc rouses generations...
Author
Series
Colección "Libros de bolsillo Z" volume núm. 4-5
Language
Español
Description
"Esta edición reproduce el texto crítico y las notas de Francisco Rico, a su vez coordinador del volumen, y se completa con estudios de escritores y filólogos de la talla de Mario Vargas Llosa, Francisco Ayala, Martín de Riquer, José Manuel Blecua, Guillermo Rojo, José Antonio Pascual, Margit Frenk y Claudio Guillén. Como novedad, la presente edición cuenta con un prólogo de Darío Villanueva, director de la Real Academia Española, escrito...
Author
Series
Prince studio sessions volume 2
Language
English
Description
"From Prince's superstardom to studio seclusion, this second book in the award-winning Prince Studio Sessions series spotlights how Prince, the biggest rock star on the planet at the time, risked everything to create some of the most introspective music of his four-decade career. Duane Tudahl takes us on an emotional and intimate journey of love, loss, rivalry, and renewal revealed through unprecedented access to dozens of musicians, singers, studio...
Author
Publisher
Bantam Books, an imprint of Random House
Pub. Date
[2019]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xxxii, 536 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"In this second volume, Beau L'Amour examines how his father made the transition from struggling pulp writer to successful novelist and uses his father's notes, journal entries, and correspondence to continue the process of seeking out how and why many of these never-before-seen manuscripts were written as well as speculating about the ways they might have ended. These selections include the beginnings of a post-apocalyptic science fiction tale,...
17) Fantastic four
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2005
Edition
1st American ed.
Physical Desc
143 pages : color illustrations, color map ; 32 cm.
Language
English
Description
Explores the history of the Fantastic Four comics, describes and illustrates the characters and their super powers and examines some of the story lines of the series.
19) Hesiod
Author
Series
Loeb classical library volume 57, 503
Physical Desc
2 volumes ; 17 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Hesiod describes himself as a Boeotian shepherd who heard the Muses call upon him to sing about the gods. His exact dates are unknown, but he has often been considered a younger contemporary of Homer. The first volume of this revised Loeb Classical Library edition offers Hesiod's two extant poems and a generous selection of testimonia regarding his life, works, and reception. In Theogony, Hesiod charts the history of the divine world, narrating the...
Author
Publisher
Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers
Pub. Date
2015.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
703 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 28 cm
Language
English
Description
A comprehensive account of Bob Dylan's album cuts, bootlegs, and soundtrack recordings includes details that led to the composition of each song, what went on in the recording studio, and behind-the-scenes accounts of musicians on each track.