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1	Odyssey more books like this by Homer Perhaps the most celebrated of all Western narratives, the Odyssey tells the story of Odysseus's roundabout voyage home to Ithaca where his beloved Penelope awaits. In stories along the way, he famously encounters Circe, the Sirens, the Cyclops, and many, many others. This translation renders the classic more economically than others. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
2	Prophet more books like this by Kahlil Gibran Kahlil Gibran worked on the manuscript for "The Prophet"--his second work in English after "The Madman"--for several years before it was published in October 1923. Both the author and the world consider this his masterpiece, and it has been translated into dozens of languages. "The Prophet" concerns Almustafa, "the chosen one," who, after exile on ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.18! \| first editions \| SVS
3	Where the Sidewalk Ends: Poems & Drawings more books like this by Shel Silverstein By the early 1970s, the outlandish, outrageous Shel Silverstein was already a prolific folksinger/songwriter, cartoonist, and author of a widely known, much discussed classic children's book, THE GIVING TREE. His popular 1973 album, FREAKIN' AT THE FREAKERS BALL, with Dr. Hook and the Medicine Band, contained a song about Sarah Cynthia Sylvia ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.00! \| first editions \| SVS
4	Canterbury Tales more books like this by Geoffrey Chaucer The "Canterbury Tales" were originally planned to include over 100 stories, but Chaucer completed only 22. The device of using a pilgrimage as a setting for the telling of tales was not uncommon--medieval pilgrims traditionally told stories to liven up the long trek--but Chaucer's version is infinitely more sophisticated, matching the teller and ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
5	Child's Garden of Verses more books like this by Robert Louis Stevenson Robert Louis Stevenson wrote this classic collection of poetry for children in 1885. It continues to be beloved as a charming evocation of childhood, and is considered to be Stevenson's best poetry, as well as one of his most enduring books. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
6	Aeneid more books like this by Virgil Virgil's Homeric epic was not quite completed when he died suddenly in 19 B.C. However, against Virgil's expressed wishes, the emperor Augustus decreed that it be published. It traces the journey of Aeneas to Italy after the Trojan War, where (according to Homer) he was instrumental in the founding of Rome. His voyage is a sequence of reversals ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
7	Paradise Lost more books like this by John Milton Milton takes the traditional epic and transforms it with the clarity of his moral vision and with the power of his language, turning it into triumphant blank verse--seldom used in his day except in drama--that is moving, exciting, and full of the grandeur of Milton's poetic vision. In the early parts of "Paradise Lost", he manages to convey ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.37! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
8	The Claiming of Sleeping Beauty more books like this by A N Roquelaure In the traditional folk tale of "Sleeping Beauty, " the spell cast upon the lovely young princess and everyone in her castle can only be broken by the kiss of a Prince. It is an ancient story, one that originally emerged from and still deeply disturbs the mind's unconscious. Now Anne Rice's retelling of the Beauty story probes the unspoken ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.95! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
9	Night Before Christmas more books like this by Clement Clarke Moore An illustrated version of the classic Christmas poem about a visit from St. Nick. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
10	Light in the Attic more books like this by Silverstein A collection of humorous poems and drawings. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.73! \| first editions \| SVS
11 view cover	Rosencrantz & Guildenstern are dead. more books like this by Tom Stoppard Acclaimed as a modern dramatic masterpiece, "Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead" is the fabulously inventive tale of "Hamlet" as told from the worm's-eye view of the bewildered Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, two minor characters in Shakespeare's play. In Tom Stoppard's best-known work, this Shakespearean Laurel and Hardy finally get a chance to ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.80! \| first editions \| SVS
12 view cover	Beowulf: A New Verse Translation more books like this by Seamus Heaney Composed toward the end of the first millennium, "Beowulf" is the classic Northern epic of a hero's triumphs as a young warrior and his fated death as a defender of his people. In his new translation--a national bestseller that is the winner of the Whitbread Award--Nobel Laureate Seamus Heaney has produced a work that is both true, line by line, ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.72! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
13 view cover	Iliad more books like this by Homer Pope spent his formative years as a poet translating Homer, beginning with "The Iliad", his translation of which Samuel Johnson called "the greatest version of poetry the world has ever seen". This edition makes available for the first time in paperback Pope's notes in their entirety, enabling us to listen in as one poetic genius illuminates the ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
14 view cover	Falling Up more books like this by Shel Silverstein A collection of humorous light verse illustrated with line drawings. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.00! \| first editions \| SVS
15 view cover	Polar bear, polar bear, what do you hear? more books like this by Bill Martin, Jr., Eric Carle (Illustrator) An exploration of sound in a zoo setting. A polar bear hears a lion roaring, who hears a hippopotamus snorting, and so on. Collage illustrations accompany the text. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.42! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
16 view cover	The epic of Gilgamesh more books like this by N K Sandars (Introduction by) Enkidu is created by the gods to challenge the arrogant King Gilgamesh, but instead of killing each other, the two become friends.JTravelling together to the Cedar Forest, they fight and slay the evil monster Humbaba.JBut when Enkidu is killed, his death haunts and breaks the mighty Gilgamesh, who resolves to find the secret of eternal life. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.50! \| first editions \| SVS
17 view cover	Joyful Noise: Poems for Two Voices more books like this by Paul Fleischman This is a collection of 14 poems about insects. Included are poems about mayflies, lice, fireflies, and honeybees, all of which were written to be read aloud in antiphonal voices, sometimes separate, sometimes together or overlapping. Fleischman evokes both humor and pathos in this innovative collection. Winner of the 1989 Newbery Medal. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.78! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
18 view cover	Metamorphoses more books like this by Ovid A cohesive collection of stories from Greek and Roman mythology that recountsrecorded transformations includes over 50 tales that chronicle the legends ofKing Midas, Hercules, the Trojan War, and more. Includes a glossary and indexfor easy referencing, and an introduction by the translator. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
19 view cover	Rose That Grew from Concrete more books like this by Tupac Shakur By the time of his murder at the age of 25, Tupac Shakur was a major force in rap music, with a dozen albums and six movies under his belt. But this collection of poems, written in a poetry workshop by the future star at the age of 19, shows that Shakur possessed both a poet's disarming simplicity and a writer's raw talent well before the start of ... see all copies from $4.98! new only from $4.98! \| SVS
20 view cover	Leaves of Grass more books like this by Walt Whitman LEAVES OF GRASS, Whitman's monumental and enormously influential book, was his life's work, going through nine different editions from its first publication in 1855 to the famous "deathbed edition" published the year he died (1892). Influenced by Eastern religions, his years as a journalist, the Civil War, 19th-century expansionism, Nature, the ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.48! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
21 view cover	My very first mother goose more books like this by Iona Opie, Rosemary Wells A collection of more than sixty nursery rhymes including "Hey Diddle, Diddle", "Pat-a-Cake", "Little Jack Horner", and "Pussycat, Pussycat". see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
22 view cover	Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats more books like this by Professor T S Eliot This playful collection is the source of the fantastically successful Broadway musical, "Cats". see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
23 view cover	Logic of Scientific Discovery more books like this by Karl Popper When first published in 1959, this book revolutionized contemporary thinking about science and knowledge. It remains the one of the most widely read books about science to come out of the twentieth century. see all copies from $6.50! new only from $15.36! \| first editions \| SVS
24 view cover	Giraffes can't dance more books like this by Giles Andreae, Guy Parker-Rees Despite the fact that his legs are too skinny, his neck is too long, and his knees are weak, Gerald the giraffe dreams of being a dancer. Yet, when he tries to trip the light fantastic, the other animals laugh at him. Will Gerald ever gain the confidence to try dancing again? Watercolor and pen-and-ink illustrations accompany the text. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.70! \| first editions \| SVS
25 view cover	Complete collected poems of Maya Angelou more books like this by Maya Angelou Sales of Maya Angelou's Wouldn't Take Nothing For My Journey Now and I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings surged dramatically after her soul-stirring reading at President Clinton's inauguration. Now, for the first time, the complete collection of her published poems is offered--in a handsome hardcover edition. see all copies from $3.18! new only from $14.30! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS

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