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Christ the Lord: Out of Egypt
A Novel
Written by Anne Rice


Format: Paperback, 368 pages
Publisher: Fawcett
On Sale: October 31, 2006
Price: $7.99
ISBN: 978-0-345-43683-2 (0-345-43683-0)

Having completed the two cycles of legend to which she has devoted her career so far, Anne Rice brings us a novel about the early years of CHRIST THE LORD, based on the Gospels and on the most respected New Testament scholarship.

The book’s power derives from the passion its author brings... Read more >
Also available as an unabridged audiobook download, eBook and a trade paperback.

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No Exit and Three Other Plays

Written by Jean-Paul Sartre


Format: Trade Paperback, 288 pages
Publisher: Vintage
On Sale: October 23, 1989
Price: $14.95
ISBN: 978-0-679-72516-9 (0-679-72516-4)

In these four plays, Sartre, the great existentialist novelist and philosopher, displays his mastery of drama. No Exit is an unforgettable portrayal of hell. The Flies is a modern reworking of the Electra-Orestes story. Dirty Hands is about a young intellectual torn between theory and praxis. The Respectful Prostitute is a... Read more >

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The Stray Dog Cabaret
A Book of Russian Poems
Afterword by Honor Moore
Translated by Paul Schmidt
Introduction by Catherine Ciepiela


Format: Trade Paperback, 168 pages
Publisher: NYRB Classics
On Sale: December 5, 2006
Price: $14.95
ISBN: 978-1-59017-191-2 (1-59017-191-8)

A New York Review Books Original

A master anthology of Russia’s most important poetry, newly collected and never before published in English

In the years before the 1917 Russian Revolution, the Stray Dog cabaret in St. Petersburg was the haunt of poets, artists, and musicians, a place to meet, drink, read, brawl, celebrate... Read more >

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Antony and Cleopatra

Written by William Shakespeare


Format: Paperback, 368 pages
Publisher: Bantam Classics
On Sale: January 1, 1988
Price: $4.95
ISBN: 978-0-553-21289-1 (0-553-21289-3)

The queen of the Nile meets her match in Marc Antony, and the lovers destroy each other--yet triumph in ruin--in this great romantic tragedy. Read more >
Also available as an eBook and a trade paperback.

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As You Like It

Written by William Shakespeare
Edited by David Bevington and David Scott Kastan


Format: Paperback, 288 pages
Publisher: Bantam Classics
On Sale: January 1, 1988
Price: $4.99
ISBN: 978-0-553-21290-7 (0-553-21290-7)

As You Like It, Shakespeare's lighthearted comedy and one of the best-loved and most performed of all his plays, was probably written in 1599 or 1600, though it was not printed until the First Folio of 1623.
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The Comedy of Errors

Written by William Shakespeare


Format: Paperback, 240 pages
Publisher: Bantam Classics
On Sale: January 1, 1988
Price: $4.99
ISBN: 978-0-553-21291-4 (0-553-21291-5)

When two sets of twins, separated and apparently lost to each other, all end up in the rowdy, rollicking city of Ephesus, the stage is set for mix-ups, mayhem, and mistaken identity--plus the timeless puns, jokes, gags, and suspense that makes this play a wonderful theatrical frolic and a brilliant tour... Read more >
Also available as an eBook, eBook and a trade paperback.

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Four Comedies
The Taming of the Shrew, A Midsummer Night's Dream, The Merchant of Venice, Twelfth Night
Written by William Shakespeare
Edited by David Bevington and David Scott Kastan


Format: Paperback, 736 pages
Publisher: Bantam Classics
On Sale: January 1, 1988
Price: $6.99
ISBN: 978-0-553-21281-5 (0-553-21281-8)

Contains The Taming of the Shrew, A Midsummer Night's Dream, The Merchant of Venice and Twelfth Night. This edition of the complete works of Shakespeare contains photographs from New York Shakespeare
Festival productions, vivid readable introductions for each play by noted scholar David Bevington, a lively personal foreword by Joseph Papp... Read more >

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Four Tragedies
Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, Macbeth
Written by William Shakespeare
Edited by David Bevington and David Scott Kastan


Format: Paperback, 976 pages
Publisher: Bantam Classics
On Sale: January 1, 1988
Price: $7.99
ISBN: 978-0-553-21283-9 (0-553-21283-4)

Edited by David Bevington, internationally renowned Shakespeare scholar. With a foreword by Joseph Papp, one of the most important forces in theater today. Contained here are Hamlet, Othello, King Lear and Macbeth which are considered to be the four central works of Shakespearean tragedy and should be included in any list... Read more >

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Hamlet

Written by William Shakespeare
Edited by David Bevington and David Scott Kastan


Format: Paperback, 384 pages
Publisher: Bantam Classics
On Sale: January 1, 1988
Price: $4.99
ISBN: 978-0-553-21292-1 (0-553-21292-3)

One of the greatest plays of all time, the compelling tragedy of the tormented young prince of Denmark who must reconcile his longing for oblivion with his duty to avenge his father's murder continues to capture the imaginations of modern audiences worldwide. The ghost, Ophelia's death and burial, the play within... Read more >
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Henry IV, Part One

Written by William Shakespeare
Edited by David Bevington and David Scott Kastan


Format: Paperback, 304 pages
Publisher: Bantam Classics
On Sale: January 1, 1988
Price: $4.99
ISBN: 978-0-553-21293-8 (0-553-21293-1)

A play alive with escapades and action, comedy and history, Henry IV, Part One begins the transformation of the madcap Prince Hal into the splendid ruler King Henry. In it a rebellion against King and State is juxtaposed with another rebellion--the riotous misbehavior of Hal and his companions, principally Falstaff. A... Read more >
Also available as an eBook.

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Henry IV, Part Two

Written by William Shakespeare


Format: Paperback, 320 pages
Publisher: Bantam Classics
On Sale: January 1, 1988
Price: $4.99
ISBN: 978-0-553-21294-5 (0-553-21294-X)

The stirring continuation of the themes begun in Henry IV, Part One again pits a rebellion within the State and that master of misrule, Falstaff, against the maturing of Prince Hal. Alternating scenes between bawdy tavern and regal court, between revelry and politics, Shakespeare probes at the sources, uses, and responsibilities... Read more >
Also available as an eBook.

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Henry V

Written by William Shakespeare
Edited by David Bevington and David Scott Kastan


Format: Paperback, 320 pages
Publisher: Bantam Classics
On Sale: January 1, 1988
Price: $4.99
ISBN: 978-0-553-21295-2 (0-553-21295-8)

An exciting new edition of the complete works of Shakespeare with these features: Illustrated with photographs from New York Shakespeare Festival productions, vivid readable readable introductions for each play by noted scholar David Bevington, a lively personal foreword by Joseph Papp, an insightful essay on the play in performance, modern spelling... Read more >
Also available as an eBook, eBook and a trade paperback.

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Henry VI
Parts One, Two, and Three
Written by William Shakespeare


Format: Paperback, 608 pages
Publisher: Bantam
On Sale: January 1, 1988
Price: $6.99
ISBN: 978-0-553-21285-3 (0-553-21285-0)

An exciting new edition of the complete works of Shakespeare with these features: Illustrated with photographs from New York Shakespeare Festival productions, vivid readable readable introductions for each play by noted scholar David Bevington, a lively personal foreword by Joseph Papp, an insightful essay on the play in performance, modern spelling... Read more >
Also available as an eBook and a trade paperback.

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Julius Caesar

Written by William Shakespeare
Edited by David Bevington and David Scott Kastan


Format: Paperback, 288 pages
Publisher: Bantam Classics
On Sale: January 1, 1988
Price: $4.99
ISBN: 978-0-553-21296-9 (0-553-21296-6)

In this striking tragedy of political conflict, Shakespeare turns to the ancient Roman world and to the famous assassination of Julius Caesar by his republican opponents. The play is one of tumultuous rivalry, of prophetic warnings--"Beware the ides of March"--and of moving public oratory "Friends, Romans, countrymen!" Ironies abound and most... Read more >
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King John and Henry VIII

Written by William Shakespeare


Format: Paperback, 592 pages
Publisher: Bantam Classics
On Sale: January 7, 1988
Price: $5.99
ISBN: 978-0-553-21286-0 (0-553-21286-9)

These two history plays -- one written in the early days of Shakespeare's career and one at the very end -- are alike in the complexity of their political vision. King John probes the nature of good and evil as self-interest and ruthless ambition proceed unchecked while an unpopular ruler wages... Read more >

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King Lear

Written by William Shakespeare
Edited by David Bevington and David Scott Kastan


Format: Paperback, 352 pages
Publisher: Bantam Classics
On Sale: January 1, 1988
Price: $4.99
ISBN: 978-0-553-21297-6 (0-553-21297-4)

A king foolishly divides his kingdom between his scheming two oldest daughters and estranges himself from the daughter who loves him. So begins this profoundly moving and disturbing tragedy that, perhaps more than any other work in literature, challenges the notion of a coherent and just universe. The king and others... Read more >
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The Late Romances

Written by William Shakespeare


Format: Paperback, 848 pages
Publisher: Bantam Classics
On Sale: January 1, 1988
Price: $6.99
ISBN: 978-0-553-21288-4 (0-553-21288-5)

Contains Pericles, Cymbeline, The Winter's Tale and The Tempest.  An exciting new edition of the complete works of Shakespeare with these features: Illustrated with photographs from New York Shakespeare Festival productions, vivid readable readable introductions for each play by noted scholar David Bevington, a lively personal foreword by Joseph Papp, an insightful... Read more >

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Macbeth

Written by William Shakespeare
Edited by David Bevington and David Scott Kastan


Format: Paperback, 272 pages
Publisher: Bantam Classics
On Sale: January 1, 1988
Price: $4.99
ISBN: 978-0-553-21298-3 (0-553-21298-2)

No dramatist has ever seen with more frightening clarity into the heart and mind of a murderer than has Shakespeare in this brilliant and bloody tragedy of evil. Taunted into asserting his "masculinity" by his ambitious wife, Macbeth chooses to embrace the Weird Sisters' prophecy and kill his king--and, thus, seals... Read more >
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Measure for Measure, Troilus and Cressida, and All's Well that Ends Well

Written by William Shakespeare


Format: Paperback, 640 pages
Publisher: Bantam Classics
On Sale: January 1, 1988
Price: $6.99
ISBN: 978-0-553-21287-7 (0-553-21287-7)

An exciting new edition of the complete works of Shakespeare with these features: Illustrated with photographs from New York Shakespeare Festival productions, vivid readable readable introductions for each play by noted scholar David Bevington, a lively personal foreword by Joseph Papp, an insightful essay on the play in performance, modern... Read more >

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The Merchant of Venice

Written by William Shakespeare
Edited by David Bevington and David Scott Kastan


Format: Paperback, 272 pages
Publisher: Bantam Classics
On Sale: January 1, 1988
Price: $4.99
ISBN: 978-0-553-21299-0 (0-553-21299-0)

The Merchant of Venice is an intriguing drama of love, greed and revenge. At its heart, the play contrasts the characters of the maddened and vengeful Shylock, a Venetian moneylender, with the gracious, level-headed Portia, a wealthy young woman besieged by suitors. At the play's climax, Shylock insists that a binding... Read more >
Also available as an eBook, eBook, trade paperback and a trade paperback.

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A Midsummer Night's Dream

Written by William Shakespeare
Edited by David Bevington and David Scott Kastan


Format: Paperback, 224 pages
Publisher: Bantam Classics
On Sale: January 1, 1988
Price: $4.99
ISBN: 978-0-553-21300-3 (0-553-21300-8)

An exciting new edition of the complete works of Shakespeare with these features: Illustrated with photographs from New York Shakespeare Festival productions, vivid readable readable introductions for each play by noted scholar David Bevington, a lively personal foreword by Joseph Papp, an insightful essay on the play in performance, modern spelling... Read more >
Also available as an eBook, eBook and a trade paperback.

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Much Ado About Nothing

Written by William Shakespeare
Edited by David Bevington and David Scott Kastan


Format: Paperback, 240 pages
Publisher: Bantam Classics
On Sale: January 1, 1988
Price: $4.99
ISBN: 978-0-553-21301-0 (0-553-21301-6)

Set in a courtly world of masked revels and dances, this play turns on the archetypal story if a lady falsely accused of unfaithfulness, spurned by her bridegroom, and finally vindicated and reunited with him. Villainy, schemes, and deceit threatens to darken the brilliant humor and sparkling wordplay--but the hilarious counterplot... Read more >
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Othello

Written by William Shakespeare and David Scott Kastan
Edited by David Bevington


Format: Paperback, 352 pages
Publisher: Bantam Classics
On Sale: January 1, 1988
Price: $4.99
ISBN: 978-0-553-21302-7 (0-553-21302-4)

This great tragedy of unsurpassed intensity and emotion is played out against Renaissance splendor. The doomed marriage of Desdemona to the Moor Othello is the focus of a storm of tension, incited by the consumately evil villain Iago, that culminates in one of the most deeply moving scences in theatrical history... Read more >
Also available as an eBook and a trade paperback.

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Richard II

Written by William Shakespeare


Format: Paperback, 304 pages
Publisher: Bantam Classics
On Sale: January 1, 1988
Price: $6.99
ISBN: 978-0-553-21303-4 (0-553-21303-2)

An exciting new edition of the complete works of Shakespeare with these features: Illustrated with photographs from New York Shakespeare Festival productions, vivid readable readable introductions for each play by noted scholar David Bevington, a lively personal foreword by Joseph Papp, an insightful essay on the play in performance, modern spelling... Read more >
Also available as an eBook, eBook and a trade paperback.

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Richard III

Written by William Shakespeare


Format: Paperback, 400 pages
Publisher: Bantam Classics
On Sale: January 1, 1988
Price: $6.99
ISBN: 978-0-553-21304-1 (0-553-21304-0)

An exciting new edition of the complete works of Shakespeare with these features: Illustrated with photographs from New York Shakespeare Festival productions, vivid readable readable introductions for each play by noted scholar David Bevington, a lively personal foreword by Joseph Papp, an insightful essay on the play in performance, modern spelling... Read more >
Also available as an eBook and a trade paperback.
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