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An account of the author's 1846 exploration of the American West, describing his traveling hardships, the region's landscapes and wildlife, others emigrating westward, and the daily lives of Plains Native Americans. Includes illustrations and historical and biographical notes.
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Confessions, by St. Augustine, is part of the Barnes & Noble Classics series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remarkable features of Barnes & Noble Classics:
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Hesiod was one of the first great Greek poets, living during the 8th Century BCE: the same time-period as Homer. His two classics are The Theogony and Works, and Days. The Theogony is, an essential work of its time. It is one of the first examples of a collection of organized, well put-together stories regarding Greek Mythology. Hesiod gives biographies of the gods and goddesses in it. Theogony functioned as an all-encompassing book on religious matters...
5) The Lusiads
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First published in 1572, this epic poem, which is frequently compared to Virgil's "Aeneid", relates the Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama's discovery of the maritime route to India by way of Cape of Good Hope. Composed of over 1100 stanzas in ten books, "The Lusiads" is to this day widely regarded as the most important literary work of the Portuguese language. This edition follows the translation of William Julius Mickle.
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