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50 European Novels

By Martin Seymour-Smith

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9781871551495 | Greenwich Exchange Ltd, December 1, 2004, cover price $23.15

Student Guide to Joseph Conrad

By Martin Seymour-Smith

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9781871551181 | Greenwich Exchange Ltd, January 1, 1995, cover price $16.75

The 100 Most Influential Books Ever Written: The History of Though from Ancient Times to Today

Details the books that have forever changed civilization, from the Bible and the Koran to Darwin's Origin of the Species and Freidan's Feminine Mystique, and includes a historical overview and fascinating facts for each author and book, and much more. Original. (view table of contents)

By Martin Seymour-Smith

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9780806521923 | Citadel Pr, March 1, 2001, cover price $24.95 | About this edition: Presents the history of each book, little-known facts about its author and its creation, reasons for its inclusion, and an analysis of its influence today.

The 100 Most Influential Books Ever Written: The History of Thought from Ancient Times to Today

Lists the one hundred books that have most influenced history, each accompanied by its historical background, little-known facts about its author and its creation, reasons for its inclusion, and an analysis of its influence today. 35,000 first printing. $35,000 ad/promo. (view table of contents)

By Martin Seymour-Smith

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9780806520001 | Citadel Pr, September 1, 1998, cover price $34.95 | About this edition: Presents the history of each book, little-known facts about its author and its creation, reasons for its inclusion, and an analysis of its influence today

The 100 Most Influential Books Ever Written: From the Zend Avesta of Zarathustra to B.F. Skinner's Beyond Freedom and Dignity

A listing of the world's one hundred most influential books provides historical background and an overview of each text, facts about the author and the book, and an analysis of each book's influence on the world.

By Martin Seymour-Smith

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9780806518657 | Citadel Pr, March 1, 1998, cover price $29.95 | About this edition: A listing of the world's one hundred most influential books provides historical background and an overview of each text, facts about the author and the book, and an analysis of each book's influence on the world.

World Authors: 1900-1950

Provides almost 2700 articles on twentieth-century authors from all over the world who wrote in English or whose works are available in English translation.

By Andrew C. Kimmens (editor) and Martin Seymour-Smith (editor)

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9780824208998 | Revised edition (Hw Wilson Co, December 1, 1996), cover price $690.00 | About this edition: Provides almost 2700 articles on twentieth-century authors from all over the world who wrote in English or whose works are available in English translation.

Gnosticism: The Path of Inner Knowledge

Provides an introduction to spirituality, and discusses the esoteric mystical tradition of Gnosticism and its beginnings

By Martin Seymour-Smith

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9780062513052 | Harpercollins, March 1, 1996, cover price $12.00 | About this edition: Provides an introduction to spirituality, and discusses the esoteric mystical tradition of Gnosticism and its beginnings

Hardy

Challenging previous biographical portraits that label Thomas Hardy as a deeply troubled person, a study of the great English novelist examines his alleged affairs, personal stories, and reputation as a woman-hater.

By Martin Seymour-Smith

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9780312118198 | St Martins Pr, December 1, 1994, cover price $35.00 | About this edition: Challenging previous biographical portraits that label Thomas Hardy as a deeply troubled person, a study of the great English novelist examines his alleged affairs, personal stories, and reputation as a woman-hater

Thomas Hardy: a Biography

A biography of Thomas Hardy which challenges the commonly held assumption that Hardy was a mean, snobbish misogynist. Instead it portrays a shy, sensitive man who cared deeply about his fellow beings, including both his wives.

By Martin Seymour-Smith

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9780747510376 | Bloomsbury Pub Ltd, January 20, 1994, cover price $41.40 | About this edition: A biography of Thomas Hardy which challenges the commonly held assumption that Hardy was a mean, snobbish misogynist.

From Bed to Verse: An Unashamed Pillow Book

Product Description: NEW AND NEVER READ. BOOK HAS MINOR WEAR FROM SHELF AND TRANSPORTATION ON COVER AND PAGE EDGES.

By Martin Seymour-Smith

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9780285630505 | Souvenir Pr Ltd, September 1, 1993, cover price $19.95 | About this edition: NEW AND NEVER READ.

Dictionary of Fictional Characters

Identifies more than fifty thousand fictional characters and the novels, short stories, poems, plays, and operas in which they appear

By William Freeman and Martin Seymour-Smith

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9780871161666 | Rev sub edition (Writer, March 1, 1992), cover price $18.95 | About this edition: Identifies more than fifty thousand fictional characters and the novels, short stories, poems, plays, and operas in which they appear

Rudyard Kipling

Traces the life of the British novelist, examines his complex personality, and discusses the influences on his work

By Martin Seymour-Smith

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9780312039257 | St Martins Pr, January 1, 1990, cover price $6.98 | About this edition: Traces the life of the British novelist, examines his complex personality, and discusses the influences on his work

Robert Graves: His Life and Work

This biography links Graves' life with his literary output and discusses his controversial lifestyle, which included poet Laura Riding in a scandalous menage a trois

By Martin Seymour-Smith

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9781569249093 | Reprint edition (Marlowe & Co, January 1, 1988), cover price $10.95 | About this edition: This biography links Graves' life with his literary output and discusses his controversial lifestyle, which included poet Laura Riding in a scandalous menage a trois

The New Guide to Modern World Literature

Discusses, country-by-country the best modern novelists, playwrights, poets and writers, looks at their most important works, and assesses their place in literature

By Martin Seymour-Smith

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9780872260009 | 3 rev sub edition (Peter Bedrick Books, July 1, 1985), cover price $60.00 | About this edition: Discusses, country-by-country the best modern novelists, playwrights, poets and writers, looks at their most important works, and assesses their place in literature

New Astrologer

Shows how to plot and interpret birth charts, offers a brief history of astrology, and offers documentation of astrology's effectiveness in mapping personality

By Martin Seymour-Smith

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9780020819400 | Macmillan Pub Co, February 1, 1983, cover price $16.95 | About this edition: Shows how to plot and interpret birth charts, offers a brief history of astrology, and offers documentation of astrology's effectiveness in mapping personality

Novels and Novelists: A Guide to the World of Fiction

An illustrated dictionary of novels and novelists that covers the novel's origin and development, how novelists' work, how to read novels, and a history of publication

By Martin Seymour-Smith (editor)

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9780312579661 | St Martins Pr, October 1, 1982, cover price $19.95 | About this edition: An illustrated dictionary of novels and novelists that covers the novel's origin and development, how novelists' work, how to read novels, and a history of publication

The English Sermon

By Martin Seymour-Smith (editor)

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9780856350931 | Carcanet Pr, December 1, 1981, cover price $24.00

Who's Who in Twentieth-Century Literature

Alphabetically arranged entries, biased towards American and British authors, provide biographical and bibliographic information on and critical appraisals of important writers of the century

By Martin Seymour-Smith

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9780030139260 | Henry Holt & Co, April 1, 1976, cover price $12.95 | About this edition: Entries on approximately seven hundred British, American, and major foreign writers provide a biographical and critical guide to the literature of this century

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9780070563506 | McGraw-Hill, December 1, 1977, cover price $4.95 | About this edition: Alphabetically arranged entries, biased towards American and British authors, provide biographical and bibliographic information on and critical appraisals of important writers of the century

Shakespeare's Sonnets

Product Description: This series presents complete poems and generous excerpts from longer works. Each book includes a biographical and critical introduction, a commentary and notes on the poems.

By Martin Seymour-Smith (editor)

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9780435150372 | Heinemann, June 1, 1963, cover price $6.50 | also contains Learn to Quilt With 60-Degree Rulers: With Instructor Marci Baker: Skill Level Intermediate | About this edition: This series presents complete poems and generous excerpts from longer works.

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