{"title":"Classics","description":"\u003cp\u003eExplore our collection of Classics books.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"the-language-of-images-in-roman-art-paperback","title":"The Language of Images in Roman Art - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eTonio Hölscher\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eAnthony Snodgrass\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator), \u003cb\u003eAnnemarie Künzl-Snodgrass\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTonio H lscher develops a new theoretical concept for understanding the Roman art of images by establishing a connection between artistic forms and content and expressions of ideology--such as the glorification of state and ruler, war and triumph. A large role is played here by the reception of earlier images from Greek art. Roman art therefore appears to operate as a semantic system which, from an interdisciplinary perspective, can be compared with the forms of Roman literature as well as the language of images of other cultures.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 188\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.51 x 8.95 x 6.44 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 29, 2004\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47460786798845,"sku":"9780521665698","price":55.96,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/3414\/0157\/files\/VFUPqcsyve9780521665698.webp?v=1777256252"},{"product_id":"of-one-blood-or-the-hidden-self-the-givens-collection-paperback","title":"Of One Blood: Or, the Hidden Self: The Givens Collection - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePauline Hopkins\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eDeborah McDowell\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Mysticism, horror, and racial identity merge fluidly in this thrilling tale of love, obsession, and power\" (\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e) written by one of the lesser-known literary figures of the much-lauded Harlem Renaissance.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePauline Hopkins is considered by some to be the most prolific African-American woman writer and the most influential literary editor of the first decade of the twentieth century, and \u003ci\u003eOf One Blood\u003c\/i\u003e is the last of four novels she wrote. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMixed-race medical student Reuel Briggs doesn't give a damn about being Black and cares less for African history. When he arrives in Ethiopia on an archeological trip, his only interest is to raid as much of the country's lost treasures as possible so that he can make big bucks on his return to the States. The last thing he expects is to be held captive in the six-thousand-year-old buried city of Telassar, ruled by the beautiful Queen Candace. In Queen Candace's glittering palace, surrounded by diamonds, rubies, sapphires--wealth beyond his wildest dreams--Reuel discovers his true Blackness and the painful truth about blood, race and the \"other half\" of his history which has never been told. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRelevant, thought-provoking, and entertaining, Hopkins's novel is intended, in her own words, to \"raise the stigma of degradation from [the Black] race\" and its title, \u003ci\u003eOf One Blood, \u003c\/i\u003e refers to the biological kinship of all human beings.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.62 x 8.29 x 5.31 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 03, 2004\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47468115460349,"sku":"9780743467698","price":23.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/3414\/0157\/files\/NGdzdGw3OGdpdkxqN05hOVlXSzFEUT09.webp?v=1777285436"},{"product_id":"true-at-first-light-paperback","title":"True at First Light - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eErnest Hemingway\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBoth a revealing self-portrait and dramatic fictional chronicle of his final African safari, Ernest Hemingway's last unpublished work was written when he returned from Kenya in 1953. Edited by his son Patrick, who accompanied his father on the safari, True at First Light offers rare insights into the legendary American writer.A blend of autobiography and fiction, the book opens on the day his close friend Pop, a celebrated hunter, leaves Ernest in charge of the safari camp and news arrives of a potential attack from a hostile tribe. Drama continues to build as his wife, Mary, pursues the great black-maned lion that has become her obsession, and Ernest becomes involved with a young African girl whom he supposedly plans to take as a second bride. Increasingly enchanted by the local African community, he struggles between the attraction of these two women and the wildly different cultures they represent. Spicing his depictions of human longings with sharp humor, Hemingway captures the excitement of big-game hunting and the unparalleled beauty of the landscape. Rich in laughter, beauty, and profound insight. True at First Light is an extraordinary publishing event--a breathtaking final work from one of our most beloved and important writers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eErnest Hemingway did more to change the style of English prose than any other writer of his time. Publication of \u003ci\u003eThe Sun Also Rises\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eA Farewell to Arms\u003c\/i\u003e immediately established Hemingway as one of the greatest literary lights of the twentieth century. His classic novel \u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eOld Man and the Sea\u003c\/i\u003e won the Pulitzer Prize in 1953. Hemingway was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1954. His life and accomplishments are explored in-depth in the PBS documentary film from Ken Burns and Lynn Novick, \u003ci\u003eHemingway\u003c\/i\u003e. 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