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Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - 'When Gregor Samsa woke one morning from troubled dreams, he found himself transformed in his bed into a verminous monstrum.' Vermin and monstrum are the first two of 317 words defined in this edition. Kafka published Die Verwandlung in 1915; a century later, we translated it anew with a vocabulary deliberately rich, and a reader who skims past supine, stenography, or rhapsody loses part of what makes the story work. This Student Vocabulary Edition gives you the complete novella in a new translation with every one of those words defined on the page where it appears. What's inside. The full, unabridged text of The Metamorphosis in a new English translation. Every vocabulary word is bolded in the text and footnoted the first time it appears, defined in the sense the author uses it, not an exhaustive dictionary entry. Words like shirk, bristle, topple, squander, splendor, and severance are there, and 311 more. A complete alphabetical glossary at the back lets you find any word again after you have finished reading. What's also inside. A Translator's Introduction that shows the work: how six respected translators rendered Kafka's famous first sentence, why this edition renders it differently, and an honest account of how a human and an AI, each doing what the other cannot, produced this translation. It takes a clear stand on what separates craft from AI Slop. What's not inside. No plot summary. No page-cluttering commentary. No chapter questions to grind through. Just Kafka's story, newly translated, with the vocabulary handled so nothing slows you down. Who it's for. Honors and AP English students. Anyone preparing for the SAT or ACT. ESL and EFL learners working toward TOEFL or IELTS. Homeschool families and classroom teachers. And anyone who wants to read Kafka with nothing lost. Part of the Student Vocabulary Editions series: the vocabulary of the classics. Start here, where the lamplight still slips beneath the door. …

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - 'Friends, Nobody is killing me, by guile and not by force.' Guile is the word the whole trick turns on. It means cunning of the deceiving kind, craft used to get around someone rather than through them, and Odysseus uses it here in the most famous lie in Western literature. The Cyclops' neighbors hear the word nobody and go back to bed. It is one of 256 words defined on the page where it first appears, in a new verse translation of The Odyssey made line by line from the Greek. What's inside. The twelve episodes most often assigned in high school and college courses, complete and unabridged within themselves: the proem, Calypso and the raft, the Cyclops, Circe, the Land of the Dead, the Sirens and Scylla, the reunion with Telemachus, the death of Argos, the contest of the bow, the slaughter of the suitors, and Penelope's test of the bed. Every vocabulary word is bolded and footnoted the first time it appears, from citadel in the opening lines through ambrosia, aegis, asphodel, prodigious, and implacable, each defined in the sense Homer uses it. All 256 are gathered again in an alphabetical Vocabulary list at the back. What's also inside. A Translator's Introduction on why this translation exists and how it was made. A glossary of nautical terms, 13 entries from steering-oar and halyard to forestay and anchorage. And a full bibliography of the Greek editions behind the text. What's not inside. No plot summary. No page-cluttering commentary. No study questions to grind through. And no softening: a slave is called a slave, and the violence, the coercion and Homer's own judgments stand as he wrote them. Two editions: how to choose. This is the shorter path, built for the syllabus that reads selections: less to carry, less to buy. If you want the whole poem, The Odyssey, Unabridged: Student Vocabulary Edition carries all twenty-four books with 423 words annotated the same way. Who it's for. High school students meeting Homer in class. Honors and AP English students. SAT and ACT candidates building a working vocabulary from real reading. ESL and EFL learners, and anyone preparing for TOEFL or IELTS. Teachers assigning the canonical episodes who want the vocabulary already done. And anyone who has heard of the Sirens and never read them. Part of the Student Vocabulary Editions series: the vocabulary of the classics. Start here, on the wine-dark sea.…

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. "When Gregor Samsa woke one morning from troubled dreams, he found himself transformed in his bed into a verminous monstrum." Vermin and monstrum are the first two of 317 words defined in this edition. Kafka published Die Verwandlung in 1915; a century later, we translated it anew with a vocabulary deliberately rich, and a reader who skims past supine, stenography, or rhapsody loses part of what makes the story work. This Student Vocabulary Edition gives you the complete novella in a new translation with every one of those words defined on the page where it appears. What's inside. The full, unabridged text of The Metamorphosis in a new English translation. Every vocabulary word is bolded in the text and footnoted the first time it appears, defined in the sense the author uses it, not an exhaustive dictionary entry. Words like shirk, bristle, topple, squander, splendor, and severance are there, and 311 more. A complete alphabetical glossary at the back lets you find any word again after you have finished reading. What's also inside. A Translator's Introduction that shows the work: how six respected translators rendered Kafka's famous first sentence, why this edition renders it differently, and an honest account of how a human and an AI, each doing what the other cannot, produced this translation. It takes a clear stand on what separates craft from AI Slop. What's not inside. No plot summary. No page-cluttering commentary. No chapter questions to grind through. Just Kafka's story, newly translated, with the vocabulary handled so nothing slows you down. Who it's for. Honors and AP English students. Anyone preparing for the SAT or ACT. ESL and EFL learners working toward TOEFL or IELTS. Homeschool families and classroom teachers. And anyone who wants to read Kafka with nothing lost. Part of the Student Vocabulary Editions series: the vocabulary of the classics. Start here, where the lamplight still slips beneath the door. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. "Friends, Nobody is killing me, by guile and not by force." Guile is the word the whole trick turns on. It means cunning of the deceiving kind, craft used to get around someone rather than through them, and Odysseus uses it here in the most famous lie in Western literature. The Cyclops' neighbors hear the word nobody and go back to bed. It is one of 256 words defined on the page where it first appears, in a new verse translation of The Odyssey made line by line from the Greek. What's inside. The twelve episodes most often assigned in high school and college courses, complete and unabridged within themselves: the proem, Calypso and the raft, the Cyclops, Circe, the Land of the Dead, the Sirens and Scylla, the reunion with Telemachus, the death of Argos, the contest of the bow, the slaughter of the suitors, and Penelope's test of the bed. Every vocabulary word is bolded and footnoted the first time it appears, from citadel in the opening lines through ambrosia, aegis, asphodel, prodigious, and implacable, each defined in the sense Homer uses it. All 256 are gathered again in an alphabetical Vocabulary list at the back. What's also inside. A Translator's Introduction on why this translation exists and how it was made. A glossary of nautical terms, 13 entries from steering-oar and halyard to forestay and anchorage. And a full bibliography of the Greek editions behind the text. What's not inside. No plot summary. No page-cluttering commentary. No study questions to grind through. And no softening: a slave is called a slave, and the violence, the coercion and Homer's own judgments stand as he wrote them. Two editions: how to choose. This is the shorter path, built for the syllabus that reads selections: less to carry, less to buy. If you want the whole poem, The Odyssey, Unabridged: Student Vocabulary Edition carries all twenty-four books with 423 words annotated the same way. Who it's for. High school students meeting Homer in class. Honors and AP English students. SAT and ACT candidates building a working vocabulary from real reading. ESL and EFL learners, and anyone preparing for TOEFL or IELTS. Teachers assigning the canonical episodes who want the vocabulary already done. And anyone who has heard of the Sirens and never read them. Part of the Student Vocabulary Editions series: the vocabulary of the classics. Start here, on the wine-dark sea. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. "Tell me, Muse, of the ever-shifting man, who was driven far and wide after he had sacked the sacred citadel of Troy." Citadel is the first vocabulary word in this edition, and it arrives in the poem's second line. A citadel is the fortified heart of a city, the stronghold meant to hold when everything around it falls. Homer does not say Odysseus sacked Troy. He says he sacked its citadel. It is one of 423 words defined on the page where it first appears, in a new verse translation of The Odyssey made line by line from the Greek. What's inside. All twenty-four books, complete, in verse. Every vocabulary word is bolded in the text and footnoted the first time it appears, from wanton in the opening lines through aegis, libation, stratagem, asphodel, and sardonic, each defined in the sense Homer uses it, not as an exhaustive dictionary entry. All 423 are gathered again in an alphabetical Vocabulary list at the back. What's also inside. A Translator's Introduction on why this translation exists and how it was made. A glossary of nautical terms, 21 entries from thole-pins and steering-oar to forestay and roadstead, covering what a dictionary will not. And a full bibliography of the Greek editions behind the text. What's not inside. No plot summary. No page-cluttering commentary. No study questions to grind through. And no softening: a slave is called a slave, and the violence, the coercion and Homer's own judgments stand as he wrote them. Two editions: how to choose. This is the complete poem. If your class reads only the episodes most often assigned, The Odyssey, Canonical Readings: Student Vocabulary Edition is the lighter, lower-cost path: twelve episodes from the Cyclops to the recognition by the bed, with 256 words annotated the same way. Who it's for. High school students meeting Homer in class. Honors and AP English students. SAT and ACT candidates building a working vocabulary from real reading. ESL and EFL learners, and anyone preparing for TOEFL or IELTS. Teachers and homeschooling families who want the poem and its vocabulary in one book. And anyone who has heard of the Sirens and never read them. Part of the Student Vocabulary Editions series: the vocabulary of the classics. Start here, on the wine-dark sea. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

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PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. THIS BOOK IS PRINTED ON DEMAND. Established seller since 2000.

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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. "When Gregor Samsa woke one morning from troubled dreams, he found himself transformed in his bed into a verminous monstrum." Vermin and monstrum are the first two of 317 words defined in this edition. Kafka published Die Verwandlung in 1915; a century later, we translated it anew with a vocabulary deliberately rich, and a reader who skims past supine, stenography, or rhapsody loses part of what makes the story work. This Student Vocabulary Edition gives you the complete novella in a new translation with every one of those words defined on the page where it appears. What's inside. The full, unabridged text of The Metamorphosis in a new English translation. Every vocabulary word is bolded in the text and footnoted the first time it appears, defined in the sense the author uses it, not an exhaustive dictionary entry. Words like shirk, bristle, topple, squander, splendor, and severance are there, and 311 more. A complete alphabetical glossary at the back lets you find any word again after you have finished reading. What's also inside. A Translator's Introduction that shows the work: how six respected translators rendered Kafka's famous first sentence, why this edition renders it differently, and an honest account of how a human and an AI, each doing what the other cannot, produced this translation. It takes a clear stand on what separates craft from AI Slop. What's not inside. No plot summary. No page-cluttering commentary. No chapter questions to grind through. Just Kafka's story, newly translated, with the vocabulary handled so nothing slows you down. Who it's for. Honors and AP English students. Anyone preparing for the SAT or ACT. ESL and EFL learners working toward TOEFL or IELTS. Homeschool families and classroom teachers. And anyone who wants to read Kafka with nothing lost. Part of the Student Vocabulary Editions series: the vocabulary of the classics. Start here, where the lamplight still slips beneath the door. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.…

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. "Friends, Nobody is killing me, by guile and not by force." Guile is the word the whole trick turns on. It means cunning of the deceiving kind, craft used to get around someone rather than through them, and Odysseus uses it here in the most famous lie in Western literature. The Cyclops' neighbors hear the word nobody and go back to bed. It is one of 256 words defined on the page where it first appears, in a new verse translation of The Odyssey made line by line from the Greek. What's inside. The twelve episodes most often assigned in high school and college courses, complete and unabridged within themselves: the proem, Calypso and the raft, the Cyclops, Circe, the Land of the Dead, the Sirens and Scylla, the reunion with Telemachus, the death of Argos, the contest of the bow, the slaughter of the suitors, and Penelope's test of the bed. Every vocabulary word is bolded and footnoted the first time it appears, from citadel in the opening lines through ambrosia, aegis, asphodel, prodigious, and implacable, each defined in the sense Homer uses it. All 256 are gathered again in an alphabetical Vocabulary list at the back. What's also inside. A Translator's Introduction on why this translation exists and how it was made. A glossary of nautical terms, 13 entries from steering-oar and halyard to forestay and anchorage. And a full bibliography of the Greek editions behind the text. What's not inside. No plot summary. No page-cluttering commentary. No study questions to grind through. And no softening: a slave is called a slave, and the violence, the coercion and Homer's own judgments stand as he wrote them. Two editions: how to choose. This is the shorter path, built for the syllabus that reads selections: less to carry, less to buy. If you want the whole poem, The Odyssey, Unabridged: Student Vocabulary Edition carries all twenty-four books with 423 words annotated the same way. Who it's for. High school students meeting Homer in class. Honors and AP English students. SAT and ACT candidates building a working vocabulary from real reading. ESL and EFL learners, and anyone preparing for TOEFL or IELTS. Teachers assigning the canonical episodes who want the vocabulary already done. And anyone who has heard of the Sirens and never read them. Part of the Student Vocabulary Editions series: the vocabulary of the classics. Start here, on the wine-dark sea. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.…

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. "Tell me, Muse, of the ever-shifting man, who was driven far and wide after he had sacked the sacred citadel of Troy." Citadel is the first vocabulary word in this edition, and it arrives in the poem's second line. A citadel is the fortified heart of a city, the stronghold meant to hold when everything around it falls. Homer does not say Odysseus sacked Troy. He says he sacked its citadel. It is one of 423 words defined on the page where it first appears, in a new verse translation of The Odyssey made line by line from the Greek. What's inside. All twenty-four books, complete, in verse. Every vocabulary word is bolded in the text and footnoted the first time it appears, from wanton in the opening lines through aegis, libation, stratagem, asphodel, and sardonic, each defined in the sense Homer uses it, not as an exhaustive dictionary entry. All 423 are gathered again in an alphabetical Vocabulary list at the back. What's also inside. A Translator's Introduction on why this translation exists and how it was made. A glossary of nautical terms, 21 entries from thole-pins and steering-oar to forestay and roadstead, covering what a dictionary will not. And a full bibliography of the Greek editions behind the text. What's not inside. No plot summary. No page-cluttering commentary. No study questions to grind through. And no softening: a slave is called a slave, and the violence, the coercion and Homer's own judgments stand as he wrote them. Two editions: how to choose. This is the complete poem. If your class reads only the episodes most often assigned, The Odyssey, Canonical Readings: Student Vocabulary Edition is the lighter, lower-cost path: twelve episodes from the Cyclops to the recognition by the bed, with 256 words annotated the same way. Who it's for. High school students meeting Homer in class. Honors and AP English students. SAT and ACT candidates building a working vocabulary from real reading. ESL and EFL learners, and anyone preparing for TOEFL or IELTS. Teachers and homeschooling families who want the poem and its vocabulary in one book. And anyone who has heard of the Sirens and never read them. Part of the Student Vocabulary Editions series: the vocabulary of the classics. Start here, on the wine-dark sea. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.…