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May 24, 2015

Classics Reissued: Gallipoli

May 24, 2015/ Steve Donoghue

The mad debacle of the Dardanelles campaign is now 100 years in the past, and to mark the anniversary, a classic account is reprinted

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alan moorehead, classics reissued, Gallipoli, max hastings, May 2015, open letters weekly 2015
October 18, 2014

Classics Reissued: The Wars of Justinian

October 18, 2014/ Steve Donoghue

Everybody knows Procopius as the author of the scandalous "Secret History" - but he wrote a long and fascinating work of straightforward history as well, and that work finally gets a great one-volume English edition.

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October 18, 2014/ Steve Donoghue/
anthony kaldellis, belisarius, classics reissued, October 2014, open letters weekly, procopius, the wars of justinian
February 12, 2014

Classics Reissued: The Homesman

February 12, 2014/ Steve Donoghue

A strong woman and a weak man must make a perilous journey from the Western frontier to the East Coast in Glendon Swarthout's newly-reissued classic novel

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February 12, 2014/ Steve Donoghue/
classics reissued, February 2014, fiction, glendon swarthout, open letters weekly, the homesman
June 01, 2013

Classics Reissued: World War Z!

June 01, 2013/ Steve Donoghue

In advance of the movie, Max Brooks' epic zombie novel (now with the customary ugly movie cover) is given a big reprint run in search of even more fans ...

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June 01, 2013/ Steve Donoghue/
brad pitt, classics reissued, June 2013, Max Brooks, open letters weekly, World War Z
April 08, 2013

Classics Reissued: Marcel Proust - A Life

April 08, 2013/ Steve Donoghue

A splendid reissue of the definitive Marcel Proust biography attempts to show readers the jester, the critic, and the energetic editor in addition to the garrulous fop

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April 08, 2013/ Steve Donoghue/
April 2013, biography, classics reissued, literary biography, marcel proust, open letters weekly, william carter
March 24, 2013

Classics Reissued: Shadows and Strongholds

March 24, 2013/ Steve Donoghue

In a welcome reprint, a brave but untried young 12th century knight must learn how to fight - and take a bride

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March 24, 2013/ Steve Donoghue/
classics reissued, elizabeth chadwick, fiction, historical fiction, March 2013, open letters weekly, shadows and strongholds
March 23, 2013

Classics Reissued: Dune

March 23, 2013/ Steve Donoghue

The greatest sci-fi novel of all time is inaugurated into the Barnes & Noble Leatherbound Classics library

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March 23, 2013/ Steve Donoghue/
classics reissued, dune, frank herbert, john schoenherr, leatherbound classics, March 2013, open letters weekly, science fiction
January 07, 2013

Classics Reissued: Alexander of Macedon

January 07, 2013/ Steve Donoghue

One of the best - and certainly the most contentious - biographies of Alexander the Great gets an attractive new reprint.

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January 07, 2013/ Steve Donoghue/
alexander of macedon, Alexander the Great, biography, classics reissued, January 2013, Peter Green
November 05, 2011

Classics Reissued: The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich

November 05, 2011/ Steve Donoghue

One of the greatest works of 20th century - and of all time - gets a handsome paperback reprint as it turns 50.

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November 05, 2011/ Steve Donoghue/
classics reissued, history, November 2011, the rise and fall of the third reich, william shirer, world war two
November 01, 2011

Classics Reissued: The Once and Future King

November 01, 2011/ Steve Donoghue

T. H. White's towering, sad, uplifting tale of King Arthur, Merlyn, Guenever, and Lancelot gets a beautiful Penguin reprint

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November 01, 2011/ Steve Donoghue/
classics reissued, King Arthur, November 2011, t- h- white, the once and future king
October 31, 2011

Classics Reissued: Lucretius

October 31, 2011/ Steve Donoghue

A handsome re-issue of the best English-language translation of Lucretius' famous (and famously scatter-brained) poem

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October 31, 2011/ Steve Donoghue/
classics reissued, frank o- copley, lucretius, November 2011, on the nature of things, roman literature, W-W- Norton
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