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1) The Odyssey
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English
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"The first great adventure story in the Western canon, The Odyssey is a poem about violence and the aftermath of war; about wealth, poverty, and power; about marriage and family; about travelers, hospitality, and the yearning for home. In this fresh, authoritative version--the first English translation of The Odyssey by a woman--this stirring tale of shipwrecks, monsters, and magic comes alive in an entirely new way. Written in iambic pentameter verse...
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Independently published
Pub. Date
2017
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English
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Zealous disciple of Martinez de Pasqually, J.P. Willermoz was expected to confirm the vision of his Master which presents Christ as a prophet who came for the first time in the created universe to organize the original chaos. And then, through several messengers such as Enoch, Noah, Seth, Jesus…he returned several times in the created world to work on the elevation of the mankind’s consciousness in order to obtain its reintegration, which is not...
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English
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A retelling of the Trojan War from the perspectives of its women follows the stories of a vigil-keeping Penelope, an Amazon princess rival of Achilles, and three goddesses whose feud sparks a tragic conflict.
Ten seemingly endless years of conflict between the Greeks and the Trojans are over. Troy has fallen. From the Trojan women whose fates now lie in the hands of the Greeks, to the Amazon princess who fought Achilles on their behalf, to Penelope...
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Naxos Audiobooks
Pub. Date
℗2004
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English
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This recording introduces classical music to the entire family. It looks at the music through the lives of the great composers and their environment from the churches and cathedrals that produced the familiar sound of Gregorian chant, to Johann Sebastian Bach and right up to the film music for "Gladiator" and "Lord of the Rings." The CD-ROM features extra information and pictures about the composers, the instruments of the classical orchestra, national...
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[Distributed by] Recorded Books
Pub. Date
c2011
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English
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A series of lectures delivered by Professor J. Rufus Fears of the University of Oklahoma in which he explores the world's greatest myths. Beginning with the Trojan War and the Iliad and moving through the Bronze age in the Mediterranean with Theseus and Oedipus, Mesopotamia and Gilgamesh, the three great religions from the Middle East, the Roman Empire in the Aeneid, Romulus and Remus and Augustus, Alexander the Great, the British Isles, Beowulf and...
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Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2022.
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English
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"An imaginative picture book collection featuring twenty mythical creatures drawn from diverse cultural traditions"--
"From the vicious three-headed Chimera of ancient Greece to the peaceful Navagunjara of India-- a creature made fro parts from nine different animals--to the awe-inspiring dragons of Europe and East Asia, this exciting introduction to mythological creatures celebrates the wondrous beings featured in stories from all over the world....
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