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  • Celtic Mythology: A Concise Guide to the Gods, Sagas and Beliefs

    Greek Mythology - Norse Mythology - Egyptian Mythology - Celtic Mythology

    by Hourly History ...
    Series series Greek Mythology - Norse Mythology - Egyptian Mythology - Celtic Mythology
    The gifted W.B. Yeats wrote of his own people "...even a newspaperman, if you entice him into a cemetery at midnight, will believe in phantoms, for everyone is a visionary if you scratch him deep enough. But the Celt, unlike any other, is a visionary without scratching." This introduction to Celtic Mythology will serve the novice well – for it is a complicated history with the earliest written ... Read more

    Free

  • ULYSSES

    Enriched edition. A Modern Classic

    by James Joyce, Brent Holloway ...
    In James Joyce's ULYSSES, the reader is immersed in the stream-of-consciousness narrative of the protagonist, Leopold Bloom, as he navigates through Dublin on a single day. Joyce's modernist style challenges traditional storytelling, incorporating elements such as puns, parodies, and allusions, making the text rich and complex. The book delves into themes of identity, nationality, and the mundane ... Read more

    1,99 € or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Complete Grimm's Fairy Tales

    by The Brothers Grimm ...
    When Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm published their Children's and Household Tales in 1812, followed by a second volume in 1815, they had no idea that such stories as "Rapunzel," "Hansel and Gretel," and "Cinderella" would become the most celebrated in the world. Yet few people today are familiar with the majority of tales from the two early volumes, since in the next four decades the Grimms would ... Read more

    0,99 € or Free with Kobo Plus

  • 1500 Eternal Masterpieces of Fairy Tales: Cinderella, Rapunzel, The Spleeping Beauty, The Ugly Ducking, The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp, The Happy Prince, Blue Beard...

    by Aleksander Chodźko, Andrew Lang, Hans Christian Andersen, Brothers Grimm, Jacob Grimm, Wilhelm Grimm, Charles Perrault ...
    Here you will find more than 1500 fairy tales, such as "Aladdin", "Sinbad the Sailor", "The Ugly Ducking", "Little Tin Soldier", "The Little Match Girl", "Blue Beard", "Beauty and the Beast", "Puss in Boots", "The Happy Prince", "The Little Mermaid", "Cinderella", "Rapunzel", and "The Sleeping Beauty". ... Read more

    0,99 € or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Greek Plays

    Sixteen Plays by Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides

    by Sophocles, Aeschylus, Euripides ...
    Series series Modern Library Classics
    A landmark anthology of the masterpieces of Greek drama, featuring all-new, highly accessible translations of some of the world’s most beloved plays, including Agamemnon, Prometheus Bound, Bacchae, Electra, Medea, Antigone, and Oedipus the KingFeaturing translations by Emily Wilson, Frank Nisetich, Sarah Ruden, Rachel Kitzinger, Mary Lefkowitz, and James RommThe great plays of Ancient Greece are ... Read more

    4,34 €

  • Magic in Ancient Greece and Rome

    by Prof Lindsay C. Watson ...
    Parting company with the trend in recent scholarship to treat the subject in abstract, highly theoretical terms, Magic in Ancient Greece and Rome proposes that the magic-working of antiquity was in reality a highly pragmatic business, with very clearly formulated aims - often of an exceedingly malignant kind.In seven chapters, each addressed to an important arm of Greco-Roman magic, the volume ... Read more

    25,11 €

  • Juste la fin du monde de Jean-Luc Lagarce

    Les Fiches de lecture d'Universalis

    by Encyclopaedia Universalis ...
    Bienvenue dans la collection Les Fiches de lecture d’Universalis !Créée le 1er octobre 1999, quatre ans après la mort de Jean-Luc Lagarce (1957-1995), par Joël Jouanneau au théâtre Vidy-Lausanne, la pièce Juste la fin du monde est entrée au répertoire de la Comédie-Française en 2008, dans une mise en scène de Michel Raskine. Elle a fait l’objet d’une adaptation au cinéma par Xavier Dolan, qui a ... Read more

    6,99 € or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Troy

    Our Greatest Story Retold

    by Stephen Fry ...
    Series Book 3 - Stephen Fry’s Greek Myths
    AN EPIC BATTLE THAT LASTED TEN YEARS. A LEGENDARY STORY THAT HAS SURVIVED THOUSANDS.'An inimitable retelling of the siege of Troy . . . Fry's narrative, artfully humorous and rich in detail, breathes life and contemporary relevance into these ancient tales' OBSERVER'Stephen Fry has done it again. Well written and super storytelling' 5***** READER REVIEW________'Troy. The most marvellous k... ... Read more

    8,99 €

  • La Divine Comédie (Version complète les 3 volumes)

    by Dante Alighieri ...
    Ce livre comporte une table des matières dynamique, à été relu et corrigé.Il est parfaitement mis en page pour une lecture sur liseuse électronique.Dans la Divine Comédie, la Terre est fixe au centre de l'Univers. Autour d'elle tournent les neuf cieux :Les sept cieux des planètes.Le ciel des étoiles fixes.Le premier mobile (ou ciel cristallin).Au-delà, se trouve l'Empyrée.Le Diable est au centre ... Read more

    0,99 €

  • Four Seasons in Rome

    On Twins, Insomnia and the Biggest Funeral in the History of the World

    by Anthony Doerr ...
    On the same day that his wife gave birth to twins, Anthony Doerr received the Rome Prize, an award that gave him a year-long stipend and studio in Rome…‘Four Seasons in Rome’ charts the repercussions of that day, describing Doerr's varied adventures in one of the most enchanting cities in the world, and the first year of parenthood. He reads Pliny, Dante, and Keats – the chroniclers of Rome who ... Read more

    9,85 €

  • The Power of Myth

    by Joseph Campbell, Bill Moyers ...
    NATIONAL BESTSELLER • An extraordinary book that reveals how the themes and symbols of ancient narratives continue to bring meaning to birth, death, love, and war.“Campbell has become the rarest of intellectuals in American life: a serious thinker who has been embraced by the popular culture.”—NewsweekThe Power of Myth launched an extraordinary resurgence of interest in Joseph Campbell and his ... Read more

    7,83 €

  • Politics, Kingship, and Poetry in Medieval South India

    Moonset on Sunrise Mountain

    by Whitney Cox ...
    In this compelling new study, Whitney Cox presents a fundamental re-imagining of the politics of pre-modern India through the reinterpretation of the contested accession of Kulottunga I (r.1070–1120) as the ruler of the imperial Chola dynasty. By focusing on this complex event and its ramifications over time, Cox traces far-reaching transformations throughout the kingdom and beyond. Through a ... Read more

    34,55 €

  • The Hero with a Thousand Faces

    by Joseph Campbell ...
    Series series The Collected Works of Joseph Campbell
    Explore the Hero's Journey in stories as old as humanity and as new as last night's dreamThe latest incarnation of Oedipus, the continued romance of Beauty and the Beast, stand this afternoon on the corner of 42nd Street and Fifth Avenue, waiting for the traffic light to change. — Joseph CampbellSince its release in 1949, The Hero with a Thousand Faceshas influenced millions of readers by ... Read more

    10,99 € or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Odyssey

    by Homer ...
    Translated by Walter Shewring ...
    Series series Oxford World's Classics
    This prose translation of the Odyssey is so successful that it has taken its place as one of the few really outstanding versions of Homer's famous epic poem. It is the story of the return of Odysseus from the siege of Troy to his home in Ithaca, and of the vengeance he takes on the suitors of his wife Penelope. Odysseus's account of his adventures since leaving Troy includes his encounter with the ... Read more

    8,02 €

  • Pandora's Jar

    Women in the Greek Myths

    by Natalie Haynes ...
    NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER“Funny, sharp explications of what these sometimes not-very-nice women were up to, and how they sometimes made idiots of . . . but read on!”—Margaret Atwood, author of The Handmaid's TaleThe national bestselling author of A Thousand Ships returns with a fascinating, eye-opening take on the remarkable women at the heart of classical stories Greek mythology from Helen of ... Read more

    10,27 €

  • Romanland

    Ethnicity and Empire in Byzantium

    by Anthony Kaldellis ...
    A leading historian argues that in the empire we know as Byzantium, the Greek-speaking population was actually Roman, and scholars have deliberately mislabeled their ethnicity for the past two centuries for political reasons.Was there ever such a thing as Byzantium? Certainly no emperor ever called himself “Byzantine.” And while the identities of minorities in the eastern empire are clear ... Read more

    39,95 €

  • Viva il greco

    Alla scoperta della lingua madre

    by Nicola Gardini ...
    «"Viva il greco" evidenzia il valore intellettuale, artistico e civile del greco, coprendo quasi un millennio di storia. »Il Sole24OreLa Grecia antica è a un tempo inizio e punto d’arrivo. Nella sua lingua si sono elaborati i fondamenti stessi della nostra civiltà, all’insegna di altissimi ideali come la giustizia e l’amicizia. I racconti eroici di Omero hanno trasmesso un’etica dell’eccellenza; ... Read more

    8,99 €

  • The Fairy Tellers

    A Journey into the Secret History of Fairy Tales

    by Nicholas Jubber ...
    'His cornucopia of tellers and tales is a delight, a riveting celebration of a genre that revels in its own hybridity and the imaginative riches produced by the crossing of cultural and literary borders' Financial Times'Like a child after the Pied Piper I pursued Jubber into a world both human and full of magic. A carnival of a book, rigorously researched and jostling with life' Amy Jeffs, author ... Read more

    4,49 €

  • The Mighty Dead

    Why Homer Matters

    by Adam Nicolson ...
    Longlisted for the 2014 Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction (now the Bailie Gifford)‘A thrilling and complex book, enlarges our view of Homer … There’s something that hits the mark on every page’ Claire Tomalin, Books of the Year, New StatesmanLonglisted for the 2014 Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-FictionIn this passionate and deeply personal book, Adam Nicolson sets out to explain why these great ... Read more

    10,91 €

  • Norse Mythology: The Gods, Goddesses, and Heroes Handbook

    From Vikings to Valkyries, an Epic Who's Who in Old Norse Mythology

    by Kelsey A. Fuller-Shafer, PhD ...
    Discover the gods, goddesses, and heroes from Norse mythology with this beautiful handbook that captures the ancient stories that captivated the Vikings.Learn more about your favorite Norse gods, goddesses, and heroes with this collection of profiles that share the real stories behind the characters.With characters from Norse myths coming to life on the big and small screens, and in the pages of ... Read more

    12,60 €

  • Pandora's Jar

    Women in the Greek Myths

    by Natalie Haynes ...
    **In the many retellings of the Greek myths, the focus is generally on gods and heroes, but Natalie Haynes refocuses our gaze on the remarkable women at the centre of these ancient stories.'Funny, sharp explications of what these sometimes not-very-nice women were up to!' – Margaret Atwood, author of The Handmaid's Tale**The Greek myths are among the world's most important cultural building blocks ... Read more

    11,76 €

  • The Uses of Enchantment (National Book Award Winner)

    The Meaning and Importance of Fairy Tales

    by Bruno Bettelheim ...
    Winner of the National Book Award and National Book Critics Circle Award"A charming book about enchantment, a profound book about fairy tales."—John Updike, The New York Times Book ReviewBruno Bettelheim was one of the great child psychologists of the twentieth century and perhaps none of his books has been more influential than this revelatory study of fairy tales and their universal importance ... Read more

    7,09 €

  • Greek Mythology

    Gods and Heroes Brought to Life

    by Robert Garland ...
    The timeless stories of Greek mythology come to life in these reimagined tales written in the voices of Zeus, Oedipus, Odysseus, and many others.Though the gods are featured prominently in Greek mythology, there is nothing sacred about it. Anyone is free to bring their own interpretation to these stories, just as Homer, Sophocles, and Euripides did centuries ago. In this volume, classicist and ... Read more

    6,14 € or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Egil's Saga

    by Leifur Eiriksson ...
    Egil's Saga tells the story of the long and brutal life of tenth-century warrior-poet and farmer Egil Skallagrimsson: a morally ambiguous character who was at once the composer of intricately beautiful poetry, and a physical grotesque capable of staggering brutality. The saga recounts Egil's progression from youthful savagery to mature wisdom as he struggles to avenge his father's exile from ... Read more

    8,49 €