Enheduana: The Complete Poems of the World's First Author
By: Sophus Helle
4.48
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
The complete poems of the priestess Enheduana, the world’s first known author, newly translated fro…
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1. Inanna, Queen of Heaven and Earth: Her Stories and Hymns from Sumer
By: Diane Wolkstein , Samuel Noah Kramer
4.14
Format: 227 pages, Paperback
A fresh retelling of the ancient texts about Ishtar, the world's first goddess. Illustrated with vi… read more
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"Inanna spoke: "What I tell you Let the singer weave into song. What I tell you, Let it flow from ear to mouth, Let it pass from old to young: My vulva, the horn, The Boat of Heaven, Is full of eagern…"-Diane Wolkstein, Inanna, Queen of Heaven and Earth: Her Stories and Hymns from Sumer
2. Los recuerdos del porvenir
By: Elena Garro
4.33
Format: 292 pages, Paperback
Los recuerdos del porvenir es la historia coral del pueblo de Ixtepec, en alguna llanura cerca de M… read more
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"Estoy y estuve en muchos ojos. Yo sólo soy memoria y la memoria que de mí se tenga."-Elena Garro, Los recuerdos del porvenir
"Él sabía que el porvenir era un retroceder veloz hacia la muerte y la muerte el estado perfecto, el momento precioso en que el hombre recupera plenamente su otra memoria."-Elena Garro, Los recuerdos del porvenir
"¡Los abogados...! ¿Y a quién van a juzgar? Esperamos la respuesta consabida: a los traidores de la Patria. ¿Qué traición y qué patria? La Patria en esos días llevaba el nombre doble de Calles-Obregón…"-Elena Garro, Los recuerdos del porvenir
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3. The Ethics of Ambiguity
By: Simone de Beauvoir
4.00
Format: None pages, Paperback
Simone de Beauvoir, novelist, dramatist, and philosopher, was the most distinguished woman writer i… read more
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4. The Ancient Near East: A Very Short Introduction
By: Amanda H. Podany
3.82
Format: None pages, Paperback
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5. If Not, Winter: Fragments of Sappho
By: Sappho , Anne Carson
4.00
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6. The Solar Anus
By: Georges Bataille
3.62
Format: 120 pages,
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7. The Epic of Gilgamesh
By: Anonymous , N.K. Sandars
3.74
Format: 72 pages, Paperback
Miraculously preserved on clay tablets dating back as much as four thousand years, the poem of Gilg… read more
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"As for man, his days are numbered, whatever he might do, it is but wind."-Anonymous, The Epic of Gilgamesh
"Now let the gate of sorrow be closed behind me, and let it be sealed with tar and pitch."-Anonymous, The Epic of Gilgamesh
"When all the illusions of personal immortality are stripped away, there is only the act to maintain the freedom to act."-Anonymous, The Epic of Gilgamesh
"Gilgamesh was called a god and a man; Enkidu was an animal and a man. It is the story of their becoming human together."-Anonymous, The Epic of Gilgamesh
8. Jason and the Golden Fleece
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3.92
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9. Homeric Hymns
By: Homer , Jules Cashford , None
4.44
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
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10. Father Comes Home from the Wars (Parts 1, 2 & 3)
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4.16
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11. A Viúva e o Papagaio
By: Virginia Woolf
3.36
Format: 96 pages, Paperback
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12. History of the Peloponnesian War
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3.94
Format: 648 pages, Paperback
Written four hundred years before the birth of Christ, this detailed contemporary account of the lo… read more
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"Friendship or enmity is everywhere an affair of time and circumstance"-Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War
"Self-control is the chief element in self-respect, and self-respect is the chief element in courage."-Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War
"Most people, in fact, will not take the trouble in finding out the truth, but are much more inclined to accept the first story they hear."-Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War
"Right, as the world goes, is only in question between equals in power, while the strong do what they can and the weak suffer what they must."-Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War
13. The Narrow Road to the Deep North and Other Travel Sketches
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4.29
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In later life Basho turned to Zen Buddhism, and the travel sketched in this volume relfect his atte… read more
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14. The Burial at Thebes: A Version of Sophocles' Antigone
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3.64
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4.01
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"The world starts with a story. So do dynasties and eras and wars. So does love, and so does revenge. Everything starts with a story."-Nghi Vo, The Brides of High Hill (The Singing Hills Cycle, #5)
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4.42
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4.03
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20. After 1177 B.C.: The Survival of Civilizations
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3.84
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21. Assyria: The Rise and Fall of the World’s First Empire
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4.11
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22. Weavers, Scribes, and Kings: A New History of the Ancient Near East
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4.50
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24. Lady Eve's Last Con
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4.02
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25. Enheduana: The Complete Poems of the World's First Author
By: Sophus Helle
4.48
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
The complete poems of the priestess Enheduana, the world’s first known author, newly translated fro… read more
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4.19
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
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27. The Language of the Night: Essays on Writing, Science Fiction, and Fantasy
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4.26
Format: 304 pages, Paperback
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"In many college English courses the words “myth"-Ursula K. Le Guin, The Language of the Night: Essays on Writing, Science Fiction, and Fantasy
"I doubt that the imagination can be suppressed. If you truly eradicated it in a child, he would grow up to be an eggplant."-Ursula K. Le Guin, The Language of the Night: Essays on Writing, Science Fiction, and Fantasy
"The use of imaginative fiction is to deepen your understanding of your world, and your fellow men, and your own feelings, and your destiny."-Ursula K. Le Guin, The Language of the Night: Essays on Writing, Science Fiction, and Fantasy
"Children know perfectly well that unicorns aren’t real, but they also know that books about unicorns, if they are good books, are true books."-Ursula K. Le Guin, The Language of the Night: Essays on Writing, Science Fiction, and Fantasy
28. Inanna (Sumerians, #1)
By: Emily H. Wilson
4.06
Format: 474 pages, Paperback
The fates of a young goddess, a warrior, and a mortal soldier collide in this enthralling and lyric… read more
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"No one at all sees Death, No one at all sees the face of Death, No one at all hears the voice of Death, Death so savage, who hacks men down."-Emily H. Wilson, Inanna (Sumerians, #1)
29. Afterglow: Climate Fiction for Future Ancestors
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30. War in Heaven
By: Charles Williams
3.83
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
An alternate cover for this ISBN can be found: here A battle over the most sacred object in Chri… read more
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"The telephone bell was ringing wildly, but without result, since there was no-one in the room but the corpse."-Charles Williams, War in Heaven
"[...] the war between good and evil existed no longer, for the thing beneath the Graal was not fighting but vomiting."-Charles Williams, War in Heaven
"An hour's conversation on literature between two ardent minds with a common devotion to a neglected poet is a miraculous road to intimacy."-Charles Williams, War in Heaven
"There is no possible idea," Kenneth thought as he came onto the terrace, "to which the mind of man can't supply some damned alternative or other. Yet one must act."-Charles Williams, War in Heaven
