The Battle between the Frogs and the Mice: A Tiny Homeric Epic
By: A.E. Stallings
4.48
Format: 100 pages, Paperback
"A virtuosic, witty, charming translation of the greatest epic ever written about mice, with wonder…
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1. The Histories
By: Herodotus , Aubrey de Sélincourt , John M. Marincola
4.01
Format: 716 pages, Paperback
David Grene, one of the best known translators of the Greek classics, splendidly captures the pecul… read more
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- classics
"Hippocleides doesn't care."-Herodotus, The Histories
"So much, then, for the fish."-Herodotus, The Histories
"La muerte es para el hombre el más deseado refugio."-Herodotus, The Histories
"Muchos hombres opulentos son desdichados, y muchos que tienen hacienda moderada son dichosos."-Herodotus, The Histories
2. In the Hand of the Goddess (Song of the Lioness, #2)
By: Tamora Pierce
4.24
Format: 264 pages, Mass Market Paperback
Disguised as a boy, Alanna of Trebond becomes a squire, to none other than the prince of the realm.… read more
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- fantasy
- fiction
"Oh! I'm stupid as well as insane."-Tamora Pierce, In the Hand of the Goddess (Song of the Lioness, #2)
"The thief's fingers touched her chin gently, making her look up."-Tamora Pierce, In the Hand of the Goddess (Song of the Lioness, #2)
"Why do boys say someone acts like a girl as if it were an insult?"-Tamora Pierce, In the Hand of the Goddess (Song of the Lioness, #2)
"Men died as she watched, and they didn't care about what they had fought for."-Tamora Pierce, In the Hand of the Goddess (Song of the Lioness, #2)
3. Lioness Rampant (Song of the Lioness, #4)
By: Tamora Pierce
4.28
Format: 384 pages, Mass Market Paperback
From Tamora Pierce, the final book in the Song of the Lioness Quartet, honored with the Margaret A.… read more
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- fantasy
- childrens
- fiction
"Horses are calmer people. They also don't throw things at cats."-Tamora Pierce, Lioness Rampant (Song of the Lioness, #4)
"The lioness is known and respected. A king who commands your loyalty is worth paying attention to."-Tamora Pierce, Lioness Rampant (Song of the Lioness, #4)
"The gods cannot reveal all things; otherwise, where is men's right to choose their fates? Where is your right to choose?"-Tamora Pierce, Lioness Rampant (Song of the Lioness, #4)
"Dragon–man, do you bring your kitten to us for testing? You may not want the overgrown cat ... She is a champion, like you, but different. Always different."-Tamora Pierce, Lioness Rampant (Song of the Lioness, #4)
4. The Woman Who Rides Like a Man (Song of the Lioness, #3)
By: Tamora Pierce
4.18
Format: 284 pages, Mass Market Paperback
"Let her prove herself worthy as a man." Newly knighted, Alanna of Trebond seeks adventure in the … read more
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- fantasy
- childrens
- fiction
"Only the man who wishes to be corrupted will fall into evil ways."-Tamora Pierce, The Woman Who Rides Like a Man (Song of the Lioness, #3)
"Didn't they realize that the only way to change things was to act?"-Tamora Pierce, The Woman Who Rides Like a Man (Song of the Lioness, #3)
"There's plenty more fish in the sea than Prince Jonathan," he told her softly. "And this particular fish loves you with all his crooked heart." -George to Alanna"-Tamora Pierce, The Woman Who Rides Like a Man (Song of the Lioness, #3)
"Few people are wise enough to know they might not be ready for such a venture. Too many rush to wed, only to discover they know little about what they're getting into"-Tamora Pierce, The Woman Who Rides Like a Man (Song of the Lioness, #3)
5. Alanna: The First Adventure (Song of the Lioness, #1)
By: Tamora Pierce
4.27
Format: 274 pages, Mass Market Paperback
From now on I'm Alan of Trebond, the younger twin. I'll be a knight. And so young Alanna of Treb… read more
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- fantasy
- childrens
- fiction
"I believe in deeds, not words."-Tamora Pierce, Alanna: The First Adventure (Song of the Lioness, #1)
"I--buy, and I sell." "You're a thief."-Tamora Pierce, Alanna: The First Adventure (Song of the Lioness, #1)
"We're men, and men aren't born to stand alone."-Tamora Pierce, Alanna: The First Adventure (Song of the Lioness, #1)
"She was to behave. No pranks was to be a watchword."-Tamora Pierce, Alanna: The First Adventure (Song of the Lioness, #1)
6. Moll Flanders
By: Daniel Defoe
3.52
Format: 339 pages, Paperback
Alternate cover edition of ISBN 9781853260735. The Fortunes & Misfortunes of the Famous Moll Fla… read more
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- classics
- fiction
"I saw the Cloud, though I did not foresee the Storm."-Daniel Defoe, Moll Flanders
"I had been tricked once by that Cheat called love, but the Game was over..."-Daniel Defoe, Moll Flanders
"Thus the Government of our Virtue was broken and I exchang'd the Place of Friend for that unmusical harsh-sounding Title of Whore."-Daniel Defoe, Moll Flanders
"He look'd a little disorder'd, when he said this, but I did not apprehend any thing from it at that time, believing as it us'd to be said, that they who do those things never talk of them; or that th…"-Daniel Defoe, Moll Flanders
7. Troilus and Criseyde
By: Geoffrey Chaucer , Nevill Coghill
3.76
Format: 368 pages, Paperback
Considered one of Chaucer’s finest poems, second only to The Canterbury Tales in richness and depth… read more
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- poetry
- classics
- fiction
"And after winter folweth grene May."-Geoffrey Chaucer, Troilus and Criseyde
"The very eyeballs in your skull look dead."-Geoffrey Chaucer, Troilus and Criseyde
"Not knowing, in his misery, for the nonce, What he was doing, he rushed away at once"-Geoffrey Chaucer, Troilus and Criseyde
"Thus in this heaven he took his delight And smothered her with kisses upon kisses Till gradually he came to know where bliss is."-Geoffrey Chaucer, Troilus and Criseyde
8. Lysistrata
By: Aristophanes , Sarah Ruden
3.87
Format: 132 pages, Paperback
Aristophanes' comic masterpiece of war and sex remains one of the greatest plays ever written. Led … read more
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- classics
- fiction
"Sənət çörək arxasınca qaçarsa, alçalar"-Aristophanes, Lysistrata
"Lysistrata: To seize the treasury; no more money, no more war."-Aristophanes, Lysistrata
"Queste donne micidiali, non si può vivere nè con loro nè senza di loro."-Aristophanes, Lysistrata
"Chorus of old men: How true the saying: 'Tis impossible to live with the baggages, impossible to live without 'em."-Aristophanes, Lysistrata
9. The Man Who Was Thursday: A Nightmare
By: Jonathan Lethem , G.K. Chesterton
2.67
Format: 166 pages,
G.K. Chesterton's 1908 masterpiece, The Man Who Was Thursday, is a metaphysical thriller, and a det… read more
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- classics
- fantasy
- fiction
10. The Wheel of Darkness (Pendergast, #8)
By: Douglas Preston , Lincoln Child
3.64
Format: 352 pages,
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- fiction
11. The Once and Future King (The Once and Future King #1-4)
By: T.H. White
4.67
Format: 48 pages, Mass Market Paperback
Once upon a time, a young boy called "Wart" was tutored by a magician named Merlyn in preparation f… read more
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- classics
- fantasy
- fiction
12. Frogs
By: Aristophanes , Arthur Sidgwick
3.58
Format: 448 pages, Paperback
The Frogs (Ancient Greek: Batrakhoi, Batrachoi) is a comedy written by the Greek playwright Aristop… read more
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- classics
- fiction
13. Wolf-Speaker (Immortals, #2)
By: Tamora Pierce
4.21
Format: 344 pages, Mass Market Paperback
When humans start cutting down trees and digging holes in peaceful Dunlath Valley, the wolves know … read more
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- fantasy
- fiction
"The wolf who sings alone is not happy."-Tamora Pierce, Wolf-Speaker (Immortals, #2)
"I think it's fair rude to make him a tree and not know what kind he is."-Tamora Pierce, Wolf-Speaker (Immortals, #2)
"Cats aren’t special advisers. They advise us all the time, whether we want them to or no."-Tamora Pierce, Wolf-Speaker (Immortals, #2)
"Adults and pups alike, they surrounded her in the greeting ceremony, licking her face and wagging their tails. Brokefang let the girl hug him fiercely about the neck and nuzzled her in reply."-Tamora Pierce, Wolf-Speaker (Immortals, #2)
14. The Shadow Over Innsmouth
By: H.P. Lovecraft
4.11
Format: 176 pages, Paperback
"The Shadow Over Innsmouth" is a short novel about a weird hybrid race of humans and creatures rese… read more
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- classics
- fantasy
- fiction
15. Calling on Dragons (Enchanted Forest Chronicles, #3)
By: Patricia C. Wrede , Peter de Sève
4.18
Format: 244 pages, Paperback
A Princess's work is never done--not even when she becomes a queen! Princess Cimorene is now Que… read more
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- fantasy
- childrens
- fiction
"You shouldn't give advice you don't follow."-Patricia C. Wrede, Calling on Dragons (Enchanted Forest Chronicles, #3)
"Very well. You may help me to exterminate the society of wizards."-Patricia C. Wrede, Calling on Dragons (Enchanted Forest Chronicles, #3)
"Telemain and Morwen?" Kazul muttered. "What am I, diced troll food?"-Patricia C. Wrede, Calling on Dragons (Enchanted Forest Chronicles, #3)
"Wizards don't know how to handle cats. I don't think they're very smart."-Patricia C. Wrede, Calling on Dragons (Enchanted Forest Chronicles, #3)
16. Searching for Dragons (Enchanted Forest Chronicles, #2)
By: Patricia C. Wrede , Peter de Sève
3.50
Format: 240 pages, Paperback
Kidnap a dragon? How daring! How stupid Cimorene, the princess who refuses to be proper, is back--b… read more
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- fantasy
- childrens
- fiction
17. As You Like It
By: William Shakespeare , Barbara A. Mowat , Paul Werstine
3.59
Format: 251 pages, Paperback
As You Like Itis a pastoral comedy by William Shakespeare believed to have been written in 1599 or … read more
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- classics
- fiction
18. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Pearl, and Sir Orfeo
By: J.R.R. Tolkien , Unknown , Christopher Tolkien
3.76
Format: 208 pages, Paperback
Sir Gawain and the Green Knightand Pearlare two poems by an unknown author written in about 1400. S… read more
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19. 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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- poetry
- classics
- fantasy
- fiction
"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
20. Winter Morning Walks: 100 Postcards to Jim Harrison
By: Ted Kooser
3.81
Format: 263 pages, Paperback
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21. Jason and the Golden Fleece
By: Apollonius of Rhodes , Richard L. Hunter
3.92
Format: None pages, Paperback
The Argonauticais the dramatic story of Jason's quest for the Golden Fleece and his relations with … read more
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22. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
By: Tom Stoppard , None
3.48
Format: None pages,
Hamlettold from the worm's-eye view of two minor characters, bewildered Rosencrantz and Guildenster… read more
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23. The Aeneid
By: Virgil , Robert Fitzgerald
4.50
Format: 228 pages, Paperback
The Aeneid (play /@'ni:Id/; Latin: Aeneis [aj'ne:is]--the title is Greek in form: genitive case Aen… read more
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24. Much Ado About Nothing
By: William Shakespeare , Barbara A. Mowat , Paul Werstine , Gail Kern Paster , None
3.92
Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback
The action is set in Sicily, where Don Pedro, Prince of Aragon, has recently defeated his half-brot… read more
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25. Star Maker
By: Olaf Stapledon
4.33
Format: 201 pages, Paperback
Star Makeris a science fiction novel by Olaf Stapledon, published in 1937. The book describes a his… read more
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26. Frogs and Other Plays
By: Aristophanes , David B. Barrett , Shomit Dutta
3.53
Format: 349 pages, Paperback
Marrying deft social commentary to a rich, earthy comedy, the three comedies collected in Aristopha… read more
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27. The Oedipus Cycle: Oedipus Rex/Oedipus at Colonus/Antigone (The Theban Plays, #1–3)
By: Sophocles , Robert Fitzgerald , Dudley Fitts , None
5.00
Format: 400 pages, Paperback
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28. Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder
By: Salman Rushdie
4.10
Format: 209 pages, Hardcover
From internationally renowned writer and Booker Prize winner Salman Rushdie, a searing, deeply pers… read more
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"Waiting is thinking, and to think deeply is, very often, to change one’s mind."-Salman Rushdie, Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder
"I don’t usually think of my books as prophecies. I’ve had some trouble with prophets in my life, and I’m not applying for the job."-Salman Rushdie, Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder
"To have a room of one’s own, one must have money. (I don’t think Virginia Woolf ever went to India, but her dictum stands, even there, even for men.)"-Salman Rushdie, Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder
"An intimacy of strangers. That's a phrase I've sometimes used to express the joyful thing that happens in the act of reading, that happy union of the interior lives of author and reader."-Salman Rushdie, Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder
29. Novelist as a Vocation
By: Haruki Murakami
3.89
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
A charmingly idiosyncratic look at writing, creativity, and the author’s own novels. Haruki Mura… read more
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"writing novels is, to my way of thinking, basically a very uncool enterprise"-Haruki Murakami, Novelist as a Vocation
"La experiencia nos enseña a los escritores lo duro que es seguir siendo escritor."-Haruki Murakami, Novelist as a Vocation
"Una sociedad capaz de asumir e integrar distintos puntos de vista y formas de pensar será capaz de avanzar lenta pero segura en la dirección correcta"-Haruki Murakami, Novelist as a Vocation
"Una sociedad capaz de asumir e integrar distintos puntos de vista y formas de pensar será capaz de avanzar lenta pero segura en la dirección correcta."-Haruki Murakami, Novelist as a Vocation
30. The Battle between the Frogs and the Mice: A Tiny Homeric Epic
By: A.E. Stallings
4.48
Format: 100 pages, Paperback
"A virtuosic, witty, charming translation of the greatest epic ever written about mice, with wonder… read more
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- classics
- childrens
- animals
- fiction
- fantasy
