The Iliad
By: Pauline Francis
3.89
Format: 56 pages, Paperback
Homer's epic poem telling the story of the darkest episode in the ten-year-long Trojan War, retold …
Want to Read $ 0.94"With that he hurled and Athena drove the shaft and it split the archer's nose between the eyes— it cracked his glistening teeth, the tough bronze cut off his tongue at the roots, smashed his jaw and the point came ripping out beneath his chin. He pitched from his car, armor clanged against him, a glimmering blaze of metal dazzling round his back—"-Pauline Francis, The Iliad
"With that he hurled and Athena drove the shaft and it split the archer's nose between the eyes— it cracked his glistening teeth, the tough bronze cut off his tongue at the roots, smashed his jaw and the point came ripping out beneath his chin. He pitched from his car, armor clanged against him, a glimmering blaze of metal dazzling round his back—"-Pauline Francis, The Iliad
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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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- literature
- classics
- mythology
"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. My Man Jeeves (Jeeves, #1)
By: P.G. Wodehouse
4.06
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
Who can forget our beloved gentleman's personal gentleman, Jeeves, who ever comes to the rescue whe… read more
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- literature
- classics
- fiction
- historical fiction
"Come on," he said. "Bring the poker." I brought the tongs as well. I felt like it."-P.G. Wodehouse, My Man Jeeves (Jeeves, #1)
"What a queer thing Life is! So unlike anything else, don't you know, if you see what I mean."-P.G. Wodehouse, My Man Jeeves (Jeeves, #1)
"I had one of those ideas I do sometimes get, though admittedly a chump of the premier class."-P.G. Wodehouse, My Man Jeeves (Jeeves, #1)
"It was one of those jolly, peaceful mornings that make a chappie wish he'd got a soul or something"-P.G. Wodehouse, My Man Jeeves (Jeeves, #1)
3. Drawing Down the Moon: Witches, Druids, Goddess-Worshippers, and Other Pagans in America
By: Margot Adler
4.00
Format: 646 pages, Paperback
Now fully revised-the classic study of Neo-Paganism Almost thirty years since its original publica… read more
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"The first time I called myself a 'Witch' was the most magical moment of my life."-Margot Adler, Drawing Down the Moon: Witches, Druids, Goddess-Worshippers, and Other Pagans in America
"When a person assumes that his or her revelation is the only true one, it only says that this person has had very few religious revelations and hasn't realized how many there are."-Margot Adler, Drawing Down the Moon: Witches, Druids, Goddess-Worshippers, and Other Pagans in America
"I have noticed that many intellectuals turn themselves off the instant they are confronted with the words witchcraft, magic, occultism, and religion, as if such ideas exert a dangerous power that mig…"-Margot Adler, Drawing Down the Moon: Witches, Druids, Goddess-Worshippers, and Other Pagans in America
"I have noticed that many intellectuals turn themselves off the instant they are confronted with the words witchcraft, magic, occultism, and religion, as if such ideas exert a dangerous power that mig…"-Margot Adler, Drawing Down the Moon: Witches, Druids, Goddess-Worshippers, and Other Pagans in America
4. The Way Things Are
By: Rolfe Humphries , Lucretius
3.97
Format: 265 pages, Paperback
..". [captures] the relentless urgency of Lucretius' didacticism, his passionate conviction and pro… read more
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- literature
- poetry
- classics
"There can be no centre in infinity."-Rolfe Humphries, The Way Things Are
"Nothing exists but amalgams of matter and space."-Rolfe Humphries, The Way Things Are
"Air, I should explain, becomes wind when it is agitated."-Rolfe Humphries, The Way Things Are
"For whatever changes and leaves its natural bounds is instant death of that which was before."-Rolfe Humphries, The Way Things Are
5. Five Dialogues: Euthyphro, Apology, Crito, Meno, Phaedo
By: Plato , G.M.A. Grube , John M. Cooper
4.16
Format: 156 pages, Paperback
The second edition of Five Dialogues presents G. M. A. Grube's distinguished translations, as revis… read more
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- literature
- classics
- school
"So, Euthyphro, piety then, should be regarded as a reciprocal exchange between Gods and humans."-Plato, Five Dialogues: Euthyphro, Apology, Crito, Meno, Phaedo
"The very good and the very wicked are both quite rare, and that most men are between those extremes."-Plato, Five Dialogues: Euthyphro, Apology, Crito, Meno, Phaedo
"I am on the brink of death, while you will carry on living. The judgment of which is truly better rests only within the knowledge of God."-Plato, Five Dialogues: Euthyphro, Apology, Crito, Meno, Phaedo
"We should not allow into our minds the conviction that argumentation has nothing sound about it; much rather we should believe that it is we who are not yet sound and that we must take courage and be…"-Plato, Five Dialogues: Euthyphro, Apology, Crito, Meno, Phaedo
6. Napoleon: A Life
By: Andrew Roberts
4.23
Format: 976 pages, Paperback
The definitive biography of the great soldier-statesman by the New York Times bestselling author of… read more
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"I am very happy to see the enemy wish to avoid our coming to him. – Napoleon"-Andrew Roberts, Napoleon: A Life
"I have beaten the Russian and Austrian army commanded by the two emperors. I am a little tired."-Andrew Roberts, Napoleon: A Life
"His constant references to the ancient world have the effect of giving ordinary soldiers a sense of their lives."-Andrew Roberts, Napoleon: A Life
7. 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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- literature
- classics
- fantasy
- fiction
8. Sundar Singh: Footprints Over the Mountains (Christian Heroes: Then & Now)
By: Janet Benge , Geoff Benge
3.87
Format: 237 pages, Paperback
Sundhar Singh (1889-1929), raised as a Sikh, as a boy began to search for the way to God and at six… read more
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9. Poetics
By: Aristotle , Malcolm Heath
3.59
Format: None pages, Paperback
'The plot is the source and the soul of tragedy' In his near-contemporary account of Greek tragedy,… read more
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- poetry
- classics
10. The Oresteia: Agamemnon, The Libation Bearers, The Eumenides
By: Robert Fagles , Aeschylus , William Bedell Stanford
4.01
Format: 336 pages, Paperback
Alternate covers of this ISBN here, here, here, here. Most recent cover is here. In the Oresteia… read more
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- poetry
- classics
- school
- literature
- fiction
- mythology
"I cannot not grieve."-Robert Fagles, The Oresteia: Agamemnon, The Libation Bearers, The Eumenides
"Learning comes through pain."-Robert Fagles, The Oresteia: Agamemnon, The Libation Bearers, The Eumenides
"Do I not live? Badly, I know, but I live."-Robert Fagles, The Oresteia: Agamemnon, The Libation Bearers, The Eumenides
"Nothing forces us to know What we do not want to know Except pain"-Robert Fagles, The Oresteia: Agamemnon, The Libation Bearers, The Eumenides
11. The Trojan Women
By: Euripides , Gilbert Murray
4.16
Format: 331 pages, Paperback
"This is a new translation of the classic play. It combines a poet's translation with a scholar's i… read more
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- fiction
- classics
- mythology
12. Daphnis and Chloe
By: Paul Turner , Longus
3.68
Format: 593 pages, Paperback
A tender novel describing eager and inept young love, Daphnis and Chloe tells the story of a baby b… read more
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- literature
- classics
- mythology
- fiction
13. The Canterbury Tales
By: Geoffrey Chaucer , Nevill Coghill
3.72
Format: 272 pages, Paperback
The procession that crosses Chaucer's pages is as full of life and as richly textured as a medieval… read more
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14. Agent Zigzag: A True Story of Nazi Espionage, Love, and Betrayal
By: Ben Macintyre
3.17
Format: 55 pages, Hardcover
Eddie Chapman was a charming criminal, a con man, and a philanderer. He was also one of the most re… read more
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15. 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
- school
- literature
- fiction
- fantasy
- mythology
"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
16. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
By: Unknown , None , Burton Raffel
4.50
Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback
Written by an anonymous 14th-century poet, this epic poem is recognized as an equal of Chaucer's ma… read more
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17. Gorgias
By: Plato , Walter Hamilton , Chris Emlyn-Jones
4.23
Format: None pages, Paperback
Taking the form of a dialogue between Socrates, Gorgias, Polus and Callicles, GORGIAS debates peren… read more
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18. The Odyssey
By: Gareth Hinds
4.33
Format: None pages, Hardcover
With bold imagery and an ear tuned to the music of Homer's epic poem, Gareth Hinds reinterprets the… read more
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19. The Odyssey
By: Homer , Robert Fagles , Bernard Knox , E.V. Rieu , None
3.53
Format: 349 pages, Paperback
Literature's grandest evocation of life's journey, at once an ageless human story and an individual… read more
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20. Medea
By: Euripides , Rex Warner
3.42
Format: 32 pages, Paperback
One of the most powerful and enduring of Greek tragedies, Medeacenters on the myth of Jason, leader… read more
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21. Wasteland: The Secret World of Waste and the Urgent Search for a Cleaner Future
By: Oliver Franklin-Wallis
4.44
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
An award-winning investigative journalist takes a deep dive into the global waste crisis, exposing … read more
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"Cleaning up is expensive; arson is cheap."-Oliver Franklin-Wallis, Wasteland: The Secret World of Waste and the Urgent Search for a Cleaner Future
"As modern agriculture and supply chains have made food cheap, diverse, and plentiful, it can also sometimes feel that we have forgotten to value the food we do eat, or understand the environmental or…"-Oliver Franklin-Wallis, Wasteland: The Secret World of Waste and the Urgent Search for a Cleaner Future
"Nuclear waste is unlike other wastes. It is not only the danger…but the timescale. Trash inside a landfill might decay over decades, plastics over hundreds or thousands of years - the truth is we don…"-Oliver Franklin-Wallis, Wasteland: The Secret World of Waste and the Urgent Search for a Cleaner Future
22. The Iliad
By: Homer
3.91
Format: 848 pages, Hardcover
One of the foremost achievements in Western literature, Homer's Iliad tells the story of the darkes… read more
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- poetry
- classics
- school
- literature
- fiction
- historical fiction
- fantasy
- mythology
"I say no wealth is worth my life."-Homer, The Iliad
"These were the colloquies in heaven."-Homer, The Iliad
"The sort of words a man says is the sort he hears in return."-Homer, The Iliad
"Antilochus! You're the most appalling driver in the world! Go to hell!"-Homer, The Iliad
23. The Federalist Papers
By: Alexander Hamilton
4.10
Format: 592 pages, Kindle Edition
Hailed by Thomas Jefferson as “the best commentary on the principles of government which was ever w… read more
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- classics
"Liberty is to faction what air is to fire..."-Alexander Hamilton, The Federalist Papers
"If we are to be one Nation in any respect, it clearly ought to be in respect to other Nations."-Alexander Hamilton, The Federalist Papers
"An avaricious man might be tempted to betray the interests of the state for the acquisition of wealth. No. 75"-Alexander Hamilton, The Federalist Papers
"No man ought certainly to be a judge in his own cause, or in any cause in respect to which he has the least interest or bias."-Alexander Hamilton, The Federalist Papers
24. Mexikid: A Graphic Memoir
By: Pedro Martín
4.27
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
A poignant, hilarious, and unforgettable graphic memoir about a Mexican-American boy’s family and t… read more
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"It was like the driveway at Disneyland but with way more automatic weapons."-Pedro Martín, Mexikid: A Graphic Memoir
"I like to say that my stories are 100% true 90% of the time. My memory and my heart like to play tricks on each other. The results are what makes my stories."-Pedro Martín, Mexikid: A Graphic Memoir
25. Messy Roots: A Graphic Memoir of a Wuhanese American
By: Laura Gao
4.24
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
After spending her early years in Wuhan, China, riding water buffalos and devouring stinky tofu, La… read more
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26. The Dichotomy of Leadership: Balancing the Challenges of Extreme Ownership to Lead and Win
By: Jocko Willink
4.38
Format: 320 pages, ebook
THE INSTANT #1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER From the #1 New York Times bestselling authors of Extreme Owner… read more
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27. The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams
By: Daniel Nayeri
3.96
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
A new all-ages adventure tale from Printz Medal Winner, Daniel Nayeri This is the tale of an exciti… read more
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- fantasy
- fiction
- historical fiction
"He had betrayed God and wanted to hide from him, the way children hide, sitting in the open and covering their eyes."-Daniel Nayeri, The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams
"To everyone we love we give a knife. The knife is shaped to pass through the bones of our chests like a key in a lock. Nothing else can cut our hearts so deeply."-Daniel Nayeri, The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams
"Wouldn't it be nice if love was always around us like life and death? Wouldn't it be nice if love was inevitable like the other two? That you could be sure you'd find someone to love and love you in …"-Daniel Nayeri, The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams
28. ¡Ay, Mija!: My Bilingual Summer in Mexico
By: Christine Suggs
4.10
Format: 336 pages, Paperback
"An absolutely heartwarming and vibrant story of belonging, family, and the meaning of home. This b… read more
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29. The Nutcracker
By: Alexandre Dumas
3.72
Format: 142 pages, Paperback
The nutcracker doll that mysterious Godfather Drosselmeyer gives to little Marie for Christmas is n… read more
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- classics
- fantasy
- fiction
"In a word, all kinds of wonderful and extraordinary things may there be seen by those who have eyes sharp enough to discover them."-Alexandre Dumas, The Nutcracker
"Perhaps, instead of accusing destiny, the king should have remembered that, as is generally the case with mankind, he was the author of his own misfortunes..."-Alexandre Dumas, The Nutcracker
"The grand master of the ceremonies then stated that the strangers were of a most villainous appearance, and could not possibly be worse dressed. But the king answered that it was wrong to judge the h…"-Alexandre Dumas, The Nutcracker
30. The Iliad
By: Pauline Francis
3.89
Format: 56 pages, Paperback
Homer's epic poem telling the story of the darkest episode in the ten-year-long Trojan War, retold … read more
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- poetry
- classics
- school
- literature
- fiction
- historical fiction
- fantasy
- mythology
"With that he hurled and Athena drove the shaft and it split the archer's nose between the eyes— it cracked his glistening teeth, the tough bronze cut off his tongue at the roots, smashed his jaw and …"-Pauline Francis, The Iliad
31. The Aeneid
By: Virgil
3.87
Format: None pages, Kindle Edition
The founding epic of Rome, rendered in a fluid, metrical translation that sings Virgil’s stately ve… read more
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- poetry
- classics
- school
- literature
- fiction
- fantasy
- mythology
"Death's brother, sleep."-Virgil, The Aeneid
"No help or hope of help existed."-Virgil, The Aeneid
"Forsan et haec olim meminisse juvabit."-Virgil, The Aeneid
"Non ignora mali, miseris succurrere disco."-Virgil, The Aeneid
