Classical Religions and Myths of the Mediterranean Basin
By: Jon David Solomon
3.54
Format: 3 pages, Audible Audio
The early myths of Mesopotamia, Egypt, Asia Minor, Canaan, Greece, and Rome have greatly and contin…
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1. The Saga of the Volsungs with The Saga of Ragnar Lothbrok
By: Jackson Crawford , Jackson Crawford
4.16
Format: 184 pages, Paperback
From the translator of the bestselling Poetic Edda (Hackett, 2015) comes a gripping new rendering… read more
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- history
- nonfiction
- mythology
2. Tao Te Ching
By: Lao Tzu , Gia-Fu Feng , Jane English , Jacob Needleman , Toinette Lippe
4.30
Format: 107 pages, Paperback
A lucid translation of the well-known Taoist classic by a leading scholar-now in a Shambhala Pocket… read more
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- nonfiction
"The heart that gives, gathers."-Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching
"Love is a decision - not an emotion!"-Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching
"When nothing is done, nothing is left undone."-Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching
"To understand the limitation of things, desire them."-Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching
Similar categories in James W. Loewen's Lies My Teacher Told Me book and Jon David Solomon's Classical Religions and Myths of the Mediterranean Basin
- history
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4. A Distant Mirror: The Calamitous 14th Century
By: Barbara W. Tuchman
3.99
Format: 272 pages,
Barbara W. Tuchman--the acclaimed author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning classic The Guns of August--… read more
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- nonfiction
5. 1493: Uncovering the New World Columbus Created
By: Charles C. Mann
4.22
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
Over 200 million years ago, geological forces split apart the continents. They developed different … read more
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- nonfiction
6. Agamemnon (Oresteia, #1)
By: Aeschylus , Patricia E. Easterling , John Harrison , Judith Affleck , None
3.83
Format: 144 pages, Paperback
Treating ancient plays as living drama. Classical Greek drama is brought vividly to life in this se… read more
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- mythology
"Every medicine is vain."-Aeschylus, Agamemnon (Oresteia, #1)
"A curse burns bright on crime."-Aeschylus, Agamemnon (Oresteia, #1)
"There is no avoidance in delay."-Aeschylus, Agamemnon (Oresteia, #1)
"In war, the first casualty is truth."-Aeschylus, Agamemnon (Oresteia, #1)
7. The Power of Myth
By: Joseph Campbell , Bill Moyers
4.26
Format: 293 pages, Paperback
The Power Of Myth launched an extraordinary resurgence of interest in Joseph Campbell and his work.… read more
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- history
- nonfiction
- mythology
"Computers are like Old Testament gods; lots of rules and no mercy."-Joseph Campbell, The Power of Myth
"Follow your bliss and doors will open where there were no doors before."-Joseph Campbell, The Power of Myth
"Lo que el creativo saca a la luz es algo que estaba esperando ser extraído en todos."-Joseph Campbell, The Power of Myth
"Poets are simply those who have made a profession ans a lifestyle of being in touch with their bliss."-Joseph Campbell, The Power of Myth
8. The History of Ancient Egypt (The Great Courses #350)
By: Bob Brier
0.00
Format: None pages, Audible Audio
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9. Becoming Fluent: How Cognitive Science Can Help Adults Learn a Foreign Language
By: Richard M. Roberts , None
2.00
Format: 161 pages, Hardcover
Adults who want to learn a foreign language are often discouraged because they believe they cannot … read more
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10. Out of the Silent Planet (The Space Trilogy, #1)
By: C.S. Lewis
3.93
Format: 160 pages, Paperback
In the first novel of C.S. Lewis's classic science fiction trilogy, Dr Ransom, a Cambridge academic… read more
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- religion
"The love of knowledge is a kind of madness."-C.S. Lewis, Out of the Silent Planet (The Space Trilogy, #1)
"A pleasure is full grown only when it is remembered."-C.S. Lewis, Out of the Silent Planet (The Space Trilogy, #1)
"There I drank life because death was in the pool. That was the best of drinks save one."-C.S. Lewis, Out of the Silent Planet (The Space Trilogy, #1)
"And I say also this. I do not think the forest would be so bright, nor the water so warm, nor love so sweet, if there were no danger in the lakes."-C.S. Lewis, Out of the Silent Planet (The Space Trilogy, #1)
11. The Princess and the Goblin (Princess Irene and Curdie, #1)
By: George MacDonald , Arthur Hughes
4.02
Format: 241 pages, Paperback
A little princess is protected by her friend Curdie from the goblin miners who live beneath the cas… read more
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"That's all nonsense," said Curdie. "I don't know what you mean." "Then if you don't know what I mean, what right have you to call it nonsense?"-George MacDonald, The Princess and the Goblin (Princess Irene and Curdie, #1)
"But in the meantime, you must be content, I say, to be misunderstood for a while. We are all very anxious to be understood, and it is very hard not to be. But there is one thing much more necessary."…"-George MacDonald, The Princess and the Goblin (Princess Irene and Curdie, #1)
12. A Mirror Mended (Fractured Fables, #2)
By: Alix E. Harrow
3.76
Format: 128 pages, Hardcover
A Mirror Mended is the next installment in USA Today bestselling author Alix E. Harrow's Fractured … read more
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"You have to make the best of whatever story you were born into, and if your story happens to suck ass, well, maybe you can do some good before you go."-Alix E. Harrow, A Mirror Mended (Fractured Fables, #2)
"everybody knows that happily is never really ever after. The truth is buried in the phrase itself, if you look it up. The original version was “happy in the ever after,"-Alix E. Harrow, A Mirror Mended (Fractured Fables, #2)
"The mirror showed me you, out of all the possible people in all the universes,' It sounds almost like an apology. 'Why?' 'Well, what were you doing at the time?' 'I was looking into the mirror, obvio…"-Alix E. Harrow, A Mirror Mended (Fractured Fables, #2)
13. The Sandman: Act I
By: Dirk Maggs
4.39
Format: 11 pages, Audible Audio
Hailed by the Los Angeles Times Magazine as “the greatest epic in the history of comic books”, The … read more
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14. The Sandman: Act II
By: Dirk Maggs
4.39
Format: 14 pages, Audio CD
Enter the Dreaming once again as the blockbuster audio adaptation of "the greatest epic in the hist… read more
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15. Powerful Women of the Medieval World
By: Dorsey Armstrong
4.28
Format: 5 pages, Audible Audio
Throughout history, women have played integral roles in family, society, religion, government, war—… read more
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- history
- nonfiction
"If you’re a college professor and you’re bored, it’s your own damn fault."-Dorsey Armstrong, Powerful Women of the Medieval World
16. Gnosticism: From Nag Hammadi to the Gospel of Judas
By: David Brakke
4.15
Format: 13 pages, Audible Audio
Listening Length: 12 hours and 19 minutes Gnosticism, one of the most fascinating and perplexing… read more
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- nonfiction
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17. How to Keep Your Cool: An Ancient Guide to Anger Management (Ancient Wisdom for Modern Readers)
By: Seneca
3.85
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
Timeless wisdom on controlling anger in personal life and politics from the Roman Stoic philosopher… read more
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18. American Monsters
By: Adam Jortner
3.99
Format: 5 pages, Audible Audio
4 hours and 55 minutes Cackling witches in Puritan communities calling forth Satan. Sea serpents… read more
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19. Creation Stories of the Ancient World
By: Joseph Lam
3.90
Format: 5 pages, Audiobook
Length: 4 hours and 57 minutes Creation stories, found within many ancient cultures, are traditi… read more
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20. Confucianism and Taoism
By: Julia Ching
3.27
Format: None pages, Audio Cassette
Since the dawn of civilization, religions have expressed the concerns at the core of human existenc… read more
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21. Classical Religions and Myths of the Mediterranean Basin
By: Jon David Solomon
3.54
Format: 3 pages, Audible Audio
The early myths of Mesopotamia, Egypt, Asia Minor, Canaan, Greece, and Rome have greatly and contin… read more
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