The Homeric Hymn to Demeter: Translation, Commentary and Interpretive Essays
By: Helene P. Foley
3.84
Format: 313 pages, Paperback
The Homeric Hymn to Demeter, composed in the late 7th or early 6th century BCE, reflects on the psy…
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1. Hippolytos
By: Euripides , Robert Bagg
3.81
Format: 128 pages, Paperback
In most versions of the Hippolytos myth, Phaidra is depicted as an utterly debauched character, a w… read more
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- poetry
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- classics
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"There is one thing alone that stands the brunt of life throughout its course; a quiet conscience."-Euripides, Hippolytos
"I have pondered on the causes of a life's shipwreck. I think that our lives are worse than the mind's quality would warrant. There are many who know virtue. We know the good, we apprehend it clearly.…"-Euripides, Hippolytos
"О Зевс! Зачем ты создавал жену? И это зло с его фальшивым блеском Лучам небес позволил обливать? Иль для того, чтоб род людской продолжить, Ты обойтись без женщины не мог? Иль из своих за медь и злат…"-Euripides, Hippolytos
2. Her Body and Other Parties: Stories
By: Carmen Maria Machado
3.84
Format: 248 pages, Paperback
In Her Body and Other Parties, Carmen Maria Machado blithely demolishes the arbitrary borders betwe… read more
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"I'm having a crisis of function."-Carmen Maria Machado, Her Body and Other Parties: Stories
"None of us will make it to the end."-Carmen Maria Machado, Her Body and Other Parties: Stories
"What I say: “Why did you leave her with me?"-Carmen Maria Machado, Her Body and Other Parties: Stories
"Everything is soft, like a fresh oil painting."-Carmen Maria Machado, Her Body and Other Parties: Stories
3. The Bacchae
By: Euripides , Kenneth McLeish , None
3.92
Format: 96 pages, Paperback
Euripides' classic drama about the often mortifying consequences of the unbridled--and frequently h… read more
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- poetry
- classics
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"Cleverness is not wisdom."-Euripides, The Bacchae
"He who believes needs no explanation."-Euripides, The Bacchae
"Talk sense to a fool and he calls you foolish."-Euripides, The Bacchae
"Prepare yourselves for the roaring voice of the God of Joy!"-Euripides, The Bacchae
4. The Hunter (Victorian Rebels, #2)
By: Kerrigan Byrne
4.09
Format: 129 pages, Mass Market Paperback
They're rebels, scoundrels, and blackguards--dark, dashing men on the wrong side of the law. But fo… read more
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5. Vita Nuova
By: Dante Alighieri , Mark Musa
3.89
Format: 221 pages, Paperback
Vita Nuova(1292-94) is regarded as one of Dante's most profound creations. The thirty-one poems in … read more
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- poetry
- classics
6. Blasted
By: Sarah Kane
3.81
Format: 215 pages, Paperback
Blastedis Sarah Kane's first full-length play which opened in 1995 and was the sensation of that ye… read more
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- classics
7. Till We Have Faces
By: C.S. Lewis
4.08
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
In this timeless tale of two mortal princesses- one beautiful and one unattractive- C.S. Lewis rewo… read more
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- classics
- religion
- mythology
8. Story of the Eye
By: Georges Bataille , Joachim Neugroschel , Dovid Bergelson
3.66
Format: 103 pages, Paperback
Only Georges Bataille could write, of an eyeball removed from a corpse, that "the caress of the eye… read more
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- classics
"We pedaled rapidly, without laughing or speaking, peculiarly satisfied with our mutual presence, akin to one another in the common isolation of lewdness, weariness, and absurdity."-Georges Bataille, Story of the Eye
"Simone was tall and lovely. She was usually very natural; there was nothing heartbreaking in her eyes or her voice. But on a sensual level, she so bluntly craved any upheaval that the faintest call f…"-Georges Bataille, Story of the Eye
"I remember that one day, when we were in a car tooling along at top speed,we crashed into a cyclist, an apparently very young and very pretty girl. Her head was almost totally ripped off by the wheel…"-Georges Bataille, Story of the Eye
"As for the fact that Simone dared to piss on the corpse, whether in boredom or, at worst, in irritation: it mainly goes to prove how impossible it was for us to understand what was happening, and of …"-Georges Bataille, Story of the Eye
9. If Not, Winter: Fragments of Sappho
By: Sappho , Anne Carson
4.00
Format: None pages, Paperback
From poet and classicist Anne Carson comes this translation of the work of Sappho, together with th… read more
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- poetry
- classics
- mythology
10. Halfway to the Grave (Night Huntress, #1)
By: Jeaniene Frost
3.41
Format: 549 pages, Mass Market Paperback
Flirting with the Grave...Half-vampire Catherine Crawfield is going after the undead with a vengean… read more
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11. Hesiod: The Works and Days/Theogony/The Shield of Herakles
By: Hesiod , Richmond Lattimore
4.47
Format: None pages, Hardcover
Three epic poems by Hesiod, the 'other' great epic poet of ancient Greece (along with Homer, his ne… read more
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- poetry
- classics
- mythology
12. 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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- poetry
- classics
- school
- ancient
- 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)
13. Secrets of a Summer Night (Wallflowers, #1)
By: Lisa Kleypas
4.01
Format: 384 pages, Mass Market Paperback
Four young ladies at the side of the ballroom make a pact to help each other find husbands . . . no… read more
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"Simon,"-Lisa Kleypas, Secrets of a Summer Night (Wallflowers, #1)
"Miss Peyton,"-Lisa Kleypas, Secrets of a Summer Night (Wallflowers, #1)
"Where are we going?"-Lisa Kleypas, Secrets of a Summer Night (Wallflowers, #1)
"Here's your hat, and by the way, I'm a virgin"-Lisa Kleypas, Secrets of a Summer Night (Wallflowers, #1)
14. The Odes
By: Pindar
4.36
Format: 189 pages, Paperback
'What Pindar catches is the joy beyond ordinary emotions as it transcends and transforms them' --C.… read more
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15. 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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16. Theogony
By: Hesiod , None , None
5.00
Format: None pages, paper
This translation contains an introduction, commentary and interpretive essay and well as numerous n… read more
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17. Phèdre
By: Jean Racine
3.69
Format: 55 pages, Mass Market Paperback
Andromacha Brytanik Berenika Ifigenia Fedra read more
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- classics
- mythology
- school
"Maintenant je me cherche et ne me trouve plus."-Jean Racine, Phèdre
"Mes crimes désormais ont comblé la mesure. Je respire à la fois l'inceste et l'imposture"-Jean Racine, Phèdre
"Présente je vous fuis; absente, je vous trouve; Dans le fond des forêts votre image me suit"-Jean Racine, Phèdre
"Hélas! de vos malheurs innocente ou coupable, / De quoi pour vous sauver n'étais-je point capable?"-Jean Racine, Phèdre
18. Homeric Hymns
By: Homer , Jules Cashford , None
4.44
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
Composed for recitation at festivals, these 33 songs were written in honour of the gods and goddess… read more
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19. Theogony/Works and Days
By: Hesiod , None
4.30
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
Hesiod, one of the oldest known Greek poets, stands out as the first personality in European litera… read more
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20. Metamorphoses
By: Ovid , David Raeburn , Denis Feeney
3.99
Format: 240 pages,
Metamorphoses (from Greek meta meta and morphe morphe, meaning "changes of shape"), is a Latin narr… read more
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21. 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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22. The Botany of Desire: A Plant's-Eye View of the World
By: Michael Pollan
4.06
Format: 304 pages, Kindle Edition
Every schoolchild learns about the mutually beneficial dance of honeybees and flowers: The bee coll… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
"Memory is the enemy of wonder"-Michael Pollan, The Botany of Desire: A Plant's-Eye View of the World
"For great many species today, “fitness"-Michael Pollan, The Botany of Desire: A Plant's-Eye View of the World
"The bubble logic driving tulipomania has since acquired a name: “the greater fool theory."-Michael Pollan, The Botany of Desire: A Plant's-Eye View of the World
"It has become much harder, in the past century, to tell where the garden leaves off and pure nature begins."-Michael Pollan, The Botany of Desire: A Plant's-Eye View of the World
23. 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
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- 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
24. The Earl on the Train (Victorian Rebels, #6.5)
By: Kerrigan Byrne
3.87
Format: 122 pages, Paperback
He’s the Villain she never forgot… Sebastian Moncrieff is a villain, a traitor, and a pirate, wh… read more
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25. Pandora's Jar: Women in the Greek Myths
By: Natalie Haynes
4.24
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
The Greek myths are one of the most important cultural foundation-stones of the modern world. St… read more
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- classics
- history
- greek mythology
- nonfiction
- mythology
"For my mum, who has always thought that a woman with an axe was more interesting than a princess"-Natalie Haynes, Pandora's Jar: Women in the Greek Myths
"Medusa wasn't always a monster, Helen of Troy wasn't always an adulterer, Pandora wasn't ever a villain."-Natalie Haynes, Pandora's Jar: Women in the Greek Myths
"The greatest virtue, in other words, that an Athenian woman could aspire to was not to be registered, almost not to exist."-Natalie Haynes, Pandora's Jar: Women in the Greek Myths
"The guiding principle when searching for the cause of everything wrong in the world has been, all too often: _cherchez la femme_."-Natalie Haynes, Pandora's Jar: Women in the Greek Myths
26. The Duke with the Dragon Tattoo (Victorian Rebels, #6)
By: Kerrigan Byrne
4.02
Format: 333 pages, Mass Market Paperback
The bravest of heroes. The brashest of rebels. The boldest of lovers. These are the men who risk th… read more
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"He was a living, breathing sin. In her bedroom."-Kerrigan Byrne, The Duke with the Dragon Tattoo (Victorian Rebels, #6)
"There are only two indisputable facts in this world: One, that the sun will set in the west. And two, that I'll come for you. Always."-Kerrigan Byrne, The Duke with the Dragon Tattoo (Victorian Rebels, #6)
"All that is or ever was good in me begins and ends with you. Every time I said you were mine, I meant that I was yours. Always. Always."-Kerrigan Byrne, The Duke with the Dragon Tattoo (Victorian Rebels, #6)
27. 気になってる人が男じゃなかった VOL.1 (Ki ni Natteru Hito ga Otoko Janakatta, #1)
By: Sumiko Arai
4.61
Format: 180 pages, Hardcover
私が推している彼は、男じゃなかった。 CDショップで働いているミステリアスな「おにーさん」が気になってしょうがない女子高生・あや。しかし「おにーさん」の正体は、話したこともない、クラスメイトの… read more
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"C'est parce que j'aime ce qui est cool... Voilà pourquoi je m'habille de cette façon."-Sumiko Arai, 気になってる人が男じゃなかった VOL.1 (Ki ni Natteru Hito ga Otoko Janakatta, #1)
28. Veil : Calme noir (Veil, #2)
By: Kotteri
4.76
Format: 128 pages, Kindle Edition
Veil est plus un rêve que vous avez fait qu'une histoire que vous lisez, et elle persiste de la mêm… read more
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29. Mary Ventura and the Ninth Kingdom
By: Sylvia Plath
3.98
Format: 40 pages, Paperback
Faber Stories, a landmark series of individual volumes, presents masters of the short story form at… read more
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- poetry
- classics
"«Pero ¿qué es el noveno reino?», le pregunta a una mujer de ojos azules y piel arrugada. «Es el reino de la negación, de la voluntad congelada -responde-. No hay retorno posible.»"-Sylvia Plath, Mary Ventura and the Ninth Kingdom
30. The Homeric Hymn to Demeter: Translation, Commentary and Interpretive Essays
By: Helene P. Foley
3.84
Format: 313 pages, Paperback
The Homeric Hymn to Demeter, composed in the late 7th or early 6th century BCE, reflects on the psy… read more
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- history
- school
- greek mythology
- academic
- ancient
- religion
- nonfiction
- mythology
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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- ancient
- 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
