Celtic Gods and Heroes
By: Marie-Louise Sjoestedt
3.66
Format: 259 pages, Paperback
Noted French scholar and linguist discusses the gods of the continental Celts, the beginnings of my…
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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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- mythology
"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. Citizen: An American Lyric
By: Claudia Rankine
4.27
Format: 169 pages, Paperback
A provocative meditation on race, Claudia Rankine's long-awaited follow up to her groundbreaking bo… read more
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- nonfiction
"You can't drive yourself sane."-Claudia Rankine, Citizen: An American Lyric
"Memory is a tough place. You were there."-Claudia Rankine, Citizen: An American Lyric
"That's the bruise the ice in the heart was meant to ice."-Claudia Rankine, Citizen: An American Lyric
"The past is a life sentence, a blunt instrument aimed at tomorrow."-Claudia Rankine, Citizen: An American Lyric
3. Autobiography of Red: A Novel in Verse
By: Anne Carson , Stesichorus
4.27
Format: 160 pages, Paperback
The award-winning poet Anne Carson reinvents a genre in Autobiography of Red, a stunning work that … read more
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- mythology
"Under the seams runs the pain."-Anne Carson, Autobiography of Red: A Novel in Verse
"There is no person without a world."-Anne Carson, Autobiography of Red: A Novel in Verse
"Don't want to be free want to be with you."-Anne Carson, Autobiography of Red: A Novel in Verse
"Sometimes a journey makes itself necessary."-Anne Carson, Autobiography of Red: A Novel in Verse
4. The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas
By: Ursula K. Le Guin
4.37
Format: 32 pages, Library Binding
Some inhabitants of a peaceful kingdom cannot tolerate the act of cruelty that underlies its happin… read more
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"Would you walk away from Omelas?"-Ursula K. Le Guin, The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas
"Only pain is intellectual, only evil interesting."-Ursula K. Le Guin, The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas
"But they seem to know where they are going, the ones who walk away from Omelas."-Ursula K. Le Guin, The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas
"Of course I didn’t read James and sit down and say, Now I’ll write a story about that “lost soul."-Ursula K. Le Guin, The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas
5. 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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- 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
6. Early Irish Myths and Sagas
By: Various , Jeffrey Gantz
3.84
Format: 352 pages, Paperback
First written down in the eighth century AD, these early Irish stories depict a far older world - p… read more
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- folklore
- history
- mythology
7. Confessions
By: Augustine of Hippo , Henry Chadwick , Albert Cook Outler
3.41
Format: 400 pages, Paperback
Augustine's Confessions is one of the most influential and most innovative works of Latin literatur… read more
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- religion
- nonfiction
8. The Lais of Marie de France
By: Marie de France , Glyn S. Burgess , Keith Busby
3.67
Format: None pages, Paperback
This is a prose translation of the lais or poems attributed to Marie de France. Little is known of … read more
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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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- mythology
10. Celtic Gods and Heroes
By: Marie-Louise Sjoestedt
3.66
Format: 259 pages, Paperback
Noted French scholar and linguist discusses the gods of the continental Celts, the beginnings of my… read more
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- history
- research
- paganism
- religion
- nonfiction
- folklore
- mythology
11. The Morrigan: Meeting the Great Queens
By: Morgan Daimler
4.72
Format: 64 pages, Paperback
On shadowed wings and in raven's call, meet the ancient Irish goddess of war, battle, prophecy, dea… read more
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- paganism
- religion
- nonfiction
- folklore
- mythology
12. Principia Discordia ● Or ● How I Found Goddess and What I Did to Her When I Found Her: The Magnum Opiate of Malaclypse the Younger
By: Gregory Hill
4.22
Format: None pages, Paperback
One of the great books of our time, Principia Discordia is the official bible of the most relevant … read more
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13. The Ritual
By: Adam L.G. Nevill
3.59
Format: 418 pages, Paperback
Four old university friends reunite for a hiking trip in the Scandinavian wilderness of the Arctic … read more
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"For Anne and our cub, for making me and my life less beastly"-Adam L.G. Nevill, The Ritual
"He just existed before it and within the terrible presence that filled the cramped space of the attic."-Adam L.G. Nevill, The Ritual
"It had not hurt his hands at all and the sudden release of energy, twinned with Dom's fall, gave him a sudden lunatic rush of euphoria."-Adam L.G. Nevill, The Ritual
"From the very core of each of them, their ancestors seemed to cry out in inarticulate voices. right then, they screamed in alarm from times before symbols and language could depict such things that h…"-Adam L.G. Nevill, The Ritual
14. 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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- 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
15. The Masked City (The Invisible Library, #2)
By: Genevieve Cogman
4.20
Format: None pages,
Librarian-spy Irene is working undercover in an alternative London when her assistant Kai goes miss… read more
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16. The Celts: A Very Short Introduction
By: None
3.89
Format: 32 pages, Paperback
Savage and bloodthirsty, or civilized and peaceable? The Celts have long been a subject of enormous… read more
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17. The History of the Kings of Britain
By: Lewis Thorpe , Geoffrey of Monmouth
4.19
Format: 208 pages,
Completed in 1136, The History of the Kings of Britaintraces the story of the realm from its suppos… read more
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18. Finnish Nightmares
By: Karoliina Korhonen
5.00
Format: None pages, Hardcover
When they have to promote themselves. When an acquaintance says hello by kissing them on a cheek. W… read more
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19. The Táin: From the Irish epic Táin Bó Cúailnge
By: Anonymous , Thomas Kinsella , Louis Le Brocquy
4.15
Format: None pages, Paperback
The Tain Bo Cuailnge, centre-piece of the eighth-century Ulster cycle of heroic tales, is Ireland's… read more
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20. 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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21. The Roman Empire: A Very Short Introduction
By: Christopher Kelly
3.69
Format: 121 pages, Paperback
The Roman Empire was a remarkable achievement. It had a population of sixty million people spread a… read more
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22. 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
(1939 translation) read more
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23. The Burial at Thebes: A Version of Sophocles' Antigone
By: Sophocles , Seamus Heaney
4.00
Format: 204 pages,
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24. The Brides of High Hill (The Singing Hills Cycle, #5)
By: Nghi Vo
4.17
Format: 128 pages, ebook
The Hugo Award-Winning Series returns with its newest standalone entry: a gothic mystery involving … read more
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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)
25. In Defense of Witches: The Legacy of the Witch Hunts and Why Women Are Still on Trial
By: Mona Chollet
4.10
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Mona Chollet's In Defense of Witches is a celebration by an acclaimed French feminist of the witch … read more
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- nonfiction
- history
"En somme, si on voulait être cohérent, il faudrait soit lever le pied sur l'éducation des filles, soit intégrer à leur formation un sérieux entraînement à la guérilla contre le patriarcat, tout en s'…"-Mona Chollet, In Defense of Witches: The Legacy of the Witch Hunts and Why Women Are Still on Trial
"No obstante, algunas mujeres, vivan o no con hombres, se sientan o no llamadas por una vocación, encuentran otro modo de evitar ser engullidas por el papel de la devota sirvienta: no tener hijos; dar…"-Mona Chollet, In Defense of Witches: The Legacy of the Witch Hunts and Why Women Are Still on Trial
"Certaines, cependant, qu'elles vivent avec les hommes ou pas, qu'elles se sentent ou non requises par une vocation, trouvent un autre moyen d'échapper à l'engloutissement dans le rôle de la servante …"-Mona Chollet, In Defense of Witches: The Legacy of the Witch Hunts and Why Women Are Still on Trial
"Il serait temps que les femmes - souvent si peu sûres d'elles, de leurs capacités, de la pertinence de ce qu'elles ont à apporter, de leur droit à une vie pour elles-mêmes - apprennent à se défendre …"-Mona Chollet, In Defense of Witches: The Legacy of the Witch Hunts and Why Women Are Still on Trial
26. When the Tiger Came Down the Mountain (The Singing Hills Cycle, #2)
By: Nghi Vo
4.18
Format: 128 pages, ebook
The cleric Chih finds themself and their companions at the mercy of a band of fierce tigers who ach… read more
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"Oh yes. Some people are just more . . . edible than others if you are a tiger."-Nghi Vo, When the Tiger Came Down the Mountain (The Singing Hills Cycle, #2)
"She killed, for she was angry, and she did not eat what she killed, for she was heartsick."-Nghi Vo, When the Tiger Came Down the Mountain (The Singing Hills Cycle, #2)
"Your departure crashes like a thunder, and the timbers of the house shake with the force of the space you left behind."-Nghi Vo, When the Tiger Came Down the Mountain (The Singing Hills Cycle, #2)
"Now your departure crashes like a thunder, and the timbers of the house shake with the force of the space you left behind."-Nghi Vo, When the Tiger Came Down the Mountain (The Singing Hills Cycle, #2)
27. The Boy Who Steals Houses (The Boy Who Steals Houses, #1)
By: C.G. Drews
4.29
Format: 347 pages, Paperback
Can two broken boys find their perfect home? Sam is only fifteen but he and his autistic older b… read more
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"He wishes they'd realise, though, that you can't fill the hole of a missing mother by carving each other into pieces."-C.G. Drews, The Boy Who Steals Houses (The Boy Who Steals Houses, #1)
"He's so empty. They tried to stitch him back together, but too much already fell out. Stars and buttons and caramel truffles."-C.G. Drews, The Boy Who Steals Houses (The Boy Who Steals Houses, #1)
"Well, I don't trust whoever killed this pot. Did they cook potatoes or souls of the damned?' ' Ah.' Moxie peers at the blackened base. 'That was me."-C.G. Drews, The Boy Who Steals Houses (The Boy Who Steals Houses, #1)
"Sammy.' He gasps for breath. 'I ran all the - way - over here - to rescue you -' He sucks in a ragged lungful of air. 'And you're just kissing - in the sunset? You little jerk."-C.G. Drews, The Boy Who Steals Houses (The Boy Who Steals Houses, #1)
28. The Green Witch: Your Complete Guide to the Natural Magic of Herbs, Flowers, Essential Oils, and More (Green Witch Witchcraft Series)
By: Arin Murphy-Hiscock
3.90
Format: 257 pages, Kindle Edition
Discover the power of natural magic and healing through herbs, flowers, and essential oils in this … read more
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- nonfiction
29. Witchery: Embrace the Witch Within
By: Juliet Diaz
4.08
Format: 233 pages, Kindle Edition
Everywhere, the witches are rising. Are you ready to answer the call and embrace your own inner wit… read more
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- religion
- nonfiction
30. Gods and Goddesses of Ireland: A Guide to Irish Deities
By: Morgan Daimler author of Irish Paganism and Gods and Goddesses of Ireland
4.27
Format: 104 pages, Paperback
A concise guide to the Gods and Goddesses of pagan Ireland, their history, mythology, and symbols. … read more
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- religion
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- folklore
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31. An Education in Malice
By: S.T. Gibson
3.58
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
Sumptuous and addictive, An Education in Malice is a dark academia tale of blood, secrets and insat… read more
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"Right and Wrong don't exist. They're fairy tales made up by priests and parents"-S.T. Gibson, An Education in Malice
"I wasn't in the habit of confessing my sapphic proclivities as a sin, since I didn't consider them to be one, but my idolatry of Carmilla definitely counted as something worth confessing."-S.T. Gibson, An Education in Malice
"She kissed me with a martyr’s agonized desperation, like I was the only sword she ever wanted to fall on. I kissed her right back like the cutting edge of a blade, trying to inflict as much damage as…"-S.T. Gibson, An Education in Malice
"I was, I knew full well, a creature composed of strange desires. They'd always been with me, these hungers. As a child I played villain in every game of 'capture the princess,' tying my pretty playma…"-S.T. Gibson, An Education in Malice
