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Author : Nancy Econome
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781734428803
Total Pages : 370 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (288 download)
Download or read book The Classic Grill - a Tale of Greek Gods and Immigrant Heroes written by Nancy Econome and published by . This book was released on 2020-06-10 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Roger Lancelyn Green
Publisher : Penguin UK
ISBN 13 : 0141962097
Total Pages : 201 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (419 download)
Download or read book Tales of the Greek Heroes (Film Tie-in) written by Roger Lancelyn Green and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2010-02-04 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explore the real Greek myths behind Percy Jackson's story - he's not the first Perseus to have run into trouble with the gods . . . These are the mysterious and exciting legends of the gods and heroes in Ancient Greece, from the adventures of Perseus, the labours of Heracles, the voyage of Jason and the Argonauts, to Odysseus and the Trojan wars. Introduced with wit and humour by Rick Riordan, creator of the highly successful Percy Jackson series.
Author : Padraic Colum
Publisher : Wildside Press LLC
ISBN 13 : 9781434405548
Total Pages : 322 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (55 download)
Download or read book The Golden Fleece and the Heroes Who Lived Before Achilles written by Padraic Colum and published by Wildside Press LLC. This book was released on 2009-07 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : George O'Connor
Publisher : First Second
ISBN 13 : 9781596437241
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (372 download)
Download or read book Olympians: Hera written by George O'Connor and published by First Second. This book was released on 2011-07-19 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of Hera, Queen of the Gods, and the heroes who won her favor. Volume 3 of Olympians, Hera: The Goddess and Her Glory, introduces readers to the Queen of the Gods and Goddesses in the Pantheon. This volume tells the tales of the many heroes who sought and won Hera's patronage, most notably Hercules. In Olympians, O'Connor draws from primary documents to reconstruct and retell classic Greek myths. But these stories aren't sedate, scholarly works. They're action-packed, fast-paced, high-drama adventures with monsters, romance, and not a few huge explosions. O'Connor's vibrant, kinetic art brings ancient tales to undeniable life, in a perfect fusion of super-hero aesthetics and ancient Greek mythology. This title has Common Core connections.
Author : Padraic Colum
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781437809619
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (96 download)
Download or read book The Golden Fleece and the Heroes Who Lived Before Achilles written by Padraic Colum and published by . This book was released on 2008-05-01 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Enter a world where harpies torment mortals, the Argonaut Orpheus sings, the mighty god Zeus wages war on the Titans, and Prometheus steals fire. Author Padraic Colum weaves the tales of Jason and his Argonauts with classic Greek mythology to create this captivating epic about life, war, and astounding beings who lived in a time long past.
Author : Caroline Hirst Harding
Publisher : Theclassics.Us
ISBN 13 : 9781230360041
Total Pages : 34 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (6 download)
Download or read book Stories of Greek Gods, Heroes, and Men; a Primer of the Mythology and History of the Greeks written by Caroline Hirst Harding and published by Theclassics.Us. This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1897 edition. Excerpt: ... INDEX. Achilles joins army for Troy, 115; his wrath against Agamemnon, 115; lends his armor to Patroclus, 116; re-enters the conflict, 116; slays Hec- tor, 117; is himself slain by Paris, 117. Acropolis of Athens, description of, 158-160. Aegeus, king of Athens, 92; receives his son Heracles, 94, 95; death of, 97- Aeolus, god of the winds, 121; befriends Odysseus, 122. Agamemnon leads Greeks to Trojan war, 114; sacrifices Iphigenia, 26, 27; wrongs Achilles, 115. Alcibiades, character of, 162; friend of Socrates, 166, 167; procures expe- dition against Syracuse, 163; charged with sacrilege, 163; escapes to the Spartans, 164; returns to the Athenians, 164; deposed from command, 164; murdered, 165. Alexander, boyhood of, 184, 185; becomes king of Macedonia, 185; quells revolts, 185; invades Asia, 185-188; cuts the Gordianknot, 1S6; marches to India, 187; plans universal empire, 188; death, 188. Andromeda rescued by Perseus, 102, 103. Aphrodite, characteristics of, 36, 37; marriage to Hephaestus, 36; aids Pygmalion, 38, 39; sets tasks to Psyche, 80; awarded apple of discord by Paris, 113; aids Trojans, 114. Apollo, characteristics of, 21, 22; contest with Pan, 21; slays the children of Niobe, 22, 23; oracle of, at Delphi, 24; cattle of, stolen by Hermes, 40-42; slays Otus and Ephialtes, 70; oxen of, eaten by followers of Odysseus, 123. Ares, characteristics of, 44, 45; aids the Trojans, 45: combat with Athena, 45, 46; imprisoned by Otus and Ephialtes, 46, 47. Argonauts, the, 106, 107. Aristides, rivalry with Themistocles, 153; ostracized, 154, 155; at battle of Salamis, 155; commander of Athenian fleet, 157. Artemis, characteristics of, 25, 26; and Actaeon,26; and Iphigenia, 26,27. Athena, characteristics of, 26-29; and Arachne, 29, 30; and...
Author : Lee Haring
Publisher : Open Book Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1909254053
Total Pages : 166 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (92 download)
Download or read book How to Read a Folktale written by Lee Haring and published by Open Book Publishers. This book was released on 2013-10-24 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How to Read a Folktale offers the first English translation of Ibonia, a spellbinding tale of old Madagascar. Ibonia is a folktale on epic scale. Much of its plot sounds familiar: a powerful royal hero attempts to rescue his betrothed from an evil adversary and, after a series of tests and duels, he and his lover are joyfully united with a marriage that affirms the royal lineage. These fairytale elements link Ibonia with European folktales, but the tale is still very much a product of Madagascar. It contains African-style praise poetry for the hero; it presents Indonesian-style riddles and poems; and it inflates the form of folktale into epic proportions. Recorded when the Malagasy people were experiencing European contact for the first time, Ibonia proclaims the power of the ancestors against the foreigner. Through Ibonia, Lee Haring expertly helps readers to understand the very nature of folktales. His definitive translation, originally published in 1994, has now been fully revised to emphasize its poetic qualities, while his new introduction and detailed notes give insight into the fascinating imagination and symbols of the Malagasy. Haring’s research connects this exotic narrative with fundamental questions not only of anthropology but also of literary criticism.
Author : Paul Fussell
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 0671792253
Total Pages : 212 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (717 download)
Download or read book Class written by Paul Fussell and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 1992 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book describes the living-room artifacts, clothing styles, and intellectual proclivities of American classes from top to bottom.
Author : Kenneth Whyte
Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 030774387X
Total Pages : 770 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (77 download)
Download or read book Hoover written by Kenneth Whyte and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2018-11-06 with total page 770 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "An exemplary biography—exhaustively researched, fair-minded and easy to read. It can nestle on the same shelf as David McCullough’s Truman, a high compliment indeed." —The Wall Street Journal The definitive biography of Herbert Hoover, one of the most remarkable Americans of the twentieth century—a wholly original account that will forever change the way Americans understand the man, his presidency, his battle against the Great Depression, and their own history. An impoverished orphan who built a fortune. A great humanitarian. A president elected in a landslide and then resoundingly defeated four years later. Arguably the father of both New Deal liberalism and modern conservatism, Herbert Hoover lived one of the most extraordinary American lives of the twentieth century. Yet however astonishing, his accomplishments are often eclipsed by the perception that Hoover was inept and heartless in the face of the Great Depression. Now, Kenneth Whyte vividly recreates Hoover’s rich and dramatic life in all its complex glory. He follows Hoover through his Iowa boyhood, his cutthroat business career, his brilliant rescue of millions of lives during World War I and the 1927 Mississippi floods, his misconstrued presidency, his defeat at the hands of a ruthless Franklin Roosevelt, his devastating years in the political wilderness, his return to grace as Truman's emissary to help European refugees after World War II, and his final vindication in the days of Kennedy's "New Frontier." Ultimately, Whyte brings to light Hoover’s complexities and contradictions—his modesty and ambition, his ruthlessness and extreme generosity—as well as his profound political legacy. Hoover: An Extraordinary Life in Extraordinary Times is the epic, poignant story of the deprived boy who, through force of will, made himself the most accomplished figure in the land, and who experienced a range of achievements and failures unmatched by any American of his, or perhaps any, era. Here, for the first time, is the definitive biography that fully captures the colossal scale of Hoover’s momentous life and volatile times.
Author : Dietrich von Bothmer
Publisher : Getty Publications
ISBN 13 : 0892360658
Total Pages : 97 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (923 download)
Download or read book Greek Vases written by Dietrich von Bothmer and published by Getty Publications. This book was released on 1983-12-31 with total page 97 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The eloquent beauty of the vases produced in the workshops of the ancient Greeks is represented by a selection of pieces from the superb private collection of Molly and Walter Bareiss that spans more than a thousand years of the craft. From a delightful miniature stirrup vase dating ca. 1300 B.C. to prime examples of the molded vases from Augustan Rome, the Bareiss collection includes a splendid representative collection, guided by a sure instinct for the unique beauty of design and drawing. Assembled in this brief catalogue are illustrated discussions of forty-seven of the masterpieces from the 258 vases currently on loan to the Getty Museum. Dietrich von Bothmer, Chairman of Greek and Roman Art at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, introduces this most important collection, one with which he has been intimately involved since its conception, advising, studying, interpreting, and even piecing together shattered vases. Following the individual catalogue entries is a full checklist of an additional 205 vases that are on loan to the Getty Museum.
Author : Jeffrey Eugenides
Publisher : Vintage Canada
ISBN 13 : 0307401944
Total Pages : 546 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (74 download)
Download or read book Middlesex written by Jeffrey Eugenides and published by Vintage Canada. This book was released on 2011-07-18 with total page 546 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Spanning eight decades and chronicling the wild ride of a Greek-American family through the vicissitudes of the twentieth century, Jeffrey Eugenides’ witty, exuberant novel on one level tells a traditional story about three generations of a fantastic, absurd, lovable immigrant family -- blessed and cursed with generous doses of tragedy and high comedy. But there’s a provocative twist. Cal, the narrator -- also Callie -- is a hermaphrodite. And the explanation for this takes us spooling back in time, through a breathtaking review of the twentieth century, to 1922, when the Turks sacked Smyrna and Callie’s grandparents fled for their lives. Back to a tiny village in Asia Minor where two lovers, and one rare genetic mutation, set our narrator’s life in motion. Middlesex is a grand, utterly original fable of crossed bloodlines, the intricacies of gender, and the deep, untidy promptings of desire. It’s a brilliant exploration of divided people, divided families, divided cities and nations -- the connected halves that make up ourselves and our world.
Author : Linda Civitello
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 0470403713
Total Pages : 448 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (74 download)
Download or read book Cuisine and Culture written by Linda Civitello and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2011-03-29 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An illuminating account of how history shapes our diets—now in a new revised and updated Third Edition Why did the ancient Romans believe cinnamon grew in swamps guarded by giant killer bats? How did African cultures imported by slavery influence cooking in the American South? What does the 700-seat McDonald's in Beijing serve in the age of globalization? With the answers to these and many more such questions, Cuisine and Culture, Third Edition presents an engaging, entertaining, and informative exploration of the interactions among history, culture, and food. From prehistory and the earliest societies in the Fertile Crescent to today's celebrity chefs, Cuisine and Culture, Third Edition presents a multicultural and multiethnic approach to understanding how and why major historical events have affected and defined the culinary traditions in different societies. Now revised and updated, this Third Edition is more comprehensive and insightful than ever before. Covers prehistory through the present day—from the discovery of fire to the emergence of television cooking shows Explores how history, culture, politics, sociology, and religion have determined how and what people have eaten through the ages Includes a sampling of recipes and menus from different historical periods and cultures Features French and Italian pronunciation guides, a chronology of food books and cookbooks of historical importance, and an extensive bibliography Includes all-new content on technology, food marketing, celebrity chefs and cooking television shows, and Canadian cuisine. Complete with revealing historical photographs and illustrations, Cuisine and Culture is an essential introduction to food history for students, history buffs, and food lovers.
Author : Rick Riordan
Publisher : Penguin UK
ISBN 13 : 0141325496
Total Pages : 526 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (413 download)
Download or read book The Lost Hero written by Rick Riordan and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2012-01-25 with total page 526 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Jason, Piper and Leo crash land at Camp Half-Blood, they have no idea what to expect. Apparently this is the only safe place for children of the Greek Gods - despite the monsters roaming the woods and demigods practising archery with flaming arrows and explosives.
Author : Gabriel García Márquez
Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 0593310853
Total Pages : 473 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (933 download)
Download or read book Love in the Time of Cholera (Illustrated Edition) written by Gabriel García Márquez and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2020-10-27 with total page 473 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A beautifully packaged edition of one of García Márquez's most beloved novels, with never-before-seen color illustrations by the Chilean artist Luisa Rivera and an interior design created by the author's son, Gonzalo García Barcha. In their youth, Florentino Ariza and Fermina Daza fall passionately in love. When Fermina eventually chooses to marry a wealthy, well-born doctor, Florentino is devastated, but he is a romantic. As he rises in his business career he whiles away the years in 622 affairs—yet he reserves his heart for Fermina. Her husband dies at last, and Florentino purposefully attends the funeral. Fifty years, nine months, and four days after he first declared his love for Fermina, he will do so again.
Author : United States. Congress
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1380 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)
Download or read book Congressional Record written by United States. Congress and published by . This book was released on 1971 with total page 1380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Congressional Record is the official record of the proceedings and debates of the United States Congress. It is published daily when Congress is in session. The Congressional Record began publication in 1873. Debates for sessions prior to 1873 are recorded in The Debates and Proceedings in the Congress of the United States (1789-1824), the Register of Debates in Congress (1824-1837), and the Congressional Globe (1833-1873)
Author : Elizabeth Laird
Publisher : Pan Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 144726732X
Total Pages : 107 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (472 download)
Download or read book The Fastest Boy in the World written by Elizabeth Laird and published by Pan Macmillan. This book was released on 2014-06-05 with total page 107 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Eleven-year-old Solomon loves to run! The great athletes of the Ethiopian national team are his heroes and he dreams that one day he will be a gold-medal-winning athlete like them, in spite of his ragged shorts and bare feet. When his grandfather announces that he's going to take Solomon to Addis Ababa, Solomon cannot believe his ears. A trip to the capital? It's unfathomable. Solomon's joy is increased when he realizes that the Ethiopian running team will be doing a victory parade through the city that day. Maybe he'll get a glimpse of Haile Gebrselassie or Derartu Tulu?! But Solomon's grandfather has other plans. As Solomon follows him through the big, overwhelming streets, he learns something he cannot believe. The strict old man is a war hero who once risked his life to save a friend and has been in hiding ever since. When grandfather collapses, Solomon knows that getting help from his village is up to him. It's a twenty-mile run from the city to home, and grandfather's life hangs in the balance. Can the small bare-footed runner with the big heart do it? Shortlisted for the CILIP Carnegie Medal, The Fastest Boy in the World by Elizabeth Laird is the inspiring story of a small Ethiopian runner with a very big heart.
Author : Ida Rae Egli
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781733777032
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (77 download)
Download or read book Krisanthi's War written by Ida Rae Egli and published by . This book was released on 2020-06-30 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Like Homer's The Iliad, Ida Egli's new novel, Krisanthi's War, is an antiwar epic that brings together the personal and the political and wanders back and forth from the 1930s to the 1980s. The war is World War II. Krisanthi is a modern-day Greek woman who chronicles the lives and the deaths of her family members who strive to survive during the invasion and the occupation of their homeland by German soldiers. Since the characters are mostly Greeks, they have names like Achilles, Penelope and Kalliope, and, since they're Greeks, the Trojan War isn't ancient history, but part of the living, breathing present. Krisanthi's War is full of the sights and thesmells of olives and goats, blood and wine, even as it explores the nature of orthodoxy and mystery. When liberation comes and the characters emerge from cellars and go into the Mediterranean sunlight the reader feels a sense of exhilaration and joy. It isn't revenge or punishment that the author is after, but rather empathy and compassion. Egli offers no easy-to-follow recipe for how to endure in our own difficult times, but she does provide at the end of her narrative a recipe for Loukoumáthes, those delicious fritters often drizzled with honey that melt in your mouth. The novelist, Lawrence Durrell, makes a brief but welcome appearance in these pages, and many of the minor characters, including Andreas Papaloizos and Kyriokos Petaluthas, are as endearing as Krisanthi, her mama and her papa. If you want to meet real Greeks, explore Greek history and fathom the nature of love itself, this book is for you.
