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Author : Timothy Baker Shutt
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781428127456
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (274 download)
Download or read book Odyssey of the West I written by Timothy Baker Shutt and published by . This book was released on 2007-05-25 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Odyssey of the West I: A Classic Education through the Great Books:Hebrews and Greeks
Author : Martin Litchfield West
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 0198718365
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (987 download)
Download or read book The Making of the Odyssey written by Martin Litchfield West and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The poet of the Odyssey was a seriously flawed genius. He had a wonderfully inventive imagination, a gift for pictorial detail and for introducing naturalistic elements into epic dialogue, and a grand architectural plan for the poem. He was also a slapdash artist, often copying verses from the Iliad or from himself without close attention to their suitability. With various possible ways of telling the story bubbling up in his mind, he creates a narrative marked by constant inconsistency of detail. He is a fluent composer who delights in prolonging his tale with subsidiary episodes, yet his deployment of the epic language is often inept and sometimes simply unintelligible. The Making of the Odyssey is a penetrating study of the background, composition, and artistry of the Homeric Odyssey. Martin West places the poem in its late seventh-century context in relation to the Iliad and other poetry of the time. He also investigates the traditions that lie behind it: the origins of the figure of Odysseus, and folk tales such as those of the One-eyed Ogre and the Husband's Return.
Author : Wu Cheng'en
Publisher : Asiapac Books Pte Ltd
ISBN 13 : 9812298894
Total Pages : 177 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (122 download)
Download or read book Journey to the West (2018 Edition - PDF) written by Wu Cheng'en and published by Asiapac Books Pte Ltd. This book was released on 2018-08-14 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The bestselling Journey to the West comic book by artist Chang Boon Kiat is now back in a brand new fully coloured edition. Journey to the West is one of the greatest classics in Chinese literature. It tells the epic tale of the monk Xuanzang who journeys to the West in search of the Buddhist sutras with his disciples, Sun Wukong, Sandy and Pigsy. Along the way, Xuanzang's life was threatened by the diabolical White Bone Spirit, the menacing Red Child and his fearsome parents and, a host of evil spirits who sought to devour Xuanzang's flesh to attain immortality. Bear witness to the formidable Sun Wukong's (Monkey God) prowess as he takes them on, using his Fiery Eyes, Golden Cudgel, Somersault Cloud, and quick wits! Be prepared for a galloping read that will leave you breathless!
Author : Roy Bhaskar
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317356241
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (173 download)
Download or read book From East To West written by Roy Bhaskar and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-10-02 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this radical book, Roy Bhaskar expands his philosophy of critical realism with an audacious re-synthesis of many aspects of Western and Eastern thought. Arguing that the existence of God provides the fundamental structure of the world, he renders plausible ideas of reincarnation, karma and moksha or liberation. Originally published in the year of the millennium, From East to West continues to be a groundbreaking and fundamental work within the critical realist tradition. Stimulating debate in ontology, epistemology, ethics, political philosophy and the philosophy of religion, this book has been influential as a major new development in critical realism. This second edition contains a new introduction from Mervyn Hartwig, who is the founding editor of the Journal of Critical Realism and editor and principal author of the Dictionary of Critical Realism.
Author : Christina Nealson
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781478291350
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (913 download)
Download or read book Drive Me Wild written by Christina Nealson and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2012-08-03 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Swaping real estate for wheel estate, Christina Nealson, along with her husband, a Bengal leopard cat, and a 110-pound Newfie journeyed from British Columbia to the Baj Peninsula, crisscrossing the American West.
Author : Benjamin Heber Johnson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 246 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book Bordertown written by Benjamin Heber Johnson and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An evocative portrayal of a remote place that offers a whole new way of looking at the U.S.-Mexico border Mexico and America have met for eight generations on their shared border. In this compelling book, photographer Jeffrey Gusky and historian Benjamin Johnson capture this encounter through their mesmerizing portrayal of Roma, Texas. European culture left its mark here, but it was brought by mixed-race, Spanish-speaking pioneers who practiced Muslim irrigation techniques and believed that they were descended from Jews. Triumphant American armies made this region part of the United States, but the descendants of those they conquered have fought in every American conflict from the Civil War to Iraq. Racial strife divided this land, but slaves gained freedom by fleeing south to Mexico and Hispanics reacquired wealth and power by buying out Anglos. Although today the area is one of the poorest in the United States, the fortune that founded Citibank was made here and the town has inspired such authors as John Steinbeck and Larry McMurtry. In a time when the border is a source of controversy and division, Johnson's unexpected stories and Gusky's haunting photographs demonstrate how deeply the story of the border is also the story of America itself.
Author : Paul Krause
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1725297396
Total Pages : 220 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (252 download)
Download or read book The Odyssey of Love written by Paul Krause and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2021-07-08 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tolle Lege, take up and read! These words from St. Augustine perfectly describe the human condition. Reading is the universal pilgrimage of the soul. In reading we journey to find ourselves and to save ourselves. The ultimate journey is reading the Great Books. In the Great Books we find the struggle of the human soul, its aspirations, desires, and failures. Through reading, we find faces and souls familiar to us even if they lived a thousand years ago. The unread life is not worth living, and in reading we may well discover what life is truly about and prepare ourselves for the pilgrimage of life.
Author : Harold Courlander
Publisher : Marlowe & Company
ISBN 13 : 9781569247891
Total Pages : 210 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (478 download)
Download or read book The Master of the Forge written by Harold Courlander and published by Marlowe & Company. This book was released on 1996-10-01 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Master of the Forge tells the tale of Numukeba, a blacksmith from the village of Naradugu, who abandons his forge to seek honor and nobility as a soldier of fortune. Numukeba arms himself with the weapons of his forge and talismans of magical power and sets out on an eleven-year journey through the land. He undergoes frequent trial by combat, outwits kings, heroes and beasts, descends into the land of the dead, is turned into a dog, and is sold into slavery. Throughout his travels he is harassed by the sorcerer Etchuba, the personification of chance, against whom Numukeba struggles to prove that man's destiny is not a series of accidents, but is written in steel as unbending as the weapons born in his forge.
Author : Constance Martin
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520227123
Total Pages : 136 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (22 download)
Download or read book Distant Shores written by Constance Martin and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2000-01-01 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: his admiration for the heroic virtues of their inhabitants, and the mystical strain in his nature, his sense of wonder before the elemental and infinite. These early Monhegan paintings, with their uncompromising clarity, their concentration on the stark forms of the island, and their romantic delight in great expanses of sea, cold northern sky, and brilliant light, were among his most moving works."--Lloyd Goodrich "[We see] Kent's fascination with the wild and remote places of the earth, his admiration for the heroic virtues of their inhabitants, and the mystical strain in his nature, his sense of wonder before the elemental and infinite. These early Monhegan paintings, with their uncompromising clarity, their concentration on the stark forms of the island, and their romantic delight in great expanses of sea, cold northern sky, and brilliant light, were among his most moving works."--Lloyd Goodrich
Author : Henry C. Duggan
Publisher : AuthorHouse
ISBN 13 : 1468587331
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (685 download)
Download or read book Silver's Odyssey written by Henry C. Duggan and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2012 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A captivating tale of young Lieutenant Luis Armador who was aboard the Atocha in September of 1622 when a hurricane sank the ship in the Florida Keys. This is a riveting account of Luis' struggle to find his way from the Florida Keys to sanctuary in St. Augustine, Florida and to eventually return home to Seville--Amazon.com.
Author : Homer
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1627931457
Total Pages : 927 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (279 download)
Download or read book The Iliad & The Odyssey written by Homer and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2013-04-29 with total page 927 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Iliad: Join Achilles at the Gates of Troy as he slays Hector to Avenge the death of Patroclus. Here is a story of love and war, hope and despair, and honor and glory. The recent major motion picture Helen of Troy staring Brad Pitt proves that this epic is as relevant today as it was twenty five hundred years ago when it was first written. So journey back to the Trojan War with Homer and relive the grandest adventure of all times. The Odyssey: Journey with Ulysses as he battles to bring his victorious, but decimated, troops home from the Trojan War, dogged by the wrath of the god Poseidon at every turn. Having been away for twenty years, little does he know what awaits him when he finally makes his way home. These two books are some of the most import books in the literary cannon, having influenced virtually every adventure tale ever told. And yet they are still accessible and immediate and now you can have both in one binding.
Author : Jere Van Dyk
Publisher : iUniverse
ISBN 13 : 059521553X
Total Pages : 274 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (952 download)
Download or read book In Afghanistan written by Jere Van Dyk and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2002 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Afghanistan is the story of a young man, searching for adventure and self-discovery in war-torn Afghanistan during the time of the Soviet invasion. It is also a portrait of an exotic land and people desperately struggling for survival during that war, as they are today. In 1981, with a letter and some financial backing from The New York Times, Van Dyk, bearded and dressed as an Afghan, sneaked into Afghanistan , then off-limits to foreigners, and lived in the ruggedly-beautiful mountains and desert of this country with the Mujahideen, the men then fighting the Soviet Union. “My spine tingled like a boy’s. I felt the sensation of adventure…The Turbans of ten laughing young men, armed to the teeth, flapped in the wind…I would not have traded this moment for all the money in the world. It was suicidal, magnificent, and I knew we’d be all right.” But it was close. He lived through Soviet ground and helicopter attacks, saw death and suffering, but also laughter. He had much to learn about Islam, tribal traditions and the holy war the guerrillas were waging. He was accused of being a Soviet spy, but ultimately won the trust of his Afghan guides. He saw a strong, courageous, often frightened people fighting to protect the only thing they knew--their homes, their families, their way of life. The author, a former runner, a fledgling politician and writer, who grew up in a fundamentalist Christian family in a small town in the Northwest, also went looking for something deep among these men who shouted “God is Great” and went into battle against the Red Army. His story is about the people he met and his journey.
Author : Max McCoy
Publisher : Pinnacle Books
ISBN 13 : 0786046961
Total Pages : 354 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (86 download)
Download or read book American Odyssey written by Max McCoy and published by Pinnacle Books. This book was released on 2022-02-22 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Max McCoy, the Spur Award-winning author of Damnation Road, continues his American Western saga of the Ghost Rifle as the violence and bloodshed the weapon caused return to haunt the man who created it . . . THE WEAPON AND THE WILDERNESS Ten years have passed since Jack Picaro lost his Ghost Rifle—the firearm he invented, the one that never missed its target. The loss of the rifle calmed the hellraiser in his soul. Instead of returning to the gambling halls and whiskey bars of St. Louis, Jack has spent the last decade as a fur trapper in Wyoming’s Wild River Range, married to Sky, the daughter of an Arikara war chief. Then, after helping rescue U.S. soldiers captured by Crow Indians in the Rocky Mountains, Jack hears the familiar bell-like report of his Ghost Rifle. Determined to retrieve his deadly property, he travels deep into Lakota territory, facing down old enemies—and resuming old sinful habits—unaware of what awaits him when he eventually returns home to his family. “Few Western writers today can spin a tale with style, wit, and rawness better than Max McCoy.” —Johnny D. Boggs, Western Heritage and Spur Award-winning author of West Texas Kill
Author : Daniel Mendelsohn
Publisher : HarperCollins UK
ISBN 13 : 0007545142
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (75 download)
Download or read book An Odyssey: A Father, A Son and an Epic: SHORTLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE 2017 written by Daniel Mendelsohn and published by HarperCollins UK. This book was released on 2017-09-07 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: SHORTLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE 2017 SHORTLISTED FOR THE LONDON HELLENIC PRIZE 2017 WINNER OF THE PRIX MÉDITERRANÉE 2018 From the award-winning, best-selling writer: a deeply moving tale of a father and son’s transformative journey in reading – and reliving – Homer’s epic masterpiece.
Author : David E. Wagner
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (89 download)
Download or read book Powder River Odyssey written by David E. Wagner and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The entry for September 8, 1865, is terse: “We marched and fought over 15 miles today.” With these few words civilian military engineer Lyman G. Bennett characterized the experience of the 1,400 men of the Powder River Expedition’s Eastern Division as they trudged through largely unexplored territory and faced off with American Indians determined to keep their hunting grounds. David E. Wagner’s Powder River Odyssey: Nelson Cole’s Western Campaign of 1865 tells the story of a largely forgotten campaign at the pivotal moment when the Civil War ended and the Indian wars captured national attention. The expedition’s mission seemed simple: punish the bands of Sioux, Cheyenne, and Arapaho that had attacked white emigrants and commercial traffic moving west along the Oregon Trail. But the army’s western command failed to appreciate either the resolve of their enemies or the difficulties of the terrain. Cole’s men, ill-provisioned from the outset, began to die of scurvy two months into the campaign and contemplated mutiny. Bennett’s previously unpublished journal and other primary sources clarify and correct previous accounts of the expedition. Fifteen detailed maps reflect the author’s intimate knowledge of the topography along the expedition’s route. Wagner’s documentary account reveals in stark detail the difficulties inherent in the army’s attempt to pacify the American West.
Author : Rowan Stewart
Publisher : Odyssey Books & Maps
ISBN 13 : 9789622176751
Total Pages : 286 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (767 download)
Download or read book Kyrgyzstan written by Rowan Stewart and published by Odyssey Books & Maps. This book was released on 2002 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This unique and stunningly illustrated book, the first English- language guide exclusively dedicated to Kyrgyzstan, provides up-to-date practical information on the full range of travel possibilities to all parts of the country, along with a clear overvie
Author : Alfred Heubeck
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780198149538
Total Pages : 500 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (495 download)
Download or read book A Commentary on Homer's Odyssey written by Alfred Heubeck and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 500 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this volume the commentary by Russo, Fernandez-Galiano, and Huebeck is preceded by introductions dealing with the books in question. For this English version the introduction and commentary have been thoroughly revised and adapted to the text of T. W. Allen in the Oxford Classical Texts series. There is also a consolidated index at the end of this volume.
