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Author
Pub. Date
2014.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"In this passionate, deeply personal book, Adam Nicolson explains why Homer matters-- to him, to you, to the world--in a text full of twists, turns and surprises. In a spectacular journey through mythical and modern landscapes, Adam Nicholson explores the places forever haunted by their Homeric heroes. From Sicily, awash with wildflowers shadowed by Italy's largest oil refinery, to Ithaca, southern Spain, and the mountains on the edges of Andalusia...
25) The Odyssey
Author
Series
Language
English
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JEF - Classic Literature
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JEF - Poetry - April (Adult)
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Description
Composed at the rosy-fingered dawn of world literature almost three millennia ago, The Odyssey is a poem about violence and the aftermath of war; about wealth, poverty and power; about marriage and family; about travelers, hospitality, and the yearning for home. This fresh, authoritative translation captures the beauty of this ancient poem as well as the drama of its narrative. Its characters are unforgettable, none more so than the "complicated"...
26) Winslow Homer
Author
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
A brief biography of the 19th century American artist Winslow Homer.
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
Lisa convinces the locals to clean up the polluted Lake Springfield after a crowd of fans sink the Green Day concert stage. Meanwhile, Homer saves a pig from being killed in Krusty Burger and adopts it, calling the animal Spider Pig. After two days, Spider Pig fills up a silo with its excrement and not knowing what else to do, Homer dumps the silo in the lake, polluting it. The angry population forces the Simpsons to move to Alaska. Meanwhile the...
Series
Classic adventures collection volume 2
Pub. Date
[2010]
Edition
[Widescreen and standard format].
Language
English
Description
Gulliver's travels: Set sail for a grand adventure in storytelling with Gulliver, an 18th-century Englishman who travels to mystical lands filled with cunning sorcery, talking beasts and encounters with a mysterious tiny society.
Odyssey : Join Odysseus, the king of Ithaca, on his heroic quest to return to his kingdom and family with riches much greater than gold.
Pub. Date
2006.
Edition
Full screen version.
Language
English
Description
This is the season in which Albert Brooks played laidback supervillain Hank Scorpio. And Bart did battle with his not-quite-as-evil twin Hugo. And Lisa deeloped a sweet crush on Nelson Muntz. And Milhouse's strangely similar-looking parents got divorced. And Homer ate a Guatemalan insanity pepper and encountered a wise hallucinoginic coyote, voiced by Johnny Cash. And Marge had a pretzel-selling scheme. And Bart toured a gay steel mill. And Shary...
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"This book explores the themes of exile and wandering, homecoming and fated closures in literature-but also in real life and history-by invoking Homer's Odyssey. Focusing on crucial moments in the lives and careers of three scholar/writers-Erich Auerbach, François Fénelon, and W.G. Sebald-all of whom were inspired by Homer's epic, Three Rings uses "ring composition" (Homer's dominant narrative technique) to tell the stories of the three writers'...
Author
Pub. Date
[1976]
Language
English
Description
A guide to the reading of The Iliad gives summaries, explanations of allusions, and general background material on how to appreciate this epic poem. Willcock provides a line-by-line commentary that explains allusions and Homeric conventions that a student or general reader could not be expected to bring to an initial encounter with the Iliad. Elizabeth A. Kaye specializes in communications as part of her coaching and consulting practice. She has edited...
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