Classical Literary Criticism by Aristotle Aristotle
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Category: Classics | Series: Penguin Classics Ser.
A collection of works that have profoundly shaped the history of criticism in the Western world: they created much of the terminology still in use today and formulated enduring questions about the nature and function of literature. It features works that include "Ion", "Poetics", "Art of Poetry", and "O ...Show more
The Portable Hannah Arendt by Hannah Arendt
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Category: Classics | Reading Level: very good
A collection of writings by a groundbreaking political thinker, including excerpts from The Origins of Totalitarianism and Eichmann in Jerusalem She was a Jew born in Germany in the early twentieth century, and she studied with the greatest German minds of her day--Martin Heidegger and Karl Jaspers ...Show more
Selected Writings by Thomas Aquinas, Jose Marti
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Category: Classics | Series: Classics Ser. | Reading Level: very good
In his reflections on Christianity, Saint Thomas Aquinas forged a unique synthesis of ancient philosophy and medieval theology. Preoccupied with the relationship between faith and reason, he was influenced both by Aristotle's rational world view and by the powerful belief that wisdom and truth can ultim ...Show more
Eichmann and the Holocaust by Hannah Arendt
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Category: Classics | Series: Penguin Great Ideas | Reading Level: very good
Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselves - and each other. They have inspired debate, dissent, war and revolution. They have enlightened, outraged, provoked and comforted. They have enriched lives - and destroyed them. Now Penguin brings you t ...Show more
Cupid and Psyche by Apuleius
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Category: Classics
Curiosity is an evil master. A beautiful princess has a husband she can never see. He visits her only in the dead of night. When curiosity overcomes her, she discovers who he really is, only to be cruelly abandoned. Now Psyche must begin an impossible task: to find her husband, even descending to the de ...Show more
Hans Christian Anderson Fairy Tales by Hans Christian Andersen, Hans Christian Andersen
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Category: Classics | Series: Penguin Classics Ser.
With this new translation and selection, the unique inventiveness of Andersen's genius is revealed. At a time when children's stories were formal, moral and didactic, Hans Christian Andersen revolutionized the genre, giving an anarchic twist to traditional folklore and creating a huge number of utterly ...Show more
Sagas and Myths of the Northmen by Jesse L. Byock
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Category: Classics
In a land of ice, great warriors search for glory... When a dragon threatens the people of the north, only one man can destroy the fearsome beast. Elsewhere, a mighty leader gathers a court of champions, including a noble warrior under a terrible curse. The Earth's creation is described; tales of t ...Show more
Jason and the Golden Fleece by of Rhodes Apollonius
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Category: Classics
A hero will have his day . . . It is a task that no man has ever completed: to bring back a magical ram's fleece that lies hidden in a far-off land, guarded by an all-seeing serpent. But one man, Jason, must try. His life depends on it. Upon the orders of the King, Jason must cross deadly seas with ...Show more
A Tale of Four Dervishes by Mir Amman
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Category: Classics
In despair at having no son to succeed him, the King of Turkey leaves his palace to live in seclusion. Soon after, however, he encounters four wandering dervishes - three princes and a rich merchant from Persia, Yemen and China - who have been guided to Turkey by a supernatural force that prophesied the ...Show more
Fantomas by Allain Marcel And So
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Category: Classics
At the dawn of the twentieth century, Marcel Allain and Pierre Souvestre created one of the most enduring and sinister characters in the history of French crime fiction.Ruthless, murderous, sadistic, Fantômas haunts Paris, his crimes shocking, his methods bizarre and unlikely. In pursuit is Inspector Ju ...Show more
Stories and Tales by Hans Christian Andersen
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Category: Classics
A true classic of Western literature, Stories and Tales by Hans Christian Andersen, arguably the most notable children's writer of all, has delighted young and old for generations. This unique collection was first translated for George Routledge over 130 years ago. Completely reset, but preserving the o ...Show more
The Legendary Adventures of Alexander the Great by Richard Stoneman
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Category: Classics
He was destined to rule the world . . . A prince is born under a star of good fortune. It is prophesied that he will become the greatest king of all time. Alexander grows up to fulfill this destiny - powerful as a lion, skilled in the art of war and leader of a vast army. Soon his fame sweeps the wo ...Show more