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Knickerbocker Classics eBook Series

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  • The Inferno

    Series series Knickerbocker Classics
    Journey into Dante's nine circles of hell in the epic poem, Inferno.The Divine Comedy, written in the early fourteenth century by Dante Alighieri, continues to be essential reading for lovers of literature.Dante's The Inferno is the first part of his masterpiece, The Divine Comedy. In this epic poem, Dante is led by the poet Virgil into the nine circles of Hell--limbo, lust, gluttony, greed, anger ... Read more

    $13.09 USD

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  • Goethe's Faust (Illustrated)

    The play is based on a true story of a medieval scientist (alchimist) whose methods of research were considered magic. The story was so much exagerated by every generation that in 1587, as the original "Faustus" book appeared, it maintained that its primary character Faust has established an alliance with the devil himself, that it was the absolute evil that helped him making his discoveries. The ... Read more

    $5.00 USD

  • The Epic of Gilgamesh

    Gilgamesh, King of Uruk, and his companion Enkidu are the only heroes to have survived from the ancient literature of Babylon, immortalized in this epic poem that dates back to the 3rd millennium BC. Together they journey to the Spring of Youth, defeat the Bull of Heaven and slay the monster Humbaba. When Enkidu dies, Gilgamesh's grief and fear of death are such that they lead him to undertake a ... Read more

    $10.79 USD

  • Sky Above, Great Wind

    The Life and Poetry of Zen Master Ryokan

    The delightful and often funny poetry of Zen’s quintessential free spirit, Master Ryokan—in a fresh translation by a beloved American Zen figureRyokan Taigu (1758-1831) was a monk in the Soto lineage of Japanese Zen who spent a good part of his life as a hermit, writing poetry, playing with children, and creating simple and exquisitely beautiful calligraphies—sometimes using twigs as his ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • The Iliad

    by Homer ...
    The Library of Alexandria is an independent small business publishing house. We specialize in bringing back to live rare, historical and ancient Books. This includes manuscripts such as: classical fiction, philosophy, science, Religion, folklore, mythology, history, literature, politics and sacred texts, in addition to Secret and esoteric subjects, such as: occult, freemasonry, alchemy, hermetic, ... Read more

    $6.29 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Unbearable Splendor

    by Sun Yung Shin ...
    Who is guest, and who is host? Adoption, Antigone, zombies, clones, and minotaurs—all building blocks, forming and reforming our ideas.Poetry as essay, as a way of hovering over the uncanny, sci-fi orientalism, Antigone, cyborgs, Borges, disobedience.Sun Yung Shin moves ideas around like building blocks, forming and reforming new constructions of what it means to be guest, to be host. How to be at ... Read more

    $12.39 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Narrative Verse, The First Volume

    Series Book 3 - Narrative Verse
    Poetry is a fascinating use of language. With almost a million words at its command it is not surprising that these Isles have produced some of the most beautiful, moving and descriptive verse through the centuries. In this series we look at narrative poetry through the eyes and minds of our most gifted poets to bring you a unique guide. Narrative Poems may be short of long but in essence they are ... Read more

    $1.99 USD

  • Four Seasons of T'ang Poetry

    by John C.H. Wu ...
    This substantial collection of Tang Dynasty poetry includes extensive commentary and notes-offering insight into this rich literary heritage."Stretching out my hand I feel the pulse of the stars," wrote Li Po, one of the most famous of the T'ang dynasty poets. This superlative study of the Golden Age of Chinese poetry, based on nearly 50,000 poems written by more than 2,000 poets, captures not ... Read more

    $6.29 USD

  • Cut These Words into My Stone

    Ancient Greek Epitaphs

    The lively ancient epitaphs in this bilingual collection fit together like small mosaic tiles, forming a vivid portrait of Greek society.Cut These Words into My Stone offers evidence that ancient Greek life was not only celebrated in great heroic epics, but was also commemorated in hundreds of artfully composed verse epitaphs. They have been preserved in anthologies and gleaned from weathered ... Read more

    $25.39 USD

  • A Dozen Steps Through Hel

    by John Beach ...
    A collection of twelve terzanelle poems influenced by Norse mythology, specifically regarding the afterlife. The poems explore key locations and concepts of the Germanic underworld. Yeah, this is pretty obscure stuff even for fans of the mythology.The terzanelle is French/Italian adaptation of the terza rima to the villanelle form. The poems are 19 lines long and ten syllables each. The poems are ... Read more

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  • The Mabinogi

    'Here at the turn of the leaf a horseman is ridingthrough the space between one world and another . . .'The Mabinogi is the Welsh national epic, a collection of prose tales of war and enchantment, adventure and romance, which have long fascinated readers all over the world. Matthew Francis's retelling of the first four stories (the Four Branches of the Mabinogi) is the first to situate it in ... Read more

    $15.59 USD

  • The Eclogues of Virgil

    by Virgil ...
    Translated by David Ferry ...
    "Fresh-minted and sparkling . . . Ferry's translation wonderfully preserves the exquisite harmonies of the mode while giving it a vigorous edge of reality." —Robert Taylor, The Boston GlobeVirgil's great lyrics, rendered by the acclaimed translator of Gilgamesh . . .The Eclogues of Virgil gave definitive form to the pastoral mode, and these magically beautiful poems, which were influential in so ... Read more

    $11.59 USD