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1) Ithaca
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English
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When his older brother leaves to fight in the Second World War, fourteen-year-old Homer Macauley takes on a job as a bicycle telegraph messenger to provide for his widowed mother, his older sister and his younger brother. Homer delivers messages of love, hope, pain and death to the good people of Ithaca, but soon must grapple with a message that will change him forever. Based on Pulitzer Prize-winning author William Saroyan's 1943 novel The Human...
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Adventures of Odysseus volume 1
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English
Description
Historical fantasy full of "suspense, treachery, and bone-crunching action . . . will leave fans of the genre eagerly awaiting the rest of the series" (The Times Literary Supplement).
It was a time of myth and mystery. A time when Gods walked among men. It was a time of heroes. Greece is a country in turmoil, divided by feuding kingdoms desiring wealth, power and revenge.
When Eperitus, a young exiled soldier, comes to the aid of a group...
4) Ithaca
Author
Series
Penelope volume 1
Publisher
VIDIS Histórica
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
Español
Description
"Hace diecisiete años, el rey Ulises navegó a la guerra con Troya, llevando consigo a todos los hombres en edad de luchar de la isla de Ítaca. Ninguno de ellos ha regresado, y las mujeres de Ítaca son quienes deben dirigir el reino. Penélope era apenas una mujer adulta cuando se casó con Ulises. Mientras él estuviera vivo, estaría a salvo. Pero ahora, años después, aumentan las especulaciones de que su marido está muerto y los pretendientes...
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English
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These two timeless epics by the ancient Greek poet-each translated by a world-renowned author-have captured the Western imagination for millennia.
The Iliad: Alexander Pope "works miracles" in this beautiful verse translation of Homer's epic poem set near the end of the Trojan War. It centers on a quarrel between the invading Greek king Agamemnon and his greatest asset in battle, the warrior Achilles. From this conflict, Homer weaves a tale of warring...
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English
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The Twilight Region is a collection of stories that will shake the cultural edifice of your mind. Written by established writer Carlos B. Camacho, some of them are thrillers; the others are psychological, horror, science fiction, historical and philosophical stories but all of them are gripping and spellbinding:
'....He drove a short distance and stopped at the entrance of the old sugar mill. He got out and pushed opened the heavy front gate. Seizing...
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Publisher
Cornell University Press
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Missionary Diplomacy traces the connections between the Protestant foreign mission movement and the US State Department over the nineteenth century, with particular attention paid to the development of new ideas about citizenship, religious freedom, and humanitarianism."--
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Publisher
Cornell University Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Dismantles the religious, political, and geographic walls that have separated medieval art and architecture and treats not only western Europe but also the Byzantine Empire and the Islamicate world from ca. 200 CE to ca. 1450 CE. Includes a wide variety of art forms, from large architectural complexes to small amulets printed on paper"--
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