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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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English
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The epic story of Odysseus's journey home, the historical fantasy series finale by an author who has been called "a demi-god of the genre" (The Catholic Herald).
Odysseus has been to Hell and back. Deserted by the Gods, and now in bitter conflict with his friend Eperitus, times look bleak. He dreams of returning to his home; to Ithaca.
But back on Ithaca things look little better. His son Telemachus and wife Penelope are besieged by a gang of...
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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...
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English
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At the height of the Vietnam War, twenty-seven members of a U.S. special elite team were dropped into North Vietnam to fight alongside the Rands and Montagnards against the communist regime. Their job was to ambush troops along the Ho Chi Minh Trail, one of the most dangerous of the war. Of the twenty-seven men who went in, only three made it back.
One of them is Henry Morgan a modern-day Odysseus struggling to find a way of returning from the Vietnam...
6) Ithaca
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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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An autobiography, this book is about the events and personalities of one hundred years of modern legends through the eyes of one who has lived it, stated in a uniquely opinionated manner. It includes wars and whores, the inside of business and politics on several continents, with unexpurgated revelations of individuals known to nearly everyone who lived during those times or learned about them since. Royalty, film figures, heads of state, corporate...
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New Environmentalists volume 3
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English
Description
Our natural environments are intrinsically more valuable than any grand visions of wealth created using methods detrimental to the Earth. Meet people in New York, India, Russia, Peru, Sumatra, and South Africa who favor health over profit.
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Songs of Penelope volume 2
Publisher
Redhook
Language
English
Description
"On the isle of Ithaca, queen Penelope maintains a delicate balance of power. Many years ago, her husband Odysseus sailed to war with Troy and never came home. In his absence, Penelope uses all her cunning to keep the peace--a peace that is shattered by the return of Orestes, King of Mycenae, and his sister Elektra. Orestes' hands are stained with his mother's blood. Not so long ago, the son of Agamemnon took Queen Clytemnestra's life on Ithaca's...
11) Agents of change
Publisher
California Newsreel
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Current struggles to make colleges welcoming and relevant for students of color continue movements which swept across campuses fifty years ago. AGENTS OF CHANGE tells the timely and inspiring story of how successful protests for equity and inclusion led to establishing the first Black and Ethnic Studies departments at two very different universities: San Francisco State (1968) and Cornell (1969). San Francisco State students, their supporters on the...
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Comstock Publishing Associates, an imprint of Cornell University Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"A collection of weekly letters about a small and decidedly ordinary back yard that reveals the simple pleasures of paying attention to the natural world through a full year"--
14) La Odisea
Author
Publisher
Serres
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
Español
Description
Un álbum para descubrir las aventuras fantásticas del astuto Ulises contra monstruos y dioses de la mitología griega. Ulises, el rey de la isla de Ítaca, sale de Troya para volver a casa, pero los dioses no van a ponérselo nada fácil... Antes de reunirse con su familia, a Ulises le espera un viaje emocionante y lleno de peligros, aventuras, monstruos y magia.
A lovely picture book to discover Odysseus' fantastic adventures as he faces storm...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Turn now to the hero of Homer's celebrated Odyssey: Odysseus. From his plans for the Trojan horse to his tricking of a murderous cyclops to his final arrival back in Ithaca, learn how Odysseus's scheming and lying led to heroic triumphs that made his story relatable to everyday ancient Greeks-and to modern readers.
17) Paper Ghosts
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English
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Fenn Cooper is a journalist in trouble. His boss has given him one last chance to write a riveting story or lose his job. He decides to write about the eccentric people who work at a travelling circus in Ithaca, New York, where silent movies where once made. There he meets Zena, a "little person" fortune teller with uncanny abilities, and her friend Holey John, a Vietnam vet whose act is piercing his flesh for five bucks a pop, as penitence for what...
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Annie Goldson
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
Description
Near the end of his life, the renowned English composer Elgar composed some of the greatest music of his career. This film examines the idea that Elgar's deeply emotional Cello Concerto in Em was provoked by memories of his first great love, Helen Weaver, who emigrated to New Zealand after their relationship ended. After receiving word that Weaver's son had been killed fighting in France, Elgar was moved to write a war requiem. The film mixes interviews,...
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English
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Powerful Circe, daughter of the sun-god Helios, is sad to see Odysseus, King of Ithaca, depart from her island, Aeaea-but her heartbreak is eased after dolphins take her to Delos, where she explores a new love relationship.
Circe has a strained relationship with her mother, Perse, but when she finally listens to Perse's encouragement to seek out the amphibian god Glaucus, she's glad she's heeded her advice. Together, the two embark on underwater...
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English
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Written by a parent, for parents, this opinionated, personal, and easy-to-use guide has hundreds of ideas to keep the kids entertained for an hour, a day, or a weekend! Fun with the Family Upstate New York leads the way to amusement parks, historical attractions, children's museums, wildlife habitats, festivals, parks, and many other exciting places to go. The whole family will enjoy... Flume zooming at the Catskills' largest water park, fly-fishing...
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