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Beowulf
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Don Quixote
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The Canterbury Tales
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The Divine Comedy
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Gilgamesh: The New Translation
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A Murder Too Personal
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Beowulf: The New Translation
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Left No Forwarding Address
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Jungle of Glass
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Le Morte d’Arthur: The New Retelling by Gerald J. Davis
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GILGAMESH
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"I've heard of the Epic of Gilgamesh, but I never really knuckled down to reading it. Now, after reading Elif Shafak's 'There are Rivers in the Sky', I could not but get it and read it. This, of course, is not going to be a literary dissertation on th"
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"I decided to read The Divine Comedy to fill in gaps in my body of knowledge. However, since I was raised Catholic, have studied art history and I'm 69 years old, I pretty much had this down. I think a chart of the Inferno portion would have sufficed "
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"Looking for answers
I have had a copy of The Devine Comedy on my shelf for decades and for some reason decided to read this Kindle version. I loved it. It's full of insights. We all know that we will come yo our end within 100 years of birth. What ha" Read more of this review » |
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"🎧 THE DIVINE COMEDY 🎧
"Dante Alighieri's poetic masterpiece is a moving human drama, an unforgettable visionary journey through the infinite torment of Hell, up the arduous slopes of Purgatory, and on to the glorious realm of Paradise - the sphere of " Read more of this review » |
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Exquisite! What a brilliant book! Clever and funny and heartbreaking. It was an absolute delight to read. Thank you to the author. |
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Outstanding! Gripping and spellbinding. The battle of Midway is described in fascinating detail. Can’t wait to read the next two volumes. |
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Outstanding! Brilliant analysis of the bombing campaigns over Germany and Japan in World War 2. Fascinating profiles of the personalities involved. |
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“There are no footnotes or endnotes in this translation. If any explanations or clarifications are required, they are embedded in the body of the text, so as not to interrupt the flow of the words. After all, as Noel Coward once famously remarked, “Having to read a footnote resembles having to go downstairs to answer the door while in the midst of making love.”
― The Canterbury Tales: The New Translation
― The Canterbury Tales: The New Translation
“Have you ever, O Gilgamesh, compared your lot with that of a fool?”
― Gilgamesh: The New Translation
― Gilgamesh: The New Translation
“The life of a man is as easily broken as a reed in a thicket of cane.”
― Gilgamesh: The New Translation
― Gilgamesh: The New Translation
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“could the shepherds lie down in peace. They could slumber undisturbed, for Enkidu was their watchman, he who remained awake in the night.”
― Gilgamesh: The New Translation
― Gilgamesh: The New Translation
“the Great Gods suffered hunger and thirst, for mortals no longer offered up food and drink as sacrifice unto the Gods.”
― Gilgamesh: The New Translation
― Gilgamesh: The New Translation
“There are no footnotes or endnotes in this translation. If any explanations or clarifications are required, they are embedded in the body of the text, so as not to interrupt the flow of the words. After all, as Noel Coward once famously remarked, “Having to read a footnote resembles having to go downstairs to answer the door while in the midst of making love.”
― The Canterbury Tales: The New Translation
― The Canterbury Tales: The New Translation
“Who shall give a lover any law?’ Love is a greater law, by my troth, than any law written by mortal man.”
― The Canterbury Tales
― The Canterbury Tales
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