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Inferno: From the Divine Comedy
Inferno: From the Divine Comedy
by Dante Alighieri
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Inferno is the first part of the long journey which continues through redemption to revelation-through Purgatory and Paradise-and, in this translation prepared especially for audiobook, his images are as vivid as when the poem was first written in the... (read more)

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Magic Bleeds (Kate Daniels)
Magic Bleeds (Kate Daniels)
by Ilona Andrews
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Atlanta would be a nice place to live, if it weren't for the magic. When the magic is up, rogue mages cast their spells and monsters appear, while guns refuse to fire and cars fail to start. But then technology returns, and the magic recedes as... (read more)

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The Death of King Arthur: A New Verse Translation
The Death of King Arthur: A New Verse Translation
by Simon (trn) Armitage
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First appearing around 1400, The Alliterative Morte Arthure, or The Death of King Arthur, is one of the most widely beloved and spectacularly alliterative poems ever penned in Middle English. Now, from the internationally acclaimed translator of Sir... (read more)

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The Iliad
The Iliad
by Homer
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8 CDs, 9 hours... (read more)

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The Divine Comedy
The Divine Comedy
by Dante Alighieri
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Dante's vision, The Divine Comedy, has profoundly affected every generation since it first appeared in the early 14th century. This unabridged box set contains the trilogy of The Inferno, Purgatory and Paradise, plus a biography of Dante-A Life of Danta... (read more)

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Iliad
Iliad
by Homer
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One of the foremost achievements in Western literature, Homer's Iliad tells the story of the darkest episode in the Trojan War. At its center is Achilles, the greatest warrior-champion of the Greeks, and his refusal to fight after being humiliated by his... (read more)

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Metamorphoses (Classic Collection)
Metamorphoses (Classic Collection)
by Ovid
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First published in A.D. 8, Ovids Metamorphoses remains one of the most accessible and inspirational introductions to Greek mythology.... (read more)

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I Want Burning
I Want Burning
by Coleman Barks
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Why is a 700-year-old mystic named Jelaluddin Rumi the #1-selling poet in America? The answer to that question is simple: Coleman Barks.<P>From his immensely popular translations of Rumi to his featured appearances on public television, this award... (read more)

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The Iliad
The Iliad
by Homer
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An Iliad for the twenty-first century, this magnificent new translation by Stephen Mitchell sets the highest standards for beauty, accuracy, and aliveness. The power and the beauty of The Iliad resound again across 2,700 years in Stephen Mitchell’s... (read more)

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The Pardoners Tale/The Frankeleyns Tale/The Nonne Preestes Tale (Complete Classics)
The Pardoners Tale/The Frankeleyns Tale/The Nonne Preestes Tale (Complete Classics)
by Geoffrey Chaucer
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Three tales from The Canterbury Tales, read in the original Middle English by Richard Bebb under the direction of Britain's foremost Chaucer scholar, Derek Brewer.... (read more)

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Iliad
Iliad
by Homer
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One of the foremost achievements in Western literature, Homer's Iliad tells the story of the darkest episode in the Trojan War. At its center is Achilles, the greatest warrior-champion of the Greeks, and his refusal to fight after being humiliated by his... (read more)

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The Aeneid
The Aeneid
by Virgil
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The much-anticipated new translation of Virgil's epic poem from the award-winning translator of Homer's Iliad and Odyssey, Unabridged CDs - 15 CDs, 18... (read more)

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The Aeneid CD
The Aeneid CD
by Virgil
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Robert Fitzgerald's magnificent translation of Virgil's epic poem was a major literary event at its release in 1983; today it is an acknowledged masterpiece. Profoundly poetic yet gloriously accessible, this is the best way to experience a work that has... (read more)

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Paradise Lost
Paradise Lost
by John Milton
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Nine CDs. Audio version of the greatest epic poem in the English language. Running time... (read more)

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Speaking Greek CD (Reading Greek)
Speaking Greek CD (Reading Greek)
by Joint Association Of Classical Teachers'
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Speaking Greek supports the second edition of the bestselling beginner's course, Reading Greek, by providing on two CDs lively new recordings of some of the ancient texts presented in the Text volume. Made by experts and accompanied by special sound... (read more)

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Gilgamesh: A New English Version
Gilgamesh: A New English Version
by Stephen Mitchell
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This brilliant new treatment of the oldest epic in the world is a literary event. Esteemed translator and best-selling author Stephen Mitchell breathes life into a 3,700-year-old classic, delivering a lithe and muscular rendering that shows how... (read more)

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Beowulf
Beowulf
by Anonymous
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Read in Old English, this collection of poetry includes selections from "Beowulf," the most well-known epic poem in Englands history, as well as other classics such as "Caedmons Hymn, The Dream of the Road, The Wanderer, The Battle of Brunan Burg" and "A... (read more)

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Homer: Iliad
Homer: Iliad
by Homer
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HOMER SPEAKS – LISTEN UP! More than 3,000 years after the fall of Troy, here at last is a rendition of the Homeric epic that everybody can understand and appreciate. The world can't hear Homer speak his own words, but Stanley Lombardo is the... (read more)

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Plato: On Love
Plato: On Love
by Plato
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Plato's dialogue in the Symposium, which has as its topic the subject of love, explores the idea of love as a means of ascent to contemplation of the Divine. For Plato, generally, to love other human beings is to direct one's mind to love of Divinity... (read more)

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The Odyssey: The Fitzgerald Translation
The Odyssey: The Fitzgerald Translation
by Homer
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"A masterpiece . . . An Odyssey worthy of the original."--William Arrowsmith, The Nation "Here there is no anxious straining after mighty effects, but rather a constant readiness for what the occasion demands, a kind of Odyssean adequacy to the task in... (read more)

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