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Inferno: From the Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri Publisher Comments 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) Your price: $28.98 New - Compact Disc
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Magic Bleeds (Kate Daniels) by Ilona Andrews Publisher Comments 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) Your price: $90.99 New - Compact Disc
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The Death of King Arthur: A New Verse Translation by Simon (trn) Armitage Synopsis 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) Your price: $29.95 New - Compact Disc
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The Iliad by Homer Publisher Comments 8 CDs, 9 hours... (read more) Your price: $36.95 New - Compact Disc
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The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri Publisher Comments 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) Your price: $81.98 New - Compact Disc
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Iliad by Homer Publisher Comments 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) Your price: $85.99 New - Compact Disc
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Metamorphoses (Classic Collection) by Ovid Synopsis First published in A.D. 8, Ovids Metamorphoses remains one of the most accessible and inspirational introductions to Greek mythology.... (read more) Your price: $19.95 New - Compact Disc
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I Want Burning by Coleman Barks Publisher Comments 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) List Price $16.98 Your price: $8.98 Sale - Compact Disc
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The Iliad by Homer Publisher Comments 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) Your price: $49.99 New - Compact Disc
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The Pardoners Tale/The Frankeleyns Tale/The Nonne Preestes Tale (Complete Classics) by Geoffrey Chaucer Publisher Comments 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) Your price: $17.98 New - Compact Disc
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Iliad by Homer Publisher Comments 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) Your price: $35.99 New - Compact Disc
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The Aeneid by Virgil Publisher Comments 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) Your price: $19.95 New - Compact Disc
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The Aeneid CD by Virgil Publisher Comments 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) Your price: $34.95 New - Compact Disc
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Paradise Lost by John Milton Publisher Comments Nine CDs. Audio version of the greatest epic poem in the English language. Running time... (read more) Your price: $59.98 New - Compact Disc
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Speaking Greek CD (Reading Greek) by Joint Association Of Classical Teachers' Publisher Comments 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) Your price: $43.50 New - Compact Disc
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Gilgamesh: A New English Version by Stephen Mitchell Publisher Comments 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) Your price: $24.99 New - Compact Disc
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Beowulf by Anonymous Publisher Comments 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) Your price: $12.95 New - Compact Disc
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Homer: Iliad by Homer Publisher Comments 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) Your price: $42.00 New - Compact Disc
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Plato: On Love by Plato Publisher Comments 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) Your price: $12.98 New - Compact Disc
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The Odyssey: The Fitzgerald Translation by Homer Review "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) Available November 1, 2013 Your price: $49.99 New - Compact Disc
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