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The Epic of Gilgamesh (Penguin Classics)
by N K Sandars  Publisher Comments The Epic of Gilgamesh, which dates from the third millenium BC, is one of the finest surviving epic poems in world literature. Miraculously preserved on clay tablets deciphered only in the last century, the cycle of poems collected around the character...
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Arabian Nights, Volume 1 : Mavels and Wonders of the Thousand and One Nights (07 Edition)
by Richard Francis Burton Synopsis After King Shahryar had his wife killed for cheating, he began to corrupt-then kill-one virgin a night, as revenge on womankind. Then he meets Scheherazade, who, night after night, saves her own life by telling him fantastical tales of genies, wishes...
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Myths from Mesopotamia: Creation, the Flood, Gilgamesh, and Others (Oxford World's Classics)
by Stephanie Dalley Publisher Comments The ancient civilization of Mesopotamia thrived between the rivers Tigris and Euphrates over 4,000 years ago. The myths collected here, originally written in cuneiform on clay tablets, include parallels with the biblical stories of the Creation and the...
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Arabian Nights II : Sindbad and Other Popular Stories (95 Edition)
by Husain (translator) Haddawy Publisher Comments Now as sumptuously packaged as it is critically acclaimed—a new deluxe trade paperback edition of the beloved stories. Readers Husain Haddawy's rapturously received translation of The Arabian Nights will also want to own Sindbad, a collection of...
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The Arabian Nights Entertainments
by Andrew Lang Publisher Comments 26 magical tales of beautiful princesses, genies who emerge from bottles, and talking birds in: "Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp," "Sinbad the Sailor," "Noureddin and the Fair Persian," "Merchant of Bagdad," and more. 66 illustrations....
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Jealous Gods and Chosen People: The Mythology of the Middle East
by David Leeming Publisher Comments Esteemed scholar David Leeming, who has authored more than twelve books on mythology, here offers the first comprehensive narrative study of the mythology of the Middle East, that tumultuous region that was the cradle of civilization. Leeming begins with...
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Folktales from Iraq
by Charles G Campbell Synopsis These evocatively illustrated stories of romance, adventure and danger bring to life the rich story-telling culture of the Shiite tribes of southern Iraq....
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Arab Folktales
by Inea Bushnaq Publisher Comments Out of alleys of Cairo and Bedouin tents, from the Moroccan laborers and Syrian peasants, this collection of 130 tales comes from Arab worlds from North Africa to the Holy Land....
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Epics of Early Civilization: Myths of the Ancient Near East
by Time-life Books Publisher Comments A dramatic series that captures, culture by culture, the information that never makes it into the history books: strange stories, mystic rites, angry gods, vision quests....
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Folktales of Iraq
by E S Stevens Publisher Comments The first English-language collection of Iraqi fairy tales, this enchanting book teems with stories of demons, witches, ogres, and other creatures. Includes "The Fish That Laughed," "The Poor Girl and Her Cow," "The Blind Sultan," and 44 other...
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Kalilah and Dimnah
by Thomas Balla Irving Synopsis Kalilah and Dimnah: An English version of Bidpai's Fables based upon Ancient Arabic and Spanish Manuscripts. Originally published in hardback in 1980....
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Folklore of the Holy Land, Moslem, Christian and Jewish
by J E Hanauer Publisher Comments Stories of the Creation, saints, and sinners tell of Adam, Abraham, Noah, Moses, and other revered figures; anecdotes describe tribes, people, languages, and sites such as the Jaffa Gate at Jerusalem. Still others illustrate social ideas, superstitions...
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Jealous Gods and Chosen People: The Mythology of the Middle East
by David Leeming Publisher Comments Here, David Leeming offers the first comprehensive narrative study of the mythology of the Middle East. Leeming offers an in-depth discussion of the mythology of the region, covering individual pantheons, cosmic myths, mythic heroes, and much more. He...
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Folk Traditions of the Arab World 2 Volumes
by Hasan El Shamy Book News Annotation Some geographic areas, including the Arab world, are not adequately represented in Stith Thompson's Motif-Index of Folk Literature. This work is based on Thompson's system and is therefore a compatible supplement. Volume 1 presents the motif index and...
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Stories from Ancient Canaan
by Michael Davi Coogan Synopsis This book teaches the principal Canaanite religious literature, and is written for the reader without linguistic or scholarly background, and should prove valuable for students of the history of religion, of the Bible, and of comparative literature....
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Ancient Gods
by E. O. James Synopsis This account of the religious history of the ancient world is essential for the proper understanding of the great living faiths, which, directly or indirectly, have arisen from or been influenced by this remarkable center....
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Book of the Thousand Nights & One N Volume 1
by E Powys Mathers Synopsis This first of four volumes accurately translating the wonderful tales of the Arabian nights....
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Babylonian Genesis: The Story of the Creation
by Alexander Heidel Publisher Comments Here is a complete translation of all the published cuneiform tablets of the various Babylonian creation stories, of both the Semitic Babylonian and the Sumerian material. Each creation account is preceded by a brief introduction dealing with the age and...
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Folktales from Syria
by Douglas Rugh Publisher Comments Syrian poet Samir Tahhan collected folktales from old men sitting outside their houses in Aleppo, drinking tea. Afraid these stories would disappear with the passing of this generation, Tahhan also went to halls and events to hear professional...
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Wise Lord of the Sky: Persian Myth
by Tony Allan Publisher Comments A dramatic series that captures, culture by culture, the information that never makes it into the history books: strange stories, mystic rites, angry gods, vision quests....
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