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"The first female translator of the epic into English in over sixty years, Stephanie McCarter addresses accuracy in translation and its representation of women, gendered dynamics of power, and sexual violence in Ovid's classic. Ovid's Metamorphoses is an epic poem, but one that upturns almost every convention. There is no main hero, no central conflict, and no sustained objective. What it is about (power, defiance, art, love, abuse, grief, rape, war,...
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Composed in Latin in the early years of the first century by the Roman poet Ovid, the "Metamorphoses" presents a collection of amazing tales of transformation based on Greek mythology and legend. Michael Simpson's prose translation of Ovid's masterpiece in the rapid and direct American idiom catches the swiftness and clarity of the Latin original. His introduction sketches the poet's life, describes his extant works, discusses his unusual exile to...
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Metamorphoses (SparkNotes Literature Guide) by Ovid
Making the reading experience fun
Created by Harvard students for students everywhere, SparkNotes is a new breed of study guide: smarter, better, faster. Geared to what today's students need to know, SparkNotes provides: *Chapter-by-chapter analysis
*Explanations of key themes, motifs, and symbols
*A review quiz and essay topicsLively and accessible, these guides are perfect for late-night...
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"Returning to a rejuvenated South Australian infantry battalion, after having been severely injured at Gallipoli, newly promoted Sergeant Major William Berenger finds himself in the sleepy village of Albert on the Somme on the eve of a massive Australian assault at Pozières. Having married Juliana, whom Berenger had first met 15 years earlier as a Boer prisoner in the South African war, Berenger is called again to the colours, despite the impending...
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La terre remue constamment sous mes pieds.
Je pensais avoir découvert la vérité sur qui je suis. Mais tout ce que j'ai appris n'était en fait qu'un mensonge. Je ferai tout ce qu'il faut pour découvrir ce que je dois savoir. Je sacrifierai pratiquement tout. Je dois savoir qui — ou ce que — je suis.
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The Metamorphoses, or The Golden Ass, is the only Ancient Roman novel to survive in its entirety. The protagonist of the novel is called Lucius. At the end of the novel, he is revealed to be from Madaurus, in ancient Algeria, the hometown of Apuleius himself. The plot revolves around the protagonist's curiosity and insatiable desire to see and practice magic. While trying to perform a spell to transform into a bird, he is accidentally transformed...
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Après avoir transformé son squat en un fast-food haut de gamme, Cobus doit faire face à bien des menaces...
Cobus, ancien trader cousu d'or clochardisé après un séjour à Fleury-Mérogis, est sur le point de sortir de la galère après avoir transformé le squat dans lequel il vit en une entreprise de fast-food haut de gamme, « Le Monde de Juju », cuisine labellisée « tradition française ». Afin d'être à l'abri de la convoitise d'un...
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Paris, 2038. Après la chute des villes, Paul vit avec son père dans un Montmartre déserté par les émeutes et l'oppression d'un gouvernement totalitaire. Son existence est bien monotone, ponctuée par l'incertitude installée par la précarité qui asphyxie une partie de la population. Seulement, à la suite de sa rencontre avec un scientifique, sa vie va prendre un tournant inattendu...
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McHugh's poetry is driven by a profound care and concern for wildlife and our diminishing environment. Today's threats to our mental and physical health are lurking in the underbrush, waiting to be blown or ignited by forces beyond our control. Peace of mind is attainable if we work to protect our common destiny. The near future will determine what that destiny may be.
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Ovid's “Metamorphoses” has entranced audiences for two thousand years, from Rome under Augustus to humanities classrooms today. Borrowing liberally from Greek and Roman mythology, the poem tells hundreds of stories that share one essential theme: each tale depicts a transformation from one physical form into another.
Drawing on many years of teaching the Metamorphoses, Gareth Williams offers a brisk and lively reading of the poem that emphasizes...
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Fourth in a series of poetry books that have been warmly appreciated, alongside the short stories and editing an autobiography of his father. Previous titles: Milestones :A development In Exilio Clasped in Prayer Speedbird (autobiography of Don Hill-father)-forty years in the airline business!
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À la mort de son père, Christina Beauvallon a repris les rênes de l'entreprise familiale. Cette jeune et belle aristocrate, mariée par convenance à un homme qui lui devient toujours plus indifférent, n'accorde aucune attention à sa vie intime. Elle consacre toute son énergie à développer les laboratoires de cosmétiques Beauvallon. Un jour, elle fait la connaissance de Martin, un jeune thérapeute qui va rapidement la séduire, lui faire...
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Les métaphysiciens ont pensé qu'ils pouvaient créer le monde, mais en réalité, le monde primordial, celui qui existe indépendamment de nous, est le véritable constructeur de la réalité. Il réside au cœur des êtres, dans le tissu même de l'univers, dépassant les limites du concret. C'est une vérité que les esprits les plus inspirés approchent parfois, une force spontanée, une liberté acquise, l'a-moralité, l'origine infime de tout.
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One fateful day, Gary suddenly believes he has woken from a dream and discovers that he has undergone a metamorphosis. Keenly aware of his newly acquired powers of sense and perception, Gary is transported to a faraway land, where he embarks on a journey of adventure and fulfillment.
Gary walks to the College Library, where reading brings him closer to the great secrets of life and propels him to the dark Palace of Tears. He visits the Sultan and...
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Through National Book Award-winning translator Allen Mandelbaum's poetic artistry, this gloriously entertaining achievement of literature classical myths filtered through the worldly and far from reverent sensibility of the Roman poet Ovid is revealed anew.
Savage and sophisticated, mischievious and majestic, witty and wicked, The Metamorphoses weaves together every major mythological story to display a dazzling array of miraculous changes, from...
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This vintage book contains a collection of fascinating lectures by Rudolf Steiner. They chiefly concern the goals of spiritual science and the concepts of truth, anger, and reverence. The lectures also deal with the exploration of the human condition, egoism, asceticism and illness, and Buddha and Christ. This volume is highly recommended for those with an interest in philosophy and the work of Rudolf Steiner. Rudolf Joseph Lorenz Steiner (1861—1925)...
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The human species is evolving. Leary describes eight circuits of human metamorphosis and the imprints that occur at each. Psychedelic drugs suspend imprints and conditioning to allow new imprints to evolve. Leary describes each circuit in depth along with the consciousness that manifest at each level and its purpose. Leary believes that human are morphing into space beings. We are becoming the aliens. This book describes the complicated psychological...
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En quête de ses origines, Véronique décide de s'installer sur la terre natale de son père. Alors qu'elle savoure pleinement la beauté de ce village perché en haut d'une colline, une visite inattendue trouble sa quiétude: un facteur lui apporte un mystérieux livre. En le lisant, entre révélations et secrets de famille, elle y fait de surprenantes découvertes.
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