Includes characters who are obsessed with the rise and fall of gods, empires and heroes.…

• Rok vydání 1983

After the death of old Dr Grantly, a bitter struggle begins over who will succeed him as Bishop of Barchester. And when the…

In 1581 Edmund Campion, a Jesuit priest working underground in Protestant England, was found guilty of treason and hanged,…

• Rok vydání 1994

In the Bible, according to author: "In the beginning God created the Heaven and Earth and darkness was upon the face of the…

Composed during the fourteenth century in the English Midlands, this work describes the events that follow when a mysterious…

Tells the story of a great cattle-raid, the invasion of Ulster by the armies of Medb and Ailill, Queen and King of Connacht,…

Tells the story of the Tibetan people. This title offers an introduction to Tibetan Buddhism. It presents a quest for…

Presents an introduction to the mythology of the peoples, who inhabited the northwestern fringes of Europe from Britain and…

• Počet stran 432
• Angličtina
• Rok vydání 2023

What would it take for your body to be good enough? The pressure to change our bodies is overwhelming. We strive to defy…

Aeschylus (525-456 BC) brought a new grandeur and epic sweep to the drama of classical Athens, raising it to the status of…

Tears down the religious, political and secular beliefs that we insist are fundamental to human project. This title examines…

• Rok vydání 1973

Aeneas the True - son of Venus and of a mortal father - escapes from Troy after it is sacked by the Greeks. He undergoes…

Explains the path to achieving Zen, a balance between the body and the mind. Based on the result of the author's quest to…

As more and more secular funerals are taking place, there is a need for appropriate texts. This collection offers 70 poems…

The bewitched Lucius passes from owner to owner - encountering a desperate gang of robbers and being forced to perform lewd…

Is the universe - and our place in it - the result of random chance, or is there an ultimate meaning to existence? Where did…

Examines the beginning of the Christian movement during the first centuries AD, and the explosive force of its expansion…

\nOpus Dei is one of the most talked about, but least known religious organizations. This work separates the myths from the…

Suitable for recitation at festivals, this title includes 33 songs that were written in honour of the gods and goddesses of…

The Ramayana is the greatest of Indian epics - and one of the world's supreme masterpieces of storytelling. Telling the…

Set at the end of the tenth century, this title is about the time Scandinavia was converting from worship of Norse gods to…

• Rok vydání 2009

Considered in Islam to be the infallible word of God, The Qur'an was revealed to the prophet Muhammad by the archangel…

The Analects express a philosophy, or a moral code, by which the author, one of the most humane thinkers, believed everyone…

• Brožovaná
• Počet stran 311
• Angličtina
• Rok vydání 2017

-A superbly argued book.- --Richard Dawkins, author of The God Delusion The New York Times bestselling author of Why…

• Čeština

Free when packaged with any Damrosch World Literature title.…

• Rok vydání 2013

Demonstrates the individual's reliance on God and on the words of Christ, and the futility of a life without faith, as well…

Focuses on traditions and organization of the infant church, during an otherwise little-known period of its development.…

• Rok vydání 2020

Kniha 9780241435090 Michel Foucault - Ethics Michel Foucault…

Li Po and Tu Fu were devoted friends who are considered to be among China's greatest poets. Li Po, was an itinerant poet.…

Written by an unknown author in the twelfth century, this powerful tale of murder and revenge reaches back to the earliest…

The earliest of the four Hindu religious scriptures known as the Vedas, and the first extensive composition to survive in…

The Desert Fathers were the first Christian monks, living in solitude in the deserts of Egypt, Palestine, and Syria. The…

Recounts the conversation between Arjuna the warrior and his charioteer Krishna, the manifestation of God. This book sets…

This translation first published 1959--T.p. verso.…

Continuing his soul's search for God, guided by his beloved Beatrice, Dante progresses through the spheres of Paradise.…

Gathering a range of traditional African myths, this collection offers tales of heroes battling mighty serpents and…

• Rok vydání 1976

Includes various stories. In, Math Son of Mathonwy two brothers plot to carry off the virginal Goewin, while in Manawydan…

Written in AD 731, Bede's work opens with a background sketch of Roman Britain's geography and history. It goes on to tell…

What is Buddhism? Drawing on down-to-earth examples from everyday life, this book penetrates the most essential and enduring…