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Facing Life Fearlessly Clarence Darrow Clarence Darrow, the famous American lawyer of the twenties, talks about his views and opinions concerning religion in these three essays.

Myths of Ífè By John Wyndham This short book is a translation of some of the myths of the Yoruba people of Nigeria. It is a history of the creation of the world, the gods, and humanity, and the early days of the sacred city of ?f?, the traditional center of Yoruba culture. The text was recited...

Hymn To Demeter Translated by Hugh G.Evelyn-White Apart from Demeter, lady of the golden sword and glorious fruits, she was playing with the deep-bosomed daughters of Oceanus and gathering flowers over a soft meadow, roses and crocuses and beautiful violets, irises also and hyacinths and the...

Kutune Shirka, The Ainu Epic translated by Arthur Waley "Ainu (also called Ezo in historical texts) are an ethnic group indigenous to Hokkaido, the Kuril Islands, and much of Sakhalin. It has been speculated that parts of northern Honshu and the southernmost third of the Kamchatka peninsula...

Celebrations With Hot Snacks : Healthy And Delicious Snacks by Kanchan Kabra Snacks is an indispensable part of any meal, may it be any cuisine, without snacks any meal seems to be impossible and incomplete. I have traveled across the world and noticed the fact that it may be any occasion,...

Collection Of Ancient Near East Volume 1 This book presents a clear, concise history of the extraordinarily multicultural civilizations of the ancient Near East. Beginning with the emergence of writing around 3000 bc, the narrative ranges from the origins of the first cities in Mesopotamia,...

The Book of the Bee ed. and tr. by Earnest A. Wallis Budge A Nestorian Christian sacred history. "The Book of the Bee is a Nestorian Christian sacred history. According to Budge it was written ca. A.D. 1222 by a Syrian bishop named Solomon (Shelêmôn). There is very little about...

Legends of the Gods The Egyptian Texts, edited with Translations by E. A. Wallis Budge Translations of key Ancient Egyptian myths. Includes De Iside et Osiride by Plutarch.

The Babylonian Story of the Deluge and the Epic of Gilgamish. by E. A. Wallis Budge "THIS brochure, The Babylonian Story of the Deluge and the Epic of Gilgamish, was originally written by the late Keeper of the Department, SIR ERNEST WALLIS BUDGE, LITT.D., F.S.A. It is now re-issued in...

The Babylonian Legends of Creation by E. A. Wallis Budge In this volume on Babylonian life and history, Budge illustrates their social and political lives. He discusses their traditions, rites, food, clothing, furniture and other aspects of daily life. These people were masters of the art of...

Young Alaskans Series by Emerson Hough This Series contains 3 existing novels: The Young Alaskans The Young Alaskans in the Rockies The Young Alaskans on the Missouri About the Author: Emerson Hough (1857-1923) was an American author, best known for writing western stories. Hough...

Iphigenia At Aulis By Euripides The Greek fleet assembles at the bay of Aulis in readiness to launch an attack on Troy, but the wind suddenly drops and the ships stand idle. The army blames its leader, Agamemnon. In danger of losing his command, he is presented with a solution: sacrifice his...

Heracles By Euripides Daughter, there may yet be a happy escape from present troubles for me and thee; my son, thy husband, may yet arrive. So calm thyself, and wipe those tears from thy children's eyes, and soothe them with soft words, inventing a tale to delude them, piteous though such fraud...

The Cyclops By Euripides Based on the conviction that only translators who write poetry themselves can properly re-create the celebrated and timeless tragedies of Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides, the Greek Tragedy in New Translations series offers new translations that go beyond the literal...