The Descent into Hell by Alighieri Dante
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Category: Classic Books
Many have made the journey. None have ever returned . . . Wandering through a dark forest, Dante finds himself at the gates to the underworld. Despite his terror, he dares to enter the Circles of Hell, where the damned lie in torment. As he descends deeper, he encounters wild-eyed sinners, sees the ...Show more
Cupid and Psyche by Apuleius
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Category: Classic Books
Curiosity is an evil master. A beautiful princess has a husband she can never see. He visits her only in the dead of night. When curiosity overcomes her, she discovers who he really is, only to be cruelly abandoned. Now Psyche must begin an impossible task: to find her husband, even descending to the de ...Show more
Exodus by Penguin Books
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Category: Classic Books
A boy who was saved. A man who would set his people free. An ancient people have been made into slaves, forced into a life of endless servitude and labour. The King has ordered that all their male children be slaughtered to make sure it stays that way. But one boy, Moses, survives, hidden in a baske ...Show more
Xerxes Invades Greece by Herodotus
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Category: Classic Books | Series: Penguin Epics Ser.
Second-hand, shorter, paperback in good condition. A king who would be worshipped as a god . . . When Xerxes, King of Persia, crosses the Hellespont at the head of a formidable army, it seems inevitable that Greece will be crushed beneath its might. But the Greeks are far harder to defeat than he cou ...Show more
Odysseus Returns Home by Homer
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Category: Classic Books
After war and strife, a mighty king's troubles are only just beginning . . . After ten years at war and ten years wandering the world, Odysseus has finally returned home. But he cannot reveal his identity to his faithful wife Penelope. A gang of would-be lovers are pestering her to marry one of them ...Show more
The Sea, The Sea by Xenophon
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Category: Classic Books
Only one man can lead the Greek army home . . . Trying to help a prince overthrow the king of Persia, the Greek army have been betrayed. Now the surviving soldiers are trapped in a hostile country as unforgiving enemies attack from all sides. Enter Xenophon, a tough and brilliant leader. He must gui ...Show more
The Legendary Adventures of Alexander the Great by Richard Stoneman
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Category: Classic Books
He was destined to rule the world . . . A prince is born under a star of good fortune. It is prophesied that he will become the greatest king of all time. Alexander grows up to fulfill this destiny - powerful as a lion, skilled in the art of war and leader of a vast army. Soon his fame sweeps the wo ...Show more
The Fall of Jerusalem by Flavius Josephus
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Category: Classic Books
It is fatal to show pity in a time of war. Led by the mighty Titus, the Roman army besieges Jerusalem. Arrows rain over the city day and night, and battering rams assault its defensive walls. Inside, the people curse their fate, resistant to the last but maddened by hunger. After days of rebellion, al l ...Show more
The Destruction of Troy by Virgil
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Category: Classic Books
Fated to be an exile, a hero must roam the world to follow his destiny. The city of Troy has fallen. Only a few of its citizens remain. The brave hero Aeneas must save his family and escape before the invading Greeks murder them all. But he is cursed by Juno, Queen of Heaven. Chasing him across the seas ...Show more
The Serpent's Teeth by Ovid
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Category: Classic Books
In a world of gods and monsters, nothing is as it seems. When a deadly serpent's teeth are sown in the ground, warriors spring from the bloody soil. Only a great man can tame them and fulfill his destiny. Far away, Medusa, snakes writhing in her hair, meets her nemesis; the princess Andromeda is chai ...Show more
The Epic of Gilgamesh by N K Sandars
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Category: Classic Books
A great king, strong as the stars in Heaven . . . Enkidu, a wild and mighty hero, is created by the gods to challenge the arrogant King Gilgamesh. But instead of killing each other, the two become friends. Travelling together to the Cedar Forest, they fight and slay the evil monster Humbaba. But whe ...Show more
Beowulf by Michael Alexander
9.95 NZD
Category: Classic Books | Series: Penguin Epics Ser. | Reading Level: very good
When an evil monster terrorizes the land, only one man can stop him . . . A new horror stalks the ancient kingdom of the Danes. Grendel, a hideous beast, has crawled from hell to lay waste to the country and devour its people. His reign of slaughter seems unstoppable. The mighty warrior Beowulf c ...Show more