The Epic of Gilgamesh: An Old Babylonian Version, Paperback - Morris Jastrow

Reducere. This epic poem is the oldest known to exist in history, predating Homer's Iliad by about 1500 years. Gilgamesh, the hero, discovers he has godly bl...

Reducere. "The Gilgamesh Epic is the most notable literary product of Babylonia as yet discovered in the mounds of Mesopotamia."The Gilgamesh Epic recount th...

Reducere. The Epic of Gilgamesh is an ancient poem from Mesopotamia (present day Iraq, as well as southeast Turkey, Syria, and southwest Iran) and is among t...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Translator: Maureen Gallery KovacsSince the discovery over one hundred years ago of a body of Mesopotamian poetry preserved on clay...

Reducere. N. K. Sandars's landmark translation of one of the first and greatest works of Western literatureGilgamesh, King of Uruk, and his companion Enkidu ...

Reducere. DescriptionThe Epic of Gilgamesh is the oldest written chronicle in the world, composed three to four thousand years before Christ. It tells events...

Reducere. Explore the Captivating History of Gilgamesh the King and the Epic of GilgameshRarely does a name survive as many millennia as Gilgamesh has. World...

Reducere. Explore the Captivating History of Gilgamesh the King and the Epic of Gilgamesh Rarely does a name survive as many millennia as Gilgamesh has. Worl...

Reducere. Adventurers, explorers, kings, gods, and goddesses come to life in this "useful, entertaining and informative" story of the first great epic (The W...

In The Epic of Ram, Volume 6, Ram and his allies fight the army of Ravan in a climactic battle, culminating in the demon king's death. Ram and Sita...

Publisher: University of Nebraska PressAuthor(s): David Haward BainIllustration(s): Illustrations, unspecifiedNumber of pages: 470Publication date:...

Reducere. Every person has a story. Every story is a part of something Greater.Long ago, the elven Kingdom of Marindel governed the realm of Tyrizah from its...

Reducere. Shahnameh is a lengthy epic poem which vividly intertwines the mythical and historical history of Persia, thereby enchanting and impressing readers...

This highly accessible translation of the classic story of Sundiata, a real king who ruled the empire of Mali just south of the Sahara desert from ...

Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

Reducere. The Tibetan classic The Epic of King Gesar, believed to date from the 12th century, relates the heroic deeds of the cultural icon Gesar, the fearle...

Reducere. DescriptionShahnameh is a lengthy epic poem which vividly intertwines the mythical and historical history of Persia, thereby enchanting and impress...

A newly translated volume of the centuries-old spiritual epic of King Gesar. For centuries, the epic tale of Gesar of Ling has been told across Asi...

The mambi is the foremost icon of Cuba's past and present. Scrutinizing how this figure has been aesthetically rendered in literature, historiograp...

Reducere. In this book, you will discover what the true story was and what the wrong one was in the myths of Sumer and Babylon. In the Mesopotamia region, pl...

Reducere. Penned by the hand of his father, this is an epic story of a thirteen-year-old boy who refused a death sentence of brain cancer. Isaac Walsh was di...

Origins of Life in the Universe - Robert Jastrow, Michael Rampino

The first and only English translation of the centuries-old Tibetan spiritual allegory of King Gesar, a tale on a par with The Arabian Nights or th...

The great epic poem of Northern Europe, born deep in the heart of ancient Karelian forests Sharing its title with the poetic name for Finland--the ...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Sandra L. RichterSandra Richter gives an overview of the Old Testament, organizing our disorderly knowledge of the Old Test...

Reducere. The Shahnameh, also transliterated as Shahnama ("The Book of Kings"), is a long epic poem written by the Persian poet Ferdowsi between c. 977 and 1...

Contributor(s): Author: Timothy J. StephanyWhen the two primeval waters, the salt and fresh water, entered into marriage, and brought into being th...

Reducere. "Luther is lyrical, even ecstatic, as he proclaims the benefits of justification by faith alone...The three treatises are short reads. It would not...

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Reducere. The Mahabharata tells a story of such violence and tragedy that many people in India refuse to keep the full text in their homes, fearing that if t...

Reducere. The New Messianic Version of the Bible is becoming increasingly popular among believers in Jesus because it puts back into an English language Bibl...