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1) The Iliad
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
"The culmination of a decade of intense engagement with antiquity's most surpassingly beautiful and emotionally complex poetry, Wilson's Iliad now gives us a complete Homer for our generation"--
"The greatest literary landmark of antiquity masterfully rendered by the most celebrated translator of our time. When Emily Wilson’s translation of The Odyssey appeared in 2017―revealing the ancient poem in a contemporary idiom that was “fresh, unpretentious...
Author
Series
Helium-3 novels volume 3
Publisher
Thomas Nelson
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Crater and the Lunar Rescue Company have to rescue Maria Medaris, Crater's ex-girlfriend, who is being held hostage by green-lipped, gene-splicing scientists. The planet Earth, meanwhile, is in the crosshairs of an asteroid engineered by Maria's abductors. If Crater cannot stop the asteroid, Earth will be destroyed.
3) Crescent
Author
Series
Publisher
Thomas Nelson
Pub. Date
[2013]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Description
Crater Trueblood, doubting the justice of the war he fights and the evil of enemies he was trained to hate, brings Crescent, an apparently female Crowhopper, to Moontown as his prisoner but soon both are fugitives, fleeing prejudice and cruelty in hostile territory.
Author
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Kalief Browder was 16 when he was arrested in the Bronx for allegedly stealing a backpack. Unable to raise bail and unwilling to plead guilty to a crime he didn't commit, Browder spent three years in New York's infamous Rikers Island jail while awaiting trial. After his case was dismissed in 2013, Browder returned to his family, haunted by his ordeal. Suffering through the lonely hell of solitary, Browder had been violently attacked by fellow prisoners...
6) The odyssey
Author
Series
Publisher
Sterling
Pub. Date
c2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
Retells the classic Greek epic about the wanderings of Odysseus after the fall of Troy and his efforts to return home to Ithaca and his family.
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
"More than three thousand years ago, two armies faced off in an epic battle that rewrote history--the Trojan War. The Iliad, Homer's legendary account of this decade-long ordeal, is considered the greatest war story of all time and one of the most important works of Western literature. In this thoroughly researched and artfully rendered graphic novel, renowned illustrator Gareth Hinds captures all the grim glory of Homer's epic.".
In a companion...
Series
Publisher
Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Embark on thrilling adventures to South America and Mexico. Join Goofy, Donald Duck and Walt Disney himself as they experience all the music, beauty and excitement Latin America has to offer. Travel to fun and exciting places and capture the gangs' adventures along the way. It's Donald's turn to take a fantastic journey with his friends Joe Carioca and Panchito. Contains lighthearted dance and lively music.
Publisher
Distributed by Buena Vista Home Video
Pub. Date
[2000?]
Language
English
Description
Features Disney characters: Donald Duck, Mickey Mouse, Jiminy Cricket and Goofy. When Bongo the circus bear is mistreated, he escapes to the forest and finds true love. Mickey, Donald and Goofy find adventure up the beanstalk and meet Willie the Giant.