Showing results for "Homer" in Literature & Fiction

Finn's world is turned upside down when he and his older brother, John, are ripped from their normal lives and sent to Alyxa, an island school that doesn't appear on any map. As the unusual lessons at Alyxa begin, the brothers learn about their super-senses, but nothing can prepare them for the perils to come.

Brought to you by Penguin. This Penguin Classic is performed by Homer Todiwala. This definitive recording includes an introduction by Kaori Nagai. The story of the man-cub Mowgli who is raised by wolves in the Indian jungle, guided by his mentors Baloo the bear, Bagheera the black panther and...

Welcome to Centerburg! Where you can win a hundred dollars by eating all the doughnuts you want; where houses are built in a day; and where a boy named Homer Price can foil four slick bandits using nothing but his wits and pet skunk. The comic genius of Robert McCloskey and his wry look at...

Through all the songs of the east, the eternal theme is the nightingale's love for the rose. In the silent, starlit nights, the winged songster sings his serenade to his beautiful scented flower.

Crater Trueblood has to rescue his ex-girlfriend... and the entire human race. Maria Medaris - gorgeous, powerful, and high-maintenance - is the 21-year-old matriarch of the most powerful family on the moon. When she is kidnapped by green-lipped, gene-splicing scientists, Maria's only hope turns out to be the very man she once spurned: Crater Trueblood. Crater and the Lunar Rescue Company must rescue Maria before she joins forces with the lunatics who have taken her hostage and aim to make her queen.

These are children's nighttime stories I told my kids years ago and now my grandchildren. My kids loved these fictional stories of a man who lived in the mountains named Homer ... with his dog Fido. In addition, there are 3 more main characters ... Rumbles, Gentle Ben and Iceberg. These stories are for kids maybe 3 to 11 ... designed to be shared when your kids are in bed ready to go to sleep ... at least that's the time I've shared these stories ... bedtime. I hope your kids will enjoy these "Homer" stories as much as my kids/ grandkids do. Thanks for listening.

A companion to Homer Price, these imaginative and outlandish tales from all-American Centerbury will leave you in stitches. There's Grampa Hercules and his never-ending tall tales, Dulcy Dooner, the uncooperative citizen, unbusinesslike Uncle Ulysses and his friendly lunchroom, the flustered...

Die Griechen verehrten und fürchteten eine Vielzahl von Göttern. Manche waren Berge oder Flüsse, wie der Fluss Skamandros. Andere waren Halbgötter, die wie Fabeltiere aussahen. Die mächtigsten Götter aber lebten auf dem Olymp und über sie alle herrschte Zeus, der zwölf der wichtigsten Götter zu seinen Beratern machte. Sie bildeten den Rat der Götter. Und um sie herum ranken sich zahlreiche Mythen. Mit Geschichten über Aphrodite, Ares, Athene, Hermes, Poseidon und vielen weiteren! Gelesen von Peter Kaempfe.

Telemach, Odysseus' Sohn, inzwischen auch schon ein Mann in reifen Jahren, erinnert sich an früher: Daran, wie sein Vater sich versteckt hatte, als die Männer kamen, die ihn unbedingt beim Kriegszug gegen Troja dabei haben wollten, und wie er dann doch mitziehen musste; an die Nachrichten von den Heldentaten seines Vaters, die das heimische Ithaka erreichten. Noch besser erinnert er sich an seine Gefühle, als er seinen Vater, den er ja so gut wie gar nicht kannte, unverhofft auf Ithaka wiedersah.

นกน้อยไนติงเกลตัวหนึ่ง หลงรักดอกกุหลาบงามดอกหนึ่งที่ขึ้นอยู่บนหลุมศพของกวีโฮเมอร์ แต่ดอกกุหลาบไม่เคยสนใจนกไนติงเกลเพราะมันมองว่าตัวมันศักดิ์สิทธิ์เกินกว่านกธรรมดาตัวหนึ่ง นกน้อยหัวใจแหลกสลายตายลงในทันที หลังจากนั้นมีพ่อค้าขี่อูฐผ่านมาเจอศพของนกไนติงเกล เขาจึงฝังมันที่หลุมศพของกวีโฮเมอร์ จากนั้นจะมีอะไรเกิดขึ้นกับกุหลาบดอกนั้นบ้าง มาติดตามฟังกันได้ใน ดอกกุหลาบบนหลุมศพของกวีโฮเมอร์

Homer's epic tale of the warrior Odysseus' decades-long struggle to return home after the Trojan War is simply and beautifully retold, with all the drama intact. Young listeners will thrill at Odysseus' adventures with the man-eating Cyclops; the enchantress Circe, who turns his crew into pigs; and the angry sea god Poseidon.

It is the ninth year of the Greeks' siege of Troy. Will the fighting go on forever? Achilles, the greatest of Greek heroes, is angered by Agamemnon and decides to withdraw from the battle. What is the reason for his wrath? Is there anything that will make him change his mind and return to the battlefield? Both armies have suffered tremendous losses, and the long war seems to be heading towards a stalemate.

After ten long years of war and the fall of Troy, Greek hero Odysseus sets sail for his homeland. His voyage, however, is destined to take much longer than he expects. During his eventful journey, Odysseus comes across all sorts of monsters and mythical creatures and loses his ships and crew. When he finally reaches his beloved island, he finds his queen besieged by suitors who claim his throne. What tricks will Penelope resort to in her effort to avoid them?