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Under the order of King Pelias, Jason embarks on a perilous journey to steal the Golden Fleece from the Land of Colchis. Far from heroic, Jason is the typical everyman. Often compared with Homer's Iliad and Odyssey, Jason and the Argonauts is the only surviving poem from the Hellenistic period and was hugely influential on later literature, especially the Roman poetry of Virgil and Ovid.

Jason and the Golden Fleece is one of the finest tales of Ancient Greece, an epic journey of adventure and trial standing beside similar stories of Perseus, Theseus and the Labours of Heracles. The finest classic account comes from Apollonius of Rhodes, the Greek poet of the 3rd century BCE and librarian at Alexandria. Though less well-known than Homer's Iliad and Odyssey, and much shorter, it is an epic poem which is both exciting and moving, with remarkably vivid portraits of the main characters, Jason and Medea.

In this electric and provocative debut novel, Tamblyn blends genres of poetry, prose, and elements of suspense to give shape to the shocking narratives of victims of sexual violence, mapping the destructive ways in which our society perpetuates rape culture, brilliantly brought to life through a...

Sul sentiero degli dèi: liriche e racconti della Riviera di Ulisse accompagna il lettore in uno dei tratti più suggestivi della costa tirrenica, compreso tra il Circeo e Scauri di Minturno passando da Terracina, Sperlonga, Gaeta e Formia. Un mare di storia, mito e profonda bellezza che l’autore ha raccolto in liriche e racconti carichi di suggestioni.

Canta Sogni comprende una selezione di poesie legate al mare, da sempre musa ispiratrice dell'autore, ma anche poesie piene di amore e sensualità, introspezione, nulla ed essenza... Insieme compongono un canto leale in grado di guidare l'ascoltatore attraverso la fitta nebbia dei sogni, là dove si annidano creature bizzarre, talvolta feroci, un'infinità sempre crescente di ombre e riflessi originata dal nostro andare per questo mondo e per altri, più vasti, se solo abbiamo il coraggio di chiudere gli occhi e ascoltare.

This is an original multi-voice dramatization of Edgar Allan Poe's masterpiece, The Raven. The story tells of a forlorn gentleman who is still mourning the loss of his one true love. With a raging storm outside, he peers out into the ever-after. Then, while becoming lost in a state of melancholy, he is visited by an ominous raven with a ghastly single-word vocabulary.

Why a poetry album? Easy answer: I love poetry. I love reading it. I love memorizing it. I love hearing great actors recite it. As the poet Mark Strand wrote, “Ink runs from the corners of my mouth / There is no happiness like mine / I have been eating poetry.” In the past, when I was full from eating, I have had the audacity to set poetry to music. But, on this audiobook, you will hear the music of the poems.