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സി.വി. രാമന്‍പിള്ളയുടെ 1891ല്‍ പ്രസിദ്ധീകരിച്ച ഒരു മലയാള നോവലാണ് മാര്‍ത്താണ്ഡവര്‍മ്മ. പരിണാമദിശയിലെത്തിയ...

Epictetus (c. AD 50-135) was a former Roman slave (he was also lame in one leg, and walked with a crutch) who went on to become a great teacher. His philosophy, Stoicism, was practical, not theoretical - aimed at relieving human suffering here and now. The Manual is a collection of Epictetus' essential teachings and pithy sayings, compiled by one of his students.

Any lover of Shakespeare or the Romantic poets can concede that poetry is pleasurable. But is it good for you? Can it teach you anything? These are questions that have beguiled and engaged eminent critics for millennia, and now you can develop your own answers and options with these 24 lectures.

La Biblioteca Jaime Sabines pone al alcance de los lectores la obra completa de uno de los poetas más admirados de México. En esta edición, revisada y contrastada con los documentos originales del poeta, se reúnen algunos poemas en los que Sabines reflexiona sobre la muerte, la memoria...

Um vier Uhr verstummt im Club die Musik. Sechzig Sekunden später liegt eine junge Frau auf der Tanzfläche. Im Hannoveraner Club MONOCHROM gehört die sogenannte Schwarzminute zum Ritual: Um 04:00 stoppt die Musik, das Showlicht erlischt, nur die vorgeschriebene Sicherheitsbeleuchtung bleibt...

Listeners will be awakened by deep spiritual truths within this famous poem as Walters sings the verses, reads the quatrains, and follows each with Yogananda's expanded, clarified meaning.

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. **The Odyssey** — Homer's timeless epic of heroism, temptation, and the long road home. After the fall of Troy, the mighty warrior Odysseus (Ulysses) begins a decade-long journey back to Ithaca, braving the Cyclops, the enchantress Circe, the Sirens...

Brought to you by Penguin. This Penguin Classic is performed by Adrian Schiller. In Paradise Lost Milton produced poem of epic scale, conjuring up a vast, awe-inspiring cosmos and ranging across huge tracts of space and time. And yet, in putting a charismatic Satan and naked Adam and Eve at the...

Brought to you by Penguin. A masterful new translation of Suetonius' renowned biography of the twelve Caesars, bringing to life a portrait of the first Roman emperors in stunning detail The ancient Roman empire was the supreme arena, where emperors had no choice but to fight, to thrill, to...

Brought to you by Penguin. This Penguin Classic is performed by Royce Pierreson, star of Line of Duty, Our Girl and The Witcher. This definitive recording includes an introduction by Michael Alexander. Beowulf is the greatest surviving work of literature in Old English, unparalleled in its epic...

The Iliad, together with The Odyssey, is one of two ancient Greek epic poems traditionally attributed to Homer. The work is commonly dated to the 8th or 7th century BC, and many scholars believe it is the oldest extant work of literature in the Greek language, making it the first work of European literature. The story concerns events during the 10th and final year in the siege of the city of Troy by the Greeks.

मार्क्सवादी चिन्तक और वैचारिक प्रतिबद्धता को बुद्धि का सर्वश्रेष्ठ अनुशासन माननेवाले कथाकार यशपाल के सरोकारों में भारतीय सामाजिक संरचना में स्त्री की यातना और व्यक्तित्व का प्रश्न हमेशा प्रमुख रहा है। ‘दिव्या’ (1945) में यशपाल ऐतिहासिक पृष्ठभूमि में स्त्री की पीड़ा के सामाजिक कारणों की तलाश करते हैं।

The first of Homer's great epic poems, the Iliad portrays the final days of the Trojan war. The Iliad has stood the test of time and is still one of (it not the) best depictions of ancient warfare. It is an essential precursor to the infamous journey of Odysseus. Translated by Stanley Lombardo.

Enjoy the most notable plays of William Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet, Macbeth, and Othello. Shakespeare was known for his writings on tragedies and these four works are known to be some of the finest tragedies ever written.

ധർമ്മ പുരാണം അടിയന്തരാവസ്ഥയുടെ കഥയാണെന് ചിലരെങ്കിലും വിശ്വസിക്കുന്നു .എന്നാൽ ബിഭത്സമായ് കാമരൂപങ്ങൾ കൊണ്ട്...

Molière wrote some of the most durable and penetrating comedies of all time. The Imaginary Cuckold and The School for Husbands are two of his grand farces of marriage and misunderstanding, one set in Paris and the other in the provinces. In The School for Husbands, a tyrannical husband-to-be seeks to isolate his ward, while unwittingly carrying her messages of devotion to her lover. In The Imaginary Cuckold, an enraged husband imagines his wife is unfaithful, but is reluctant to defend his honor.

Valmiki Ramanyam- Balakandam. రామాయణం ఆదికావ్యం గా పిలవబడుతుంది. వాల్మీకి మహర్షి రచించిన ఈ ఆది కావ్యాన్ని రచయిత శ్రీపాద...

Join Holmes and Watson as four exciting mysteries from the acclaimed series unravel. Deductive reasoning leads to murder and suspense in the thrilling escapades of history's greatest detective.

In the beginning, the world is spoken into existence with one word: “Earth.” There are no inhabitants, and no sun—only the broad sky, silent sea, and sovereign Framer and Shaper. Then come the twin heroes Hunahpu and Xbalanque. Wielding blowguns, they begin a journey to hell and back, ready to confront the folly of false deities as well as death itself, in service to the world and to humanity. This is the story of the Mayan Popol Vuh, “the book of the woven mat,” one of the only epics indigenous to the Americas.

The Metamorphoses by Publius Ovidius Naso (43 B.C. - A.D. 17) has, over the centuries, been the most popular and influential work from our classical tradition. This extraordinary collection of some 250 Greek and Roman myths and folk tales has always been a popular favorite, and has decisively shaped western art and literature from the moment it was completed in A.D. 8. The stories are particularly vivid when read by David Horovitch, in this new lively verse translation by Ian Johnston.