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Two classic works by English Puritan John Bunyan (1628-1688). In the allegorical tale Pilgrim's Progress, the protagonist, burdened by sin,…
leaves the City of Destruction to find Zion, the city of God. His journey embodies Christian teachings. In Grace Abounding, Bunyan recounts his conversion and spiritual growth. 2004
God's trombones: seven Negro sermons in verse (Penguin classics)
By Henry Louis Gates, James Weldon Johnson. 2008
El viaje de los argonautas
By Apollonius. 1987
Jason and the Argonauts, sons of kings and gods, undertake a perilous journey to capture the Golden Fleece, which is…
guarded by a hideous monster that never sleeps. Prose adaptation of the ancient Greek legend. Spanish language
Alas, Babylon (Perennial Classics Ser.)
By Pat Frank. 1959
“An extraordinary real picture of human beings numbed by catastrophe but still driven by the unconquerable determination of living creatures…
to keep on being alive.” —The New YorkerThe classic apocalyptic novel by Pat Frank, first published in 1959 at the height of the Cold War, with an introduction by award-winning science fiction writer and scientist David Brin.“Alas, Babylon.” Those fateful words heralded the end. When the unthinkable nightmare of nuclear holocaust ravaged the United States, it was instant death for tens of millions of people; for survivors, it was a nightmare of hunger, sickness, and brutality. Overnight, a thousand years of civilization were stripped away.But for one small Florida town, miraculously spared against all the odds, the struggle was only just beginning, as the isolated survivors—men and women of all ages and races—found the courage to come together and confront the harrowing darkness.
Mahabharata: A Modern Retelling
By Wendy Doniger, Vinay Dharwadker, Carole Satyamurti. 2014
"Astonishing. . . . [Satyamurti's Mahabharata] brings [the] past alive . . . as though it were a novel in…
finely crafted verse."--Vinay Dharwadker Originally composed approximately two thousand years ago, the Mahabharata tells the story of a royal dynasty, descended from gods, whose feud over their kingdom results in a devastating war. But it contains much more than conflict. An epic masterpiece of huge sweep and magisterial power, "a hundred times more interesting" than the Iliad and the Odyssey, writes Wendy Doniger in the introduction, the Mahabharata is a timeless work that evokes a world of myth, passion, and warfare while exploring eternal questions of duty, love, and spiritual freedom. A seminal Hindu text, which includes the Bhagavad Gita, it is also one of the most important and influential works in the history of world civilization. Innovatively composed in blank verse rather than prose, Carole Satyamurti's English retelling covers all eighteen books of the Mahabharata. This new version masterfully captures the beauty, excitement, and profundity of the original Sanskrit poem as well as its magnificent architecture and extraordinary scope.
El infinito en la palma de la mano: Novela
By Gioconda Belli. 2008
El mágico relato de nuestros orígenes es probablemente el que más fascinación ha inspirado en la humanidad a lo largo…
de los tiempos. Pero, más allá de los cuarenta versículos que la Biblia dedica a Adán y Eva, más allá incluso de la leyenda, ¿cómo sería la vida de aquella inocente, valiente y conmovedora primera pareja? ¿Cómo sería aquel universo primigenio? ¿Cuál fue el impulso que motivó a que Eva tomara la manzana prohibida? ¿Y qué pensamientos le pasaron por la cabeza a ambos una vez que comprendieron las consecuencias de lo que Eva acababa de hacer? Prepárese para adentrar en un mundo fascinante y primitivo que lo llevará al comienzo de todo, a la historia en la que se basa la civilización judío-cristiana. Poesía y misterio se dan la mano en esta sorprendente novela que nos presenta al primer hombre y la primera mujer descubriéndose y descubriendo su entorno, experimentando el desconcierto ante el castigo, el poder de dar vida y la crueldad de matar para sobrevivir. Esta novela que nos brinda Gioconda Belli es una parábola para nuestros tiempos y para un futuro inesperado que logra cautivar y complacer cada centímetro de nuestra alma.
The Book of Enoch (Signature Editions)
By Enoch. 2025
A non-canonical Biblical text attributed to the prophet Enoch, now repackaged for Union Square and Co.'s Signature Editions series. An…
excluded book of the Bible that tells the story of the fallen angels in Genesis who took human wives, created the giant Nephilim, revealed the secrets of advanced technology to mankind, and ultimately, brought about the Great Flood.