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 One of the foremost achievements in Western literature, Homer's Iliad tells the story of the darkest episode of the Trojan War. At its... [More] |  | Ancient before 500BC | Secondary & Adult | Literature |
 Odysseus shares tales of monsters he's fought, but more than that he wants to get home to his wife Penelope, after 20 years of war and journey. [More] | | Ancient before 500BC | Secondary & Adult | Literature |
 The acclaimed Bloom translation, with copious footnotes and references to assist the reader in deciphering one of the most published and interesting philosophical texts ever. [More] | | Ancient before 500BC | Secondary & Adult | Philosophy & Religion |
 In this play, Shakespeare shows that love makes you do strange things. As Lysander says, "The course of true love never did run smooth." [More] | | Ancient before 500BC | Secondary & Adult | Literature |
 Aristotle called "Oedipus The King," the second-written of the three Theban plays written by Sophocles, the masterpiece of the whole of... [More] | | Ancient before 500BC | Secondary & Adult | Literature |
 Not a dry account, but a compelling story of the most powerful force in Western History - the Church. Shelley's book can be used as a main source... [More] | | Ancient to Modern | Secondary & Adult | Phil./Religion, General |
 The Christian v. lion's story has been around so long that it has pretty much become a kind of myth. It is a phrase one brings up in order... [More] |  | Ancient before 500BC | Secondary & Adult | Literature |
 This tale of two princesses - one beautiful and one unattractive - and of the struggle between sacred and profane love is Lewis’s... [More] | | Ancient before 500BC | Secondary & Adult | Philosophy & Religion |
 Thucydides' History of the Peloponnesian War is one of the great books in the Western tradition, as well as its first true historical... [More] | | Ancient before 500BC | Secondary & Adult | General |
 A splendid account of the English and her colonies from the days of the Roman Empire through the Victorian era. Churchill, the quintessential... [More] | | Ancient to Modern | Secondary & Adult | General |
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