MONSTERS, MORTALS, GODS, AND WARRIORS For over fifty years readers have chosen this book above all others to discover the thrilling, enchanting, and fascinating world of Western mythology. From Odysseus's adventure-filled journey to the Norse god Odin's effort to postpone the final day of doom, Edith Hamilton's classic collection not only retells these stories with brilliant c...(展开全部)

MONSTERS, MORTALS, GODS, AND WARRIORS For over fifty years readers have chosen this book above all others to discover the thrilling, enchanting, and fascinating world of Western mythology. From Odysseus's adventure-filled journey to the Norse god Odin's effort to postpone the final day of doom, Edith Hamilton's classic collection not only retells these stories with brilliant c...(展开全部)

School Library Journal Best Books of 2011 Eureka! Silver Honor Books—California Reading Association Capitol Choices 2012 list ofNoteworthy Titles for Children and Teens 2012 Notable Children's Books—ALSC The new National Geographic Treasury of Greek Mythology offers timeless stories of Greek myths in a beautiful new volume. Brought to life with lyrical text by award-winning...(展开全部)

With compelling comic-style illustrations, a colossus's worth of facts, and dramatic fold-out spreads, Marcia Williams brings Egyptian myths to life. The stories of the Egyptian pharaohs and their ancient gods are full of mystery and adventure. In this retelling of nine tales of ancient Egypt, Marcia Williams uses her signature comic-strip style to capture the rich mythology ...(展开全部)

The Children of odin: Nordic Gods and Heroes (1920) is a lyrical introduction to the myths and epic legends of the ancient Scandinavians. Fusing the disparate mythic accounts of his medieval sources, Irish-American poet Padraic Colum fashions a powerful tale of the divine adventures of gods and men, locked in an inexorable march of fate. Written in a style accessible to both...(展开全部)

查尔斯·西格尔（Charles Segal，1936-2002），美国古典学家。1961 年获哈佛大学博士学位。曾先后任教于宾夕法尼亚大学，布朗大学，普林斯顿大学，自1990 年起在哈佛大学担任希腊文和拉丁文教授。西格尔擅长古典文学，研究领域广阔，在奥维德、荷马、塞涅卡和欧里庇得斯的研究方面均有建树，尤以解读诗歌为胜，是20世纪最为高产的古典学家之一。一生发表论文无数，出版专著21 部，除本书外，代表作还包括Landscape in Ovid’s Metamorphoses (1969), Tragedy and Civilization: An Interpretation of Sophocles (1981，中文版三联书店即出), Dionysiac Poetics and Euripides’ Bacchae (1982), Lucretiu...(展开全部)

查尔斯·西格尔（Charles Segal，1936-2002），美国古典学家。1961 年获哈佛大学博士学位。曾先后任教于宾夕法尼亚大学，布朗大学，普林斯顿大学，自1990 年起在哈佛大学担任希腊文和拉丁文教授。西格尔擅长古典文学，研究领域广阔，在奥维德、荷马、塞涅卡和欧里庇得斯的研究方面均有建树，尤以解读诗歌为胜，是20世纪最为高产的古典学家之一。一生发表论文无数，出版专著21 部，除本书外，代表作还包括Landscape in Ovid’s Metamorphoses (1969), Tragedy and Civilization: An Interpretation of Sophocles (1981，中文版三联书店即出), Dionysiac Poetics and Euripides’ Bacchae (1982), Lucretiu...(展开全部)

This collection contains more than 30 enthralling new retellings of favorite myths as well as some you might not have heard before! Including Theseus and the Minotaur, The Twelve Labours of Herakles, and the escapades of Jason and the Argonauts, each myth is told in engaging modern language, which is easy for children to understand yet still retains the humor and intrigue of th...(展开全部)

11 hours 3 minutes The Mayan god of death sends a young woman on a harrowing, life-changing journey in this dark, one-of-a-kind fairy tale inspired by Mexican folklore. The Jazz Age is in full swing, but Casiopea Tun is too busy cleaning the floors of her wealthy grandfather’s house to listen to any fast tunes. Nevertheless, she dreams of a life far from her dusty small town in...(展开全部)

The Jazz Age is in full swing, but it's passing Casiopea Tun by. She's too busy scrubbing floors in her wealthy grandfather's house to do anything more than dream of a life far from her dusty, small town in southern Mexico. A life she could call her own. This dream is impossible, distant as the stars - until the day Casiopea opens a curious chest in her grandfather's room and a...(展开全部)