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The Gilgamesh Epic is an epic poem from ancient Mesopotamia that is often regarded as the earliest surviving great work of literature. The literary history of Gilgamesh begins with five Sumerian poems about Bilgamesh (Sumerian for Gilgamesh), king of Uruk, dating from the Third Dynasty of Ur (circa 2100 BC). These independent stories were later used as source material for a combined epic. The first surviving version of this combined epic, known as the "Old Babylonian" version, dates to the 18th century BC and is titled after its incipit, Shtur eli sharr ("Surpassing All Other Kings"). Only a few tablets of it have survived. The later "Standard" version dates from the 13th to the 10th centuries BC and bears the incipit Sha naqba muru ("He who Saw the Deep", in modern terms: "He who Sees the Unknown"). Approximately two thirds of this longer, twelve-tablet version have been recovered. Some of the best copies were discovered in the library ruins of the 7th-century BC Assyrian king Ashurbanipal. The first half of the story discusses Gilgamesh, king of Uruk, and Enkidu, a wild man created by the gods to stop Gilgamesh from oppressing the people of Uruk. After an initial fight, Gilgamesh and Enkidu become close friends. Together, they journey to the Cedar Mountain and defeat Humbaba, its monstrous guardian. Later they kill the Bull of Heaven, which the goddess Ishtar sends to punish Gilgamesh for spurning her advances. As a punishment for these actions, the gods sentence Enkidu to death. In the second half of the epic, distress about Enkidus death causes Gilgamesh to undertake a long and perilous journey to discover the secret of eternal life. He eventually learns that "Life, which you look for, you will never find. For when the gods created man, they let death be his share, and life withheld in their own hands".

Martha Alicia Chávez give us the best method to recognize truth as a fundamental part in our maturation process and personal growth.In Honor of Truth is a book about authenticity, congruency and the healing power of truth. In this pages the author shows us different ways to deceiving ourselves, when we talk about our children, our romantic relationships, our money and other social situations.Its clear, self-deception sickens and truth heals and liberates.Recognizing that we all deceive ourselves in many ways is not a reason to feel guilty or ashamed. However, its necessary to acknowledge this situation in order to embrace the truth that will let us live in peace with ourselves.Martha Alicia Chavez, successful author of Your Child, Your Mirror, Todo pasa... y esto tambien pasara and Te voy a contar una historia, give us the best method to recognize truth as a fundamental part in our maturation process and personal growth in every aspect of our lives, and help us to avoid the self-deception that can be hidden behind our most admirable intentions.

The Arthur of the legends has quite stepped out of the historic page and become a hero without time or place in any real world, a king of the imagination, the loftiest figure in that great outgrowth of chivalric romance which formed the favorite fictitious literature of Europe during three or four of the medival centuries. The ballads and romances in which the King Arthur of medival story figures as the hero have here been transformed into easily readable prose and thus offer pleasant and enjoyable stories to us now. This is volume one out of two.

The Arthur of the legends has quite stepped out of the historic page and become a hero without time or place in any real world, a king of the imagination, the loftiest figure in that great outgrowth of chivalric romance which formed the favorite fictitious literature of Europe during three or four of the medival centuries. The ballads and romances in which the King Arthur of medival story figures as the hero have here been transformed into easily readable prose and thus offer pleasant and enjoyable stories to us now. This is volume two out of two.

Romance que conta a autobiografia de Adriano Miller, conhecido como Ibrahim, na África, e como Muçá (gato) na Bahia, devido às suas escarificações tribais em forma de bigode no rosto e à sua agilidad

Sobre a obra: Dom Casmurro completa a "trilogia realista" de Machado de Assis, ao lado de Memórias Póstumas de Brás Cubas e Quincas Borba, tendo sido esses dois escritos primeiramente em folhetins. O Romance conta a historia de Bento Santiago (Bentinho), apelidado de Dom Casmurro. Ele se apaixona por Capitu e e enviado ao seminario por sua me, D. Gloria, para se tornar um padre. Quando ele retorna do seminario, Capitu e Bentinho se casam e tem um filho. Anos depois Bentinho começa a desconfiar que o seu melhor amigo Ezequiel e Capitu o o traiam as escondidas. Sobre Machado de Assis: Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis ( 1839 - 1908) foi um escritor brasileiro, considerado o maior nome da cultura nacional. Escreveu em praticamente todos os generos literarios e e considerado o introdutor do Realismo no Brasil, com a publicaço de Memorias Postumas de Bras Cubas (1881). A critica moderna chama de trilogia realista os tres romances que marcaram um novo estilo na obra de Machado de Assis, Memorias Postumas de Bras Cubas (1881), Quincas Borba (1891) e Dom Casmurro (1899), e que decisivamente tambem inovaram a literatura brasileira, introduzindo o Realismo no Brasil e precedendo outros elementos da literatura contemporanea. Hoje Machado de Assis e considerado um dos grandes genios da historia da literatura, ao lado de autores como Dante, Shakespeare e Cames.

With forty pounds he went back to England. Curlews cried in the bog next to Ballinasloe station. A taxi-man looked harassed no work maybe. They kissed slenderly. The train left. She walked away. And so Diarmaid OHallrahan withdraws from his mother once more, as he returns to London just before his eighteenth birthday. In the quiet of her Galway home, Susan is forced to confront a ruptured relationship with her only son, and the ikons feathers, beads, paper accumulated into shapes marking the progress of his troubled childhood. As she pursues him across England, meeting friends and lovers left in his wake, she resigns herself to the man her son has become, and must face a new identity of her own. In this story about the dark complexities of love, the mysteries of sexuality, the anguishes of motherhood, Desmond Hogan conveys an unassailable truth about human experience: that nothing and no one can stay the same forever.

Su amor crece sin que puedan hacer nada por detenerlo...El primer volumen de la trilogía «Wyckerley».Anne vive atormentada por un matrimonio infeliz. Su esposo, Geoffrey, es un rico aristócrata más i

Este es un libro sobre autenticidad, sobre el poder sanador de la verdad y la imperiosa necesidad de reconocerla. La verdad detrás de lo que hacemos y decimos, la verdad sobre las intenciones detrás de muchos de nuestros actos.No es motivo de culpabilidad, verguenza ni desprecio reconocer que de muchas formas todos nos autoengañamos. Sin embargo, si es necesario hacernos conscientes de esta situacion para poder aceptar la verdad, que nos permite vivir en paz.En honor a la verdad es un libro sobre autenticidad, congruencia, confianza y el poder sanador de la verdad. En sus paginas, la autora nos muestra abiertamente las muchas formas en que nos autoengañamos respecto a temas como los hijos, la relacion de pareja, el dinero y otros asuntos sociales, y nos brinda el mejor metodo para reconocer la verdad como parte fundamental de nuestro proceso de maduracion, en todos los aspectos de la vida, asi como para evitar que el autoengaño aparezca incluso detras de nuestras mas loables intenciones.

This stunning collection of myths is for adults, and brings together 52 goddess myths from across the globe: familiar, unknown, forgotten - spectacular! Pioneering storyteller Sally Pomme Clayton revitalises powerful goddesses, creating new perspectives and contemporary literature from fragments of myth. It features 52 papercuts by artist Sophie Herxheimer, juxtaposing the ordinary and fabulous. The Mighty Goddess reimagines ancient myths in poetic language, putting the goddess in the centre of the narrative, exploring the diverse ways in which goddesses are represented. Words and images delight and subvert, revelling in the female, exploring creativity, desire, destruction and death. This contemporary collection brings goddesses to life in all their glory.Journey from Alaska to Mesopotamia, and ancient Rome to Tibet, and follow the goddess from creator to crone in a collection where myth and art combine.

Iceland is a country where stories are as important as history. When Vikings settled the island, they brought their tales with them. Every rock, hot spring and waterfall seems to have its own story. Cruel man-eating trolls rub shoulders with beautiful elves, whose homes are hidden from mortal view. Vengeful ghosts envy the living, seeking to drag lost loves into their graves or they may simply demand a pinch of your snuff. Some of the stories in this collection are classic Icelandic tales, while others are completely new to English translation. Hjorleifur has always been deeply interested in the rich lore of his island. His grandparents provided a second home in his upbringing and taught him much about the past through their own way of life. Hjorleifur is dedicated to breathing fresh life into the stories he loves.

Prophet Muhammad SAW from Mecca, unified Arabia into a single religious polity under Islam faith. Believed by Muslims to be a prophet and messenger of Allah SWT (God), Muhammad is almost universally considered by Muslims as the last prophet sent by God to mankind. While non-Muslims generally regard Muhammad as the founder of Islam, Muslims consider him to have restored the unaltered original monotheistic faith of Prophet Abraham, Prophet Moses, Prophet Jesus and other prophets.Born approximately in 570 CE in the Arabian city of Mecca, Prophet Muhammad SAW was orphaned at an early age; he was raised under the care of his paternal uncle Abu Talib. After his childhood Muhammad primarily worked as a merchant. Occasionally he would retreat to a cave in the mountains for several nights of seclusion and prayer; later, at age 40, he reported at this spot,that he was visited by Angel Gabriel and received his first revelation from Allah SWT (God). Three years after this event Prophet Muhammad SAW started preaching these revelations publicly, proclaiming that "God is One".