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Metamorphoses
ReadHowYouWant 2009; US$ 3.99The brilliant historical epic Metamorphoses is Ovids magnum opus. He has brilliantly presented a vast canvas which offers a multitude of legendary and mythical figures; these are linked together by a single thread the theme of transition and unpredictability of nature. It chronicles the history of the world from the time of... more...
The Serpent's Teeth
Penguin Books Ltd 2006; Not AvailableIn a world of gods and monsters, nothing is as it seems. When a deadly serpent's teeth are sown in the ground, warriors spring from the bloody soil. Only a great man can tame them and fulfil his destiny. Far away, Medusa, snakes writhing in her hair, meets her nemesis; the princess Andromeda is chained to a rock; people are transformed into owls,... more...
The Metamorphoses
Penguin Books Ltd 2006; Not AvailableBringing together a series of ingeniously linked myths and legends, Ovid?s deliciously witty and poignant Metamorphoses describes a magical world in which men and women are transformed - often by love - into flowers, trees, animals, stones and stars. First published in 1567, this landmark translation by Arthur Golding was the first major English edition... more...
Metamorphoses
Indiana University Press 1960; US$ 10.99"The Metamorphoses of Ovid offers to the modern world such a key to the literary and religious culture of the ancients that it becomes an important event when at last a good poet comes up with a translation into English verse." ?John Crowe Ransom "... a charming and expert English version, which is right in tone for the Metamorphoses." ?Francis... more...
The Metamorphoses
Penguin Group US 2009; US$ 7.95A masterpiece of Western culture, this is the first attempt to link all the Greek myths in a cohesive whole to the Roman myths of Ovid?s day. Horace Gregory, in this modern translation, turns his own poetic gifts toward a deft reconstruction of Ovid?s ancient themes. more...
Metamorphoses
Penguin Group US 2004; US$ 12.00Ovid?s sensuous and witty poem brings together a dazzling array of mythological tales, ingeniously linked by the idea of transformation?often as a result of love or lust?where men and women find themselves magically changed into new and sometimes extraordinary beings. Beginning with the creation of the world and ending with the deification of... more...
Metamorphosis
Penguin Books Ltd 2004; Not AvailableOvid's deliciously witty and exuberant epic starts with the creation of the world and brings together a series of ingeniously linked Greek and Roman myths and legends in which men and women are transformed, often by love - into flowers, trees, stones and stars. This new verse translation, in simple and swift English hexameters, allows Ovid's narrative... more...
The Erotic Poems
Penguin Books Ltd 2004; Not AvailableThis collection of Ovid?s poems deals with the whole spectrum of sexual desire, ranging from deeply emotional declarations of eternal devotion to flippant arguments for promiscuity. In the Amores, Ovid addresses himself in a series of elegies to Corinna, his beautiful, elusive mistress. The intimate and vulnerable nature of the poet revealed in these... more...
Heroides
Penguin Books Ltd 2004; Not AvailableIn the twenty-one poems of the Heroides, Ovid gave voice to the heroines and heroes of epic and myth. These deeply moving literary epistles reveal the happiness and torment of love, as the writers tell of their pain at separation, forgiveness of infidelity or anger at betrayal. The faithful Penelope wonders at the suspiciously long absence of Ulysses,... more...
High-Poverty, High-Performing Schools
R&L Education 2011; US$ 21.99This book studies high-poverty, high-performing schools to identify the common trends and reveal their secrets of success. The secrets include a unique combination of leadership, curriculum, instruction, assessment, and evaluation. These schools may be the best success model for our next generation schools and may help our country can get back on... more...









