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With Professor Esolen you will enter the terrible gates of Hell and progress level by infernal level to its diabolical depths. Professor Esolen places a special emphasis on the drama of the poem, leading you through each canto in succession. Professor Esolen will more than satisfy your curiosity about Hell and the fate of the damned. He will reveal in all its starkness the horror of sin and awaken in your heart a longing for divine love.

The masterpiece of Rome's greatest poet, Virgil's Aeneid has inspired generations of readers and holds a central place in Western literature. The epic tells the story of a group of refugees from the ruined city of Troy, whose attempts to reach a promised land in the West are continually frustrated by the hostile goddess Juno. Finally reaching Italy, their leader, Aeneas, is forced to fight a bitter war against the natives to establish the foundations from which Rome is destined to rise.

Brought to you by Penguin. This Penguin Classic is performed by Lesley Manville (winner of the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress and known for Phantom Thread and Mum), Derek Jacobi (winner of the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor and known for Gladiator and Gosford Park), Michael...

This remarkable poem, dedicated to Queen Elizabeth I, was Spenser's finest achievement. The first epic poem in modern English, The Faerie Queene combines dramatic narratives of chivalrous adventure with exquisite and picturesque episodes of pageantry. At the same time, Spenser is expounding a deeply-felt allegory of the eternal struggle between Truth and Error....

From the author of Into The Ocean: A Memoir of Survival...The Heart Before Suicide: Poetry to Understand the Suicidal Heart is a raw and personal collection of poetry about the feelings that exist before anyone notices the pain. The emotions that hide behind the smile...The battles that no one...

Elf Xuan pixie wombot Elf Xuan Humanoid :: pixie woman / wombot. A poem about the almost lifelike appearance of Elf Xuan. Her expressions are amazingly human, with micro movements of her facial expressionsin real time.She can lip-sync to any song, and it appears like she's singing for real.In...

Wann du die große Liebe triffst, kannst du dir nicht aussuchen Tessa hat immer gewartet – auf den perfekten Moment, den perfekten Jungen, den perfekten Kuss. Weil sie dachte, dass sie noch Zeit hat. Doch dann erfährt das 17-jährige Mädchen, dass es bald sterben muss. Tessa ist fassungslos...

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. What lies beyond death? Can the human soul find redemption after confronting the darkest depths of sin, suffering, and despair? And what does it truly mean to journey from darkness into divine light? In The Divine Comedy, Italian poet Dante Alighieri...

This revised and expanded edition of The Essential Rumi includes a new introduction by Coleman Barks and more than 80 never-before-published poems. Through his lyrical translations, Coleman Barks has been instrumental in bringing this exquisite literature to a remarkably wide range of listeners, making the ecstatic, spiritual poetry of 13th-century Sufi mystic Rumi more popular than ever. 

Brought to you by Penguin. This Penguin Classic is performed by award-winning voice actor Martin Jarvis OBE, as well as John Sackville, Maya Saroya and the translator of this edition, David Raeburn. This definitive recording includes an Introduction by Denis Feeney. Ovid's sensuous and witty...

The greatest of all the medieval romances about the Holy Grail, Parzival was written in the early 13th century. The narrative describes the quest of the Arthurian knight Parzival for the Holy Grail. His journey is filled with incident, from tournaments and sieges to chivalrous deeds and displays of true love.

The Iliad is one of the most enduring creations of Western Civilization and was originally written to be recited or chanted to the accompaniment of various instruments. Properly performed, this work today is just as meaningful, just as powerful and just as entertaining as it was in the ninth century B.C.,and it casts its spell upon modern listeners with the same raw intensity as it did upon the people of ancient times.

The Iliad. Join Achilles at the Gates of Troy as he slays Hector to Avenge the death of Patroclus. Here is a story of love and war, hope and despair, and honor and glory. The recent major motion picture Helen of Troy starring Brad Pitt proves that this epic is as relevant today as it was twenty five hundred years ago when it was first written. So journey back to the Trojan War with Homer and relive the grandest adventure of all times. The Odyssey.

Most of us continue to be bonded to the people who hurt us, waiting for them to give us closure, to see us as worthy of their change or remorse, and to apologize. True healing begins when you stop giving the one who broke you the pen that writes the story of how you heal. Instead, you decide to...

***WITH A FOREWORD BY JULIEN BAKER*** A long-buried love story comes to life. Emily Dickinson as you’ve never read her before. Emily Dickinson is one of our greatest poets. When her work was published posthumously in the 1890s, she almost instantly became a sensation. And yet, for one hundred...

At what point do we figure it out does it get easier will we find the answers will I feel okay? Caitlin O'Ryan's debut collection is a journey of mirrors smashing and everything we have come to accept being called into question. With deep vulnerability and wit, she invites us to look inside of...

Quinze lettres qui commencent toutes par « Je vous écris ». Colette Nys-Mazure y invite à reconnaître le merveilleux dans les gestes les plus ordinaires : choisir un vêtement, préparer un café, écrire une lettre, faire un ourlet ou une tarte. Constatant que la routine nous rend absents...

Ce poème mystique, accompagné du commentaire de son auteur, rassemble l'essentiel de la doctrine spirituelle de Jean de la Croix. Construit comme un dialogue amoureux entre l'Épouse et l'Époux, c'est-à-dire l'âme et Dieu, il suit l'âme dans sa quête jusqu'à l'union avec Celui qu'elle...

From the beloved author of the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series comes a beautiful and transporting volume of poems brimming with warmth and humanity. What matters most in life? For Alexander McCall Smith, it is friendship, love, and travel—the themes found throughout his work that have...

This major new poetry collection from best-selling poet and priest Malcolm Guite features more than 70 new and previously unpublished works. It includes a sequence of 27 sonnets written in response to George Herbert’s exquisite sonnet "Prayer", as well as 45 more widely ranging new poems.