Títulos en Literatura antigua, clásica y medieval

Read by the author, Dr Sam Akbar. Seven essential lessons from The Odyssey; a timeless story of strength against adversity, resilience and never losing sight of your goals. Who are you? How can you be who you want to be? How do you treat those around you? What really matters? The Odyssey Mindset...

La trama sigue a Felipe de Carrizales, un hombre rico y ya mayor que, tras una vida de aventuras en las Indias, decide casarse con Leonora, una joven hermosa pero inexperta. Dominado por los celos y el miedo a ser traicionado, Carrizales encierra a su esposa en una casa herméticamente vigilada, con estrictas normas para evitar que cualquier hombre se acerque a ella.

Plutarch: Caesar is the essential companion to Plutarch's Alexander, the life paired with Caesar in Plutarch's Parallel Lives. This new English version of Caesar is followed by an Afterword about Plutarch’s Parallel Lives by the translator, Christopher Pelling, Emeritus Regius Professor of Greek at Oxford University.

Have you ever wondered why the themes of heroism and wrath in these ancient epics still resonate thousands of years later? The Iliad and The Odyssey stand as the twin pillars of Western civilization. In this definitive collection, you are transported to the Bronze Age, where gods walked among men and the fate of nations hung on the edge of a sword.

The warmth from the fire spreads through the air and greets the king warmly as he thinks about the challenges ahead. While facing his greatest test and enemies lying ahead, the warmth reminds him of the hope that he has. The king will face familiar foes who wish to bring harm to his people, and he must face these challenges while also raising a family. Will he find a way to protect the people he loves, the ones he leads, and the men he calls brothers? Time and faith will only tell. What a journey indeed!

In ihnen zeigt Büchner Menschen im Spannungsfeld von Macht, Freiheit und existenzieller Not – mit einer sprachlichen Präzision und psychologischen Tiefe, die ihrer Zeit weit voraus waren. Auch die Erzählung Lenz zeugt von Büchners einzigartiger Fähigkeit, innere Zustände und seelische Grenzerfahrungen literarisch erfahrbar zu machen. Seine Texte brechen mit klassischen Formen, verzichten auf einfache Antworten und stellen die großen Fragen nach dem Menschen in einer oft widersprüchlichen Welt.

A rare collection of vintage radio dramas from the renowned Ulster poet, plus bonus documentary Born in Belfast in 1907, Louis MacNeice wrote some of the most beautiful and best-loved poetry of the 20th century. But he was also one of the BBC’s most innovative writers and producers, scripting...

A selection of Euripides’ renowned Greek tragedies, adapted for BBC Radio Acclaimed by Aristotle as ‘the most tragic of the poets’, Euripides was one of the pre-eminent playwrights of 5th century Athens. Included here are seven of his masterpieces: powerful, shocking tales of passion...

Acclaimed classicist James Romm translates surviving pieces of timeless wisdom from the lost plays of ancient Athens. "The truly happy man ought to stay at home." "Hunger, and lack of coin, put a stop to love." "Hades, alone of the gods, does not enjoy bribes." These quotes―and hundreds of...

KIRKUS EARPHONES AWARD WINNER Read by Ellen Burstyn The legendary Academy Award–winning actress reflects on her love affair with poetry and makes us believers. We all want inspiration. We want to feel connected to something universal. And we want to be able to share that wonder with friends...

This is a full-cast, unabridged performance with comprehensive commentary and analysis, enabling any student to fully understand and appreciate the play. Judge for yourself whether Lear is "a man more sinned against than sinning" in this moral tale that pits wisdom and age against ambition and youth. Experience and examine the power of Shakespeare's most cruel and violent tragedy.

This is not a collection of poems in the usual sense. Secret code: Madness is a field of perception where logic fractures, language loosens, and the familiar world begins to show its hidden violence. These poems move between the personal and the political, the intimate and the collective, revealing a reality that is often sensed but rarely confronted. Here, madness is not the absence of intelligence —it is its overflow. A voice emerges that questions everything: systems, identities, ambitions, borders, and even the self that tries to hold them together.

In una Sardegna sospesa tra mito e realtà, l'infanzia irrompe come forza destabilizzatrice e talvolta salvifica. Nei racconti La bambina rubata e Il ritorno del figlio, Grazia Deledda – premio Nobel per la Letteratura del 1926 – esplora con straordinaria intensità i confini tra pietà, colpa e redenzione.

A legendary voyage across storm-torn seas begins. In The Odyssey — Books 1 & 2, Homer introduces one of the greatest epic journeys ever told. Filled with gods, fate, danger, and the longing for home, this timeless classic follows the aftermath of the Trojan War as the story of Odysseus and his...

This poem is a send up poem written about the insatiable drive that an over zealous optimist has of self, that possesses boundless energy, and enthusiasm for life, without fully realizing the implications and inherent mistakes that can come about. It encapsulates Youthful exuberance in spades, without the experience that sets a calculus on ones takeup of endeavours. This poem was written by myself sometime ago, and has only now had the opportunity to be spoken of.

Wallenstein – Das große historische Drama Ungekürzt – erstmals vollständig als Hörbuch Mit der Wallenstein-Trilogie schuf Friedrich Schiller eines der monumentalsten Werke der deutschen Dramenliteratur. Wallensteins Lager, Die Piccolomini und Wallensteins Tod entfalten gemeinsam ein vielschichtiges Panorama von Macht, Moral und menschlichem Zwiespalt

Brought to you by Penguin. Composed in the twelfth century in north-eastern Iran, Attar's great mystical poem is among the most significant of all works of Persian literature. A marvellous, allegorical rendering of the Islamic doctrine of Sufism - an esoteric system concerned with the search for...

El escudo de Heracles es un fragmento de épica griega. El tema del episodio es la expedición de Heracles y Yolao contra el hijo de Ares llamado Cicno, quien había desafiado a Heracles a un combate cuando este pasaba cerca de Itono (Tesalia).

"Sztuka kochania" autorstwa Owidiusza to jedno z najbardziej znanych dzieł traktujących o kunszcie miłosnym w historii. Poemat rzymskiego twórcy skierowany jest zarówno do mężczyzn, jak i kobiet. Przy pomocy pięknego języka odsłania on przed odbiorcą arkana wiedzy z zakresu uwodzenia, flirtu, fizycznego zbliżenia oraz utrzymania przy sobie "drugiej połowy".

El padre de La isla del tesoro solo llegó a publicar dos libros de poemas en vida, pero dejó muchos inéditos. Hacia tierras lejanas recoge una selección de los versos más representativos de su poesía sencilla y cercana, en un estilo directo, realista y melancólico. Minado por una enfermedad temprana, Stevenson se tambaleó durante toda su vida entre la nostalgia y la alegría. Sin embargo, sus versos conjuran paraísos de libertad, parajes entre el sueño y la realidad que maravillan al lector con la misma magia de esas islas, tesoros y piratas que nos cautivaron cuando éramos niños.