The Art of Love (Ovid)(Paperback)

The Art of Love (Ovid)(Paperback)

' . . . Humphries has rendered (Ovid's) love poetry with conspicuous success into English which is neither obtrusively colloquial nor awkwardly antique.' --Virginia Quarterly

Art of Love (Ovid)(Paperback / softback)

It may have been written in the days of chariot races, gladiators, and emperors, but this new translation of the best teacher in history on the subject of love contains enduringly useful and entertaining adviceAre you a sought-after dreamboat forever turning down invitations from attractive

The Love Poems (Ovid)(Paperback)

Alan Melville's accomplished translations match the sophisticated elegance of Ovid's Latin. Their witty modern idiom is highly entertaining. In this volume he has included the brilliant version of the Art of Love by Moore, published more than fifty years ago and still unequalled; the small

Propertius, Tibullus and Ovid: A Selection of Love Poetry(Paperback / softback)

Heroides (Ovid)(Paperback)

In 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

Elegies of Love (Ovid)(Paperback)

Near the end of his life, Auguste Rodin (1840-1917) began creating astonishingly an improvisatory and free life drawings. First published in a very limited edition in 1939, 31 of these drawings are paired here with selected Love Elegies from Ovid, one of Rodin's favorite authors. With Christopher

The Art of Peace (Ueshiba Morihei)(Paperback)

Teachings on fearlessness, compassion, and love of nature by the founder of the Japanese martial art of Aikido--now part of the Shambhala Pocket Library The real way of the warrior is based on compassion, wisdom, fearlessness, and love of nature. So taught the great Morihei Ueshiba (1883-1969),

Metamorphoses (Ovid)(Paperback)

Mary Innes's classic prose translation of one of the supreme masterpieces of Latin literature 'The most beautiful book in the language (my opinion and I suspect it was Shakespeare's).' -Ezra Pound Ovid drew on Greek mythology, Latin folklore and legend from ever further afield to create a series

Real Love - The Art of Mindful Connection (Salzberg Sharon)(Paperback / softback)

The Art of Hearing Heartbeats (Sendker Jan-Philipp)(Paperback)

A poignant and inspirational love story set in Burma, The Art of Hearing Heartbeats spans the decades between the 1950s and the present. When a successful New York lawyer suddenly disappears without a trace, neither his wife nor his daughter Julia has any idea where he might be...until they find a

Metamorphoses (Ovid)(Paperback)

Metamorphoses--the best-known poem by one of the wittiest poets of classical antiquity--takes as its theme change and transformation, as illustrated by Greco-Roman myth and legend. Melville's new translation reproduces the grace and fluency of Ovid's style, and its modern idiom offers a fresh

15 Heroines: 15 Monologues Adapted from Ovid (Various Various)(Paperback)

Two thousand years ago, the Roman poet Ovid gave voice to a group of inspirational women - queens, sorcerers, pioneers, poets and politicians - in a series of fictional letters called The Heroines. They were the women left in the wake of those swaggering heroes of classical mythology: Theseus,

Metamorphoses (Ovid)(Paperback / softback)

In 'The Metamorphoses', Ovid draws on Greek mythology, Latin folklore, and tales from Babylon and the East to create a series of narrative poems, linked by the common theme of transformation. This is Arthur Golding's 16th-century translation of the

Metamorphoses (Ovid)(Paperback)

Ovid's epic poem--whose theme of change has resonated throughout the ages--is one of the most important texts of Western imagination, an inspiration from Dante's time to the present, when writers such as Salman Rushdie and Italo Calvino have found a living source in Ovid's work. The text is

Metamorphoses: The New, Annotated Edition (Ovid)(Paperback)

Ovid's Metamorphoses is one of the most influential works of Western literature, inspiring artists and writers from Titian to Shakespeare to Salman Rushdie. These are some of the most famous Roman myths as you've never read them before--sensuous, dangerously witty, audacious--from the fall of Troy

Beyond Greek: The Beginnings of Latin Literature (Feeney Denis)(Paperback)

A History Today Best Book of the Year A Choice Outstanding Academic Title of the Year Virgil, Ovid, Cicero, Horace, and other authors of ancient Rome are so firmly established in the Western canon today that the birth of Latin literature seems inevitable. Yet, Denis Feeney boldly argues, the

For the Love of Music: A Conductor's Guide to the Art of Listening (Mauceri John)(Paperback)

With a lifetime of experience, knowledge, and appreciation, the internationally celebrated conductor and teacher answers the questions: Why should I listen to classical music? How can I get the most from the listening experience? A prot g of Leonard Bernstein and an eminent conductor who has

Metamorphoses: A New Translation (Ovid)(Paperback)

Ovid's epic poem--whose theme of change has resonated throughout the ages--is one of the most important texts of Western imagination, an inspiration from Dante's times to the present day, when writers such as Salman Rushdie and Italo Calvino have found a living source in Ovid's work. Charles Martin

Power of Love Coloring Book (McArdle Thaneeya)(Paperback)

Feel the transforming power of love as you color 32 seductively sweet art activities inside this delightful coloring book from bestselling artist Thaneeya McArdle. From passionate love and puppy love to family love and BFFs, Power of Love Coloring Book offers hours of affectionate creativity

Art of Loving (Fromm Erich)(Paperback / softback)

Since it was first published ' The Art of Loving' has become a classic, inspiring thousands of people with its clarity and power. Erich Fromm, the renowned psychoanalyst, sees love as the ultimate need and desire of all human beings. In this book, he discusses every aspect of the subject: romantic

Erotic Poems (Ovid)(Paperback / softback)

This 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

Real Love: The Art of Mindful Connection (Salzberg Sharon)(Paperback)

The New York Times bestselling author and a central figure in the field of meditation, Sharon Salzberg, uses ancient Buddhist wisdom to redefine love and experience it in a more profound way. We all yearn for connection, yet often feel trapped by our sense of isolation, anger, envy, and other

Ovid, Heroides: A Selection (Tsaknaki Christina)(Paperback)

This is the OCR-endorsed publication from Bloomsbury for the Latin A-Level (Group 4) prescription of Ovid's Heroides, giving full Latin text, commentary and vocabulary for Heroides I lines 1-68, and Heroides VII lines 1-140, with a detailed introduction that also covers the prescribed text to be

The Art of Us (Hughes Kl)(Paperback)

Eighteen-year-old Charlee Parker met the love of her life in a parking lot--a leggy brunette with a valedictorian medal hanging from her rear-view mirror and an attitude as biting as a Boston winter. Alexandra Woodson was guarded, a nineteen-year-old orphan set on a bright future in hospitality